@article {420,
	title = {Molecular analysis of the metabolic rates of discrete subsurface populations of sulfate reducers.},
	journal = {Appl Environ Microbiol},
	volume = {77},
	year = {2011},
	month = {2011 Sep},
	pages = {6502-9},
	abstract = {Elucidating the in situ metabolic activity of phylogenetically diverse populations of sulfate-reducing microorganisms that populate anoxic sedimentary environments is key to understanding subsurface ecology. Previous pure culture studies have demonstrated that the transcript abundance of dissimilatory (bi)sulfite reductase genes is correlated with the sulfate-reducing activity of individual cells. To evaluate whether expression of these genes was diagnostic for subsurface communities, dissimilatory (bi)sulfite reductase gene transcript abundance in phylogenetically distinct sulfate-reducing populations was quantified during a field experiment in which acetate was added to uranium-contaminated groundwater. Analysis of dsrAB sequences prior to the addition of acetate indicated that Desulfobacteraceae, Desulfobulbaceae, and Syntrophaceae-related sulfate reducers were the most abundant. Quantifying dsrB transcripts of the individual populations suggested that Desulfobacteraceae initially had higher dsrB transcripts per cell than Desulfobulbaceae or Syntrophaceae populations and that the activity of Desulfobacteraceae increased further when the metabolism of dissimilatory metal reducers competing for the added acetate declined. In contrast, dsrB transcript abundance in Desulfobulbaceae and Syntrophaceae remained relatively constant, suggesting a lack of stimulation by added acetate. The indication of higher sulfate-reducing activity in the Desulfobacteraceae was consistent with the finding that Desulfobacteraceae became the predominant component of the sulfate-reducing community. Discontinuing acetate additions resulted in a decline in dsrB transcript abundance in the Desulfobacteraceae. These results suggest that monitoring transcripts of dissimilatory (bi)sulfite reductase genes in distinct populations of sulfate reducers can provide insight into the relative rates of metabolism of different components of the sulfate-reducing community and their ability to respond to environmental perturbations.},
	keywords = {Biodiversity, Deltaproteobacteria, DNA, Bacterial, Gene Expression Profiling, Hydrogensulfite Reductase, Molecular Sequence Data, Oxidation-Reduction, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Soil Microbiology, Sulfates, Water Microbiology},
	issn = {1098-5336},
	doi = {10.1128/AEM.00576-11},
	author = {Miletto, M and Williams, K H and N{\textquoteright}Guessan, A L and Lovley, D R}
}
@article {591,
	title = {Bioremediation. Anaerobes to the rescue.},
	journal = {Science},
	volume = {293},
	year = {2001},
	month = {2001 Aug 24},
	pages = {1444-6},
	keywords = {Bacteria, Aerobic, Bacteria, Anaerobic, Biodegradation, Environmental, Euryarchaeota, Ferric Compounds, Genome, Archaeal, Genome, Bacterial, Hydrocarbons, Aromatic, Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated, Metals, Methane, Nitrates, Oxidation-Reduction, Oxygen, Soil Microbiology, Sulfates, Sulfur-Reducing Bacteria, Water Pollutants, Chemical},
	issn = {0036-8075},
	doi = {10.1126/science.1063294},
	author = {Lovley, D R}
}
@article {609,
	title = {Microbes with a mettle for bioremediation.},
	journal = {Nat Biotechnol},
	volume = {18},
	year = {2000},
	month = {2000 Jun},
	pages = {600-1},
	keywords = {Bacterial Adhesion, Cadmium, Cupriavidus necator, Industrial Waste, Metallothionein, Metals, Heavy, Soil Microbiology, Soil Pollutants},
	issn = {1087-0156},
	doi = {10.1038/76433},
	author = {Lovley, D R and Lloyd, J R}
}
@article {632,
	title = {Microbial degradation of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (CHCl2F and CHCl2CF3) in soils and sediments.},
	journal = {Appl Environ Microbiol},
	volume = {62},
	year = {1996},
	month = {1996 May},
	pages = {1818-21},
	abstract = {The ability of microorganisms to degrade trace levels of the hydrochlorofluorocarbons HCFC-21 and HCFC-123 was investigated. Methanotroph-linked oxidation of HCFC-21 was observed in aerobic soils, and anaerobic degradation of HCFC-21 occurred in freshwater and salt marsh sediments. Microbial degradation of HCFC-123 was observed in anoxic freshwater and salt marsh sediments, and the recovery of 1,1,1-trifluoro-2-chloroethane indicated the involvement of reductive dechlorination. No degradation of HCFC-123 was observed in aerobic soils. In some experiments, HCFCs were degraded at low (parts per billion) concentrations, raising the possibility that bacteria in nature remove HCFCs from the atmosphere.},
	keywords = {Biodegradation, Environmental, Chlorofluorocarbons, Soil Microbiology},
	issn = {0099-2240},
	author = {Oremland, R S and Lonergan, D J and Culbertson, C W and Lovley, D R}
}
@article {642,
	title = {Geobacter sulfurreducens sp. nov., a hydrogen- and acetate-oxidizing dissimilatory metal-reducing microorganism.},
	journal = {Appl Environ Microbiol},
	volume = {60},
	year = {1994},
	month = {1994 Oct},
	pages = {3752-9},
	abstract = {A dissimilatory metal- and sulfur-reducing microorganism was isolated from surface sediments of a hydrocarbon-contaminated ditch in Norman, Okla. The isolate, which was designated strain PCA, was an obligately anaerobic, nonfermentative nonmotile, gram-negative rod. PCA grew in a defined medium with acetate as an electron donor and ferric PPi, ferric oxyhydroxide, ferric citrate, elemental sulfur, Co(III)-EDTA, fumarate, or malate as the sole electron acceptor. PCA also coupled the oxidation of hydrogen to the reduction of Fe(III) but did not reduce Fe(III) with sulfur, glucose, lactate, fumarate, propionate, butyrate, isobutyrate, isovalerate, succinate, yeast extract, phenol, benzoate, ethanol, propanol, or butanol as an electron donor. PCA did not reduce oxygen, Mn(IV), U(VI), nitrate, sulfate, sulfite, or thiosulfate with acetate as the electron donor. Cell suspensions of PCA exhibited dithionite-reduced minus air-oxidized difference spectra which were characteristic of c-type cytochromes. Phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rRNA sequence placed PCA in the delta subgroup of the proteobacteria. Its closest known relative is Geobacter metallireducens. The ability to utilize either hydrogen or acetate as the sole electron donor for Fe(III) reduction makes strain PCA a unique addition to the relatively small group of respiratory metal-reducing microorganisms available in pure culture. A new species name, Geobacter sulfurreducens, is proposed.},
	keywords = {Acetic Acid, Acetic Acids, Base Sequence, DNA Primers, DNA, Bacterial, DNA, Ribosomal, Electron Transport, Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria, Hydrogen, Metals, Microscopy, Electron, Molecular Sequence Data, Oxidation-Reduction, Phylogeny, RNA, Bacterial, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Soil Microbiology},
	issn = {0099-2240},
	author = {Caccavo, F and Lonergan, D J and Lovley, D R and Davis, M and Stolz, J F and McInerney, M J}
}
@article {656,
	title = {Dissimilatory Fe(III) and Mn(IV) reduction.},
	journal = {Microbiol Rev},
	volume = {55},
	year = {1991},
	month = {1991 Jun},
	pages = {259-87},
	abstract = {The oxidation of organic matter coupled to the reduction of Fe(III) or Mn(IV) is one of the most important biogeochemical reactions in aquatic sediments, soils, and groundwater. This process, which may have been the first globally significant mechanism for the oxidation of organic matter to carbon dioxide, plays an important role in the oxidation of natural and contaminant organic compounds in a variety of environments and contributes to other phenomena of widespread significance such as the release of metals and nutrients into water supplies, the magnetization of sediments, and the corrosion of metal. Until recently, much of the Fe(III) and Mn(IV) reduction in sedimentary environments was considered to be the result of nonenzymatic processes. However, microorganisms which can effectively couple the oxidation of organic compounds to the reduction of Fe(III) or Mn(IV) have recently been discovered. With Fe(III) or Mn(IV) as the sole electron acceptor, these organisms can completely oxidize fatty acids, hydrogen, or a variety of monoaromatic compounds. This metabolism provides energy to support growth. Sugars and amino acids can be completely oxidized by the cooperative activity of fermentative microorganisms and hydrogen- and fatty-acid-oxidizing Fe(III) and Mn(IV) reducers. This provides a microbial mechanism for the oxidation of the complex assemblage of sedimentary organic matter in Fe(III)- or Mn(IV)-reducing environments. The available evidence indicates that this enzymatic reduction of Fe(III) or Mn(IV) accounts for most of the oxidation of organic matter coupled to reduction of Fe(III) and Mn(IV) in sedimentary environments. Little is known about the diversity and ecology of the microorganisms responsible for Fe(III) and Mn(IV) reduction, and only preliminary studies have been conducted on the physiology and biochemistry of this process.},
	keywords = {Bacteria, Electron Transport, Ferric Compounds, Fungi, Geological Phenomena, Geology, Manganese, Oxidation-Reduction, Soil Microbiology, Water Microbiology},
	issn = {0146-0749},
	author = {Lovley, D R}
}
