Publications by authors named "Laurie LaPat-Polasko"

Fe is a powerful chemical reductant with applications for remediation of chlorinated solvents, including tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene. Its utilization efficiency at contaminated sites is limited because most of the electrons from Fe are channeled to the reduction of water to H rather than to the reduction of the contaminants. Coupling Fe with H-utilizing organohalide-respiring bacteria (i.

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Trichloroethene (TCE) and perchlorate (ClO) are cocontaminants at multiple Superfund sites. Fe is often used during TCE bioremediation with to establish anoxic conditions in the aquifer. However, the synergy between Fe abiotic reactions and microbiological TCE and ClO reductions is poorly understood and seldom addressed in the literature.

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The free-living amoeboflagellate Naegleria fowleri is the causative agent of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), a rapidly fatal disease of the central nervous system. In the United States, the disease is generally acquired while swimming and diving in freshwater lakes and ponds. In addition to swimming, exposure to N.

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