Barkay Publications

Recent publications
(Last 3 years)

Ní Chadhain, S., J.K. Schaefer, S. Crane, G.J. Zylstra, and T. Barkay. 2006 Analysis of mercuric reductase (merA) gene diversity in an anaerobic mercury–contaminated sediment enrichment. Environ. Microbiol. 8: 1746-1752 (PDF)

Martinez, R.J. Y. Wang, M.A. Raimondo, J.M. Coombs, T. Barkay, and P.A. Sobecky. 2006. Horizontal gene transfer of PIB-type ATPases among bacteria isolated from radionuclide- and metal contaminated subsurface soils. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:3111-3118 (PDF)

Coombs, J.M., and T. Barkay. 2005. Horizontal gene transfer of metal homeostasis genes and its role in microbial communities of the deep terrestrial subsurface. Sixty-fifth Symposium of the Society of General Microbiology “Micro-organisms and Earth Systems – Advances in Geomicrobiology”. pp. 109–129. Cambridge University Press, New York. (PDF)

Coombs, J.M., and T. Barkay. 2005. New findings on evolution of metal homeostasis genes: Evidence from comparative genome analysis of bacteria and archaea. Appl. Environ. Microbial. 71:7083-7091 (PDF)

Vetriani, C., Y.S., Chew, S.M. Miller, J. Yagi, R.A. Lutz, and T. Barkay. 2005. Microbially mediated mercury reduction in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Appl. Enviorn. Microbiol. 71:220-226. PDF file

Barkay, T. and I. Wagner-Döbler. 2005. Microbial transformations of mercury: potentials, challenges, and achievements in controlling mercury toxicity in the environment. Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 57:1-52 (PDF)

Wiatrowski, H.A. and T. Barkay. 2005. Monitoring of microbial metal transformations in the environment. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 16:261-268 PDF file

Barkay, T., and B.F. Smets. 2005. Horizontal gene flow in microbial communities: synthesis across scientific disciplines. ASM News, Sept.

B.F. Smets and T. Barkay. 2005. Horizontal Gene Transfer Among Prokaryotes: Perspectives at a Crossroads of Scientific Disciplines. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 3:675-678 (PDF)

Poulain, A., M. Amyot, D. Findlay, S. Telor, T. Barkay, and H. Hintelmann 2004. Biological and photochemical production of dissolved gaseous mercury in a boreal lake. Limnol. Oceanog. 49:2265-2275.

Schaefer, J.K., J. Yagi, J. Reinfelder, T. Cardona, K. Ellickson, S. Tel-Or, and T. Barkay. The role of the bacterial organomercury lyase (MerB) in controlling methylmercury accumulation in mercury contaminated natural waters. Env. Sci. Technol. 38:4304-4311 PDF FILE

Coombs, J.M., and T. Barkay. 2004. Molecular evidence for the evolution of metal homeostasis genes by lateral gene transfer in bacteria from the deep terrestrial subsurface. Appl. Environ. Microbial. 70:1698-1707. PDF FILE

Barkay, T., S.Miller, and A.O. Summers. 2003. Bacterial mercury resistance from atoms to ecosystems. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 27:355-384. PDF FILE

Benyehuda, G., J. Coombs, P.M. Ward, D. Balkwill, and T. Barkay. 2003. Metal resistance among aerobic chemoorganotrophic bacterial isolates from the deep terrestrial subsurface. Can. J. microbial. 49:151-156. PDF FILE