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  1. In Vitro Staphylococcal Aggregate Morphology and Protection from Antibiotics Are Dependent on Distinct Mechanisms Arising from Postsurgical Joint Components and Fluid Motion

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Steven K Lower

  2. Thermophilic Magnetotactic Bacteria from Mickey Hot Springs, an Arsenic-Rich Hydrothermal System in Oregon

    Article • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, February 2022, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  3. Host blood proteins as bridging ligand in bacterial aggregation as well as anchor point for adhesion in the molecular pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus infections

    Article • Micron, November 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Steven K Lower

  4. Localization of Native Mms13 to the Magnetosome Chain of Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1 Using Immunogold Electron Microscopy, Immunofluorescence Microscopy and Biochemical Analysis

    Article • Crystals, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Steven K Lower

  5. Statistical Thermodynamic Description of Heteroaggregation between Anthropogenic Particulate Matter and Natural Particles in Aquatic Environments

    Article • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, March 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  6. A meta-analysis framework to assess the role of units in describing nanoparticle toxicity

    Article • NanoImpact, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Steven K Lower

  7. Tunable self-assembly of magnetotactic bacteria: Role of hydrodynamics and magnetism

    Article • AIP Advances, January 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Steven K Lower

  8. Thrust and Power Output of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor: A Micromagnetic Tweezers Approach

    Article • Biophysical Journal, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Steven K Lower

  9. Fibrinogen binding is affected by amino acid substitutions in C-terminal repeat region of fibronectin binding protein A

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Steven K Lower

  10. Hydrodynamic Interactions, Hidden Order, and Emergent Collective Behavior in an Active Bacterial Suspension

    Article • Physical Review Letters, November 2018, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  11. Tuning bacterial hydrodynamics with magnetic fields

    Article • Physical Review E, June 2017, American Physical Society (APS)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  12. Amino acid polymorphisms in the fibronectin-binding repeats of fibronectin-binding protein A affect bond strength and fibronectin conformation

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Steven K Lower

  13. Conformational stability of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor as influenced by glycosylation, dimerization and EGF hormone binding

    Article • Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr Steven K Lower

  14. Spatial localization of Mms6 during biomineralization of Fe3O4 nanocrystals in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1

    Article • Journal of Materials Research, February 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Steven K Lower

  15. Polymorphisms in Fibronectin Binding Proteins A and B among Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates Are Not Associated with Arthroplasty Infection

    Article • PLOS One, November 2015, PLOS

    Dr Steven K Lower

  16. Endovascular Infections Caused by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Are Linked to Clonal Complex-Specific Alterations in Binding and Invasion Domains of Fibronectin-Binding Protein A as Well as the Occurrence offnbB

    Article • Infection and Immunity, September 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Steven K Lower

  17. Collection and Enrichment of Magnetotactic Bacteria from the Environment

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Steven K Lower

  18. Subcellular localization of the magnetosome protein MamC in the marine magnetotactic bacterium Magnetococcus marinus strain MC-1 using immunoelectron microscopy

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, April 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dennis A. Bazylinski, Dr Steven K Lower

  19. Repetitive Dissociation from Crocidolite Asbestos Acts as Persistent Signal for Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor

    Article • Langmuir, May 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  20. Magnetotactic bacteria from Pavilion Lake, British Columbia

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Dr Dennis A. Bazylinski, Dr Steven K Lower

  21. Magnetosomes and magnetite crystals produced by magnetotactic bacteria as resolved by atomic force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy

    Article • Micron, December 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Dennis A. Bazylinski, Dr Steven K Lower

  22. Collection, Isolation and Enrichment of Naturally Occurring Magnetotactic Bacteria from the Environment

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, November 2012, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Steven K Lower

  23. Dissociation Rate Constants of Human Fibronectin Binding to Fibronectin-binding Proteins on Living Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Clinical Patients

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2012, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  24. Polymorphisms in fibronectin binding protein A of Staphylococcus aureus are associated with infection of cardiovascular devices

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Steven K Lower

  25. Force Spectroscopy of Mineral-Microbe Bonds

    Article • August 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Steven K Lower

  26. Atomic Force Microscopy to Study Intermolecular Forces and Bonds Associated with Bacteria

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Steven K Lower

  27. A Tactile Response in Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Biophysical Journal, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Steven K Lower

  28. Bonds between Fibronectin and Fibronectin-Binding Proteins on Staphylococcus aureus and Lactococcus lactis

    Article • Langmuir, July 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  29. Oxide-Dependent Adhesion of the Jurkat Line of T Lymphocytes

    Article • Langmuir, June 2009, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  30. Antibody Recognition Force Microscopy Shows that Outer Membrane Cytochromes OmcA and MtrC Are Expressed on the Exterior Surface of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Steven K Lower

  31. The pedagogical genealogy of Terrance J. Beveridge – A legacy of bonds

    Article • Geobiology, June 2008, Wiley

    Dr Steven K Lower

  32. Binding Forces Associated with Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms on Medical Implants

    Article • May 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  33. In Vitro Evolution of a Peptide with a Hematite Binding Motif That May Constitute a Natural Metal-Oxide Binding Archetype

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, May 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  34. Nanominerals, Mineral Nanoparticles, and Earth Systems

    Article • Science, March 2008, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Steven K Lower

  35. Thickness and Surface Density of Extracellular Polymers on Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Steven K Lower

  36. Treating astrology's claims with all due gravity

    Article • Nature, May 2007, Nature

    Dr Steven K Lower

  37. Specific Bonds between an Iron Oxide Surface and Outer Membrane Cytochromes MtrC and OmcA from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Steven K Lower

  38. Correlation between Fundamental Binding Forces and Clinical Prognosis of Staphylococcus aureus Infections of Medical Implants

    Article • Langmuir, February 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  39. A Bacterium's Sense of “Touch”

    Article • MRS Proceedings, January 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Steven K Lower

  40. Force spectroscopy of bonds that form between a Staphylococcus bacterium and silica or polystyrene substrates

    Article • Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, February 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Steven K Lower

  41. Putative mineral-specific proteins synthesized by a metal reducing bacterium

    Article • American Journal of Science, June 2005, American Journal of Science (AJS)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  42. Directed natural forces of affinity between a bacterium and mineral

    Article • American Journal of Science, June 2005, American Journal of Science (AJS)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  43. Simultaneous Force and Fluorescence Measurements of a Protein That Forms a Bond between a Living Bacterium and a Solid Surface

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2005, ASM Journals

    Dr Steven K Lower

  44. Force Measurements Between a Bacterium and Another Surface In Situ

    Article • January 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Steven K Lower

  45. Forces between Minerals and Biological Surfaces in Aqueous Solution

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Steven K Lower

  46. Geomicrobiology . Fourth Edition. By Henry Lutz Ehrlich. New York: Marcel Dekker . $195.00. xxvii + 768 p; ill.; index. ISBN: 0–8247–0764–8. 2002.

    Article • The Quarterly Review of Biology, June 2003, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Steven K Lower

  47. Nanogeoscience: From the movement of electrons to lithosphere plates

    Article • Eos, January 2002, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Steven K Lower

  48. Bacterial Recognition of Mineral Surfaces: Nanoscale Interactions Between Shewanella and alpha -FeOOH

    Article • Science, May 2001, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Steven K Lower

  49. Dynamics of the Mineral?Microbe Interface: Use of Biological Force Microscopy in Biogeochemistry and Geomicrobiology

    Article • Geomicrobiology Journal, January 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Steven K Lower

  50. Measuring interfacial and adhesion forces between bacteria and mineral surfaces with biological force microscopy

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, September 2000, Elsevier

    Dr Steven K Lower

  51. Simultaneous dissolution of hydroxylapatite and precipitation of hydroxypyromorphite: direct evidence of homogeneous nucleation

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, May 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Steven K Lower

  52. Aqueous Pb sorption by hydroxylapatite; applications of atomic force microscopy to dissolution, nucleation, and growth studies

    Article • American Mineralogist, February 1998, GeoScienceWorld

    Dr Steven K Lower

  53. Using Atomic Force Microscopy to Study Soil Mineral Reactions

    Article • January 1997, Elsevier

    Dr Steven K Lower

  54. Faculty of 1000 evaluation for Simultaneous force and fluorescence measurements of a protein that forms a bond between a living bacterium and a solid surface.

    Article • Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Dr Steven K Lower