Grantee Research Project Results

Balcom I. Adaptation of microbial communities to PAH contaminated soils.

Park J-W. Quantification of PAH degrading bacteria in the plant rhizosphere. Ph.D. Dissertation. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA, 2004.

Winters M. Phytoremediation of PAHs with chapparal plant species.

Yi H. Phytoremediation of PCBs and PAHs and molecular analysis of PAH degrading bacterial populations. Ph.D. Dissertation. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California at Riverside, Riverside, CA.

Luepromchai E, Singer AC, Yang C-H, Crowley DE. Interactions of earthworms with indigenous and bioaugmented PCB-degrading bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 2002;41(3):191-197.

Park J-W, Crowley DE. Normalization of soil DNA extraction for accurate quantification of target genes by real-time PCR and DGGE. BioTechniques 2005;38(4):579-586.

Singer AC, Wong CS, Crowley DE. Differential enantioselective transformation of atropisomeric polychlorinated biphenyls by multiple bacterial strains with different inducing compounds. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2002;68(11):5756-5759.

Singer AC, Smith D, Jury WA, Hathuc K, Crowley DE. Impact of the plant rhizosphere and augmentation on remediation of polychlorinated biphenyl contaminated soil. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2003;22(9):1998-2004.

Singer AC, Crowley DE, Thompson IP. Secondary plant metabolites in phytoremediation and biotransformation. Trends in Biotechnology 2003b;21(3):123-130.

Balcom I, Crowley DE. Microbial community characterization of PAH contaminated plant rhizospheres. Presented at the 2005 Third International Phytotechnologies Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 20-22, 2005.

Crowley DE. Biodegradation of organic pollutants in the plant rhizosphere. Presented at the Rhizosphere 2004 International Congress, Munich, Germany, September 12-17, 2004.

Crowley DE. Bioremediation of organic contaminants using plant microbial systems. Seminar presented to the University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, May 2, 2002.

Crowley DE. Bioremediation of organic pollutants using monoterpene producing plants. Seminar presented to the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, The University of Georgia, Aiken, SC, September 3, 2003.

Crowley DE. Bioremediation of soil organic contaminants in the plant rhizosphere. Presented at the International Soil Science Society American Bouyoucos Conference on Bioavailability, Halkidiki, Greece, June 23-27 2002.

Crowley DE. Comprehensive analysis of organic pollutant degrading microbial populations in the plant rhizosphere. Presented at the 2004 International Meeting of Federation of Korean Microbiological Societies, Seoul, Korea, October 21-22, 2004.

Crowley DE, Park JW, Yi H. Detection and quantification of bacterial dioxygenase genes for biodegradation of PAH and PCBs in the plant rhizosphere. Presented at the 14th Annual Association for Environmental Health and Sciences Meeting and West Coast Conference on Soils, Sediments, and Water, San Diego, CA, March 15-18, 2004.

Crowley DE. Function of plant secondary metabolites in cometabolism of organic pollutants. Seminar presented to the University of Delaware, Newark, DE, May 2004.

Crowley DE. Identification of plants and plant-derived substances that enhance biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils. Presented at the 2005 Third International Phytotechnologies Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 20-22, 2005.

Crowley DE. New technologies for cleaning contaminated soils with plants and microorganisms. Presented to California State University, San Bernadino, CA, January 2004.

Crowley DE. Phytoremediation of PAH and PCB contaminated soils. Presented at the Joint Interagency Program on Phytoremediation: Research/Principal Investigators Meeting, Washington, DC, January 20-21, 2004.

Crowley DE. Phytoremediation of organic contaminants using monoterpene producing plants. Seminar presented to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, April 5, 2002.

Crowley DE. Rhizosphere ecology of xenobiotic degrading microorganisms. Presented at the Canadian Society of Microbiologists 52nd Annual Meeting, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, June 16-19, 2002.

Crowley DE. Use of plants for bioremediation of contaminated soils. Seminar presented to Whittier College, Whittier, CA, April 2004.

Hathuc K, Crowley DE. The effects of p-cymene and salicylic acid on a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degrading bacterial community. Presented at the American Society for Microbiology 102nd General Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, May 19-23, 2002.

Park JW, Crowley DE. Detection and quantification of nahAc in PAH contaminated soil by both conventional and real-time PCR methods. Presented at the American Society for Microbiology 102nd General Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, May 19-23, 2002.

Winters M, Crowley DE. Phytoremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using native plant species. Presented at the 2005 Third International Phytotechnologies Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 20-22, 2005.