UNICEF estimates that over 2.2 billion people worldwide do not have access to clean drinking water. Micro-organisms are responsible for a host of waterborne diseases, but simultaneously offer solutions in purifying water and improving sanitation. Biofertilizers offer promising solutions for reduced nutrient runoff and wastewater recycling. As well as applying microbes to combat the problem, applied microbiologists can use their knowledge of health and disease to reduce cases of waterborne disease.
Rising incidence of Legionnaire’s disease has been linked to an unexpected factor: a decline in air pollution.
Read storyA study found that one-third of the organic carbon leached from peatland soils into canal waters gets broken down and released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
The mutual relationship between an algae and three bacteria presents the highest hydrogen production obtained so far by this type of consortium.
A new study shows that algae growth in shallow lakes around the world is affected not only by phosphorus but also by nitrogen.
In a new study, scientists have discovered that viruses that infect microbes contribute to climate change by playing a key role in cycling methane, a potent greenhouse gas, through the environment.