Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Antibiotic resistance of bio-threat agents holds major concerns especially in light of advances in methods for engineering pathogens with antibiotic resistance.
Ronit Aloni-Grinstein +4 more
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Extended twin study of alcohol use in Virginia and Australia [PDF]
, 2018 Drinking alcohol is a normal behavior in many societies, and prior studies have demonstrated it has both genetic and environmental sources of variation.
Eaves, Lindon J +6 more
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Organochloride Pesticides Present in Animal Fur, Soil, and Streambed in an Agricultural Region of Southeastern Arkansas [PDF]
, 2018 Animals in agricultural settings may be subject to bioaccumulation of toxins. For the last several years, we collected hair samples from bats and rodents in an agricultural area near Bayou Bartholomew in Drew County, Arkansas.
Grilliot, Matthew E. +2 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016 Metabarcoding is an accurate and cost-effective technique that allows for simultaneous taxonomic identification of multiple environmental samples. Application of this technique to marine benthic macroinvertebrate biodiversity assessment for biomonitoring
Eva Aylagas +3 more
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An inter-laboratory validation of a real time PCR assay to measure host excretion of bacterial pathogens, particularly of mycobacterium bovis [PDF]
, 2011 Advances in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium bovis infection in wildlife hosts may benefit the development of sustainable approaches to the management of bovine tuberculosis in cattle.
Travis, Emma Rachel +16 more
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In Situ Capture RT-qPCR Method for Detection of Human Norovirus in Food and Environmental Samples
Proceedings, 2020 Human noroviruses (HuNoVs) are the major cause of non-bacterial acute gastroenteritis worldwide. RT-qPCR is a widely used method to detect HuNoVs. However, the method is unable to extract a virus from environmental samples and to discriminate between ...
Peng Tian
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Synthesis of cross-linked chitosan functionalized with threonine moiety and its application to on-line collection/concentration and determination of Mo, V and Cu [PDF]
, 2007 A novel chitosan-based resin functionalized with threonine moiety was synthesized, and applied to the collection/concentration of Mo, V and Cu in environmental water samples, followed by their determination using inductively coupled plasma-atomic ...
Hakim, Lukman +4 more
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Archeomicrobiology applied to environmental samples
Microbial Pathogenesis, 2020 The study of ancient microorganisms represents one of the main ways to understand how microbes have evolved to date, especially those associated with humans or ecosystems of interest. However, these studies are always tedious because the viability of the microbes is difficult to maintain and the degradation of their DNA, can make their detection ...
Afouda, Pamela +2 more
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Foods, 2021 The decline in wild-caught fisheries paired with increasing global seafood demand is pushing the need for seafood sustainability to the forefront of national and regional priorities.
Demian A. Willette +5 more
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Efficient removal of pharmaceuticals from water using graphene nanoplatelets as adsorbent [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2021 Recently, pharmaceutical pollutants in water have emerged as a global concern as they give threat to human health and the environment. In this study, graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) were used to efficiently remove antibiotics sulfamethoxazole (SMX) and ...
Fatin Ahza Rosli +5 more
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