An analysis is developed to calculate the response of laterally loaded piles in multilayered elastic media. The displacement fields in the analysis are taken to be the products of independent functions that vary in the vertical , radial and circumferential directions. The governing differential equations for the pile deflections in different soil layers are obtained using the principle of minim...

Department of Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-4820, Department of Agronomy, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-2110, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19717-1303, USDA-ARS, U.S. Salinity Laboratory, 450 Big Springs Road, R...

Plantibacter flavus isolate 251 is a bacterial endophyte isolated from an Achillea millefolium plant growing in a natural oil seep soil located in Oil Springs, Ontario, Canada. We present here a draft genome sequence of an infrequently reported genus Plantibacter, highlighting an endophytic lifestyle and biotechnological potential.

Microbacterium foliorum strain 122 is a bacterial endophyte isolated from a Dactylis glomerata plant growing in a natural oil seep soil located in Oil Springs, Ontario, Canada. We present here a draft genome sequence of an endophytic strain that has promising potential in hydrocarbon degradation and plant growth promotion.

Department of Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322-4820, Department of Agronomy, Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-2110, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19717-1303, USDA-ARS, U.S. Salinity Laboratory, 450 Big Springs Road, R...

0022-1694/$ see front matter Published by Elsevier doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.04.036 * Corresponding author at: US Geological Survey, 1505 Ferguson Lane, Austin, TX 78754, United States. E-mail address: [email protected] (M. Musgrov A two and a half year study of two adjacent watersheds at the Honey Creek State Natural Area (HCSNA) in central Texas was undertaken to evaluate spatial and tempora...

Jacket structures mounted on suction buckets carry potential as cost-efficient foundations for next-generation 10 MW+ offshore wind turbines located in transitional water depths. Given this foundation method, resistance to overturning moment relies mainly the axial response of buckets. In practice, bucket can be modelled “Beams Non-Linear Winkler Foundation” where soil is idealised non-linear s...

Fumaroles (steam vents) are the most common, yet least understood, microbial habitat in terrestrial geothermal settings. Long believed too extreme for life, recent advances in sample collection and DNA extraction methods have found that fumarole deposits and subsurface waters harbor a considerable diversity of viable microbes. In this study, we applied culture-independent molecular methods to e...

The diversity of thermophilic bacteria was investigated in four hot springs, three salt marshes and 12 desert sites in Morocco. Two hundred and forty (240) thermophilic bacteria were recovered, identified and characterized. All isolates were Gram positive, rod-shaped, spore forming and halotolerant. Based on BOXA1R-PCR and 16S rRNA gene sequencing, the recovered isolates were dominated by the g...