Tebo Research Group | Laboratory for Molecular Geomicrobiology

Publications

 

Selected Years

2007 to present back to top

Anderson, C.R., H.A. Johnson, N. Caputo, R.E. Davis, J. Torpey, B.M. Tebo (2009). Mn(II) oxidation is catalyzed by heme peroxidase in Aurantimonas manganoxydans strain SI85-9A1 and Erythrobacter sp. strain SD-21.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Accepted.

Homann, V.V., J.A. Tincu, A.S. Templeton, B.M. Tebo and A. Butler.  Loihichelins A-F, a suite of amphiphilic siderophores produced by the marine bacterium Halomonas LOB-5.  J. Natural Products (in press).

Orcutt, B., B. Bailey, H. Staudigel, B.M. Tebo and K. Edwards (2009). An interlaboratory comparison of 16S rRNA gene-based TRFLP and sequencing methods for assessing microbial diversity of seafloor basalts.  Environmental Microbiology (in press). doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01899.x

Anderson, C.R., G.J. Dick, M-L. Chu, S. Bräuer, J-C. Cho, and B.M. Tebo (2009). Aurantimonas manganoxydans, sp. nov. and Aurantimonas litoralis, sp. nov.: Representatives of a globally distributed clade of Mn(II)-oxidizing Alphaproteobacteria from the order Rhizobiales.  Geomicrobiology Journal 26:189-198.

Clement, B.G., G.W. Luther III,  and B.M. Tebo (2009). Rapid, oxygen-dependent microbial Mn(II) oxidation kinetics at sub-micromolar oxygen concentrations in the Black Sea suboxic zone. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 73:1878-1889.

Johnson, H.A. and B.M. Tebo (2008).  In vitro studies indicate the bacterial Mn(II)-oxidizing protein is a quinoprotein.  Archives of Microbiology 189:59-69.

Dick, G.J., J.W. Torpey, T.J. Beveridge and B.M. Tebo (2008).  Direct identification of a bacterial manganese(II) oxidase, the multicopper oxidase MnxG, from spores of several different marine Bacillus species.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74:1527-1534.

Romanenko, L.A., M. Uchino, B.M. Tebo, N. Tanaka, G.M. Frolova and V.V. Mikhailov (2008).  Pseudomonas marincola sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea environments.  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58:706-710.

Dick, G.J., S. Podell, H.A. Johnson, Y. Rivera Espinosa, R. Bernier-Latmani, J.K. McCarthy, ,J.W. Torpey, B.G. Clement, T. Gaasterland, and B.M. Tebo (2008). Genomic insights into Mn(II) oxidation by the marine alphaproteobacterium Aurantimonas sp. strain SI85-9A1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74:2646-2658.

Han, S., A. Obraztsova, P. Pretto, D.D. Deheyn, J. Gieskes, and B.M. Tebo (2008).  Sulfide and iron control on mercury speciation in anoxic estuarine sediment slurries.  Marine Chemistry (in press).

Chinni, S., C. Anderson, K.-U. Ulrich, D.E. Giammar, and B.M. Tebo. Indirect UO2 oxidation by Mn(II)-oxidizing spores of Bacillus sp. strain SG-1 and the effect of U and Mn concentrations.  Environmental Science & Technology 42:8709-8714.

Bargar, J.R., R. Bernier-Latmani, D.E. Giammar and B.M. Tebo (2008).  Biogenic uraninite nanoparticles and their importance for uranium remediation.  Elements 4:407-412.

Murray, K.J. and B.M. Tebo (2007). Cr(III) is indirectly oxidized by the Mn(II)-oxidizing bacterium Bacillus sp. strain SG-1.  Environmental Science & Technology 41:528-533.

Tebo, B.M., B.G. Clement, and G.J. Dick (2007). Biotransformations of manganese.  In: Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 3rd Edition, C.J. Hurst, R.L. Crawford, J.L. Garland, D.A. Lipson, A.L. Mills and L.D. Stetzenbach (Eds), ASM Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 1223-1238.

Han, S., A. Obraztsova, P. Pretto, K-Y. Choe, J. Gieskes, D.D. Deheyn, and B.M. Tebo (2007).  Biogeochemical factors affecting mercury methylation in sediments of the Venice Lagoon, Italy.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26:655-663.

Parker, D.L., T. Morita, M.L. Mozafarzadeh, R. Verity, J.K. McCarthy, and B.M. Tebo (2007). Inter-relationships of MnO2 precipitation, siderophore-Mn(III) complex formation, siderophore degradation, and iron limitation in Mn(II)-oxidizing bacterial cultures.  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 71:5672-5683.

Murray, K.J., S.M. Webb, J.R. Bargar and B.M. Tebo (2007).  Indirect oxidation of Co(II) in the presence of the marine Mn(II)-oxidizing bacterium Bacillus sp. strain SG-1.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73:6905-6909.

Bencheikh-Latmani, R., A. Obraztsova, M. Mackey, M. Ellisman, and B.M. Tebo (2007). Toxicity of uncomplexed trivalent chromium to Shewanella oneidensis MR-4 during Cr(VI) reduction. Environmental Science & Technology 41:214-220. web link | pdf

Murray, K.J. and B.M. Tebo (2007). Cr(III) is indirectly oxidized by the Mn(II)-oxidizing bacterium Bacillus sp. strain SG-1. Environmental Science & Technology 41:528-533. web link | pdf

Tebo, B.M., B.G. Clement, and G.J. Dick (2007). Biotransformations of manganese. In: Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 3rd Edition, C.J. Hurst, R.L. Crawford, J.L. Garland, D.A. Lipson, A.L. Mills and L.D. Stetzenbach (Eds), ASM Press, Washington, D.C., pp. 1223-1238.

2001-2006 back to top

Webb, S.M., C.C. Fuller, B.M. Tebo and J.R. Bargar (2006). Determination of uranyl incorporation into biogenic manganese oxides using x-ray absorption spectroscopy and scattering. Environmental Science and Technology 40:771-777

Dick, G.J., Y.E. Lee, and B.M. Tebo (2006). Manganese(II)-oxidizing Bacillus spores in Guaymas Basin hydrothermal sediments and plumes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72(5):3184-3190. web link | pdf

Staudigel, H., S.R. Hart, A. Pile, B.E. Bailey, E.T. Baker, S. Brooke, D.P. Connolly, L. Haucke, C.R. German, I. Hudson, D. Jones, A.A. Koppers, J. Konter, R. Lee, T.W. Pietsch, B.M. Tebo,A.S. Templeton, R. Zierenberg, and C.M. Young (2006). Vailulu'u Seamount, Samoa: Life and Death on an Active Submarine Volcano. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 6448-6453. web link | pdf

Glazer, B.T., G.W. Luther III, S.K. Konovalov, G.E. Friederich, D.B. Nuzzio, R.E. Trouwborst, B.M. Tebo, B. Clement, K. Murray, A.S. Romanov (2006). Documenting the suboxic zone of the Black Sea via high-resolution real-time redox profiling. Deep-Sea Research 53:1740-1755.

Konovalov, S.K., Murray, J.W., Luther, G.W., and B.M. Tebo (2006). Processes controlling the redox budget for oxic/anoxic water column of the Black Sea. Deep Sea Research 53:1817-1841.

Trouwborst, R.E., B.G. Clement, B.M. Tebo, B.T. Glazer and G.W. Luther, III (2006). Soluble Mn(III) in suboxic zones. Science 313:1955-1958. web link | pdf

Bargar J.R, B.M. Tebo, U. Bergmann, S.M. Webb, P. Glatzel, V.Q. Chiu, and M. Villalobos (2005). Biotic and abiotic products of Mn(II) oxidation by spores of the marine Bacillus sp. strain SG-1. American Mineralogist 90:143-154. pdf

Webb, S.M., G.J. Dick, J.R. Bargar and B.M. Tebo (2005). Evidence for the presence of Mn(III) intermediates in the bacterial oxidation of Mn(II). Proceedings National Academy of Sciences 102:5558-5563. web link | pdf

Bargar, J.R., S. Webb, and B.M. Tebo (2005). Structure and chemistry of biogenic manganese oxides produced in sea water. Physica Scripta T115:888-890.

Webb, S.M., J.R. Bargar, B.M. Tebo (2005). Determination of uranyl incorporation into biogenic manganese oxides using X-ray absorption spectroscopy and scattering. Physica Scripta T115:949-952.

Templeton, A.S., H. Staudigel, and B.M. Tebo (2005). Diverse Mn(II)-oxidizing bacteria isolated from submarine basalts at Loihi Seamount. Geomicrobiology Journal 22:127-139. web link | pdf

Murray, K.J., M.L. Mozafarzadeh, and B.M. Tebo (2005). Cr(III) oxidation and Cr toxicity in cultures of the manganese(II)-oxidizing Pseudomonas putida strain GB-1. Geomicrobiology Journal 22:151-159. web link | pdf

Webb, S.M., B.M. Tebo, and J.R. Bargar (2005). Structural influences of sodium and calcium ions on the biogenic manganese oxides produced by the marine Bacillus sp., strain SG-1. Geomicrobiology Journal 22:181-193. web link |

Villalobos, M. and B.M. Tebo (2005). Advances in the geomicrobiology and biogeochemistry of manganese and iron oxidation. Geomicrobiology Journal 22:77-78. web link |

Tebo, B.M., H.A. Johnson, J.K. McCarthy, and A.S. Templeton (2005). Geomicrobiology of manganese(II) oxidation. Trends in Microbiology 13:421-428.

Webb, S.M., B.M. Tebo, and J.R. Bargar (2005). Structural characterization of biogenic manganese oxides produced in seawater by the marine Bacillus sp. strain SG-1. American Mineralogist 90:1342-1357. abstract |

Bencheikh-Latmani, R., S.M. Williams, L. Haucke, C.S. Criddle, L. Wu, J. Zhou and B.M. Tebo (2005). Global transcriptional profiling of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 during Cr(VI) and U(VI) reduction. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71:7453-7460. web link | pdf

Tebo, B.M., J.R. Bargar, B. Clement, G. Dick, K.J. Murray, D. Parker, R. Verity, S. Webb (2004). Biogenic manganese oxides: Properties and mechanisms of formation. Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences 32: 287–328. pdf

Lauro, F.M., G. Bertoloni, A. Obraztsova, C. Kato, B.M. Tebo, D.H. Bartlett (2004). Pressure effects on Clostridium strains isolated from a cold deep-sea environment. Extremophiles 8:169-173.

Webb, S.M., J.R. Bargar, and B.M. Tebo (2004). In situ structural characterization of biogenic manganese oxides produced by Bacillus sp. strain SG-1 in sea water. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, R. Wanty and B. Seal, Eds. Zwets and Zeitlinger, Lisse, Netherlands, p. 1161-1164.

Templeton, A.S., T.P. Trainor, P.J. Eng, B.E. Bailey, H. Staudigel, B.M. Tebo (2004). X-ray scattering and spectroscopic techniques to probe the microbial dissolution of volcanic glasses. In: Proceedings of the11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, R. Wanty and B. Seal, Eds. Zwets and Zeitlinger, Lisse, Netherlands, p. 635-639.

Parker, D.L., G. Sposito, B.M. Tebo (2004). Manganese(III) binding to a pyoverdine siderophore produced by a manganese(II)-oxidizing bacterium. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68:4809-4820.

Staudigel, H., B. Tebo, A. Yayanos, H., H. Furnes, K. Kelley, T. Plank, K. Muehlenbachs (2004). The oceanic crust as a bioreactor. In: Deep Subsurface Biosphere at Mid-Ocean Ridges, W. Wilcock, D. Kelley, E.F. DeLong, D.S. Kelley, J.A. Baross and S.C. Cary(eds). Geophysical Monograph Series, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC., AGU Monograph 144:325-341.

Arias, Y.M. and B.M. Tebo (2003). Cr(VI) Reduction by sulfidogenic and non-sulfidogenic microbial consortia. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69:1847-1853. web link | pdf

Arias, Y.M., A. Obraztsova, C. Green-Ruiz, B.M. Tebo (2003). Natural attenuation of Cr(VI) contamination in laboratory mesocosms. Geomicrobiology Journal 20:389-401. pdf

Middleton, S.S., R. Bencheikh-Latmani, M.R. Mackey, M.H. Ellisman, B.M. Tebo, and C. Criddle (2003). Cometabolism of Cr(VI) by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 produces cell-associated reduced chromium and inhibits growth. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 83:627-637.

Konovalov, S.K., G.W. Luther III, G.E. Friederich, D.B. Nuzzio, B.M. Tebo, J.W. Murray, T. Oguz, B.T. Glazer, R.E. Trouwborst, B.G. Clement, K.J. Murray, A.S. Romanov (2003). Lateral injection of oxygen via mixing of water masses creates “fingers” of oxidizing potential in the Black Sea. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 2369-2376.

Murray, J.W., Konovalov, S.K., Tebo, B.M., Oguz, T., Besiktepe, S., Tugrul, S., and Yakushev, E. (2003). 2001 R/V Knorr Cruise: New observations and variations in the structure of the suboxic zone. Presented at Second International Conference on Oceanography of Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, 14-18 October 2002, Ankara, Turkey. In: Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea, Aysen Yilmaz (Editor), 2003, TUBITAK Publishers, Printed in Turkey, pp. 545-557.

Konovalov, S.K., Murray, J.W., Luther, G.W., Buesseler, K.O., Friederich, G., Tebo, B.M., Samodurov, A.S., Gregoire, M., Ivanov, L.I., Romanov, A.S., Clement, B., and Murray, K (2003). Oxygen fluxes, redox processes and the suboxic zone in the Black Sea. Presented at Second International Conference on Oceanography of Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, 14-18 October 2002, Ankara, Turkey. In: Oceanography of the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea, Aysen Yilmaz (Editor), TUBITAK Publishers, Printed in Turkey, pp.566-577.

Francis, C.A. and B.M. Tebo (2002). Enzymatic manganese(II) oxidation by metabolically dormant spores of diverse Bacillus species. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68(2): 874-880. web link | pdf

Obraztsova, A.Y., C.A. Francis, and B.M. Tebo (2002). Sulfur disproportionation by the facultative anaerobe Pantoea agglomerans SP1 as a mechanism for chromium(VI) reduction. Geomicrobiology Journal 19(1):121-132.

Francis, C.A., Casciotti, K. and B.M. Tebo (2002). Localization of Mn(II)-oxidizing activity and the putative multicopper oxidase, MnxG, to the exosporium of the marine Bacillus sp. Strain SG-1. Archives of Microbiology 178:450-456. pdf

Francis, C.A. and B.M. Tebo (2001). cumA multicopper oxidase genes from diverse Mn(II)-oxidizing and non-Mn(II)-oxidizing Pseudomonas strains. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67:4272-4278. web link | pdf

Francis, C.A., Co, E.-M. and B.M. Tebo (2001). Enzymatic manganese(II) oxidation by a marine alpha-proteobacterium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67:4024-4029. web link | pdf

Grünberg, K., C. Wawer, B.M. Tebo, and D. Schüler (2001). A large gene cluster encoding several magnetosome proteins is conserved in different species of magnetotactic bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67:4573-4582. web link | pdf

1995-2000 back to top

Francis, C. A., A. Y. Obraztsova and B. M. Tebo (2000). Dissimilatory metal reduction by the facultative anaerobe Pantoea agglomerans SP1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66(2): 543-548. web link | pdf

Francis, C.A., and Tebo, B.M. (2000). Marine Bacillus spores as catalysts for the oxidative precipitation and sorption of metals. In: D.H. Bartlett (Ed.) Molecular Marine Microbiology, Horizon Scientific Press, Norfolk, England, p.139-155.

Bargar, J.R., B.M. Tebo, and J.E. Villinski (2000). In situ spectroscopic measurement of Mn(II) oxidation by spores of the marine Bacillus sp. strain SG–1. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 64: 2777-2780.

Tebo, B. M. and L. M. He (1999). Microbially mediated oxidative precipitation reactions. In: T. Grundl and D. L. Sparks (eds.), Mineral-Water Interfacial Reactions: Kinetics and Mechanisms. ACS Symposium Series #715. P.393-414.

Francis, C.A., and Tebo, B.M. (1999). Marine Bacillus spores as catalysts for the oxidative precipitation and sorption of metals. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1:71-78.

Mandernack, K.W., and B.M. Tebo (1999). In situ rate measurements of microbial sulfide removal and CO2 fixation at deep-sea hydrothermal vents and at the chemocline of Framvaren Fjord, Norway. Marine Chemistry. 66:201-213.

Tebo, B.M. (1998). Comment on the comment by A.W. M. G. Souren on “Oxidation of cobalt and manganese in seawater via a common microbially catalyzed pathway”. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 62:357-358.

He, L.M. and B.M. Tebo. (1998) Surface characterization of and Cu(II) adsorption by spores of a marine Bacillus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64:1123-1129. web link | pdf

Tebo, B.M., L. van Waasbergen, C.A. Francis, L.M. He, D.B. Edwards, and K.Casciotti (1998). Manganese oxidation by spores of the marine Bacillus sp. strain SG-1: application for the bioremediation of metal pollution. In: New Developments in Marine Biotechnologies, Y. Le Gal and H.O. Halvorson (Eds.). Plenum, New York. p.177-180.

Tebo, B.M., and Obraztsova, A.Ya. (1998). Novel Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Grows with Cr(VI), U(VI), Mn(IV), and Fe(III) as Electron Acceptors . FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 162:193-198.

Caspi, R., B.M. Tebo, M.G. Haygood (1998). c-type cytochromes and manganese oxidation in Pseudomonas putida strain MnB1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64: 3549-3555. web link | pdf

Tebo, B.M., R. Ganesh, W. K. Tolley, and A. E. Grow. (1997) Microbial Metal Accumulation and Microsolid Separation for Treating and Recovering Metals from Industrial Rinsewaters. In: Biotechnology for Water Use and Conservation: The Mexico ‘96 Workshop, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, p.493-506.

Tebo, B.M., W.C. Ghiorse, L.G. van Waasbergen, P.L. Siering, and R. Caspi (1997). Bacterially-mediated mineral formation: Insights into manganese(II) oxidation from molecular genetic and biochemical studies. In: J.F. Banfield and K.H. Nealson (Eds.) Geomicrobiology: Interactions Between Microbes and Minerals. Reviews in Mineralogy 35:225-266.

Caspi, R., M. G. Haygood and B. M. Tebo (1996). Unusual ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase genes from a marine manganese-oxidizing bacterium. Microbiology. 142: 2549-2559.

van Waasbergen, L. G., M. Hildebrand and B. M. Tebo (1996). Identification and characterization of a gene cluster involved in manganese oxidation by spores of the marine Bacillus sp. strain SG-1. Journal of Bacteriology, 178:3517-3530.

Juniper, S. K. and B. M. Tebo (1995). Microbe-metal interactions and mineral deposition at hydrothermal vents. In: D. M. Karl (ed.) The Microbiology of Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents, Chapter 5, CRC Press, p.219-253.

Mandernack, K. W., J. Post and B. M. Tebo (1995). Manganese mineral formation by bacterial spores of a marine Bacillus, strain SG-1: Evidence for the direct oxidation of Mn(II) to Mn(IV). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 59: 4393-4408.

Mandernack, K. W., M. L. Fogel, B. M. Tebo, and A. Usui (1995). Oxygen isotope analyses ofchemically and microbially produced manganese oxides and manganates. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 59: 4409-4425.

Tebo, B. M. (1995). Metal precipitation by marine bacteria: potential for biotechnological applications. In: J. K. Setlow (ed.) Genetic Engineering–Principles and Methods, vol. 17, Plenum Press, New York, p.231-263.

Tebo, B.M. (1995). Environmental applications of marine biotechnology. Summary of a program development workshop sponsored by the California Sea Grant College System. Report No. T-CSGCP-036, California Sea Grant College System, La Jolla, CA.

1989-1994 back to top

Lee, Y. and B. M. Tebo (1994). Cobalt oxidation by the marine manganese(II)-oxidizing Bacillus sp. strain SG-1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 60: 2949-2957. web link | pdf

Mandernack, K.W. and B.M. Tebo (1993). Manganese scavenging and oxidation at hydrothermal vents and in vent plumes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 57:3907-3923

Tebo, B.M. and Y. Lee (1993). Microbial Oxidation of Cobalt. In: Biohydrometallurgical Technologies, vol. I, A.E. Torma, J.E. Wey and V.L. Lakshmanan (Eds). The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, Warrendale, PA, p. 695-704.

van Waasbergen, L. G., J. A. Hoch and B. M. Tebo. (1993). Genetic analysis of manganese oxidation in the marine Bacillus sp. strain SG-1: Tn917 mutagenesis and identification of two major loci involved in manganese oxidation. Journal of Bacteriology. 175(23): 7594-7603.

Grow, A.E., J.H.P. Watson, D.C. Ellwood, B.M. Tebo (1993). Metal and organic pollutant-uptake processing (MOP-UP). Proceedings of the 1992 ERDEC Scientific Conference on Chemical Defense Research, 17-20 November 1992. J.D. Williams Jr., D.A. Berg, P.J. Reeves (Eds.). U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Agency, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, p. 77-83.

Tebo, B.M. (1991) Manganese(II) oxidation in the suboxic zone of the Black Sea. Deep-Sea Research., 38:S883-S905.

Tebo, B.M., R.A. Rosson and K.H. Nealson (1991). Potential for manganese(II) oxidation and manganese(IV) reduction to co-occur in the suboxic zone of the Black Sea. In: Black Sea Oceanography, E.Izdar and J.Murray (eds). Kluwer Academic Publishers. p.173-185.

Velinsky, D.J., M.L. Fogel, J.F. Todd and B.M. Tebo (1991). Isotopic fractionation of dissolved ammonium at the oxygen-hydrogen sulfide interface in anoxic waters. Geophysical Research Letters 18:649-652.

Mandernack, K.M., M.L. Fogel, B.M. Tebo and J. Post (1989).  Mineralogical and oxygen isotope analyses of manganese oxides precipitated by spores of a marine bacterium.  Annual Report of the Director of the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1988-1989, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, D.C. p. 130-137.

Velinsky, D.J., M.L. Fogel, B.M. Tebo (1989).  Dissolved nitrogen isotopic distribution in the Black Sea.  Annual Report of the Director of the Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1988-1989, Geophysical Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
p.123-130.

1978-1988 back to top

Nealson, K.H., B.M. Tebo and R.A. Rosson (1988).  Occurrence and mechanisms of microbial oxidation of manganese.  Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 33:279-318.

Maki, J.S., B.M. Tebo, F.E. Palmer, K.H. Nealson and J.T. Staley (1987).  The abundance and biological activity of manganese oxidizing bacteria and Metallogenium-like morphotypes in Lake Washington.  FEMS Microbiol. Ecology 45:21-29.

Tebo, B.M. and S. Emerson (1986).  Microbial manganese(II) oxidation in the marine environment: a quantitative study.  Biogeochemistry 2:149-161.

Tebo, B.M., C.D. Taylor, K.H. Nealson and S. Emerson (1985).  In situ manganese(II) binding rates at the oxic/anoxic interface in Saanich Inlet, B.C., Canada.  In: Planetary Ecology.  D.E. Caldwell, J.A. Brierley and C.L. Brierley (Eds).  Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, p.210-221.

Tebo, B.M. and S. Emerson (1985).  The effect of oxygen tension, Mn(II) concentration and temperature on the microbially catalyzed Mn(II) oxidation rate in a marine fjord. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 50:1268-73. web link | pdf

Nealson, K.H., M.G. Haygood, B.M. Tebo, M. Roman, E. Miller and J.E. McCosker (1984).  Contribution by symbiotically luminous fishes to the occurrence and bioluminescence of luminous bacteria in seawater.  Microbial Ecology 10:69-77.

Haygood, M.G., B.M. Tebo and K.H. Nealson (1984).  Luminous bacteria of a monocentrid fish (Monocentris japonicus) and two anomalopid fishes (Photoblepharon palpebratus and Kryptophanaron alfredi): population sizes and growth within the light organs and rates of release into the seawater.  Marine Biology 78:249-254.

Rosson, R.A., B.M. Tebo and K.H. Nealson (1984).  The use of poisons in the determination of microbial manganese oxidation rates in seawater. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 47:740-745. web link | pdf

Tebo, B.M., K.H. Nealson, S. Emerson and L. Jacobs (1984).  Microbial mediation of Mn(II) and Co(II) precipitation at the O2/H2S interfaces in two anoxic fjords.  Limnol. Oceanog. 29:1247-1258.

Emerson, S., L. Jacobs and B. Tebo (1983).  Behavior of trace metals in anoxic waters: solubilities at the oxygen-hydrogen sulfide interface.  In: Trace Metals in Seawater.  C.S. Wong, E. Boyle, K.W. Bruland, J.D. Burton and E.D. Goldberg (Eds).  Plenum Press, New York and London, p.579-608.

Tebo, B.M. (1983).  The ecology and ultrastructure of marine manganese oxidizing bacteria.  Ph.D. thesis, University of California, San Diego, 220pp.

Emerson, S., L. Jacobs, S. Kalhorn and Tebo, B.M., K.H. Nealson and R.A. Rosson (1982).  Environmental oxidation rate of manganese(II): bacterial catalysis.  Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 46:1073-1079.

Jensen, M.J., B.M. Tebo, P. Baumann, M. Mandel and K.H. Nealson (1980).  Characterization of Alteromonas hanedai (sp.nov.), a nonfermentative luminous species of marine origin.  Current Microbiol. 3:311-315.

Nealson, K., D. Cohn, G. Leisman and B. Tebo (1980).  Co-evolution of luminous bacteria and their eukaryotic hosts.  Annals N.Y.A.S. 361:76­91.

Nealson, K.H. and B. Tebo (1980).  Structural features of manganese precipitating bacteria.  Origins of Life 10:117-126.

Tebo, B.M., D.S. Linthicum and K.H. Nealson (1979).  Luminous bacteria and light emitting fish: ultrastructure of the symbiosis.  Biosystems 11:269-280.

Olson, R.J., B.M. Tebo, E. Moussalli, A.F. Carlucci, F. Azam and O. Holm-Hansen (1978).  Microbial investigations in the Ross Sea.  Antarctic J. U.S. XIII:130-131.