个人简历

Professor Barrie Johnson leads a large international research group researching into various aspects of metal-microbe interactions, most specifically using micro-organisms that live in extremely acidic environments (acidophiles). He has isolated and characterized many new species of bacteria, some of which are being used in novel bio-processing systems for extracting metals from ores (

近期论文

Johnson, DB. Biomining – biotechnologies for extracting and recovering metals from ores and waste materials. Curent Opinion in Biotechnology.
Johnson, DB and Aguilera, A (2014) The Microbiology of Extremely Acidic Environments. In, Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 4th Edition. American Society of Microbiology Press.
Blowes, DW, Ptacek, CJ, Jambor, JL, Weisener, CG, Paktunc, D, Gould, WD and Johnson, DB. (2013) The geochemistry of acid mine drainage. In: Treatise on Geochemistry, 2nd Edition. Elsevier (in press).
(published in January, 2014)
Johnson, DB, Hallberg, KB, Hedrich, S (2014) Uncovering a microbial enigma: isolation and characterization of the streamer-generating, iron-oxidizing acidophilic bacterium, “Ferrovum myxofaciens”. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 80(2):672-680.
Falagan, C., Sanchez-Espana, J and Johnson DB. (2014) New insights into the biogeochemistry of extremely acidic environments revealed by a combined cultivation-based and culture-independent study of two stratified pit lakes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 87:231-243. DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12218
Hedrich, S. and Johnson, D. B. (2013) Acidithiobacillus ferridurans, sp. nov.; an acidophilic iron- , sulfur- and hydrogen-metabolizing chemolithotrophic Gammaproteobacterium. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63:4018-4025.
Hedrich, S. and Johnson, D.B. (2103) Aerobic and anaerobic oxidation of hydrogen by acidophilic bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters 349:40-45. DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12290
Jones, R.M., Hedrich, S. and Johnson, D. B. (2013) Acidocella aromatica sp. nov.: an acidophilic heterotrophic alphaproteobacterium with unusual phenotypic traits. Extremophiles 17:841-850.
Osorio, H., Mangold, S., Denis, Y., Ňancucheo, I., Esparza, M., Johnson, D.B., Bonnefoy, V., Dopson, M., and Holmes, D.S. (2013) Anaerobic sulfur metabolism coupled to dissimilatory iron reduction in the extremophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79:2172-2181.
Kay, C.M., Rowe, O.F., Rocchetti, L., Coupland, K. Hallberg, K.B. and Johnson, D.B. (2013) Evolution of microbial “streamer” growths in an acidic, metal-contaminated stream draining an abandoned underground copper mine. Life 3:189-210; doi:10.3390/life3010189
Johnson, D.B., Grail, B.M. and Hallberg, K.B. (2013) A new direction for biomining: extraction of metals by reductive dissolution of oxidized ores. Minerals 3:49-58 (DOI:10.3390/min3010049)
Johnson, D.B. (2013) Development and application of biotechnologiesin the metal mining industry. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 11:7768-7776. DOI 10.1007/s11356-013-1482-7
Stankovic, S., Moric, I., Pavic, A., Vasiljevic, B., Johnson, D.B. and Cvetkovic, V. (2013) Investigation of the microbial diversity of an extremely acidic, metal-rich water body (lake Robule, Bor, Serbia). Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society 78:1-17. doi: 10.2298/JSC130605071S
Johnson, D.B. (2013) Biomining: an established and dynamic biotechnology. Microbiology Indonesia 6:189-193
Hedrich, S. and Johnson, D.B. (2013) Evidence for widespread dissimilatory hydrogen metabolism among acidophilic bacteria. In 'Integration of Scientific and Industrial Knowledge on Biohydrometallurgy'. Advanced Materials Research 825:202-205. Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
Hedrich, S., du Plessis, C., Mora, N. and Johnson, D.B. (2013) Reduction and complexation of copper in a novel bioreduction system developed to recover base metals from mine process waters. In 'Integration of Scientific and Industrial Knowledge on Biohydrometallurgy'. Advanced Materials Research 825:483-486. Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
Ňancucheo, I. and Johnson, D.B. (2013) Sulfate removal from extremely acidic wastewaters using consortia of acidophilic sulfate-reducing bacteria. In 'Integration of Scientific and Industrial Knowledge on Biohydrometallurgy'. Advanced Materials Research825:487-490. Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
Kay, C., Hedrich, S. and Johnson, D.B. (2013) Selective metal removal from Scandinavian mine waters using novel biomineralization technologies. In 'Integration of Scientific and Industrial Knowledge on Biohydrometallurgy'. Advanced Materials Research 825:479-482. Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
Falagán, C., Sánchez-España, F. J. and Johnson, D. B. (2013) Microbiological communities in two acidic mine pit lakes in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB), Spain. In 'Integration of Scientific and Industrial Knowledge on Biohydrometallurgy'. Advanced Materials Research 825:19-22. Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
Talla, E., Hedrich, S., Ji, B., Johnson, D.B. and Bonnefoy, V. (2013) Genome analysis of the psychrotolerant acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans CF27. In 'Integration of Scientific and Industrial Knowledge on Biohydrometallurgy'. Advanced Materials Research825:145-148. Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
Willis, G., Hedrich, S., Ñancucheo, I., Johnson, D. B. and Donati, E. (2013) Microbial diversity in acidic anaerobic sediments at the geothermal Caviahue-Copahue system, Argentina. In 'Integration of Scientific and Industrial Knowledge on Biohydrometallurgy'. Advanced Materials Research 825:7-10. Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland
Johnson, D.B. (2013) Resource receovery from waste waters: using biomineralisation for the selective recovery of metals from acid rock drainage and mine process waters. World Mining Congress Proceedings. Montreal, Canada (August 2013). Paper 803
Johnson, D.B. (2013) Using bacteria to break and make minerals in acidic liquors:industrial and environmental implications. Proceedings: Minerals for Life: Overcoming Resource Constraints. Edinburgh, June 2013, p.68.