Dr. Lovley's research is focused on the physiology and ecology of novel anaerobic microorganisms. Current topics of investigation include: in situ groundwater bioremediation; microbial fuel cells; directed and natural evolution of anaerobic respiration; anaerobic biofilms; and extracellular electron transfer mechanisms. These studies are being approached at the genome scale and involve genetic, biochemical, ecological, and in silico modeling approaches. Research ranges from basic physiological studies to collaborations with industry to optimize the function of microbial fuel cells.
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Transcriptomic and genetic analysis of direct Interspecies electron transfer (with Pravin Malla Shrestha, Amelia-Elena Rotaru, Zarath M. Summers, Minita Shrestha, and Fanghua Liu), Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2013)
The possibility that metatranscriptomic analysis could distinguish between direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) and H2...
Molecular Analysis of the In Situ Growth Rate of Subsurface Geobacter Species (with Dawn E. Holmes, Ludovic Giloteaux, Melissa Barlett, Milind A. Chavan, Jessica A. Smith, Kenneth H. Williams, Michael Wilkins, and Philip Long), Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2012)
Molecular tools that can provide an estimate of the in situ growth rate of Geobacter...
The Rnf Complex of Clostridium ljungdahlii Is a Proton-Translocating Ferredoxin: NAD+ Oxidoreductase Essential for Autotrophic Growth (with Pier-Luc Tremblay, Tian Zhang, Shabir A. Dar, and Ching Leang), mBio (2012)
It has been predicted that the Rnf complex of Clostridium ljungdahlii is a proton-translocating ferredoxin:NAD+...
The genome of Pelobacter carbinolicus reveals surprising metabolic capabilities and physiological features (with Muktak Aklujkar, Shelley A. Haveman, Raymond DiDonato, Olga Chertkov, Cliff S. Han, Miriam L. Land, and Peter Brown), BMC Genomics (2012)
Background
The bacterium Pelobacter carbinolicus is able to grow by fermentation, syntrophic hydrogen/formate transfer, or...
Anaerobic Benzene Oxidation by Geobacter Species (with Tian Zhang, Timothy S. Bain, Kelly P. Nevin, and Melissa A. Barlett), Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2012)
The abundance of Geobacter species in contaminated aquifers in which benzene is anaerobically degraded has...