• Linking stormwater Best Management Practices to social factors in two suburban watersheds 

  Maeda, P. Kanoko; Chanse, Victoria; Rockler, Amanda; Montas, Hubert; Shirmohammadi, Adel; Wilson, Sacoby; Leisnham, Paul T. (PLoS, 2018-08-23)

  To reduce nutrient pollution in urban watersheds, residents need to voluntarily practice a range of stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs). However, little is known about the underlying social factors that may act ...

• Human cytomegalovirus evades antibody-mediated immunity through endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation of the FcRn receptor 

  Liu, Xiaoyang; Palaniyandi, Senthilkumar; Zhu, Iowis; Tang, Jin; Li, Weizhong; Wu, Xiaoling; Ochsner, Susan Park; Pauza, C. David; Cohen, Jeffrey I.; Zhu, Xiaoping (Nature Publishing Group, 2019-07-09)

  Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) can persistently infect humans, but how HCMV avoids humoral immunity is not clear. The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) controls IgG transport from the mother to the fetus and prolongs IgG half-life. ...

• Urbanization Altered Bacterial and Archaeal Composition in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands Near Washington DC, USA, and Buenos Aires, Argentina 

  Gonzalez Mateu, Martina; Park, Cedric Evan; McAskill, Cullen Patrick; Baldwin, Andrew H.; Yarwood, Stephanie A. (MDPI, 2019-03-06)

  Urban expansion causes coastal wetland loss, and environmental stressors associated with development can lead to wetland degradation and loss of ecosystem services. This study investigated the effect of urbanization on ...

• A Study of Resistance to the Sweet Potato Wilt Pathogen, Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht f. batatis (Wr.) Snyder & Hansen, and of Histological Aspects of the Host-pathogen Complex 

  Wells, John Milton (1963)

  Research on Fusarium wilt of sweet potato, a vascular disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht f. batatis (Wr.) Snyder & Hansen, was undertaken to determine the susceptibility of various sweet potato lines to ...

• BLOOM BIOSOLIDS: WHAT IS THEIR MICROBIAL COMMUNITY AND HOW DO THEY AFFECT SOIL AND PLANT HEALTH? 

  Baballari, Eni (2019)

  Biosolids are rich in nutrients and organic matter, and are known to improve and maintain productive soils and stimulate plant growth. D.C. Water’s new Class A biosolids product, Bloom, was evaluated for its impact on plant ...

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