Publications

The following is a list of publications resulting from research conducted for the Superfund Basic Research Program during grant funding period of April 1, 2000 – April 20, 2004. Publications are grouped by project.

Project 1: Biological fate of arsenic species (Aposhian)

Aposhian, H. V., Zakharyan, R. A., Healy, S. M., Wildfang, E., Petrick, J. S., Sampayo-Reyes, A., Board, P. G., Carter, D. E., Guha Mazumder, D. N., and Aposhian, M. M. (2003). Enzymology and toxicity of inorganic arsenic. In Chappell, Abernathy, Calderon, Thomas (Eds.), Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects V: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects (pp. 225-240). Elsevier Science Ltd. Oxford.

Carter, D. E., Aposhian, H. V., and Gandolfi, A. J. (2003). The metabolism of inorganic arsenic oxides, gallium arsenide, and arsine: a toxicochemical review. Toxicol and Applied Pharmacol, 193, 309-334.

Aposhian, H. V., Zakharyan, R. A., Avram, M. D., Kopplin, M. J., and Wollenberg, M. L. (2003). Oxidation and detoxification of trivalent arsenic species. Toxicol and Applied Pharmacol, 193, 1-8.

Aposhian, H. V., Morgan, D. L., Queen, H.L. Sam, M., Richard M., and Aposhian, M. M. (2003). Vitamin C, Glutathione nor Lipoic Acid did not decrease brain or kidney mercury in rats exposed to mercury vapor. Clinical Toxicol, 41, 339-347.

Loffredo, C. A., Aposhian, H. V., Cebrian, M. E., Yamauchi, H., and Silbergeld, E. K. (2003). Variability in human metabolism of arsenic. Environ Res, 92, 85-91.

Radabaugh, T. R., Sampayo-Reyes, A., Zakharyan, R. A., and Aposhian, H. V. (2002). Arsenate reductase II. Purine nucleoside phosphorylase in the presence of dihydrolipoic acid is a route for reduction of arsenate to arsenite in mammalian systems. Chem Res Toxicol, 15, 692-680.

Liu, J., Zheng, B., Aposhian, H. V., Zhou, Y., Chen, M. L., Waalkes M. P. (2002). Chronic arsenic poisoning from burning high arsenic containing coal in Guiazhou, China. Environ Health Perspect 110,119-122.

Gong, Z., Jiang, G., Cullen, W. R., Aposhian, H. V., and Le, X. C. (2002). Determination of arsenic metabolic complex excreted in human urine after administration of sodium 2,3-dimercapto-1-propane sulfonate. 15, 1318-1323.

Wildfang, E., Radabaugh, T. R., and Aposhian, H. V. (2001). Enzymatic methylation of arsenic compounds. IX. Liver arsenite methyltransferase and arsenate reductase activities in primates. Toxicol, 168, 213-221.

Zakharyan, R. A., Sampayo-Reyes, A., Healy, S. M., Tsaprailis, G., Board, P. G., Liebler, D. C., and Aposhian, H. V. (2001). Human monomethylarsonic acid (MMAV) reductase is a member of the glutathione-S-transferase superfamily. Chem Res Toxicol, 14,1051-1057.

Petrick, J. S., .Jagadish, B., Mash, E. A., and Aposhian, H. V. (2001). Monomethylarsonous acid (MMAIII) and arsenite: LD50 in hamsters and in vitro inhibition of pyruvate dehydrogenase. Chem Res Toxicol, 14, 651-656.

Aposhian, H. V., and Aposhian, M. M. (2001). Arsenic mobilization by DMPS. In Chappell, Abernathy, and Calderon (Eds.), Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference (2000) on Arsenic Exposure (pp. 397-406). Elsevier Science Ltd. Oxford.

Aposhian, H. V., Gurzau, E. S., Le, X. C., Gurzau, A., Zakharyan, R. A., Cullen, W. R., Healy, S. M., Gonzalez-Ramirez, D., Morgan, D. L., Sampayo-Reyes, A., Wildfang, E., Radabaugh, T. R., Petrick, J. S., Mash Jr., E. A., Aavula, R. B., and Aposhian, M. M. (2001). The discovery, importance and significance of monomethylarsonous acid (MMAIII) in urine of humans exposed to inorganic arsenic. In Chappell, Abernathy, and Calderon (Eds.), Arsenic Exposure and Health Effects: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Arsenic Exposure. Elsevier Science Ltd. Oxford.

Le, X.C., Lu, X., Ma, M., Cullen, W. R., Aposhian, H. V., and Zheng, B. (2000). Speciation of key arsenic metabolic intermediates in human urine. Anal Chem, 72, 5172-5177.

Sampayo-Reyes, A., Zakharyan, R.A., Healy, S.M. and Aposhian, H.V. (2000). Monomethyarsonic acid reductase and momomethylarsonous acid in hamster tissue. Chem Res Toxicol, 11, 1181-1186.

Petrick, J. S., Ayala-Fierro, F., Cullen, W. R., Carter, D. E. and Aposhian, H.V. (2000). Monomethylarsonous acid (MMAIII) is more toxic than arsenite in Chang human hepatocytes. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol, 163, 203-207.

Aposhian, H. V, Gurzau, E. S., Le , X. C., Gurzau, A., Healy, S. M., Lu, X., Ma, M., Yip, L., Zakharyan, R. A., Maiorino, R. M., Dart, R. C., Tircus, M. G., Gonzalez-Ramirez, D., Morgan, D. L., Avram, D., and Aposhian, M. M. (2000). Occurrence of monomethylarsonous acid (MMA III) in urine of humans exposed to inorganic arsenic. Chem Res Toxicol, 13, 693-697.

Le, X. C., Ma, M., Lu, X., Cullen, W. R., Aposhian, H. V., and Zheng, B. (2000). Determination of monomethyl arsonous acid, a key arsenic methylation intermediate, in human urine. Environ. Health Perspect, 108, 1015-1018.

Gailer, J. G., George, G. N., Pickering, I. J., Prince, R. C., Ringwald, S. C., Pemberton, J. E., Glass, R. S., Younis, H. S., DeYoung, D. W., and Aposhian, H. V. (2000). A metabolic link between arsenite and selenite: The seleno-bis(S-glutathionyl) arsinium ion. J Am Chem Soc, 122, 4637-4639.

Aposhian, H. V., Zheng, B., Aposhian, M. M., Le, X. C., Cebrian, M. E.,Cullen,W., Zakharyan, R. A., Ma, M., Dart, R. C., Cheng, Z., Andrewes, P., Yip, L., O’Malley, G. F., Maiorino, R. M., Van Voorhies, W., Healy, S. M., and Titcomb, A. (2000). DMPS-arsenic challenge test: II. Modulation of arsenic species, including monomethylarsonous acid (MMAIII ), excreted in human urine. Toxicol Appld Pharmacol, 164, 74-83.

Radabaugh, T. R. and Aposhian, H. V. (2000). Enzymatic reduction of arsenic compounds in mammalian systems: Reduction of arsenate to arsenite by human liver arsenate reductase. Chemical Research in Toxicology, 13, 26-30.

Project 2: Mechanism of arsenic transport in kidney (Wright)

Wright, S. H., and Dantzler, W. H. (2004). Molecular and cellular physiology of renal organic cation and anion transport. Physiol Rev, in press.

Lungkaphin, A., Chatsudthipong, V., Evans, K. K., Groves, C. E., Wright, S. H. and Dantzler, W. H. (2004). Interaction of the metal chelator, DMPS, with OAT1 and OAT3 in intact isolated rabbit renal proximal tubules. Am J Physiol (Renal Physiol), 286, F68-F76.

Dantzler, W. H. and Wright, S. H. (2003). The molecular and cellular physiology of basolateral organic anion transport in mammalian renal tubules. Biophys Biochim Acta, 1618, 185-193.

Groves , C. E., Muñoz, L., Bahn, A., Burckhardt, G. and Wright, S. H. (2003). Interaction of cysteine conjugates with human and rabbit OAT1. J Pharmacol Exp Therap, 304, 560-566.

Bahn, A., Knabe, M., Hagos, Y., Rödiger, M., Godehardt, S., Graber-Neufeld, D. S., Evans, K. K., Burckhardt, G., Wright, S. H. (2002). Interaction of the metal chelator, 2,3-dimercapto-1-propane sulfonate, with the rabbit multispecific organic anion transporter 1 (rbOAT1). Mol Pharm, 62, 1129-1136.

Islinger, F., Gekle, M., and Wright, S. H. (2001). Interaction of 2,3-dimercapto-1-propane sulfonate with the human organic anion transporter, hOAT1. J Pharmacol Exp Therap, 299, 741-747.

Project 3: Molecular effects of low level arsenic exposure (Gandolfi)

Sierra-Alvarez R, Field JA, Cortinas I, Feijoo F, Moreira MT, Kopplin M, Gandolfi AJ. Anaerobic Microbial Mobilization and Biotransformation of Arsenate Adsorbed onto Activated Alumina. Water Research, in press, 2004.

Field JA, Sierra-Alvarez R, Cortinas I, Feijool G, Moreira MT, Kopplin M, Gandolfi AJ. Facile reduction of arsenate in methanogenic sludge.   Biodegradation, 15:185-196, 2004.

Bredfeldt TG, Kirkpatrick DS, Kopplin M, Gandolfi AJ. Effect arsenite on UROtsa cells: Low-level arsenite causes accumulation of ubiquinated proteins which is enhanced by reduction on cellular glutathione levels. Tox Appl Pharm, online, March 19, 2004.

Kirkpatrick DS, Gandolfi AJ. In vitro techniques in screening and mechanistic studies: organ perfusion, slices, and nephron components. In: Toxicology and the Kidney - Third Edition (R.S. Goldstein and P.S. Bach, Editors) 40 pages, 2004.

Carter DE, Aposhian HV, Gandolfi AJ. The metabolism of inorganic arsenic, gallium arsenide, and arsine: a toxicochemical review. Tox Appl Pharm, 193:309-334, 2003.

Peraza MA, Carter DE, Gandolfi AJ. Toxicity and metabolism of subcytotoxic inorganic arsenic in human renal proximal tubule epithelial cells (HK-2). Cell Biology Toxicology, 19: 253-264, 2003.

Zheng XH, Watts G, Vaught S, Gandolfi AJ. Low-level arsenate induced gene expression in HEK 293 cells. Toxicology, 187:39-48, 2003.

Kirkpatrick DS, Dale KV, Catania JM, Gandolfi AJ. Low-level arsenite causes accumulation of ubiquinated proteins in rabbit renal cortical slices and HEK 293 cells. Tox and App Pharm,186:101-109, No. 2, January 2003.

Wijeweera JB, Gandolfi AJ, Parrish A, Lantz RC. Sodium arsenite enhances AP-1 and NFκB DNA binding and induces stress protein expression in precision-cut rat lung slices. Tox Sci, 61:283-294, 2001.

Turney KD, Parrish AR, Orozco J, GandolfiAJ. Selective activation in the MAPK pathway by Hg(II) in precision-cut rabbit renal cortical slices. Tox Appl Pharm, 160:262-270, 1999.

Parrish AR, Zheng XH, Turney KD, Younis HS, Gandolfi AJ. Enhanced transcription factor DNA binding and gene expression induced by arsenite or arsenate in renal slices. Tox Sci, 50:98-105, 1999.

Project 4: Molecular analysis of TCE and arsenic as teratogens (Selmin)

Johnson PD , Goldberg SJ, Mays MZ, Dawson BV . Threshold of trichloroethylene contamination in maternal drinking waters affecting fetal heart development in the rat. Environ Health Perspect. 2003 Mar;111(3):289-92.

Collier, J.M, Selmin,O., Johnson, P.D., Runyan, R.B. 2003. Trichloroethylene effects on gene expression during cardiac development. Birth Defects Research (Part A) 67:488-495.

Fisher JW, Channel SR, Eggers JS, Johnson PD, MacMahon K, Goodyear CD, Sudberry GL, Warren DA, -Latendresse JR, Graeter LJ. Trichloroethylene, Trichloroacetic Acid, and Dichloroacetic Acid: Do They Affect Fetal Rat Heart Development? International Toxicological Sciences. 2001:20:257-267.

Boyer, A.S., W.T. Finch and R.B. Runyan 2000. Trichloroethylene inhibits development of embryonic heart valve precursors in vitro. Toxicological Sciences, 53, 109-117.

Project 5: Gene enhanced remediation of co-contaminated soils (Pepper)

Wang, G., S.P. Kennedy, C. Rensing, and S. DasSarma. Arsenic resistance in Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 examined using an improved genetic knockout system. J. Bacteriol. In press, 2004.

Gentry, T.J., G. Wang, C. Rensing, and I.L. Pepper. Differential Response of Similar Pristine Soils to 2-, 3-, and 4-Chlorobenzoate Contamination and Phylogenetic Characterization of Resulting Bacterial Community Dynamics. Microb. Ecol. Accepted, 2004.

Wang, G., T.J. Gentry, G. Grass, K. Josephson, C. Rensing, and I.L. Pepper. Real-time PCR Quantification of a GFP-labeled, Genetically Engineered Pseudomonas putida Strain During 2-Chlorobenzoate Degradation in Soil. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. Accepted, 2004.

Gentry, T.J., K.L. Josephson, and I.L. Pepper. Functional Establishment of Introduced Chlorobenzoate Degraders Following Bioaugmentation with Newly Activated Soil. Biodegradation. 15:67–75, 2004.

Legatzki, A., G. Grass, A. Anton, C. Rensing, and D.H. Nies. Interplay of the Czc-system and two P-type ATPases in conferring metal resistance in Ralstonia metallidurans. J. Bacteriol. 185: 4354-4361, 2003.

Rensing, C., and R.M. Maier. Issues underlying use of biosensors to measure metal bioavailability. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety. 53: 140-147, 2003.

Gentry, T.J., D.T. Newby, K.L. Josephson, and I.L. Pepper. 2001. Soil Microbial Population Dynamics Following Bioaugmentation with a 3-Chlorobenzoate-Degrading Bacterial Culture. Biodegradation. 12:349–357. 2002.

Marlowe, E.M., J-M. Wang, I.L. Pepper, and R.M. Maier. Application of a Reverse Transcriptase-PCR Assay to Monitor Regulation of the Catabolic nahAc Gene During Phenanthrene Degradation. Biodegradation. 13:251–260, 2002.

Newby, D.T., and I.L. Pepper. Dispersal of Plasmid pJP4 in Unsaturated and Saturated 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Contaminated Soil. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 39:157–164, 2002.

Pepper, I.L., T.J. Gentry, D.T. Newby, T.M. Roane, and K.L. Josephson. The Role of C ell Bioaugmentation and Gene Bioaugmentation in the Remediation of Co-Contaminated Soils. Environ. Health Perspect. 110:943–946, 2002.

Rensing, C., D.T. Newby, and I.L. Pepper. The Role of Selective Pressure and Selfish DNA in Horizontal Gene Transfer and Soil Microbial Community Adaptation. Soil Biol. Biochem. 34:285–296, 2002.

Roane, T.M., K.L. Josephson, and I.L. Pepper. Dual-Bioaugmentation Strategy to Enhance Remediation of Co-Contaminated Soil. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:3208–3215, 2001.

Newby, D.T., T.J. Gentry, and I.L. Pepper. Comparison of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Degradation and Plasmid Transfer in Soil Resulting from Bioaugmentation with Two Different pJP4 Donors. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:3397–3407, 2000.

Newby, D.T., K.L. Josephson, and I.L. Pepper. Detection and Characterization of Plasmid pJP4 Transfer to Indigenous Soil Bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:290–296, 2000.

Project 6: Biosurfactant enhanced in situ metal remediation (Maier)

 Wang, X. I. Yolcubal, W. Wang, J.F. Artiola, R.M. Maier, and M.L. Brusseau. Enhanced removal of mercury from soil by cyclodextrin, rhamnolipid, and calcium chloride. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, accepted for publication, 2004.

Jordan , F.L., S.K. Sandrin, R.J. Frye, M.L. Brusseau, and R.M. Maier. The influence of system complexity on bacterial transport in porous media. J. Contam. Hydrol., in press, 2004.

Bodour, A.A., C. Guerrero-Barajas, B.V. Jiorle, M.E. Malcomson, A.K. Paull, A. Somogyi, L.N. Trinh, R.B. Bates, and R.M. Maier. 2004. Structure and characterization of flavolipids, a novel group of biosurfactants produced by Flavobacterium sp. MTN11. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:114-120.

Bodour, A.A., J-M. Wang, M.L. Brusseau, and R.M. Maier. 2003. Temporal change in culturable phenanthrene-degraders in response to long-term exposure to phenanthrene in a soil column system. Environ. Microbiol. 5:888-895.

Sandrin, T.R. and R.M. Maier. 2003. Impact of metals on the biodegradation of organic pollutants. J. Environ. Health Perspec. 111:1093-1101.

Maier, R.M. 2003. Biosurfactants: evolution and diversity. Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 52: 101-121.

Yolcubal, I., J.G. Dorn, R.M. Maier, and M.L. Brusseau. 2003. The influence of substrate and electron acceptor availability on bioactive zone dynamics in porous media. J. Cont. Hydrol. 66:219-237.

Rensing, C. and R.M. Maier. 2003. Issues underlying use of biosensors to measure metal bioavailability. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Safety. 56:140-147.

Bodour, A.A., K.P. Drees, and R.M. Maier. 2003. Distribution of biosurfactant-producing microorganisms in undisturbed and contaminated arid southwestern soils. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:3280-3287.

Neilson, J.W., J.F. Artiola, and R.M. Maier. 2003. Characterization of lead removal from contaminated soils by nontoxic soil-washing agents. J. Env. Qual. 32:899-908.

Marlowe, E.M., J-M. Wang, I.L. Pepper, and R.M. Maier. 2002. Application of a reverse transcriptase-PCR assay to monitor regulation of the catabolic nahAc gene during phenanthrene degradation. Biodegradation, 13:251-260.

Yolcubal, I., S.A. Pierce, R.M. Maier, and M.L. Brusseau. 2002. Biodegradation during contaminant transport in porous media: V. The influence of growth and cell elution on microbial distribution. J. Environ. Qual. 31:1824-1830.

Sandrin, T.R. and R.M. Maier. 2002. Effect of pH on cadmium toxicity, speciation, and accumulation during naphthalene biodegradation. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 21:2075-2079.

Jordan , F.L., M. Robin-Abbott, R.M. Maier, and E.P. Glenn. 2002. A comparison of chelator-facilitated metal uptake by a halophyte and a glycophyte. Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 21:2698-2704.

Maier, R.M., J.W. Neilson, J.F.Artiola, F.L. Jordan, E.P. Glenn, and S.M. Descher. 2001. Remediation of metal-contaminated soil and sludge using biosurfactant technology. Internat. J. Occupational Med. Environ. Health, 14:241-248.

Ochoa-Loza, F.J., J.F. Artiola, and R.M. Maier. 2001. Stability constants for the complexation of various metals with a rhamnolipid biosurfactant. J. Env. Qual. 30:479-485.

McCray, J.E., G-Y. Bai, R.M. Maier, and M.L. Brusseau. 2001. Biosurfactant-enhanced solubilizaton of nonaqueous phase liquid mixtures. J. Contam. Hydrol. 48:45-68.

Maier, R.M. and G. Soberon-Chavez. 2000. Pseudomonas aeruginosa rhamnolipids: biosynthesis and potential environmental applications. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 54:625-633.

Al-Tahhan, R. T.R. Sandrin, A.A. Bodour, and R.M. Maier. 2000. Rhamnolipid-induced removal of lipopolysaccharide from Pseudomonas aeruginosa: effect on cell surface properties and interaction with hydrophobic substrates. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:3262-3268.

Textbook

Maier, R.M., I.L. Pepper, and C.P. Gerba. 2000. Environmental Microbiology. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.

Book Chapters

Bodour, A.A., and R.M. Maier. 2002. Biosurfactants: types, screening methods, and applications. Chapter in: Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology (G. Bitton, ed.) John Wiley and Sons, pp. 750-770.

Herman , D.C. and R.M. Maier. 2002. Biosynthesis and applications of glycolipid and lipopeptide biosurfactants. Chapter in: Lipid Biotechnology (T.M. Kuo and H.W. Gardner, eds.) Marcel Dekker, New York, pp. 629-654.

Neilson, J.W. and R.M. Maier. 2001. Biological techniques for measuring organic and metal contaminants in environmental samples. Chapter in:Humic Substances and Chemical Contaminants (C.E. Clapp, M.H.B. Hayes, N. Senesi, P.R. Bloom, and P.M. Jardine, eds.) Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI, pp. 255-273.

Project 7: Bioavailability and remediation of complex DNAPLs (Brusseau)

Zhang, Z. and Brusseau, M. L. Nonideal Transport of Reactive Contaminants in heterogeneous Porous Media: Distributed-Domain model Incorporating immiscible-Liquid Dissolution and Rate-Limited Sorption/Desorption. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology (accepted for publication).

Jordan, F. L., Sandrin, S. K., Frye, R. J., Brusseau, M. L., and Maier, R. M. The Influence of System Complexity on Bacterial Transport in porous Media. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology (in press).

Srivastava, R., Sharma, P. K., and Brusseau, M. L. Reactive Solute Transport in Macroscopically Homogeneous Porous Media: Analytical Solutions for the Temporal Moments. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology (in press).

Sandrin, S. K., Brusseau, M. L., Piatt, J. J., Blanford, W. P., Nelson, N. T., and Bodour, A. A. Characterizing Spatial Variability of In-situ Microbial Activity Using Biotracer Tests. Ground Water (in press).

Bodour, A. A., Wang, J.-M., Brusseau, M. L., and Maier, R. M. Temporal Changes in an Indigenous Phenanthrene-Degrading Soil Community During Long-Term Exposure to Phenanthrene. Environmental Microbiology, 5, 888-895, 2003.

Yolcubal, I., Dorn, J. G., Maier, R. M., and Brusseau, M. L. The Influence of Substrate and Electron Acceptor Availability on Bioactive Zone Dynamics in Porous Media. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 66, 219-237, 2003.

Brusseau, M. L., Bronson, K. M., Ross, S., Nelson, N. T., and Carlson, T. D. Application of Gas-phase Partitioning Tracer Tests to Characterize Immiscible-liquid Contamination in the Vadose Zone Beneath a Fuel Depot. Vadose Zone Journal, 2, 148-153, 2003.

Johnson, G. R., Gupta, K., Putz, D. K., Hu, Q., and Brusseau, M. L. The Effect of Local-Scale Physical Heterogeneity and Non-Linear, Rate-Limited Sorption/Desorption on Contaminant Transport in Porous Media. Journal of Contaminant hydrology, 64(1-2), 35-58, 2003.

Johnson, G. R., Zhang, Z., and Brusseau, M. L. Characterizing and Quantifying the Impact of Immiscible-Liquid Dissolution and Non-linear, Rate-limited Sorption/Desorption on Low-concentration Elution Tailing. Water Resources Research, 39(5), 6-1 to 6-8, 2003.

Nelson, N. T., Hu, Q., and Brusseau, M. L. Characterizing the Contribution of Diffusive Mass Transfer to Solute Transport in Sedimentary Aquifer Systems at Laboratory and Field Scales. Journal of Hydrology, 276(1-4), 275-286, 2003.

Famisan, G. B. and Brusseau, M. L. Biodegradation During Contaminant Transport in Porous Media: 6. Impact of Sorption on Coupled Degradation-Transport Behavior. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 22(3), 510-516, 2003.

Carlson, T. D., Costanza, M. S., Keller, J., Wierenga, P. J., and Brusseau, M. L. Intermediate-Scale Tests of the Gas-Phase Partitioning Tracer Method for Measuring Soil-Water Content. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 67(2), 483-486, 2003.

Yolcubal, I., Pierce, S. A., Maier, R. M., and Brusseau, M. L. Biodegradation During Contaminant Transport in Porous Media: 5. The Influence of Growth and Cell Elution on Microbial Distribution. J. Environmental Quality, 31:1824-1830, 2002.

Brusseau, M. L., Zhang, Z., Nelson, N. T., Cain, R. B., Tick, G., and Oostrom, M. Dissolution of Non-Uniformly Distributed Immiscible Liquid: Intermediate-Scale Experiments and Mathematical Modeling. Environmental Science and Technology, 36:1033-1041, 2002.

Costanza-Robinson, M. S. and Brusseau, M. L. Gas-Phase Advection and Dispersion in Unsaturated Porous Media. Water Resources Research, 38:7/1-7/10, 2002.

Li, L., Yolcubal, I., Sandrin, S., Hu, M. Q., and Brusseau, M. L. Biodegradation During Contaminant Transport in PorousMedia: 3. Apparent Condition-Dependency of Growth-Related Coefficients. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 50(3-4), 209-223, 2001

McCray, J. E., Bai, G., Maier, R. M., and Brusseau, M. L. Biosurfactant-Enhanced Solubilization of NAPL Mixtures. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 48(1-2), 45-68, 2001.

Blanford, W. J., Barackman, M. L., Boving, T. B., Klingel, E. J., Johnson, G. R., and Brusseau, M. L. Cyclodextrin-Enhanced Vertical Flushing of a Trichloroethene Contaminated Aquifer. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 21(1), 58-66, 2001.

Boving, T. B. and Brusseau, M. L. Solubilization and Removal of Residual Trichloroethene From Porous Media: Comparison of Several Solubilization Agents. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 42(1), 51-67, 2000.

Brusseau, M. L., Nelson, N. T., Oostrom, M., Zhang, Z., Johnson, G. W., and Wietsma, T. W. Influence of Heterogeneity and Sampling Method on Aqueous Concentrations Associated with NAPL Dissolution. Environmental Science and Technology, 34(17), 3657-3664, 2000.

Textbook

Artiola, J., Pepper, I., and Brusseau, M. Environmental Monitoring and Remediation. Elsevier-Academic Press, San Diego, CA, 2004.

Project 8: Remediating mine wastes (Conklin)

Eleanora I. Robbins and Timothy L. Corley: Microdynamics and Seasonal Changes in Manganese Oxide Epiprecipitation in Pinal Creek, Arizona. (Accepted for publication in Hydrobiologia.)

Silva, J.A., R.G. Bruant, M.H. Conklin, T.L. Corley. 2002. Equilibrium partitioning of chlorinated solvents: Low foc geomedia. Environmental Science and Technology 36(7):1613-1619.

Bruant, R.G., M.H. Conklin. 2002. Adsorption of benzene and methyl-substituted benzenes at the vapor/water interface: 3. Finite binary-component VHOC adsorption. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 106:2232-2239.

Bruant, R.G., M.H. Conklin. 2002. Adsorption of benzene and methyl-substituted benzenes at the vapor/water interface: 2. Single-component VHOC adsorption. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 106:2224-2231.

Melitas, N. , J. Wang, M.H. Conklin, P. O'Day, J. Farrell. 2002. Understanding soluble arsenate removal kinetics by zerovalent iron media. Environmental Science and Technology 36(9):2074-2081.

Melitas, N. , M.H. Conklin, J. Farrell. 2002. Understanding the mechanisms controlling the kinetics of arsenate and chromate removal from solution using zerovalent iron media. In: Innovative Strategies for the Remediation of Chlorinated Solvents and DNAPLs in the Subsurface. (Henry, S.M. and C.R. Bennett, eds.). Washington, DC: American Chemical Society.

Melitas, N. , M.H. Conklin, J. Farrell. 2002. Electrochemical investigation of arsenate and water reduction on iron media used for arsenic removal from potable water. Environmental Science and Technology 36:3188-3193.

Villinski, J.E., P.A. O'Day, T.L. Corley, M. Conklin. 2001. In Situ Spectroscopic and Solution Analyses of the Reductive Dissolution of MnO 2 by Fe(II). Environmental Science and Technology 35(6):1157-1163.

Farrell, J. , J. Wang, P. O'Day, M.H. Conklin. 2001. Electrochemical and spectroscopic study of arsenate removal from water using zero-valent iron media. Environmental Science and Technology 35(10):2026-2032.

Corley, T.L., M.H. Conklin. 2001. Heavy metals associated with aquatic plants in an acid-mining contaminated stream: The role of metal plaques. In: Proceedings of the Conference on Environmental Research, May 22-23, 2001. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

Kay, J. , M.H. Conklin, C.C. Fuller, P. O'Day. 2001. Processes of nickel and cobalt uptake by a Mn-oxide forming sediment in Pinal Creek, Globe mining district, Arizona. Environmental Science and Technology 35(24):4719-4725.

Conklin, M.H., J. Villinski, J. Kay. 2001. Geochemistry of acid mine contamination-aquifer interactions. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health 14(3):249-259.

Bruant, R.G., M.H. Conklin. 2000. Adsorption of trichloroethene at the vapor/water interface. Environmental Science and Technology 35(2):362-364.

Choi, J. , J.W. Harvey, M.H. Conklin. 2000. Characterizing multiple timescales of stream and storage zone interaction that affect solute fate and transport in streams. Water Resources Research 36(6):1511-1518.

Bruant, R.G., M.H. Conklin. 2000. Dynamic determination of vapor/water interface adsorption for volatile organic compounds (VHOCS) using axisymmetric drop shape analysis: Procedure and analysis of benzene adsorption. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 104(47):11146-11152.

Project 9: Electrochemical Removal of Arsenic and Chromium (Farrell)

Wang, J.; Farrell, J. 2003. “Investigating the Role of Atomic Hydrogen on Chloroethene Reactions with Iron Using Tafel Analysis and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy,” Environmental Science and Technology 37, 3891-3896.

Melitas, N.; Farrell, J. 2002. “Understanding Chromate Reactions with Corroding Iron Media using Tafel Analysis and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy,” Environmental Science and Technology, 36, 24, 5476-5481.

Melitas, N.; Conklin M.; Farrell, J. 2002. “Electrochemical Investigation of Arsenate and Water Reduction on Iron Media Used for Arsenic Removal from Potable Water,” Environmental Science and Technology, 36, 3188-3193.

Melitas, N.; Wang, J.; Conklin M.; O’Day, P.; Farrell, J. 2002. “Understanding Soluble Arsenate Removal Kinetics by Zerovalent Iron Media,” Environmental Science and Technology, 36, 9, 2074-2081.

Melitas, N.; Conklin, M.; Farrell, J. 2002. “Understanding the Mechanisms Controlling the Kinetics of Arsenate and Chromate Removal from Solution Using Zerovalent Iron Media,” in: Innovative Strategies for the Remediation of Chlorinated Solvents and DNAPLs in the Subsurface, Chapter 12. S. M. Henry, C. R. Bennett, Eds.; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC.

Farrell, J.; Wang, J.; O’Day, P.; Conklin, M. 2001. “Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Study of Arsenate Removal from Water using Zerovalent Iron Media,” Environmental Science and Technology 35, 10, 2026-2032.

Project 10: Innovative technologies for remediation of halo-organics (Arnold)

He, J., A.E. Sáez, W.P. Ela, E.A. Betterton and R.G. Arnold. 2004. Destruction of aqueous phase carbon tetrachloride in an electrochemical reactor with a porous cathode . Industrial Engineering Chemistry Research. 43:913-923.

He, J., R.G. Arnold, A.E. Saez, E.A. Betterton and W.P. Ela. 2004. Removal of aqueous phase TCE using membrane air stripping contactors. ASCE, Journal of Environmental Engineering. In press.

H. Li, R. G. Arnold, E. A. Betterton, W. P. Ela, B. Barbaris. "Comment on "The mechanisms of rate enhancing and quenching of trichloroethene photodecay in the presence of sensitizer and hydrogen sources", by Chu, W. and Choy, W. K. (2002) Water Research 36: 2525-2532", Water Res. accepted (2003).

S. Kommineni, W. P. Ela, R. G. Arnold, S. G. Huling, B. J. Hester, E. A. Betterton, "NDMA treatment by sequential GAC adsorption and Fenton-driven destruction", Env. Eng. Sci.20, 361-373 (2003).

G. Chen, E. A. Betterton, R.G. Arnold, W.P. Ela,  “Electrolytic Reduction of Trichloroethylene and Chloroform at a Pt- or Pd-Coated Ceramic Cathode", J. Appl. Electrochem. 33: 161-169 (2003). 

Quanrud DM, Arnold RG, Lansey KE, Begay CK, Ela W, Gandolfi AJ. Fate of effluent organic matter during soil aquifer treatment: biodegradability, chlorine reactivity, and genotoxicity. J. Water and Health, 1.1:33-44, 2003.

Korte, N. E., O. R. West, et al., "The effect of solvent concentration on the use of palladized-iron for the step-wise dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls in soil extracts." Waste Management, 22(3): 343-349 (2002).

Huling, S.G., R. Arnold, R. Sierka, and M.R. Miller. 2001. Influence of peat on Fenton oxidation. Water Res. 35 (7): 1687-1694.

Z. Liu, R. G. Arnold, E. A. Betterton, “Reductive dehalogenation of gas–phase chlorinated solvents using a modified fuel cell”, Env. Sci. Technol., 35, 4320-4326 (2001).

Hollan, N., R. G. Arnold, E.A. Betterton, S. Gogosha, K. McKim, and Z. Liu “Acetone-photosensitized reduction of carbon tetrachloride by 2-propanol in aqueous solution”, Environ. Sci. Technol. 34: 1229-1233 (2000).

Huling, S.G., R. G. Arnold, P.K. Jones and R.A. Sierka. 2000. Predicting Fenton-driven degradation using a contaminant analog. J. Environ. Engr. 126: 348-353.

Liu, Z., E. A. Betterton, and R. G. Arnold, “Electrolytic reduction of low molecular weight chlorinated aliphatic compounds: structural and thermodynamic effects on process kinetics” Environ. Sci. Technol. 34: 804-811 (2000).

Betterton, E.A., N. Hollan, R.G. Arnold, S. Gogosha, K. McKim and Z. Liu, “Acetone-photosensitized reduction of carbon tetrachloride by 2-propanol in aqueous solution”, Environ. Sci. Technol. 34: 1229-1233 (2000).

Korte, N. E., J. L. Zutman, et al., "Field application of palladized iron for the dechlorination of trichloroethene." Waste Management, 20(8): 687-694 (2000).

Core A: Administration (Gandolfi)

SBRP Annual Meeting

Transitioning basic science into practical applications to meet environmental and public health challenges. SBRP Annual Meeting. University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ Nov 3-6, 2002.

Core B: Hazard Identification Core (Gandolfi)

The following publications include Hazard Identification personnel as co-authors. These demonstrate the critical role that this Core can play in the individual research projects.

Barber DS, Pomeroy M, and Jortner BS. Distribution and kinetics of uranium in the rat brain after a single exposure to uranyl acetate. J Toxicol Env Health, in press, 2004.

Sierra-Alvarez R, Field JA, Cortinas I, Feijoo F, Moreira MT, Kopplin M, Gandolfi AJ. Anaerobic Microbial Mobilization and Biotransformation of Arsenate Adsorbed onto Activated Alumina. Water Research, in press, 2004.

Nyman DW, Stratton MS, Kopplin MJ, Dalkin BL, Nagle RB, Gandolfi AJ. Selenium and selenomethionine levels in prostate cancer patients. Cancer Detection and Prevention, 28 (1), 8-16, 2004.

Field JA, Sierra-Alvarez R, Cortinas I, Feijool G, Moreira MT, Kopplin M, Gandolfi AJ. Facile reduction of arsenate in methanogenic sludge.   Biodegradation, 15:185-196, 2004.

Quanrud DM, Arnold RG, Lansey KE, Begay CK, Ela W, Gandolfi AJ. Fate of effluent organic matter during soil aquifer treatment: biodegradability, chlorine reactivity, and genotoxicity. J. Water and Health, 1.1:33-44, 2003.

Yenal U, Field JA, Sierra-Alvarez R, Kopplin M, Begay CK, and Gandolfi AJ. Anaerobic biodegradation of organoarsenical pesticides, methyarsonic acid (MMAV) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMAV). SWEHSC/Superfund Annual Science Fair, Tucson, AZ, May 20, 2003.

Meza MM, Kopplin MJ, Burgess JL, Gandolfi J. Arsenic drinking water exposure and urinary excretion among adults in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico. Environmental Research , E-published, October 2003.

Peraza MA, Carter DE, and Gandolfi AJ. Toxicity and metabolism of subcytotoxic inorganic arsenic in human renal proximal tubule epithelial cells (HK-2). Cell Biology and Toxicology. 19:253-264, 2003.

Aposhian HV, Zakharyan RA, Avram MD, Kopplin MJ, Wollenberg ML. Oxidation and detoxification of trivalent arsenic species. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 193(1), 1-8, 2003.

Melitas, N. , M.H. Conklin, J. Farrell. Understanding the mechanisms controlling the kinetics of arsenate and chromate removal from solution using zerovalent iron media. In: Innovative Strategies for the Remediation of Chlorinated Solvents and DNAPLs in the Subsurface. (Henry, S.M. and C.R. Bennett, eds.). Washington, DC: American Chemical Society. 2002.

Melitas, N. , M.H. Conklin, J. Farrell. Electrochemical investigation of arsenate and water reduction on iron media used for arsenic removal from potable water. Environmental Science and Technology 36:3188-3193, 2002.

Melitas, N, Farrell, J. Understanding Chromate Reactions with Corroding Iron Media using Tafel Analysis and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy. Environmental Science and Technology, 36, 24, 5476-5481, 2002.

Melitas, N.; Wang, J.; Conklin M.; O’Day, P.; Farrell, J. Understanding Soluble Arsenate Removal Kinetics by Zerovalent Iron Media. Environmental Science and Technology, 36, 9, 2074-2081, 2002.

Farrell, J.; Wang, J.; O’Day, P.; Conklin, M. Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Study of Arsenate Removal from Water using Zerovalent Iron Media. Environmental Science and Technology 35, 10, 2026-2032, 2001.

Core C: Technology Demonstration Core (Gandolfi)

Publications are listed under the individual research projects.

Core D: Outreach to Mexico (Carter)

Toxicologia Ambiental written in Spanish to our Superfund website

(http://superfund.pharmacy.arizona.edu/news/toxamb.html).

Core E: Training (Maier)

There are numerous publications from students on the Training Core. These publications are listed under the individual Superfund research projects.

CBPIR: Changes in epithelial cell expression associated with reduction in drinking water arsenic (Burgess)

Burgess JL. Effect of replacing arsenic-containing drinking water on urinary arsenic and DNA
oxidation in an Arizona mining town. J. Anal. Exp. Anal. Epidemiol, in preparation, 2004.

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