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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Tamar Barkay is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States and primarily works within the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses on specific subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Geochemistry and Petrology, General Health Professions, and Water Science and Technology.

The main research topics addressed in their work include:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Barkay has contributed to several scientific publications, with key papers such as:

  • "DemethylationThe Other Side of the Mercury Methylation Coin: A Critical Review," 2021, published in ACS Environmental Au
  • "Expanded Diversity and Phylogeny of mer Genes Broadens Mercury Resistance Paradigms and Reveals an Origin for MerA Among Thermophilic Archaea," 2021, published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Microbial mercury transformations: Molecules, functions and organisms," 2022, published in Advances in Applied Microbiology
  • "Nutrient Inputs Stimulate Mercury Methylation by Syntrophs in a Subarctic Peatland," 2021, published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Expression and regulation of the mer operon in Thermus thermophilus," 2020, published in Environmental Microbiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Barkay include:

  • Spencer Roth
  • Baohua Gu
  • Christos A. Christakis
  • Eric S. Boyd
  • Ri-Qing Yu

The scientist's research is published most often in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • ACS Environmental Au
  • Advances in Applied Microbiology
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • The Science of The Total Environment

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Tamar Barkay was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Bacterial mercury resistance from atoms to ecosystems

    Tamar Barkay;Susan M. Miller;Anne O. Summers

  • The extraction and purification of microbial DNA from sediments

    Andrew Ogram;Gary S. Sayler;Tamar Barkay

  • Bioluminescent sensors for detection of bioavailable Hg(II) in the environment.

    O Selifonova;R Burlage;T Barkay

  • Effects of dissolved organic carbon and salinity on bioavailability of mercury

    T Barkay;M Gillman;R R Turner

  • Microbial transformations of mercury: potentials, challenges, and achievements in controlling mercury toxicity in the environment.

    Tamar Barkay;Irene Wagner-Döbler

  • Enhancement of solubilization and biodegradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons by the bioemulsifier alasan

    T. Barkay;S. Navon-Venezia;E. Z. Ron;E. Rosenberg

  • Methanogens: Principal Methylators of Mercury in Lake Periphyton

    Stéphanie Hamelin;Marc Amyot;Tamar Barkay;Yanping Wang

  • Mercury biogeochemistry in the Idrija River, Slovenia, from above the Mine into the Gulf of Trieste

    M. E. Hines;M. Horvat;J. Faganeli;J.-C. J. Bonzongo

  • The mercury resistance operon: from an origin in a geothermal environment to an efficient detoxification machine

    Eric S. Boyd;Tamar Barkay

  • Metal and radionuclide bioremediation: issues, considerations and potentials.

    Tamar Barkay;Jeffra Schaefer

  • Mercury stable isotope fractionation during reduction of Hg(II) to Hg(0) by mercury resistant microorganisms.

    K. Kritee;Joel D. Blum;Marcus W. Johnson;Bridget A. Bergquist

  • Role of the bacterial organomercury lyase (MerB) in controlling methylmercury accumulation in mercury-contaminated natural waters

    Jeffra K Schaefer;Jane Yagi;John R Reinfelder;Tamara Cardona

  • Mass dependent stable isotope fractionation of mercury during mer mediated microbial degradation of monomethylmercury.

    K. Kritee;Tamar Barkay;Joel D. Blum

  • Gene transfer among bacteria in soil and aquatic environments: a review

    J. T. Trevors;T. Barkay;A. W. Bourquin

  • Novel Reduction of Mercury(II) by Mercury-Sensitive Dissimilatory Metal Reducing Bacteria

    Heather A. Wiatrowski;Paula Marie Ward;Tamar Barkay

  • Contribution of coexisting sulfate and iron reducing bacteria to methylmercury production in freshwater river sediments.

    Ri Qing Yu;J. R. Flanders;E. Erin MacK;Ralph Turner

  • Application of a mer-lux biosensor for estimating bioavailable mercury in soil

    Lasse D Rasmussen;Søren J Sørensen;Ralph R Turner;Tamar Barkay

  • Horizontal gene transfer: perspectives at a crossroads of scientific disciplines.

    Barth F. Smets;Tamar Barkay

  • Mercury Adaptation among Bacteria from a Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent

    Costantino Vetriani;Yein S. Chew;Susan M. Miller;Jane Yagi

  • Mercury stable isotope fractionation during reduction of Hg(II) by different microbial pathways.

    K. Kritee;Joel D. Blum;Tamar Barkay

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Reinfelder
John R. Reinfelder Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Søren J. Sørensen
Søren J. Sørensen University of Copenhagen
Alexandre J. Poulain
Alexandre J. Poulain University of Ottawa
Joel D. Blum
Joel D. Blum University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Mark E. Hines
Mark E. Hines University of Massachusetts Lowell
Marc Amyot
Marc Amyot University of Montreal
Eric S. Boyd
Eric S. Boyd Montana State University
Ravi K. Kukkadapu
Ravi K. Kukkadapu Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Jadran Faganeli
Jadran Faganeli University of Ljubljana
John Dighton
John Dighton Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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