Complete Publications List for K. R. Sowers
Publications:
Capozzi, S.L., Bodenreider, C., Prieto, A., Payne, R.B., Sowers, K.R., Needham, T., Ghosh, U. and Kjellerup, B.V. Colonization and growth of dehalorespiring biofilms on carbonaceous sorptive amendments. Accepted.
Payne, R.P., Ghosh, U., May, H.D., Marshall, C.W. and K.R. Sowers. 2017. Mesocosm studies on the efficacy of bioamended activated carbon for treating PCB-impacted sediment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 51 (18): 10691-10699.
Kaya, D. I. Imamoglu, F. Delik Sanin and K.R. Sowers. 2017. A comparative evaluation of anaerobic dechlorination of PCB 118 and Aroclor 1254 in sediment mcirocosms from three PCB-impacted environments. J. Haz. Mat. 341: 328-335.
Kaya, D., I. Imamoglu, F.D. Sanin, R.B. Payne and K.R. Sowers. 2016. Potential risk reduction of Aroclor 1254 by microbial reductive dechlorination in anaerobic Grasse River sediment microcosms. J. Haz. Mat. 321: 879-887.
Yogev, U., K.R. Sowers, N. Mozes and A. Gross. 2016. Nitrogen and carbon balance in a novel near-zero water exchange saline recirculating aquaculture system. Aquaculture 467: 118-126.
Quinn, B., E.E. Apolinario, A. Gross and K.R. Sowers. 2016. Characterization of a microbial consortium that converts mariculture fish waste to biomethane. Aquaculture 453: 154-162.
Aruety, Tal., Tali Brunner, Zeev Ronen, Amit Gross, Kevin Sowers and Dina Zilberg. 2015. The fate of the fish pathogen Streptococcus iniae in a sludge digester of a zero discharge recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). Aquaculture 450: 335-341.
Hale, D. B.V. Kjellerup, K.R. Sowers and I. Imamoglu. 2015. Evaluation of PCB dechlorination pathways in anaerobic sediment microcosms using an anaerobic dechlorination model. Journal of Hazardous Materials 296: 120-127. [ABSTRACT]
Sowers, K.R. 2015. Methanogenesis. In: Caplan, M.J. (ed.), Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences. Elsevier, Inc., doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-801238-3.90004-7.
Lombard, Nathalie J., Upal Ghosh, Birthe V. Kjellerup, Kevin R. Sowers. 2014. Kinetics and threshold level of 2,3,4,5-tetrachlorobiphenyl dechlorination by an organohalide respiring bacterium. Env. Sci. Technol. 48(8): 4353-4360. [ABSTRACT]
Kjellerup, Birthe V., Courtney Naff, Sarah J. Edwards, Upal Ghosh, Joel E. Baker, Kevin R. Sowers. 2014. Effects of activated carbon on reductive dechlorination of PCBs by halorespiring bacteria indigenous in sediment. Wat. Res. 52: 1-10. [ABSTRACT]
Ricardo Jasso-Chávez, Ethel Apolinario, Kevin R. Sowers, and James G. Ferry. 2013. MrpA Functions in Energy Conversion During Acetate-Dependent Growth of Methanosarcina acetivorans. J. Bacteriol. 195(17):3987-94 [ABSTRACT]
Payne, Rayford B., Sonja K. Fagervold, Harold D. May and Kevin R. Sowers. 2013. Remediation of polychlorinated biphenyl impacted sediment by concurrent bioaugmentation with anaerobic dehalorespiring and aerobic degrading bacteria. Env. Sci & Tech. 47(8): 3807-3815. [ABSTRACT]
Sowers, Kevin R. and Harold D. May. 2013 In situ treatment of PCBs by anaerobic microbial dechlorination in aquatic sediment: are we there yet? Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 24: 482-488. [ABSTRACT]
Chan Lan Chun, Rayford B. Payne, Kevin R. Sowers, and Harold D. May. 2012. Electrical stimulation of microbial PCB degradation under in situ conditions. Wat. Res. 47(1): 141-152 [ABSTRACT]
Javin P. Oza, Kevin R. Sowers and John J. Perona. 2012. Linking energy production and protein synthesis in hydrogenotrophic methanogens. Biochem. 51: 2378-2389. [ABSTRACT]
Birthe V. Kjellerup, Piuly Paul, Upal Ghosh, Harold D. May, Kevin R. Sowers. 2012. Aroclor 1260 contaminated soils show spatial variability of dechlorinating bacteria and PCB reducing activities. Appl. Environ. Soil Microbiol. Article ID 584970: 1-11. [ABSTRACT]
Kimberly Anderson and Kevin R. Sowers. 2012. Desiccation as a Long-Term Survival Mechanism for the archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78: 1473-1479. [ABSTRACT]
Rayford B Payne, Chanlan Chun, Harold D May, Kevin R Sowers. 2011. Enhanced reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyl impacted sediment by bioaugmentation with a dehalorespiring bacterium. Env. Sci & Tech. 45 (20), pp 8772–8779. [ABSTRACT]
Menezes, S., K. Gaston, K. Krivos, E.E. Apolinario, N.O. Reich, K.R. Sowers, P.A. Limbach, J.J. Perona. 2011. Formation of m2G6 in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii tRNA catalyzed by the novel methyltransferase Trm14. Nucl. Acids Res. 39(17): 7641-7655. [ABSTRACT]
Fagervold, Sonja K., Joy E. M. Watts Harold D. May and Kevin R. Sowers. 2011. Bioaugmentation with dechlorinating microorganisms influences the pathways and rates of PCB dechlorination in sediment microcosms. Wat. Res. 45: 3899-3907. [ABSTRACT]
Chen, Y., Apolinario, E., Brachova, L., Kelman, Z., Li, Z., Nikolau, B. J., Showman, L., Sowers, K., and Orban, J. 2010. An integrated approach to accurate functional annotation of putative enzymes in the methanogen M. acetivorans. BMC Genomics 12(Suppl 1): S7. [ABSTRACT]
Park JW, Krumins V, Kjellerup BV, Fennell DE, Rodenburg LA, Sowers K.R, Kerkhof LJ, Häggblom MM. 2010. The effect of co-substrate activation on indigenous and bioaugmented PCB dechlorinating bacterial communities in sediment microcosms. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 89: 2005-2017 [ABSTRACT]
Sowers, K.R. 2010. Methanogenesis. In: Schaechter, Lederberg, Alexander, Haselkorn, Ingraham, Baross, Schmidt, Laskin, Hopwood, Summers, Baulcombe, Levin, White, Fierer, Baldauf (eds.), Encylopedia of Microbiology – Ecological & Environmental Microbiology. Elsevier, Inc.
Anderson, K.L., E.E. Apolinario, S.R. MacAuley, and K.R. Sowers. 2009. Localization of a regulatory region within the 5’ untranslated leader region of an archaeal CO dehydrogenase/acetyl-coenzyme synthase. J. Bacteriol. 191(22): 7123-7128 [ABSTRACT].
Allen, M.A., F.M. Lauro, T.J. Williams, D. Burg, K.S. Siddiqui, D. De Francisci, K.W.Y. Chong, O. Pilak, H.H. Chew, M.Z. De Maere, L. Ting, M. Katrib, C. Ng, K.R. Sowers, M.Y. Galperin, I.J. Anderson, N. Ivanova, E. Dalin, M. Martinez, A. Lapidus, L. Hauser, M. Land, T. Thomas, and R. Cavicchioli. 2009. The genome sequence of the psychrophilic archaeon, Methanococcoides burtonii: the role of genome evolution in cold adaptation. ISME J. 3: 1012-1035 [ABSTRACT].
Kjellerup, B.V., Kjeldsen, K., Lopes, F., Abilggaard, L., Ingvorsen, K., Frølund, B., Sowers, K.R. and Nielsen, P.H. 2009. Biocorrosion and biofilm formation in a nutrient limited heating system subjected to alternating microaerophilic conditions. Biofouling. 25(8): 727-737.
MacAuley, S.R., S.A. Zimmerman, E.E. Apolinario, C. Evilia, Y.-M. Hou, J.G. Ferry, K.R. Sowers. 2009. The Archetype g-Class Carbonic Anhydrase (Cam) Contains Iron when Synthesized in vivo in Methanosarcina acetivorans. Biochemistry 48(5): 817-9 [ABSTRACT].
Tal, Y., H.J. Schreier, K.R. Sowers, J.D. Stubblefield, A.R. Place, and Y. Zohar. 2009. Environmentally Sustainable, Fully Contained Marine Aquaculture. Aquaculture 286: 28-35. [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R. 2009. Methanogenesis. In: Schaechter, Lederberg, Alexander, Haselkorn, Ingraham, Baross, Schmidt, Laskin, Hopwood, Summers, Baulcombe, Levin, White, Fierer, Baldauf (eds.), Encylopedia of Microbiology, 3rd edition. Elsevier, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-12-373944-5.
Kjellerup, B., Olesen, B.H., Sowers, K. R., Nielsen, P., Nielsen, J. 2008. In situ detection of bacteria involved in cathodic depolarization and stainless steel surface corrosion using microautoradiography. J. Appl. Microbiol. 105: 2231–2238. [ABSTRACT].
May, H.D., G. S. Miller, B.V. Kjellerup, K.R. Sowers. 2008. Dehalorespiration with Polychlorinated Biphenyls by an Anaerobic Ultramicrobacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74: 2089-2094. [ABSTRACT].
Kjellerup, B.V., X. Sun, U. Ghosh, H.D. May and K.R. Sowers. 2008. Site specific microbial communities in three PCB-impacted sediments are associated with different in situ dechlorinating activities. Environ. Microbiol. 10: 1296-1309 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R. Methanogenesis. In: Schaechter, Lederberg, Alexander, Haselkorn, Ingraham, Baross, Schmidt, Laskin, Hopwood, Summers, Baulcombe, Levin, White, Fierer, Baldauf (eds.), Encylopedia of Microbiology, 3rd edition. Elsevier, Inc. In press.
Fagervold, S.K., H.D. May and K.R. Sowers. 2007. Microbial reductive dechlorination of Aroclor 1260 in Baltimore Harbor sediment microcosms is catalyzed by three phylotypes within the Chloroflexi. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73: 3009-3018 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R. and K. Anderson. 2007. Molecular Genetics of Archaea. In: R. Cavicchioli (ed.), Archaea: Molecular Cell Biology. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D. C., pp. 463-477. ISBN: 978-1-55581-391-8.
Sowers, K.R., S. DasSarma and P. Blum. 2007. Gene transfer in Archaea. In: C. A. Reddy, T. J. Beveridge, J. A. Breznak, G. A. Marzluf, and T. M. Schmidt (ed.), Methods for General and Molecular Microbiology. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D. C. ISBN: 978-1-55581-223-2.
D.L. Maeder, I. Anderson, T. Brettin, D. Bruce, P. Gilna, C. S. Han, A. Lapidus, W.W. Metcalf, E. Saunders, R. Tapia, and K.R. Sowers. 2006. The Methanosarcina barkeri genome: comparative analysis with Methanosarcina acetivorans and Methanosarcina mazei reveals extensive rearrangement within methanosarcinal genomes. J. Bacteriol. 188: 7922-7931 [ABSTRACT].
H.D. May, L.A. Cutter, G.S. Miller, C.E. Milliken, J.E.M. Watts, and K.R. Sowers. 2006. Stimulatory and Inhibitory Effects of Organohalides on the Dehalogenating Activities of PCB-Dechlorinating Bacterium o-17. Environ. Sci Technol. 40: 5704-5709 [ABSTRACT].
Reid, I.N., W.B. Sparks, S. Lubow, M. McGrath, M. Livio, J. Valenti, K.R. Sowers, H.D. Shukla, S. MacAuley, T. Miller, R. Suvanasuthi, R. Belas, A. Colman, F.T. Robb, P. DasSarma, J.A. Muller, J.A. Coker, R. Cavicchioli, F. Chen, S. DasSarma. 2006. Terrestrial models for extraterrestrial life: methanogens and halophiles at Martian temperatures. International Journal of Astrobiology 5: 89-97 [ABSTRACT].
Kjellerup, B.V., G. Gudmonsson, K.R. Sowers, P.H. Nielsen. 2006. Evaluation of Analytical Methods for Analyzing the Distribution of Biofilm and Active Bacteria in a Commercial Heating System. Biofouling 22: 145-151 [ABSTRACT] .
Sowers, K.R. and J.E.M. Watts. 2006. The study of strictly anaerobic microorganisms. In: F. A. Rainey and A. Oren (ed.), Methods in Microbiology - Extremophiles, v. 35. Elsevier/Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 739-764. ISBN: 0-12-521537-1 [ABSTRACT].
Fagervold, S.K., J.E.M. Watts, H.D. May and K.R. Sowers. 2005. Sequential reductive dechlorination of meta-chlorinated PCB congeners in sediment microcosms by two different phylotypes of Chloroflexi . Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 8085-8090 [ABSTRACT].
Apolinario-Smith, E., K.M. Jackson, and
K.R. Sowers. 2005.
Development
of a plasmid-mediated reporter system for in vivo monitoring of gene
expression in the archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans.
Appl.
Envion. Microbiol. 71:
4914-4918
[ABSTRACT].
Watts,
J.E.M., S.K.
Fagervold, H.D. May and K.R. Sowers. 2005. A PCR based specific assay
reveals a diverse population of bacteria within the Chloroflexi associated with
the reductive dehalogenation of polychlorinated biphenyls.
Microbiology UK, 151:
2039-2046
[ABSTRACT].
Miller, G.S., C.E. Milliken, K. R. Sowers, and H. D. May. 2005. Reductive Dechlorination of Tetrachloroethene to trans-Dichloroethene and cis-Dichloroethene by PCB-Dechlorinating Bacterium DF-1. Environ. Sci. Technol., 39:2631-2635 [ABSTRACT].
Baxter, B.K., C.D. Litchfield, K.R. Sowers, J.D. Griffith, P. Arora Dassarma and S. DasSarma. 2005. Microbial Diversity of Great Salt Lake. In: N. Gunde-Cimerman, A. Oren, A. Plemenitas (ed.), Adaptation to life at high salt concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. Springer Science, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 9-26.
Watts, J.E.M., S.K. Fagervold, G.S. Miller, C.E. Milliken, H.D. May and K.R. Sowers. 2004. Microbial Reductive Dechlorination of Organochlorine Pollutants in the Marine Environment. J. Mar. Biotechnol., 6 (Supplement 1): S378-S386 [ABSTRACT].
Shahamat, M., M. Alavi, J.E.M. Watts, J.M. Gonzalez, K.R. Sowers, D.W. Maeder, and F.T. Robb. 2004. Development of Two PCR-Based Techniques for Detecting Helical and Coccoid Forms of Helicobacter pylori. J. Clin. Microbiol. 42 (8): 3613-3619 [ABSTRACT].
Milliken,
C.E., G. P. Meier, J. E. M. Watts, K. R. Sowers, and H. D. May.
2004. Chlorophenol production by anaerobic microorganisms: transformation of a
biogenic chlorinated hydroquinone metabolite.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 70:
2494-2496 [ABSTRACT].
Milliken,
C.E., G. P. Meier, K. R. Sowers, and H. D. May.
2004. Microbial anaerobic demethylation and dechlorination of
chlorinated hydroquinone metabolites synthesized by basidiomycete fungi.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:
385-392 [ABSTRACT].
Nicholas J. Drenzek, Christopher M. Reddy, Timothy I. Eglinton, Carl O. Wirsen, Harold D. May, Neil C. Sturchio, Linnea J. Heraty, Kevin R. Sowers, and Qingzhong Wu. 2004. Invariant Chlorine Isotopic Signatures During PCB Reductive Dechlorination. Environmental Pollution 128: 445-448 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers,
K.R.
2004. Methanogenesis. In: M.
Schaechter
(ed.), The Desk Encylopedia of Microbiology.
Elsevier
Academic Press, Inc.
Saunders,
Neil F.W., T. Thomas,
P.M.G. Curmi, J. Mattick, E. Kuczek, R. Slade, J. Davis, P. Franzmann, D.
Boone, K. Rusterholtz, R. Feldman, C. Gates, S. Bench, K. Sowers, K. Kadner, A.
Aerts, P. Dehal, C. Detter, T. Glavina, S. Lucas, F. Larimer, L. Hauser,
M. Land and R. Cavicchioli.
2003.
Mechanisms
of Thermal adaptation revealed by the genomes of the Antarctic Archaea, Methanogenium
frigidum and Methanococcoides burtonii.
Genome Research, 13: 1580-1588 [ABSTRACT].
Tal, Y., J.E.M. Watts, S.B. Schreier, K.R. Sowers, H.J. Schreier. 2002. Characterization of the microbial community and nitrogen transformation processes associated with moving bed bioreactors in a closed recirculated marine system. Aquaculture 215: 187-202 [ABSTRACT].
Wu, Q., G.P. Meier, K.R. Sowers, and H.D. May. 2002. Reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated benzenes by Bacterium DF-1, a polychlorinated biphenyl-dechlorinating microorganism. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 36(15): 3290-3294 [ABSTRACT].
Cavicchioli,
R., K.S. Siddiqui, D. Andrews, and K.R. Sowers.
2002.
Low Temerpature Extremophiles and
their Applications. Current Opinion
in Biotechnology. Curr. Opinions in Biotechnol.
13: 253-261 [ABSTRACT].
Tal,
Y., J.E.M. Watts, S.B. Schreier, K.R. Sowers, H.J. Schreier. 2002.
Nitrification, denitrification
and anammox processes associated with the microbial community of moving
bed bioreactors in a closed recirculated marine system, pp 451-460.
Proc.
4th Int. Conf. Recirculating Aquaculture, Roanoke,
VA.
Lipman,
R.S.A J. Wang, K. R. Sowers, and Y.-M. Hou. 2002. Prevention
of Mis-Aminoacylation of a Dual-Specificity Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase.
J. Mol. Biol. 315: 943-949 [ABSTRACT].
Galagan,
J.E., et al.
2002. The genome of Methanosarcina
acetivorans reveals extensive
metabolic and physiological diversity.
Genome
Research 12:
532-542
Wu,
Q., Watts, J.E.M., K.R. Sowers and H.D. May.
2002.
Identification of a bacterium that Catalyzes double-flanked PCB
dechlorination. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69(2):
807-812 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers,
K.R. and J.G. Ferry. 2002.
Marine Methanogenesis. In:
G. Bitton (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology.
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Cutter, L.A., J.E.M. Watts, R.R. Hebert, K.R. Sowers and H.D. May. 2001. Identification of a Bacterium that links its growth to the reductively dechlorination of 2,3,5,6-chlorobiphenyl. Environ. Microbiol. 3(11): 699-709 [ABSTRACT].
Watts,
J.E.M., Q. Wu, S.B. Schreier, H.D. May and K.R. Sowers. 2001. Comparative analyses
of PCB dechlorinating communities in enrichment cultures using three different
molecular screening techniques. Environ.
Microbiol. 3(11): 710-719 [ABSTRACT].
Drenzek,
N.J., T.I. Eglinton, C.O. Wirsen, H.D. May, Q. Wu, K.R. Sowers, and C.M. Reddy.
2001. The
absence and application of stable carbon isotope fractionation during the
reductive dehalogenation of polychlorinated biphenyls.
Environ. Sci. Technology. 35:
3310-3313 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R. 2000. Methanogenesis. In: Lederberg, Alexander, Bloom, Hopwood, Hull, Iglewski, Laskin, Oliver, Schaechter, Summers (eds.), Encylopedia of Microbiology, 2nd edition. Academic Press, Inc.
Lipman, R.S.A., K.R. Sowers, and Ya-Ming Hou. 2000. Synthesis of cysteinyl-tRNAcys by a genome that lacks the normal cysteine-tRNA synthetase. Biochemistry 39: 7792-7798 [ABSTRACT].
Elberson, M.A., Malekzadeh, F., Yazdi, M.T., Kameranpour, N., Noori-Daloii, M.R., Matte, M.H., Shahamat, M., Colwell, R.R. and K.R. Sowers*. 2000. Cellulomonas persica sp. nov. and Cellulomonas iranensis sp. nov., mesophilic cellulose-degrading bacteria isolated from forest soils. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 50: 993-996 [ABSTRACT].
Wu, Q., K.R. Sowers and H.D. May. 2000. Establishment of a PCB-dechlorinating microbial consortium, specific for doubly-flanked chlorines, in a sediment-free medium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66: 49-53 [ABSTRACT].
Hamann, C.S., K.R. Sowers, R.S.A. Lipman, and Ya-Ming Hou. 1999. An archaeal aminoacyl- tRNA synthetase missing from genomic analysis. J. Bacteriol. 181: 5880-5884 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R.* and H.J. Schreier. 1999. Gene transfer systems for the Archaea. Trends Microbiol. 7: 212-219 [ABSTRACT].
Holoman, T.R.P., M.A. Elberson, L. Cutter, H.D. May and K.R. Sowers. 1998. Selective enrichment of defined 2,3,5,6-tetrachlorobiphenyl ortho-dechlorinating microbial consortia and monitoring of population profiles by comparative sequence analysis of 16S rDNA. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64: 3359-3367 [ABSTRACT].
Cutter, L., K.R. Sowers and H.D. May. Ortho-declorination of 2,3,5,6,-chlorinated biphenyl by estuarine microbial populations in sediment-free enrichment cultures. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64: 2966-2969 [ABSTRACT].
Wu, Q., K.R. Sowers and H.D. May. 1998. Microbial reductive dechlorination of Aroclor 1260 in anaerobic slurries of estuarine sediments. Appl. Environ.Microbiol. 64: 1052-1058 [ABSTRACT].
M.A. Elberson and Sowers, K.R. 1997. Isolation of an aceticlastic strain of Methanosarcina siciliae from marine canyon sediments, and emendation of the species description for Methanosarcina siciliae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47: 1258-1261 [ABSTRACT].
Metcalf, W.W. , J.K. Zhang, E. Apolinario, K.R. Sowers, and R.S. Wolfe. 1997. An archaeal gene transfer system for Methanosarcina spp.: liposome-mediated transformation and construction of shuttle vectors. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 94: 2626-2631 [ABSTRACT].
Apolinario, E.A. and K.R. Sowers. 1996. Plate colonization of Methanococcus maripaludis and Methanosarcina thermophila in a modified canning jar. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 145: 131-137 [ABSTRACT].
Berkaw, M., K.R. Sowers, and H.D. May. 1996. Anaerobic ortho-dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls by estuarine sediments from Baltimore Harbor. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62: 2534-2539 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R. and R.P. Gunsalus. 1995. Halotolerance in the Methanosarcinaceae: role of Neacetyl-ß-lysine, a-glutamate, glycine betaine and K+ as compatible solutes for osmotic adaptation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61: 4382-4388 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R. Methanogenic archaea: an overview. 1995. In:Archaea - A Laboratory Manual, F.T. Robb, K.R. Sowers, S. DasSharma, A.R. Place, H.J. Schreier, E.M. Fleischmann, (eds.). Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Sowers, K.R. Techniques for monitoring cell growth. 1995. In: Archaea - A Laboratory Manual, F.T. Robb, K.R. Sowers, S. DasSharma, A.R. Place, H.J. Schreier, E.M. Fleischmann (eds.). Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Sowers, K.R. Techniques for anaerobic biochemistry. 1995. In: Archaea - A Laboratory Manual, F.T. Robb, K.R. Sowers, S. DasSharma, A.R. Place, H.J. Schreier, E.M. Fleischmann (eds.). Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Roberts, M.F., R.P. Gunsalus and K.R. Sowers. 1995. Extraction and detection of compatible intracellular solutes. In: Archaea - A Laboratory Manual, F.T. Robb, K.R. Sowers, S. DasSharma, A.R. Place, H.J. Schreier, E.M. Fleischmann (eds.). Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Sowers, K.R. Growth of Methanosarcina spp. as single cells. 1995. In: Archaea - A Laboratory Manual, F.T. Robb, K.R. Sowers, S. DasSharma, A.R. Place, H.J. Schreier, E.M. Fleischmann (eds.). Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Sowers, K.R. and Noll, K.M. Techniques for anaerobic growth. 1995. In:Archaea - A Laboratory Manual, F.T. Robb, K.R. Sowers, S. DasSharma, A.R. Place, H.J. Schreier, E.M. Fleischmann (eds.). Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Sowers, K.R. Gene selection and cloning with lambda bacteriophage libraries. 1995. In: Archaea - A Laboratory Manual, F.T. Robb, K.R. Sowers, S. DasSharma, A.R. Place, H.J. Schreier, E.M. Fleischmann (eds.). Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Sowers, K.R. Isolation of chromosomal and plasmid DNA from the methanogenic archaea. 1995. In:Archaea - A Laboratory Manual. F.T. Robb, K.R. Sowers, S. DasSharma, A.R. Place, H.J. Schreier, E.M. Fleischmann (eds.). Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Sowers, K.R. Large-scale growth of formate- and acetate-utilizing Methanosarcina spp. in a pH Auxostat. 1995. In:Archaea - A Laboratory Manual. F.T. Robb, K.R. Sowers, S. DasSharma, A.R. Place, H.J. Schreier, E.M. Fleischmann (eds.). Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.
Sowers, K.R., T.T. Thai, and R.P. Gunsalus. 1993. Transcriptional regulation of the carbon monoxide gene (cdhA) in Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Biol. Chem. 268: 23172-23178 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R., J. Boone, and R.P. Gunsalus. 1993. Disaggregation of Methanosarcina spp. and growth as single cells at elevated osmolarity. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59: 3832-3839 [ABSTRACT].
Lai, M.-C., K.R. Sowers, D.E. Robertson, M.F. Roberts and R.P. Gunsalus. 1991. Distribution of compatible solutes in the halophilic methanogenic archaebacteria. J. Bacteriol. 173: 5352-5358 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R., D.E. Robertson, D.E. Noll, R.P. Gunsalus, and M.R. Roberts. 1990. Ne-Acetyl-b-lysine: An osmolyte synthesized by methanogenic archaebacteria. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA), 87:9083-9087 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R. 1989. Genus Methanococcoides, p. 2210-2211. In: Staley, Bryant, Pfennig and Holt (ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, vol. 3. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore. ISBN 0-683-07908-5
Sowers, K.R. and R.P. Gunsalus. 1988. Adaptation for growth at various saline concentrations by the archaebacterium Methanosarcina thermophila. J. Bacteriol. 170: 998-1002 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R. and R.P. Gunsalus. 1988. Plasmid DNA from the acetotrophic methanogen Methanosarcina acetivorans. J. Bacteriol. 170: 4979-4982 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R. and J.G. Ferry. 1985. Trace metal and vitamin requirements of Methanococcoides methylutens grown on trimethylamine. Arch. Microbiol. 142: 148-151 [ABSTRACT].
Zinder, S.H., K.R. Sowers, and J.G. Ferry. 1985. Methanosarcina thermophila sp. nov., a thermophilic, acetotrophic methane-producing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 35: 522-523.
Sowers, K.R., S.F. Baron and J.G. Ferry. 1984. Methanosarcina acetivorans sp. nov., an acetotrophic methane producing bacterium isolated from marine sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.47: 972-978 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R., J.L. Johnson and J.G. Ferry. 1984. Phylogenetic relationships among the methylotrophic methane producing bacteria and emendation of the family Methanosarcinaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 34: 444-450.
Sowers, K.R., M.J. Nelson and J.G. Ferry. 1984. Growth of acetotrophic methane producing bacteria in a pH auxostat. Curr Microbiol. 11: 227-230 [ABSTRACT].
Sowers, K.R. and J.G. Ferry. 1984. Characterization of a methanogenic kelp degrading consortium, pp. 316-325. In: Proc. Int. Gas Res. Inst. Conf. Government Institutes, Rockville, MD.
Ferry, J. G. and Sowers, K. R. 1983. Principles of the microbial conversion of biomass to methane, p. 91-110. In: F. Zucconi, M. de Bertoli, E.S. Coppola (ed.), International Symposium on Biological Reclamation and Land Utilization of Urban Wastes. Naples, Italy.
Sowers, K. R., and J. G. Ferry. 1983. Isolation and characterization of a methylotrophic marine methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens gen. nov., sp. nov. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45: 684-690 [ABSTRACT].
Books edited:
Archaea - A Laboratory Manual. 1995. F.T. Robb, K.R. Sowers, S. DasSharma, A.R. Place, H.J. Schreier, E.M. Fleischmann (eds.), 1048 pp. Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. ISBN 0-87969-397-5.
Archaea - A Laboratory Manual: Methanogens. 1995. Sowers, K.R. and H.J. Schreier (eds.), 520 pp. Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY. ISBN 0-87969-439-4.
Abstracts and Presentations (2008-Present):
D. Kaya*, B.V. Kjellerup, and K.R. Sowers. Dechlorination of PCBs During Anaerobic Sludge Digestion. Battelle Fifth International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies. Baltimore, MD, 15-18 April 2019.
D. Kaya*, B.V. Kjellerup, and K.R. Sowers Contamination of Baltimore Harbor Sediment with PCBs Has Increased Over the Last Century – Is Bioremediation Possible?. Battelle Fifth International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies. Baltimore, MD, 15-18 April 2019.
Kevin R Sowers*, Upal Ghosh, Rayford Payne and Harold D. May. Pilot study on In-Situ Bioremediation of a Former Wastewater Treatment Pond Containing High levels of PCBs. Battelle Fifth International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies. Baltimore, MD, 15-18 April 2019.
Kevin R Sowers*, Upal Ghosh, Rayford Payne and Harold D. May. Progress on Treatment of PCB-Impacted Sediments with Bioamended Activated Carbon. Battelle Tenth International Conference on Remediation and Management of Contaminated Sediments. New Orleans, LA, 11-14 Feb 2019.
T. Needham*, U. Ghosh, and K.R. Sowers Application of Passive Sampling to Measure PCB Microbial Dechlorinaiton Kinetics. SEATAC North America 38th Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN. 12-16 November 2018.
Trevor Needham, Upal Ghosh, Kevin R Sowers and Birthe Kjellerup. Influence of Black Carbon on Anaerobic Microbial Dechlorination Rates of PCBs. Chesapeake Potomic Regional Chapter – SETAC. Fredricksburg, VA, 22-23 April 2018.
Kevin R Sowers, Rayford B Payne, Upal Ghosh and Hal D. May. Pilot-Scale Treatment of PCB-impacted Sediments By Bioaugmentation. SERDP & ESTCP Symposium. Washington, DC, 28-30 November 2017.
Trevor Needham, Upal Ghosh, Kevin Sowers, Birthe Kjellerup. Enhanced Microbial Dechlorination of Chlorinated Compounds in the Presence of Carbonaceous Material. SERDP & ESTCP Symposium. Washington, DC, 28-30 November 2017.
Kevin R Sowers, Upal Ghosh, Rayford Payne and Harold D. May. Pilot-Scale In-Situ Treatment of PCB-Impacted Sediments by Bioaugmentation. Battelle Forth International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies. Miami, FL, 22-25 May 2017.
Nathalie Lombard, Kevin R Sowers, Upal Ghosh, and Birthe Kjellerup. Measuring reductive dechlorination rate at environmentally relevant PCB concentrations. Battelle Forth International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies. Miami, FL, 22-25 May 2017.
Kevin R Sowers, Upal Ghosh, Rayford Payne and Harold D. May. Pilot-scale treatment of PCB-impacted sediments by bioaugmentation. Battelle Ninth International Conference on Remediation and Management of Contaminated Sediments. New Orleans, LA, 09-12 Jan 2017.
Nathalie Lombard, Kevin R Sowers, Upal Ghosh, and Birthe Kjellerup. Measuring reductive dechlorination rates at environmentally relevant PCB concentrations. Battelle Ninth International Conference on Remediation and Management of Contaminated Sediments. New Orleans, LA, 09-12 Jan 2017.
*Kevin R. Sowers, Brigit Quinn, Ethel E. Apolinario and Amit Gross. Waste to energy: reduction of saline fish waste to biomethane. 11th International Marine Biotechnology Conference. Baltimore, MD. 29 August – 02 September 2016.
Kevin R. Sowers, *Rayford B. Payne, Upal Ghosh and Harold D May. In situ treatment of PCB-impacted sediments by bioaugmentation. 11th International Marine Biotechnology Conference. Baltimore, MD. 29 August – 02 September 2016.
Kevin R Sowers, Rayford B. Payne, Upal Ghosh and Harold D May. Evaluating the efficacy of bioaugmentation for in-situ treatment of PCB impacted sediments. A Look Ahead XIX-UMBC. Catonsville, MD. 20 April 2016. (poster)
Kevin R Sowers, Rayford B. Payne, Upal Ghosh and Harold D May. Evaluating the efficacy of bioaugmentation for in-situ treatment of PCB impacted sediments. SERDP & ESTCP Sediment Review Panel Meeting Side Meeting. Vicksburg, MS. 12-13 April 2016. (platform & poster)
Lombard, U. Ghosh, B.V. Kjellerup, K.R. Sowers. Measuring reductive dechlorination at environmentally relevant PCB concentrations. N. J. Le Septieme Collogue de L’Association Francophone d-Ecologie Microbienne. Anglet, France, 04-06 November 2015.
A. Grossa, U. Ben Yosef , K. Sowers. Nitrogen and carbon mass balance in a novel near zero discharge saline recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). Aquaculture 2015. Montpelier, France, 23-26 August 2015.
Kevin R Sowers, Rayford Payne, Hal May and Upal Ghosh. An in situ pilot study evaluating the efficacy of bioaugmentation for treatment of PCB impacted sediments in Abrahams Creek, VA. Battelle Eighth International Conference on Remediation and Management of Contaminated Sediments. New Orleans, LA, 12-15 January 2015.
Sonja K. Fagervold, Harold D. May and Kevin R Sowers. Putting microbes to work is not always easy-the use of bioaugmentation to remediate PCB contaminated sites. Journees Recherche-Industrie – Management des Ressources microbiennes. Narbonne, France, 07-09 Octobre 2014.
Kevin R Sowers, Rayford Payne, Hal May and Upal Ghosh. An in situ pilot study evaluating the efficacy of bioaugmentation for treatment of PCB impacted sediments in Abrahams Creek, VA. Battelle International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. Monterey, CA, 19-23 May 2014.
Devrim Kaya, Ipek Imamoglu, Dilek Sanin and Kevin R Sowers. PCB Dechlorination via a model PCB in Baltimore Harbor Sediment Microcosms. Battelle International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. Monterey, CA, 19-23 May 2014.
Kevin R. Sowers and Upal Ghosh. Bioaugmentation for in-situ treatment of PCB impacted sediments. Kevin R Sowers and Upal Ghosh. South Wilmington Remediation Workshop. Willmington, DE. 11 March 2014.
Ben Yosef, U., D. Zilberg, Z. Ronen, K. R. Sowers, N. Mozes and A. Gross. Near zero-discharge land-based recirculated saline systems: Recycling solid waste for bioenergy. Aquaculture conference: To the Next 40 Years of Sustainable Global Aquaculture. Palacio de Congresos de Canarias, Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. 3rd -7th November 2013.
Kevin R Sowers. In-situ treatment of PCB impacted sediments by bioaugmentation. E.A. Associates. EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc. Hunt Valley, MD. 11 July 2013.
Devrim Kaya, Ipek Imamoglu, Dilek Sanin and Kevin R Sowers. Pathways of Aroclor 1254 dechlorination in anaerobic Grass River sediment microcosms. Battelle International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies. Jacksonville, FL. 10-13 June 2013.
Devrim Kaya, Ipek Imamoglu, Dilek Sanin and Kevin R Sowers. Dechlorination of PCB-118 in an anaerobic sludge digester in the presence of transformer oil. Battelle International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies. Jacksonville, FL. 10-13 June 2013.
Kevin R Sowers, Rayford Payne, Upal Ghosh and Harold D. May. An in situ pilot study evaluating the efficacy of bioaugmentation for treatment of PCB impacted sediments. Battelle International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies. Jacksonville, FL. 10-13 June 2013.
Hale Demirtepe, Birthe Kjellerup, Kevin R Sowers, and Ipek Imamoglu. Evaluation of PCB Dechlorination Pathways in Anaerobic Sediment Microcosms Using an Anaerobic Dechlorination Model. Battelle International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies. Jacksonville, FL. 10-13 June 2013.
Kevin R. Sowers. Evaluating the efficacy of bioaugmentation for in-situ treatment of PCB impacted sediments. Webnar to CH2M Hill. World Headquarters, Englewood, CO. 15 November 2012.
Kevin R. Sowers. Evaluating the efficacy of bioaugmentation for in-situ treatment of the WWTP Energency Overflow Pond – Altavista, VA. Altavista Town Council, PCB Committee, Altavista, VA. 09 November 2012.
Kevin R. Sowers. Evaluating the efficacy of bioaugmentation for in-situ treatment of PCB impacted sediments. Department of Environmental Engineering, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey. 07 September 2012.
Kevin R. Sowers. Evaluating the efficacy of bioaugmentation for in-situ treatment of PCB impacted sediments. Department of Environmental Engineering, Middle Eastern TEchnical University, Ankara, Turkey. 11 September 2012.
Kevin R Sowers, Rayford B. Payne, Upal Ghosh and Harold D May. Evaluating the efficacy of bioaugmentation for in-situ treatment of PCB impacted sediments. Battelle International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. Monterey, CA, 21-24 May 2012.
Keiko Saito, Hirofumi Nonogaki, Brigit Quinn, Harold Schreier, Yonathan Zohar and Kevin R Sowers. Bioenergy production through solid waste treatment in fully contained recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture. Roanoke, VA, 24-26 August 2012.
HD May* and KR Sowers. Integrating microbial biostimulation and electrolytic aeration to degrade POPs. Superfund Research Program Annual Meeting, Lexington, KY. October 23, 2011.
KR Sowers. Bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls: targeting hydrophobic persistent organic pollutants in an aqueous environment. Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. October 17, 2011.
Chan Lan Chun*, Rayford Payne, Kevin R Sowers and Harold D May. Microbial electroremediation of weathered PBs in sedimentsBattelle International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies. Reno, Nevada, 27-30 June 2011.
Kevin R Sowers, Rayford B. Payne and Harold D May. Bioaugmentation of PCB impacted sediments with biocatalytic GAC. Battelle International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies. Reno, Nevada, 27-30 June 2011.
Birthe Kjellerup, Rayford Payne, Max Haggblom and Kevin R. Sowers*. Progress on Microbial In situ treatment of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop. November 30-December 3, 2010. Washington, DC.
Max M. Häggblom*, Joong-Wook Park, Hui Liu, Donna E. Fennell, Valdis Krumins, Songyan Du, Lisa Rodenburg, Lee J. Kerkhof, Kevin Sowers, Birthe Kjellerup. SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Harnessing the Activity of Dehalogenating Bacteria for Bioremediation of Sediments Contaminated with Organohalide Mixtures. The Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop. November 30-December 3, 2010. Washington, DC.
R. Payne*, H.D. May and K.R. Sowers. Bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl impacted sediments using PCB dechlorinating and PCB degrading microorganisms. Superfund Research Program Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon. November 10-12, 2010.
C. Chun*, R. Payne, K.R. Sowers and H.D. May. Electrical biostimulation of PCB degradation. Superfund Research Program Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon. November 10-12, 2010.
Nathalie Lombard* and Kevin Sowers. Growth Characteristics of a PCB Dechlorinating Bacterium. Thirteenth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. August 19-24, 2010. Seattle, Washington.
K.R. Sowers* and H.D. May. Assessment of the Interactive Role of PCB Dechlorinating Microbial Communities ONR Biosensors, Bioprocesses and Bio-Inspired Systems 6.1-6.2 Program Review. June 7, 2010. Alexandria, VA.
ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit. Conference & Workshop, March 1-3, 2010. Washinton DC.
Pauli Paul*, Birthe Kjellerup, Upal Ghosh, Kevin Sowers , Joel Baker, Andrew Chang. Application of Tools to Measure PCB Microbial Dechlorination and Flux into Water During In-situ Treatment of Sediments (ER-1502): Microbial Degradation Results. The Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop. December 1-3, 2009. Washington, DC.
Joel Baker*, Andrew Chang, Kevin Sowers, Birthe Kjellerup, Upal Ghosh and Piuly Paul. Application of Tools to Measure PCB Microbial Dechlorination and Flux into Water During In-situ Treatment of Sediments (ER-1502): Resupension and Desorption Results ”. The Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop. December 1-3, 2009. Washington, DC.
Max Haggblom, Joong-Wook Park, Hui Liu, Donna E. Fennel, Valdis Krumins, Songyan Du, Lisa Rodenburg, Lee J. Kerkof, Kevin Sowers, Biorthe Kjellerup. Quantifying enhanced microbial dehalogenation impacting the fate and transport of organohalide mixtures in contaminated sediments . Max Haggblom, Joong-Wook Park, Hui Liu, Donna E. Fennel, Valdis Krumins, Songyan Du, Lisa Rodenburg, Lee J. Kerkof, Kevin Sowers, Biorthe Kjellerup. The Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop. December 1-3, 2009. Washington, DC.
Kate M. Gillespie* and Kevin Sowers. Identification of PCB enhanced Microbial Consortium from estuarine and freshwater sediments that undergo selective reductive dechlorination through Aroclor™ stimulation. NOAA EPP Education and Science Forum. November 12-14, 2009. Washington, DC.
Attendee/participant: “Remediation effectiveness: green & sustainable remediation, bioavailability and risk reduction. SRP R01 Investigators Workshop. New York, Y. November 5 2009.
Rayford B. Payne*, Chan Lan Chun, Harold D. May, and Kevin R. Sowers. Development of approaches for in situ bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyl impacted sediments. 2009 Annual Meeting of the NIEHS Superfund Research Program, Emerging Issues, Emerging Progress. November 2-4, 2009. Columbia University, NY.
Chan Lan Chun*, Rayford B. Payne, Kevin R. Sowers and Harold D. May. Electrical biostimulation of in-situ PCB dechlorination and degradation. 2009 Annual Meeting of the NIEHS Superfund Research Program, Emerging Issues, Emerging Progress. November 2-4, 2009. Columbia University, NY.
B. Kjellerup*, K.R. Sowers, P. Paul & U. Ghosh, J.E. Baker. The effect of activated carbon on the activity of PCB dechlorinating biofilms. Eurobiofilms 2009. September 2-3, 2009. Rome, Italy.
E.A. Apolinario, Y. Chen, Z. Kelman, Z. Li, B. Nikolau, K. Sowers*, E. Testroet and J. Orban. An integrated approach to experimental validation of putative gene functions in M. acetivorans. Gordon Research Conference on Archaea: Ecology, Metabolism and Molecular Biology. July 26-31, 2009, Waterville Valley, NH
J-W. Park*, V. Krumins, D. E. Fennell, L. J. Kerkhof, L. A. Rodenburg, B. V. Kjellerup, M. Gillespie, K. R. Sowers, M. M. Häggblom. Anaerobic PCB dechlorination by pentachloronitrobenzene-activated Dehalococcoides spp. 109th Ann. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. May 17-21, 2009. Philadelphia, PA.
B. Kjellerup*, K.R. Sowers, P. Paul, U. Ghosh, J. Baker. Effect of activated carbon sequestration on Aroclor 1260 Contaminated Sediment from Baltimore Harbor, MD. Tenth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium. May 5-8, 2009. Baltimore, Maryland.
K.R. Sowers*, B. Kjellerup, R. Makkar, C. Chun, J. Baker, U. Ghosh and H.D. May. Progress on Microbial In situ Treatment of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). Tenth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium. May 5-8, 2009. Baltimore, Maryland.
B. Kjellerup*, B. Stiell, K.R. Sowers, P. Paul, U. Ghosh, J. Baker. Natural PCB dechlorination activity and spatial distribution of PCB dechlorinating bacteria in sediment samples from Baltimore Harbor, MD. Tenth International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium. May 5-8, 2009. Baltimore, Maryland.
K.R. Sowers. The role of a 5’ leader sequence in the regulation of methanosarcinal carbon monoxide dehydrogenase/acetyl CoA synthase. Waginingen University and UMBI Graduate Student Research Day, Baltimore. Apr 22, 2009. Baltimore, MD.
K.M. Gillespie* and K.R. Sowers. Identification of PCB enhanced Microbial Consortium from estuarine and freshwater sediments that undergo selective reductive dechlorination through Aroclor™ stimulation. UMES Aquatic and Fisheries Science Symposium, American Fisheries Society UMES. April 10, 2009. Princess Anne, MD.
J. Kopszywa*, J. E. M. Watts, K. R. Sowers. Examination of dechlorinating anaerobic microbes in polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contaminated sediments in the Chesapeake Bay. 8th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals. April 6-9th, 2009. , Mississippi, USA.
C. Naff*, B.V. Kjellerup, K.R. Sowers. The Development of an Accelerated Method for Establishing PCB Dechlorination Enrichment Cultures to Enhance Bioaugmentation. Student Capstone Poster Presentation. Dec 10, 2008. Stevenson University, MD.
Joel Baker*, Andrew Chang, Upal Ghosh, Piuly Paul, Kevin Sowers, Birthe Kjellerup. Application of Tools to Measure PCB Microbial Dechlorination and Flux into Water During In-situ Treatment of Sediments (ER-1502). The Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop. December 2-4, 2008. Washington, DC.
Joong-Wook Park*, V. Krumins, B. V. Kjellerup, K. M. Gillespie, D. E. Fennell, L. J. Kerkhof, L. A. Rodenburg, K. R. Sowers, and M. M. Häggblom. Molecular Analysis of Anaerobic Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Compounds. The Partners in Environmental Technology Technical Symposium & Workshop. December 2-4, 2008. Washington, DC.
Sowers, K.R. Dehalogenation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by dehalorespiring ultramicrobacteria: a big task for small microbes. Dept of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California. November 11, 2008.
Sowers, K.R. Anaerobic reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by dehalorespiring bacteria. ASM-CSM Joint Symposium on Environmental Microbiology & Bioenergy. Haikou City, Hainan, China. November 8, 2008.
Sowers, K.R. Biotechnological Advances in the Study of the Methanogenic Archaea. Chinese National Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. November 5, 2008.
Sowers, K.R. Applications of Marine Microbes for Bioremediation and Bioenergy. 2008 Joint EC-US/CIESM Workshop on Marine Genomics. Fontvielle, Monaco. October 12-14, 2008.
Allen, M. A., F. Lauro, D. Burg, T. Williams, S. Siddiqui, D. De Francisci, K. Chong, O. Pilak, H. H. Chew, M. De Maere, L. Ting, M. Katrib, C. Ng, T. Thomas, K. Sowers, I. J. Anderson, Natalia Ivanova, Eleen Dalin, Michele Martinez, Alla Lapidus and R. Cavicchioli. Loving the cold: the life and times of the Antarctic archaeon, Methanococcoides burtonii. 12th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME). 17-22 August, 2008. Cairns, Qld, Australia,.
Watts, J.E.M., H. D. May, T. Briseid, G. Eidsa and K. R. Sowers. Differing anaerobic dechlorination patterns obtained after psychrophillic and mesophillic incubation of Norweigan sediments. Twelth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. August 17-22, 2008. Cairns, Australia.
Anderson, K.L., E.A. Apolinario-Smith, and K.R. Sowers. Regulatory elements in the UTR of methanosarcinal carbon monoxide dehydrogenase (cdh). Gordon Research Conference on the Molecular Basis of Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism. July 20-25, 2008. Lewiston, ME.
Sowers, K.R. Finding a Needle in the Microbial Haystack: Identification of the Microbial Catalysts that Dechlorinate Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). NSF REU in Urban Environmental Biogeochemistry, Department of Environmental Chemistry, Towson University, Towson, MD. June 10, 2008.
Naff, C. B.V. Kjellerup, U. Ghosh, J.E. Baker, K.R. Sowers. Effect of on-site activated carbon sequestration on microbial reductive dechlorination of PCBs in marine sediments at Hunters Point, CA ”. 108th Ann. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. June 1-5, 2008. Boston, MA.
Stiell, B., B.V. Kjellerup, J.E. Baker, K.R. Sowers. Spatial distribution and activity of PCB dechlorinating bacteria in Baltimore Harbor, MD ”. 108th Ann. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. June 1-5, 2008. Boston, MA.
Kjellerup B.V, Paul P, Ghosh U, M, May H, Sowers, K. Aroclor 1260 contaminated soils show spatial variability of dechlorinating bacteria, PCB reducing activities and potential for bioaugmentation. 108th Ann. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. June 1-5, 2008. Boston, MA.
Park, J-W., M. Haggblom, D. Fennell, L. Kerkhof, V. Krumins, K. Sowers, B. Kjellerup. Developing PCR-based molecular methods for quantifying and monitoring dechlorination of polychlorinated compounds ”. 108th Ann. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. June 1-5, 2008. Boston, MA.
Kevin R. Sowers, Birthe Kjellerup, Meredith Wright, Harold D. May. Developments in the Anaerobic In Situ Treatment of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). Battelle Fifth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds Monterey, California, May 19–22, 2008. Monterey, California.
Kjellerup, Birthe V., P. Paul, U. Ghosh, H.D. May, K.R. Sowers. Aroclor 1260 Contaminated Soil Site Shows Potential for Bioaugmentation. Battelle Fifth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds. Monterey, California, May 19–22, 2008.
Ethel Apolinario, Zvi Kelman, Jing Li, Basil Nikolau, Kevin Sowers. Annotation of novel enzymatic functions in methanogens. GTL Awardee Workshop VI and Metabolic Engineering 2008. February 10-13, 2008. Bethesda, MD.
