Pedro J. J. Alvarez

TL;DR: The pseudolysogenic state of phages, which involves incorporation of their genome into bacterial endospores (without integration into the host chromosome), is exploited to enhance survival in unfavorable environments and hold great promise for broadening the scope and efficacy of phage biocontrol.

TL;DR: In this paper, a library of Escherichia coli gene-deletion mutants was used to show that clones lacking sodB (coding for oxidative stress protection), lon (protein damage repair), or cusR (metal efflux pump) are quite sensitive to silver (with 7.3, 5.3 and 1.1% of cells surviving, respectively), compared with 90.4% survival for wild-type E. coli, after 6-h exposure to 8 mg/L AgNO3.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a regional temperature map showing that downhole temperatures in Bakken reservoir wells equal or exceed the upper known temperature limit for microbial life, suggesting souring had a geochemical origin.

TL;DR: Catastrophe for Central America?

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate that pretreatment of impacted soils with UVC-activated TiO2 in soil slurries could enhance bioremediation of heavy hydrocarbons in soils impacted by crude oil spills.