Superfund Research Program
Lily Y. Young
Rutgers University
Biotech Center
Cook College - Foran Hall
59 Dudley Road
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901
Phone: 732-932-8165 x312
Fax: 732-932-0312
Email: lyoung@aesop.rutgers.edu
Projects
- New York University School of Medicine: Microbial Biogeochemical Cycling of Arsenic and of Chromium Coupled to the Biodegradation of Aromatic Contaminant Compounds (2000 - 2006)
- New York University School of Medicine: Microbial Transformations of Hazardous Metals and Implications for Environmental Fate and Remediation (ARRA Funded) (2009-2011)
Publications
2008
- Garcia-Dominguez E, Mumford A, Rhine ED, Paschal A, Young LY. 2008. Novel autotrophic arsenite-oxidizing bacteria isolated from soil and sediments. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 66(2):401-410. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00569.x PMID:18717738
- Rhine ED, Onesios KM, Serfes ME, Reinfelder JR, Young LY. 2008. Arsenic transformation and mobilization from minerals by the arsenite oxidizing strain WAO. Environ Sci Technol 42(5):1423-9. doi:10.1021/es071859k PMID:18441783
2007
- Rhine ED, Ni Chadhain SM, Zylstra GJ, Young LY. 2007. The arsenite oxidase genes (aroAB) in novel chemoautotrophic arsenite oxidizers. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 354(3):662-667. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.01.004 PMID:17257587
2006
- Rhine ED, Phelps CD, Young LY. 2006. Anaerobic arsenite oxidation by novel denitrifying isolates. Environ Microbiol 8(5):899-908. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00977.x PMID:16623746
2005
- Perez-Jimenez JR, DeFraia C, Young LY. 2005. Arsenate respiratory reductase gene (arrA) for Desulfosporosinus sp strain Y5. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 338(2):825-829. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.10.011 PMID:16242665
- Rhine ED, Garcia-Dominguez E, Phelps CD, Young LY. 2005. Environmental microbes can speciate and cycle arsenic. Environ Sci Technol 39(24):9569-9573. doi:10.1021/es051047t PMID:16475337
2004
- Liu A, Garcia-Dominguez E, Rhine ED, Young LY. 2004. A novel arsenate respiring isolate that can utilize aromatic substrates. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 48(3):323-332. doi:10.1016/j.femsec.2004.02.008 PMID:19712302