Zarath M. Summers

4.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
21 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Zarath M. Summers is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Ecology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zarath M. Summers has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Environmental Engineering, 8 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Zarath M. Summers's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (13 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (5 papers). Zarath M. Summers is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (13 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (8 papers) and Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (5 papers). Zarath M. Summers collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Japan. Zarath M. Summers's co-authors include Derek R. Lovley, Ashley E. Franks, Kelly P. Nevin, Trevor L. Woodard, Nikhil S. Malvankar, Ching Leang, Amelia‐Elena Rotaru, Jianhong Ou, Sarah A. Hensley and Oona Snoeyenbos-West and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Zarath M. Summers

21 papers receiving 3.3k citations

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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.

Direct Exchange of Electrons Within Aggregates of an Evolved Syntrophic Coculture of Anaerobic Bacteria

2010 805 citations Zarath M. Summers, Ching Leang et al. Science profile →
Microbial Electrosynthesis: Feeding Microbes Electricity To Convert Carbon Dioxide and Water to Multicarbon Extracellular Organic Compounds

2010 796 citations Kelly P. Nevin, Trevor L. Woodard et al. mBio profile →
Electrosynthesis of Organic Compounds from Carbon Dioxide Is Catalyzed by a Diversity of Acetogenic Microorganisms

2011 545 citations Kelly P. Nevin, Ashley E. Franks et al. Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →
Potential for Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer in Methanogenic Wastewater Digester Aggregates

2011 471 citations Masahiko Morita, Nikhil S. Malvankar et al. mBio profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Adaptation Strategies to High Hydrostatic Pressures in Pseudothermotoga species Revealed by Transcriptional Analyses 2023 ·Microorganisms ·Romain Fenouil, Nathalie Pradel, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wajdi Ben Hania, Yann Denis, Marc Garel, Christian Tamburini, Bernard Ollivier, Zarath M. Summers, Fabrice Armougom, Alain Dolla	3
2	Metagenomic views of microbial dynamics influenced by hydrocarbon seepage in sediments of the Gulf of Mexico 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·Rui Zhao, Zarath M. Summers, Glenn D. Christman, (unknown), Jennifer F. Biddle	24
3	Responses to the Hydrostatic Pressure of Surface and Subsurface Strains of Pseudothermotoga elfii Revealing the Piezophilic Nature of the Strain Originating From an Oil-Producing Well 2020 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·(unknown), Nathalie Pradel, (unknown), Marc Garel, (unknown), Fabrice Armougom, Romain Fenouil, Christian Tamburini, Bernard Ollivier, Zarath M. Summers, Alain Dolla	13
4	Methanogens Within a High Salinity Oil Reservoir From the Gulf of Mexico 2020 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Glenn D. Christman, Rosa León‐Zayas, Zarath M. Summers, Jennifer F. Biddle	9
5	Evidence of sporulation capability of the ubiquitous oil reservoir microbeHalanaerobium congolense 2020 ·Geomicrobiology Journal ·(unknown), Giovanni Pilloni, Joshua T. Claypool, António R. C. Paiva, Zarath M. Summers	7
6	Novel clostridial lineages recovered from metagenomes of a hot oil reservoir 2020 ·Scientific Reports ·Glenn D. Christman, Rosa León‐Zayas, Rui Zhao, Zarath M. Summers, Jennifer F. Biddle	14
7	Draft Genome Sequence of Pseudarthrobacter sp. Strain ATCC 49442 (Formerly Micrococcus luteus), a Pyridine-Degrading Bacterium 2020 ·Microbiology Resource Announcements ·Nidhi Gupta, Kelly Skinner, Zarath M. Summers, Janaka N. Edirisinghe, Pamela Weisenhorn, José P. Faria, C. W. Marshall, Anukriti Sharma, Neil Gottel, Jack A. Gilbert, Christopher S. Henry, Edward J. O’Loughlin	2
8	Draft Genome Sequence of Rhodococcus sp. Strain ATCC 49988, a Quinoline-Degrading Bacterium 2019 ·Microbiology Resource Announcements ·Nidhi Gupta, Kelly Skinner, Zarath M. Summers, Janaka N. Edirisinghe, José P. Faria, C. W. Marshall, Anukriti Sharma, Neil Gottel, Jack A. Gilbert, Christopher S. Henry, Edward J. O’Loughlin	5
9	Towards a congruent reclassification and nomenclature of the thermophilic species of the genus Pseudothermotoga within the order Thermotogales 2018 ·Systematic and Applied Microbiology ·(unknown), Zarath M. Summers, Marie‐Laure Fardeau, Manon Joseph, Christian Tamburini, Alain Dolla, Bernard Ollivier, Fabrice Armougom	11
10	Isolation and Genomic Characterization of ‘Desulfuromonas soudanensis WTL’, a Metal- and Electrode-Respiring Bacterium from Anoxic Deep Subsurface Brine 2016 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Jonathan P. Badalamenti, Zarath M. Summers, Chi Ho Chan, Jeffrey A. Gralnick, Daniel R. Bond	51
11	Transcriptomic and Genetic Analysis of Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer 2013 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Pravin Malla Shrestha, Amelia‐Elena Rotaru, Zarath M. Summers, Minita Shrestha, Fanghua Liu, Derek R. Lovley	160
12	Syntrophic growth with direct interspecies electron transfer as the primary mechanism for energy exchange 2013 ·Environmental Microbiology Reports ·Pravin Malla Shrestha, Amelia‐Elena Rotaru, Muktak Aklujkar, Fanghua Liu, Minita Shrestha, Zarath M. Summers, Nikhil S. Malvankar, (unknown), Derek R. Lovley	112
13	Cultivation of an Obligate Fe(II)-Oxidizing Lithoautotrophic Bacterium Using Electrodes 2013 ·mBio ·Zarath M. Summers, Jeffrey A. Gralnick, Daniel R. Bond	78
14	Interspecies Electron Transfer via Hydrogen and Formate Rather than Direct Electrical Connections in Cocultures of Pelobacter carbinolicus and Geobacter sulfurreducens 2012 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Amelia‐Elena Rotaru, Pravin Malla Shrestha, Fanghua Liu, Toshiyuki Ueki, Kelly Nevin, Zarath M. Summers, Derek R. Lovley	123
15	Evidence for cell-to-cell electron transfer in anaerobic wastewater aggregates. 2011 ·University of Southern Denmark Research Portal (University of Southern Denmark) ·Masahiko Morita, Nikhil S. Malvankar, Ashley E. Franks, Zarath M. Summers, Ludovic Giloteaux, Amelia‐Elena Rotaru, Camelia Rotaru, (unknown), Derek R. Lovley	1
16	Laboratory evolution of Geobacter sulfurreducens for enhanced growth on lactate via a single-base-pair substitution in a transcriptional regulator 2011 ·The ISME Journal ·Zarath M. Summers, Toshiyuki Ueki, Wael Ismail, Shelley A. Haveman, Derek R. Lovley	31
17	Potential for Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer in Methanogenic Wastewater Digester Aggregates breakdown → 2011 ·mBio ·Masahiko Morita, Nikhil S. Malvankar, Ashley E. Franks, Zarath M. Summers, Ludovic Giloteaux, Amelia‐Elena Rotaru, Camelia Rotaru, Derek R. Lovley	471
18	Direct Exchange of Electrons Within Aggregates of an Evolved Syntrophic Coculture of Anaerobic Bacteria breakdown → 2010 ·Science ·Zarath M. Summers, (unknown), Ching Leang, Ashley E. Franks, Nikhil S. Malvankar, Derek R. Lovley	805
19	A c‐type cytochrome and a transcriptional regulator responsible for enhanced extracellular electron transfer in Geobacter sulfurreducens revealed by adaptive evolution 2010 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Pier‐Luc Tremblay, Zarath M. Summers, Sarah M. Glaven, Kelly P. Nevin, Karsten Zengler, Christian Barrett, Yu Qiu, Bernhard Ø. Palsson, Derek R. Lovley	80
20	Microbial Electrosynthesis: Feeding Microbes Electricity To Convert Carbon Dioxide and Water to Multicarbon Extracellular Organic Compounds breakdown → 2010 ·mBio ·Kelly P. Nevin, Trevor L. Woodard, Ashley E. Franks, Zarath M. Summers, Derek R. Lovley	796

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