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- Handbook of microbiological media (1993) (2561)
- Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons: an environmental perspective. (1981) (1783)
- Microbial Ecology: Fundamentals and Applications. (1982) (1275)
- Oil Biodegradation and Bioremediation: A Tale of the Two Worst Spills in U.S. History (2011) (712)
- Effectiveness of bioremediation for the Exxon Valdez oil spill (1994) (699)
- Recovery of DNA from soils and sediments (1988) (510)
- Hydrocarbon Biodegradation and Oil Spill Bioremediation (1992) (463)
- Petroleum biodegradation and oil spill bioremediation (1995) (457)
- BIOREMEDIATION OF PETROLEUM POLLUTANTS (1995) (423)
- Detection of coliform bacteria in water by polymerase chain reaction and gene probes (1990) (356)
- DNA amplification to enhance detection of genetically engineered bacteria in environmental samples (1988) (339)
- Microbial hydrocarbon degradation—bioremediation of oil spills (2007) (297)
- An overview of the genome of Nostoc punctiforme, a multicellular, symbiotic cyanobacterium (2004) (278)
- Degradation and mineralization of petroleum in sea water: Limitation by nitrogen and phosphorous (1972) (270)
- Detection of Escherichia coli and Shigella spp. in water by using the polymerase chain reaction and gene probes for uid (1991) (262)
- Polymerase chain reaction: applications in environmental microbiology. (1991) (252)
- Legionella: from environmental habitats to disease pathology, detection and control. (1999) (237)
- Oil spill problems and sustainable response strategies through new technologies. (2015) (235)
- Detection of viable Legionella pneumophila in water by polymerase chain reaction and gene probe methods (1991) (219)
- Legionella contamination of dental-unit waters (1995) (213)
- Polymerase chain reaction-gene probe detection of microorganisms by using filter-concentrated samples (1991) (212)
- Bioremediation of petroleum pollutants: Diversity and environmental aspects of hydrocarbon biodegradation (1995) (192)
- Detection of coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli by multiplex polymerase chain reaction: comparison with defined substrate and plating methods for water quality monitoring (1991) (182)
- Effects of temperature and crude oil composition on petroleum biodegradation. (1975) (179)
- Bioremediation. Applied microbial solutions for real-world environmental cleanup. (2005) (179)
- Microbiology: Fundamentals and applications (1984) (178)
- Microbial degradation of petroleum hydrocarbons: an environmental perspective (1981) (172)
- Principles of Microbiology (1984) (172)
- Response of microbial populations to environmental disturbance (1991) (172)
- Diversity of microbial communities (1984) (171)
- Bioremediation of marine oil spills: when and when not – the Exxon Valdez experience (2009) (164)
- Stimulated biodegradation of oil slicks using oleophilic fertilizers. (1971) (164)
- Biodegradation of petroleum in seawater at low temperatures. (1972) (158)
- Amplification of nucleic acids by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and other methods and their applications. (1991) (155)
- Detection of Legionella with polymerase chain reaction and gene probe methods. (1990) (148)
- Handbook of Media for Environmental Microbiology (2019) (141)
- Stimulated petroleum biodegradation. (1977) (141)
- The Fate of Amoco Cadiz Oil (1983) (140)
- Detection of Salmonella spp. in oysters by PCR (1994) (136)
- Multiplex PCR amplification and immobilized capture probes for detection of bacterial pathogens and indicators in water. (1990) (136)
- Degradation and mineralization of petroleum by two bacteria isolated from coastal waters (1972) (133)
- Hydrocarbon Metabolism by Brevibacterium erythrogenes: Normal and Branched Alkanes (1974) (131)
- Handbook of Microbiological Media, Third Edition (2004) (125)
- Chemical and biological weathering of oil, from the Amoco Cadiz spillage, within the littoral zone (1981) (116)
- Differentiation of Giardia duodenalis from other Giardia spp. by using polymerase chain reaction and gene probes (1992) (109)
- Bioterriorism: from threat to reality. (2002) (108)
- The Handbook of Microbiological Media for the Examination of Food (1995) (107)
- Group-beneficial traits, frequency-dependent selection and genotypic diversity: an antibiotic resistance paradigm (2005) (100)
- Detection of Giardia cysts by using the polymerase chain reaction and distinguishing live from dead cysts (1991) (99)
- Assessment of pesticide effects on non-target soil microorganisms (1978) (97)
- Frequency of genes in aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbon biodegradation pathways within bacterial populations from Alaskan sediments. (1994) (91)
- The dual-use dilemma for the life sciences: perspectives, conundrums, and global solutions. (2006) (90)
- Handbook of Media for Clinical Microbiology (1995) (85)
- Simulation of Deepwater Horizon oil plume reveals substrate specialization within a complex community of hydrocarbon degraders (2017) (85)
- Fate and effects of polluting petroleum in the marine environment. (1973) (83)
- Oil Biodegradation and Oil-Degrading Microbial Populations in Marsh Sediments Impacted by Oil from the Deepwater Horizon Well Blowout. (2015) (82)
- Bioremediation of Contaminated Soils and Aquifers (2005) (82)
- Denitrification and Nitrogen Fixation in Alaskan Continental Shelf Sediments (1981) (80)
- Model suicide vector for containment of genetically engineered microorganisms (1988) (78)
- Bacteria associated with crabs from cold waters with emphasis on the occurrence of potential human pathogens (1984) (72)
- Diversity of bacterial populations in the Beaufort Sea (1977) (71)
- Environmental Pollution and Restoration: A Role for Bioremediation (2005) (70)
- Prudhoe Crude Oil in Arctic Marine Ice, Water, and Sediment Ecosystems: Degradation and Interactions with Microbial and Benthic Communities (1978) (69)
- Biodegradation of dispersed Macondo crude oil by indigenous Gulf of Mexico microbial communities. (2016) (68)
- Microbial degradation of quinoline and methylquinolines (1990) (68)
- Polar Microbiology : The Ecology, Biodiversity and Bioremediation Potential of Microorganisms in Extremely Cold Environments (2009) (67)
- Toward a System of Microbial Forensics: from Sample Collection to Interpretation of Evidence (2005) (66)
- Sanitation and Disease ‐ Health Aspects of Excreta and Waste‐water Management (1984) (66)
- One Health: its origins and future. (2013) (64)
- Distribution and weathering of crude oil residues on shorelines 18 years after the Exxon Valdez spill. (2008) (64)
- Microbial Ecology: Fundamentals and Application. (1981) (61)
- Legionella contamination of dental-unit waters (1996) (60)
- Microbial communities related to biodegradation of dispersed Macondo oil at low seawater temperature with Norwegian coastal seawater (2015) (60)
- The medical threat of biological weapons. (1998) (60)
- Reagents, Stains, and Media: Bacteriology* (2011) (60)
- Bioremediation: While U.S. research focuses on site-specific cleanup, Europeans are expanding traditional waste treatment systems, and the Japanese take aim at global environmental problems (1995) (58)
- Molecular approaches for environmental monitoring of microorganisms. (1992) (57)
- Protection of Salmonella by ampicillin-resistant Escherichia coli in the presence of otherwise lethal drug concentrations (2009) (56)
- Detection of Escherichia coli and Shigella spp. in Water by Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction and Gene Probes for uid (1991) (54)
- Abundance, distribution and oil biodegradation potential of micro-organisms in Raritan Bay (1973) (54)
- Ethics: A Weapon to Counter Bioterrorism (2005) (54)
- Effect of amplicon size on PCR detection of bacteria exposed to chlorine. (1993) (53)
- Response of microbial populations in arctic tundra soils to crude oil. (1977) (51)
- Continuous Open Flow-Through System as a Model for Oil Degradation in the Arctic Ocean (1977) (49)
- Biodegradation of oil and bioremediation of oil spills (1991) (48)
- Microorganisms in our world (1995) (48)
- Response of Microorganisms to an Accidental Gasoline Spillage in an Arctic Freshwater Ecosystem (1977) (48)
- Effect of introducing genetically engineered microorganisms on soil microbial community diversity (1991) (47)
- Mineralization of the dibenzothiophene biodegradation products 3-hydroxy-2-formyl benzothiophene and dibenzothiophene sulfone (1988) (46)
- Biodegradation of hydrocarbons in the environment. (1988) (45)
- Numerical Taxonomy of Bacteria from the Beaufort Sea (1979) (44)
- Probiotics--snake oil for the new millennium? (1999) (41)
- Characteristics and diversity of subarctic marine oligotrophic, stenoheterotrophic, and euryheterotrophic bacterial populations (1983) (41)
- MICROBIAL CALCIFICATION OF GYPSUM-ROCK AND SULFATED MARBLE (1988) (41)
- Bioterrorism and biodefence research: changing the focus of microbiology (2003) (39)
- Application of gene probe methods for monitoring specific microbial populations in freshwater ecosystems (1989) (38)
- 48 – DETECTING BACTERIAL PATHOGENS IN ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES BY USING PCR AND GENE PROBES (1990) (38)
- The evolution of group-beneficial traits in the absence of between-group selection. (2003) (34)
- Biocrimes, Microbial Forensics, and the Physician (2005) (34)
- Fate of oil from two major oil spills: Role of microbial degradation in removing oil from the Amoco Cadiz and IXTOC I spills (1981) (33)
- One Health—Attaining Optimal Health for People, Animals, and the Environment: Adopting the One Health paradigm is crucial for understanding emerging diseases and meeting future challenges in global health (2010) (33)
- Ecological investigations of yeasts in Antarctic soils . Taxonomy of Antarctic bacteria from soils and air primarily of the McMurdo station and Victoria land dry valleys region (2013) (32)
- BIOREMEDIATION EFFECTIVENESS FOLLOWING THE EXXON VALDEZ SPILL (1993) (32)
- Biotransformation of dibenzothiophene to dibenzothiophene sulfone by Pseudomonas putida (1989) (31)
- Plasmid Frequency Fluctuations in Bacterial Populations from Chemically Stressed Soil Communities (1988) (30)
- Bioremediation of Fossil Fuel Contaminated Soils (1991) (30)
- Bioremediation Technology Development and Application to the Alaskan Spill (1991) (30)
- Numerical Taxonomy of Bacteria from the Gulf of Alaska (1980) (30)
- EFFECTS OF PETROLEUM POLLUTANTS ON ARCTIC MICROBIAL POPULATIONS (1976) (29)
- National Security and the Biological Research Community (2002) (29)
- Combating the Threat of Biowarfare and Bioterrorism Defending against biological weapons is critical to global security (1999) (28)
- Fate of Crude and Refined Oils in North Slope Soils (1978) (28)
- In situ microbial degradation of Prudhoe Bay crude oil in Beaufort Sea sediments (1982) (28)
- Isolation of microorganisms capable of degrading isoquinoline under aerobic conditions (1989) (27)
- Molecular methods for environmental monitoring and containment of genetically engineered microorganisms (2004) (26)
- Fate of Petroleum Pollutants in Arctic Ecosystems (1986) (26)
- Hydroxylation and biodegradation of 6-methylquinoline by pseudomonads in aqueous and nonaqueous immobilized-cell bioreactors (1993) (26)
- Microorganisms and Petroleum Pollutants (1978) (26)
- Bioterrorism Before and After September 11 (2001) (26)
- Detection of bacterial mRNA using polymerase chain reaction. (1991) (26)
- Focus on bioremediation. (1990) (25)
- Inhibition by fatty acids of the biodegradation of petroleum (2007) (24)
- Characteristics of bacterial communities in the Gulf of Alaska (1981) (22)
- Hydrocarbons and Microbial Activities in Sediment of an Arctic Lake One Year After Contamination with Leaded Gasoline (1978) (21)
- Toxicity of Oil Slicks to Arctic Amphipods (1977) (20)
- Responsible Conduct by Life Scientists in an Age of Terrorism (2009) (19)
- Measurement of the effects of cadmium stress on protozoan grazing of bacteria (bacterivory) in activated sludge by fluorescence microscopy (1987) (19)
- Recognizing biothreat diseases: realistic training using standardized patients and patient simulators. (2005) (19)
- Bacterial populations associated with the Arctic amphipod Boeckosimus affinis (1982) (18)
- Long Term Interactions of Microorganisms and Prudhoe Bay Crude Oil in Tundra Soils at Barrow, Alaska (1978) (17)
- Distribution of Hydrocarbons and Microbial Populations Related to Sedimentation Processes in Lower Cook Inlet and Norton Sound, Alaska (1983) (16)
- Tracking microorganisms and genes in the environment. (1988) (16)
- Bacterial Populations in the Beaufort Sea (1978) (16)
- Evolution of altruists and cheaters in near-isogenic populations of Escherichia coli. (2009) (16)
- Biodegradation of Nitriles in Shale Oil (1988) (15)
- Globalizing biosecurity. (2005) (15)
- Basic and Practical Microbiology (1986) (15)
- Experimental linkage issues of petroleum site bioremediation (2004) (14)
- Virus/Tissue Culture Media (2013) (13)
- Effect of Surface Applied Crude Oil on Soil and Vascular Plant Root Respiration, Soil Cellulase, and Hydroxylase at Barrow, Alaska (1978) (13)
- An Assessment of the Biodegradation of Petroleum in the Arctic (1978) (13)
- Preventing the misuse of microorganisms: the role of the American Society for Microbiology in protecting against biological weapons. (1998) (13)
- Ecological Investigations of Yeasts in Antarctic Soils (2013) (12)
- Meeting the rabies control challenge in South Africa (2009) (12)
- Ultrastructure of two species of oil-degrading marine bacteria. (1973) (12)
- A. Degradation and Mineralization of Petroleum by Two Bacteria Isolated from Coastal Waters. B. Degradation and Mineralization of Petroleum in Sea Water: Limitation by Nitrogen and Phosphorus (1971) (12)
- Biosecurity concerns: Changing the face of academic research (2005) (12)
- Response of Two Arctic Amphipods, Gammarus zaddachi and Boeckosimus (Onisimus) affinis, to Variations in Temperature and Salinity (1975) (12)
- Numerical Taxonomic Studies of Bacteria Isolated from Arctic and Subarctic Marine Environments (1978) (11)
- Reagents, Stains, and Media: Mycology* (2011) (11)
- One health : people, animals, and the environment (2014) (11)
- Responding to the threat of bioterrorism: a microbial ecology perspective – the case of anthrax (2002) (11)
- Solution hybridization assay for detecting genetically engineered microorganisms in environmental samples. (1990) (10)
- Antibiotic resistance and the evolution of group-beneficial traits. II: a metapopulation model. (2005) (9)
- The threat of bioterrorism returns the fear of smallpox. (1998) (9)
- The Future of One Health. (2014) (9)
- Bioremediation Application in the Cleanup of the 1989 Alaska Oil Spill (1995) (9)
- STUDIES ON PETROLEUM BIODEGRADATION IN THE ARCTIC (1977) (9)
- Toward global harmonization for control of dual-use biothreat agents (2008) (8)
- Handbook of Media for Clinical and Public Health Microbiology (2013) (8)
- Cheating on the Edge (2008) (8)
- Biodefense research: an emerging conundrum. (2005) (7)
- Microbial ecology : fundamentals and applications / Ronald M. Atlas, Richard Bartha (1981) (7)
- Academe and the Threat of Biological Terrorism (1999) (7)
- Monitoring Microbial Pathogens and Indicator Microorganisms in Water by Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction and Gene Probes (1991) (6)
- Maintenance and killing efficiency of conditional lethal constructs inPseudomonas putida (1992) (6)
- Oil spills: Regulation and biotechnology (1992) (6)
- Development of Probability Matrices for Identification of Alaskan Marine Bacteria (1983) (6)
- Oil in the Environment: Removal of oil from shorelines: biodegradation and bioremediation (2013) (6)
- Microbial Bioremediation in Polar Environments: Current Status and Future Directions (2009) (5)
- Nitrogen fixation: analysis of the genome of the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme. (2002) (5)
- Introduction to the Workshop on Ecological Effects of Hydrocarbon Spills in Alaska (1978) (5)
- Microbial Forensics — Taking Diagnostic Microbiology to the Next Level (2004) (5)
- Preemptive Bioremediation: Applying Biotechnology for Clean Industrial Products and Processes (2005) (4)
- Continuous OpenFlow-Through System as a ModelforOil Degradation intheArctic Ocean (1977) (4)
- Approaches for Monitoring and Containing Genetically Engineered Microorganisms Released into the Environment (1989) (4)
- Microbiology : fundamentals and applications / Ronald M. Atlas (1984) (4)
- Fate and Effects of Oil Pollutants in Extremely Cold Marine Environments. (1977) (3)
- Microbial upgrading of Stuart shale oil: removal of heterocyclic nitrogen compounds (1990) (3)
- Science Publishing in the Age of Bioterrorism. (2003) (3)
- Public health. National security and the biological research community. (2002) (3)
- Microbial Upgrading of Shale Oils Removal of Nitriles (1989) (3)
- Introduction to Food Microbiology (2006) (3)
- Management of the environment through biotechnology (1993) (3)
- Microbial Resources for Global Sustainability (2017) (2)
- Applicability of radiotracer methods of measuring14CO2 assimilation for determining microbial activity in soil including a newin situ method (1974) (2)
- Detection of Indicator Bacteria and Pathogens in Water by Polym Erase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Gene Probe Methods (1992) (2)
- BACTERIAL POPULATIONS OF THE BEAUFORT SEA1 (1984) (2)
- ModelSuicide Vector forContainment ofGenetically Engineered Microorganisms (1988) (2)
- Many Faces, Many Microbes (2000) (2)
- Monitoring genetically engineered microorganisms in freshwater microcosms (1989) (1)
- Microbial upgrading of shale oil: removal of heterocyclic nitrogen compounds (1991) (1)
- Improving human health means eliminating microbial pathogens. (1999) (1)
- DNA Amplification ToEnhanceDetection ofGenetically Engineered Bacteria inEnvironmental Samples (1988) (1)
- Ecology and industrial microbiology Biotechnology's expanding horizons (1999) (1)
- Isolation ofMicroorganisms Capable ofDegrading Isoquinoline underAerobic Conditions (1989) (1)
- Environmental Microbiology@@@Techniques in Microbial Ecology (1999) (0)
- Computers in teaching microbiology (1989) (0)
- Biodegradation of 6-methylquinoline by Pseudomonas putida in an immobilized cell bioreactor (1992) (0)
- Book Review:Anthrax: The Investigation of a Deadly Outbreak Jeanne Guillemin (2000) (0)
- Detecting Gene Sequences Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (2018) (0)
- Always Teaching, Always Learning (2000) (0)
- Workshop 1 Persistence and Survival of Genetically-Modified Microorganisms Released into the Environment (1992) (0)
- Xylose YP Agar (2006) (0)
- Microbial transformations of organic pollutants microorganisms degradation and toxicity of complex mixtures (1980) (0)
- The Polymerase Chain Reaction and Gene Probes for Detection of Waterborne Pathogens (1991) (0)
- Discovering What You Do and Don't Want (2000) (0)
- Response from Atlas: (2000) (0)
- Biosecurity responsibilities of biological resource centres (2006) (0)
- Experimental comparisons in petroleum site remediation (1993) (0)
- Environmental Applications of Marine Biotechnology (1997) (0)
- Tuberculosis in African Wildlife and Other Infectious Diseases of African Lions (2003) (0)
- A Matter of Instinct (2003) (0)
- Differentiation ofGiardia duodenalis fromOtherGiardia spp.by UsingPolymerase ChainReaction andGeneProbes (1992) (0)
- Many faces many microbes : personal reflections in microbiology (2000) (0)
- BIODEGRADATION OF PETROLEUM HYDROCARBONS 209 tion and Control of Oil Spills (0)
- Extraction of DNA from Soils and Sediments (2018) (0)
- FATE AND EFFECTS OF OIL POLLUTANTS IN EXTREMELY COLD MARINE ENVIRONMENTS. DECEMBER, 1974 (1973) (0)
- Combating Bioterrorism and the Potential Misuse of Biotechnology (2002) (0)
- Impact of Introducing Genetically-Modified Microorganisms on Soil Microbial Community Diversity (1992) (0)
- Basic and Practical Microbiology/ Ronald M. Atlas (1995) (0)
- Monitoring and interpreting bioremediation effectiveness (1993) (0)
- Oil persistence in tundra and its impact on the below-ground ecosystem. Final report. [Eriophoium vaginatum (sedges); Betula nana (Birch trees)] (1981) (0)
- Commentary on Implications of the 1971 Outbreak in Aralsk, Kazakhstan, for U.S. Smallpox Vaccination Policy (No. 1) (2003) (0)
- Detection ofSalmonella spp.inOysters byPCR (1994) (0)
- Academic freedom and tenure: Bastyr university (Washington)' (2007) (0)
- Medicine and Books (1984) (0)
- COUNTERING BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS' GRAVE THREAT (2000) (0)
- Biological Resource Centers: OECD Calls for Developing a Global Network (2001) (0)
- Enhancing biosecurity through early recognition and reporting of public health risks: meeting the challenges of the revised international health regulations (2009) (0)
- Cultist Subversion of Scientists and Physicians (2000) (0)
- Microbial degradation of quinoline and methylquinolines. [Pseudomonas aeruginosa] (1990) (0)
- Biodegradation of nitriles in shale oil. [Pseudomonas fluorescens, P. aeruginosa] (1988) (0)
- Detection ofEscherichia coli andShigella spp. inWaterbyUsing thePolymerase ChainReaction andGeneProbes foruid (1991) (0)
- Hydroxylation andBiodegradation of6-Methylquinolin e (1993) (0)
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