Recent Selected Publications

Templeton, A.S., B.M. Tebo, H. Staudigel, B.E. Bailey, T.P. Trainor, P.J. Eng (2004). X-ray spectroscopic techniques to probe the microbial dissolution of basaltic glasses. In: 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, R. Wanty and B. Seal., Eds. Zwets and Zeitlinger, Lisse, Netherlands (in press).

Bargar J.R, B.M. Tebo, U. Bergmann, S.M. Webb, P. Glatzel, V.Q. Chiu, and M. Villalobos (2004). Biotic and abiotic products of Mn(II) oxidation by spores of the marine Bacillus sp. strain SG-1. American Mineralogist (in press).

Tebo, B.M., J.R. Bargar, B. Clement, G. Dick, K.J. Murray, D. Parker, R. Verity, S. Webb (2004). Biogenic manganese oxides: Properties and mechanisms of formation. Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences 32: 287Ð328.

Lauro, F.M., G. Bertoloni, A. Obraztsova, C. Kato, B.M. Tebo, D.H. Bartlett (2004). Pressure effects on Clostridium strains isolated from a cold deep-sea environment. Extremophiles 8:169-173.

Arias, Y.M. and B.M. Tebo (2003). Cr(VI) Reduction by sulfidogenic and non-sulfidogenic microbial consortia. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69:1847-1853.

Arias, Y.M., A. Obraztsova, C. Green-Ruiz, B.M. Tebo (2003). Natural attenuation of Cr(VI) contamination in laboratory mesocosms. Geomicrobiology Journal 20:389-401

Bargar, J.R., S. Webb, and B.M. Tebo (2004). Structure and chemistry of biogenic manganese oxides produced in sea water. Physica Acta (in press).

Webb, S.M., J.R. Bargar, B.M. Tebo (2004). Determination of uranyl incorporation into biogenic manganese oxides using X-ray absorption spectroscopy and scattering. Physica Acta (in press).

Parker, D.L., G. Sposito, B.M. Tebo (2004). Manganese(III) binding to a pyoverdine siderophore produced by a manganese(II)-oxidizing bacterium. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (in press).

Webb, S.M., J.R. Bargar, and B.M. Tebo (2004). Structural Characterization of Biogenic Manganese Oxides Produced in Sea Water by the Marine Bacillus sp. strain SG-1. In: 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, R. Wanty and B. Seal., Eds. Zwets and Zeitlinger, Lisse, Netherlands (in press).

Staudigel, H., B. Tebo, A. Yayanos, H., H. Furnes, K. Kelley, T. Plank, K. Muehlenbachs (2004). The oceanic crust as a bioreactor. In: Deep Subsurface Biosphere at Mid-Ocean Ridges, W. Wilcock, D. Kelley, E.F. DeLong, D.S. Kelley, J.A. Baross and S.C. Cary(eds). Geophysical Monograph Series, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC., AGU Monograph 144:325-341.

Middleton, S.S., R. Bencheikh-Latmani, M.R. Mackey, M.H. Ellisman, B.M. Tebo, and C. Criddle (2003). Cometabolism of Cr(VI) by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 produces cell-associated reduced chromium and inhibits growth. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 83:627-637.

Konovalov, S.K., G.W. Luther III, G.E. Friederich, D.B. Nuzzio, B.M. Tebo, J.W. Murray, T. Oguz, B.T. Glazer, R.E. Trouwborst, B.G. Clement, K.J. Murray, A.S. Romanov (2003). Lateral injection of oxygen via mixing of water masses creates ÒfingersÓ of oxidizing potential in the Black Sea. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 2369-2376.

Murray, J.W., Konovalov, S.K., Tebo, B.M., Oguz, T., Besiktepe, S., Tugrul, S., and Yakushev, E. (2003). 2001 R/V Knorr Cruise: New observations and variations in the structure of the suboxic zone. Presented at Second International Conference on Oceanography of Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, 14-18 October 2002, Ankara, Turkey. In: Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea, Aysen Yilmaz (Editor), 2003, TUBITAK Publishers, Printed in Turkey, pp. 545-557.

Konovalov, S.K., Murray, J.W., Luther, G.W., Buesseler, K.O., Friederich, G., Tebo, B.M., Samodurov, A.S., Gregoire, M., Ivanov, L.I., Romanov, A.S., Clement, B., and Murray, K (2003). Oxygen fluxes, redox processes and the suboxic zone in the Black Sea. Presented at Second International Conference on Oceanography of Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, 14-18 October 2002, Ankara, Turkey. In: Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea, Aysen Yilmaz (Editor), TUBITAK Publishers, Printed in Turkey, pp.566-577.

Francis, C.A. and B.M. Tebo (2002). Enzymatic manganese(II) oxidation by metabolically dormant spores of diverse Bacillus species. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(2): 874-880.

Obraztsova, A.Y., C.A. Francis, and B.M. Tebo (2002). Sulfur disproportionation by the facultative anaerobe Pantoea agglomerans SP1 as a mechanism for chromium(VI) reduction. Geomicrobiology Journal 19(1):121-132.

Francis, C.A., Casciotti, K. and B.M. Tebo (2002). Localization of Mn(II)-oxidizing activity and the putative multicopper oxidase, MnxG, to the exosporium of the marine Bacillus sp. Strain SG-1. Archives of Microbiology (in press).

Staudigel, H., H. Furnes, K. Kelley, T. Plank, B.M. Tebo, A. Yayanos (in press). The oceanic crust as a bioreactor. In: The Subseafloor Biosphere at Mid-Ocean Ridges, W. Wilcock, D. Kelley, E.F. DeLong and S.C. Cary(eds). Geophysical Monograph Series, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Francis, C.A. and B.M. Tebo (2001). cumA multicopper oxidase genes from diverse Mn(II)-oxidizing and non-Mn(II)-oxidizing Pseudomonas strains. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67:4272-4278.

Francis, C.A., Co, E.-M. and B.M. Tebo (2001). Enzymatic manganese(II) oxidation by a marine a-proteobacterium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67:4024-4029.

GrŸnberg, K., C. Wawer, B.M. Tebo, and D. SchŸler (2001). A large gene cluster encoding several magnetosome proteins is conserved in different species of magnetotactic bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67:4573-4582.

Bargar, J.R., B.M. Tebo, and J.E. Villinski (2000). In situ spectroscopic measurement of Mn(II) oxidation by spores of the marine Bacillus sp. strain SGÐ1. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 64: 2777-2780.

Francis, C. A., A. Y. Obraztsova and B. M. Tebo (2000). Dissimilatory metal reduction by the facultative anaerobe Pantoea agglomerans SP1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66(2): 543-548.

Francis, C.A., and Tebo, B.M. (2000). Marine Bacillus spores as catalysts for the oxidative precipitation and sorption of metals. In: D.H. Bartlett (Ed.) Molecular Marine Microbiology, Horizon Scientific Press, Norfolk, England.

Bargar, J.R., B.M. Tebo, and J.E. Villinski (2000). In situ spectroscopic measurement of Mn(II) oxidation by spores of the marine Bacillus sp. strain SG—1. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 64: 2777-2780.

K.W. Mandernack and B.M. Tebo (1999). In situ rate measurements of microbial sulfide removal and CO2 fixation at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and at the chemocline of Framvaren Fjord, Norway. Marine Chemistry. 66:201-213.

Francis, C.A., and Tebo, B.M. (1999). Marine Bacillus spores as catalysts for the oxidative precipitation and sorption of metals. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1:71-78.

Tebo, B. M. and L. M. He (1999). Microbially mediated oxidative precipitation reactions. In: T. Grundl and D. L. Sparks (eds.), Mineral-Water Interfacial Reactions: Kinetics and Mechanisms. ACS Symposium Series #715. P.393-414.

Caspi, R., B.M. Tebo, M.G. Haygood (1998). c-type cytochromes and manganese oxidation in Pseudomonas putida strain MnB1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64: 3549-3555.

Tebo, B.M., and Obraztsova, A.Ya. (1998). Novel Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Grows with Cr(VI), U(VI), Mn(IV), and Fe(III) as Electron Acceptors . FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 162:193-198.

Tebo, B.M., L. van Waasbergen, C.A. Francis, L.M. He, D.B. Edwards, and K.Casciotti (1998). Manganese oxidation by spores of the marine Bacillus sp. strain sg-1: application for the bioremediation of metal pollution. In: New Developments in Marine Biotechnologies, Y. Le Gal and H.O. Halvorson (Eds.). Plenum, New York. p.177-180.

He, L.M. and B.M. Tebo. (1998) Surface characterization of and Cu(II) adsorption by spores of a marine Bacillus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:1123-1129.

Tebo, B.M. (1998). Comment on the comment by A.W. M. G. Souren on "Oxidation of cobalt and manganese in seawater via a common microbially catalyzed pathway". Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 62:357-358.

Tebo, B.M., W.C. Ghiorse, L.G. van Waasbergen, P.L. Siering, and R. Caspi (1997). Bacterially-mediated mineral formation: Insights into manganese(II) oxidation from molecular genetic and biochemical studies. In: J.F. Banfield and K.H. Nealson (Eds.) Geomicrobiology: Interactions Between Microbes and Minerals. Reviews in Mineralogy 35:225-266.

Tebo, B.M., R. Ganesh, W. K. Tolley, and A. E. Grow. (1997) Microbial Metal Accumulation and Microsolid Separation for Treating and Recovering Metals from Industrial Rinsewaters. In: Biotechnology for Water Use and Conservation: The Mexico ‘96 Workshop, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, p.493-506.

van Waasbergen, L. G., M. Hildebrand and B. M. Tebo (1996). Identification and characterization of a gene cluster involved in manganese oxidation by spores of the marine Bacillus sp. strain SG-1. Journal of Bacteriology, 178:3517-3530.

Caspi, R., M. G. Haygood and B. M. Tebo (1996). Unusual ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase genes from a marine manganese-oxidizing bacterium. Microbiology. 142: 2549-2559.

Tebo, B.M. (1995). Environmental applications of marine biotechnology. Summary of a program development workshop sponsored by the California Sea Grant College System. Report No. T-CSGCP-036, California Sea Grant College System, La Jolla, CA.

Tebo, B. M. (1995). Metal precipitation by marine bacteria: potential for biotechnological applications. In: J. K. Setlow (ed.) Genetic Engineering—Principles and Methods, vol. 17, Plenum Press, New York, p.231-263.

Mandernack, K. W., M. L. Fogel, B. M. Tebo, and A. Usui (1995). Oxygen isotope analyses of chemically and microbially produced manganese oxides and manganates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 59: 4409-4425.

Mandernack, K. W., J. Post and B. M. Tebo (1995). Manganese mineral formation by bacterial spores of a marine Bacillus, strain SG-1: Evidence for the direct oxidation of Mn(II) to Mn(IV). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 59: 4393-4408.

Juniper, S. K. and B. M. Tebo (1995). Microbe-metal interactions and mineral deposition at hydrothermal vents. In: D. M. Karl (ed.) The Microbiology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, Chapter 5, CRC Press, p.219-253.

Lee, Y. and B. M. Tebo (1994). Cobalt oxidation by the marine manganese(II)-oxidizing Bacillus sp. strain SG-1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 60: 2949-2957.