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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1988 - ASM Carski Award, American Society for Microbiology
  • 1984 - Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology
  • 1965 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Thomas D. Brock is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their career includes notable recognition from professional organizations within the microbiology and broader scientific community.

The awards Thomas D. Brock has received include the ASM Carski Award from the American Society for Microbiology in 1988, the Dupont Industrial Biosciences Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology from the American Society for Microbiology in 1984, and the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1965.

These awards highlight contributions to microbiology and applied environmental microbiology sectors, although specific research topics, publications, and co-author collaborations have not been detailed. No specific papers, book publications, or documented fields and subfields of study are provided in the available data.

Best Publications

  • Sulfolobus : A new genus of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria living at low pH and high temperature

    Thomas D. Brock;Thomas D. Brock;Katherine M. Brock;Katherine M. Brock;Robert T. Belly;Robert T. Belly;Richard L. Weiss;Richard L. Weiss

  • Thermophilic microorganisms and life at high temperatures

    Thomas D. Brock

  • Thermus aquaticus gen. n. and sp. n., a Nonsporulating Extreme Thermophile

    Thomas D. Brock;Hudson Freeze

  • Life at high temperatures

    Thomas D. Brock

  • Biotechnology: A Textbook of Industrial Microbiology

    Wulf Crueger;Anneliese Crueger;Thomas D. Brock

  • Characterization of an acetate-decarboxylating, non-hydrogen-oxidizing methane bacterium.

    Alexander J. B. Zehnder;Beat A. Huser;Thomas D. Brock;Karl Wuhrmann

  • Calculating solar radiation for ecological studies

    Thomas D. Brock

  • Life at High Temperatures: Evolutionary, ecological, and biochemical significance of organisms living in hot springs is discussed

    Thomas D. Brock

  • A Thermophilic, Acidophilic Mycoplasma Isolated from a Coal Refuse Pile

    Gary Darland;Thomas D. Brock;William Samsonoff;S. F. Conti

  • Methane formation and methane oxidation by methanogenic bacteria.

    A J Zehnder;T D Brock

  • Ferric iron reduction by sulfur- and iron-oxidizing bacteria.

    T D Brock;J Gustafson

  • Anaerobic methane oxidation: occurrence and ecology.

    Alexander J. B. Zehnder;Thomas D. Brock

  • Lower pH limit for the existence of blue-green algae: evolutionary and ecological implications.

    Thomas D. Brock

  • Robert Koch - A Life in Medicine and Bacteriology

    Thomas D. Brock

  • Thermophiles : general, molecular, and applied microbiology

    Thomas D. Brock

  • Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Hypersaline Environments

    David M. Ward;T. D. Brock

  • Siliceous Algal and Bacterial Stromatolites in Hot Spring and Geyser Effluents of Yellowstone National Park

    Malcolm R. Walter;John Bauld;Thomas D. Brock

  • The study of microorganisms in situ progress and problems

    T D Brock

  • Principles of Microbial Ecology

    Thomas D. Brock

  • Effect of temperature on blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) in lake mendota.

    Allan Konopka;Thomas D. Brock

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen H. Zinder
Stephen H. Zinder Cornell University
Alexander J. B. Zehnder
Alexander J. B. Zehnder Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
David C. White
David C. White University of Tennessee at Knoxville
David M. Ward
David M. Ward Montana State University
Hudson H. Freeze
Hudson H. Freeze Discovery Institute
Donald E. Weller
Donald E. Weller Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Malcolm R. Walter
Malcolm R. Walter University of New South Wales

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