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Kevin R. Sowers

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
9427
World Ranking
16228
National Ranking
6721

Kevin R. Sowers publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 126 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Kevin R. Sowers D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kevin R. Sowers sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 53 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kevin R. Sowers is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the broader fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. They have contributed to scientific knowledge through work involving enzyme function, microbial processes, and environmental toxicology.

Their publications include research on the functions of enzymes in marine methanogens, microbial detoxification methods, and the identification of novel microbial species. Among these works are:

  • Carbonic anhydrase plays multiple roles in acetotrophic growth of a model marine methanogen from the domain Archaea (2024), published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Faculty Opinions recommendation of Efficient and Complete Detoxification of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Sediments Achieved by Bioaugmentation with Dehalococcoides and Microbial Ecological Insights (2022), published in Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Dethiosulfovibrio faecalis sp. nov., a novel proteolytic, non-sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a marine aquaculture solid waste bioreactor (2022), published in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Sowers' frequent collaborators include:

  • Ethel E. Apolinario
  • Michel Geovanni Santiago-Martínez
  • Sabrina Zimmerman
  • James G. Ferry
  • Stephen Grabowski

Their work appears in diverse publication venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature, and the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY.

The main fields of study associated with their research are:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

Subfields of study relevant to their research include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Spectroscopy

The key topics covered in their published work are:

  • Enzyme function and inhibition
  • Hemoglobin structure and function
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
  • Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Best Publications

  • The Genome of M. Acetivorans Reveals Extensive Metabolic and Physiological Diversity

    James E. Galagan;Chad Nusbaum;Alice Roy;Matthew G. Endrizzi;Matthew G. Endrizzi;Matthew G. Endrizzi

  • Low-temperature extremophiles and their applications.

    Ricardo Cavicchioli;Khawar S Siddiqui;David Andrews;Kevin R Sowers

  • Methanosarcina acetivorans sp. nov. , an acetotrophic methane-producing bacterium isolated from marine sediments

    Kevin R. Sowers;Stephen F. Baron;James G. Ferry

  • Mechanisms of Thermal Adaptation Revealed From the Genomes of the Antarctic Archaea Methanogenium frigidum and Methanococcoides burtonii

    Neil F.W. Saunders;Torsten Thomas;Paul M.G. Curmi;John S. Mattick

  • A genetic system for Archaea of the genus Methanosarcina: Liposome-mediated transformation and construction of shuttle vectors

    William W. Metcalf;Jun Kai Zhang;Ethel Apolinario;Kevin R. Sowers

  • Environmentally sustainable land-based marine aquaculture

    Yossi Tal;Harold J. Schreier;Harold J. Schreier;Kevin R. Sowers;John D. Stubblefield

  • Disaggregation of Methanosarcina spp. and Growth as Single Cells at Elevated Osmolarity.

    Kevin R. Sowers;Jane E. Boone;Robert P. Gunsalus

  • Identification of a microorganism that links its growth to the reductive dechlorination of 2,3,5,6-chlorobiphenyl.

    Leah A. Cutter;Joy E. M. Watts;Kevin R. Sowers;Harold D. May

  • The Methanosarcina barkeri Genome: Comparative Analysis with Methanosarcina acetivorans and Methanosarcina mazei Reveals Extensive Rearrangement within Methanosarcinal Genomes

    Dennis L. Maeder;Iain Anderson;Thomas S. Brettin;David C. Bruce

  • Identification of a bacterium that specifically catalyzes the reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyls with doubly flanked chlorines.

    Qingzhong Wu;Joy E. M. Watts;Kevin R. Sowers;Harold D. May

  • Characterization of the microbial community and nitrogen transformation processes associated with moving bed bioreactors in a closed recirculated mariculture system

    Yossi Tal;Joy E.M Watts;Susan B Schreier;Kevin R Sowers

  • Isolation and Characterization of a Methylotrophic Marine Methanogen, Methanococcoides methylutens gen. nov., sp. nov.

    Kevin R. Sowers;James G. Ferry

  • The genome sequence of the psychrophilic archaeon, Methanococcoides burtonii: the role of genome evolution in cold adaptation

    Michelle A Allen;Federico M Lauro;Timothy J Williams;Dominic Burg

  • Distribution of compatible solutes in the halophilic methanogenic archaebacteria.

    M C Lai;K R Sowers;D E Robertson;M F Roberts

  • NOTES: Methanosarcina thermophila sp. nov., a Thermophilic, Acetotrophic, Methane-Producing Bacterium

    S. H. Zinder;K. R. Sowers;J. G. Ferry

  • Dehalorespiration with Polychlorinated Biphenyls by an Anaerobic Ultramicrobacterium

    Harold D. May;Greg S. Miller;Birthe V. Kjellerup;Kevin R. Sowers

  • Anaerobic ortho Dechlorination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls by Estuarine Sediments from Baltimore Harbor.

    M Berkaw;K R Sowers;H D May

  • Microbial reductive dechlorination of aroclor 1260 in Baltimore harbor sediment microcosms is catalyzed by three phylotypes within the phylum Chloroflexi.

    Sonja K. Fagervold;Harold D. May;Kevin R. Sowers

  • Enhanced reductive dechlorination of polychlorinated biphenyl impacted sediment by bioaugmentation with a dehalorespiring bacterium

    Rayford B. Payne;Harold D. May;Kevin R. Sowers

  • Characterization of a defined 2,3,5, 6-tetrachlorobiphenyl-ortho-dechlorinating microbial community by comparative sequence analysis of genes coding for 16S rRNA.

    Tracey R. Pulliam Holoman;Margaret A. Elberson;Leah A. Cutter;Harold D. May

Frequent Co-Authors

James G. Ferry
James G. Ferry Pennsylvania State University
Upal Ghosh
Upal Ghosh University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Robert P. Gunsalus
Robert P. Gunsalus University of California, Los Angeles
William W. Metcalf
William W. Metcalf University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ricardo Cavicchioli
Ricardo Cavicchioli University of New South Wales
Amit Gross
Amit Gross Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Alla Lapidus
Alla Lapidus Saint Petersburg State University
Cliff Han
Cliff Han Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thomas Brettin
Thomas Brettin Argonne National Laboratory
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute

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