Professor Barrie Johnson
Emeritus Professor

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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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Redox transformations of iron at extremely low pH: fundamental and applied aspects
Johnson, D. B., Kanao, T. & Hedrich, S., 16 Mar 2012, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 3, p. 96Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Redox transformations in sulfur and transition metals at low pH and how these impact metal extraction biotechnologies
Johnson, D. B., Nov 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Redox Transformations of Iron and Other Transition Metals by Acidophilic Bacteria
Johnson, D. B., Aug 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Recent Developments in Microbiological Approaches for Securing Mine Wastes and for Recovering Metals from Mine Waters
Johnson, D. B., 14 Apr 2014, In: Minerals. 4, 2, p. 279-292Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recent Advances in Acidophile Microbiology: Fundamentals and Applications
Johnson, D. B. (Editor) & Schippers, A. (Editor), 19 Jan 2017, Frontiers Media. 155 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Recent Advances in Acidophile Microbiology: Fundamentals and Applications
Johnson, D. B. (Editor) & Schippers, A. (Editor), 14 Mar 2017, Frontiers Media.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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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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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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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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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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Passive treatment of acidic mine waters in subsurface-flow systems: exploring RAPS and permeable reactive barriers
Younger, P. L., Jayaweera, A., Elliot, A., Wood, R., Amos, P., Daugherty, A., Martin, A., Bowden, L., Aplin, A., Johnson, D. B. & Nuttall, C. A. (Editor), 1 Jan 2002, Mine Water Treatment: a Decade of Progress. 2002 ed. HERO, p. 40-50Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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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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Partial characterisation of a colored organic metabolite isolated from cultures of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans grown on elemental sulfur.
Ceskova, P., Zak, Z., Havlis, J., Johnson, D. B., Janiczek, O., Mandl, M., Ciminelli, V. S. (Editor) & Garcia Jr, O. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Biohydrometallurgy: Fundamentals: Technology and Sustainable Development. 2001 ed. Elsevier, p. 363-367Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Oxidative dissolution of sulfide minerals by defined mixed populations of moderately thermophilic mmicroorganisms
Okibe, N. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Jan 2001, p. 39.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Oxidative and reductive bioprocessing of cobalt-containing ores and biomineralisation of cobaltiferous leachates
Smith, S., Grail, B. & Johnson, D. B., Oct 2015.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Oxidative and reductive bioprocessing of cobalt bearing ores, and recovery of cobalt minerals via biosulfidogenesis
Smith, S., Grail, B. & Johnson, D. B., Jun 2016, Biohydromet 2016 Proceedings.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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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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On the ecology and physiology of acidophilic sulfate-reducing and iron-oxidizing bacteria
Johnson, D. B., 1 Oct 2012.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Novel thermo-acidophilic bacteria isolated from geothermal sites in Yellowstone National Park: physiological and phylogenetic characteristics.
Johnson, D. B., Okibe, N. & Roberto, F. F., 1 Jul 2003, In: Archives of Microbiology. 180, 1, p. 60-68Research 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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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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New microbiological strategies that enable the selective recovery and recycling of metals from acid mine drainage and mine process waters
Ňancucheo, I., Hedrich, S. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Nov 2012, In: Mineralogical Magazine. 76, 7, p. 2683-2692Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New insights into the microbiology of meromictic acidic pit lakes in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (Spain)
Falagan Rodriguez, C., Sanchez-Espana, J., Yusta, I. & Johnson, D. B., Jul 2016, Proceedings IMWA 2016. p. 192-198Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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New insights into the biogeochemistry of extremely acidic environments revealed by a combined cultivation-based and culture-independent study of two stratified pit lakes
Falagan, C., Sánchez-España, J. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Jan 2014, In: Fems Microbiology Ecology. 87, 1, p. 231-243Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New approaches for recovering metals from mine wastes
Falagan Rodriguez, C., Grail, B. & Johnson, D. B., Jun 2016, Biohydromet 2016 Proceedings.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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New approaches for extracting and recovering metals from mine tailings
Falagan Rodriguez, M. D. C., Grail, B. & Johnson, D., 15 May 2017, In: Minerals Engineering. 106, p. 71-78Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New Insights into Salt-Tolerance in Acidophilic Iron-Oxidising Bacteria
Johnson, D. B., Grail, B. & Bonnefoy, V., Nov 2015, In: Advanced Materials Research. 1130, p. 3-6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi Locus Sequence Typing scheme for Acidithiobacillus caldus strain evaluation and differentiation
Nuñez, H., Loyola, D., Cárdenas, J. P., Holmes, D. S., Johnson, D. & Quantrini, R., Nov 2014, In: Research in Microbiology. 165, 9, p. 735-742Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Molecular systematics of the genus Acidithiobacillus: insights into the phylogenetic structure and diversification of the taxon
Nuñez, H., Moya-Beltrán, A., Covarrubias, P. C., Issotta, F., Cárdenas, J. P., González, M., Atavales, J., Acuña, L. G., Johnson, D. B. & Quatrini, R., 19 Jan 2017, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 8, 30.Research 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
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Mines, microbes and micro-organisms – a case of going around in cycles.
Johnson, D. B., 1 Jan 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Mineralogy affects prokaryotic community composition in an acidic metal mine
Kelly, L., Rivett, D. W., Pakostova, E., Creer, S., Cotterell, T. & Johnson, B., 1 Jan 2023, In: Microbiological Research. 266, 127257.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microorganisms in subterranean acidic waters within Europe's deepest metal mine
Kay, C. M., Haanela, A. & Johnson, D. B., 22 Jul 2014, In: Research in Microbiology. 165, 9, p. 705-712Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbiomes in extremely acidic environments: functionalities and interactions that allow survival and growth of prokaryotes at low pH
Quatrini, R. & Johnson, D. B., Jun 2018, In: Current Opinion in Microbiology. 43, p. 139-147 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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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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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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Microbiological Communities in Two Acidic Mine Pit Lakes in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB), Spain
Falagan, C., Sánchez-España, F. J. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Oct 2013, In: Advanced Materials Research. 825, p. 19-22Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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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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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Microbial populations of mineral spoils and their potential role in biomining.
Bryan, C. B., Johnson, D. B. & Hallberg, K. B., 1 Jan 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Microbial populations in surface spoil at the abandoned Mynydd Parys copper mines.
Bryan, C. G., Hallberg, K. B., Johnson, D. B., Jarvis, A. P. (Editor), Dudgeon, B. A. (Editor) & Younger, P. L. (Editor), 1 Jan 2004, p. 107-112.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Microbial generation of sulfuric acid from granular elemental sulfur in laboratory-scale bioreactors
Pakostova, E. & Johnson, D. B., Dec 2019, In: Hydrometallurgy. 190, 105152.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbial ecology and biogeochemical cycling of metals in experimental wetland mesocosms.
Coupland, K., Hallberg, K. B. & Johnson, D. B., 1 Jan 2005.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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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Microbial communities in passive remediation systems at three abandoned coal mine sites in the United Kingdom
Falagan Rodriguez, C., Smail, I., Grail, B. & Johnson, D. B., Jul 2016, Proceedings IMWA 2016 . p. 796-803Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › 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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Microbial communities and interactions in low pH environments
Johnson, D. B., 2016, Acidophiles: Life in Extremely Acidic Environments. Quatrini, R. & Johnson, D. B. (eds.). Caister Academic Press Limited, p. 121-138Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › 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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Microbial Diversity in Acidic Anaerobic Sediments at the Geothermal Caviahue-Copahue System, Argentina
Willis, G., Hedrich, S., Ñancucheo, I., Johnson, D. B. & Donati, E. R., 1 Oct 2013, In: Advanced Materials Research. 825, p. 7-10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review