Professor Andy Ball

Publications (recent)

• Ball AS, Nedwell, DB & Mehmood MK 2008 In situ treatment of landfill leachate using aerated lagoons. Bioresource Technology (submitted).

• Farage P­, Ball  AS, McGenity TJ, Whitby C, & Pretty JN 2008, Burning Management and Carbon Sequestration of Upland Heather Moorland in the UK, Australian Journal of Soil Research (submitted).

• Hoffman T, Hanlon ARM, Ball AS, Osborn AM, Underwood GJC 2008, Biodegradation of diatom-derived extracellular carbohydrates in estuarine sediments, Marine Ecology Progress Series  (submitted).

• Porteaus F, Hill J, Ball AS, Pinter PJ, Kimball BA, Wall GW, Adamsen  FJ,  Hunsaker  DJ, LaMorte RL, Leavitt  SW, Thompson TL, Matthias AD, Brooks BD, Morris CF 2008. Effect of Free Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (FACE) on the chemical composition and nutritive value of wheat grain and straw, (in press).

• Aburto A,  Fahy A, Coulon F, Lethbridge G, Timmis, KN, Ball AS &  McGenity  TJ 2008. Mixed Aerobic and Anaerobic Mcrobial Cmmunities in Bnzene-Cntaminated Goundwater, (In press)

• Mohabali G & Ball AS 2008, Biocatalytic desulfurization (BDS) of Petrodiesel Fuels, Microbiology (in press).

• Mohebali, G, Ball, AS, Kaytash, A & Rasekh, B 2008. Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) as the Sulfur Source for the Production of Desulfurizing Resting Cells of Gordonia alkanivorans RIPI90A. Microbiology, 154 878-885.

• Williamson S, Ball AS & Pretty JN  2008, Trends in Pesticide Use and Drivers for Safer Pest Management in Four African Countries, Crop Protection (in press).

• Fahy A, Ball AS, Lethbridge G, McGenity TJ, Timmis K 2008, High benzene concentrations favour Gram-positive bacteria in groundwaters from a contaminated aquifer, FEMS Microbiology Ecology (in press).

• Fahy A, Ball AS, Lethbridge G, McGenity TJ, Timmis K 2008, Isolation of alkalitolerant benzene-degrading bacteria from a contaminated aquifer, Letters in Applied Microbiology (in  press.)

• Adetutu E,  Ball AS & Osborn M 2008, Azoxystrobin and soil interactions: degradation and impact on soil bacterial and fungal communities, Journal of Applied Microbiology (in press).

• Mohebali G, Ball AS, Kaytash A & Rasekh B 2008, Dimethyl Sulfocide (DSMO) as the Sulfer Source for the Production of Desulfurizing Resting Cells of Gordonia Alkanivorans RIP90A, Microbiology,154, 878-885.

• Mohebali G, Ball AS, Rasekh, R & Kaytash, A 2007 Biodesulfurization potential of a newly isolated bacterium, Gordonia alkanivorans RIPI90A. Enzyme & Microbial Technology 40, 578-584.

• Fahy A,  McGenity TJ,  Timmis KN & Ball AS 2006 Heterogeneous aerobic benzene-degrading communities in oxygen-depleted groundwaters. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 58, 260-270.

• Hanlon ARM, Bellinger B, Haynes K, Xiao G, Hofmann TA, Gretz MR, Ball AS, Osborn AM & Underwood GJC 2006. Dynamics of extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) production and loss in an estuarine, diatom-dominated, microalgal biofilm over a tidal emersion-immersion period. Limnology and Oceanography 51, 79-93.

• Arias ME, Gonzalez-Vila FJ & Ball AS 2005. Soil health - a new challenge for microbiologists and chemists. International Microbiology 8, 13-21.

• Fahy A, Lethbridge G, Earle R, Ball AS, Timmis KN & McGenity TJ 2005. Effects of long-term benzene pollution on bacterial diversity and community structure in groundwater. Environmental Microbiology 7, 1192-1199.

• Pretty JN, Farage P and Ball AS, 2005. Economic constraints on the adoption of carbon farming. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 85, 541-547.

• Pretty JN, Ball AS, Lang T & Morison JIL 2005. Farm costs and food miles: An assessment of the full cost of the UK weekly food basket. Food Policy 30: 1-19.

• Bossio DA, Girvan MS, Bullimore J, Ball AS, Verchot V, Moses TB, Scow, KM, Pretty JN & Osborn AM, 2005. Soil Microbial Community Response to Land Use Change in an Agricultural Landscape in Western Kenya. Microbial Ecology 49, 50-62.

• Hernandez M, Hernandez-Coronado MJ, Perez MI, Revilla E, Villar, JC, Ball AS, Viikari L and Arias ME 2005. Biomechanical pulping of spruce wood chips with Streptomyces cyaneus CECT 3335 and handsheets characterization Holzforschung 59 : 173-177.

• Sowerby A, Blum H & Ball A S 2005. Elevated atmospheric CO2 affects the turnover of nitrogen in a European Grassland. Journal of Applied Soil Ecology 28 (1): 37-46

• Girvan MS, Bullimore J, Ball AS, Pretty JN & Osborn AM &, 2004. Monitoring of seasonal trends in the soil microbial community of an agricultural field. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70, 2692-2701.

• Berrocal MM, Rodriquez J, Hernandez M, Perez MI, Roncero MB, Vidal T, Ball AS & Arias ME 2004. The analysis of handsheets from wheat straw following solid substrate fermentation by Streptomyces cyaneus and soda cooking treatment. Bioresource Technology 94, 27-31.

• M.S. Girvan, J. Bullimore, J.N. Pretty, A.M. Osborn and A.S. Ball, 2003, 'Soil type is the primary determinant of the composition of the total and active bacterial communities in arable soils', Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69,1800-1809.

• M.E. Arias, M. Arenas, J. Rodriguez, J. Solvieri, A.S. Ball & M. Hernandez, 2003, 'Kraft pulp biobleaching and mediated oxidation of a nonpheloic substrate by laccase from Streptomyces cyaneus CECT 3335', Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 69,1953-1958

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