Development and Application of Community Isotope Arrays for Characterization of Active Microorganisms Degrading Environmental Pollutants

有毒化学品污染环境对人类健康构成重大威胁。利用微生物将有毒化学物质转化为无害的最终产物，被称为生物修复，为对抗环境污染提供了一种有前途的策略。为了帮助开发更有效的生物修复产品和策略，我们开发了一种新的技术来识别环境中的关键生物降解微生物。所开发的技术具有高度的敏感性和特异性，可以很容易地应用于识别许多不同环境中的生物降解物。

Pollution of the environment with toxic chemicals poses a major risk to human health. Known as bioremediation, the utilization of microorganism that convert toxic chemicals to harmless endproducts provides a promising strategy to combat environmental pollution. To aid in the development of more effective bioremediation products and strategies, we developed a novel technique to identify key biodegradative microorganisms in the environment. The developed technique was shown to be highly sensitive and specific and can be readily applied to identify biodegraders in many different environments.