Publications
Scientific publications provide an in-depth look into the details of our research. We strive to ensure that all our publications are open-access.
A list of our publications with their respective DOIs can be found below.
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Remarkable capacity for anaerobic oxidation of methane at high methane concentration
Bowles, M.W., Samarkin, V.A., Hunter, K.S., Finke, N., Teske, A.P., Girguis, P.R., and Joye, S.B. 2019. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(21), 12192-12201. doi:10.1029/2019GL084375
Independent benthic microbial fuel cells powering sensors and acoustic communications with the MARS underwater observatory
Schrader, P.S., Reimers, C.E., Girguis, P.R., Delaney, J., Doolan, C., Wolf, M., and Green, D. 2016. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33(3), 607-617. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0102.1
Ubiquitous presence and novel diversity of anaerobic alkane degraders in cold marine sediments
Gittel, A., Donhauser, J., Røy, H., Girguis, P.R., Jørgensen, B.B., and Kjeldsen, K.U., 2015. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, 1414. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.01414
Enhancing the response of microbial fuel cell based toxicity sensors to Cu (II) with the applying of flow-through electrodes and controlled anode potentials
Jiang, Y., Liang, P., Zhang, C., Bian, Y., Yang, X., Huang, X., and Girguis, P.R. 2015. Bioresource Technology, 190, 367-372. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2015.04.127
Deep water instrument for microbial identification, quantification, and archiving
Pargett, D.M., Jensen, S.D., Roman, B.A., Preston, C.M., Ussler, W., Girguis, P.R., Marin, R., Birch, J.M., and Scholin, C.A., 2013, September. In 2013 OCEANS-San Diego, 1-6. IEEE.
Sensors and acoustic modems powered by Benthic Microbial Fuel Cells at the MARS observatory
Schrader, P.S., Doolan, C., Reimers, C.E., Girguis, P.R., Wolf, M., and Green, D., 2013, September. In 2013 OCEANS-San Diego, 1-6. IEEE.
Autonomous in situ quantitative PCR in the deep sea: Molecular surveys of aerobic methanotroph genes and gene expression using the deep-sea environmental processor
Ussler III, W., Tavormina, P., Preston, C., Marin III, R., Pargett, D., Jensen, S., Roman, B., Shah, S., Girguis, P.R., Birch, J.M., Orphan, and V., Scholin, C. 2013. Environmental Science and Technology. doi:10.1021/es4023199
Benthic microbial fuel cell as direct power source for an acoustic modem and seawater oxygen/temperature sensor system
Gong, Y., Radachowsky, S.E., Wolf, M., Nielsen, M.E., Girguis, P.R., and Reimers, C.E. 2011. Environmental Science and Technology, 45(11), 5047–5053. doi:10.1021/es104383q
Metabolic and practical considerations on microbial electrosynthesis
Rabaey, K., Girguis, P.R., and Nielsen, L.K. 2011. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 22, 1-7. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2011.01.010
New constraints on methane fluxes and rates of anaerobic methane oxidation in a Gulf of Mexico brine pool via in situ mass spectrometry
Wankel, S.D., Joye, S.B., Samarkin, V.A., Shah, S.A., Friederich, G., Melas-Kyriazi, J., and Girguis, P.R. 2010. Deep Sea Research II, 57(21-23), 2022-2029. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.009
Harnessing energy from marine productivity using bioelectrochemical systems
Girguis, P.R., Nielsen, M.E., and Figueroa, I. 2010. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 21(3), 252-258. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2010.03.015
Fundamentals of sediment-hosted microbial fuel cells
Girguis, P.R., Nielsen, M.E., and Reimers, C.E. 2010. In Bioelectrochemical Systems, First Edition (Ed. K. Raebey). Springer Verlag Press, 327-346.
Influence of substrate on electron transfer mechanisms in chambered benthic microbial fuel cells
Nielsen, M.E., Wu, D.M., Girguis, P.R., and Reimers, C.E. 2009. Environmental Science and Technology, 43(22), 8671–8677. doi:10.1021/es9013773
Sustainable energy from deep ocean cold seeps
Nielsen, M.E., Reimers, C.E., White, H.K., Sharma, S., and Girguis, P.R. 2008. Energy and Environmental Science, 1(5): 584-593. doi:10.1039/B811899J
Microbial fuel cell energy from an ocean cold seep
Reimers, C.E., Girguis, P.R., Stecher III, H.A., Tender, L.M., Ryckelynck, N., and Whaling, P. 2006. Geobiology, 4, 123-136. doi:10.1111/j.1472-4669.2006.00071.x
Growth rates of methane-oxidizing archaeal-bacterial consortia in deep-sea marine sediments: insights into the physiology of microbially-mediated anaerobic methane oxidation
Girguis, P.R., Cozen, A., and DeLong, E.E. 2005. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71, 3725-3733. doi:10.1128/AEM.71.7.3725-3733.2005
Growth and methane oxidation rates of anaerobic methanotrophic archaea in a continuous-flow bioreactor
Girguis, P.R., Orphan, V.J., Hallam, S.J., and DeLong, E.F. 2003. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69(9), 5472-5482. doi:10.1128/AEM.69.9.5472-5482.2003
Identification of methyl coenzyme M reductase A (mcrA) genes in methane oxidizing archaea
Hallam, S.J., Girguis, P.R., Preston, C.M., Richardson, P.M., and DeLong. E.F. 2003. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69(9), 5483-5491. doi:10.1128/AEM.69.9.5483-5491.2003