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Insight into pollutant bioavailability and toxicity using Raman confocal microscopyAndrew C Singer
Environmental Biotechnology Section, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SR, UK
J Microbiol Methods 60:417-22. 2005..Evidence is presented for the application of Raman spectroscopy as a bioassay for pollutant bioavailability and toxicity...
Differential enantioselective transformation of atropisomeric polychlorinated biphenyls by multiple bacterial strains with different inducing compoundsAndrew C Singer
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 68:5756-9. 2002..Enantioselectivity was shown to vary with respect to strain, congener, and cosubstrate...
Meeting report: risk assessment of tamiflu use under pandemic conditionsAndrew C Singer
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford, United Kingdom
Environ Health Perspect 116:1563-7. 2008..Ongoing seasonal use of Tamiflu in Japan offers opportunities for researchers to assess how much OC enters and persists in the aquatic environment...
Potential risks associated with the proposed widespread use of TamifluAndrew C Singer
Center for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford, United Kingdom
Environ Health Perspect 115:102-6. 2007..Given its apparent resistance to biodegradation and hydrophilicity, oseltamivir carboxylate (OC), the active antiviral and metabolite of Tamiflu, is predicted to enter receiving riverwater from sewage treatment works in its active form...
Assessing the ecotoxicologic hazards of a pandemic influenza medical responseAndrew C Singer
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Environ Health Perspect 119:1084-90. 2011....
Phytoremediation of mixed-contaminated soil using the hyperaccumulator plant Alyssum lesbiacum: evidence of histidine as a measure of phytoextractable nickelAndrew C Singer
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR, UK
Environ Pollut 147:74-82. 2007..In addition, we provide evidence for the broader applicability of histidine for quantifying and predicting Ni phytoavailability in soils...
Perspectives and vision for strain selection in bioaugmentationAndrew C Singer
Environmental Biotechnology Section, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SR, UK
Trends Biotechnol 23:74-7. 2005....
Impact of the plant rhizosphere and augmentation on remediation of polychlorinated biphenyl contaminated soilAndrew C Singer
Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521 USA
Environ Toxicol Chem 22:1998-2004. 2003..Results support that Brassica nigra directly contributed to accelerated PCB removal by increased oxygen diffusion, amendment infiltration, and microbial enrichment...
The tritrophic trinity: a source of pollutant-degrading enzymes and its implications for phytoremediationAndrew C Singer
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SR, United Kingdom
Curr Opin Microbiol 7:239-44. 2004....
Secondary plant metabolites in phytoremediation and biotransformationAndrew C Singer
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, UK, OX1 3SR
Trends Biotechnol 21:123-30. 2003..The link between secondary plant metabolites and enzymatic diversity has yet to be exploited, with potential applications in fields as varied as pest management, bioremediation and fine chemical production...
Quantitative in situ assay of salicylic acid in tobacco leaves using a genetically modified biosensor strain of Acinetobacter sp. ADP1Wei E Huang
NERC/Centre for Ecology and Hydrology-Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR, UK
Plant J 46:1073-83. 2006..The work demonstrates that the Acinetobacter sp. ADP1 biosensor is a useful new tool to non-destructively assay salicylates in situ and to map their spatial distribution in plant tissues...
Resolving genetic functions within microbial populations: in situ analyses using rRNA and mRNA stable isotope probing coupled with single-cell raman-fluorescence in situ hybridizationWei E Huang
CEH Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR, United Kingdom
Appl Environ Microbiol 75:234-41. 2009....
Characterizing the regulation of the Pu promoter in Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1Wei E Huang
Molecular Microbial Ecology, CEH Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR, UK
Environ Microbiol 10:1668-80. 2008..baylyi ADP1 reproduced characteristics of the XylR-regulated Pu promoter observed in its original host. It demonstrates that A. baylyi could provide an excellent genetic host for a wide range of functional metagenomic applications...
Bioaugmentation for bioremediation: the challenge of strain selectionIan P Thompson
Environmental Biotechnology Section, NERC Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SR, UK
Environ Microbiol 7:909-15. 2005..The future perspectives and opportunities for improving selection of effective microbial strains for bioaugmentation are also discussed...
Reproducibility of a microbial river water community to self-organize upon perturbation with the natural chemical enantiomers, R- and S-carvoneKatja Lehmann
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Oxford, UK
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 66:208-20. 2008..In conclusion, chemical perturbations, such as enantiomers, might generate a significant shift in the river microbial ecology that can have implications for the function of a river in both a spatial and temporal context...
Chromosomally located gene fusions constructed in Acinetobacter sp. ADP1 for the detection of salicylateWei E Huang
Molecular Microbial Ecology, CEH-Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3SR, UK
Environ Microbiol 7:1339-48. 2005....
Reassessing the risks of Tamiflu use during a pandemic to the Lower Colorado RiverAndrew C Singer
Environ Health Perspect 116:A285-A286. 2008
Effect of earthworms on the community structure of active methanotrophic bacteria in a landfill cover soilMarina Héry
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
ISME J 2:92-104. 2008..A Bacteroidetes-related bacterium was identified only in the active bacterial community of earthworm-incubated soil but its capacity to actually oxidize methane has to be proven...
Identity of active methanotrophs in landfill cover soil as revealed by DNA-stable isotope probingAurélie Cébron
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 62:12-23. 2007..Environmental conditions in the slightly acidic peat soil from Roscommon landfill cover allow establishment of both Type I and Type II methanotrophs...
Nutrient amendments in soil DNA stable isotope probing experiments reduce the observed methanotroph diversityAurélie Cébron
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:798-807. 2007..DNA-SIP incubations using water-amended microcosms yielded faster incorporation of 13C into active methanotrophs while avoiding the cross-feeding of 13C...
