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75
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18134
World Ranking
1512
National Ranking
48

Overview

Charles W. Greer is affiliated with the National Research Council Canada in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with an emphasis on pollution, ecology, environmental chemistry, molecular biology, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics including microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, microbial community ecology and physiology, oil spill detection and mitigation, methane hydrates and related phenomena, toxic organic pollutants impact, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and genomics and phylogenetic studies.

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Charles W. Greer has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Julien Tremblay, Jessica Wasserscheid, Kenneth Lee, Nathalie Fortin, and Lyle G. Whyte.

Among the recent papers associated with Charles W. Greer are:

  • Recent advances in chemical and biological degradation of spilled oil: A review of dispersants application in the marine environment, 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • A cross-comparison of biosurfactants as marine oil spill dispersants: Governing factors, synergetic effects and fates, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Occurrence and biodegradation of hydrocarbons at high salinities, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • The effect of wheat genotype on the microbiome is more evident in roots and varies through time, 2023, ISME Communications
  • Transport of Microplastics in Shore Substrates over Tidal Cycles: Roles of Polymer Characteristics and Environmental Factors, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Characterization of hydrocarbon-degrading microbial populations in contaminated and pristine Alpine soils

    R. Margesin;D. Labbé;F. Schinner;C. W. Greer

  • Selection of Specific Endophytic Bacterial Genotypes by Plants in Response to Soil Contamination

    Steven D. Siciliano;Nathalie Fortin;Anca Mihoc;Gesine Wisse

  • Biodegradation of Variable-Chain-Length Alkanes at Low Temperatures by a Psychrotrophic Rhodococcus sp.

    Lyle G. Whyte;Jalal Hawari;Edward Zhou;Luc Bourbonnière

  • Changes in microbial community composition and function during a polyaromatic hydrocarbon phytoremediation field trial

    Steven D. Siciliano;James J. Germida;Kathy Banks;Charles W. Greer

  • Biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbons by psychrotrophic Pseudomonas strains possessing both alkane (alk) and naphthalene (nah) catabolic pathways.

    L G Whyte;L Bourbonniére;C W Greer

  • Bacterial growth at −15 °C; molecular insights from the permafrost bacterium Planococcus halocryophilus Or1

    Nadia C.S. Mykytczuk;Simon J. Foote;Christopher R Omelon;Gordon Southam

  • Shifts in soil microorganisms in response to warming are consistent across a range of Antarctic environments.

    Etienne Yergeau;Stef Bokhorst;Sanghoon Kang;Jizhong Zhou

  • The functional potential of high Arctic permafrost revealed by metagenomic sequencing, qPCR and microarray analyses.

    Etienne Yergeau;Etienne Yergeau;Hervé Hogues;Lyle G Whyte;Charles W Greer

  • Characterization of the microbial diversity in a permafrost sample from the Canadian high Arctic using culture-dependent and culture-independent methods.

    Blaire Steven;Geoffrey Briggs;Chris P. McKay;Wayne H. Pollard

  • Gene Cloning and Characterization of Multiple Alkane Hydroxylase Systems in Rhodococcus Strains Q15 and NRRL B-16531

    L. G. Whyte;T. H. M. Smits;D. Labbé;B. Witholt

  • A survey of the methods for the characterization of microbial consortia and communities.

    Dan Spiegelman;Gavin Whissell;Charles W Greer

  • Metagenomic Analysis of the Bioremediation of Diesel-Contaminated Canadian High Arctic Soils

    Etienne Yergeau;Sylvie Sanschagrin;Danielle Beaumier;Charles W. Greer

  • Physiological Adaptations Involved in Alkane Assimilation at a Low Temperature by Rhodococcus sp. Strain Q15

    L G Whyte;S J Slagman;F Pietrantonio;L Bourbonnière

  • Next-generation sequencing of microbial communities in the Athabasca River and its tributaries in relation to oil sands mining activities.

    Etienne Yergeau;John R. Lawrence;Sylvie Sanschagrin;Marley J. Waiser

  • Microbial expression profiles in the rhizosphere of willows depend on soil contamination

    Etienne Yergeau;Sylvie Sanschagrin;Christine Maynard;Marc St-Arnaud

  • Rapid, direct extraction of DNA from soils for PCR analysis using polyvinylpolypyrrolidone spin columns

    Marc Berthelet;Lyle G. Whyte;Charles W. Greer

  • Predictable bacterial composition and hydrocarbon degradation in Arctic soils following diesel and nutrient disturbance

    Terrence H Bell;Etienne Yergeau;Christine Maynard;David Juck

  • Polyphasic microbial community analysis of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated soils from two northern Canadian communities.

    D. Juck;T. Charles;T. Charles;L.G. Whyte;C.W. Greer

  • Assessment of the biodegradation potential of psychrotrophic microorganisms.

    Lyle G. Whyte;Charles W. Greer;William E. Inniss

  • Phytoremediation of heavy metal and PAH-contaminated brownfield sites

    Sébastien Roy;Sébastien Roy;Suzanne Labelle;Punita Mehta;Anca Mihoc

  • Microbial diversity and activity through a permafrost/ground ice core profile from the Canadian high Arctic.

    Blaire Steven;Wayne H. Pollard;Charles W. Greer;Lyle G. Whyte

Frequent Co-Authors

Lyle G. Whyte
Lyle G. Whyte McGill University
Etienne Yergeau
Etienne Yergeau Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Jalal Hawari
Jalal Hawari Polytechnique Montréal
John R. Lawrence
John R. Lawrence Environment and Climate Change Canada
Kenneth Lee
Kenneth Lee Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Sonia Thiboutot
Sonia Thiboutot Defence Research and Development Canada
Guy Ampleman
Guy Ampleman Defence Research and Development Canada
Geoffrey I. Sunahara
Geoffrey I. Sunahara McGill University
Luke Masson
Luke Masson National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
James J. Germida
James J. Germida University of Saskatchewan

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