@article {612,
	title = {Hexadecane decay by methanogenesis.},
	journal = {Nature},
	volume = {404},
	year = {2000},
	month = {2000 Apr 13},
	pages = {722-3},
	keywords = {Alkanes, Anaerobiosis, Bacteria, Biodegradation, Environmental, Geologic Sediments, Methane, Petroleum},
	issn = {0028-0836},
	doi = {10.1038/35008145},
	author = {Anderson, R T and Lovley, D R}
}
@article {605,
	title = {Humics as an electron donor for anaerobic respiration.},
	journal = {Environ Microbiol},
	volume = {1},
	year = {1999},
	month = {1999 Feb},
	pages = {89-98},
	abstract = {The possibility that microorganisms might use reduced humic substances (humics) as an electron donor for the reduction of electron acceptors with a more positive redox potential was investigated. All of the Fe(III)- and humics-reducing microorganisms evaluated were capable of oxidizing reduced humics and/or the reduced humics analogue anthrahydroquinone-2,6,-disulphonate (AHODS), with nitrate and/or fumarate as the electron acceptor. These included Geobacter metallireducens, Geobacter sulphurreducens, Geothrix fermentans, Shewanella alga, Wolinella succinogenes and {\textquoteright}S. barnesii{\textquoteright}. Several of the humics-oxidizing microorganisms grew in medium with AHQDS as the sole electron donor and fumarate as the electron acceptor. Even though it does not reduce Fe(III) or humics, Paracoccus denitrificans could use AHQDS and reduced humics as electron donors for denitrification. However, another denitrifier, Pseudomonas denitrificans, could not. AHODS could also serve as an electron donor for selenate and arsenate reduction by W. succinogenes. Electron spin resonance studies demonstrated that humics oxidation was associated with the oxidation of hydroquinone moieties in the humics. Studies with G. metallireducens and W. succinogenes demonstrated that the anthraquinone-2,6-disulphonate (AQDS)/AHQDS redox couple mediated an interspecies electron transfer between the two organisms. These results suggest that, as microbially reduced humics enter less reduced zones of soils and sediments, the reduced humics may serve as electron donors for microbial reduction of several environmentally significant electron acceptors.},
	keywords = {Aerobiosis, Anaerobiosis, Anthraquinones, Arsenates, Bacteria, Electron Transport, Fumarates, Humic Substances, Selenium Compounds, Tumor Cells, Cultured},
	issn = {1462-2912},
	author = {Lovley, D R and Fraga, J L and Coates, J D and Blunt-Harris, E L}
}
@article {622,
	title = {Humic acids as electron acceptors for anaerobic microbial oxidation of vinyl chloride and dichloroethene.},
	journal = {Appl Environ Microbiol},
	volume = {64},
	year = {1998},
	month = {1998 Aug},
	pages = {3102-5},
	abstract = {Anaerobic oxidation of [1,2-14C]vinyl chloride and [1, 2-14C]dichloroethene to 14CO2 under humic acid-reducing conditions was demonstrated. The results indicate that waterborne contaminants can be oxidized by using humic acid compounds as electron acceptors and suggest that natural aquatic systems have a much larger capacity for contaminant oxidation than previously thought.},
	keywords = {Aerobiosis, Anaerobiosis, Bacteria, Biodegradation, Environmental, Geologic Sediments, Humic Substances, Oxidation-Reduction, Vinyl Chloride, Water Microbiology, Water Pollutants},
	issn = {0099-2240},
	author = {Bradley, P M and Chapelle, F H and Lovley, D R}
}
@article {631,
	title = {Hydrogen-based microbial ecosystems in the Earth.},
	journal = {Science},
	volume = {272},
	year = {1996},
	month = {1996 May 10},
	pages = {896b},
	issn = {0036-8075},
	doi = {10.1126/science.272.5263.896b},
	author = {Lovley, D R and Chapelle, F H}
}
@article {653,
	title = {A Hydrogen-Oxidizing, Fe(III)-Reducing Microorganism from the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire.},
	journal = {Appl Environ Microbiol},
	volume = {58},
	year = {1992},
	month = {1992 Oct},
	pages = {3211-6},
	abstract = {A dissimilatory Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing bacterium was isolated from bottom sediments of the Great Bay estuary, New Hampshire. The isolate was a facultatively anaerobic gram-negative rod which did not appear to fit into any previously described genus. It was temporarily designated strain BrY. BrY grew anaerobically in a defined medium with hydrogen or lactate as the electron donor and Fe(III) as the electron acceptor. BrY required citrate, fumarate, or malate as a carbon source for growth on H(2) and Fe(III). With Fe(III) as the sole electron acceptor, BrY metabolized hydrogen to a minimum threshold at least 60-fold lower than the threshold reported for pure cultures of sulfate reducers. This finding supports the hypothesis that when Fe(III) is available, Fe(III) reducers can outcompete sulfate reducers for electron donors. Lactate was incompletely oxidized to acetate and carbon dioxide with Fe(III) as the electron acceptor. Lactate oxidation was also coupled to the reduction of Mn(IV), U(VI), fumarate, thiosulfate, or trimethylamine n-oxide under anaerobic conditions. BrY provides a model for how enzymatic metal reduction by respiratory metal-reducing microorganisms has the potential to contribute to the mobilization of iron and trace metals and to the immobilization of uranium in sediments of Great Bay Estuary.},
	issn = {0099-2240},
	author = {Caccavo, F and Blakemore, R P and Lovley, D R}
}
@article {661,
	title = {Hydrogen and Formate Oxidation Coupled to Dissimilatory Reduction of Iron or Manganese by Alteromonas putrefaciens.},
	journal = {Appl Environ Microbiol},
	volume = {55},
	year = {1989},
	month = {1989 Mar},
	pages = {700-6},
	abstract = {The ability of Alteromonas putrefaciens to obtain energy for growth by coupling the oxidation of various electron donors to dissimilatory Fe(III) or Mn(IV) reduction was investigated. A. putrefaciens grew with hydrogen, formate, lactate, or pyruvate as the sole electron donor and Fe(III) as the sole electron acceptor. Lactate and pyruvate were oxidized to acetate, which was not metabolized further. With Fe(III) as the electron acceptor, A. putrefaciens had a high affinity for hydrogen and formate and metabolized hydrogen at partial pressures that were 25-fold lower than those of hydrogen that can be metabolized by pure cultures of sulfate reducers or methanogens. The electron donors for Fe(III) reduction also supported Mn(IV) reduction. The electron donors for Fe(III) and Mn(IV) reduction and the inability of A. putrefaciens to completely oxidize multicarbon substrates to carbon dioxide distinguish A. putrefaciens from GS-15, the only other organism that is known to obtain energy for growth by coupling the oxidation of organic compounds to the reduction of Fe(III) or Mn(IV). The ability of A. putrefaciens to reduce large quantities of Fe(III) and to grow in a defined medium distinguishes it from a Pseudomonas sp., which is the only other known hydrogen-oxidizing, Fe(III)-reducing microorganism. Furthermore, A. putrefaciens is the first organism that is known to grow with hydrogen as the electron donor and Mn(IV) as the electron acceptor and is the first organism that is known to couple the oxidation of formate to the reduction of Fe(III) or Mn(IV). Thus, A. putrefaciens provides a much needed microbial model for key reactions in the oxidation of sediment organic matter coupled to Fe(III) and Mn(IV) reduction.},
	issn = {0099-2240},
	author = {Lovley, D R and Phillips, E J and Lonergan, D J}
}
