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Tommy J. Phelps is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States and has a research focus primarily within Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Surgery, Molecular Biology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The research conducted by Tommy J. Phelps involves key topics such as:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Several publication venues are frequently associated with their work, including:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • ARPHA Conference Abstracts
  • Technology & Innovation

Prominent coauthors contributing alongside Tommy J. Phelps include:

  • Chuanlun Zhang
  • Tingting Zhang
  • Xi Xiao
  • Songze Chen
  • Zongheng Chen

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Tommy J. Phelps consist of:

  • "The Evolution Pathway of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Shaped by Major Geological Events," 2021, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Active Anaerobic Archaeal Methanotrophs in Recently Emerged Cold Seeps of Northern South China Sea," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Impact of Terrestrial Input on Deep-Sea Benthic Archaeal Community Structure in South China Sea Sediments," 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Corrigendum: Active Anaerobic Archaeal Methanotrophs in Recently Emerged Cold Seeps of Northern South China Sea," 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Microbial Diversity, Biomass, and Community Structure Differences among Restored and Natural Saltwater Marshes, Louisiana," 2023, ARPHA Conference Abstracts

Best Publications

  • Effects of engineered cerium oxide nanoparticles on bacterial growth and viability.

    Dale A. Pelletier;Anil K. Suresh;Gregory A. Holton;Catherine K. McKeown

  • Biogeochemical dynamics in zero-valent iron columns: implications for permeable reactive barriers

    B. Gu;T. J. Phelps;L. Liang;M. J. Dickey

  • Biofabrication of discrete spherical gold nanoparticles using the metal-reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis.

    Anil K Suresh;Dale A Pelletier;Wei Wang;Michael L Broich

  • Potential environmental issues of CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers: Geochemical results from the Frio-I Brine Pilot test, Texas, USA

    Yousif K. Kharaka;James J. Thordsen;Susan D. Hovorka;H. Seay Nance

  • Pore‐size constraints on the activity and survival of subsurface bacteria in a late cretaceous shale‐sandstone sequence, northwestern New Mexico

    J. K. Fredrickson;J. P. McKinley;B. N. Bjornstad;P. E. Long

  • Microbial synthesis and the characterization of metal-substituted magnetites

    Y Roh;R.J Lauf;A.D McMillan;C Zhang

  • Gas Metabolism Evidence in Support of the Juxtaposition of Hydrogen-Producing and Methanogenic Bacteria in Sewage Sludge and Lake Sediments

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  • Isolation and Characterization of Metal-Reducing Thermoanaerobacter Strains from Deep Subsurface Environments of the Piceance Basin, Colorado

    Yul Roh;Shi V. Liu;Guangshan Li;Heshu Huang

  • BIOGEOCHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN Fe BIOMINERALIZATION: MAGNETITE AND SIDERITE FORMATION

    Y. Roh;C.-L. Zhang;H. Vali;R. J. Lauf

  • Thermophilic Fe(III)-Reducing Bacteria from the Deep Subsurface: The Evolutionary Implications

    Shi V. Liu;Jizhong Zhou;Jizhong Zhou;Chuanlun Zhang;Chuanlun Zhang;David R. Cole;David R. Cole

  • Monodispersed biocompatible silver sulfide nanoparticles: facile extracellular biosynthesis using the γ-proteobacterium, Shewanella oneidensis.

    Anil K. Suresh;Mitchel J. Doktycz;Wei Wang;Ji-Won Moon

  • Thermodynamics of H2-consuming and H2-producing metabolic reactions in diverse methanogenic environments under in situ conditions

    Ralf Conrad;Bernhard Schink;Tommy Joe Phelps

  • Microbes in thawing permafrost: the unknown variable in the climate change equation

    David E Graham;Matthew D Wallenstein;Tatiana A Vishnivetskaya;Tatiana A Vishnivetskaya;Mark P Waldrop

  • Microbial activities in deep subsurface environments

    T.J. Phelps;E.G. Raione;D.C. White;C.B. Fliermans

  • Aerobic Mineralization of Trichloroethylene, Vinyl Chloride, and Aromatic Compounds by Rhodococcus Species

    K. J. Malachowsky;T. J. Phelps;T. J. Phelps;A. B. Teboli;D. E. Minnikin

  • Metal reduction and iron biomineralization by a psychrotolerant Fe(III)-reducing bacterium, Shewanella sp. strain PV-4

    Yul Roh;Haichun Gao;Haichun Gao;Hojatollah Vali;David W. Kennedy

  • Gas Production from Hydrate-Bearing Sediments: The Role of Fine Particles

    J. W. Jung;J. Jang;J. C. Santamarina;C. Tsouris

  • Methods for recovery of deep terrestrial subsurface sediments for microbiological studies

    T.J. Phelps;C.B. Fliermans;T.R. Garland;S.M. Pfiffner

  • FORMATION OF SINGLE-DOMAIN MAGNETITE BY A THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM

    Chuanlun Zhang;Hojatollah Vali;Christopher S. Romanek;Tommy J. Phelps

  • Estimates of Biogenic Methane Production Rates in Deep Marine Sediments at Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin

    F. S. Colwell;F. S. Colwell;S. Boyd;S. Boyd;M. E. Delwiche;D. W. Reed

  • Microorganisms from deep, high temperature sandstones: constraints on microbial colonization

    F.S Colwell;T.C Onstott;M.E Delwiche;D Chandler

  • Large-scale production of magnetic nanoparticles using bacterial fermentation

    Ji-Won Moon;Claudia J Rawn;Adam J Rondinone;Lonnie J Love

  • Indigenous and contaminant microbes in ultradeep mines.

    T. C. Onstott;Duane P. Moser;Susan M. Pfiffner;Jim K. Fredrickson

  • Reduction of Iron Oxides Enhanced by a Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium and Biogenic H2S

    Yi-Liang Li;Hojatollah Vali;John Yang;Tommy J. Phelps

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan M. Pfiffner
Susan M. Pfiffner University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Tullis C. Onstott
Tullis C. Onstott Princeton University
Anthony V. Palumbo
Anthony V. Palumbo Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Chuanlun L. Zhang
Chuanlun L. Zhang Southern University of Science and Technology
David E. Graham
David E. Graham Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
David C. White
David C. White University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Ilia N. Ivanov
Ilia N. Ivanov Oak Ridge National Laboratory
James K. Fredrickson
James K. Fredrickson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya
Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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