Soil biofilms: microbial interactions, challenges, and advanced techniques for ex-situ characterization

Overview of Ex Situ Decontamination Techniques for Soil Cleanup

The paper is a short review on the soil decontamination applying ex-situ techniques. Some sources and pathways of soil contamination are discussed. It was revealed that available techniques for soil decontamination can be divided in two parts, depending on where the action have place: in-situ or ex-situ. Also, depending on the nature of the process, these techniques can be biological, physical-...

Analytical challenges of microbial biofilms on medical devices.

Microbial colonization of medical devices is a widespread problem that tests the limits of conventional analytical methods. Successful analytical endeavors require collaboration between clinicians, microbiologists, biomedical engineers, and analytical chemists.

Microbial Biofilms

Ex-situ Treatment of Contaminated Soil – the Dutch Experience

This paper reviews the development of ex-situ soil treatment technologies over the last 20 years, against the background of developing legislation and market forces. Legislation along the lines of site remediation, soil treatment, landfilling and reuse was developed and improved in the eighties and nineties. In addition, substantial budgets were made available by the national government to tack...

Advanced-Microscopy Techniques for the Characterization of Cellulose Structure and Cellulose-Cellulase Interactions