Ashley E Franks

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Affiliation: University of Massachusetts
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Real-time spatial gene expression analysis within current-producing biofilms
    Ashley E Franks
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Morrill IVN, 639 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, USA
    ChemSusChem 5:1092-8. 2012
  2. ncbi Microtoming coupled to microarray analysis to evaluate the spatial metabolic status of Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms
    Ashley E Franks
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
    ISME J 4:509-19. 2010
  3. ncbi Direct exchange of electrons within aggregates of an evolved syntrophic coculture of anaerobic bacteria
    Zarath M Summers
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
    Science 330:1413-5. 2010
  4. ncbi Anode Biofilm Transcriptomics Reveals Outer Surface Components Essential for High Density Current Production in Geobacter sulfurreducens Fuel Cells
    Kelly P Nevin
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 4:e5628. 2009
  5. ncbi Anode biofilm transcriptomics reveals outer surface components essential for high density current production in Geobacter sulfurreducens fuel cells
    Kelly P Nevin
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
    PLoS ONE 4:e5628. 2009
  6. ncbi Tunable metallic-like conductivity in microbial nanowire networks
    Nikhil S Malvankar
    Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
    Nat Nanotechnol 6:573-9. 2011
  7. ncbi Electrosynthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide is catalyzed by a diversity of acetogenic microorganisms
    Kelly P Nevin
    106B Morrill 4 North, University of Massachusetts, Microbiology, 639 North Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 77:2882-6. 2011
  8. ncbi Electrical conductivity in a mixed-species biofilm
    Nikhil S Malvankar
    Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 78:5967-71. 2012
  9. ncbi Production of pilus-like filaments in Geobacter sulfurreducens in the absence of the type IV pilin protein PilA
    Anna Klimes
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 310:62-8. 2010
  10. ncbi Stimulating the anaerobic degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated sediments by providing an electrode as the electron acceptor
    Tian Zhang
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
    Environ Microbiol 12:1011-20. 2010

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Publications12

  1. ncbi Real-time spatial gene expression analysis within current-producing biofilms
    Ashley E Franks
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Morrill IVN, 639 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA, USA
    ChemSusChem 5:1092-8. 2012
    ..This real-time reporter approach is likely to be a useful tool in optimizing the design of technologies relying on microbe-electrode interactions...
  2. ncbi Microtoming coupled to microarray analysis to evaluate the spatial metabolic status of Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilms
    Ashley E Franks
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
    ISME J 4:509-19. 2010
    ..The microtoming/microarray strategy described here may be useful for evaluating gene expression with depth in a diversity of microbial biofilms...
  3. ncbi Direct exchange of electrons within aggregates of an evolved syntrophic coculture of anaerobic bacteria
    Zarath M Summers
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
    Science 330:1413-5. 2010
    ..Aggregate formation was also much faster in mutants that were deficient in interspecies hydrogen transfer, further suggesting direct interspecies electron transfer...
  4. ncbi Anode Biofilm Transcriptomics Reveals Outer Surface Components Essential for High Density Current Production in Geobacter sulfurreducens Fuel Cells
    Kelly P Nevin
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 4:e5628. 2009
    ..sulfurreducens biofilms to electrodes...
  5. ncbi Anode biofilm transcriptomics reveals outer surface components essential for high density current production in Geobacter sulfurreducens fuel cells
    Kelly P Nevin
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
    PLoS ONE 4:e5628. 2009
    ..sulfurreducens biofilms to electrodes...
  6. ncbi Tunable metallic-like conductivity in microbial nanowire networks
    Nikhil S Malvankar
    Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
    Nat Nanotechnol 6:573-9. 2011
    ..The conductivity of the nanofilaments has a temperature dependence similar to that of a disordered metal, and the conductivity could be increased by processing...
  7. ncbi Electrosynthesis of organic compounds from carbon dioxide is catalyzed by a diversity of acetogenic microorganisms
    Kelly P Nevin
    106B Morrill 4 North, University of Massachusetts, Microbiology, 639 North Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 77:2882-6. 2011
    ..The acetogen Acetobacterium woodii was unable to consume current. These results expand the known range of microorganisms capable of electrosynthesis, providing multiple options for the further optimization of this process...
  8. ncbi Electrical conductivity in a mixed-species biofilm
    Nikhil S Malvankar
    Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
    Appl Environ Microbiol 78:5967-71. 2012
    ..A current-producing biofilm grown from a wastewater sludge inoculum was highly conductive with low charge transfer resistance even though microorganisms other than Geobacteraceae accounted for nearly half the microbial community...
  9. ncbi Production of pilus-like filaments in Geobacter sulfurreducens in the absence of the type IV pilin protein PilA
    Anna Klimes
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
    FEMS Microbiol Lett 310:62-8. 2010
    ..sulfurreducens and that some means other than microscopic observation is required before the composition of filaments can be unambiguously specified...
  10. ncbi Stimulating the anaerobic degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated sediments by providing an electrode as the electron acceptor
    Tian Zhang
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
    Environ Microbiol 12:1011-20. 2010
    ..Once in position, they provide a permanent, low-maintenance source of electron acceptor. Thus, graphite electrodes may offer an attractive alternative for enhancing contaminant degradation in anoxic environments...
  11. ncbi Geobacter: the microbe electric's physiology, ecology, and practical applications
    Derek R Lovley
    Department of Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
    Adv Microb Physiol 59:1-100. 2011
    ..Further investigation of these environmentally relevant and physiologically unique organisms is warranted...
  12. ncbi Potential for direct interspecies electron transfer in methanogenic wastewater digester aggregates
    Masahiko Morita
    Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
    MBio 2:e00159-11. 2011
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