Frank Caccavo

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Frank Caccavo is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Caccavo has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Environmental Engineering, 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Frank Caccavo's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (20 papers), Radioactive element chemistry and processing (9 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (7 papers). Frank Caccavo is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (20 papers), Radioactive element chemistry and processing (9 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (7 papers). Frank Caccavo collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Denmark. Frank Caccavo's co-authors include Derek R. Lovley, David E. Cummings, Ravid Rosenzweig, Michael J. McInerney, Debra J. Lonergan, John F. Stolz, Michael J. Davis, Scott Fendorf, Louis S. Tisa and Charles E. Turick and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Corrosion Science.

In The Last Decade

Frank Caccavo

34 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

Geobacter sulfurreducens sp. nov., a hydrogen- and acetat... 1994 2026 2004 2015 1994 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Geobacter sulfurreducens sp. nov., a hydrogen- and acetate-oxidizing dissimilatory metal-reducing microorganism
    1994 719 citations Frank Caccavo, Debra J. Lonergan et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →

Peers

Frank Caccavo
Steve Goodwin United States
Jeanine S. Geelhoed Netherlands
Violaine Bonnefoy France
Anna Obraztsova United States
Maddalena V. Coppi United States
Dawn E. Holmes United States
Johannes Gescher Germany
Patricia J.S. Colberg United States
Oona Snoeyenbos-West United States
Chad Saltikov United States
Steve Goodwin United States
Frank Caccavo
Citations per year, relative to Frank Caccavo Frank Caccavo (= 1×) peers Steve Goodwin

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Caccavo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Caccavo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Caccavo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Frank Caccavo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Frank Caccavo based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Frank Caccavo. Frank Caccavo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Caccavo, Frank. (2011). An Open-Ended, Inquiry-Based Approach to Environmental Microbiology. The American Biology Teacher. 73(9). 521–525. 5 indexed citations
2.
Caccavo, Frank. (2008). The Biology of HIV/AIDS: A Case Study in Community Engagement. The American Biology Teacher. 70(6). 333–335. 1 indexed citations
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Turick, Charles E., Frank Caccavo, & Louis S. Tisa. (2003). Electron transfer fromShewanella algaeBrY to hydrous ferric oxide is mediated by cell-associated melanin. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 220(1). 99–104. 52 indexed citations
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Turick, Charles E., Louis S. Tisa, & Frank Caccavo. (2002). Melanin Production and Use as a Soluble Electron Shuttle for Fe(III) Oxide Reduction and as a Terminal Electron Acceptor by Shewanella algae BrY. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68(5). 2436–2444. 175 indexed citations
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Nyman, Jennifer, Frank Caccavo, Al B. Cunningham, & Robin Gerlach. (2002). Biogeochemical Elimination of Chromium (VI) from Contaminated Water. Bioremediation Journal. 6(1). 39–55. 36 indexed citations
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Das, A. & Frank Caccavo. (2001). Adhesion of the Dissimilatory Fe(III)-Reducing Bacterium Shewanella alga BrY to Crystalline Fe(III) Oxides. Current Microbiology. 42(3). 151–154. 17 indexed citations
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Caccavo, Frank. (2001). Teaching Introductory Microbiology with Active Learning. The American Biology Teacher. 63(3). 172–175. 7 indexed citations
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Caccavo, Frank. (2001). Teaching Introductory Microbiology with Active Learning. The American Biology Teacher. 63(3). 172–174. 1 indexed citations
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Das, A. & Frank Caccavo. (2000). Dissimilatory Fe(III) Oxide Reduction by Shewanella alga BrY Requires Adhesion. Current Microbiology. 40(5). 344–347. 33 indexed citations
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Gerlach, Robin, Al B. Cunningham, & Frank Caccavo. (2000). Dissimilatory Iron-Reducing Bacteria Can Influence the Reduction of Carbon Tetrachloride by Iron Metal. Environmental Science & Technology. 34(12). 2461–2464. 77 indexed citations
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Caccavo, Frank. (1999). Protein-Mediated Adhesion of the Dissimilatory Fe(III)-Reducing Bacterium Shewanella alga BrY to Hydrous Ferric Oxide. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65(11). 5017–5022. 34 indexed citations
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Cummings, David E., Frank Caccavo, Stefan Spring, & Ravid Rosenzweig. (1999). Ferribacterium limneticum , gen. nov., sp. nov., an Fe(III)-reducing microorganism isolated from mining-impacted freshwater lake sediments. Archives of Microbiology. 171(3). 183–188. 118 indexed citations
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Gorby, Yuri A., Frank Caccavo, & H. Bolton. (1998). Microbial Reduction of CobaltIIIEDTA- in the Presence and Absence of Manganese(IV) Oxide. Environmental Science & Technology. 32(2). 244–250. 53 indexed citations
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Caccavo, Frank, John D. Coates, Ramon Rosselló‐Móra, et al.. (1996). Geovibrio ferrireducens , a phylogenetically distinct dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium. Archives of Microbiology. 165(6). 370–376. 108 indexed citations
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Caccavo, Frank, et al.. (1996). Deflocculation of Activated Sludge by the Dissimilatory Fe(III)-Reducing Bacterium Shewanella alga BrY. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 62(4). 1487–1490. 47 indexed citations
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Caccavo, Frank, Niels B. Ramsing, & J. W. Costerton. (1996). Morphological and metabolic responses to starvation by the dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium Shewanella alga BrY. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 62(12). 4678–4682. 36 indexed citations
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Knight, Victoria K., et al.. (1996). Synergistic iron reduction and citrate dissimilation by Shewanella alga and Aeromonas veronii. Archives of Microbiology. 166(4). 269–274. 13 indexed citations
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Caccavo, Frank & Michael J. McInerney. (1995). Cr(VI) resistance and reduction in Shewanella alga, strain bry. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 3 indexed citations
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Caccavo, Frank, Debra J. Lonergan, Derek R. Lovley, et al.. (1994). Geobacter sulfurreducens sp. nov., a hydrogen- and acetate-oxidizing dissimilatory metal-reducing microorganism. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 60(10). 3752–3759. 719 indexed citations breakdown →
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Caccavo, Frank, Richard P. Blakemore, & Derek R. Lovley. (1992). A Hydrogen-Oxidizing, Fe(III)-Reducing Microorganism from the Great Bay Estuary, New Hampshire. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 58(10). 3211–3216. 207 indexed citations

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