The proposed application of the mutualistic interaction between a native arsenicoxidizing soil bacteria and Trifolium pratense in Northwestern Ontario mine sites is a novel approach to remediation. This thesis studies the ...

In last decade, the mankind has been intensively facing the climate changes in the whole world, because the demand for fuel and greenhouse gas emissions isincreasing dramatically, especially the amount of carbon dioxide. ...

The rapidly accumulating post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics pose a great threat to our environment as they constitute one of the most used products in our day-to-day life. As a result, degradation ...

While several proteomic studies have undertaken the challenge of analyzing formalin fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) tissue, few have developed optimized protocols for studying FFPE human brain tissue. This study will ...

As the genetic basis and gene expression components are being discovered for an increasing number of diseases and disorders there is a rising interest in using multiomic approaches to better understand these conditions. ...

Environmental DNA (eDNA) has proven to be a valuable tool in detecting rare or invasive species, particularly within the Great Lakes and surrounding aquatic ecosystems. Recent work has shown that sedimentary eDNA (sedDNA) ...

Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) is a gram-negative bacterium capable of causing severe invasive infection such as meningitis and is classified by the presence or absence of polysaccharide capsule. The polysaccharide capsule ...

A common strategy for remediation of arsenic is bacterial remediation by oxidation of As(III) to the less toxic As(V). Another widely accepted technique for arsenic remediation is phytoremediation however in highly ...