Häggblom Laboratory
Publications

Somsamak P, Richnow HH, Häggblom MM (2004) Carbon Isotopic fractionation during anaerobic biotransformation of methyl tert-butyl ether and tert-amyl methyl ether. Environ. Sci. Technol., in press.

Ruess L, Tiunov A, Haubert D, Richnow HH, Häggblom MM, Scheu S (2004) Carbon stable isotope fractionation and trophic transfer of fatty acids in fungal based soil food chains. Soil Biol. Biochem., in press.

Ravit B, Häggblom MM, Ehrenfeld JG (2004) Salt marsh rhizosphere effects microbial biotransformation of the widespread halogenated contaminant tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA). Soil Biol. Biochem., in press.

Heikkinen MSA, Hjelmroos-Koski M, Häggblom MM, Macher J (2004) Bioaerosols. In: Ruzer L, Harley NH (eds) Aerosols Handbook: Measurement, Dosimetry, and Health Effects. CRC Press, in press.

Tchernov D, Gorbunov MY, de Vargas C, Yadav SN, Milligan AJ, Häggblom M, Falkowski PG (2004) Membrane lipids of symbiotic algae are diagnostic of sensitivity to thermal bleaching in corals. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101:13531-13535.

Jääskeläinen EL, Häggblom MM, Andersson MA, Salkinoja-Salonen MS (2004) Atmospheric oxygen and other conditions affecting the production of cereulide by Bacillus cereus in food. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 96:75-83

Haubert D, Häggblom MM, Scheu S, Ruess L (2004) Effects of fungal food quality and starvation on the fatty acid composition of Protaphorura fimata (Collembola). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part B 138:41-52.

Ruess L, Häggblom MM, Langel R, Scheu S (2004) Nitrogen isotope ratios and fatty acid composition as indicators of animal diets in belowground systems. Oecologia 139:336-346.

Fennell DE, Nijenhuis I, Wilson SF, Zinder SH, Häggblom MM (2004) Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 reductively dechlorinates diverse chlorinated aromatic pollutants. Environ. Sci. Technol. 38:2075-2081.

Fennell DE, Rhee S-K, Ahn Y-B, Häggblom MM, Kerkhof LJ (2004) Detecting the dehalogenating microorganism in a sulfidogenic, 2-bromophenol-utilizing enrichment by T-RFLP fingerprinting of ribosomes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:1169-1175.

Turpeinen R, Kairesalo T, Häggblom MM (2004) Microbial activity and community structure in arsenic, chromium and copper contaminated soils. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 47:39-50.

Kourtev PS, Ehrenfeld JG, Häggblom MM (2003) Experimental analysis of the effect of exotic and native plant species on the structure and function of soil microbial communities. Soil Biol. Biochem. 35:895-905.

Kelly JJ, Häggblom MM, Tate RL III (2003) Effects of heavy metal contamination and remediation on soil microbial communities in the vicinity of a zinc smelter as indicated by analysis of microbial community phospholipid fatty acid profiles. Biol. Fertil. Soils 38:65-71.

Häggblom MM, Ahn Y-B, Fennell DE, Kerkhof LJ, Rhee SK (2003) Anaerobic dehalogenation of organohalide contaminants in the marine environment. In: Laskin AI, Gadd GM, Bennett J (eds) Advances in Applied Microbiology 53:61-84. Elsevier Science, San Diego.

Häggblom MM, Bossert ID (Editors) (2003) Dehalogenation: Microbial Processes and Environmental Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.  

Häggblom MM, Bossert ID (2003) Organohalides - a global perspective. In: Häggblom MM, Bossert ID (eds) Dehalogenation: Microbial Processes and Environmental Applications, pp., 3-29, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.  

Bossert ID, Häggblom MM, Young LY (2003) Microbial ecology of dehalogenation. In: Häggblom MM, Bossert ID (eds) Dehalogenation: Microbial Processes and Environmental Applications, pp. 33-52, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston.  

Ahn Y-B, Rhee S-K, Fennell DE, Kerkhof LJ, Hentschel U, Häggblom MM (2003) Reductive dehalogenation of haloaromatics by microorganisms associated with the marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:4159‑4166.  

Jääskeläinen EL, Häggblom MM, Andersson MA, Vanne L, Salkinoja-Salonen MS (2003) Potential of bakery products for producing cereulide, the Bacillus cereus emetic toxin: Quantitative analysis by chemical and biological methods. Journal of Food Protection 66:1047-1054.  

Ravit B, Ehrenfeld JG, Häggblom MM (2003) A comparison of sediment microbial communities associated with Phragmites australis and  Spartina alterniflora in brackish wetlands of New Jersey. Estuaries 26:465-474.  

Rhee S-K, Fennell DE, Häggblom MM, Kerkhof  LJ (2003) Detection of reductive dehalogenase motifs in PCR fragments from a sulfidogenic 2-bromophenol-degrading consortium enriched from estuarine sediment. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 43:317-324.  

Knight VK, Berman MH, Häggblom MM (2003) Biotransformation of 3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile (Bromoxynil) under denitrifying, Fe(III)-reducing, sulfidogenic and methanogenic conditions. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 22:540B544.

Turpeinen R, Virta M, Häggblom MM (2003) Analysis of arsenic bioavailability in contaminated soils. Environ. Toxicol. Chem 22:1-6.  

Kourtev PS, Ehrenfeld JG, Häggblom MM (2002) Exotic plant species alter microbial community structure and function in the soil. Ecology 83:3152‑3166.  

Vela S, Häggblom MM, Young LY (2002) Biodegradation of aromatic and aliphatic compounds by rhizobial species. Soil Science 167:802-810.  

Song B, Kerkhof LJ, Häggblom MM (2002) Characterization of denitrifying consortia utilizing 4-chlorobenzoate and 4-bromobenzoate as carbon sources. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 213:183-188.  

Launen LA, Eastep ME, Buggs VH, Enriquez RC, Leonard  JW, Blaylock MJ, Huang J‑W, Häggblom MM (2002) Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbon‑contaminated sediments in aerated bioslurry reactors. Bioremediation Journal 6:125-141.  

Häggblom MM, Apetroaie C, Andersson MA, Salkinoja-Salonen MS (2002) Quantitative analysis of cereulide, the emetic toxin of Bacillus cereus, produced under various conditions. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:2479-2483.  

Ruess L, Häggblom MM, Garcia Zapara EJ, Dighton J (2002) Phospholipid fatty acids of fungi and nematodes - possible biomarkers in the food chain? Soil. Biol. Biochem. 34:745-756.  

Voordeckers J, Fennell DE, Jones K, Häggblom MM (2002) Anaerobic biotransformation of tetrabromobisphenol A, tetrachlorobisphenol A, and bisphenol A in estuarine sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36:696-701.  

Knight VK, Nijenhuis I, Kerkhof LJ, Häggblom MM (2002) Degradation of aromatic compounds coupled to selenate reduction. Geomicrobiology Journal 19:77-86.  

Daane LL, Harjono I, Barns SM, Launen LA, Palleroni NJ, Häggblom MM (2002) PAH‑degradation by Paenibacillus spp. and description of Paenibacillus naphthalenovorans sp. nov., a naphthalene‑degrading bacterium from the rhizosphere of salt marsh plants. Int. J. Syst. Evolut. Microbiol. 52:131-139.  

Vargas C, Fennell DE, Häggblom MM (2001) Anaerobic reductive dechlorination of chlorinated dioxins in estuarine sediments. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol 57:786-790.  

Somsamak P, Cowan RM, Häggblom MM (2001) Anaerobic biotransformation of fuel oxygenates under different anoxic conditions. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 37:259-264.  

Daane LL, Harjono I, Zylstra GJ, Häggblom MM (2001) Isolation and characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria associated with the rhizosphere of salt marsh plants. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:2683-2691.  

Häggblom MM (2001) Anaerobic dehalogenation and degradation of halogenated aromatic compounds by denitrifying bacteria. Colloquium on Anaerobic Dehalogenation, Cooperative Research Program Sfb 193, Technical University of Berlin, Germany April 2-3, 2001.  

Milligan PW, Häggblom MM (2001) Anaerobic degradation and dehalogenation of chlorosalicylates and salicylate under four reducing conditions. Biodegradation 12:59-167.  

Song B, Palleroni NJ, Kerkhof LJ, Häggblom MM (2001) Characterization of halobenzoate-degrading denitrifying Azoarcus and Thauera isolates, and description of Thauera chlorobenzoica sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evolut. Microbiol. 51:589‑602.  

Häggblom MM, Milligan PW (2000) Anaerobic degradation of halogenated pesticides: influence of alternate electron acceptors. In: Bollag J-M, Stotzky G (eds) Soil Biochemistry, Vol. 10., Marcel Dekker, New York, pp. 1-34.  

Song B, Palleroni NJ, Häggblom MM (2000) Isolation and characterization of diverse halobenzoate-degrading denitrifying bacteria from soils and sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:3446-3453.  

Häggblom MM, Knight VK, Kerkhof LJ (2000) Anaerobic decomposition of halogenated aromatic compounds. Environmental Pollution 107:199‑207.  

Vargas C, Song BK, Camps M, Häggblom MM (2000) Anaerobic degradation of fluorinated aromatic compounds. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 53:342-347.  

Song B, Palleroni NJ, Häggblom MM (2000) Description of strain 3CB-1, a genomovar of Thauera aromatica, capable of degrading 3-chlorobenzoate coupled to nitrate reduction. Int. J. Syst. Evolut. Microbiol. 50:551-558.  

Turpeinen R, Pantsar-Kallio M, Häggblom M, Kairesalo T (1999) Influence of microbes on the mobilization, toxicity and biomethylation of arsenic in soil. Sci. Total Environ. 236:173-180.  

Boyle AW, Häggblom MM, Young LY (1999) Dehalogenation of lindane (γ-hexachlorocyclohexane) by anaerobic bacteria from marine sediments and by sulfate-reducing bacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 29:379-387.  

Kelly JJ, Häggblom MM, Tate RL III (1999) Effects of the land application of sewage sludge on soil heavy metal levels and soil microbial communities. Soil. Biol. Biochem. 31:1467-1470.  

Kelly JJ, Häggblom MM, Tate RL III (1999) Changes in soil microbial communities over time resulting from one time application of zinc: a laboratory microcosm study. Soil. Biol. Biochem. 31:1455-1465.  

Song B, Häggblom MM, Zhou J, Tiedje JM, Palleroni NJ (1999) Taxonomic characterization of denitrifying bacteria degrading aromatic compounds and description of Azoarcus toluvorans sp. nov., and Azoarcus toluclasticus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.  49:1129‑1140.

Knight VK, Kerkhof LJ, Häggblom MM (1999) Community analyses of sulfidogenic 2-bromophenol dehalogenating and phenol degrading consortia. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 29:137-147.

Daane LL, Häggblom MM (1999) Effect of earthworm egg capsule microbiota on degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65:2376-2381

Boyle AW, Knight VK, Häggblom MM, Young LY (1999) Transformation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in four different marine and estuarine sediments: effects of sulfate, hydrogen and acetate on dehalogenation and side chain cleavage. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 29:105-113.  

Milligan PW, Häggblom MM (1999) Anaerobic biodegradation and biotransformation of dicamba under different reducing conditions. Environ. Sci. Technol. 33:1224-1229.  

Häggblom MM, Young LY (1999) Anaerobic degradation of halogenated benzoic acids by a denitrifying bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 171:230‑236.  

Milligan PW, Häggblom MM (1998) Biodegradation of resorcinol and catechol by denitrifying enrichment cultures. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 17:1456-1461.  

Häggblom MM (1998) Reductive dehalogenation by a sulfate-reducing consortium. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 26:35-41.  

Monserrate E, Häggblom MM (1997) Dehalogenation and biodegradation of brominated phenols and benzoic acids under iron-reducing, sulfidogenic, and methanogenic conditions. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:3911-3915.  

Häggblom MM, Rivera MD, Young LY (1996) Anaerobic degradation of halogenated benzoic acids coupled to denitrification observed in a variety of sediment and soil samples. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 144:213-219.  

Häggblom MM, Valo RJ (1995) Bioremediation of chlorophenol wastes. In: Young LY, Cerniglia C (eds) Microbial transformation and degradation of toxic organic chemicals, Wiley-Liss, New York, pp. 389-434.  

Kazumi J, Häggblom MM, Young LY (1995) Degradation of monochlorinated and non-chlorinated aromatic compounds under iron-reducing conditions. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:4069-4073.  

Kazumi J, Häggblom MM, Young LY (1995) Diversity of anaerobic microbial processes in chlorobenzoate degradation: nitrate, iron, sulfate and carbonate as electron acceptors. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 43:929-936.  

Häggblom MM, Young, LY (1995) Anaerobic degradation of halogenated phenols by sulfate-reducing consortia. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:1546-1550.  

Young LY, Häggblom MM (1995) Diversity of anaerobes and their biodegradative capacities. In: Huang CP, O'Melia CR, Morgan JJ (eds) Aquatic Chemistry: Interfacial and Interspecies Processes, Advances in Chemistry Series 244, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., pp. 219-232.  

Häggblom MM, Nohynek LJ, Palleroni NJ, Kronqvist K, Nurmiaho-Lassila E-L, Salkinoja-Salonen MS, Klatte S, Kroppenstedt RM (1994) Transfer of polychlorophenol-degrading Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus (Apajalahti et al. 1986) to the genus Mycobacterium as Mycobacterium chlorophenolicum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 44:485-493.  

Coschigano PW, Häggblom MM, Young LY (1994) Metabolism of both 4-chlorobenzoate and toluene under denitrifying conditions by a constructed strain. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:989-995.  

Häggblom MM, Berman MH, Frazer AC, Young LY (1993) Anaerobic O-demethylation of chlorinated guaiacols by Eubacterium limosum and Acetobacterium woodii. Biodegradation 4:107-114.  

Häggblom MM, Rivera MD, Young LY (1993) Effects of auxiliary carbon sources and electron acceptors on methanogenic degradation of chlorinated phenols. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 12:1395-1403.  

Häggblom MM, Rivera MD, Young, LY (1993) Influence of alternative electron acceptors on the anaerobic biodegradability of chlorinated phenols and benzoic acids. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59:1162-1167.  

Alder AC, Häggblom MM, Oppenheimer SR, Young LY (1993) Reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls in freshwater and marine sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 27:530-538.  

Nohynek LJ, Häggblom MM, Palleroni NJ, Kronqvist K, Nurmiaho-Lassila E-L, Salkinoja-Salonen MS (1993) Characterization of a Mycobacterium fortuitum strain degrading polychlorinated phenolic compounds. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 16:126-134.  

Häggblom MM (1992) Microbial breakdown of halogenated aromatic pesticides and related compounds. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 103:29-72.  

Uotila JS, Kitunen VH, Saastamoinen T, Coote T, Häggblom MM, Salkinoja-Salonen MS (1992) Characterization of aromatic dehalogenase activities of Mycobacterium fortuitum strain CG-2. J. Bacteriol. 174:5669-5675.  

Häggblom M, Salkinoja-Salonen (1991) Biodegradability of chlorinated organic compounds in pulp bleaching effluents. Water Sci. Tech. 24(3/4):161-170.

Young LY, Häggblom MM (1991) Biodegradation of toxic and environmental pollutants. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 2:429-435.  

Young LY, Häggblom MM (1990) The anaerobic microbiology and biodegradation of aromatic compounds, pp 3-19. In: Kamely D, Chakrabarty A, Omenn GS (eds) Biotechnology and Biodegradation. Advances in Biotechnology Series, Vol. 4. Gulf Publishing Company, Houston.  

Salkinoja-Salonen M, Middeldorp P, Briglia M, Valo R, Häggblom M, McBain A (1990) Clean-up of old industrial sites, pp 347-367. In: Kamely D, Chakrabarty A, Omenn GS (eds) Biotechnology and Biodegradation. Advances in Biotechnology Series, Vol. 4. Gulf Publishing Company, Houston.  

Häggblom MM, Young LY (1990) Chlorophenol degradation coupled to sulfate reduction. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:3255-3260.  

Häggblom MM, Rivera MD, Bossert ID, Rogers J, Young LY (1990) Anaerobic degradation of para-cresol under three reducing conditions. Microbial Ecology 20:141-150.  

Häggblom MM (1990) Mechanisms of bacterial degradation and transformation of chlorinated monoaromatic compounds. J. Basic Microbiol. 30:115-141.  

Valo RJ, Häggblom MM, Salkinoja-Salonen MS (1990) Bioremediation of chlorophenol containing simulated ground water by immobilized bacteria. Water Res. 24:253-258.  

Häggblom MM, Janke D, Salkinoja-Salonen MS (1989) Transformation of chlorinated phenolic compounds in the genus Rhodococcus. Microbial Ecology 18:147-159.  

Häggblom MM, Janke D, Middeldorp PJM, Salkinoja-Salonen MS (1989) O-methylation of chlorinated phenols in the genus Rhodococcus. Arch. Microbiol. 152:6-9.  

Häggblom MM, Janke D, Salkinoja-Salonen MS (1989) Hydroxylation and dechlorination of tetrachlorohydroquinone by Rhodococcus sp. strain CP-2 cell extracts. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 55:516-519.  

Häggblom MM, Nohynek LJ, Salkinoja-Salonen MS (1988) Degradation and O-methylation of polychlorinated phenolic compounds by Rhodococcus and Mycobacterium strains. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 54:3043-3052.  

Häggblom MM, Apajalahti JHA, Salkinoja-Salonen MS (1988) O-methylation of chlorinated para-hydroquinones by Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 54:1818-1824.  

Häggblom MM, Apajalahti JHA, Salkinoja-Salonen MS (1988) Hydroxylation and dechlorination of chlorinated guaiacols and syringols by Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 4:683-687.

Wahlberg J, Tynkkynen S, Tuominen N, Uotila J, Kuusinen K, Häggblom M, Viljanen J, Villstedt R, Nurmiaho-Lassila E-L, Lounatmaa K (1987) A novel type of cell wall structure with two periodic layers (S-layer) of a Bacillus sp. strain KL1. FEMS Microbiol. Letters 40:75-79.  

Häggblom M, Apajalahti J, Salkinoja-Salonen M (1986) Metabolism of chloroguaiacols by Rhodococcus chlorophenolicus. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 24:397-404.