Professor Barrie Johnson
Emeritus Professor

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Biomining goes underground
Johnson, D. B., 27 Feb 2015, In: Nature Geoscience. 8, p. 165-166Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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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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Biogeochemistry of the compost bioreactor components of a composite acid mine drainage passive remediation system.
Johnson, D. B. & Hallberg, K. B., 1 Feb 2005, In: Science of the Total Environment. 338, 1-2, p. 81-93Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bioleaching of arsenic-rich cobalt mineral resources, and evidence for concurrent biomineralisation of scorodite during oxidative bio-processing of skutterudite
Johnson, D. B., Dybowska, A., Schofield, P., Herrington, R., Smith, S. & Santos, A. L., 1 Aug 2020, In: Hydrometallurgy. 195, 105395.Research 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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Editorial: Recent Advances in Acidophile Microbiology: Fundamentals and Applications
Johnson, D. B. & Schippers, A., 14 Mar 2017, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 8, p. 428Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Role of pure and mixed cultures of gram-positive eubacteria in mineral leaching.
Johnson, D. B., Bacelar-Nicolau, P., Okibe, N., Yahya, A., Hallberg, K. B., Ciminelli, V. S. (Editor) & Garcia Jr, O. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Biohydrometallurgy: Fundamentals: Technology and Sustainable Development. 2001 ed. Elsevier, p. 461-470Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Microbially-mediated dissolution and synthesis of minerals in extremely acidic environments
Johnson, D. B., 20 Apr 2012.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Biomining in reverse gear: using bacteria to extract metals from oxidized ores
Johnson, D. B. & du Plessis, C. A., 1 May 2015, In: Minerals Engineering. 75, 1, p. 2-5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sulfidogenesis at low pH: a novel approach for bioremediating acid rock drainage and recovering soluble metals.
Johnson, D. B., Rowe, O. F., Kimura, S. & Hallberg, K. B., 1 Jan 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Biodiversity of acidophilic moderate thermophiles isolated from two sites in Yellowstone National Park, and their roles in the dissimilatory oxido-reduction of iron.
Johnson, D. B., Body, D. A., Bridge, T. A., Bruhn, D. F., Roberto, F. F., Reysenbach, A. L. (Editor), Voytek, M. (Editor) & Mancinelli, R. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Thermophiles: Biodiversity: Ecology and Evolution. 2001 ed. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, p. 23-39Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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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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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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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
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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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Developing Sustainable Biotechnologies for Mine Water Treatment in the 21st Century
Johnson, B., Santos, A. L., Falagan, C., Jones, R. M., Grail, B. M., Holanda, R. & Hedrich, S., Jul 2016, Procddings IMWA 2016. p. 782-789Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Using bacteria to break and make minerals in acidic liquours: industrial and environmental implications
Johnson, D. B., 19 Jun 2013.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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
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Novel approaches for the selective capture of transition metals from mine waters using low pH sulfur- and sulfate-reducing bioreactors
Holanda, R., Santos, A. & Johnson, D. B., 2 Apr 2017, In: Abstracts of papers - American Chemical Society. 253Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
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Removal of Zinc From Circum-Neutral pH Mine-Impacted Waters Using a Novel “Hybrid” Low pH Sulfidogenic Bioreactor
Holanda, R. & Johnson, D. B., 10 Mar 2020, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 8, 22.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Isolation and characterization of a novel acidophilic zero-valent sulfur- and ferric iron-respiring Firmicute
Holanda, R. & Johnson, D. B., 18 Aug 2020, In: Research in Microbiology. 171, 7, p. 215-221Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Isolation and characterisation of mineral-oxidizing “Acidibacillus” spp. from mine sites and geothermal environments in different global locations
Holanda, R., Hedrich, S., Nancucheo, I., Oliveira, G., Grail, B. & Johnson, D., Sept 2016, In: Research in Microbiology. 167, 7, p. 613-623Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aerobic and anaerobic oxidation of hydrogen by acidophilic bacteria
Hedrich, S. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Dec 2013, In: FEMS Microbiology Letters. 349, 1, p. 40-45Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Development of a Strategy for Selective Metal Recovery from Pregnant Leach Solutions of Kupferschiefer Bioleaching
Hedrich, S., Schippers, A. & Johnson, D. B., Nov 2015, In: Advanced Materials Research. 1130, p. 255-258Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evidence for Widespread Dissimilatory Hydrogen Metabolism among Acidophilic Bacteria
Hedrich, S. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Oct 2013, In: Advanced Materials Research. 825, p. 202-205Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Selective Chemical and Biological Metal Recovery from Cu-Rich Bioleaching Solutions
Hedrich, S., Kermer, R., Aubel, T., Martin, M., Schippers, A., Johnson, D. B. & Janneck, E., Aug 2017, In: Solid State Phenomena. 262, p. 107-112Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Selective recovery of metals from Maurliden (Sweden) mine water using novel biomineralization technologies
Hedrich, S. & Johnson, D. B., 19 Jun 2012.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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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Implementation of biological and chemical techniques to recover metals from copper-rich leach solutions
Hedrich, S., Kermer, R., Aubel, T., Martin, M., Schippers, A., Johnson, D. B. & Janneck, E., Aug 2018, In: Hydrometallurgy. 179, p. 274-281Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A modular continuous flow reactor system for the selective bio-oxidation of iron and precipitation of schwertmannite from mine-impacted waters
Hedrich, S. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Feb 2012, In: Bioresource Technology. 106, p. 44-49Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Remediation and selective recovery of metals from acidic mine waters using novel modular bioreactors
Hedrich, S. & Johnson, D. B., 24 Sept 2014, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 48, 20, p. 12206–12212Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Acidithiobacillus ferridurans, sp. nov.; an acidophilic iron- , sulfur- and hydrogen-metabolizing chemolithotrophic Gammaproteobacterium
Hedrich, S. & Johnson, D. B., 24 May 2013, In: International Journal of Systematic Evolutionary Microbiology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reduction and Complexation of Copper in a Novel Bioreduction System Developed to Recover Base Metals from Mine Process Waters
Hedrich, S., du Plessis, C. A., Mora, N. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Oct 2013, In: Advanced Materials Research. 825, p. 483-486Research 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 of acidophilic prokaryotes
Hallberg, K. B. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Jan 2001, In: Advances in Applied Microbiology. 49, p. 37-84Research 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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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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Aromatic compound catabolism by a novel acidophilic bacterium.
Hallberg, K. B., Johnson, D. B. & Williams, P. A., 1 Jan 2001, p. 37.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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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Biological manganese removal from acid mine drainage in constructed wetlands and prototype bioreactors.
Hallberg, K. B. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Feb 2005, In: Science of the Total Environment. 338, 1-2, p. 115-124Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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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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Aromatic compound degradation by novel acidophilic bacteria with potential use for the treatment of waste-water containing organic and inorganic pollutants
Hallberg, K. B., Williams, P. A. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Jan 2001, p. 28.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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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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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Novel acidophiles isolated from moderately acidic mine drainage waters
Hallberg, K. B. & Johnson, B., 1 Oct 2003, In: Hydrometallurgy. 71, 1-2, p. 139-148Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Passive mine water treatment at the former Wheal Jane tin mine, Cornwall: important biogeochemical and microbiological lessons
Hallberg, K. B., Johnson, D. B. & Nuttall, C. A. (Editor), 1 Jan 2002, Mine Water Treatment: a Decade of Progress. 2002 ed. HERO, p. 143-151Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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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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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