Because the area has a history of soil contamination from a former metal smelter, soil testing is provided by the City. Most gardening is done in raised beds, and the mate- rials to construct the beds are provided by the City. Gardeners are also given topsoil amended with biosolids and ...
Different mechanisms were noted for the impact of microplastics on plant performance, such as serving as root barriers, changing soil microbial structure and metabolism, accumulating in plants, regulating the response of plants to microplastic contamination, etc. Such effects could occur separately or co...
Just as ecosystem services are influenced by (bundles of) soil processes, the latter are in turn affected by soil threats. The EU Soil Thematic Strategy identified the main threats to soil quality in Europe as soil erosion, organic matter decline, contamination, sealing, compaction, soil biodivers...
9/15/2014 - Lead contamination and various other types of pollution have plagued Philadelphia for decades. Dating back to the 1800s, the densely populated city served as a home to a booming industrial district, ripe with a variety of manufacturers including textile mills, chemical factories, ...
Soil and Sediment Contamination. 2005;14:1-11 9. Graham MC, Oliver IW, MacKenzie AB, Ellam RM, Farmer JG. Mechanisms controlling lateral and vertical pore-water migration of depleated uranium (DU) at two UK weapons testing sites. Science of the Tot...
2017). An empty well was left in the plate to control for cross contamination. Test amplification of the 16S V4 region was done using 515F: 5′-GTGCCAGCMGCCGCGGTAA-3′ and 806R: 5′-GGACTACHVGGGTWTCTAAT-3′ with DreamTaq DNA Polymerase (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA)...
In contrast, blackleg symptoms were very low in the stock without initial Pectobacterium contamination (EstimaZero). These results, therefore, reinforce the requirement for stringent seed certification for blackleg as even low levels of initial bacterial contamination greatly increased disease incidence. ...
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Heavy metal contamination of soil habitats is extremely dangerous to humans and other living things in the ecosystem. The presence of even low amounts of heavy metals in soils has been discovered to have major repercussions due to their exceedingly poisonous nature Hence, the use of microorganisms...
To verify DNA contamination, a no cDNA sample was prepared for one out of seven samples by omitting reverse transcriptase from the reactions. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) analysis was performed on a CFX Connect Real Time PCR Detection System (BIO-RAD, USA), using BIO-RAD 96 well plates and ...