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treatment of pore water. Geomicrobiol J 28:229–241
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determining terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms of genes encoding 16S
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bioremediation system based on biological sulfate reduction. Bioresour Technol
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sediment. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 89:1357–1371
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transgenic and non-transgenic potato plants. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 32:241–247
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Appl Environ Microbiol 70:7329–7341
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environments. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of
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Maila MP, Randima P, Surridge K, Drønen K, Cloete TE (2005) Evaluation of microbial diversity
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Maila MP, Randima P, Drønen K, Cloete TE (2006) Soil microbial communities: influence of
geographic location and hydrocarbon pollutants. J Soil Biol Biochem 38:303–310
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RB (2014) Organic chemicals jeopardize the health of freshwater ecosystems on the continental
scale. Proc Natl Acad Sci 111(26):9549–9554
Mallik S, Beer M, Megharaj M, Naidu R (2008) The use of molecular tools to characterize the
microbial communities in contaminated soil and water. Environ Int 38:265–276
Maphosa F, Smidt H, de Vos WM, Röling WF (2010) Microbial community- and metabolite
dynamics of an anoxic dechlorinating bioreactor. Environ Sci Technol 44:4884–4890
Martinez-Inigo MJ, Perez-Sanz A, Ortiz I, Alonso J, Alarcon R, Garcia P, Lobo MC (2009) Bulk
soil and rhizosphere bacterial community PCR-DGGE profiles and beta-galactosidase activity
as indicators of biological quality in soils contaminated by heavy metals and cultivated with
Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke. Chemosphere 75:1376–1381
Moeseneder MM, Arrieta JM, Muyzer G, Winter C, Herndl GJ (1999) Optimization of terminalrestriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for complex marine bacterioplankton communities and comparison with denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. Appl Environ Microbiol
65:3518–3525
Monti MR, Smania AM, Fabro G et al (2005) Engineering Pseudomonas fluorescens for biodegradation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene. Appl Environ Microbiol 71:8864–8872
Montiel C, Quintero R, Aburto J (2009) Petroleum biotechnology: technology trends for the future.
Afr J Biotechnol 8:2653–2666
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S. K. Shekhar et al.
mineralization of cis-1,2-dichloroethylene. J Proteome Res 5:1388–1397
Lekunberri I, Calvo-Díaz A, Teira E, Morán XAG, Peters F, Nieto-Cid M, Espinoza-González O,
Teixeira IG, Gasol JM (2010) Changes in bacterial activity and community composition caused
by exposure to a simulated oil spill in microcosm and mesocosm experiments. Aquat Microb
Ecol 59:169–183
Lindsay MBJ, Wakeman KD, Rowe OF, Grail BM, Ptacek CJ, Blowes DW, Johnson DB (2011)
Microbiology and geochemistry of mine tailings amended with organic carbon for passive
treatment of pore water. Geomicrobiol J 28:229–241
Liu WT, Marsh TL, Cheng H, Forney LJ (1997) Characterization of microbial diversity by
determining terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms of genes encoding 16S
rRNA. Appl Environ Microbiol 63:4516–4522
Lu J, Chen T, Wu J, Chris Wilson P, Hao X, Qian J (2011a) Acid tolerance of an acid mine drainage
bioremediation system based on biological sulfate reduction. Bioresour Technol
102:10401–10406
Lu XY, Zhang T, Han-Ping Fang H (2011b) Bacteria-mediated PAH degradation in soil and
sediment. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 89:1357–1371
Lukow T, Dunfield PF, Liesack W (2000) Use of the T-RFLP technique to assess spatial and
temporal changes in the bacterial community structure within an agricultural soil planted with
transgenic and non-transgenic potato plants. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 32:241–247
Macbeth TW, Cummings DE, Spring S, Petzke LM, Sorenson KS Jr (2004) Molecular characterization of a dechlorinating community resulting from in situ biostimulation in a trichloroethenecontaminated deep, fractured basalt aquifer and comparison to a derivative laboratory culture.
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:7329–7341
Mahmoud HM, Al-Hasan RH, Sorkhoh NA, Eliyas M, Radwan SS (2009) Attenuation of oil
pollutants in the Arabian Gulf water by bacteria naturally associated with live fish. Int
Biodeterior Biodegrad 63:615–620
Maila MP (2005). Microbial ecology and bio-monitoring of total petroleum contaminated soil
environments. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, University of
Pretoria, South Africa
Maila MP, Randima P, Surridge K, Drønen K, Cloete TE (2005) Evaluation of microbial diversity
of different soil layers at a contaminated diesel site. Int Biodeterior Biodegrad 55:39–44
Maila MP, Randima P, Drønen K, Cloete TE (2006) Soil microbial communities: influence of
geographic location and hydrocarbon pollutants. J Soil Biol Biochem 38:303–310
Malaj E, von der Ohe PC, Grote M, Kühne R, Mondy CP, Usseglio-Polatera P, Brack W, Schäfer
RB (2014) Organic chemicals jeopardize the health of freshwater ecosystems on the continental
scale. Proc Natl Acad Sci 111(26):9549–9554
Mallik S, Beer M, Megharaj M, Naidu R (2008) The use of molecular tools to characterize the
microbial communities in contaminated soil and water. Environ Int 38:265–276
Maphosa F, Smidt H, de Vos WM, Röling WF (2010) Microbial community- and metabolite
dynamics of an anoxic dechlorinating bioreactor. Environ Sci Technol 44:4884–4890
Martinez-Inigo MJ, Perez-Sanz A, Ortiz I, Alonso J, Alarcon R, Garcia P, Lobo MC (2009) Bulk
soil and rhizosphere bacterial community PCR-DGGE profiles and beta-galactosidase activity
as indicators of biological quality in soils contaminated by heavy metals and cultivated with
Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke. Chemosphere 75:1376–1381
Moeseneder MM, Arrieta JM, Muyzer G, Winter C, Herndl GJ (1999) Optimization of terminalrestriction fragment length polymorphism analysis for complex marine bacterioplankton communities and comparison with denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. Appl Environ Microbiol
65:3518–3525
Monti MR, Smania AM, Fabro G et al (2005) Engineering Pseudomonas fluorescens for biodegradation of 2,4-dinitrotoluene. Appl Environ Microbiol 71:8864–8872
Montiel C, Quintero R, Aburto J (2009) Petroleum biotechnology: technology trends for the future.
Afr J Biotechnol 8:2653–2666
470
S. K. Shekhar et al.