Jim C. Spain

14.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
199 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Jim C. Spain is a scholar working on Pollution, Molecular Biology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim C. Spain has authored 199 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 138 papers in Pollution, 66 papers in Molecular Biology and 45 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Jim C. Spain's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (105 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (51 papers) and Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (34 papers). Jim C. Spain is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (105 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (51 papers) and Chemical Reactions and Isotopes (34 papers). Jim C. Spain collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Jim C. Spain's co-authors include Shirley F. Nishino, B E Haigler, David T. Gibson, Hans‐Joachim Knackmuss, Nicholas V. Coleman, Joseph B. Hughes, Heather R. Luckarift, Jalal Hawari, Zhongqi He and Peter A. Van Veld and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Jim C. Spain

197 papers receiving 9.8k 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.

BIODEGRADATION OF NITROAROMATIC COMPOUNDS

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Hans‐Joachim Knackmuss Germany

David T. Gibson United States

Lawrence P. Wackett United States

Jalal Hawari Canada

Christof Holliger Switzerland

Kathrin Fenner Switzerland

Dick B. Janssen Netherlands

Lorenz Adrian Germany

Frank E. Löffler United States

Rebecca E. Parales United States

Hans‐Joachim Knackmuss Germany

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jim C. Spain

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jim C. Spain

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Lomheim, Line, Stephen J. Kraus, E. Erin Mack, et al.. (2025). Dehalobacter Dechlorinates Dichloroanilines and Contributes to the Natural Attenuation of Dichloronitrobenzenes at a Complex Industrial Site. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(29). 15251–15260. 1 indexed citations

Lomheim, Line, et al.. (2024). Compound-Specific Carbon, Nitrogen, and Hydrogen Isotope Analysis to Characterize Aerobic Biodegradation of 2,3-Dichloroaniline by a Mixed Enrichment Culture. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(27). 12042–12050. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Shuting, et al.. (2024). Discovery of the 1-naphthylamine biodegradation pathway reveals a broad-substrate-spectrum enzyme catalyzing 1-naphthylamine glutamylation. eLife. 13. 3 indexed citations

Kurt, Zöhre, Yi Qu, & Jim C. Spain. (2023). Novel catabolic pathway for 4-Nitroaniline in a Rhodococcus sp. strain JS360. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 454. 131473–131473. 4 indexed citations

Lomheim, Line, et al.. (2023). Strategies for Bioremediation of Soil from an Industrial Site Exposed to Chlorinated and Nitroaromatic Compounds. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation. 43(3). 108–120. 7 indexed citations

Blotevogel, Jens, et al.. (2021). Real‐Time Remediation Performance Monitoring with ORP Sensors. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation. 41(3). 27–28. 4 indexed citations

Karthikeyan, Smruthi, Luis M. Rodriguez‐R, Minjae Kim, et al.. (2019). “ Candidatus Macondimonas diazotrophica”, a novel gammaproteobacterial genus dominating crude-oil-contaminated coastal sediments. The ISME Journal. 13(8). 2129–2134. 28 indexed citations

Spain, Jim C., et al.. (2019). Characterization of endophytic bacterial communities within greenhouse and field-grown rhizomes of three rare pitcher plant species (Sarracenia oreophila, S. leucophylla, and S. purpurea spp. venosa) with an emphasis on nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Plant and Soil. 447(1-2). 257–279. 9 indexed citations

Ulrich, Bridget A., et al.. (2018). Different Mechanisms of Alkaline and Enzymatic Hydrolysis of the Insensitive Munition Component 2,4-Dinitroanisole Lead to Identical Products. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 5(7). 456–461. 13 indexed citations

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Mundle, Scott O. C., Jim C. Spain, Georges Lacrampe‐Couloume, Shirley F. Nishino, & Barbara Sherwood Lollar. (2017). Branched pathways in the degradation of cDCE by cytochrome P450 in Polaromonas sp. JS666. The Science of The Total Environment. 605-606. 99–105. 7 indexed citations

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Agniswamy, Johnson, Hongling Yuan, Rudy Pelicaen, et al.. (2014). The Combined Structural and Kinetic Characterization of a Bacterial Nitronate Monooxygenase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Establishes NMO Class I and II. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 289(34). 23764–23775. 32 indexed citations

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Francis, Kevin, et al.. (2013). The biochemistry of the metabolic poison propionate 3‐nitronate and its conjugate acid, 3‐nitropropionate. IUBMB Life. 65(9). 759–768. 60 indexed citations

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Parry, Ronald J., Shirley F. Nishino, & Jim C. Spain. (2010). Naturally-occurring nitro compounds. Natural Product Reports. 28(1). 152–167. 134 indexed citations

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Nishino, Shirley F. & Jim C. Spain. (2006). Biodegradation of 3-Nitrotyrosine by Burkholderia sp. Strain JS165 and Variovorax paradoxus JS171. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72(2). 1040–1044. 33 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jian‐Shen, Jim C. Spain, Sonia Thiboutot, et al.. (2004). Phylogeny of cyclic nitramine-degrading psychrophilic bacteria in marine sediment and their potential role in the natural attenuation of explosives. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 49(3). 349–357. 49 indexed citations

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Luckarift, Heather R., Lloyd J. Nadeau, & Jim C. Spain. (2004). Continuous synthesis of aminophenols from nitroaromatic compounds by combination of metal and biocatalyst. Chemical Communications. 383–383. 31 indexed citations

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Naik, Rajesh R., Melanie M. Tomczak, Heather R. Luckarift, Jim C. Spain, & Morley O. Stone. (2004). Entrapment of enzymes and nanoparticles using biomimetically synthesized silicaElectronic supplementary information (ESI) available: biosilicification reaction, enzyme assays, encapsulation of iron oxide. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/b4/b404586f/This work was funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.. Chemical Communications. 1684–1684. 100 indexed citations

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Paquet, Louise, et al.. (2003). Mechanism of xanthine oxidase catalyzed biotransformation of HMX under anaerobic conditions. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 306(2). 509–515. 29 indexed citations

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Coleman, Nicholas V., Jim C. Spain, & T. Duxbury. (2002). Evidence that RDX biodegradation by Rhodococcus strain DN22 is plasmid-borne and involves a cytochrome p-450. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 93(3). 463–472. 46 indexed citations

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Nadeau, Lloyd J., Gary S. Sayler, & Jim C. Spain. (1998). Oxidation of 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) by Alcaligenes eutrophus A5. Archives of Microbiology. 171(1). 44–49. 24 indexed citations

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