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Provides the scientific understanding needed to use natural processes and to develop methods to accelerate these processes for the bioremediation of contaminated soils, sediments, and groundwater at US Department of Energy (DOE) facilities.
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Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation Research (NABIR)  An Electrifying Discovery Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) A NABIR sponsored publication Don't forget to check the NABIR PI Calendar for updates! Introducing NABIR Primers and Guides NABIR Workshop Reports NABIR Publications Glossary Links to Other DOE Programs Strategic Plan Research...
http://www.lbl.gov/NABIR/

Describes research and training at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne in the bioremediation field, including biodegradation and phytoremediation.
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Laboratoire de Biotechnologie Environnementale EPFL/LBE Laboratory for Environmental Biotechnology  Biotechnology is the multidisciplinary integration of sciences and engineering in order to utilize the huge biochemical potential of microorganisms, plants and parts thereof for the restoration and preservation of the environment and for the sustainable use of resources. Our Mission:...
http://lbewww.epfl.ch/LBE/Default_E.htm

Describes the pilot-scale demonstration of a microbiological process for detoxifying mercury compounds in aqueous effluents.
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GBF Entfernen von Quecksilber aus Abwasser durch Bakterien  Biodegradation Chemische Biologie Chemische Mikrobiologie Epigenetische Regulationsmechanismen Experimentelle Immunologie Genomanalyse...
http://www.gbf.de/index.html?a-C...185a7fd9887dc19e12bcebaa86246d7c

Publishes research and reviews on the biological causes of deterioration and degradation. Includes tables of content and subscription details.
http://www.elsevier.com/inca/pub...ions/store/4/0/5/8/9/9/index.htt

Research center focusing on the development of treatment and remediation of metals, inorganics, and metal-organic contaminants.
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Center for Bioremediation- Home  This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them....
http://programs.weber.edu/bioremediation/

Researchers in California have discovered a microbe that feasts on arsenic. [3:55 streaming audio broadcast]
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NPR Arsenic Eating Microbe Discovered  Radio archives transcripts stations npr shop about npr contact us help Environment Arsenic Eating Microbe Discovered by Richard Harris All Things Considered, May 26, 2005 There's a lake in California that's so chemically nasty that seemingly nothing could live there,...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4668418

A discussion about bioremediation with Barbara Methe, Collaborative investigator, The Institute for Genomic Research, and Derek Lovley, distinguished university professor and head of the department of microbiology, University of Massachusetts. [32:17 streaming audio broadcast]
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NPR Bioremediation  Radio archives transcripts stations npr shop about npr contact us help Bioremediation Talk of the Nation, December 12, 2003 Scientists have sequenced the genome of a bacterium that can mop up radioactive metals in ground water. This hour, we'll talk...
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1550342