Professor Barrie Johnson

Emeritus Professor

  1. 2005
  2. Published

    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. 53-66

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    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. 299-313

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. 2006
  5. Published

    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 conferencePaper

  6. Published

    Biomining

    Rawlings, D. E. (Editor) & Johnson, D. B. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, 2006 ed. Springer Verlag.

    Research output: Book/ReportBook

  7. Published

    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 conferencePaper

  8. Published

    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. 99-108

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    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. 2022-2030

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    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. 159-167

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    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. 212-221

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Biohydrometallurgy and the environment: Intimate and important interplay

    Johnson, D. B., 1 Sept 2006, In: Hydrometallurgy. 83, 1-4, p. 153-166

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    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. 184-194

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. 2007
  15. Published

    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. 582

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  16. Published

    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. 585

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  17. Published

    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. 403-404

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  18. Published

    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. 267-270

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  19. Published

    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. 168-169

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  20. Published

    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. 1155-1165

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  21. Published

    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. 170

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  22. Published

    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. 257-270

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  23. Published

    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. 237-262

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  24. Published

    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. 42-45

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  25. Published

    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. 298-307

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  26. Published

    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. 315-324

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  27. Published

    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. 72-80

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  28. Published

    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. 1761-1771

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  29. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  30. 2008
  31. Published

    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. 30-35

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  32. Published

    "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 journalArticlepeer-review

  33. Published

    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. 68-77

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  34. Published

    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. A30

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  35. Published

    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. 100-104

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  36. Published

    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. 739-750

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  37. Published

    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. 789-798

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  38. Published

    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. 1367-1373

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  39. 2009
  40. Published

    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. 201-255

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  41. Published

    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 conferencePaper

  42. Published

    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 conferencePaper

  43. Published

    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 conferencePaper

  44. Published

    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. 1082-1089

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  45. Published

    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 proceedingChapterpeer-review

  46. 2010
  47. Published

    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. 461-467

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  48. Published

    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. 9-19

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  49. Published

    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. 488-493

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  50. 2011
  51. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  52. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  53. Published

    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 journalReview articlepeer-review

  54. Published

    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. 2092-2104

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  55. Published

    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. 221-229

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  56. Published

    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. 8201-8208

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  57. 2012
  58. Published

    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. 34-44

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review