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8574
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National Ranking
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Overview

Terry J. Gentry is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and has an extensive research profile in agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields, including plant science, soil science, ecology, water science and technology, and molecular biology.

The main topics of Terry J. Gentry's research include soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, fecal contamination and water quality, microbial community ecology and physiology, gut microbiota and health, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, and soil management and crop yield.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Terry J. Gentry include Paul B. DeLaune, Katie L. Lewis, Mark D. McDonald, Anna Gitter, and John P. Brooks.

Terry J. Gentry has published numerous papers in diverse scientific venues. Frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • Water
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Agrosystems Geosciences & Environment
  • Soil Security
  • Microorganisms

Selected recent papers demonstrate the focus and scope of the research:

  • Increased Antimicrobial and Multidrug Resistance Downstream of Wastewater Treatment Plants in an Urban Watershed (2021), Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Influence of fertilizer and manure inputs on soil health: A review (2024), Soil Security
  • Catalyst Recovery, Regeneration and Reuse during Large-Scale Disinfection of Water Using Photocatalysis (2021), Water
  • Human Health Risks Associated with Recreational Waters: Preliminary Approach of Integrating Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment with Microbial Source Tracking (2020), Water
  • Prevalence of Escherichia coli and Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria During Fresh Produce Production (Romaine Lettuce) Using Municipal Wastewater Effluents (2021), Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • GeoChip: a comprehensive microarray for investigating biogeochemical, ecological and environmental processes

    Zhili He;Terry J Gentry;Terry J Gentry;Christopher W Schadt;Liyou Wu;Liyou Wu

  • New Approaches for Bioaugmentation as a Remediation Technology

    Terry J. Gentry;Christopher Rensing;I. A. N. L. Pepper

  • Metagenomic insights into evolution of a heavy metal-contaminated groundwater microbial community

    Christopher L Hemme;Ye Deng;Terry J Gentry;Terry J Gentry;Matthew W Fields

  • Shifts in microbial community structure along an ecological gradient of hypersaline soils and sediments

    Emily B Hollister;Amanda S Engledow;Amy Jo M Hammett;Tony L Provin

  • GeoChip 3.0 as a high-throughput tool for analyzing microbial community composition, structure and functional activity

    Zhili He;Ye Deng;Joy D Van Nostrand;Qichao Tu

  • Pilot-scale in situ bioremedation of uranium in a highly contaminated aquifer. 2. Reduction of u(VI) and geochemical control of u(VI) bioavailability.

    Wei-Min Wu;Jack Carley;Terry Gentry;Matthew A. Ginder-Vogel

  • Microarray applications in microbial ecology research.

    T. J. Gentry;T. J. Gentry;G. S. Wickham;C. W. Schadt;Z. He;Z. He

  • In situ bioreduction of uranium (VI) to submicromolar levels and reoxidation by dissolved oxygen.

    Weimin Wu;Jack M Carley;Jian Luo;Matthew A. Ginder-Vogel

  • Microbial Communities in Contaminated Sediments, Associated with Bioremediation of Uranium to Submicromolar Levels

    Erick Cardenas;Weimin Wu;Mary Beth Leigh;Jack M Carley

  • Soil microbial community, C, N, and P responses to long-term tillage and crop rotation

    Ma. del Carmen A. González-Chávez;Jacqueline A. Aitkenhead-Peterson;Terry J. Gentry;David Zuberer

  • Effects of repeated glyphosate applications on soil microbial community composition and the mineralization of glyphosate

    Sarah H Lancaster;Emily B Hollister;Scott A Senseman;Terry J Gentry

  • Water Management Impacts on Arsenic Speciation and Iron-Reducing Bacteria in Contrasting Rice-Rhizosphere Compartments

    Anil C. Somenahally;Emily B. Hollister;Wengui Yan;Terry J. Gentry

  • Significant Association between Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria and Uranium-Reducing Microbial Communities as Revealed by a Combined Massively Parallel Sequencing-Indicator Species Approach

    Erick Cardenas;Wei-Min Wu;Mary Beth Leigh;Jack Carley

  • Responses of microbial community functional structures to pilot-scale uranium in situ bioremediation

    Meiying Xu;Wei Min Wu;Liyou Wu;Zhili He

  • Microarray-Based Analysis of Microbial Community RNAs by Whole-Community RNA Amplification

    Haichun Gao;Haichun Gao;Haichun Gao;Zamin Koo Yang;Terry Gentry;Terry Gentry;Liyou Wu;Liyou Wu

  • Microorganisms and Metal Pollutants

    Timberley M. Roane;Ian L. Pepper;Terry J. Gentry

  • Comparison of 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid Degradation and Plasmid Transfer in Soil Resulting from Bioaugmentation with Two Different pJP4 Donors

    D. T. Newby;T. J. Gentry;I. L. Pepper

  • Bacterial community succession during in situ uranium bioremediation: spatial similarities along controlled flow paths.

    Chiachi Hwang;Chiachi Hwang;Weimin Wu;Terry J Gentry;Jack Carley

  • Microbial communities in rice rhizosphere altered by intermittent and continuous flooding in fields with long-term arsenic application

    Anil C. Somenahally;Emily B. Hollister;Richard H. Loeppert;Wengui Yan

  • The role of cell bioaugmentation and gene bioaugmentation in the remediation of co-contaminated soils.

    Ian L Pepper;Terry J Gentry;Deborah T Newby;Timberley M Roane

  • EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT, LAND USE, AND WATERSHED SCALE ON E. COLI CONCENTRATIONS IN RUNOFF AND STREAMFLOW

    R.D. Harmel;R. Karthikeyan;T. Gentry;R. Srinivasan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Ian L. Pepper
Ian L. Pepper University of Arizona
Wei-Min Wu
Wei-Min Wu Stanford University
Craig S. Criddle
Craig S. Criddle Stanford University
Zhili He
Zhili He Sun Yat-sen University
Terry C. Hazen
Terry C. Hazen University of Tennessee at Knoxville
David B. Watson
David B. Watson Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Liyou Wu
Liyou Wu University of Oklahoma
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
Matthew W. Fields
Matthew W. Fields Montana State University

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