Microbially Mediated Mineral Recovery from Coal Ash File:Dan River coal ash spill – impoundment and power plant – 2014.jpg. (2024, December 29). Wikimedia Commons. Retrieved December 10, 2025, from https://w.wiki/Ga$K. In the mining industry, strategies that leverage microbial processes are increasingly attractive as sustainable and cost-effective methods for improving the recovery efficiency of precious metals…
Produced Water, Critical Minerals, and Microbially Mediated Recovery Mining companies are exploring microbially mediated processes such as bioleaching for critical mineral recovery. Meanwhile, energy companies are investigating oilfield produced water as a supply stream for critical minerals. At the intersection of these interests, biomining offers a transformative opportunity to extract high value critical minerals directly…
Top 4 Biotech Applications for the Mining Industry In recent decades, a greater focus on harnessing microbial processes for industrial applications has led to the development of innovative solutions to some of the mining industry’s most pressing challenges. The unbiased, actionable data Microbial Insights provides can help to cost-effectively enhance the efficiency, sustainability, and environmental…
Shipping In The Hot Weather: The More You Know As the warmer months approach, we want to remind you of the importance of maintaining proper sample storage conditions to ensure accurate and reliable results. During this time, temperatures can fluctuate, and it’s critical to ensure your samples remain within the required hold temperature range to…
Confirming Biodegradation with Stable Isotope Probing Stable Isotope Probing (SIP) is an innovative method to track the environmental fate of a 13C-labeled contaminant of concern to unambiguously demonstrate biodegradation. The label serves as a tracer which can be detected in the end products of biodegradation: new biomass and carbon dioxide (CO2) or dissolved inorganic carbon…
Understanding and Addressing Reservoir Souring: Costs, Challenges, and Solutions Reservoir souring is a common and costly challenge in the oil and gas industry, especially during secondary recovery processes. This phenomenon is primarily caused by the activity of sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) and sulfate-reducing archaea (SRA), which metabolize sulfate ions in water to produce hydrogen sulfide (H₂S).…
Commercial Versus Research Lab Does the lab you are using actually subcontract their molecular work to a local university or is it performed in house? Read below to understand why using a commercial lab is important to your project: Why choose a lab like Microbial Insights: Customer service – MI provides hands-on customer…
Agriculture: Insights from MI In the ever-evolving agricultural landscape, there is a big factor most people miss: the little guys. Understanding the microbial world is key to managing the delicate balance between soil, plants, animals, and environmental factors. Identifying Microbial Threats to Agriculture In agriculture, microbial, fungal, plant, and animal communities interact in complex…
Microbial Insights: Proud Sponsor of The Groundwater Project At Microbial Insights, we are proud to support initiatives that align with our mission of advancing scientific understanding and addressing global environmental challenges. That’s why we are honored to sponsor The Groundwater Project (GW-Project), a Canadian non-profit organization dedicated to making high-quality groundwater education accessible to everyone.…
Press Release Microbial Insights Partners with Site Investigation Supply to Enhance Presence and Customer Service in Australian Market 20 September, 2024 Knoxville, TN – Microbial Insights, a global leader in microbial diagnostic solutions, is excited to announce its collaboration with Site Investigation Supply as its official representative in Australia. This partnership enhances Microbial Insights’ established…