Journals Articles (Refereed)

Crespo-Medina, M., Chatziefthimiou, A., Cruz-Matos R., Perez-Rodriguez, I., Barkay, T., Lutz, R. A., Starovoytov, V., and Vetriani, C. Salinisphaera hydrothermalis sp. nov, a mesophilic, halotolerant, facultative autotrophic, thiosulfate oxidizing “gammaproteobacterium” from deep-sea hydrothermal vents, and emended description of the genus Salinisphaera. Intl. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 59:1480-1486.

Crespo-Medina, M., Chatziefthimiou, A.D., Bloom, N.S., Luther, G.W, Wright, D.D., Reinfelder, J.R., Vetriani, C., and Barkay, T. (2008). Adaptation of Chemosynthetic Bacteria to Elevated Mercury Concentrations in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents. Limnol. Ocean. 54:41-49.

Lutz, R.A., Shank, T.M., Luther, G.W., Vetriani, C., Tolstoy, M., Nuzzio, D.B., Moore, T.S., Waldauser, F., Crespo-Medina, M., Chatziefthimiou, A., Annis, E.R., and Reed, A.J. (2008). Interrelationships between vent fluid chemistry, temperature, seismic activity and biological community structure at a deep-sea hydrothermal vent along the East Pacific Rise. Journal of Shellfish Research 27:177-190.

Chatziefthimiou, A.D., Crespo-Medina, M., Wang, Y., Vetriani, C., and Barkay, T. (2007) The isolation and initial characterization of mercury resistant chemolithotrophic and thermophilic bacteria from mercury rich geothermal springs. Extremophiles 11:469-479.

Conference Proceedings

Vetriani, C., Barkay, T., Borin, S., Crespo-Medina, M., Cruz, R., Luther, G.W., Perez, I., and Voordeckers, J.W. Microbial colonization of post eruptive vents on the EPR at 9°N. Ridge 2000 meeting: Mantle to Microbe: Integrated Studies at Oceanic Spreading Centers, Portland, OR, March 25-28, 2008.

Crespo-Medina, M., Bloom, N., Chatziefthimiou, A., Luther, G.W., Reinfelder, J., Vetriani, C. and Barkay, T. Microbe-Mercury Interactions at Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents from the East Pacific Rise at 9ºN. 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL, March 2-7, 2008. Winner of the Ocean Sciences Award of Recognition.

Crespo-Medina, M., Cuebas. M., Borin, S., Luther, G.W., Waite, T., Barkay. T., and Vetriani, C. Isolation and Partial Characterization of Aerobic Chemosynthetic Thiosulfate Oxidizing Bacteria from Diffuse Flow Hydrothermal Vents on the East Pacific Rise. InterRidge Theoretical Institute Workshop: Biogeochemical Interactions at Deep-Sea Vents, Woods Hole, MA, September 10-14, 2007.

Crespo-Medina, M., Cuebas. M., Borin, S., Luther, G.W., Waite, T., Barkay. T., and Vetriani, C. Isolation and Partial Characterization of Aerobic Chemosynthetic Thiosulfate Oxidizing Bacteria from Diffuse Flow Hydrothermal Vents on the East Pacific Rise. 107th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Toronto, Canada, May 21-25, 2007.

Vetriani, C., Voordeckers, J., and Crespo-Medina, M. Detection of the periplasmic nitrate reductase (NapA) in thermophilic, chemolithoautotrophic Epsilonproteobacteria and in deep-sea hydrothermal vent microbial communities. Extremophiles 2006, Brest, France, September 17-21, 2006.

Crespo-Medina, M., Bloom, N., Chatziefthimiou, A., Reinfelder, J., Vetriani, C., and Barkay, T. Interactions of Chemosynthetic Bacteria with Mercury at Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents. International Conference: “Mercury as a Global Pollutant”, Madison, WI, August 6-11, 2006.

Voordeckers, J.W., Crespo-Medina, M., and Vetriani, C. Detection and Diversity of the Periplasmic Nitrate Reductase (NapA) in Epsilonproteobacteria and Natural Microbial Communities in Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vents. 106th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Orlando, FL, May 21-25, 2006.

Crespo-Medina, M., Barkay, T., and Vetriani, C. Mercuric Reductase Enzymes from Mesophilic Bacteria are Optimally Active at a Moderately Thermophilic to Thermophilic Temperature Range. Extremophiles 2004, American Society of Microbiology, Cambridge, MD, September 19-23, 2004.