Publications
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2008. Growth of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic Fe(III)-reducing microorganisms on a ferruginous smectite as the sole electron acceptor.. Appl Environ Microbiol. 74(1):251-8.
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2003. Extending the upper temperature limit for life.. Science. 301(5635):934.
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2003. Thermophily in the Geobacteraceae: Geothermobacter ehrlichii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic member of the Geobacteraceae from the "Bag City" hydrothermal vent.. Appl Environ Microbiol. 69(5):2985-93.
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2002. Geoglobus ahangari gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic archaeon capable of oxidizing organic acids and growing autotrophically on hydrogen with Fe(III) serving as the sole electron acceptor.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 52(Pt 3):719-28.
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2002. Use of Fe(III) as an electron acceptor to recover previously uncultured hyperthermophiles: isolation and characterization of Geothermobacterium ferrireducens gen. nov., sp. nov.. Appl Environ Microbiol. 68(4):1735-42.

Department of Microbiology