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Overview

Harold L. Drake is affiliated with the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Ecology, Soil Science, and Oncology.

Their recent publications cover various topics in microbiology, soil ecology, and public health. Notable papers include:

  • "The ASM Journals Committee Values the Contributions of Black Microbiologists" (2020) published in mSphere
  • "The ASM Journals Committee Values the Contributions of Black Microbiologists" (2020) published in Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • "The ASM Journals Committee Values the Contributions of Black Microbiologists" (2020) published in mBio
  • "Emission of greenhouse gases and soil changes in casts of a giant Brazilian earthworm" (2021) published in Biology and Fertility of Soils
  • "Organic carbon from graminoid roots as a driver of fermentation in a fen" (2021) published in FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Patrick D. Schloss
  • Melissa Junior
  • Isaac Cann
  • Rebecca Alvania
  • César A. Arias

Drake's work has appeared in a range of publication venues, reflecting diverse research interests. These venues include:

  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • mSphere
  • Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • mBio
  • Biology and Fertility of Soils

Their research topics are concentrated in areas such as:

  • Public Health Policies and Education
  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

Harold L. Drake's work highlights intersections between environmental science and health, integrating studies on microbiological processes and public health concerns. The combination of expertise in soil science and ecology along with clinical and ethical aspects of medicine shapes a multidisciplinary research profile.

Best Publications

  • Old Acetogens, New Light

    Harold L. Drake;Anita S. Gößner;Steven L. Daniel

  • As the worm turns: the earthworm gut as a transient habitat for soil microbial biomes.

    Harold L. Drake;Marcus A. Horn

  • Hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis by moderately acid-tolerant methanogens of a methane-emitting acidic peat.

    Marcus A. Horn;Carola Matthies;Kirsten Küsel;Andreas Schramm

  • The Earthworm Gut: an Ideal Habitat for Ingested N2O-Producing Microorganisms

    Marcus A. Horn;Andreas Schramm;Harold L. Drake

  • Dechloromonas denitrificans sp. nov., Flavobacterium denitrificans sp. nov., Paenibacillus anaericanus sp. nov. and Paenibacillus terrae strain MH72, N2O-producing bacteria isolated from the gut of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa.

    Marcus A. Horn;Julian Ihssen;Carola Matthies;Andreas Schramm

  • Physiology of the thermophilic acetogen Moorella thermoacetica

    Harold L Drake;Steven L Daniel

  • Properties of purified carbon monoxide dehydrogenase from Clostridium thermoaceticum, a nickel, iron-sulfur protein.

    S W Ragsdale;J E Clark;L G Ljungdahl;L L Lundie

  • Acetogenesis, Acetogenic Bacteria, and the Acetyl-CoA “Wood/Ljungdahl” Pathway: Past and Current Perspectives

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  • Microarray and Functional Gene Analyses of Sulfate-Reducing Prokaryotes in Low-Sulfate, Acidic Fens Reveal Cooccurrence of Recognized Genera and Novel Lineages

    Alexander Loy;Kirsten Küsel;Angelika Lehner;Harold L. Drake

  • Clostridiaceae and Enterobacteriaceae as active fermenters in earthworm gut content.

    Pia K Wüst;Marcus A Horn;Harold L Drake

  • Comparative Assessment of the Aerobic and Anaerobic Microfloras of Earthworm Guts and Forest Soils

    Gudrun R. Karsten;Harold L. Drake

  • Different atmospheric methane-oxidizing communities in European beech and Norway spruce soils.

    Daniela M. Degelmann;Werner Borken;Harold L. Drake;Steffen Kolb

  • Synthesis of acetyl coenzyme A from carbon monoxide, methyltetrahydrofolate, and coenzyme A by enzymes from Clostridium thermoaceticum.

    S I Hu;H L Drake;H G Wood

  • Ecological consequences of the phylogenetic and physiological diversities of acetogens.

    Harold L. Drake;Kirsten Küsel;Carola Matthies

  • Effects of environmental parameters on the formation and turnover of acetate by forest soils.

    Kirsten Küsel;Harold L. Drake

  • Nitrosomonas Nm143‐like ammonia oxidizers and Nitrospira marina‐like nitrite oxidizers dominate the nitrifier community in a marine aquaculture biofilm

    Bärbel U. Foesel;Bärbel U. Foesel;Armin Gieseke;Carsten Schwermer;Peter Stief

  • Microbiology of Lonar Lake and other soda lakes

    Chakkiath Paul Antony;Deepak Kumaresan;Sindy Hunger;Harold L. Drake

  • Denitrifying Bacteria in the Earthworm Gastrointestinal Tract and In Vivo Emission of Nitrous Oxide (N(inf2)O) by Earthworms.

    Gudrun R. Karsten;Harold L. Drake

  • Metabolic responses of novel cellulolytic and saccharolytic agricultural soil Bacteria to oxygen

    Stefanie Schellenberger;Steffen Kolb;Harold L. Drake

  • Acetogenic and sulfate-reducing bacteria inhabiting the rhizoplane and deep cortex cells of the sea grass Halodule wrightii.

    Kirsten Küsel;Holly C. Pinkart;Harold L. Drake;Richard Devereux

  • Nitrous oxide reductase genes (nosZ) of denitrifying microbial populations in soil and the earthworm gut are phylogenetically similar.

    Marcus A. Horn;Harold L. Drake;Andreas Schramm

Frequent Co-Authors

Kirsten Küsel
Kirsten Küsel Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Marcus A. Horn
Marcus A. Horn University of Hannover
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
Thomas J. Silhavy
Thomas J. Silhavy Princeton University
Arturo Casadevall
Arturo Casadevall Johns Hopkins University
Andreas Schramm
Andreas Schramm Aarhus University
Patrick D. Schloss
Patrick D. Schloss University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Cesar A. Arias
Cesar A. Arias The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Michael J. Sadowsky
Michael J. Sadowsky University of Minnesota
Susan T. Lovett
Susan T. Lovett Brandeis University

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