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Zinder, Stephen H.
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I study the diversity of microorganisms in nature and chemical transformations they carry out that affect the environment.
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- biodiversity
- biogeochemistry
- ecology
- environmental sciences
- evolution
- genomics
- microbiology
- proteomics
- waste management
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- Transformations of chemicals by anaerobes
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- biogeochemistry
- environmental microbiology
- microbial diveristy
- microbial ecology
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- Methanogen diversity and community composition in peatlands of the central to northern Appalachian Mountain region, North America.. Biogeochemistry. 109:117-131. 2012
- Methanolinea mesophila, sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from a rice field in Taiwan, and proposal of the new archaeal family Methanoregulaceae fam. nov. within the order Methanomicrobiales. . Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 62:1389-95. 2012
- Millimeter-scale patterns of phylogenetic and trait diversity in a salt marsh microbial mat.. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3. 2012
- Proteomic and physiological experiments to test Thermotoga neapolitana constraint-based model hypotheses of carbon source utilization.. Biotechnology Progress. 28:312-318. 2012
- Seasonal Changes in Methanogenesis and Methanogenic Community in Three Peatlands, New York State.. Frontiers in Microbiology. 3:81. 2012
- Sustainable syntrophic growth of Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 with Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough and Methanobacterium congolense: global transcriptomic and proteomic analyses. . International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal. 6:410-21. 2012
- A role for Dehalobacter spp. in the reductive dehalogenation of dichlorobenzenes and monochlorobenzene. Environmental Science & Technology. 45:6608-13. 2011
- Comparative constraint-based model development for thermophilic hydrogen production.. Industrial Biotechnology. 7:63-82. 2011
- Comparative genomics of two newly isolated Dehalococcoides strains and an enrichment using a genus microarray. International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal. 5:1014-1024. 2011
- Methanoregula boonei gen. nov., sp. nov., an acidiphilic methanogen isolated from an acidic peat bog. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61:45-52. 2011
- Multicellular Photo-Magnetotactic Bacteria. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 3:233-238. 2011
- Pathway-dependent isotope fractionation during aerobic and anaerobic degradation of monochlorobenzene and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene.. Environmental Science & Technology. 45:8321-27. 2011
- Selective utilization of exogenous amino acids by Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 and its effects on growth and dechlorination activity. . Applied Environmental Microbiology. 77:7797-803. 2011
- Waste to bioproduct conversion with undefined mixed cultures: the carboxylate platform. Trends Biotechnology. 29:70-78. 2011
- Diversity and community structure of Archaea inhabiting the rhizoplane of two contrasting plants from an acidic bog.. Microbial Ecology. 59:757-767. 2010
- Evidence for nitrogen fixation by Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75:7551-7555. 2009
- Fermentation stoichiometry of Thermotoga neapolitana and influence of temperature, oxygen, and pH on hydrogen production.. Biotechnology Progress. 25:1035-1042. 2009
- Investigation of carbon metabolism in "Dehalococcoides ethenogenes" strain 195 by use of isotopomer and transcriptomic analyses.. Journal of Bacteriology. 191:5224-31. 2009
- Methanosphaerula palustris gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from a minerotrophic fen peatland. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59:928-935. 2009
- Reductive dehalogenation of dichlorobenzenes and monochlorobenzene to benzene in microcosms. Environmental Science & Technology. 43:2302-7. 2009
- Transcriptomic microarray analysis of corrinoid responsive genes in Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 294:198-206. 2009
- Archaeal community in a minerotrophic fen and terminal restriction length polymorphism-directed isolation of a novel hydrogenotrophic methanogen. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74:2059-2068. 2008
- Characterization of the archaeal community in a minerotrophic fen and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism-directed isolation of a novel hydrogeno-tropic methanogen. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74:2059-2068. 2008
- Comparative genomics of "Dehalococcoides ethenogenes" 195 and an enrichment culture containing unsequenced "Dehalococcoides" strains. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74:3533-3540. 2008
- Temporal transcriptomic microarray analysis of "Dehalococcoides ethenogenes" strain 195 during the transition into stationary phase. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74:2864-2872. 2008
- Comparative proteomics of Dehalococcoides spp. reveals strain-specific peptides associated with activity. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73:320-326. 2007
- Expression of reductive dehalogenase genes in Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 growing on tetrachloroethene, trichloroethene, or 2,3-dichlorophenol. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73:4439-4445. 2007
- Growth of Dehalococcoides strains with chlorophenols as electron acceptors. Environmental Science & Technology. 41:2318-2323. 2007
- Soil-methanogen interactions in two peatlands(bog, fen) in central New York State. Geomicrobiology Journal. 24:247-259. 2007
- Characterization of acid-tolerant H2/CO2-utilizing methanogenic enrichment cultures from an acidic peat bog in New York State. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 57:206-216. 2006
- Control of organic carbon mineralization by alternative electron acceptors in four peatlands, central New York State. Wetlands. 26:917-926. 2006
- Isolation of a novel acidiphilic methanogen from an acidic peat bog. Nature. 442:192-194. 2006
- Transcription and mass-spectroscopic proteomic studies of electron transport oxidoreductases in Dehalococcoides ethenogenes. Environmental Microbiology. 81:1499-1509. 2006
- Characterization of reductive dehalogenase and hydrogenase activities in Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71:1664-1667. 2005
- Genome sequence of the PCE-dechlorinating bacterium Dehalococcoides ethenogenes. Science. 307:105-108. 2005
- Genome sequence of the chlorinated compound-respiring bacterium Dehalococcoides species strain CBDB1. Nature Biotechnology. 23:1269-1273. 2005
- A gene from the mesophilic bacterium Dehalococcoides ethenogenes encodes a novel mannosylglycerate synthase. Journal of Bacteriology. 186:4075-4084. 2004
- Dehalococcoides ethenogenes strain 195 reductively dechlorinates diverse chlorinated aromatic pollutants. Environmental Science & Technology. 38:2075-2081. 2004
- Methanogenesis in McLean Bog, an acidic peat bog in upstate New York: stimulation by H2/CO2 in the presence of rifampicin, or by low concentrations of acetate. Geomicrobiology Journal. 21:433-443. 2004
- Discussion of Environment vs. Bacteria or Let’s Play 'Name that Bacteria (sic)'. Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation. 23:32-48. 2003
- Phylogenetic analysis of the microbial populations in the wild herbivore gastrointestinal tract: insights into an unexplored niche. Environmental Microbiology. 5:1212-1220. 2003
- Crystal Ball. The future for culturing environmental organisms: a golden era ahead?. Environmental Microbiology. 4:14-15. 2002
- The genome of M. acetivorans reveals extensive metabolic and physiological diversity. Genome Research. 12:532-542. 2002
- Analysis of genes encoding an alternative nitrogenase in the archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri 227. Journal of Bacteriology. 182:3247-3253. 2001
- Assessment of indigenous reductive dechlorinating potential at a TCE-contaminated site using microcosms, polymerase chain reaction analysis, and site data. Environmental Science & Technology. 35:1830-1839. 2001
- Reductive dechlorination of cis-dichloroethene and vinyl chloride by "Dehalococcoides ethenogenes" strain 195. Environmental Science & Technology. 35:516-521. 2001
- High purity 14CH4 generation using the thermophilic acetotrophic methanogen, Methanothrix sp. strain CALS-1. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 35:151-156. 1999
- Interactions between nitrogen fixation and osmoregulation in the methanogenic Archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri 227. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65:1222-1227. 1999
- Reductive dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes and 1,2-dichloroethane by "Dehalococcoides ethenogenes" strain 195. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65:3108-3113. 1999
- Interactions between the promoter regions of nitrogenase structural genes (nifHDK2) and DNA-binding proteins from N2- and ammonium-grown cells of the archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri 227. Journal of Bacteriology. 180:2723-8. 1998
- Phenotypic and phylogenetic characterization of ruminal tannin-tolerant bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 64:3824-3830. 1998
- Reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene to ethene by two-component enzyme pathway. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 64:1270-1275. 1998
- Comparison of butyric kid, ethanol, lactic acid, and propionic acid as hydrogen donors for the reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene. Environmental Science & Technology. 31:918-926. 1997
- Isolation of a bacterium that reductively dechlorinates tetrachloroethene to ethene. Science. 276:1568-1571. 1997
- Response to Comment on ''Comparative kinetics of hydrogen utilization for reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene and methanogenesis in an anaerobic enrichment culture''. Environmental Science & Technology. 31:1251-1251. 1997
- Cloning, functional organization, transcript studies, and phylogenetic analysis of the complete nitrogenase structural genes (nifHDK2) and associated genes in the Archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri 227. Journal of Bacteriology. 177:143-148. 1996
- Comparative kinetics of hydrogen utilization for reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene and methanogenesis in an anaerobic enrichment culture. Environmental Science & Technology. 30:2850-2858. 1996
- Methanogenesis from acetate by cell-free extracts of the thermophilic acetotrophic methanogen Methanothrix thermophila CALS-1. Archives of Microbiology. 166:275-281. 1996
- Characterization of an H-2-Utilizing Enrichment Culture That Reductively Dechlorinates Tetrachloroethene to Vinyl-Chloride and Ethene in the Absence of Methanogenesis and Acetogenesis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 61:3928-3933. 1995
- Isolation and characterization of an anaerobic hydrolyzable tannin degrading bacterium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 61:3293-3298. 1995
- Reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene by a high rate anaerobic microbial consortium. Environmental Health Perspectives. 103:5-7. 1995
- Cloning, DNA sequencing, and characterization of a nifD-homologous gene from the archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri 227 which resembles nifD1 from the eubacterium Clostridium pasteurianum. Journal of Bacteriology. 176:6590-6598. 1994
- Decrease of the hydraulic conductivity of sand columns by Methanosarcina barkeri. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology. 10:325-333. 1994
- Reductive Dehalogenation of Chlorinated Ethenes and Halogenated Ethanes by a High-Rate Anaerobic Enrichment Culture. Environmental Science & Technology. 28:973-979. 1994
- Carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and formate metabolism during methanogenesis from acetate by thermophilic cultures of Methanosarcina and Methanothrix. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 58:3323-3329. 1992
- Acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase in the thermophilic, acetate-utilizing methanogen Methanothrix Sp. strain CALS-1. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 98:1-8. 1992
- Hydrogen as an Electron-Donor for Dechlorination of Tetrachloroethene by an Anaerobic Mixed Culture. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 58:3622-3629. 1992
- Reductive Dechlorination of High-Concentrations of Tetrachloroethene to Ethene by an Anaerobic Enrichment Culture in the Absence of Methanogenesis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 57:2287-2292. 1991
- Conversion of acetic acid to methane by thermophiles. FEMS Microbiology Reviews. 75:125-138. 1990
- Isolation and characterization of a thermophilic sulfate reducing bacterium Desulfotomaculum thermoacetoxidans sp. nov.. Archives of Microbiology. 153:399-404. 1990
- Nitrogenase in the methanogenic archaebacterium Methanosarcina barkeri strain 227. Journal of Bacteriology. 172:6789-6796. 1990
- Kinetics of acetate utilization by two thermophilic acetotrophic methanogens: Methanosarcina sp. strain CALS-1 and Methanothrix sp. strain CALS-1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 55:488-491. 1989
- Carbon monoxide pathway enzyme activities in a thermophilic anaerobic bacterium grown acetogenically and in a syntrophic acetate-oxidizing coculture. Archives of Microbiology. 150:513-518. 1988
- Diazotrophy and nitrogenase activity in the archaebacterium Methanosarcina barkeri Strain 227. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 54:1656-1661. 1988
- High pressure-temperature bioreactor for studying pressure-temperature relationships in bacterial growth and productivity. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 318:401-413. 1988
- Hydrogen partial pressures in a thermophilic acetate-oxidizing methanogenic coculture. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 54:1457-1461. 1988
- Isolation and characterization of a thermophilic bacterium which oxidizes acetate in syntrophic association with a methanogen and which grows acetogenically on H2-CO2. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 54:124-129. 1988
- Association of methanogenic bacteria with flagellated protozoa from a termite hindgut. Current Microbiology. 15:337-341. 1987
- Isolation and characterization of a thermophilic acetotrophic strain of Methanothrix. Archives of Microbiology. 146:315-322. 1987
- Polysaccharide reserve material in the acetotrophic methanogen Methanosarcina thermophila strain TM-1: accumulation and mobilization. Archives of Microbiology. 147:109-116. 1987
- Patterns of carbon flow from glucose to methane in a thermophilic anaerobic bioreactor. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 38:243-250. 1986
- Growth substrate effects on acetate and methanol catabolism in Methanosarcina thermophila strain TM-1. Journal of Bacteriology. 163:317-323. 1985
- Methanosarcina thermophila sp. nov., a thermophilic acetotrophic methane producing bacterium. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 35:522-523. 1985
- Nutritional requirements of Methanosarcina thermophila strain TM-1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 50:49-55. 1985
- Effects of temperature on methanogenesis in a thermophilic anaerobic digestor. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 47:808-813. 1984
- Methanogenesis in a thermophilic anaerobic digestor: Methanothrix sp. as an important aceticlastic methanogen. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 47:796-807. 1984
- Microbiology of anaerobic conversion of organic wastes to methane: recent developments. American Society for Microbiology News. 50:294-298. 1984
- Nitrogen fixation by a methanogenic archaebacterium. Nature. 312:284-286. 1984
- Non-aceticlastic methanogenesis from acetate: Acetate oxidation by a thermophilic syntrophic coculture. Archives of Microbiology. 138:263-272. 1984
- Selective inhibition by 2-bromoethanesulfonate of methanogenesis from acetate in a thermophilic anaerobic digestor. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 47:1343-1345. 1984
- Microbial methanogenesis from acetate. Process Biochemistry. 15:34-39. 1980
- Isolation and characterization of a thermophilic strain of Methanosarcina unable to use H2-CO2 for methanogenesis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 38:996-1008. 1979
- Dimethyl sulfoxide as an electron acceptor for anaerobic growth. Archives of Microbiology. 116:35-49. 1978
- Dimethyl sulphoxide reduction by microorganisms. Journal of General Microbiology. 105:335-342. 1978
- Methane, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide production from the terminal methiol group of methionine by anaerobic lake sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 35:344-352. 1978
- Production of methane and carbon dioxide from methane thiol and dimethyl sulphide by anaerobic lake sediments. Nature. 273:226-228. 1978
- Production of volatile sulfur compounds during decomposition of algal mats. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 34:859-860. 1977
- Sulfur dioxide in geothermal waters and gases. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 41:73-79. 1977
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booksection
- Microbial ecology–new importance, new directions 2001
- Bacterial Diversity 1998
- Methanogens 1998
- In situ dechlorination of solvents in saturated soils 1997
- Syntrophic acetate oxidation and "reversible" acetogenesis 1994
- Purification of nitrogenase from the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri 1994
- Nitrogen fixation by methanogenic bacteria 1992
- Nitrogen fixation in Methanosarcina barkeri strain 227 1990
- Conversion of acetic acid to methane by thermophiles 1988
- Thermophilic waste treatment systems 1986
- Methanogenesis from H2-CO2, methanol, and acetate by Methanosarcina 1981
- The sulfur cycle 1980
- Microbial transformation of sulfur in the environment 1978
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chapter
- Anaerobic utilization of halohydrocarbons.. Handbook of hydrocarbon and lipid microbiology. 2049-2064. 2010
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conference paper
- Ammonia Oxidation In The Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh: Who, Where, And When?. Proceedings of the 112th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology.. 2012
- The Purple Non-sulfur Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris Strain TIE-1 Displays Circadian Clock Properties upon Oxygen Entrainment.. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms. 115-116. 2012
- The Purple Non-sulfur Bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris Strain TIE-1 Displays Circadian Clock Properties upon Oxygen Entrainment.. Proceedings of the 112th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology. 2012
- Coupled Magnetophototaxis in Many-celled Magnetotactic Bacteria. Proceedings of the 111th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology. 2011
- Pink Microbial Aggregates of the Sippewissett Salt Marsh: A sulfurous symbiosis. Proceedings of the 111th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology. 2011
- Sticking together: Community structure and function of pink & green "Berry" salt marsh microbial consortia. Proceedings of the 111th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology. 2011
- Characterization of Deep-sea Microbial Activities in a Whale-fall Sediment. Proceedings of the 110th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology. 2010
- Metabolic Scaling Laws for Macroscopic Sulfur-oxidizing Aggregates. Proceedings of the 110th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology. 2010
- Multicellular Photo-magnetotactic Bacteria. Proceedings of the 110th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology. 2010
- Searching for Small-Molecule-Mediated Extracellular Redox in Terrestrial and Marine Microorganisms. Proceedings of the 110th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology. 2010
- Sustained Bioluminescence of Allivibrio fischeri Through Co-culturing with a Metabolic Partner. Proceedings of the 110th General Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology. 2010
- Microbiological aspects relevant to natural attenuation of chlorinated ethenes. Symposium on Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Organics in Ground Water. 1996
- Comparison of tetrachloroethene dechlorination, methane formation, and hydrogen production in a mixed anaerobic dechlorinating culture amended with different electron donors. Third international in situ and on-site bioireclamation symposium. Vol 4. 9-16. 1995
- The role of hydrogen in the biotransformation of chlorinated ethenes by an anaerobic mixed culture — implications for bioremediation. In-Situ Bioremediation Symposium '92. 1992
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document part
- Anaerobic Oxidation of Ethene Coupled to Sulfate Reduction in Enrichment Cultures 2011
- Isolation of two Dehalobacter spp. that reductively dehalogenate dichlorobenzenes to monochlorobenzene 2011
- Characterization of microbial community structure in Northern peatlands in Tompkins County, NY 2002
- Interaction between DNA-binding proteins and the promoter region of the nitrogenase structural genes (nifHDK2) in the archaeon Methanosarcina barkeri 227 1996
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review
- Biodegradation: reductive dehalogenation and metabolism of chlorinated organics by anaerobes 2002
- Methanogenesis 1992
- Organic sulfur compounds and the microbial sulfur cycle 1977
- Interactions between selenium compounds and Thiobacillus 1974
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- Computer modeling could help chlorine-hungry bacteria break down toxic waste
- Essential organism -- from peat bogs -- involved in global climate change is finally isolated for study
- On-farm research shows farmers can use less nitrogen to save money and reduce environmental impact
- Two professors spend summer exploring Woods Hole's microbial world
Teaching
teaching activities
- BIOMI-4140: Prokaryotic Diversity - Spring 2013
- BIOMI-7990: Microbiology Seminar - Spring 2013
- BIOMI-3910: Advanced Microbiology Laboratory - Fall 2012
- BIOMI-6903: Prokaryotic Biology: Bacterial Physiology/Diversity - Fall 2012
- BIOMI-7990: Microbiology Seminar - Spring 2012
- BIOMI-3910: Advanced Microbiology Laboratory - Fall 2011
- BIOMI-6903: Prokaryotic Biology: Microbial Physiology/Diversity - Fall 2011
- BIOMI-7990: Microbiology Seminar - Fall 2011
Service
service to the profession
- American Academy of Microbiology Faculty Fellow 2000 -
- American Association for the Advancement of Science Faculty Fellow 1994 -
- Woods Hole MBL Microbial Diversity Course Co-Director 2009 - 2013
- American Society for Microbiology - Division Group III Officer, Other Officer 2008 - 2012
- Environmental Microbiology Editorial Board 1998 - 2010
- Department of Microbiology Review Committee, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Committee Member - 2006
- American Society for Microbiology - Division I (General Microbiology) Chairperson 1999 - 2000
- AI-SPER-0203DF692AB000108BA Chairperson - 1999
- American Society for Microbiology - Division I (General Microbiology) Councilor 1995 - 1996
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Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin 1977
- Colorado State University 1974
- B.A. in Chemistry, cum laude, Kenyon College 1972
awards and honors
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college
- CALS
research keyword
- biogeochemistry
- environmental microbiology
- microbial diveristy
- microbial ecology
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- Dr.