David R. Singleton

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

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David R. Singleton is a scholar working on Pollution, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, David R. Singleton has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Pollution, 27 papers in Ecology and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in David R. Singleton's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (26 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (23 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (9 papers). David R. Singleton is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (26 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (23 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (9 papers). David R. Singleton collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and United Kingdom. David R. Singleton's co-authors include Michael D. Aitken, William B. Whitman, Michelle Furlong, Stephen L. Rathbun, David C. Coleman, Tony Gutiérrez, Avram Gold, Sabrina N. Powell, R. Sangaiah and Louise M. Ball and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

David R. Singleton

38 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Quantitative Comparisons of 16S rRNA Gene Sequence Libraries from Environmental Samples

2001 532 citations David R. Singleton, Michelle Furlong et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David R. Singleton United States	25	1.3k	1.3k	743	421	303	39	2.4k
Julian L. Fortney United States	20	1.1k 0.8×	860 0.7×	620 0.8×	221 0.5×	446 1.5×	29	2.2k
Kilian Stoecker Germany	19	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	227 0.5×	419 1.4×	30	2.8k
Jacob Bælum Denmark	23	732 0.6×	872 0.7×	509 0.7×	303 0.7×	234 0.8×	34	2.0k
Vivian H. Pellizari Brazil	28	1.4k 1.1×	636 0.5×	936 1.3×	301 0.7×	321 1.1×	88	2.8k
Lauren M. Tom United States	20	1.1k 0.8×	850 0.7×	598 0.8×	251 0.6×	369 1.2×	28	2.0k
Longfei Shu China	29	787 0.6×	635 0.5×	618 0.8×	382 0.9×	287 0.9×	87	2.3k
David A. Stahl United States	24	1.3k 1.0×	738 0.6×	881 1.2×	239 0.6×	569 1.9×	44	2.4k
Maria Tourna Greece	16	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	492 0.7×	167 0.4×	341 1.1×	19	2.0k
Kerry Walsh United Kingdom	13	1.1k 0.8×	595 0.5×	701 0.9×	364 0.9×	122 0.4×	28	2.1k
Laura E. Lehtovirta‐Morley United Kingdom	20	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	618 0.8×	176 0.4×	369 1.2×	35	2.2k

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Granek, Joshua A., et al.. (2024). Advances in Graduate Training in Integrative Bioinformatics for Investigating and Engineering Microbiomes (IBIEM). Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 1 indexed citations

Jordan, Maria C., et al.. (2023). Bacterial benz(a)anthracene catabolic networks in contaminated soils and their modulation by other co-occurring HMW-PAHs. Environmental Pollution. 328. 121624–121624. 9 indexed citations

Singleton, David R., et al.. (2022). Identifying bioaugmentation candidates for bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in contaminated estuarine sediment of the Elizabeth River, VA, USA. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 106(4). 1715–1727. 9 indexed citations

Jayasundara, Nishad, David R. Singleton, Richard T. Di Giulio, et al.. (2021). The role of gut microbial community and metabolomic shifts in adaptive resistance of Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. The Science of The Total Environment. 776. 145955–145955. 24 indexed citations

Aitken, Michael D., et al.. (2016). Description of Immundisolibacter cernigliae gen. nov., sp. nov., a high-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium within the class Gammaproteobacteria, and proposal of Immundisolibacterales ord. nov. and Immundisolibacteraceae fam. nov.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 67(4). 925–931. 54 indexed citations

Singleton, David R., et al.. (2016). Improving Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biodegradation in Contaminated Soil Through Low-Level Surfactant Addition After Conventional Bioremediation. Environmental Engineering Science. 33(9). 659–670. 17 indexed citations

Singleton, David R., et al.. (2013). Biostimulation Reveals Functional Redundancy of Anthracene-Degrading Bacteria in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soil. Environmental Engineering Science. 30(11). 697–705. 15 indexed citations

Gutiérrez, Tony, David R. Singleton, David Berry, et al.. (2013). Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria enriched by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill identified by cultivation and DNA-SIP. The ISME Journal. 7(11). 2091–2104. 219 indexed citations

Richardson, Stephen D., et al.. (2012). Long-term simulation of in situ biostimulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. Biodegradation. 23(4). 621–633. 7 indexed citations

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Singleton, David R., et al.. (2012). Pyrosequence analyses of bacterial communities during simulated in situ bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 97(18). 8381–8391. 42 indexed citations

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Singleton, David R., Jing Hu, & Michael D. Aitken. (2012). Heterologous Expression of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Ring-Hydroxylating Dioxygenase Genes from a Novel Pyrene-Degrading Betaproteobacterium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78(10). 3552–3559. 41 indexed citations

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Singleton, David R., et al.. (2011). Stable‐isotope probing of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon‐degrading bacterial guild in a contaminated soil. Environmental Microbiology. 13(10). 2623–2632. 93 indexed citations

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Singleton, David R., Stephen D. Richardson, & Michael D. Aitken. (2011). Pyrosequence analysis of bacterial communities in aerobic bioreactors treating polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil. Biodegradation. 22(6). 1061–1073. 51 indexed citations

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Singleton, David R., et al.. (2009). Characterization of a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Degradation Gene Cluster in a Phenanthrene-Degrading Acidovorax Strain. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(9). 2613–2620. 110 indexed citations

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Aitken, Michael D., et al.. (2007). Inactivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 during thermophilic anaerobic digestion of manure from dairy cattle. Water Research. 41(8). 1659–1666. 38 indexed citations

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Singleton, David R., Stephen D. Richardson, & Michael D. Aitken. (2007). Effects of enrichment with phthalate on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation in contaminated soil. Biodegradation. 19(4). 577–587. 24 indexed citations

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Singleton, David R., et al.. (2006). Stable-isotope probing with multiple growth substrates to determine substrate specificity of uncultivated bacteria. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 69(1). 180–187. 46 indexed citations

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Singleton, David R., Michelle Furlong, Aaron D. Peacock, et al.. (2003). Solirubrobacter pauli gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium within the Rubrobacteridae related to common soil clones. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 53(2). 485–490. 56 indexed citations

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Singleton, David R. & R. Given Harper. (1998). Bacteria in old house wrent nests. Journal of Field Ornithology. 69(1). 71–74. 40 indexed citations

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Singleton, David R.. (1986). Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum Co., 493 A.2d 946 (Del. 1985). Florida State University law review. 14(2). 301–317. 2 indexed citations

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