Professor Barrie Johnson
Emeritus Professor

- 2005
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Microbiology of a wetland ecosystem constructed to remediate mine drainage from a heavy metal mine.
Hallberg, K. B. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Feb 2005, In: Science of the Total Environment. 338, 1-2, p. 53-66Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Differentiation and identification of iron-oxidizing acidophilic bacteria using cultivation techniques and amplified ribosomal DNA restriction enzyme analysis
Johnson, D. B., Okibe, N. & Hallberg, K. B., 1 Mar 2005, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 60, 3, p. 299-313Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2006
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Biodiversity of microbial populations in macroscopic “acid streamer” growths at an abandoned pyrite mine, as revealed by a combination of cultivation-based and cultivation-independent techniques.
Johnson, D. B., Kimura, S., Hallberg, K. B., Querellou, J. (Editor) & Lamy, C. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, p. 139.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Biomining
Rawlings, D. E. (Editor) & Johnson, D. B. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, 2006 ed. Springer Verlag.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Dissimilatory reduction of sulfate in extremely acidic environments is carried out by novel sulfidogenic bacteria in syntrophic consortia.
Johnson, D. B., Rowe, O. F., Hallberg, K. B., Querellou, J. (Editor) & Lamy, C. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, p. 36.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Oxidation of arsenite by Thiomonas strains and characterization of Thiomonas arsenivorans sp nov.
Battaglia-Brunet, F., Joulian, C., Garrido, F., Dictor, M. C., Morin, D., Coupland, K., Johnson, D. B., Hallberg, K. B. & Baranger, P., 1 Jan 2006, In: Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology. 89, 1, p. 99-108Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Macroscopic 'acid streamer' growths in acidic, metal-rich mine waters in north Wales consist of novel and remarkably simple bacterial communities
Hallberg, K., Coupland, K., Kimura, S. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Mar 2006, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72, 3, p. 2022-2030Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sulfidogenesis in low pH (3.8-4.2) media by a mixed population of acidophilic bacteria
Kimura, S., Hallberg, K. B. & Johnson, B., 1 Mar 2006, In: Biodegradation. 17, 2, p. 159-167Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Isolation and characterization of Acidicaldus organivorus, gen. nov., sp nov.: a novel sulfur-oxidizing, ferric iron-reducing thermo-acidophilic heterotrophic Proteobacterium.
Johnson, D. B., Stallwood, B., Kimura, S. & Hallberg, K. B., 1 Apr 2006, In: Archives of Microbiology. 185, 3, p. 212-221Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biohydrometallurgy and the environment: Intimate and important interplay
Johnson, D. B., 1 Sept 2006, In: Hydrometallurgy. 83, 1-4, p. 153-166Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mobilisation of metals in mineral tailings at the abandoned Sao Domingos copper mine (Portugal) by indigenous acidophilic bacteria.
Bryan, C. G., Hallberg, K. B. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Sept 2006, In: Hydrometallurgy. 83, 1-4, p. 184-194Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2007
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Characterization of new iron oxidizing bacteria from an acid mine water treatment plant
Hedrich, S., Heinzel, E., Seifert, J., Hallberg, K. B., Johnson, D. B. & Schlomann, M., 1 Jan 2007, In: Advanced Materials Research. 20-21, p. 582Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparison of microbiological populations of mineral heaps and mine wastes of different ages in active and abandoned copper mines
Bryan, C. G., Hallberg, K. B. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Jan 2007, In: Advanced Materials Research. 20-21, p. 585Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Concentrate mineralogy dictates the composition of bioleaching mineral consortia
Johnson, D. B., Yajie, L., Okibe, N., Coupland, K. & Hallberg, K. B., 1 Jan 2007, In: Advanced Materials Research. 20-21, p. 403-404Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development of a novel biological system for removing manganese from contaminated waters
Mariner, R., Johnson, D. B. & Hallberg, K. B., 1 Jan 2007, In: Advanced Materials Research. 20-21, p. 267-270Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of temperature on bioleaching of copper concentrates containing high concentrations of silver: opposite rules apply
Hallberg, K. B., Yajie, L., Okibe, N. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Jan 2007, In: Advanced Materials Research. 20-21, p. 168-169Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Isolation, enumeration, growth, and preservation of acidophilic prokaryotes.
Hallberg, K. B., Johnson, D. B., Hurst, C. J. (Editor), Crawford, R. L. (Editor), Garland, J. L. (Editor), Lipson, D. A. (Editor), Mills, A. L. (Editor) & Stetzenbach, L. D. (Editor), 1 Jan 2007, Manual of Environmental Microbiology: 3rd Edition. 2007 ed. American Society for Microbiology, p. 1155-1165Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Microbial poulations in a 110 ton-scale column for the recovery of metals from black schist ores
Hallberg, K. B., Johnson, D. B., Langwaldt, J. & Joulian, C., 1 Jan 2007, In: Advanced Materials Research. 20-21, p. 170Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Physiology and ecology of acidophilic microorganisms.
Johnson, D. B., Gerday, C. (Editor) & Glansdorff, N. (Editor), 1 Jan 2007, Physiology and Biochemistry of Extremophiles. 2007 ed. American Society for Microbiology, p. 257-270Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Techniques for detecting and identifying acidophilic mineral-oxidising microorganisms.
Johnson, D. B., Hallberg, K. B., Rawlings, D. E. (Editor) & Johnson, D. B. (Editor), 1 Jan 2007, Biomining. 2007 ed. Springer Verlag, p. 237-262Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Bioshale project: search for a sustainable way of exploiting black shale ores using biotechnology
d'Hughes, P., Grotowski, A., Luszczkiewicz, A., Sadawski, Z., Farbiszewska, T., Sklodowska, A., Loukola-Riskeeniemi, K., Langwaldt, J., Palma, J., Norris, P., Glombitza, F., Groudev, S., Pasava, J. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Jan 2007, In: Advanced Materials Research. 20-21, p. 42-45Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbial communities in a porphyry copper tailings impoundment and their impact on the geochemical dynamics of the mine waste
Diaby, N., Dold, B., Pfeifer, H. R., Holliger, C., Johnson, D. B. & Hallberg, K. B., 1 Feb 2007, In: Environmental Microbiology. 9, 2, p. 298-307Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The microbiology of biomining: development and optimization of mineral-oxidizing microbial consortia.
Rawlings, D. E. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Feb 2007, In: Microbiology - SGM. 153, 2, p. 315-324Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Attachment of acidophilic bacteria to solid surfaces: The significance of species and strain variations.
Ghauri, M. A., Okibe, N. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Mar 2007, In: Hydrometallurgy. 85, 2-4, p. 72-80Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbial communities and geochemical dynamics in an extremely acidic, metal-rich stream at an abandoned sulfide mine (Huelva, Spain) underpinned by two functional primary production systems
Rowe, O. F., Sanchez-Espana, J., Hallberg, K. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Jul 2007, In: Environmental Microbiology. 9, 7, p. 1761-1771Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Iron and carbon metabolism by a mineral-oxidizing Alicyclobacillus-like bacterium
Yahya, A., Hallberg, K. B. & Johnson, D. B., 15 Nov 2007, In: Archives of Microbiology. 189, 4, p. 305-12 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2008
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Evidence that the potential for dissimilatory ferric iron reduction is widespread among acidophilic heterotrophic bacteria.
Coupland, K. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Feb 2008, In: FEMS Microbiology Letters. 279, 1, p. 30-35Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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"Bioshrouding": a novel approach for securing reactive mineral tailings
Johnson, D. B., Yajie, L. & Okibe, N., Mar 2008, In: Biotechnology Letters. 30, 3, p. 445-9 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparison of ferric iron generation by different species of acidophilic bacteria immobilized in packed-bed reactors.
Rowe, O. F. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Mar 2008, In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 31, 1, p. 68-77Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Performance and key biogeochemical reactions in full-scale passive mine water treatment systems.
Aplin, A. C., Fabian, D., Morrison, M. I., Younger, P. L., Hallberg, K. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Jul 2008, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 72, 12, p. A30Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characterisation of an attenuation system for the remediation of Mn(II) contaminated waters.
Mariner, R., Johnson, D. B. & Hallberg, K. B., 1 Nov 2008, In: Hydrometallurgy. 94, 1-4, p. 100-104Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbiological and Geochemical Dynamics in Simulated-Heap Leaching of a Polymetallic Sulfide Ore.
Wakeman, K., Auvinen, H. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Nov 2008, In: Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 101, 4, p. 739-750Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sulfobacillus benefaciens sp nov., an acidophilic facultative anaerobic Firmicute isolated from mineral bioleaching operations.
Johnson, D. B., Joulian, C., d'Hughes, P. & Hallberg, K. B., 1 Nov 2008, In: Extremophiles. 12, 6, p. 789-798Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biodiversity and interactions of acidophiles: Key to understanding and optimizing microbial processing of ores and concentrates.
Johnson, D. B., 1 Dec 2008, In: Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. 18, 6, p. 1367-1373Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2009
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Carbon, Iron and Sulfur Metabolism in Acidophilic Micro-Organisms.
Johnson, D. B. & Hallberg, K. B., 1 Jan 2009, In: Advances in Microbial Physiology. 54, p. 201-255Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbial diversity and genetic response to stress conditions of extremophilic bacteria isolated from the Escondida copper mine.
Galleguillos, P. A., Hallberg, K. B., Johnson, D. B., Donati, E. R. (Editor), Viera, M. R. (Editor), Tavani, E. L. (Editor), Giaveno, M. A. (Editor), Lavalle, T. L. (Editor) & Chiacchiarini, P. A. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, p. 55-58.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Physiological and phylogenetic heterogeneity among iron-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus spp., and characteristics of the novel species Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans.
Hallberg, K. B., Amouric, A., Brochier-Armanet, C., Bonnefoy, V., Johnson, D. B., Donati, E. R. (Editor), Viera, M. R. (Editor), Tavani, E. L. (Editor), Giaveno, M. A. (Editor), Lavalle, T. L. (Editor) & Chiacchiarini, P. A. (Editor), 1 Jan 2009, p. 167-170.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Sulfidogenesis at low pH by acidophilic bacteria and its potential for the selective recovery of transition metals from mine waters.
Johnson, D. B., Jameson, E., Rowe, O. F., Wakeman, K. & Hallberg, K. B., 1 Jan 2009, p. 693-696.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Ferrimicrobium acidiphilum gen. nov., sp nov and Ferrithrix thermotolerans gen. nov., sp nov.: heterotrophic, iron-oxidizing, extremely acidophilic actinobacteria.
Johnson, D. B., Bacelar-Nicolau, P., Okibe, N., Thomas, A. & Hallberg, K. B., 1 May 2009, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59, p. 1082-1089Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sulfidogenesis at low pH by acidophilic bacteria and its potential for the selective recovery of transition metals from mine waters
Johnson, D. B., Jameson, E., Rowe, O. F., Wakeman, K. & Hallberg, K. B., 24 Sept 2009, Biohydrometallurgy: a meeting point between microbial ecology,metal recovery processes and environmental remediation. Trans Tech Publications, Vol. 71-73. p. 693-696 (Advanced Materials Research).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
- 2010
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Production of Glycolic Acid by Chemolithotrophic Iron- and Sulfur-Oxidizing Bacteria and Its Role in Delineating and Sustaining Acidophilic Sulfide Mineral-Oxidizing Consortia.
Nancucheo, I. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Jan 2010, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76, 2, p. 461-467Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans, sp nov.; facultatively anaerobic, psychrotolerant iron-, and sulfur-oxidizing acidophiles isolated from metal mine-impacted environments.
Hallberg, K. B., Gonzalez-Toril, E. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Oct 2010, In: Extremophiles. 14, 1, p. 9-19Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sulfidogenesis and selective precipitation of metals at low pH mediated by Acidithiobacillus spp. and acidophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria
Jameson, E., Rowe, O. F., Hallberg, K. B. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Oct 2010, In: Hydrometallurgy. 104, 3-4, p. 488-493Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2011
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Acidiferrobacter thiooxydans, gen. nov. sp. nov.; an acidophilic, thermo-tolerant, facultatively anaerobic iron- and sulfur-oxidizer of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae
Hallberg, K. B., Hedrich, S. & Johnson, D. B., 11 Feb 2011, In: Extremophiles. 15, 2, p. 271-9 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characteristics of a phylogenetically ambiguous, arsenic-oxidizing Thiomonas sp., Thiomonas arsenitoxydans strain 3As(T) sp. nov
Slyemi, D., Moinier, D., Brochier-Armanet, C., Bonnefoy, V. & Johnson, D. B., 16 Mar 2011, In: Archives of Microbiology. 193, 6, p. 439-49 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The iron-oxidizing proteobacteria
Hedrich, S., Schlömann, M. & Johnson, D. B., Jun 2011, In: Microbiology - SGM. 157, Pt 6, p. 1551-1564 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Biodiversity and geochemistry of an extremely acidic, low-temperature subterranean environment sustained by chemolithotrophy.
Kimura, S., Bryan, C. G., Hallberg, K. B. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Aug 2011, In: Environmental Microbiology. 13, 8, p. 2092-2104Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ferredox: A biohydrometallurgical processing concept for limonitic nickel laterites
du Plessis, C. A., Slabbert, W., Hallberg, K. B. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Oct 2011, In: Hydrometallurgy. 109, 3-4, p. 221-229Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Significance of Microbial Communities and Interactions in Safeguarding Reactive Mine Tailings by Ecological Engineering
Ňancucheo, I. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Dec 2011, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77, 23, p. 8201-8208Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2012
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Selective removal of transition metals from acidic mine waters by novel consortia of acidophilic sulfidogenic bacteria
Ňancucheo, I. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Jan 2012, In: Microbial Biotechnology. 5, 1, p. 34-44Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review