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Fred A. Rainey is affiliated with Louisiana State University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work addresses various subfields such as Pollution, Ecology, and Molecular Biology.

The central topics of Rainey's research include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, as well as Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies. These areas reflect an emphasis on understanding microbial processes and their applications in environmental contexts.

Rainey has contributed to academic literature with recent publications, including a paper titled Dehalogenimonas, published in 2020 in Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. This venue has also featured their work as a frequent publication source.

  • Dehalogenimonas (2020), Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria

Collaboration is part of Rainey's research practice, with frequent co-authorship alongside William M. Moe. This partnership is reflected in at least one jointly authored publication.

  • William M. Moe (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • Proposal for a New Hierarchic Classification System, Actinobacteria classis nov.

    Erko Stackebrandt;Fred A. Rainey;Naomi L. Ward-Rainey

  • The Genus Nocardiopsis Represents a Phylogenetically Coherent Taxon and a Distinct Actinomycete Lineage: Proposal of Nocardiopsaceae fam. nov.

    Fred A. Rainey;Naomi Ward-Rainey;Reiner M. Kroppenstedt;Erko Stackebrandt

  • Effect of genome size and rrn gene copy number on PCR amplification of 16S rRNA genes from a mixture of bacterial species

    V Farrelly;F A Rainey;E Stackebrandt

  • Mars-like soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile, and the dry limit of microbial life

    Rafael Navarro-González;Fred A. Rainey;Paola Molina;Danielle R. Bagaley

  • Anaerobic oxidation of hydrocarbons in crude oil by new types of sulphate-reducing bacteria

    Rueter P;Rabus R;Wilkes H;Aeckersberg F

  • Integrating genomics into the taxonomy and systematics of the Bacteria and Archaea.

    Jongsik Chun;Fred A. Rainey

  • Agrococcus jenensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus of actinomycetes with diaminobutyric acid in the cell wall.

    Ingrid Groth;P. Schumann;N. Weiss;Karin Martin

  • Extensive Diversity of Ionizing-Radiation-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Sonoran Desert Soil and Description of Nine New Species of the Genus Deinococcus Obtained from a Single Soil Sample

    Fred A. Rainey;Keren Ray;Margarida Ferreira;Bridget Z. Gatz

  • Bacteria, molds, and toxins in water-damaged building materials

    M A Andersson;M Nikulin;U Köljalg;M C Andersson

  • Demetria terragena gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Genus of Actinomycetes Isolated from Compost Soil

    Ingrid Groth;P. Schumann;F. A. Rainey;Karin Martin

  • Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Desulfotomaculum: Evidence for the Misclassification of Desulfotomaculum guttoideum and Description of Desulfotomaculum orientis as Desulfosporosinus orientis gen. nov., comb. nov.

    Erko Stackebrandt;Cathrin Sproer;Frederick A. Rainey;Jutta Burghardt

  • Deinococcus geothermalis sp. nov. and Deinococcus murrayi sp. nov., Two Extremely Radiation-Resistant and Slightly Thermophilic Species from Hot Springs

    Ana Cristina Ferreira;M. Fernanda Nobre;Fred A. Rainey;Manuel T. Silva

  • An Introduction to the Family Clostridiaceae

    Juergen Wiegel;Ralph Tanner;Fred A. Rainey

  • Thioalkalimicrobium aerophilum gen. nov., sp. nov. and Thioalkalimicrobium sibericum sp. nov., and Thioalkalivibrio versutus gen. nov., sp. nov., Thioalkalivibrio nitratis sp. nov. and Thioalkalivibrio denitrificans sp. nov., novel obligately alkaliphilic and obligately chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria from soda lakes

    Dimitry Yu. Sorokin;Anatoly M. Lysenko;Lubov' L. Mityushina;Tatyana P. Tourova

  • Growth, natural relationships, cellular fatty acids and metabolic adaptation of sulfate-reducing bacteria that utilize long-chain alkanes under anoxic conditions.

    Frank Aeckersberg;FA Rainey;Friedrich Widdel

  • Novel anaerobic ultramicrobacteria belonging to the Verrucomicrobiales lineage of bacterial descent isolated by dilution culture from anoxic rice paddy soil.

    P H Janssen;A Schuhmann;E Mörschel;F A Rainey

  • Description of Caldicellulosiruptor saccharolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov: an obligately anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium

    F.A. Rainey;F.A. Rainey;A.M. Donnison;P.H. Janssen;David Saul

  • Dietzia, a new genus including Dietzia maris comb. nov., formerly Rhodococcus maris

    F. A. Rainey;S. Klatte;R. M. Kroppenstedt;E. Stackebrandt

  • 16S-rDNA analysis of Spirochaeta thermophila: Its phylogenetic position and implications for the systematics of the order Spirochaetales

    Frederick A. Rainey;Frederick A. Rainey;Matthias Dorsch;Hugh W. Morgan;Erko Stackebrandt

  • Clostridium paradoxum DSM 7308T contains multiple 16S rRNA genes with heterogeneous intervening sequences.

    Fred A. Rainey;Naomi L. Ward-Rainey;Peter H. Janssen;Hans Hippe

  • Extensive Diversity of Ionizing-Radiation-Resistant Bacteria Recovered from Sonoran Desert Soil and Description of Nine New Species of the Genus Deinococcus Obtained from a Single Soil Sample. [Erratum: 2005 Nov., v. 71, no. 11, p. 7630.]

    Fred A. Rainey;Keren Ray;Margarida Ferreira;Bridget Z. Gatz

Frequent Co-Authors

Milton S. da Costa
Milton S. da Costa University of Coimbra
Friedrich Widdel
Friedrich Widdel Max Planck Society
George M. Garrity
George M. Garrity Michigan State University
Paul De Vos
Paul De Vos Ghent University
Michael Goodfellow
Michael Goodfellow Newcastle University
Don J. Brenner
Don J. Brenner Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Karl-Heinz Schleifer
Karl-Heinz Schleifer Technical University of Munich
James T. Staley
James T. Staley University of Washington
Erko Stackebrandt
Erko Stackebrandt Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Christopher P. McKay
Christopher P. McKay Ames Research Center

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