Recent Publications (2017 - )

In Press or Currently online

2023

Barlow, DE., Lu, Q., Biffinger, JC., Hung, CS., Montgomery, MT., Gross, JM., Roman, VA., Wagner, DN, Zelik, S., Crookes-Goodson, WJ, Varaljay, VA., "Comparative biodeterioration at air interfaces of adipate-based polyester polyurethane coatings by fungal microcolonies of Aureobasidium sp. W12", Polymer Degradation and Stability, 2023, 214, 110386. 

Schneider, JK., Ove, CA, Pirlo, RK., Biffinger, JC., "Synthesis and characterization of thermoplastic poly(piperazine succinate) metallopolymers coordinated to ruthenium(III) or iron(III)" 2023, Journal of Polymer Science, 61(6), 447-459. 

2022

Wagner, DN., Varaljay, VA., Lyon, WJ., Crouch, AL., Drake, CA., Allex-Buckner, C., Biffinger, JC., Kelley-Loughnane, N., Crookes-Goodson, WJ., "Draft Genome Sequence of the Nonmotile Tremellomycetes Yeast Naganishia albida, Isolated from Aircraft", 2022, Microbiology Resource Announcements,  11(9), online only.

Masthay, MB., McLean, JB., Santos, AL., Pirlo, RK., Biffinger, JC., "Calculation of the relative basicity of three α,ω-diphenylpolyenes with trifluoroacetic acid", 2022, Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry., 35(12), e4412. 

Shesham, V., Kelly, AL., Burke, W., Crouch, A., Drake, CA., Varaljay, VA., Crooke-Goodson, WJ., Barlow, DE., Masthay, MB., Biffinger, JC. "Comparison of two diphenyl polyenes as acid-sensitive additives during the biodegradation of a thermoset polyester polyurethane coating". 2022, Journal of Applied Microbiology, 132(1), 351-364. 

2021

Nadeau, LJ., Barlow, DE., Hung, CS., Biffinger, JC., Crouch, AL., Hollomon, JM., Ecker, CD., Russell, JN., Crookes-Goodson, WJ., "Colonization and degradation of polyurethane coatings by Pseudomonas protegens biofilms is promoted by PueA and PueB hydrolases", 2021, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation., 156, 105121. 

Johnson, AN., Barlow, DE., Kelly, AL., Varaljay, VA., Crookes-Goodson, WJ., Biffinger, JC., "Current progress towards understanding the biodegradation of synthetic condensation polymers with active hydrolases". 2021, Polymer International., 70(7), 977-983. 

2020

Barlow, DE., Biffinger, JC., Estrella, L., Lu, Q., Hung, CS., Nadeau, LJ., Crouch, AL., Russell, JN., Crookes-Goodson, WJ., “Edge-Localized Biodeterioration and Secondary Microplastic Formation by Papiliotrema laurentii Unsaturated Biofilm Cells on Polyurethane Films”., 2020, Langmuir, 36(6), 1596-1607.

Waters, JC., Jhaveri, D., Biffinger, JC., Lee, K., “Quantitative trait loci (QTL) underlying phenotypic variation in bioethanol-related processes in Neurospora crassa” 2020, PLOS ONE, 15(2),  e0221737.

Theberge, A., Alsabia, S., Mortensen, C., Blair, A., Wendel, N., Biffinger, JC., "Controlling Bioluminescence Intensity from Shewanella woodyi with Soluble Electron Acceptors" 2020, Luminescence, 35(3), 427-433.

2019

Hung, CS., Barlow, DE., Varaljay, VA., Drake, CA., Crouch, AL., Russell, JN., Nadeau, LJ., Crookes-Goodson, WJ., Biffinger, JC., “The biodegradation of polyester and polyester polyurethane coatings using Papiliotrema laurentii”, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation,  2019, 139, 34-43. 

2018

Tatinclaux, M., Gregoire, K., Leininger, A., Biffinger, J., Tender, L., Ramirez, M., Torrents, A., Kjellerup, B. V. “Electricity generation from wastewater using a floating air cathode microbial fuel cell.” Water-Energy Nexus.,  2018, 1(1), 97-103. doi.org/10.1016/j.wen.2018.09.001

Haridas, D., Biffinger, J., Boyd, T. J., Fulmer, P. A., Hamdan, L. J., Fitzgerald, L. A. “Laboratory growth of denitrifying water column microbial consortia from deep-sea shipwrecks in the northern Gulf of Mexico [version 3; referees: 2 approved]”. 2018, 6, 1834. f1000research.com/articles/6-1834/v3

2017

Waters, JC., Nixon, A., Dwyer, M., Biffinger, JC., Lee, K., “Developing elite Neurospora crassa strains for cellulosic ethanol production using fungal breeding” 2017, J. Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, 44(8) 1137-1144.

Cusick, KD., Dale, JR., Fitzgerald, LA., Little, BJ., Biffinger, JC., “Adaptation to copper stress influences biofilm formation in Alteromonas macleodii” 2017, Biofouling, 33(6), 505-519.