Person Details: Dr. Eugene L. Madsen

Superfund Research Program

Cornell University
B57A Wing Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853-7801
Phone: 607-255-3086
Fax: 607-255-3904
Email: elm3@cornell.edu

Hohnstock AM, Stuart-Keil KG, Kull EE, Madsen EL. 2000. Naphthalene and donor cell density influence field conjugation of naphthalene catabolism plasmids. Appl Environ Microbiol 66(7):3088-3092. PMID:10877811
Madsen EL. 2000. Nucleic-acid characterization of the identity and activity of subsurface microorganisms. Hydrogeology Journal 8(1):112-125. doi:10.1007/s100400050012
Madsen EL, Yager R, Plummer SM. 2000. Petroleum hydrocarbons native to a fractured aquifer may serve as electron donors for in situ reductive dechlorination of trichloroethenes contamination. In: Proceedings of the American Society of Microbiology Annual Meeting. Los Angeles, CA. pp.569.

Miller DN, Bryant JE, Madsen EL, Ghiorse WC. 1999. Evaluation and optimization of DNA extraction and purification procedures for soil and sediment samples. Appl Environ Microbiol 65(11):4715-4724. PMID:10543776
Wilson MS, Bakermans C, Madsen EL. 1999. In situ, real-time catabolic gene expression: extraction and characterization of naphthalene dioxygenaase mRNA transcripts from groundwater. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 65:80-87. PMID:9872763

Madsen EL. 1998. Epistemology of environmental microbiology. Environ Sci Technol 32:429-439.
Madsen EL. 1998. Theoretical and Applied Aspects of Bioremediation: The Influence of microbiological processes on organic compounds in field sites. In: Techniques in Microbial Ecology. Oxford University Press, New York, NY. pp.354-407.
Stuart-Keil KG, Hohnstock AM, Dees PM, Herrick JB, Madsen EL. 1998. Plasmids responsible for horizontal transfer of naphthalene catabolic genes between bacteria at a coal tar-contaminated site are homologous to pOTG1 from Pseudomonas putida. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of American Society for Microbiology, Atlanta, GA. Atlanta, GA. pp.9816-4.

Bakermans C, Madsen EL. 1997. Progress towards direct cloning of soil DNA. In: Proceedings of the American Society for Microbiology 1997 Annual Meeting. Miami, FL.
Madsen EL. 1997. Methods for determining biodegradability. In: Manual of Environmental Microbiology. American Society of Microbiology, Washington, DC. pp.709-720.
Madsen EL, Mann CL, Bilotta S, Yager R. 1997. In situ attenuation of chlorinated ethenes by naturally-occurring microorganisms in a fractional dolomite aquifer near Niagara Falls, NY. In: Proceedings of the American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting ,1997. Miami, FL.

Madsen EL, Mann CL, Bilotta S. 1996. Oxygen limitations and aging as explanation for the persistence of naphthalene in coal-tar contaminated surface sediments. Environ Toxicol Chem 15:1876-1882.
Sandoli RL, Ghiorse WC, Madsen EL. 1996. Regulation of microbial phenanthrene mineralization in sediments by sorbent- sorbate contact time, inoculum, and gamma irradiation-induced sterilization artifacts. Environ Toxicol Chem 15:1901-1907.

Ghiorse WC, Herrick JB, Sandoli RL, Madsen EL. 1995. Natural selection of PAH-degrading bacterial guilds at coal-tar disposal sites. Environ Health Perspect 103(supp.5):103-111. PMID:8565896
Miller DN, Madsen EL, Ghiorse WC. 1995. Detection and enumeration of indigenous Type I and Type II methanotrophs from wetland sediments using a PCR-MPN technique. In: Proceedings of American Society for Microbiology, 1995 National Meeting. pp.338.