This Top Tips bulletin explains how molecular biological tools can be used to optimize bioleaching and biosorption processes for recovering valuable metals and rare earth elements from ores, tailings, and waste streams. It highlights how NGS, CENSUS® qPCR, and QuantArray®‑BGC enable monitoring and optimization of microbial consortia to improve extraction efficiency and support sustainable resource…
This Top Tips bulletin outlines how molecular biological tools can be used to optimize the bioremediation of mine tailings by characterizing microbial communities and tracking treatment performance. It highlights how baseline microbial surveys, ongoing monitoring, and targeted remediation strategies support effective cleanup, long‑term site management, and transition to monitored natural attenuation.
This Top Tips bulletin outlines best practices for routine monitoring of microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) to detect emerging risks early and reduce asset damage, downtime, and maintenance costs. It highlights how molecular microbiological methods such as CENSUS® qPCR, QuantArray®‑MIC, and next‑generation sequencing provide accurate, trend‑based insights into microbial activity and corrosion risk.
This Top Tips bulletin explains how molecular microbiological methods (MMMs) can be used to optimize microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) mitigation and verify treatment effectiveness. It highlights how tools such as CENSUS® qPCR and QuantArray®‑MIC provide early, actionable insight into microbial changes that guide mitigation strategies and performance monitoring.
This Top Tips bulletin outlines best practices for diagnosing microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) using a multiple lines of evidence approach. It emphasizes the importance of molecular microbiological methods such as QuantArray®‑MIC and qPCR, strategic sampling design, and expert interpretation to accurately identify MIC risks and guide mitigation decisions.
This Top Tips bulletin explains why molecular microbiological methods (MMMs) are a critical component of modern corrosion management programs for identifying and managing microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC). It highlights how DNA‑based tools such as qPCR, QuantArray®‑MIC, and next‑generation sequencing deliver accurate, cost‑effective insights that improve threat assessment, mitigation, and performance monitoring across industrial systems.
This paper reviews how microorganisms can be used to recover rare earth elements (REEs) through bioleaching, biosorption, and bioaccumulation as more sustainable alternatives to conventional extraction methods. It also highlights how molecular biology tools such as qPCR (CENSUS®) and next‑generation sequencing enable effective monitoring and optimization of microbial REE recovery processes.
This technical overview explains the differences between CENSUS® qPCR and QuantArray® technologies and how each supports microbial characterization, remediation decision‑making, and performance monitoring. It provides practical guidance on when to use targeted single‑gene analysis versus multi‑gene array profiling to efficiently evaluate biodegradation, corrosion, and biogeochemical processes.
This white paper explains how Microbial Source Tracking (MST) using CENSUS® qPCR identifies the host of fecal contamination (human, livestock, wildlife, etc). MST CENSUS® provides rapid, sensitive, and culture‑independent data to support water quality management, regulatory compliance, and targeted remediation decisions.
This technical bulletin explains how aerobic cometabolism and abiotic degradation can be critical mechanisms supporting monitored natural attenuation (MNA) at chlorinated ethene sites, particularly in large or dilute plumes. It describes how molecular biological tools, mineralogical analyses, and degradation rate studies provide defensible evidence of contaminant destruction beyond traditional groundwater trend analysis.