Superfund Research Program

Kevin R. Sowers

University of Maryland-Baltimore County
Institute of Marine & Environmental Technology
701 E. Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Phone: 410-234-8878
Email: sowers@umbc.edu

Projects

• University of Maryland-Baltimore County: Leveraging the Chemo-Physical Interaction of Halorespiring Bacteria with Solid Surfaces to Enhance Halogenated Organic Compounds Bioremediation (2021-2025)

Research Briefs

• 222 - Remediation of PCB Contaminated Sediment by Bioaugmentation

Publications

2018

• Kaya D, Imamoglu I, Dilek Sanin F, Sowers KR. 2018. A comparative evaluation of anaerobic dechlorination of PCB-118 and Aroclor 1254 in sediment microcosms from three PCB-impacted environments. J Hazard Mater 341:328-335. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.08.005 PMID:28800567 PMCID:PMC5593791

2016

• Kaya D, Imamoglu I, Dilek Sanin F, Payne RB, Sowers KR. 2016. Potential risk reduction of Aroclor 1254 by microbial dechlorination in anaerobic Grasse River sediment microcosms. J Hazard Mater 321:879-887. doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.10.009 PMID:27745958

2014

• Lombard N, Ghosh U, Kjellerup B, Sowers KR. 2014. Kinetics and threshold level of 2,3,4,5-tetrachlorobiphenyl dechlorination by an organohalide respiring bacterium. Environ Sci Technol 48(8):4353-4360. doi:10.1021/es404265d PMCID:PMC3993611

2013

• Chun C, Payne RB, Sowers KR, May HD. 2013. Electrical stimulation of microbial PCB degredation in sediment. Water Res 47(1):141-152. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2012.09.038 PMID:23123087 PMCID:PMC3508379
• Payne RB, Fagervold S, May HD, Sowers KR. 2013. Remediation of polychlorinated biphenyl impacted sediment by concurrent bioaugmentation with anaerobic halorespiring and aerobic degrading bacteria. Environ Sci Technol 47:3807-3815. doi:10.1021/es304372t PMID:23463900 PMCID:PMC3671860

2012

• Sowers KR, May HD. 2012. In situ treatment of PCBs by anaerobic microbial dechlorination in aquatic sediment: Are we there yet?. Curr Opin Biotechnol 24(3):482-488. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2012.10.004 PMID:23102490 PMCID:PMC3572274

2011

• Fagervold S, Watts J, May HD, Sowers KR. 2011. Effects of bioaugmentation on indigenous PCB dechlorinating activity in sediment microcosms. Water Res 45:3899-3907. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2011.04.048 PMID:21601905
• Payne RB, May HD, Sowers KR. 2011. Enhanced reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyl impacted sediment by bioaugmentation with a Dehalorespiring bacterium. Environ Sci Technol 45(20):8772-8779. doi:10.1021/es201553c PMID:21902247 PMCID:PMC3210572