Lory A. Hayes

TL;DR: The potential for humic substances to serve as a terminal electron acceptor in microbial respiration and to function as an electron shuttle between Fe(III)-reducing microorganisms and insoluble Fe (III) oxides was investigated in this article.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated for the first time that degradation by anaerobic microorganisms can significantly impact the in situ pools of PAHs in petroleum-contaminated, anoxic, sulfate-reducing Harbor sediments and suggest that the self-purification capacity of contaminated harbor sediments is greater than previously considered.

TL;DR: The anaerobic degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) naphthalene and phenanthrene was investigated in several marine harbor sediments as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: Analysis of microorganisms associated with naphthalene degradation in San Diego Bay sediments suggested that the microbial community composition in the amended sediments differed from that present in the unamended sediments from the same sites, and suggested that further study of the physiology of NaphS2 may provide insights into factors controlling the rate and extent of naphTHN degradation in marine harbor sediments.

TL;DR: The potential for stimulating microbial U(VI) reduction as an in situ bioremediation strategy for uranium-contaminated groundwater was evaluated in uranium contaminated sediment from the FRC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory as mentioned in this paper.