Selected Publications

• Article

  • Gionfriddo, Caitlin M., Soren, Ally Bullock, Wymore, Ann M., Hartnett, D. Sean, Podar, Mircea, Parks, Jerry M., Elias, Dwayne A., and Gilmour, Cynthia C. 2023. "Transcriptional Control of hgcAB by an ArsR-Like Regulator in Pseudodesulfovibrio mercurii ND132." Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 89, (4). https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01768-22. 2023
  • Gilmour, Cynthia C., Soren, Ally Bullock, Gionfriddo, Caitlin M., Podar, Mircea, Wall, Judy D., Brown, Steven D., Michener, Joshua K., Urriza, Maria Soledad Goni, and Elias, Dwayne A. 2021. "Pseudodesulfovibrio mercurii sp. nov., a mercury- methylating bacterium isolated from sediment." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 71, (3). https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004697. 2021
  • Podar, Peter T., Peyton, Kellie, Soren, Ally, Wilpiszeski, Regina L., Gilmour, Cynthia C., Elias, Dwayne A., and Podar, Mircea. 2021. "Complete Genome Sequence of Desulfobulbus oligotrophicus Prop6, an Anaerobic Deltabacterota Strain That Lacks Mercury Methylation Capability." Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10, (5). https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00002-21. 2021
  • Gionfriddo, Caitlin M., Wymore, Ann M., Jones, Daniel S., Wilpiszeski, Regina L., Lynes, Mackenzie M., Christensen, Geoff A., Soren, Ally, Gilmour, Cynthia C., Podar, Mircea, and Elias, Dwayne A. 2020. "An Improved hgcAB Primer Set and Direct High-Throughput Sequencing Expand Hg-Methylator Diversity in Nature." Frontiers in Microbiology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.541554. 2020
  • Gilmour, Cynthia, Bell, James Tyler, Soren, Ally Bullock, Riedel, Georgia, Riedel, Gerhardt, Kopec, A. D., and Bodaly, R. A. 2018. "Distribution and biogeochemical controls on net methylmercury production in Penobscot River marshes and sediment." Science of The Total Environment, 640-641 555–569. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.276. 2018
  • Gilmour, Cynthia C., Bullock, Allyson L., McBurney, Alyssa, Podar, Mircea, and Elias, Dwayne A. 2018. "Robust Mercury Methylation across Diverse Methanogenic Archaea." mBio, 9, (2). https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.02403-17. 2018
  • Gilmour, Cynthia C., Bell, Tyler, Soren, Ally, Riedel, Georgia, Riedel, Gerhardt, Kopec, Dianne, Bodaly, Drew, and Ghosh, Upal. 2017. "Activated carbon thin-layer placement as an in situ mercury remediation tool in a Penobscot River salt marsh." Science of the Total Environment, 621 839–848. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.11.050. 2017
  • Christensen, Geoff A., Wymore, Ann M., King, Andrew J., Podar, Mircea, Hurt, Richard A., Santillan, Eugenio U., Soren, Ally, Brandt, Craig C., Brown, Steven D., Palumbo, Anthony V., Wall, Judy D., Gilmour, Cynthia C., and Elias, Dwayne A. 2016. "Development and Validation of Broad-Range Qualitative and Clade-Specific Quantitative Molecular Probes for Assessing Mercury Methylation in the Environment." Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82, (19) 6068–6078. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01271-16. 2016
  • Podar, Mircea, Gilmour, Cynthia C., Brandt, Craig C., Soren, Allyson, Brown, Steven D., Crable, Bryan R., Palumbo, Anthony V., Somenahally, Anil C., and Elias, Dwayne A. 2015. "Global prevalence and distribution of genes and microorganisms involved in mercury methylation." Science Advances, 1, (9). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500675. 2015
  • Keller, Jason K., Sutton-Grier, Ariana E., Bullock, Allyson L., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2013. "Anaerobic Metabolism in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands: I. Plant Removal Effects on Iron Reduction and Methanogenesis." Estuaries and Coasts, 36, (3) 457–470. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-012-9527-6. 2013
  • Bullock, Allyson L., Sutton-Grier, Ariana E., and Megonigal, J. Patrick. 2013. "Anaerobic Metabolism in Tidal Freshwater Wetlands: III. Temperature Regulation of Iron Cycling." Estuaries and Coasts, 36, (3) 482–490. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-012-9536-5. 2013
  • Gilmour, Cynthia C., Podar, Mircea, Bullock, Allyson L., Graham, Andrew M., Brown, Steven D., Somenahally, Anil C., Johs, Alex, Hurt, Richard A., Bailey, Kathryn L., and Elias, Dwayne A. 2013. "Mercury Methylation by Novel Microorganisms from New Environments." Environmental science & technology, 47, (20) 11810–11820. https://doi.org/10.1021/es403075t. 2013
  • Graham, Andrew M., Bullock, Allyson L., Maizel, Andrew C., Elias, Dwayne A., and Gilmour, Cynthia C. 2012. "A Detailed Assessment of the Kinetics of Hg-Cell Association, Hg Methylation, and MeHg Degradation in Several Desulfovibrio Species." Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78 7337–7346. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01792-12. 2012

• Dataset

  • Gionfriddo, Caitlin M., Soren, Ally, Wymore, Ann M., Hartnett, D. Sean, Podar, Mircea, Parks, Jerry M., Elias, Dwayne A., and Gilmour, Cynthia. 2023. [Dataset] RNA sequencing dataset from Pseudodesulfovibrio mercurii ND132 batch cultures. Distributed by Edgewater, Maryland: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.21561189.V1. 2023
  • Gionfriddo, Caitlin M., Soren, Ally, Wymore, Ann M., Hartnett, D. Sean, Podar, Mircea, Parks, Jerry M., Elias, Dwayne A., and Gilmour, Cynthia. 2023. [Dataset] RNA sequencing dataset from Pseudodesulfovibrio mercurii ND132 washed-cell cultures. Distributed by Edgewater, Maryland: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.25573/SERC.21561387.V1. 2023
  • Podar, Mircea, Gilmour, Cynthia C., Brandt, Craig C., Soren, Allyson, Brown, Steven D., Crable, Bryan R., Palumbo, Anthony V., and Somenahally, Anil C. 2015. [Dataset] Supplementary Materials for: Global prevalence and distribution of genes and microorganisms involved in mercury methylation. Distributed by Edgewater, Maryland: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. https://doi.org/10.5479/data_serc/10088/30919. 2015