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Ashley E. Franks

Ashley E. Franks

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
60
Citations
18412
World Ranking
11747
National Ranking
322

Overview

Ashley E. Franks is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia and has a significant research presence in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including soil science, molecular biology, pollution, ecology, and plant science.

Their research covers key topics such as soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, gut microbiota and health, microbial community ecology and physiology, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, infant nutrition and health, child nutrition and feeding issues, and autism spectrum disorder research.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Metabolic flexibility allows bacterial habitat generalists to become dominant in a frequently disturbed ecosystem, 2021, The ISME Journal
  • The Role of the Gastrointestinal Mucus System in Intestinal Homeostasis: Implications for Neurological Disorders, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Mechanisms for the removal of Cd(II) and Cu(II) from aqueous solution and mine water by biochars derived from agricultural wastes, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Environmental hotspots for antibiotic resistance genes, 2021, MicrobiologyOpen
  • Microspectroscopic visualization of how biochar lifts the soil organic carbon ceiling, 2022, Nature Communications

Ashley E. Franks frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Plant and Soil, La Trobe University, and The ISME Journal.

They have collaborated often with co-authors including Elisa L. Hill-Yardin, Jennifer L. Wood, Caixian Tang, Jian Jin, and Anya E. Shindler, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Bacterial endophytes: recent developments and applications

    Robert P. Ryan;Kieran Germaine;Ashley Franks;David J. Ryan

  • Microbial Electrosynthesis: Feeding Microbes Electricity To Convert Carbon Dioxide and Water to Multicarbon Extracellular Organic Compounds

    Kelly P. Nevin;Trevor L. Woodard;Ashley E. Franks;Zarath M. Summers

  • Tunable metallic-like conductivity in microbial nanowire networks

    Nikhil S. Malvankar;Madeline Vargas;Madeline Vargas;Kelly P. Nevin;Ashley E. Franks

  • Direct exchange of electrons within aggregates of an evolved syntrophic coculture of anaerobic bacteria.

    Zarath M. Summers;Heather E. Fogarty;Ching Leang;Ashley E. Franks

  • Geobacter: The Microbe Electric's Physiology, Ecology, and Practical Applications

    Derek R Lovley;Toshiyuki Ueki;Tian Zhang;Nikhil S Malvankar

  • Electrosynthesis of Organic Compounds from Carbon Dioxide Is Catalyzed by a Diversity of Acetogenic Microorganisms

    Kelly P. Nevin;Sarah A. Hensley;Ashley E. Franks;Zarath M. Summers

  • Microbial Fuel Cells, A Current Review

    Ashley E. Franks;Kelly P. Nevin

  • Potential for Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer in Methanogenic Wastewater Digester Aggregates

    Masahiko Morita;Nikhil S. Malvankar;Ashley E. Franks;Zarath M. Summers

  • Anode Biofilm Transcriptomics Reveals Outer Surface Components Essential for High Density Current Production in Geobacter sulfurreducens Fuel Cells

    Kelly P Nevin;Byoung-Chan Kim;Richard H Glaven;Jessica P Johnson

  • Improved cathode materials for microbial electrosynthesis

    Tian Zhang;Huarong Nie;Timothy S. Bain;Haiyun Lu

  • Antifouling activities expressed by marine surface associated Pseudoalteromonas species

    Carola Holmström;Suhelen Egan;Ashley Franks;Sophie McCloy

  • Stimulating the anaerobic degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated sediments by providing an electrode as the electron acceptor.

    Tian Zhang;Sarah M. Gannon;Kelly P. Nevin;Ashley E. Franks

  • Novel strategy for three-dimensional real-time imaging of microbial fuel cell communities: monitoring the inhibitory effects of proton accumulation within the anode biofilm

    Ashley E. Franks;Kelly P. Nevin;Hongfei Jia;Mounir Izallalen

  • Transcriptome profiling of bacterial responses to root exudates identifies genes involved in microbe-plant interactions.

    G. Louise Mark;J. Maxwell Dow;Patrick D. Kiely;Hazel Higgins

  • Chemical and biological immobilization mechanisms of potentially toxic elements in biochar-amended soils

    Tharanga Bandara;Ashley Franks;Jianming Xu;Nanthi Bolan

  • Specific localization of the c-type cytochrome OmcZ at the anode surface in current-producing biofilms of Geobacter sulfurreducens.

    Kengo Inoue;Kengo Inoue;Ching Leang;Ashley E. Franks;Trevor L. Woodard

  • Bacteriophages in Natural and Artificial Environments

    Steven Batinovic;Flavia Wassef;Sarah A Knowler;Daniel T F Rice

  • Environmental sensing of heavy metals through whole cell microbial biosensors: a synthetic biology approach.

    Lara Tess Bereza-Malcolm;Gülay Mann;Ashley Edwin Franks

  • PGPR enhanced phytoremediation of petroleum contaminated soil and rhizosphere microbial community response.

    Jinyu Hou;Wuxing Liu;Beibei Wang;Qingling Wang

  • Oropouche Fever: A Review.

    Hercules Sakkas;Petros Bozidis;Ashley Franks;Chrissanthy Papadopoulou

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek R. Lovley
Derek R. Lovley University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kelly P. Nevin
Kelly P. Nevin University of Massachusetts Amherst
Caixian Tang
Caixian Tang La Trobe University
Jian Jin
Jian Jin Soochow University
Jianming Xu
Jianming Xu Zhejiang University
Peter W. G. Sale
Peter W. G. Sale La Trobe University
Fergal O'Gara
Fergal O'Gara University College Cork
Yongming Luo
Yongming Luo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Roger Armstrong
Roger Armstrong La Trobe University
Mark T. Tuominen
Mark T. Tuominen University of Massachusetts Amherst

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