Applied and Environmental Microbiology Publications

Borazjani, R., T.J. Lott, and D.G. Ahearn. 1998. Comparison of 58S and ITS2 rDNA RFLP patterns among isolates of Acremonium obclavatum, A. kiliense and A. strictum from diverse sources. Curr. Microbiol. 36:70-74.

Ahearn, D.G., Grace, D.T., Jennings, M.J. Borazjani, R.N., Boles, K.J., Rose, L.J., Simmons, R.B. and E.N. Ahanotu. 2000. Effects of hydrogel/silver coatings on in vitro adhesion to catheters of bacteria associated with urinary tract infections. Curr. Microbiol. 41:120-125.

Simmons, R.B., L.J. Rose, S.A. Crow and D.G. Ahearn. 1999. The occurrence and persistence of mixed biofilms in automobile air conditioning systems. Curr. Microbiol. 39:141-145.

George, M., Ahearn, D., Pierce, G. and M. Gabriel. 2003. Interactions of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus epidermidis in adhesion to a hydrogel.

Ahanotu, E.N., Stone, J.H., McAllister, S.K., Miller, J.M. and D.G. Ahearn. Vancomycin resistance among strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis: effects on adherence to silicone. Curr. Microbiol. 43: 124-128.

Gorlin, A.I., Gabriel, M.M., Wilson, L.A., and D.G. Ahearn. 1996. Binding of Acanthamoeba to hydrogel contact lenses. Curr. Eye Res. 15:151-155.

Price, D., Drago, G., Simmons, R., Crow, S. Jr. and D. Agearn. 2002. Rapid assessment of antimould efficacies of pressure-treated southern pine. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 29: 368-372.

Gabriel, M., D.G. Ahearn, K.Y. Chan and A.S. Patel. 1998. In-vitro adherence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to four intraocular lenses. J. Cataract. Refract. Surg. 24:124-129.

Gabriel, M., M. Mayo, L. May, R.B. Simmons and D.G. Ahearn, 1996. In vitro evaluation of the efficacy of a silver-coated catheter. Curr. Microbiol. 33:1-3.

Chen, Z-H, Butler, W.R., Baumstark, B.R. and D.G. Ahearn, 1996. Identification and differentiation of Mycobacterium avium and M. intracellulare by PCR. J. Clin. Microbiol. 34:1267-1269.

Ahearn, D.G. and M.M. Gabriel. 2001. Disinfection of contact lenses. In: Disinfection, sterilization, and preservation (S.S. Block, ed) Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, pp. 1105-1114.

Price, D.L. and D.G. Ahearn. 1999. Sanitation of wallboard colonized with Stachybotrys chartarum. Curr. Microbiol. 39:21-26.

Ren, P., D.G. Ahearn and S.A. Crow, Jr. 1999. Comparative study of Aspergilllus mycotoxin production on enriched media and construction material. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 23:209-213.

Ahearn, D.G., R.N. Borazjani, R.B. Simmons and M.M. Gabriel. 1999. Primary adhesion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to inanimate surfaces including biomaterials. Methods in Enzymology. 310:551-557.

Stone, J.H., M.M. Gabriel and D.G. Ahearn. 1999. Adherence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to inanimate polymers including biomaterials. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 23:713-717.

Ahearn, D.G., J. Sugiyama and R.B. Simmons. 1998. 70. Saitoella Goto, Sugiyama, Hamamoto & Komagata. In: The yeasts (J.W. Fell and C. Kurtzman, eds.). Elsevier Science B.V. London, pp 600-601.

Drago, G.K., Simmons, R.B., Price, D.L., Crow, S.A. and D.G. Ahearn. 2002. Effects of antiodor automobile air-conditioning system products on adherence of Serratia marcescens to aluminum. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 29: 272-375.

Ahearn, D.G., S.A. Crow, R.B. Simmons, D.L. Price, J.A. Noble, S.K. Mishra, and D.L. Pierson. 1996. Fungal colonization of fiberglass insulation in the air distribution system of a multi-story office building: possible relationship to a sick building syndrome. J. Ind., Microbiol. 16:280-285.

Simmons, R.B., J.A. Noble, L. Rose, D.L. Price, S.A. Crow, and D.G. Ahearn. 1997. Fungal colonization of automobile air conditioning systems. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 19:150-153.

Tirado-Angel, J., M.M. Gabriel, L.A. Wilson, and D.G. Ahearn. 1996. Effects of polyhexamethylene biguanide and chlorhexidine on four species of Acanthamoeba in vitro. Curr. Eye Res. 15:225-228.

Gabriel, M.M., Schultz, C.L., Wilson, L.A., and D.G. Ahearn. 1996. Effect of Staphylococcus epidermidis on hydrogel contact lens retention on the rabbit Eye. Curr. Microbiol. 32:176-178.

Ahearn, D.G. and M. Gabriel. 1997. Contact lenses, disinfectants and Acanthamoeba keratitis. In (S.L. Neidelman and A. Laskin, eds.) Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 43:35-56. Academic Press, London.

Wang, X. and D.G. Ahearn. 1997. Effect of bacteria on survival and growth of Acanthamoeba castellanii. Curr. Microbiol. 34:212-215.

Borazjani, R.N., May, L.L., Nobel, J.A., Avery, S.V. and Donald G. Ahearn. 2000. Flow cytometry for determination of the efficacy of contact lens disinfecting solutions against Acanthamoeba spp. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:1057-1061.

Ahearn, D.G., J. Sugiyama and R.B. Simmons. 1998. Malassezia Baillon. In: The yeasts (J.W. Fell and C. Krutzman, eds.). Elsevier Science B.V. London, pp 782-784.

Ahearn, D.G. 1998. Yeasts pathogenic for humans. In: The Yeasts (J.W. Fell and C. Kurtzman, eds.) Elsevier Science B.V. London, pp 9-12.

Noble, J.A., Ahearn, D.G., Avery, S.V. and Sidney A. Crow, Jr. 2002. Phagocytosis affects biguanide sensitivity of Acanthamoeba spp. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 46: 2069-2076.

Ahanotu, E.N. and D.G. Ahearn. 2002. Association of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Serratia marcescens with extended-wear soft contact lenses in asymptomatic paients. CLAO J. 28: 157-159.

Gorlin, A.I., M.M. Gabriel, L.A. Wilson and D.G. Ahearn. 1996. Effect of adhered bacteria on the association of Acanthamoeba with hydrogel lenses. Arch. Ophthalmol. 114:576-580.

Simmons, R.B., D.L. Price, J.A. Noble, S.A. Crow and D.G. Ahearn. 1997. Fungal colonization of air filters from hospitals. Am. Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J. 58:900-904.

Noble, J.A., S.A. Crow, D.G. Ahearn, and F.A. Kuhn. 1997. Allergic fungal sinusitis in the southeastern USA: Involvement of a new agent, Epicoccum nigrum Ehrenb. Ex Schlecht. 1824. J. Med. Vet. Mycolog. 35:405-409.

Ahearn, D.G., S.A. Crow, R.B. Simmons, D.L. Price, S.K. Mishra and D.L. Pierson. 1997. Fungal colonization of air filters and insulation in a multi-story office building: production of organic volatiles. Curr. Microbiol. 35:305-308.

Ren, P., D.G. Ahearn and S.A. Crow. 1998. Mycotoxins of Alternaria alternata produced on ceiling tiles. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 20:53-54.

Ahanotu, E.N., Hyatt, M.D., Graham, B.S. and D.G. Ahearn. 2001. Comparative radiolabel and ATP analyses of adhesion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus epidermidis to hydrogel lenses. CLAO: 27: 89-93.

Rose, L.J., Simmons, R.B., Crow, S.A., and Donald G. Ahearn. 2000. Volatile organic compounds associated with microbial growth in automobile air conditioning systems. Curr. Microbiol. 41:206-209.

Crow, S.A. and D.G. Ahearn. 1997. Fungal colonization of solid surfaces and the sick building syndrome. In: Biotechnol. Internat. (Connor, T.H. and C.F. Fox, eds.). Univ. Med. Press, San Francisco, pp216-220.

Gabriel, M.M. and D.G. Ahearn. 2000. Studying bacterial adhesion hydrogel lenses. In: Handbook of bacterial adhesion: principles, methods, and applications (An, Y.H., and Friedman, R.J., eds.) Humana Press Inc. Totowa NJ, pp 389-396.

Kotsyurbenko O.R., K.-J. Chin, M.V. Glagolev, S. Stubner, M.V. Simankova, A.N. Nozhevnikova A.N., and R. Conrad. 2004. Acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methane production and methanogenic populations in an acidic West-Siberian peat bog. Environ. Microbiol. 6: 1159-1173.

Chin, K.-J., A. Esteve-Nunez, C. Leang and D. R. Lovley. 2004. Direct correlation between rates of anaerobic respiration and levels of mRNA for key respiratory genes in Geobacter sulfurreducens. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:5183-5189.

Fey, A., K.-J. Chin, and R. Conrad. 2001. Thermophilic methanogens in rice field soil. Environ. Microbiol. 3:295-303

Chin, K.-J., W. Liesack, and P.H. Janssen. 2001. Description of Opitutus terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., to accommodate new strains of the division Verrucomicrobia isolated from rice paddy soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51: 1965-1968

Wu, X.-L., Chin, K.-J., and R. Conrad. 2002. Effect of temperature stress on structure and function of the methanogenic archaeal community in a rice field soil. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 39:211-218

Chin, K.-J., and P.H. Janssen. 2002. Propionate formation by Opitutus terrae in pure culture and in mixed culture with a hydrogenotrophic methanogen, and implications for carbon fluxes in anoxic rice paddy soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:2089-2092

Chin, K.-J., T. Lukow, and R. Conrad. 1999. Effect of temperature on structure and function of the methanogenic archaeal community in an anoxic rice field soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65: 2341-2349

Kemnitz, D., K.-J. Chin, P. Bodelier, and R. Conrad. 2004. Community analysis of methanogenic archaea within a riparian flooding gradient. Environ. Microbiol. 6:449-461

Nuesslein, B., K.-J. Chin, W. Eckert and R. Conrad. 2001. Evidence for anaerobic syntrophic acetate oxidation during methane production in the profundal sediment of subtropical Lake Kinneret (Israel). Environ. Microbiol. 3:460-470

Leang, C, L., A. Adams, K.-J. Chin, K. P. Nevin, B. A. Methé, J. Webster, M. L. Sharma, and D. R. Lovley. 2005. Adaptation to Disruption of Electron Transfer Pathway for Fe(III) reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens. J. Bacteriol. 187:5918-5926

Denise, M. A., H. J. Mills, T. M. Gihring, L. Kerkhof, J. W. Stucki, K.-J. Chin, K. Kuesel, A. V. Palumbo, D. B. Watson, and J. E. Kostka. 2008. Enumeration, phylogenetic composition, and metabolic activity of nitrate- and Fe(III)-reducing bacteria catalyzing electron flow in radionuclide-contaminated subsurface sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74:3159-3170.

Chidthaisong, A., K.-J. Chin, D. Valentine, and S.C. Tyler. 2002. A Comparison of isotope fractionation of carbon and hydrogen from paddy field rice roots and soil bacterial enrichments during CO2/H2 methanogenesis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 66:983-995

Glissmann, K., K.-J. Chin, P. Casper, and R. Conrad. 2005. Methanogenic pathway and archaeal community structure in the sediment of eutrophic Lake Dagow: effect of temperature. Microb. Ecol. 48:389-399.