The increasing effects of climate change on urban areas are driving interest in green and blue infrastructure (GBI) as climate mitigation measures. Vegetation as part of GBI plays a key role in urban heat island reduction strategies through multiple ecological and physical processes. However, carbon sequestration capabilities of vegetation as part of GBI are poorly studied. The understanding of the carbon balance of GBI is cru...

Purpose Rapid diagnosis and treatment of infectious meningitis and encephalitis (ME) is critical to minimize morbidity and mortality. Recently, Qiagen introduced the CE-IVD QIAstat-Dx ME panel (QS-ME) for syndromic diagnostic testing of meningitis and encephalitis. Some data on the performance of the QS-ME in comparison to the BioFire FilmArray ME panel are available. In this study, the performance of the QS-ME is compared to...

It has long been understood that stabilizing the global climate requires human carbon emissions to converge toward net zero (Matthews and Caldeira, 2008). Analysis by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggests delays in achieving net zero emissions, or a temperature increase of more than 1.5°C, will necessitate even stronger action: net negative emissions. A very large-scale opportunity for carbon sequestrat...

Summary A long‐term field experiment (1999–2002) was conducted to monitor effects on the indigenous microflora of Pseudomonas putida WCS358r and two transgenic derivatives constitutively producing phenazine‐1‐carboxylic acid (PCA) or 2,4‐diacetylphloroglucinol (DAPG). The strains were introduced as seed coating on wheat into the same field plots each year. Rhizosphere populations of ascomycetes were analysed using denaturing g...