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  1. Use of high-throughput screening results to prioritize chemicals for potential adverse biological effects within a West Virginia watershed

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, April 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Denise M Akob

  2. Microbial Fe(II) oxidation by Sideroxydans lithotrophicus ES-1 in the presence of Schlöppnerbrunnen fen-derived humic acids

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, March 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Denise M Akob

  3. Microbial community composition of a hydrocarbon reservoir 40 years after a CO2 enhanced oil recovery flood

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, August 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Denise M Akob

  4. Acetylenotrophy: a hidden but ubiquitous microbial metabolism?

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, May 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Denise M Akob

  5. Common Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Additives Alter the Structure and Function of Anaerobic Microbial Communities

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr. Adam C. Mumford, Dr Denise M Akob

  6. An initial comparison of pesticides and amphibian pathogens between natural and created wetlands in the New Jersey Pinelands, 2014–16

    Article • January 2018, US Geological Survey

    Dr Denise M Akob

  7. Degradation of Crude 4-MCHM (4-Methylcyclohexanemethanol) in Sediments from Elk River, West Virginia

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, October 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Denise M Akob

  8. Detection of Diazotrophy in the Acetylene-Fermenting Anaerobe Pelobacter sp. Strain SFB93

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Denise M Akob

  9. Organic geochemistry and toxicology of a stream impacted by unconventional oil and gas wastewater disposal operations

    Article • Applied Geochemistry, May 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Denise M Akob

  10. Complete Genome Sequences of Two Acetylene-Fermenting Pelobacter acetylenicus Strains

    Article • Genome Announcements, February 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Denise M Akob

  11. Complete Genome Sequence of the Acetylene-Fermenting Pelobacter sp. Strain SFB93

    Article • Genome Announcements, February 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Denise M Akob

  12. Archaeal Diversity and CO2 Fixers in Carbonate-/Siliciclastic-Rock Groundwater Ecosystems

    Article • Archaea, January 2017, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Denise M Akob

  13. Microbially mediated barite dissolution in anoxic brines

    Article • Applied Geochemistry, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Denise M Akob

  14. Endocrine disrupting activities of surface water associated with a West Virginia oil and gas industry wastewater disposal site

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, July 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Denise M Akob

  15. Dominance of ‘Gallionella capsiferriformans’ and heavy metal association withGallionella-like stalks in metal-rich pH 6 mine water discharge

    Article • Geobiology, September 2015, Wiley

    Dr Denise M Akob

  16. Organic and inorganic composition and microbiology of produced waters from Pennsylvania shale gas wells

    Article • Applied Geochemistry, September 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Denise M Akob

  17. Characterization of pH dependent Mn(II) oxidation strategies and formation of a bixbyite-like phase by Mesorhizobium australicum T-G1

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, July 2015, Frontiers

    Dr Denise M Akob

  18. Enhanced microbial coalbed methane generation: A review of research, commercial activity, and remaining challenges

    Article • International Journal of Coal Geology, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Denise M Akob

  19. Large Fractions of CO2-Fixing Microorganisms in Pristine Limestone Aquifers Appear To Be Involved in the Oxidation of Reduced Sulfur and Nitrogen Compounds

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Denise M Akob

  20. Carbon flow from volcanic CO2 into soil microbial communities of a wetland mofette

    Article • The ISME Journal, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Denise M Akob

  21. Identification of Mn(II)-Oxidizing Bacteria from a Low-pH Contaminated Former Uranium Mine

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Denise M Akob

  22. Raman Spectroscopy—An Innovative and Versatile Tool To Follow the Respirational Activity and Carbonate Biomineralization of Important Cave Bacteria

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, August 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Denise M Akob

  23. Phagotrophic Protist Diversity in the Groundwater of a Karstified Aquifer - Morphological and Molecular Analysis

    Article • Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, June 2013, Wiley

    Dr Denise M Akob

  24. Surprising abundance of Gallionella-related iron oxidizers in creek sediments at pH 4.4 or at high heavy metal concentrations

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Dr Denise M Akob

  25. The Bacterial Composition within the Sarracenia purpurea Model System: Local Scale Differences and the Relationship with the Other Members of the Food Web

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2012, PLOS

    Dr Denise M Akob

  26. Gene Expression Correlates with Process Rates Quantified for Sulfate- and Fe(III)-Reducing Bacteria in U(VI)-Contaminated Sediments

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2012, Frontiers

    Dr Denise M Akob

  27. Calcite Biomineralization by Bacterial Isolates from the Recently Discovered Pristine Karstic Herrenberg Cave

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Denise M Akob

  28. Where microorganisms meet rocks in the Earth's Critical Zone

    Article • Biogeosciences, December 2011, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Denise M Akob

  29. Linking Specific Heterotrophic Bacterial Populations to Bioreduction of Uranium and Nitrate in Contaminated Subsurface Sediments by Using Stable Isotope Probing

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Denise M Akob

  30. Heavy Metal Tolerance of Fe(III)-Reducing Microbial Communities in Contaminated Creek Bank Soils

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Denise M Akob

  31. Ecophysiology of Fe-Cycling Bacteria in Acidic Sediments

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Denise M Akob

  32. Microbial Community Changes in Response to Ethanol or Methanol Amendments for U(VI) Reduction

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Tatiana A Vishnivetskaya, Dr Denise M Akob

  33. Microbial Links between Sulfate Reduction and Metal Retention in Uranium- and Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soil

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Denise M Akob

  34. Denitrifying Bacteria Isolated from Terrestrial Subsurface Sediments Exposed to Mixed-Waste Contamination

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Denise M Akob

  35. Impact of Biostimulated Redox Processes on Metal Dynamics in an Iron-Rich Creek Soil of a Former Uranium Mining Area

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, January 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Denise M Akob

  36. Geobacter daltonii sp. nov., an Fe(III)- and uranium(VI)-reducing bacterium isolated from a shallow subsurface exposed to mixed heavy metal and hydrocarbon contamination

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, August 2009, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Denise M Akob

  37. Functional Diversity and Electron Donor Dependence of Microbial Populations Capable of U(VI) Reduction in Radionuclide-Contaminated Subsurface Sediments

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Denise M Akob

  38. pH Gradient-Induced Heterogeneity of Fe(III)-Reducing Microorganisms in Coal Mining-Associated Lake Sediments

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

    Dr Denise M Akob

  39. Metabolically active microbial communities in uranium-contaminated subsurface sediments

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, January 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Denise M Akob