Publications
Dissolved organic matter enhances microbial mercury methylation under sulfidic conditions. Graham, A.M., G.R. Aiken and C.G. Gilmour. 2012. Environmental Science & Technology (in press).
Benchmark interaction energies for biologically relevant noncovalendt complexes containing divalent sulfur. Mintz, B.J. and J.M. Parks. 2012. The Journal of Physical Chemistry 116:1086-1092.
Mercury photolytic transformation affected by low-molecular-weight natural organics in water. He, F., W. Zheng, L. Liang and B Gu. 2012. Science of the Total Environment 416:429-435.
Mercury reduction and oxidation by reduced natural organic matter in anoxic environments. Zheng, W., L. Liang and B Gu. 2012. Environmental Science & Technology 46:292-299.
Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies of the outer membrane cytochrome OmcA from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Tomanicek, S.J., A. Johs, M.S. Sawhney, L. Shi and L. Liang. 2012. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications F68:53-55.
Structural characterization of intramolecular Hg+2 transfer between flexibly linked domains of mercuric ion reductase. Johs, A., I.M. Harwood, J.M. Parks, R.E. Nauss, J.C. Smith, L. Liang and S.M. Miller. 2011. Journal of Molecular Biology 413:639-656.
Bacterial growth phase influences methylmercury production by sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132. Biswas, A., S.C. Brooks, C.L. Miller, J.J. Mosher, X.L. Yin and M.M. Drake. 2011. Science of the Total Environment 409:3943-3948.
Genome sequence of the mercury-methylating and pleomorphic Desulfovibrio africanus strain Walvis Bay. Brown, S.D., J.D. Wall, A.M. Kucken, C.C. Gilmour, M. Podar, C.C. Brandt, H. Teshima, J.C. Detter, C.S. Han, M.L. Land, S. Lucas, J. Han, L. Pennacchio, M. Nolan, S. Pitluck, T. Woyke, L. Goodwin, A.V. Palumbo and D.A. Elias. 2011. Journal of Bacteriology 193:4037-4038.
Sulfate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132 as a model for understanding bacterial mercury methylation. Gilmour, C.C., D.A. Elias, A.M. Kucken, S.D. Brown, A.V. Palumbo, C.W. Schadt and J.D. Wall. 2011. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77:3938-3951.
Active transport, substrate specificity, and methylation of Hg(II) in anaerobic bacteria. Schaefer, J.K., S.S. Rocks, W. Zheng, L. Liang, B. Gu and F.M.M. Morel. 2011. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108:8714-8719.
Binding constants of mercury and dissolved organic matter determined by a modified ion exchange technique. Dong, W., Y. Bian, L. Liang and B. Gu. 2011. Environmental Science & Technology 45:3576-3583.
Genome sequence of the mercury-methylating strain Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132. Brown, S.D., C.C. Gilmour, A.M. Kucken, J.D. Wall, D.A. Elias, C.C. Brandt, M. Podar, O. Chertkov, B. Held, D.C. Bruce, J.C. Detter, R. Tapia, C.S. Han, L.A. Goodwin, J.-F. Cheng, S. Pitluck, T. Woyke, N. Mikhailova, N.N. Ivanova, J. Han, S. Lucas, A.L. Lapidus, M.L. Land, L.J. Hauser and A.V. Palumbo. 2011. Journal of Bacteriology 193:2078-2079.
Mercury reduction and complexation by natural organic matter in anoxic environments. Gu, B., Y. Bian, C.L. Miller, W. Dong, X. Jiang and L. Liang. 2011. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108:1479-1483.
Effect of carboxylic and thiol ligands (oxalate, cysteine) on the kinetics of desorption of Hg(II) from kaolinite. Senevirathna, W.U., H. Zhang and B. Gu. 2011. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 215:573-584.
History of mercury use and environmental contamination at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant. Brooks, S.C. and G.R. Southworth. 2011. Environmental Pollution 159:219-228.
Mercury and other heavy metals influence bacterial community structure in contaminated Tennessee streams. Vishnivetskaya, T.A., J.J. Mosher, A.V. Palumbo, M. Podar, S.D. Brown, S.C. Brooks, B. Gu, G.R. Southworth, M.M. Drake, C.C. Brandt and D.A. Elias. 2011. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77:302-311.
Understanding Enzyme Catalysis Using Computer Simulation. Parks, J.M., P. Imhof and J.C. Smith. 2010. Encyclopedia of Catalysis, 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Characterization of Archaeal community in contaminated and uncontaminated surface stream sediments. Porat, I., T.A. Vishnivetskaya, J.J. Mosher, C.C. Brandt, Z.K. Yang, S.C. Brooks, L. Liang, M.M. Drake, M. Podar, S.D. Brown and A.V. Palumbo. 2010. Microbial Ecology 60:784-795.
Characterization of the decaheme c-type cytochrome OmcA in solution and on hematite surfaces by small angle x-ray scattering and neutron reflectometry. Johs, A., L. Shi, T. Droubay, J.F. Ankner and L. Liang. 2010. Biophysical Journal 98:3035-3043.
Structure and conformational dynamics of the metalloregulator MerR upon binding of Hg(II). Guo, H.-B., A. Johs, J.M. Parks, L. Olliff, S.M. Miller, A.O. Summers, L. Liang and J.C. Smith. 2010. Journal of Molecular Biology 398:555-568.
Roles of dissolved organic matter in the speciation of mercury and methylmercury in a contaminated ecosystem in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Dong, W., L. Liang, S. Brooks, G. Southworth and B. Gu. 2010. Environmental Chemistry 7:94-102.
Kinetic controls on the complexation between mercury and dissolved organic matter in a contaminated environment. Miller, C.L., G. Southworth, S.C. Brooks, L. Liang and B. Gu. 2009. Environmental Science & Technology 43:8548-8553.
Mechanism of Hg-C protonolysis in the organomercurial lyase MerB. Parks, J.M., H. Guo, C. Momany, L. Liang, S.M. Miller, A.O. Summers and J.C. Smith. 2009. Journal of the American Chemical Society 131:13278-13285.
Conference Presentations
201110th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant
July 24-29, 2011, Halifax, Nova Scotia
5th European Conference on Neutron Scattering
July 17-22, 2011, Prague, Czeck Republic
American Society for Microbiology 111th General Meeting
May 21-24, 2011, New Orleans, LA
Subsurface Biogeochemical Research (SBR) Principal Investigator Meeting
April 26-28, 2011, Washington, DC
Biophysical Society 55th Annual Meeting
March 5-9, 2011, Baltimore, MD
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
December 13-17, 2010, San Francisco, CA
Subsurface Biogeochemical Research (SBR) Contractor-Grantee Workshop
March 29-31, 2010, Washington, DC
2010 Goldschmidt Conference
June 13-18, 2010, Knoxville, TN
American Society for Microbiology 110th General Meeting
May 23-27, 2010, San Diego, CA
American Chemical Society Fall 2009 National Meeting & Exposition
August 12-20, 2009, Washington, DC
9th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant
June 7-12, 2009, Guiyang, China
American Society for Microbiology 109th General Meeting
May 17-21, 2009, Philidelphia. PA
International Conference on Neutron Scattering
May 3-7, 2009, Knoxville, TN
Environmental Remediation Sciences Program 4th Annual PI Meeting
April 20-23, 2009, Lansdowne, VA
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting
January 25-30, 2009, Nice, France
American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
December 15-19, 2008, San Francisco, CA
American Crystallographic Association Annual Meeting
May 31 - June 5, 2008, Knoxville, TN
Environmental Remediation Sciences Program 3rd Annual PI Meeting
April 7-9, 2008, Lansdowne, VA
