Professor Gordon Southam
Professorial Research Fellow
BRC

Book Chapters
Southam, Gordon (2024). Microbial Mining. Heavy metal: Earth’s minerals and the future of sustainable societies. (pp. 211-218) edited by Philippe Tortell. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Open Book Publishers. doi: 10.11647/obp.0373.28
Southam, Gordon (2023). Sulfide Oxidation. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. (pp. 2930-2932) Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-65093-6_5421
Nordstrom, D. Kirk and Southam, Gordon (2019). Geomicrobiology of sulfide mineral oxidation. Geomicrobiology: interactions between microbes and minerals. (pp. 361-390) edited by Jillian F. Banfield and Kenneth H. Nealson . Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter Mouton. doi: 10.1515/9781501509247
Shuster, Jeremiah, Southam, Gordon and Reith, Frank (2019). Applications of scanning electron microscopy in geomicrobiology. Analytical geomicrobiology: a handbook of instrumental techniques. (pp. 148-165) edited by Janice P. L. Kenney, Harish Veeramani and Daniel S. Alessi. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
Shuster, Jeremiah, Reith, Frank and Southam, Gordon (2019). Applications of transmission electron microscopy in geomicrobiology. Analytical geomicrobiology: a handbook of instrumental techniques. (pp. 166-186) edited by Kenney, Janice P. L, Veeramani, Harish and Alessi, Daniel S. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/9781107707399.006
Southam, G., Westall, F. and Spohn, T. (2015). Geology, life, and habitability. Treatise on geophysics: second edition. (pp. 473-486) edited by Gerald Schubert. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53802-4.00175-5
Westall, Frances and Southam, Gordon (2013). The Early Record of Life. Archean Geodynamics and Environments. (pp. 283-304) edited by Keith Benn , Jean‐Claude Mareschal and Kent C. Condie. Washington, D. C., United States: American Geophysical Union. doi: 10.1029/164GM18
Lengke, Maggy F., Sanpawanitchakit, Charoen and Southam, Gordon (2011). Biosynthesis of Gold Nanoparticles: A Review. Metal nanoparticles in microbiology. (pp. 37-74) edited by Mahendra Rai and Nelson Duran. Berlin Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-18312-6_3
Southam, G. and Westall, F. (2007). Geology, Life and Habitability. Treatise on Geophysics. (pp. 421-437) Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-044452748-6.00164-4
Southam, G. and Westall, F. (2007). 10.12 - Geology, Life and Habitability. Treatise on Geophysics: Volume 1-10. (pp. 421-437) Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-044452748-6.00164-4
Westall, Frances and Southam, Gordon (2006). The early record of life. Geophysical Monograph Series. (pp. 289-304) Blackwell Publishing Ltd. doi: 10.1029/164GM18
Journal Articles
Pearce, J.K., Kirste, D., Dawson, G.W., Rudolph, V., Southam, G., Brink, F., Paterson, D.J., Hall, N., Sommacal, S. and Golding, S.D. (2025). Pure CO2 and impure CO2-SO2-NO-O2 reactions with carbon storage site underlying seals: coaly mudstones and carbonate cemented sandstones. Science of The Total Environment, 963 178391, 178391. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178391
Pearce, J. K., Dawson, G. W., Turner, L., Southam, G., Brink, F., Paterson, D., Kirste, D. and Golding, S. D. (2025). Metal mobilisation and fines migration in pure CO2 and impure CO2-SO2-NO reactions of carbon storage site core. The Science of the Total Environment, 958 177993, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.177993
Lissenberg, C Johan, McCaig, Andrew M., Lang, Susan Q., Blum, Peter, Abe, Natsue, Brazelton, William J., Coltat, Rémi, Deans, Jeremy R., Dickerson, Kristin L., Godard, Marguerite, John, Barbara E., Klein, Frieder, Kuehn, Rebecca, Lin, Kuan-Yu, Liu, Haiyang, Lopes, Ethan L., Nozaka, Toshio, Parsons, Andrew J., Pathak, Vamdev, Reagan, Mark K., Robare, Jordyn A., Savov, Ivan P., Schwarzenbach, Esther M., Sissmann, Olivier J., Southam, Gordon, Wang, Fengping, Wheat, C Geoffrey, Anderson, Lesley and Treadwell, Sarah (2024). A long section of serpentinized depleted mantle peridotite. Science (New York, N.Y.), 385 (6709), 623-629. doi: 10.1126/science.adp1058
Tam, Wing Lam Savina, McParland, Decla, Jones, Thomas R., Power, Ian M., Langendam, Andrew, Southam, Gordon and McCutcheon, Jenine (2024). Microbial mobilization and reprecipitation of transition metals in waste rock from an abandoned pyrite mine: implications for metal recovery. The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology, 62 (4), 605-624. doi: 10.3749/2300052
Jones, Thomas Ray, Poitras, Jordan, Levett, Alan, da Silva, Guilherme, Gunathunga, Samadhi, Ryan, Benjamin, Vietti, Andrew, Langendam, Andrew and Southam, Gordon (2024). Microbe-mineral interactions within kimberlitic fine residue deposits: impacts on mineral carbonation. Frontiers in Climate, 6 1345085, 1-18. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2024.1345085
Li, Wenbo, Feng, Qiyan, Li, Ze, Jin, Tao, Zhang, Yun and Southam, Gordon (2024). Inhibition of iron oxidation in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans by low-molecular-weight organic acids: Evaluation of performance and elucidation of mechanisms. Science of The Total Environment, 927 171919, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171919
Levett, Alan, van der Ent, Antony, Jones, Thomas Ray, Bolouri, Kimiya, Kelly, Kieran, Vaughan, James, Edraki, Mansour, Erskine, Peter and Southam, Gordon (2024). Water-soluble rare earth elements (REEs) recovered from uranium tailings. Minerals Engineering, 210 108675, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2024.108675
Wang, Baolin, Zeyen, Nina, Wilson, Sasha, Honda-McNeil, Makoto J., Hamilton, Jessica L., Von Gunten, Konstantin, Alessi, Daniel S., Jones, Thomas R., Paterson, David J. and Southam, Gordon (2024). Migration of transition metals and potential for carbon mineralization during acid leaching of processed kimberlite from Venetia diamond mine, South Africa. Applied Geochemistry, 166 105986, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2024.105986
Paz, Anat, Gagen, Emma J., Levett, Alan, Jones, Michael W.M., Kopittke, Peter M. and Southam, Gordon (2024). The role of plants in ironstone evolution: iron and aluminium cycling in the rhizosphere. Science of The Total Environment, 915 170119, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170119
Wilson, Liam A., Melville, Jamie N., Pedroso, Marcelo M., Krco, Stefan, Hoelzl, Robert, Zaugg, Julian, Southam, Gordon, Virdis, Bernardino, Evans, Paul, Supper, Jenna, Harmer, Jeffrey R., Tyson, Gene, Clark, Alice, Schenk, Gerhard and Bernhardt, Paul V. (2024). Kinetic, electrochemical and spectral characterization of bacterial and archaeal rusticyanins; unexpected stability issues and consequences for applications in biotechnology. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 256 112539, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112539
Huang, Xiao-Lan, Harmer, Jeffrey R., Schenk, Gerhard and Southam, Gordon (2024). Inorganic Fe-O and Fe-S oxidoreductases: paradigms for prebiotic chemistry and the evolution of enzymatic activity in biology. Frontiers in Chemistry, 12 1349020. doi: 10.3389/fchem.2024.1349020
Li, Zhen, Wu, Songlin, Yi, Qing, Liu, Yunjia, Wang, Jian, Nguyen, Tuan A. H., Ma, Yuanying, You, Fang, Chan, Ting-Shan, Klein, Annaleise, Levett, Alan, Southam, Gordon, Alessi, Daniel S., Huang, Yuanfang and Huang, Longbin (2023). Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Drive Organo-Mineral Association in Iron Ore Tailings: Unravelling Microstructure at the Submicron Scale by Synchrotron-Based FTIR and STXM-NEXAFS. Environmental Science & Technology, 57 (51), 21779-21790. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c07614
Yi, Qing, You, Fang, Li, Zhen, Wu, Songlin, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui, Thomsen, Lars, Wang, Jian, Ma, Yuanying, Liu, Yunjia, Robertson, Lachlan, Southam, Gordon and Huang, Longbin (2023). Elemental sulfur and organic matter amendment drive alkaline pH neutralization and mineral weathering in iron ore tailings through inducing sulfur oxidizing bacteria. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (51), 21744-21756. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05749
Li, Wenbo, Feng, Qiyan, Southam, Gordon, Jin, Tao and Li, Ze (2023). Changes in microbial community structure during the biooxidation of iron and inorganic/organic sulfur provide prediction of acid mine drainage from coal spoil. Science of The Total Environment, 894 164945, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164945
Jones, Thomas Ray, Poitras, Jordan, Levett, Alan, Langendam, Andrew, Vietti, Andrew and Southam, Gordon (2023). Accelerated carbonate biomineralisation of Venetia diamond mine coarse residue deposit (CRD) material – a field trial study. Science of the Total Environment, 893 164853, 164853. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164853
Gunathunga, Samadhi U., Gagen, Emma J., Evans, Paul N., Erskine, Peter D. and Southam, Gordon (2023). Anthropedogenesis in coal mine overburden; the need for a comprehensive, fundamental biogeochemical approach. Science of The Total Environment, 892 164515, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164515
Wu, Songlin, Bougoure, Jeremy, Wang, Jian, Thomsen, Lars, Chan, Ting-Shan, Yi, Qing, Li, Zhen, Southam, Gordon and Huang, Longbin (2023). Nitrogen-rich organic matter formation and stabilization in iron ore tailings: a submicrometer investigation. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (33), 12325-12338. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03011
Pearce, J. K., Dawson, G. W., Brink, F., Southam, G., Paterson, D., Hall, N., Heath, R., Greer, D., Kirste, D. and Golding, S. D. (2023). Impure CO2 storage reactions of sandstone, mudstone and carbonate cemented cores: experimental CO2 SO2 NOX O2 reaction metal mobilisation and fate. International Journal of Coal Geology, 277 104352, 104352. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2023.104352
Hernández, Pedro, Recio, Gonzalo, Schwarz, Alex, Villa-Gomez, Denys, Southam, Gordon, Saavedra-Mella, Felipe, Canales, Christian and Nancucheo, Ivan (2023). Arsenic (III) and arsenic (V) removal from acidic mine waters using an acidophilic sulfate-reducing bioreactor. Hydrometallurgy, 221 106137, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2023.106137
Han, Zhengdong, Levett, Alan, Edraki, Mansour, Jones, Michael W.M., Howard, Daryl and Southam, Gordon (2023). Accelerating bioleaching of tungsten mining wastes using indigenous acidophilic bacteria. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 454 131490, 131490. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131490
Wu, Songlin, Liu, Yunjia, Southam, Gordon, Nguyen, Tuan A.H., Konhauser, Kurt O., You, Fang, Bougoure, Jeremy J., Paterson, David, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui, Haw, Shu-Chih, Yi, Qing, Li, Zhen, Robertson, Lachlan M., Hall, Merinda, Saha, Narottam, Ok, Yong Sik and Huang, Longbin (2023). Ecological engineering of iron ore tailings into useable soils for sustainable rehabilitation. iScience, 26 (7) 107102, 1-26. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107102
Jones, Thomas Ray, Poitras, Jordan, Gagen, Emma, Paterson, David John and Southam, Gordon (2023). Accelerated mineral bio-carbonation of coarse residue kimberlite material by inoculation with photosynthetic microbial mats. Geochemical Transactions, 24 (1) 1, 1. doi: 10.1186/s12932-023-00082-4
Pearce, J. K., Blach, T., Dawson, G. K. W., Southam, G., Paterson, D. J., Golding, S. D., Bahadur, J., Melnichenko, Y. B. and Rudolph, V. (2023). Cooper Basin REM gas shales after CO2 storage or acid reactions: metal mobilisation and methane accessible pore changes. International Journal of Coal Geology, 273 104271, 104271. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2023.104271
Han, Zhengdong, Levett, Alan, Edraki, Mansour, Jones, Michael W. M., Howard, Daryl and Southam, Gordon (2023). Microbially influenced tungsten mobilisation and formation of secondary minerals in wolframite tailings. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 445 130508, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130508
Jones, T. R., Poitras, J., Paterson, D. and Southam, G. (2023). Historical diamond mine waste reveals carbon sequestration resource in kimberlite residue. Chemical Geology, 617 121270, 121270. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.121270
Yi, Qing, Wu, Songlin, Liu, Yunjia, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui, Saha, Narottam, Southam, Gordon and Huang, Longbin (2023). Mineral weathering of iron ore tailings primed by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and elemental sulfur under contrasting pH conditions. Science of the Total Environment, 856 (Pt 1) 159078, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159078
da Silva, Guilherme Oliveira Andrade, Southam, Gordon and Gagen, Emma Jayne (2022). Accelerating soil aggregate formation: a review on microbial processes as the critical step in a post-mining rehabilitation context. Soil Research, 61 (3), 209-223. doi: 10.1071/sr22092
Liu, Yun, Vaughan, James, Southam, Gordon, Serrano, Antonio, Gao, Han, Palfreyman, Robin, Marcellin, Esteban and Villa-Gomez, Denys K. (2022). Role of the substrate on Ni inhibition in biological sulfate reduction. Journal of Environmental Management, 316 115216, 115216. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115216
Pearce, J. K., Dawson, G. W., Southam, G., Paterson, D., Kirste, D. and Golding, S. D. (2022). Metal mobilization from CO2 storage cap-rocks: experimental reactions with pure CO2 or CO2 SO2 NO. Frontiers in Energy Research, 10 873813, 1-21. doi: 10.3389/fenrg.2022.873813
Zeyen, Nina, Wang, Baolin, Wilson, Siobhan A., Paulo, Carlos, Stubbs, Amanda R., Power, Ian M., Steele-Maclnnis, Matthew, Lanzirotti, Antonio, Newville, Matthew, Paterson, David J., Hamilton, Jessica L., Jones, Thomas R., Turvey, Connor C., Dipple, Gregory M. and Southam, Gordon (2022). Cation exchange in smectites as a new approach to mineral carbonation. Frontiers in Climate, 4 913632, 1-21. doi: 10.3389/fclim.2022.913632
Santini, Talitha C., Gramenz, Lucy, Southam, Gordon and Zammit, Carla (2022). Microbial community structure is most strongly associated with geographical distance and pH in salt lake sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13 920056, 1-15. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.920056
Tan, Ling, Jones, Thomas, Xie, Jianping, Liu, Xinxing and Southam, Gordon (2022). Laboratory-based bacterial weathering of the Merensky reef and its impact on platinum group mineral migration. Economic Geology, 117 (4), 801-812. doi: 10.5382/econgeo.4893
Whitworth, Anne J, Vaughan, James, Southam, Gordon, van der Ent, Antony, Nkrumah, Philip N, Ma, Xiaodong and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2022). Review on metal extraction technologies suitable for critical metal recovery from mining and processing wastes. Minerals Engineering, 182 107537, 107537. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2022.107537
Tait, Alastair W., Wilson, Siobhan A., Tomkins, Andrew G., Hamilton, Jessica L., Gagen, Emma J., Holman, Alex I., Grice, Kliti, Preston, Louisa J., Paterson, David J. and Southam, Gordon (2022). Preservation of terrestrial microorganisms and organics within alteration products of chondritic meteorites from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia. Astrobiology, 22 (4), 399-415. doi: 10.1089/ast.2020.2387
Pearce, J.K., Dawson, G.W., Golding, S.D., Southam, G., Paterson, D.J., Brink, F. and Underschultz, J.R. (2022). Predicted CO2 water rock reactions in naturally altered CO2 storage reservoir sandstones, with interbedded cemented and coaly mudstone seals. International Journal of Coal Geology, 253 103966, 103966. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2022.103966
Pearce, J.K., Brink, F., Dawson, G.W., Poitras, J., Southam, G., Paterson, D.J., Wolhuter, A. and Underschultz, J.R. (2022). Core characterisation and predicted CO2 reactivity of sandstones and mudstones from an Australian oil field. International Journal of Coal Geology, 250 103911, 103911. doi: 10.1016/j.coal.2021.103911
Hernández, Pedro, Recio, Gonzalo, Canales, Christian, Schwarz, Alex, Villa-Gomez, Denys, Southam, Gordon and Nancucheo, Ivan (2022). Evaluation of operating conditions on sulfate reduction from acidic wastewater in a fixed-bed bioreactor. Minerals Engineering, 177 107370, 107370. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2021.107370
Wu, Songlin, You, Fang, Boughton, Berin, Liu, Yunjia, Nguyen, Tuan A. H., Wykes, Jeremy, Southam, Gordon, Robertson, Lachlan M., Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui, Lutz, Adrian, Yu, Dingyi, Yi, Qing, Saha, Narottam and Huang, Longbin (2021). Chemodiversity of Dissolved Organic Matter and Its Molecular Changes Driven by Rhizosphere Activities in Fe Ore Tailings Undergoing Eco-Engineered Pedogenesis. Environmental Science & Technology, 55 (19) acs.est.1c04527, 13045-13060. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c04527
Henne, Anicia, Craw, Dave, Gagen, Emma and Southam, Gordon (2021). Biologically facilitated precipitation of metals in low-Fe waters at the sulphidic Mount Chalmers mine, Queensland, Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 136 104238, 104238. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104238
Villa Gomez, D.K., Serrano, A., Peces, M., Ryan, B., Hofmann, H. and Southam, G. (2021). A sequential bioreactor adaption strategy enhanced the precipitation of metals from tailings’ leachates. Minerals Engineering, 170 107051, 107051. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2021.107051
Paz, Anat, Gagen, Emma J., Levett, Alan and Southam, Gordon (2021). Ferrugination of biocrusts grown on crushed ferricrete: potential for slope stabilisation. Ore Geology Reviews, 135 104239, 104239. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104239
Liu, Yunjia, Wu, Songlin, Southam, Gordon, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui, Paterson, David J. and Huang, Longbin (2021). Bioaugmentation with Acidithiobacillus species accelerates mineral weathering and formation of secondary mineral cements for hardpan development in sulfidic Pb-Zn tailings. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 411 124988, 124988. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124988
Levett, Alan, Gagen, Emma, Paz, Anat, Vasconcelos, Paulo and Southam, Gordon (2021). Strategising the bioremediation of Brazilian iron ore mines. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 52 (15), 2749-2771. doi: 10.1080/10643389.2021.1896346
Henne, Anicia, Craw, Dave, Paterson, David and Southam, Gordon (2021). Textures and mineralogy of residual supergene copper silicates in oxidised overburden. Minerals Engineering, 163 106775, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2021.106775
Wu, Songlin, Liu, Yunjia, Southam, Gordon, Robertson, Lachlan M., Wykes, Jeremy, Yi, Qing, Hall, Merinda, Li, Zhen, Sun, Qiang, Saha, Narottam, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui and Huang, Longbin (2021). Rhizosphere drives biotite-like mineral weathering and secondary Fe–Si mineral formation in Fe Ore tailings. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 5 (3) acsearthspacechem.0c00331, 618-631. doi: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00331
Henne, Anicia, Craw, Dave, Hamilton, Jessica, Paz, Anat, Kerr, Gemma, Paterson, David, Shuster, Jeremiah and Southam, Gordon (2021). Biogeochemical formation of metalliferous laminations in surficial environments. Mineralogical Magazine, 85 (1), 49-67. doi: 10.1180/mgm.2021.8
Hamilton, J. L., Wilson, S. A., Turvey, C. C., Morgan, B., Tait, A. W., McCutcheon, J., Fallon, S. J. and Southam, G. (2021). Carbon accounting of mined landscapes, and deployment of a geochemical treatment system for enhanced weathering at Woodsreef Chrysotile Mine, NSW, Australia. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 220 106655, 106655. doi: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2020.106655
Levett, Alan, Vasconcelos, Paulo M., Jones, Michael M. W., Rintoul, Llew, Paz, Anat, Gagen, Emma J. and Southam, Gordon (2021). Titanium mobility preserved in association with microfossils in an iron-rich duricrust capping an iron ore deposit. Chemical Geology, 559 119955, 119955. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119955
Yi, Qing, Wu, Songlin, Southam, Gordon, Robertson, Lachlan, You, Fang, Liu, Yunjia, Wang, Sicheng, Saha, Narottam, Webb, Richard, Wykes, Jeremy, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui and Huang, Longbin (2021). Acidophilic iron- and sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, drives alkaline pH neutralization and mineral weathering in Fe ore tailings. Environmental Science and Technology, 55 (12), 8020-8034. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c00848
Bostelmann, Heike and Southam, Gordon (2020). A column leaching model of low-grade chalcopyrite ore: mineral preferences and chemical reactivity. Minerals, 10 (12) 1132, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/min10121132
Henne, Anicia, Hamilton, Jessica, Craw, Dave, Paterson, David and Southam, Gordon (2020). The influence of metal mobility on resource potential in circumneutral pH iron-rich copper mine waste rocks. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 219 106632, 106632. doi: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2020.106632
Vaughan, James , Tungpalan, Kate , Parbhakar-Fox, Anita , Fu, Weng, Gagen, Emma , Nti Nkrumah, Philip , Southam, Gordon, van der Ent, Antony, Erskine, Peter, Gow, Paul and Valenta, Rick (2020). Toward Closing a Loophole: Recovering Rare Earth Elements from Uranium Metallurgical Process Tailings. JOM, 73 (1), 39-53. doi: 10.1007/s11837-020-04451-7
Liu, Yun, Vaughan, James, Southam, Gordon, Serrano, Antonio, Marcellin, Esteban, Nancucheo, Ivan and Villa-Gomez, Denys K. (2020). Enhanced metal recovery by efficient agglomeration of precipitates in an up-flow fixed-bed bioreactor. Chemical Engineering Journal, 416 127662, 127662. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.127662
Tan, Ling, Jones, Thomas, Poitras, Jordan, Xie, Jianping, Liu, Xinxing and Southam, Gordon (2020). Biochemical synthesis of palladium nanoparticles: The influence of chemical fixatives used in electron microscopy on nanoparticle formatton and catalytic performance. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 398 122945, 122945. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122945
Gagen, Emma J., Levett, Alan, Paz, Anat, Bostelmann, Heike, Valadares, Rafael Borges da Silva, Bitencourt, José Augusto Pires, Gastauer, Markus, Nunes, Gisele Lopes, Oliveira, Guilherme, Vasconcelos, Paulo M., Tyson, Gene W. and Southam, Gordon (2020). Accelerating microbial iron cycling promotes re‐cementation of surface crusts in iron ore regions. Microbial Biotechnology, 13 (6) 1751-7915.13646, 1960-1971. doi: 10.1111/1751-7915.13646
Levett, Alan, Gagen, Emma J., Zhao, Yitian, Vasconcelos, Paulo M. and Southam, Gordon (2020). Biocement stabilization of an experimental-scale artificial slope and the reformation of iron-rich crusts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117 (31), 18347-18354. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2001740117
Henne, A., Craw, D., Gagen, E.J. and Southam, G. (2020). Experimental simulations of bacterially-mediated magnetite oxidation and observations on ferricrete formation at the Salobo IOCG mine, Brazil. Applied Geochemistry, 118 104628, 104628. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104628
Liu, Yun, Serrano, Antonio, Wyman, Valentina, Marcellin, Esteban, Southam, Gordon, Vaughan, James and Villa-Gomez, Denys (2020). Nickel complexation as an innovative approach for nickel-cobalt selective recovery using sulfate-reducing bacteria. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 402 123506, 123506. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123506
Levett, Alan, Gagen, Emma J., Rintoul, Llew, Guagliardo, Paul, Diao, Hui, Vasconcelos, Paulo M. and Southam, Gordon (2020). Characterisation of iron oxide encrusted microbial fossils. Scientific Reports, 10 (1) 9889, 9889. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-66830-z
White, Richard Allen, Soles, Sarah A., Brady, Allyson L., Southam, Gordon, Lim, Darlene S.S. and Slater, Greg F. (2020). Biosignatures associated with freshwater microbialites. Life, 10 (5) 66, 1-22. doi: 10.3390/life10050066
Levett, Alan, Vasconcelos, Paulo M., Gagen, Emma J., Rintoul, Llew, Spier, Carlos, Guagliardo, Paul and Southam, Gordon (2020). Microbial weathering signatures in lateritic ferruginous duricrusts. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 538 116209, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116209
Schwarz, Alex, Nancucheo, Iván, Gaete, Maria A., Muñoz, Diego, Sanhueza, Pamela, Torregrosa, Martin, Rötting, Tobias, Southam, Gordon and Aybar, Marcelo (2020). Evaluation of Dispersed Alkaline Substrate and Diffusive Exchange System Technologies for the Passive Treatment of Copper Mining Acid Drainage. Water, 12 (3) 854, 854. doi: 10.3390/w12030854
Levett, Alan, Gagen, Emma J., Vasconcelos, Paulo M., Zhao, Yitian, Paz, Anat and Southam, Gordon (2020). Biogeochemical cycling of iron: implications for biocementation and slope stabilisation. Science of The Total Environment, 707 136128, 136128. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136128
Robertson, Lachlan M., Wu, Songlin, You, Fang, Huang, Longbin, Southam, Gordon, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui and Bond, Phillip L. (2020). Geochemical and mineralogical changes in magnetite Fe-ore tailings induced by biomass organic matter amendment. Science of The Total Environment, 724 138196, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138196
Hamilton, Jessica L., Wilson, Siobhan A., Morgan, Bree, Harrison, Anna L., Turvey, Connor C., Paterson, David J., Dipple, Gregory M. and Southam, Gordon (2020). Accelerating mineral carbonation in ultramafic mine tailings via direct CO2 reaction and heap leaching with potential for base metal enrichment and recovery. Economic Geology, 115 (2), 303-323. doi: 10.5382/econgeo.4710
Henne, A., Craw, D., Gagen, E.J. and Southam, G. (2020). Contribution of bacterially-induced oxidation of Fe-silicates in iron-rich ore to laterite formation, Salobo IOCG mine, Brazil. Chemical Geology, 539 119499, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119499
Leu, Andy O., Cai, Chen, McIlroy, Simon J., Southam, Gordon, Orphan, Victoria J., Yuan, Zhiguo, Hu, Shihu and Tyson, Gene W. (2020). Anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to manganese reduction by members of the Methanoperedenaceae. The ISME Journal, 14 (4), 1030-1041. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0590-x
Paz, Anat, Gagen, Emma J., Levett, Alan, Zhao, Yitian, Kopittke, Peter M. and Southam, Gordon (2020). Biogeochemical cycling of iron oxides in the rhizosphere of plants grown on ferruginous duricrust (canga). Science of the Total Environment, 713 136637, 136637. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136637
Islam, Zahra F., Welsh, Caitlin, Bayly, Katherine, Grinter, Rhys, Southam, Gordon, Gagen, Emma J. and Greening, Chris (2020). A widely distributed hydrogenase oxidises atmospheric H2 during bacterial growth. ISME Journal, 14 (11), 2649-2658. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0713-4
Tait, Alastair W., Gagen, Emma J., Wilson, Siobhan A., Tomkins, Andrew G. and Southam, Gordon (2019). Eukaryotic colonization of micrometer-scale cracks in rocks: a "microfluidics" experiment using naturally weathered meteorites from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia. Astrobiology, 20 (3) ast.2019.2077, 364-374. doi: 10.1089/ast.2019.2077
Gagen, Emma J., Zaugg, Julian, Tyson, Gene W. and Southam, Gordon (2019). Goethite Reduction by a Neutrophilic Member of the Alphaproteobacterial Genus Telmatospirillum. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10 2938, 2938. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02938
Henne, A., Craw, D., Gagen, E. J. and Southam, G. (2019). Bacterially-mediated supergene alteration and redistribution of copper in mineralised rocks at the Salobo IOCG deposit, Brazil. Ore Geology Reviews, 115 103210, 103210. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103210
Wu, Songlin, Liu, Yunjia, Bougoure, Jeremy J., Southam, Gordon, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui, Haw, Shu-Chih, Nguyen, Tuan Anh Huu, You, Fang and Huang, Longbin Huang (2019). Organic matter amendment and plant colonization drive mineral weathering, organic carbon sequestration and water stable aggregation in magnetite Fe ore tailings. Environmental Science and Technology, 53 (23) acs.est.9b04526, 13720-13731. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b04526
Liu, Yun, Serrano, Antonio, Vaughan, James, Southam, Gordon, Zhao, Ling and Villa-Gomez, Denys (2019). The influence of biologically produced sulfide-containing solutions on nickel and cobalt precipitation reactions and particle settling properties. Hydrometallurgy, 189 105142, 105142. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2019.105142
Liu, Yunjia, Wu, Songlin, Saavedra-Mella, Felipe, Nguyen, Tuan A.H., Southam, Gordon, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui and Huang, Longbin (2019). Rhizosphere modifications of iron-rich minerals and forms of heavy metals encapsulated in sulfidic tailings hardpan. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 384 121444, 121444. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121444
Liu, Yunjia, Wu, Songlin, Southam, Gordon, Nguyen, Tuan A. H., Kopittke, Peter M., Paterson, David J. and Huang, Longbin (2019). Zinc and lead encapsulated in amorphous ferric cements within hardpans in situ formed from sulfidic Cu-Pb-Zn tailings. Environmental Pollution, 252 (part B), 1106-1116. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.06.069
Mahrous, Nahed N., Columbus, Melanie P., Southam, Gordon and Macfie, Sheila M. (2019). Changes in microbial community structure and increased metal bioavailability in a metal-contaminated soil and in the rhizosphere of corn (Zea mays). Rhizosphere, 11 100169, 100169. doi: 10.1016/j.rhisph.2019.100169
Wu, Songlin, Nguyen, Tuan A. H., Liu, Yunjia, Southam, Gordon, Wang, Shuncai, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui and Huang, Longbin (2019). Deficiencies of secondary Fe (oxy)hydroxides associated with phyllosilicates and organic carbon limit the formation of water-stable aggregates in Fe-ore tailings. Chemical Geology, 523, 73-87. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2019.06.002
Henne, A., Craw, D., Gagen, E. J. and Southam, G. (2019). Bacterial influence on storage and mobilisation of metals in iron-rich mine tailings from the Salobo mine, Brazil. Science of The Total Environment, 680, 91-104. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.448
Chan, Marjorie A., Hinman, Nancy W., Potter-McIntyre, Sally L., Schubert, Keith E., Gillams, Richard J., Awramik, Stanley M., Boston, Penelope J., Bower, Dina M., Des Marais, David J., Farmer, Jack D., Jia, Tony Z., King, Penelope L., Hazen, Robert M., Leveille, Richard J., Papineau, Dominic, Rempfert, Kaitlin R., Sanchez-Roman, Monica, Spear, John R., Southam, Gordon, Stern, Jennifer C. and Cleaves, Henderson James (2019). Deciphering biosignatures in planetary contexts. Astrobiology, 19 (9) ast.2018.1903, 1075-1102. doi: 10.1089/ast.2018.1903
Saavedra-Mella, Felipe, Liu, Yunjia, Southam, Gordon and Huang, Longbin (2019). Phosphate treatment alleviated acute phytotoxicity of heavy metals in sulfidic Pb-Zn mine tailings. Environmental Pollution, 250, 676-685. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.04.100
Izawa, Matthew R. M., Dynes, James J., Banerjee, Neil R., Flemming, Roberta L., MacLean, Lachlan C. W., Hetherington, Callum J., Matveev, Sergei and Southam, Gordon (2019). Organic matter preservation and incipient mineralization of microtubules in 120 Ma basaltic glass. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7 149. doi: 10.3389/feart.2019.00149
Bostelmann, Heike and Southam, Gordon (2019). The biogeochemical reactivity of phosphate during bioleaching of bornite-chalcocite ore. Applied Geochemistry, 104, 193-201. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2019.03.003
Gagen, Emma J., Levett, Alan, Paz, Anat, Gastauer, Markus, Caldeira, Cecílio Frois, Valadares, Rafael Borges da Silva, Bitencourt, José Augusto Pires, Alves, Ronnie, Oliveira, Guilherme, Siqueira, Jose Oswaldo, Vasconcelos, Paulo M. and Southam, Gordon (2019). Biogeochemical processes in canga ecosystems: armoring of iron ore against erosion and importance in iron duricrust restoration in Brazil. Ore Geology Reviews, 107, 573-586. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.03.013
Wu, Songlin, Liu, Yunjia, Southam, Gordon, Robertson, Lachlan, Chiu, Tsz Ho, Cross, Adam T., Dixon, Kingsley W., Stevens, Jason C., Zhong, Hongtao, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Jui and Huang, Longbin (2019). Geochemical and mineralogical constraints in iron ore tailings limit soil formation for direct phytostabilization. Science of The Total Environment, 651 (Part 1), 192-202. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.171
González, Daniella, Liu, Yun, Villa Gomez, Denys, Southam, Gordon, Hedrich, Sabrina, Galleguillos, Pedro, Colipai, Camila and Nancucheo, Ivan (2019). Performance of a sulfidogenic bioreactor inoculated with indigenous acidic communities for treating an extremely acidic mine water. Minerals Engineering, 131, 370-375. doi: 10.1016/j.mineng.2018.11.011
McCutcheon, Jenine, Power, Ian M., Shuster, Jeremiah, Harrison, Anna L., Dipple, Gregory M. and Southam, Gordon (2019). Carbon sequestration in biogenic magnesite and other magnesium carbonate minerals. Environmental Science and Technology, 53 (6) acs.est.8b07055, 3225-3237. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b07055
Levett, Alan, Gagen, Emma J. and Southam, Gordon (2019). Small but mighty: microorganisms offer inspiration for mine remediation and waste stabilisation. Microbiology Australia, 40 (4), 190-194. doi: 10.1071/MA19055
Loiselle, Liane, McCraig, Michael, Dyar, M., Léveillé, Richard, Shieh, Sean and Southam, Gordon (2018). A spectral comparison of jarosites using techniques relevant to the robotic exploration of biosignatures on mars. Life, 8 (4) 61, 61. doi: 10.3390/life8040061
Turvey, Connor C., Wilson, Siobhan A., Hamilton, Jessica L., Tait, Alastair W., McCutcheon, Jenine, Beinlich, Andreas, Fallon, Stewart J., Dipple, Gregory M. and Southam, Gordon (2018). Hydrotalcites and hydrated Mg-carbonates as carbon sinks in serpentinite mineral wastes from the Woodsreef chrysotile mine, New South Wales, Australia: controls on carbonate mineralogy and efficiency of CO2 air capture in mine tailings. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 79, 38-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.09.015
Liu, Yunjia, Wu, Songlin, Nguyen, Tuan A.H., Southam, Gordon, Chan, Ting-Shan, Lu, Ying-Rui and Huang, Longbin (2018). Microstructural characteristics of naturally formed hardpan capping sulfidic copper-lead-zinc tailings. Environmental Pollution, 242 (Pt B), 1500-1509. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.08.027
Henne, A., Craw, D., Vasconcelos, P. and Southam, G. (2018). Bioleaching of waste material from the Salobo mine, Brazil: recovery of refractory copper from Cu hosted in silicate minerals. Chemical Geology, 498, 72-82. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.08.029
Stanley, William and Southam, Gordon (2018). The effect of gram-positive (Desulfosporosinus orientis) and gram-negative (Desulfovibrio desulfuricans) sulfate-reducing bacteria on iron sulfide mineral precipitation. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 64 (9), 629-637. doi: 10.1139/cjm-2017-0545
McCutcheon, Jenine and Southam, Gordon (2018). Advanced biofilm staining techniques for TEM and SEM in geomicrobiology: implications for visualizing EPS architecture, mineral nucleation, and microfossil generation. Chemical Geology, 498, 115-127. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2018.09.016
Levett, Alan, Gagen, Emma J., Diao, Hui, Guagliardo, Paul, Rintoul, Llew, Paz, Anat, Vasconcelos, Paulo M. and Southam, Gordon (2018). The role of aluminium in the preservation of microbial biosignatures. Geoscience Frontiers, 10 (3), 1125-1138. doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2018.06.006
Raudsepp, Maija J., Fluggen, Markus, Shypanski, Adam H., Tyson, Gene W., Golding, Suzanne D. and Southam, Gordon (2018). Biogenic methane cycling in a laboratory model of an abandoned bituminous coal mine. Geomicrobiology Journal, 35 (6), 491-502. doi: 10.1080/01490451.2017.1392652
Mervine, Evelyn M., Wilson, Siobhan A., Power, Ian M., Dipple, Gregory M., Turvey, Connor C., Hamilton, Jessica L., Vanderzee, Sterling, Raudsepp, Mati, Southam, Colette, Matter, Juerg M., Kelemen, Peter B., Stiefenhofer, Johann, Miya, Zandile and Southam, Gordon (2018). Potential for offsetting diamond mine carbon emissions through mineral carbonation of processed kimberlite: an assessment of De Beers mine sites in South Africa and Canada. Mineralogy and Petrology, 112 (S2), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s00710-018-0589-4
Hamilton, Jessica L., Wilson, Siobhan A., Morgan, Bree, Turvey, Connor C., Paterson, David J., Jowitt, Simon M., McCutcheon, Jenine and Southam, Gordon (2018). Fate of transition metals during passive carbonation of ultramafic mine tailings via air capture with potential for metal resource recovery. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 71, 155-167. doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2018.02.008
Colipai, Camila, Southam, Gordon, Oyarzún, Patricio, González, Daniella, Díaz, Víctor, Contreras, Braulio and Nancucheo, Ivan (2018). Synthesis of copper sulfide nanoparticles using biogenic H2S produced by a low-pH sulfidogenic bioreactor. Minerals, 8 (2) 35, 1-9. doi: 10.3390/min8020035
Campbell, Gordon, MacLean, Lachlan, Reithv, Frank, Brewe, Dale, Gordon, Robert A. and Southam, Gordon (2018). Immobilisation of platinum by Cupriavidus metallidurans. Minerals, 8 (1) 10, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/min8010010
Gagen, Emma J., Levett, Alan, Shuster, Jeremiah, Fortin, Danielle, Vasconcelos, Paulo M. and Southam, Gordon (2018). Microbial diversity in actively forming iron oxides from weathered banded iron formation systems. Microbes and Environments, 33 (4), 385-393. doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME18019
Shuster, Jeremiah, Reith, Frank, Izawa, Matthew R. M., Flemming, Roberta L., Banerjee, Neil R. and Southam, Gordon (2017). Biogeochemical Cycling of Silver in Acidic, Weathering Environments. Minerals, 7 (11) 218, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/min7110218
Tait, Alastair W., Wilson, Siobhan A., Tomkins, Andrew G., Gagen, Emma J., Fallon, Stewart J. and Southam, Gordon (2017). Evaluation of meteorites as habitats for terrestrial microorganisms: results from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia, a Mars analogue site. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 215, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2017.07.025
McCutcheon, Jenine, Turvey, Connor C., Wilson, Siobhan A., Hamilton, Jessica L. and Southam, Gordon (2017). Experimental deployment of microbial mineral carbonation at an asbestos mine: potential applications to carbon storage and tailings stabilization. Minerals, 7 (10) 191, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/min7100191
Raudsepp, Maija J., Gagen, Emma J., Golding, Suzanne D., Tyson, Gene W. and Southam, Gordon (2017). The effect of bituminous coal on methanogenic mixed cultures and pure cultures of Methanococcus and Methanosarcina. Fuel, 205, 60-70. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2017.05.059
McCutcheon, Jenine, Nothdurft, Luke D., Webb, Gregory E., Shuster, Jeremiah, Nothdurft, Linda, Paterson, David and Southam, Gordon (2017). Building biogenic beachrock: visualizing microbially-mediated carbonate cement precipitation using XFM and a strontium tracer. Chemical Geology, 465, 21-34. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.05.019
Tait, Alastair W., Gagen, Emma J., Wilson, Siobhan A., Tomkins, Andrew G. and Southam, Gordon (2017). Microbial populations of stony meteorites: substrate controls on first colonizers. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8 (JUN) 1227, 1227. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01227
Turvey, Connor C., Wilson, Siobhan A., Hamilton, Jessica L. and Southam, Gordon (2017). Field-based accounting of CO2 sequestration in ultramafic mine wastes using portable X-ray diffraction. American Mineralogist, 102 (6), 1302-1310. doi: 10.2138/am-2017-5953
Yeats, Christopher J., Hollis, Steven P., Halfpenny, Angela, Corona, Juan-Carlos, LaFlamme, Crystal, Southam, Gordon, Fiorentini, Marco, Herrington, Richard J. and Spratt, John (2017). Actively forming Kuroko-type volcanic-hosted massive sulfide (VHMS) mineralization at Iheya North, Okinawa Trough, Japan. Ore Geology Reviews, 84, 20-41. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2016.12.014
Shuster, Jeremiah, Reith, Frank, Cornelis, Geert , Parsons, John E., Parsons, John M. and Southam, Gordon (2017). Secondary gold structures: relics of past biogeochemical transformations and implications for colloidal gold dispersion in subtropical environments. Chemical Geology, 450, 154-164. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.12.027
McCutcheon, Jenine, Nothdurft, Luke D., Webb, Gregory E., Paterson, David and Southam, Gordon (2016). Beachrock formation via microbial dissolution and re-precipitation of carbonate minerals. Marine Geology, 382, 122-135. doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2016.10.010
Hamilton, Jessica L., Wilson, Siobhan A., Morgan, Bree, Turvey, Connor C., Paterson, David J., MacRae, Colin, McCutcheon, Jenine and Southam, Gordon (2016). Nesquehonite sequesters transition metals and CO2 during accelerated carbon mineralisation. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 55, 73-81. doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.11.006
Levett, Alan, Gagen, Emma, Shuster, Jeremiah, Rintoul, Llew, Tobin, Mark, Vongsvivut, Jitraporn, Bambery, Keith, Vasconcelos, Paulo and Southam, Gordon (2016). Evidence of biogeochemical processes in iron duricrust formation. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 71, 131-142. doi: 10.1016/j.jsames.2016.06.016
Chagas, Anderson A.P., Webb, Gregory E., Burne, Robert V. and Southam, Gordon (2016). Modern lacustrine microbialites: towards a synthesis of aqueous and carbonate geochemistry and mineralogy. Earth-Science Reviews, 162, 338-363. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.09.012
Zammit, Carla M., Weiland, Florian, Brugger, Joel, Wade, Benjamin, Winderbaum, Lyron Juan, Nies, Dietrich H., Southam, Gordon, Hoffmann, Peter and Reith, Frank (2016). Proteomic responses to gold(III)-toxicity in the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans CH34. Metallomics, 8 (11), 1204-1216. doi: 10.1039/c6mt00142d
Pontefract, Alexandra, Osinski, Gordon R., Cockell, Charles S., Southam, Gordon, McCausland, Phil J. A., Umoh, Joseph and Holdsworth, David W. (2016). Microbial diversity of impact-generated habitats. Astrobiology, 16 (10), 775-786. doi: 10.1089/ast.2015.1393
Shuster, Jeremiah, Lengke, Maggy, Marquez-Zavalia, María Florencia and Southam, Gordon (2016). Floating gold grains and nanophase particles produced from the biogeochemical weathering of a gold-bearing ore. Economic Geology, 111 (6), 1485-1494. doi: 10.2113/econgeo.111.6.1485
Raudsepp, M. J., Gagen, E. J., Evans, P., Tyson, G. W., Golding, S. D. and Southam, G. (2016). The influence of hydrogeological disturbance and mining on coal seam microbial communities. Geobiology, 14 (2), 163-175. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12166
McCutcheon, Jenine, Wilson, Siobhan A. and Southam, Gordon (2016). Microbially accelerated carbonate mineral precipitation as a strategy for in situ carbon sequestration and rehabilitation of asbestos mine sites. Environmental Science and Technology, 50 (3), 1419-1427. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04293
Reith, Frank, Zammit, Carla M., Shar, Sahar S., Etschmann, Barbara, Bottrill, Ralph, Southam, Gordon, Ta, Christine, Kilburn, Matthew, Oberthuer, Thomas, Ball, Andrew S. and Brugger, Joel (2016). Biological role in the transformation of platinum-group mineral grains. Nature Geoscience, 9 (4), 294-298. doi: 10.1038/ngeo2679
Mykytczuk, N. C. S., Lawrence, J. R., Omelon, C. R., Southam, G. and Whyte, L. G. (2015). Microscopic characterization of the bacterial cell envelope of Planococcus halocryophilus Or1 during subzero growth at −15 °C. Polar Biology, 39 (4), 701-712. doi: 10.1007/s00300-015-1826-5
McCutcheon, Jenine, Dipple, Gregory M., Wilson, Siobhan A. and Southam, Gordon (2015). Production of magnesium-rich solutions by acid leaching of chrysotile: a precursor to field-scale deployment of microbially enabled carbonate mineral precipitation. Chemical Geology, 413, 119-131. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2015.08.023
Zammit, Carla M., Shuster, Jeremiah P., Gagen, Emma J. and Southam, Gordon (2015). The geomicrobiology of supergene metal deposits. Elements, 11 (5), 337-342. doi: 10.2113/gselements.11.5.337
White, Richard Allen, III, Power, Ian M., Dipple, Gregory M., Southam, Gordon and Suttle, Curtis A. (2015). Metagenomic analysis reveals that modern microbialites and polar microbial mats have similar taxonomic and functional potential. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6 (966) 00966, 1-14. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00966
Campbell, S.Gordon, Reith, Frank, Etschmann, Barbara, Brugger, Joel, Martinez-Criado, Gema, Gordon, Robert A and Southam, Gordon (2015). Surface transformations of platinum grains from Fifield, New South Wales, Australia. American Mineralogist, 100 (5-6), 1236-1243. doi: 10.2138/am-2015-4905
Shuster, Jeremiah and Southam, Gordon (2015). The in-vitro "growth" of gold grains. Geology, 43 (1), 79-82. doi: 10.1130/G36241.1
Shuster, Jeremiah, Johnston, Chad W., Magarvey, Nathan A., Gordon, Robert A., Barron, Keith, Banerjee, Neil and Southam, Gordon (2015). Structural and Chemical characterisation of placer gold grains: Implications for bacterial contributions to grain formation. Geomicrobiology Journal, 32 (5), 158-169. doi: 10.1080/01490451.2014.935534
Zammit, Carla M., Brugger, Joel, Southam, Gordon and Reith, Frank (2014). In situ recovery of uranium - the microbial influence. Hydrometallurgy, 150, 236-244. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2014.06.003
Preston, Louisa J., Melim, Leslie A., Polyak, Victor J., Asmerom, Yemane and Southam, Gordon (2014). Infrared spectroscopic biosignatures from Hidden Cave, New Mexico: possible applications for remote life detection. Geomicrobiology Journal, 31 (10), 929-941. doi: 10.1080/01490451.2014.913096
Shtober-Zisu, N., Schwarcz, H. P., Chow, T., Omelon, C. R. and Southam, G. (2014). Caves in caves: evolution of post-depositional macroholes in stalagmites. International Journal of Speleology, 43 (3), 323-334. doi: 10.5038/1827-806X.43.3.9
McCutcheon, Jenine, Power, Ian M., Harrison, Anna L., Dipple, Gregory M. and Southam, Gordon (2014). A greenhouse-scale photosynthetic microbial bioreactor for carbon sequestration in magnesium carbonate minerals. Environmental Science and Technology, 48 (16), 9142-9151. doi: 10.1021/es500344s
Power, Ian M., Wilson, Siobhan A., Harrison, Anna L., Dipple, Gregory M., McCutcheon, Jenine, Southam, Gordon and Kenward, Paul A. (2014). A depositional model for hydromagnesite-magnesite playas near Atlin, British Columbia, Canada. Sedimentology, 61 (6), 1701-1733. doi: 10.1111/sed.12124
Nahar, Qamrun, Fleißner, Frederik, Shuster, Jeremiah, Morawitz, Michael, Halfpap, Christopher, Stefan, Mihaela, Langbein, Uwe, Southam, Gordon and Mittler, Silvia (2014). Waveguide evanescent field scattering microscopy: bacterial biofilms and their sterilization response via UV irradiation. Journal of Biophotonics, 7 (7), 542-551. doi: 10.1002/jbio.201300135
Pontefract, Alexandra, Osinski, Gordon R., Cockell, Charles S., Moore, Casey A., Moores, John E. and Southam, Gordon (2014). Impact-generated endolithic habitat within crystalline rocks of the haughton impact structure, Devon Island, Canada. Astrobiology, 14 (6), 522-533. doi: 10.1089/ast.2013.1100
Shuster, Jeremiah, Bolin, Trudy, MacLean, Lachlan C. W. and Southam, Gordon (2014). The effect of iron-oxidising bacteria on the stability of gold (I) thiosulphate complex. Chemical Geology, 376, 52-60. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2014.03.017
Dockrey, John W., Lindsay, Matthew B. J., Mayer, K. Ulrich, Beckie, Roger D., Norland, Kelsey L. I., Warren, Lesley A. and Southam, Gordon (2014). Acidic microenvironments in waste rock characterized by neutral drainage: bacteria-mineral interactions at sulfide surfaces. Minerals, 4 (1), 170-190. doi: 10.3390/min4010170
Power, Ian M., McCutcheon, Jenine, Harrison, Anna L., Wilson, Siobhan A., Dipple, Gregory M., Kelly, Simone, Southam, Colette and Southam, Gordon (2014). Strategizing carbon-neutral mines: a case for pilot projects. Minerals, 4 (2), 399-436. doi: 10.3390/min4020399
Wilson, Siobhan A., Harrison, Anna L., Dipple, Gregory M., Power, Ian M., Barker, Shaun L. L., Ulrich Mayer, K., Fallon, Stewart J., Raudsepp, Mati and Southam, Gordon (2014). Offsetting of CO2 emissions by air capture in mine tailings at the Mount Keith Nickel Mine, Western Australia: Rates, controls and prospects for carbon neutral mining. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 25, 121-140. doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2014.04.002
Reith, F., Campbell, S. G., Ball, A. S., Pring, A. and Southam, G. (2014). Platinum in Earth surface environments. Earth-Science Reviews, 131, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.01.003
Shuster, Jeremiah, Marsden, Sian, Maclean, Lachlan C.W., Ball, James, Bolin, Trudy and Southam, Gordon (2014). The immobilization of gold from gold (III) chloride by a halophilic sulphate-reducing bacterial consortium. Geological Society Special Publication, 393, 249-263. doi: 10.1144/SP393.2
Stephen, Anil, Adebusuyi, Abigail, Baldygin, Aleksey, Shuster, Jeremiah, Southam, Gordon, Budwill, Karen, Foght, Julia, Nobes, David S. and Mitra, Sushanta K. (2014). Bioconversion of coal: New insights from a core flooding study. RSC Advances, 4 (43), 22779-22791. doi: 10.1039/c4ra01628a
Omelon, Christopher R., Brady, Alyson L., Slater, Greg F., Laval, Bernard, Lim, Darlene S. S. and Southam, Gordon (2013). Microstructure variability in freshwater microbialites, Pavilion Lake, Canada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 392, 62-70. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.08.017
Reith, Frank, Brugger, Joël, Zammit, Carla M., Nies, Dietrich H. and Southam, Gordon (2013). Geobiological cycling of gold: from fundamental process understanding to exploration solutions. Minerals, 3 (4), 367-394. doi: 10.3390/min3040367
Power, Ian M., Harrison, Anna L., Dipple, Gregory M. and Southam, Gordon (2013). Carbon sequestration via carbonic anhydrase facilitated magnesium carbonate precipitation. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 16, 145-155. doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.03.011
Osinski, Gordon R., Tornabene, Livio L., Banerjee, Neil R., Cockell, Charles S., Flemming, Roberta, Izawa, Matthew R. M., McCutcheon, Jenine, Parnell, John, Preston, Louisa J., Pickersgill, Annemarie E., Pontefract, Alexandra, Sapers, Haley M. and Southam, Gordon (2013). Impact-generated hydrothermal systems on Earth and Mars. Icarus, 224 (2), 347-363. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.08.030
Leung, Kar Man, Wanger, Greg, El-Naggar, Mohamed Y., Gorby, Yuri, Southam, Gordon, Lau, Woon Ming and Yang, Jun (2013). Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Bacterial Nanowires Exhibit p-Type, Tunable Electronic Behavior. Nano Letters, 13 (6), 2407-2411. doi: 10.1021/nl400237p
Mykytczuk, Nadia C. S., Foote, Simon J., Omelon, Chris R., Southam, Gordon, Greer, Charles W. and Whyte, Lyle G. (2013). Bacterial growth at-15 degrees C; molecular insights from the permafrost bacterium Planococcus halocryophilus Or1. Isme Journal, 7 (6), 1211-1226. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2013.8
Johnston, Chad W., Wyatt, Morgan A., Li, Xiang, Ibrahim, Ashraf, Shuster, Jeremiah, Southam, Gordon and Magarvey, Nathan A. (2013). Gold biomineralization by a metallophore from a gold-associated microbe. Nature Chemical Biology, 9 (4), 241-243. doi: 10.1038/NCHEMBIO.1179
Fairbrother, L., Etschmann, B., Brugger, J., Shapter, J., Southam, G. and Reith, F. (2013). Biomineralization of gold in biofilms of Cupriavidus metallidurans. Environmental Science & Technology, 47 (6), 2628-2635. doi: 10.1021/es302381d
Shuster, Jeremiah, Marsden, Sian, MacLean, Lachlan C. W, Ball, James, Bolin, Trudy and Southam, Gordon (2013). The immobilization of gold from Au(III) chloride by a halophilic sulphate-reducing bacterial consortium. Geological Society Special Publication, 393 (1), 2.1-2.15. doi: 10.1144/SP393.2
Power, Ian M., Harrison, Anna L., Dipple, Gregory M., Wilson, Siobhan A., Kelemen, Peter B., Hitch, Michael and Southam, Gordon (2013). Carbon mineralization: from natural analogues to engineered systems. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 77 (1), 305-360. doi: 10.2138/rmg.2013.77.9
Angiboust, Samuel, Fayek, Mostafa, Power, Ian M., Camacho, Alfredo, Calas, Georges and Southam, Gordon (2012). Structural and biological control of the Cenozoic epithermal uranium concentrations from the Sierra Pena Blanca, Mexico. Mineralium Deposita, 47 (8), 859-874. doi: 10.1007/s00126-012-0408-5
Wanger, G., Moser, D., Hay, M., Myneni, S., Onstott, T. C. and Southam, G. (2012). Mobile hydrocarbon microspheres from >2-billion-year-old carbon-bearing seams in the South African deep subsurface. Geobiology, 10 (6), 496-505. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2012.00340.x
Fernandez-Remolar, David C., Preston, Louisa J., Sanchez-Roman, Monica, Izawa, Matthew R. M., Huang, L., Southam, Gordon, Banerjee, Neil. R., Osinski, Gordon R., Flemming, Roberta, Gomez-Ortiz, David, Ballesteros, Olga Prieto, Rodriguez, Nuria, Amils, Ricardo and Darby Dyar, M. (2012). Carbonate precipitation under bulk acidic conditions as a potential biosignature for searching life on Mars. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 351-352, 13-26. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.07.015
Pontefract, Alexandra, Osinski, Gordon R., Lindgren, Paula, Parnell, John, Cockell, Charles S. and Southam, Gordon (2012). The effects of meteorite impacts on the availability of bioessential elements for endolithic organisms. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 47 (10), 1681-1691. doi: 10.1111/maps.12004
Fairbrother, L., Brugger, J., Shapter, J., Laird, J. S., Southam, G. and Reith, F. (2012). Supergene gold transformation: biogenic secondary and nano-particulate gold from arid Australia. Chemical Geology, 320, 17-31. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.05.025
Southam, Gordon (2012). Minerals as substrates for life: The prokaryotic view. Elements, 8 (2), 101-106. doi: 10.2113/gselements.8.2.101
Takai, Ken, Mottl, Michael J., Nielsen, Simon H. H., Birrien, J. L., Bowden, S., Brandt, L., Breuker, A., Corona, J. C., Eckert, S., Hartnett, H., Hollis, S. P., House, C. H., Ijiri, A., Ishibashi, J., Masaki, Y., McAllister, S., McManus, J., Moyer, C., Nishizawa, M., Noguchi, T., Nunoura, T., Southam, G., Yanagawa, K., Yang, S. and Yeats, C. (2012). IODP expedition 331: strong and expansive subseafloor hydrothermal activities in the Okinawa trough. Scientific Drilling (13), 19-27. doi: 10.2204/iodp.sd.13.03.2011
Power, Ian M., Wilson, Siobhan A., Small, Darcy P., Dipple, Gregory M., Wan, Wankei and Southam, Gordon (2011). Microbially Mediated Mineral Carbonation: Roles of Phototrophy and Heterotrophy. Environmental Science and Technology, 45 (20), 9061-9068. doi: 10.1021/es201648g
Westall, Frances, Cavalazzi, Barbara, Lemelle, Laurence, Marrocchi, Yves, Rouzaud, Jean-Noel, Simionovici, Alexandre, Salome, Murielle, Mostefaoui, Smail, Andreazza, Caroline, Foucher, Frederic, Toporski, Jan, Jauss, Andrea, Thiel, Volker, Southam, Gordon, MacLean, Lachlan, Wirick, Susan, Hofmann, Axel, Meibom, Anders, Robert, Francois and Defarge, Christian (2011). Implications of in situ calcification for photosynthesis in a similar to 3.3 Ga-old microbial biofilm from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 310 (3-4), 468-479. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.08.029
Wilson, Siobhan A., Dipple, Gregory M., Power, Ian M., Barker, Shaun L. L., Fallon, Stewart J. and Southam, Gordon (2011). Subarctic Weathering of Mineral Wastes Provides a Sink for Atmospheric CO2. Environmental Science andTechnology, 45 (18), 7727-7736. doi: 10.1021/es202112y
Preston, L. J., Shuster, J., Fernandez-Remolar, D., Banerjee, N. R., Osinski, G. R. and Southam, G. (2011). The preservation and degradation of filamentous bacteria and biomolecules within iron oxide deposits at Rio Tinto, Spain. Geobiology, 9 (3), 233-249. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2011.00275.x
Sherar, B. W. A., Power, I. M., Keech, P. G., Mitlin, S., Southam, G. and Shoesmith, D. W. (2011). Characterizing the effect of carbon steel exposure in sulfide containing solutions to microbially induced corrosion. Corrosion Science, 53 (3), 955-960. doi: 10.1016/j.corsci.2010.11.027
Power, I. M., Wilson, S. A., Dipple, G. M. and Southam, G. (2011). Modern carbonate microbialites from an asbestos open pit pond, Yukon, Canada. Geobiology, 9 (2), 180-195. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2010.00265.x
Westall, Frances, De Ronde, Cornel E. J., Southam, Gordon, Grassineau, Nathalie, Colas, Maggy, Cockell, Charles and Lammer, Helmut (2011). Erratum: Implications of a 3.472-3.333-Gyr-old subaerial microbial mat from the barberton greenstone belt, South Africa for the UV environmental conditions on the early Earth (Philosophical Transactins of the Royal Society B (2011) 366 (464) DOI:10.1098/rstb.2010.0375 ). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 366 (1563), 464-464. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0375
Leung, Kar Man, Wanger, Greg, Guo, Qiuquan, Gorby, Yuri, Southam, Gordon, Lau, Woon Ming and Yang, Jun (2011). Bacterial nanowires: conductive as silicon, soft as polymer. Soft Matter, 7 (14), 6617-6621. doi: 10.1039/c1sm05611e
El-Naggar, Mohamed Y., Wanger, Greg, Leung, Kar Man, Yuzvinsky, Thomas D., Southam, Gordon, Yang, Jun, Lau, Woon Ming, Nealson, Kenneth H. and Gorby, Yuri A. (2010). Electrical transport along bacterial nanowires from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107 (42), 18127-18131. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1004880107
Reith, Frank, Fairbrother, Lintern, Nolze, Gert, Wilhelmi, Oliver, Clode, Peta L., Gregg, Adrienne, Parsons, John E., Wakelin, Steven A., Pring, Allan, Hough, Robert, Southam, Gordon and Brugger, Joel (2010). Nanoparticle factories: Biofilms hold the key to gold dispersion and nugget formation. Geology, 38 (9), 843-846. doi: 10.1130/G31052.1
Izawa, M. R. M., Flemming, R. L., McCausland, P. J. A., Southam, G., Moser, D. E. and Barker, I. R. (2010). Multi-technique investigation reveals new mineral, chemical, and textural heterogeneity in the Tagish Lake C2 chondrite. Planetary and Space Science, 58 (10), 1347-1364. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.05.018
Brady, A. L., Slater, G. F., Omelon, C. R., Southam, G., Druschel, G., Andersen, D. T., Hawes, I., Laval, B. and Lim, D. S. S. (2010). Photosynthetic isotope biosignatures in laminated micro-stromatolitic and non-laminated nodules associated with modern, freshwater microbialites in Pavilion Lake, BC. Chemical Geology, 274 (1-2), 56-67. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.03.016
Foster, Ian S., King, Penelope L., Hyde, Brendt C. and Southam, Gordon (2010). Characterization of halophiles in natural MgSO4 salts and laboratory enrichment samples: Astrobiological implications for Mars. Planetary and Space Science, 58 (4), 599-615. doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.08.009
Power, Ian M., Dipple, Gregory M. and Southam, Gordon (2010). Bioleaching of Ultramafic Tailings by Acidithiobacillus spp. for CO2 Sequestration. Environmental Science and Technology, 44 (1), 456-462. doi: 10.1021/es900986n
Norlund, Kelsey L. I., Southam, Gordon, Tyliszczak, Tolek, Hu, Yongfeng, Karunakaran, Chithra, Obst, Martin, Hitchcock, Adam P. and Warren, Lesley A. (2009). Microbial Architecture of Environmental Sulfur Processes: A Novel Syntrophic Sulfur-Metabolizing Consortia. Environmental Science and Technology, 43 (23), 8781-8786. doi: 10.1021/es803616k
Reith, Frank, Etschmann, Barbara, Grosse, Cornelia, Moors, Hugo, Benotmane, Mohammed A., Monsieurs, Pieter, Grass, Gregor, Doonan, Christian, Vogt, Stefan, Lai, Barry, Martinez-Criado, Gema, George, Graham N., Nies, Dietrich H., Mergeay, Max, Pring, Allan, Southam, Gordon and Brugger, Joel (2009). Mechanisms of gold biomineralization in the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106 (42), 17757-17762. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0904583106
Southam, Gordon, Lengke, Maggy F., Fairbrother, Lintern and Reith, Frank (2009). The Biogeochemistry of Gold. Elements, 5 (5), 303-307. doi: 10.2113/gselements.5.5.303
Davidson, Mark M., Bisher, M. E., Pratt, Lisa M., Fong, Jon, Southam, Gordon, Pfiffner, Susan M., Reches, Z. and Onstott, Tullis C. (2009). Sulfur Isotope Enrichment during Maintenance Metabolism in the Thermophilic Sulfate-Reducing Bacterium Desulfotomaculum putei. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75 (17), 5621-5630. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02948-08
Fairbrother, Lintern, Shapter, Joe, Brugger, Joel, Southam, Gordon, Pring, Allan and Reith, Frank (2009). Effect of the cyanide-producing bacterium Chromobacterium violaceum on ultraflat Au surfaces. Chemical Geology, 265 (3-4), 313-320. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.04.010
Power, Ian M., Wilson, Siobhan A., Thom, James M., Dipple, Gregory M., Gabites, Janet E. and Southam, Gordon (2009). The hydromagnesite playas of Atlin, British Columbia, Canada: A biogeochemical model for CO2 sequestration. Chemical Geology, 260 (3-4), 286-300. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.01.012
Wilson, Siobhan A., Dipple, Gregory M., Power, Ian M., Thom, James M., Anderson, Robert G., Raudsepp, Mati, Gabites, Janet E. and Southam, Gordon (2009). Carbon dioxide fixation within mine wastes of ultramafic-hosted ore deposits: examples from the Clinton Creek and Cassiar Chrysotile deposits, Canada. Economic Geology, 104 (1), 95-112. doi: 10.2113/gsecongeo.104.1.95
MacLean, L. C. W., Tyliszczak, T., Gilbert, P. U. P. A., Zhou, D., Pray, T. J., Onstott, T. C. and Southam, G. (2008). A high-resolution chemical and structural study of framboidal pyrite formed within a low-temperature bacterial biofilm. Geobiology, 6 (5), 471-480. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2008.00174.x
Chivian, Dylan, Brodie, Eoin L., Alm, Eric J., Culley, David E., Dehal, Paramvir S., DeSantis, Todd Z., Gihring, Thomas M., Lapidus, Alla, Lin, Li-Hung, Lowry, Stephen R., Moser, Duane P., Richardson, Paul M., Southam, Gordon, Wanger, Greg, Pratt, Lisa M., Andersen, Gary L., Hazen, Terry C., Brockman, Fred J., Arkin, Adam P. and Onstott, Tullis C. (2008). Environmental genomics reveals a single-species ecosystem deep within earth. Science, 322 (5899), 275-278. doi: 10.1126/science.1155495
Brady, Allyson L., White, Christine D., Longstaffe, Fred J. and Southam, Gordon (2008). Investigating intra-bone isotopic variations in bioapatite using IR-laser ablation and micromilling: Implications for identifying diagenesis?. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 266 (3-4), 188-199. doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2008.03.031
Wanger, G., Onstott, T. C. and Southam, G. (2008). Stars of the terrestrial deep subsurface: A novel 'star-shaped' bacterial morphotype from a South African platinum mine. Geobiology, 6 (3), 325-330. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2008.00163.x
Power, Ian M., Wilson, Siobhan A., Thom, James M., Dipple, Gregory M. and Southam, Gordon (2007). Biologically induced mineralization of dypingite by cyanobacteria from an alkaline wetland near Atlin, British Columbia, Canada. Geochemical Transactions, 8 (Article No.13) 13. doi: 10.1186/1467-4866-8-13
Reith, Frank, Lengke, Maggy F., Falconer, Donna, Craw, David and Southam, Gordon (2007). The geomicrobiology of gold. Isme Journal, 1 (7), 567-584. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2007.75
Lengke, Maggy F., Ravel, Bruce, Fleet, Michael E., Wanger, Gregory, Gordon, Robert A. and Southam, Gordon (2007). Precipitation of gold by the reaction of aqueous gold(III) chloride with cyanobacteria at 25-80 degrees C - Studied by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 85 (10), 651-659. doi: 10.1139/V07-024
Lengke, Maggy F., Fleet, Michael E. and Southam, Gordon (2007). Synthesis of palladium nanoparticles by reaction of filamentous cyanobacterial biomass with a palladium(II) chloride complex. Langmuir, 23 (17), 8982-8987. doi: 10.1021/la7012446
Southam, G., Rothschild, L. J. and Westall, F. (2007). The geology and habitability of terrestrial planets: fundamental requirements for life. Space Science Reviews, 129 (1-3), 7-34. doi: 10.1007/s11214-007-9148-8
Lengke, Maggy F., Fleet, Michael E. and Southam, Gordon (2007). Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles by filamentous cyanobacteria from a silver(I) nitrate complex. Langmuir, 23 (5), 2694-2699. doi: 10.1021/la0613124
Lengke, Maggy F. and Southam, Gordon (2007). The deposition of elemental gold from gold(I)-thiosulfate complexes mediated by sulfate-reducing bacterial conditions. Economic Geology, 102 (1), 109-126. doi: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.109
Westall, Frances, De Ronde, Cornel E. J., Southam, Gordon, Grassineau, Nathalie, Colas, Maggy, Cockell, Charles and Lammer, Helmut (2006). Erratum: Implications of a 3.472-3.333 Gyr-old subaerial microbial mat from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa for the UV environmental conditions on the early Earth (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences (2006) 361, (1857-1875) DOI:10.1098/rstb.2006.1896). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 361 (1476). doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1896
Lengke, Maggy F., Fleet, Michael E. and Southam, Gordon (2006). Bioaccumulation of gold by filamentous cyanobacteria between 25 and 200 degrees C. Geomicrobiology Journal, 23 (8), 591-597. doi: 10.1080/01490450600964326
Lengke, Maggy F., Ravel, Bruce, Fleet, Michael E., Wanger, Gregory, Gordon, Robert A. and Southam, Gordon (2006). Mechanisms of gold bioaccumulation by filamentous cyanobacteria from gold(III) - Chloride complex. Environmental Science & Technology, 40 (20), 6304-6309. doi: 10.1021/es061040r
Onstott, T. C., Lin, L. -H., Davidson, M., Mislowack, B., Borcsik, M., Hall, J., Slater, G., Ward, J., Lollar, B. Sherwood, Lippmann-Pipke, J., Boice, E., Pratt, L. M., Pfiffner, S., Moser, D., Gihring, T., Kieft, Thomas L., Phelps, Tommy J., Vanheerden, E., Litthaur, D., Deflaun, M., Rothmel, R., Wanger, G. and Southam, G. (2006). The origin and age of biogeochemical trends in deep fracture water of the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa. Geomicrobiology Journal, 23 (6), 369-414. doi: 10.1080/01490450600875688
Wanger, G., Southam, G. and Onstott, T. C. (2006). Structural and chemical characterization of a natural fracture surface from 2.8 kilometers below land surface: Biofilms in the deep subsurface. Geomicrobiology Journal, 23 (6), 443-452. doi: 10.1080/01490450600875746
Lengke, Maggy F., Fleet, Michael E. and Southam, Gordon (2006). Synthesis of platinum nanoparticles by reaction of filamentous cyanobacteria with platinum(IV)-chloride complex. Langmuir, 22 (17), 7318-7323. doi: 10.1021/la060873s
Lengke, Maggy and Southam, Gordon (2006). Bioaccumulation of gold by sulfate-reducing bacteria cultured in the presence of gold(I)-thio sulfate complex. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 70 (14), 3646-3661. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.04.018
Lengke, MF, Fleet, ME and Southam, G (2006). Morphology of gold nanoparticles synthesized by filamentous cyanobacteria from gold(I)-thiosulfate and gold(III)-chloride complexes. Langmuir, 22 (6), 2780-2787. doi: 10.1021/la052652c
Enders, MS, Knickerbocker, C, Titley, SR and Southam, G (2006). The role of bacteria in the supergene environment of the Morenci Porphyry Copper Deposit, Greenlee County, Arizona. Economic Geology, 101 (1), 59-70. doi: 10.2113/101.1.59
Moser, DP, Gihring, TM, Brockman, FJ, Fredrickson, JK, Balkwill, DL, Dollhopf, ME, Lollar, BS, Pratt, LM, Boice, E, Southam, G, Wanger, G, Baker, BJ, Pfiffner, SM, Lin, LH and Onstott, TC (2005). Desulfotomaculum and Methanobacterium spp. dominate a 4-to 5-kilometer-deep fault. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71 (12), 8773-8783. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.12.8773-8783.2005
Flint, J. F., Drzymalski, D., Montgomery, W. L., Southam, G. and Angert, E. R. (2005). Nocturnal production of endospores in natural populations of Epulopiscium-like surgeonfish symbionts. Journal of Bacteriology, 187 (21), 7460-7470. doi: 10.1128/JB.187.21.7460-7470.2005
Southam, G and Saunders, JA (2005). The geomicrobiology of ore deposits. Economic Geology, 100 (6), 1067-1084. doi: 10.2113/100.6.1067
Chan, MA, Moser, K, Davis, JM, Southam, G, Hughes, K and Graham, T (2005). Desert potholes: Ephemeral aquatic microsystems. Aquatic Geochemistry, 11 (3), 279-302. doi: 10.1007/s10498-004-6274-8
Lengke, MF and Southam, G (2005). The effect of thiosulfate-oxidizing bacteria on the stability of the gold-thiosulfate complex. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 69 (15), 3759-3772. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2005.03.012
Pace, DL, Mielke, RE, Southam, G and Porter, TL (2005). Scanning force microscopy studies of the colonization and growth of A. ferrooxidans on the surface of pyrite minerals. Scanning, 27 (3), 136-140. doi: 10.1002/sca.4950270306
Marquez-Zavalia, MF, Southam, G, Craig, JR and Galliski, MA (2004). Morphological and chemical study of placer gold from the San Luis Range, Argentina. Canadian Mineralogist, 42, 169-182. doi: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.1.169
Castro, PR, Amy, PS, Jones, DA, Southam, G, Donald, R and Ringelberg, DB (2004). Effect of rock surfaces on the corrosion capability of Yucca Mountain bacteria. Corrosion, 60 (1), 75-83. doi: 10.5006/1.3299234
Pitonzo, BJ, Castro, P, Amy, PS, Southam, G, Jones, DA and Ringelberg, D (2004). Microbiologically influenced corrosion capability of bacteria isolated from Yucca Mountain. Corrosion, 60 (1), 64-74. doi: 10.5006/1.3299233
Moser, DP, Onstott, TC, Fredrickson, JK, Brockman, FJ, Balkwill, DL, Drake, GR, Pfiffner, SM, White, DC, Takai, K, Pratt, LM, Fong, J, Lollar, BS, Slater, G, Phelps, TJ, Spoelstra, N, Deflaun, M, Southam, G, Welty, AT, Baker, BJ and Hoek, J (2003). Temporal shifts in the geochemistry and microbial community structure of an ultradeep mine borehole following isolation. Geomicrobiology Journal, 20 (6), 517-548. doi: 10.1080/713851170
Mielke, Randall E., Pace, Danielle L., Porter, Tim and Southam, Gordon (2003). A critical stage in the formation of acid mine drainage: Colonization of pyrite by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans under pH-neutral conditions. Geobiology, 1 (1), 81-90. doi: 10.1046/j.1472-4669.2003.00005.x
Konhauser, KO, Hamade, T, Raiswell, R, Morris, RC, Ferris, FG, Southam, G and Canfield, DE (2002). Could bacteria have formed the Precambrian banded iron formations?. Geology, 30 (12), 1079-1082. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1079:CBHFTP>2.0.CO;2
Southam, G, Whitney, M and Knickerbocker, C (2001). Structural characterization of the hydrocarbon degrading bacteria-oil interface: implications for bioremediation. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 47 (4), 197-201. doi: 10.1016/S0964-8305(01)00051-8
Southam, G, Donald, R, Rostad, A and Brock, C (2001). Pyrite discs in coal: Evidence for fossilized bacterial colonies. Geology, 29 (1), 47-50. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0047:PDICEF>2.0.CO;2
Konhauser, KO and Southam, G (2000). Preface: Geomicrobiology. Chemical Geology, 169 (3-4), 263-263. doi: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00206-0
Knickerbocker, C, Nordstrom, DK and Southam, G (2000). The role of ''blebbing'' in overcoming the hydrophobic barrier during biooxidation of elemental sulfur by Thiobacillus thiooxidans. Chemical Geology, 169 (3-4), 425-433. doi: 10.1016/S0009-2541(00)00221-7
Southam, G, Fyfe, WS and Beveridge, TJ (2000). Immobilization of free ionic gold and L-asparagine complexed ionic gold by Sporosarcina ureae: The importance of organo-gold complexes in gold mobility. Minerals & Metallurgical Processing, 17 (2), 129-132.
Southam, G and Donald, R (1999). A structural comparison of bacterial microfossils vs. 'nanobacteria' and nanofossils. Earth-Science Reviews, 48 (4), 251-264. doi: 10.1016/S0012-8252(99)00057-4
Donald, R and Southam, G (1999). Low temperature anaerobic bacterial diagenesis of ferrous monosulfide to pyrite. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 63 (13-14), 2019-2023. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00140-4
Crabill, C, Donald, R, Snelling, J, Foust, R and Southam, G (1999). The impact of sediment fecal coliform reservoirs on seasonal water quality in Oak Creek, Arizona. Water Research, 33 (9), 2163-2171. doi: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00437-0
Kirby, CS, Thomas, HM, Southam, G and Donald, R (1999). Relative contributions of abiotic and biological factors in Fe(II) oxidation in mine drainage. Applied Geochemistry, 14 (4), 511-530. doi: 10.1016/S0883-2927(98)00071-7
Maschinski, J, Southam, G, Hines, J and Strohmeyer, S (1999). Efficiency of a subsurface constructed wetland system using native southwestern US plants. Journal of Environmental Quality, 28 (1), 225-231. doi: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800010027x
Southam, G (1998). Quantification of sulfur and phosphorus within secondary gold rims on Yukon placer gold. Geology, 26 (4), 339-342. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)026<0339:QOSAPW>2.3.CO;2
Nordstrom, D. Kirk and Southam, Gordon (1998). Geomicrobiology of sulfide mineral oxidation. Reviews in Mineralogy, 35, 381-390. doi: 10.2138/rmg.1998.35.11
Nordstrom, DK and Southam, G (1997). Geomicrobiology of sulfide mineral oxidation. Geomicrobiology: Interactions Between Microbes and Minerals, 35, 361-390.
Southam, G and Beveridge, TJ (1996). The occurrence of sulfur and phosphorus within bacterially derived crystalline and pseudocrystalline octahedral gold formed in vitro. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 60 (22), 4369-4376. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00235-9
Fortin, D, Davis, B, Southam, G and Beveridge, TJ (1995). Biogeochemical Phenomena Induced by Bacteria Within Sulfidic Mine Tailings. Journal of Industrial Microbiology, 14 (2), 178-185. doi: 10.1007/BF01569901
Southam, G and Beveridge, TJ (1994). The In-Vitro Formation of Placer Gold by Bacteria. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 58 (20), 4527-4530. doi: 10.1016/0016-7037(94)90355-7
Firtel, M, Xu, W, Southam, G, Mulhern, PJ, Blackford, B, Jericho, MH and Beveridge, TJ (1994). Tip-Induced Displacement and Imaging of a Multilayered Bacterial Structure by Scanning-Tunneling-Microscopy. Ultramicroscopy, 55 (1), 113-119. doi: 10.1016/0304-3991(94)90085-X
Fortin, D, Southam, G and Beveridge, TJ (1994). Nickel Sulfide, Iron-Nickel Sulfide and Iron Sulfide Precipitation by a Newly Isolated Desulfotomaculum Species and its Relation to Nickel Resistance. Fems Microbiology Ecology, 14 (2), 121-132. doi: 10.1016/0168-6496(94)90090-6
Firtel, M, Southam, G, Harauz, G and Beveridge, TJ (1994). The Organization of the Paracrystalline Multilayered Spacer-Plugs of Methanospirillum-Hungatei. Journal of Structural Biology, 112 (2), 160-171. doi: 10.1006/jsbi.1994.1017
Firtel, M., Southam, G., Harauz, G. and Beveridge, T. J. (1993). Characterization of the Cell-Wall of the Sheathed Methanogen Methanospirillum-Hungatei Gp1 as An S-Layer. Journal of Bacteriology, 175 (23), 7550-7560. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.23.7550-7560.1993
Southam, G and Beveridge, TJ (1993). Examination of Lipopolysaccharide (O-Antigen) Populations of Thiobacillus-Ferrooxidans From 2 Mine Tailings. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 59 (5), 1283-1288. doi: 10.1128/aem.59.5.1283-1288.1993
Southam, G., Firtel, M., Blackford, B. L., Jericho, M. H., Xu, W., Mulhern, P. J. and Beveridge, T. J. (1993). Transmission electron microscopy, scanning tunneling microscopy, and atomic force microscopy of the cell envelope layers of the archaeobacterium Methanospirillum hungatei GP1. Journal of Bacteriology, 175 (7), 1946-1955. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.7.1946-1955.1993
Southam, G. and Beveridge, T. J. (1992). Detection of growth sites in and protomer pools for the sheath of Methanospirillum hungatei GP1 by use of constituent organosulfur and immunogold labeling. Journal of Bacteriology, 174 (20), 6460-6470. doi: 10.1128/jb.174.20.6460-6470.1992
Mulhern, PJ, Blackford, BL, Jericho, MH, Southam, G and Beveridge, TJ (1992). Afm and Stm Studies of the Interaction of Antibodies with the S-Layer Sheath of the Archaeobacterium Methanospirillum-Hungatei. Ultramicroscopy, 42, 1214-1221. doi: 10.1016/0304-3991(92)90426-K
Southam, G and Beveridge, TJ (1992). Enumeration of Thiobacilli Within Ph-Neutral and Acidic Mine Tailings and Their Role in the Development of Secondary Mineral Soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 58 (6), 1904-1912. doi: 10.1128/aem.58.6.1904-1912.1992
Southam, G. and Beveridge, T. J. (1992). Characterization of novel, phenol-soluble polypeptides which confer rigidity to the sheath of Methanospirillum hungatei GP1. Journal of Bacteriology, 174 (3), 935-946. doi: 10.1128/jb.174.3.935-946.1992
Southam, G. and Beveridge, T. J. (1991). Dissolution and immunochemical analysis of the sheath of the archaeobacterium Methanospirillum hungatei GP1. Journal of Bacteriology, 173 (19), 6213-6222. doi: 10.1128/jb.173.19.6213-6222.1991
Blackford, BL, Jericho, MH, Mulhern, PJ, Frame, C, Southam, G and Beveridge, TJ (1991). Scanning Tunneling Microscope Imaging of Hoops From the Cell Sheath of the Bacteria Methanospirillum-Hungatei and Atomic Force Microscope Imaging of Complete Sheathes. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 9 (2), 1242-1247. doi: 10.1116/1.585213
Beveridge, T. J., Southam, G., Jericho, M. H. and Blackford, B. L. (1990). High-resolution topography of the S-layer sheath of the archaebacterium Methanospirillum hungatei provided by scanning tunneling microscopy. Journal of Bacteriology, 172 (11), 6589-6595. doi: 10.1128/jb.172.11.6589-6595.1990
Southam, G., Kalmokoff, M. L., Jarrell, K. F., Koval, S. F. and Beveridge, T. J. (1990). Isolation, characterization, and cellular insertion of the flagella from two strains of the archaebacterium Methanospirillum hungatei. Journal of Bacteriology, 172 (6), 3221-3228. doi: 10.1128/jb.172.6.3221-3228.1990
Blackford, BL, Watanabe, MO, Dahn, DC, Jericho, MH, Southam, G and Beveridge, TJ (1989). The Imaging of a Complete Biological Structure with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope. Ultramicroscopy, 27 (4), 427-432. doi: 10.1016/0304-3991(89)90011-9
Rauser, WE, Quesnel, AA, Lam, JS and Southam, GG (1988). An Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent-Assay for Plant Cadmium-Binding Peptide. Plant Science, 57 (1), 37-43. doi: 10.1016/0168-9452(88)90139-2
Pearson, J, Southam, GG and Holley, RA (1987). Survival and Transport of Bacteria in Egg Washwater. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 53 (9), 2060-2065. doi: 10.1128/aem.53.9.2060-2065.1987
Lam, Joseph S., Macdonald, Leslie A., Lam, Michele Y. C., Duchesne, Lorraine G. M. and Southam, Gordon G. (1987). Production and Characterization of Monoclonal-Antibodies against Serotype Strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Infection and Immunity, 55 (5), 1051-1057. doi: 10.1128/IAI.55.5.1051-1057.1987
Southam, G, Pearson, J and Holley, RA (1987). Survival and Growth of Yersinia-Enterocolitica in Egg Washwater. Journal of Food Protection, 50 (2), 103-107. doi: 10.4315/0362-028X-50.2.103
Conference Papers
Febriana, Adithyanti, Gunathunga, Samadhi, Erskine, Peter and Southam, Gordon (2025). Identifying microbial roles in acid mine drainage and bioremediation of Mount Morgan Mine, Queensland, Australia. 13th Asia Pacific Microscopy Congress 2025 (APMC13), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 2-7 Febuary 2025. ScienceOpen. doi: 10.14293/apmc13-2025-0175
Pearce, J. K., Dawson, G. K. W., Golding, S. D., Kirste, D., Southam, G., Paterson, D., Brink, F. and Rudolph, V. (2023). Assessing geochemical reactivity during CO2 geological storage: an example from the Surat Basin. Australasian Exploration Geosciences Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 13-18 March 2023. West End, QLD Australia: Arinex.
Pearce, J.K., Dawson, G.K.W., Golding, S.D., Kirste, D., Southam, G., Paterson, D., Brink, F. and Rudolph, V. (2022). CO2 geological storage in the southern Surat Basin: assessing CO2-water-rock reactivity. Australian Groundwater Conference, Perth, WA Australia, 21-24 November 2022.
Han, Zhengdong, Edraki, Mansour, Golev, Artem and Southam, Gordon (2022). Acid mine drainage processes, wolframite stability and chemical forms of tungsten in W-Mo tailings: a case study from Queensland. 12th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage (ICARD) 2022 , Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 18-24 September 2022.
Southam, Gordon, Jones, Thomas, Poitras, Jordan, Wilson, Siobhan, Ndlovu, Senzeni, Vietti, Andrew, Senzani, Khange and Paterson, David (2022). The critical role of bacteria in mineral carbonation of kimberlite. Goldschmidt 2022, Honolulu, HI, United States, 10 - 15 July 2022. France: European Association of Geochemistry. doi: 10.46427/gold2022.11771
Zeyen, Nina, Wang, Baolin, Wilson, Siobhan, Russell, Wyatt, Arizaleta, Maria, Janzen, Jared, Evans, Sydney, Paulo, Carlos, Power, Ian, Stubbs, Amanda, Jones, Thomas, Senzani, Khangeziwe, Ndlovu, Senzeni, Vietti, Andrew and Southam, Gordon (2022). Microbial CO2 removal into carbonate sediments using cation exchange leachates from kimberlite mine residues — results from Project CarbonVault. Goldschmidt 2022, Honolulu, HI, United States, 10 - 15 July 2022. France: European Association of Geochemistry. doi: 10.46427/gold2022.10973
Wang, Baolin, Zeyen, Nina, Arizaleta, Maria, Wilson, Siobhan, Paulo, Carlos, Power, Ian, Stubbs, Amanda, Senzani, Khangeziwe, Ndlovu, Senzeni, Vietti, Andrew, Jones, Thomas and Southam, Gordon (2022). Investigating microbially-mediated mineral carbonation during acid leaching of processed kimberlites: results from project CarbonVault. Goldschmidt 2022, Honolulu, HI, United States, 10 - 15 July 2022. France: European Association of Geochemistry. doi: 10.46427/gold2022.11328
Honda-McNeil, Makoto, Wilson, Siobhan, Locock, Andrew, Mililli, Benjamin, Zeyen, Nina, Wang, Baolin, Turvey, Connor, Vessey, Colton, Patel, Avni, Hamilton, Jessica, Howard, Daryl, Paterson, David, Southam, Gordon, Poitras, Jordan, Jones, Thomas and Jowitt, Simon (2022). Transition metal mobility and recoverability from weathered serpentinite and serpentinite skarn tailings from Lord Brassey Mine, Australia and Record Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. Goldschmidt 2022, Honolulu, HI, United States, 10 - 15 July 2022. France: European Association of Geochemistry. doi: 10.46427/gold2022.9650
Yi, Qing, Wu, Songlin, Southam, Gordon and Huang, Longbin (2021). Acidophilic iron- and sulfur-oxidising bacteria driven primary mineral weathering and secondary mineral formation in Fe ore tailings. ANSTO User Meeting 2021, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 24-26 November 2021.
Yi, Qing, Wu, Songlin, Huang, Longbin and Southam, Gordon (2021). Alkaline pH neutralisation and mineral weathering in Fe ore tailings driven by an acidophilic iron and sulfur oxidising bacterium, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Goldschmidt2021, Online, 4-9 July 2021. doi: 10.7185/gold2021.4394
Mukhopadhyay, Deb, Jones, Tom, Parbhakar-Fox, Anita and Southam, Gordon (2021). Growth of indigenous bacteria from mine tailings: Implications for bioleaching for cobalt recovery. 10th Australian Workshop on Acid and Metalliferous Drainage, Online, 22 – 25 June 2021. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Sustainable Minerals Institute.
Honda-McNeil, Makoto, Wang, Baolin, Wilson, Siobhan, Mililli, Benjamin, Zeyen, Nina, Turvey, Connor, Vessey, Colton, Patel, Avni, Locock, Andrew, Hamilton, Jessica, Paterson, David, Southam, Gordon, Poitras, Jordan, Jones, Thomas and Jowitt, Simon (2021). Transition metal mobility and recovery from weathered serpentinite and serpentinite skarn tailings from Lord Brassey Mine, Australia and Record Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. Goldschmidt 2021, Virtual, Global, 4 - 9 July 2021. Paris, France: European Association of Geochemistry. doi: 10.7185/gold2021.4827
Wu, Songlin, Liu, Yunjia, Huang, Longbin, Southam, Gordon, Nguyen, Tuan and You, Fang (2020). Can mycorrhizal fungi stimulate mineral weathering and soil formation in Fe ore tailings?. Goldschmidt2020, Online, 21 - 26 June 2020. Washington, DC United States: Geochemical Society and of the European Association of Geochemistry. doi: 10.46427/gold2020.2901
Robertson, Lachlan, Wu, Songlin, You, Fang, Huang, Longbin, Southam, Gordon and Bond, Philip (2020). Plant biomass amendment induced mineralogical and geochemical changes in magnetite Fe-ore tailings. Goldschmidt2020, Online, 21-26 June 2020.
Pearce, J., Kirste, D., Dawson, G., Southam, G., Paterson, D., Golding, S. and Brink, F. (2019). Metal mobilisation and sequestration with CO2 stream injection in the Precipice Sandstone: Experimental data input for a reactive transport model. Australian Groundwater Conference, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 24-27 November 2019.
Liu, Yun, Serrano, Antonio, Vaughan, James, Southam, Gordon, Nancucheo, Ivan and Villa Gomez, Denys K. (2019). The single-stage up-flow fixed bed reactor (UFBR) treating nickel and cobalt-containing wastewater. 23rd International Bio-hydrometalurgy Symposium, Fukuoka, Japan, 20–23 October 201.
Yi, Qing, Wu, Songlin, Huang, Longbin and Southam, Gordon (2019). The effects of a sulphur oxidising bacterial inoculum and elemental sulphur amendment on alkaline iron ore tailings pH stabilisation. Goldschmidt2019, Barcelona, Spain, 18-23 August 2019.
Liu, Yun, Wyman, Valentina, Serrano, Antonio, Southam, Gordon, Vaughan, James and Villa Gomez, Denys K. (2019). Ni stress to sulphate reducing bacteria enhances Ni complexation: Opportunity for Ni-Co separation from wastewater. IWA 16th World Conference on Anaerobic Digestion Conference AD16, Delft, The Netherlands, 23-27 June 2019.
Santini, T. C., Warren, K., Raudsepp, M., Carter, N., Hamley, D., McCosker, C., Couperthwaite, S., Southam, G., Tyson, G. W. and Warren, L. A. (2019). Accelerating bauxite residue remediation with microbial biotechnology. Light Metals Symposium held at the TMS Annual Meeting and Exhibition, 2019, San Antonio, TX United States, 10-14 March 2019. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-05864-7_10
Pearce, J.K., Blach, T., Dawson, G., Melnichenko, Y., Southam, G., Golding, S.D., Bahadur, J. and Paterson, D. (2019). Experimental acid and scCO2 reactions of Roseneath, Epsilon and Murteree gas shales: opening or closing of gas accessible pores and metal release to water. AEGC 2019, Perth, WA, Australia, 2-5 September 2019. Taylor & Francis. doi: 10.1080/22020586.2019.12073164
Villa Gomez, Denys , Liu, Yun, Vaughan, James, Marcellin, Esteban, Wyman, Valentina, Serrano, Antonio and Southam, Gordon (2018). Microbial-mediated Ni and Co recovery from mine tailings. 11th ICARD | IMWA | WISA MWD 2018 Conference – Risk to Opportunity, Pretoria, South Africa, 10-14 September 2018. Pretoria, South Africa: International Mine Water Association/WISA Mine Water Division.
Wilson, S. A., Hamilton, J. L., Morgan, B., Turvey, C. C., McCutcheon, J., Paterson, D. J., Tait, A. W. and Southam, G. (2018). Metal mobility during passive and accelerated carbonation of ultramafic mineral wastes. 6th International Conference on Accelerated Carbonation for Environmental and Material Engineering, ACEME 2018, Newcastle, NSW, 11-14 March 2018. United States: AIChE.
McCutcheon, Jenine, Nothdurft, Luke, Webb, Gregory, Paterson, David J., Burne, Robert, Irazabal, Nicole and Southam, Gordon (2018). Carbonate microbialites. 6th International Conference on Accelerated Carbonation for Environmental and Material Engineering, ACEME 2018, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 11-14 March 2018. AIChE.
Gomez, Denys Villa, Hofmann, Harald, Kerr, Adam, Benjamin Ryan, Peces, M. and Southam, Gordon (2017). Integrated leaching/bioleaching and sulphate reducing processes for metal recovery and treatment of mine tailings. The 9th Acid and Metalliferous Draining Workshop, Burnie, Tasmania, 1 December 2017.
Siegrist, Manuel, Southam, Colette, Bowman, Gary, Wilson, Siobhan A. and Southam, Gordon (2017). Analysis of the potential for negative CO2 emission mine sites through bacteria-mediated carbon mineralisation: Evidence from Australia. 13th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT), Lausanne Switzerland, Nov 14-18, 2016. Amsterdam, NX Netherlands: Elsevier . doi: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1749
Liu, Yun, Yao, Ming, Yoong, I., Peces, Miriam, Vaughan, James, Southam, Gordon and Villa Gomez, Denys K. (2017). Strategies in Ni and Co recovery with biogenic sulphide. 1st International congress on Metals in Anaerobic Biotechnologies (IMAB17), Seville, Spain, 4-6 October 2017. Seville, Spain:
Hamilton, J. L., Wilson, S. A., Morgan, B., Turvey, C. C., Jowitt, S. M. and Southam, G. (2015). Accelerated carbonation of alkaline materials including industrial wastes, lime, cement and concrete Trace Metal Mobility during Carbon Mineralisation. 5th International Conference on Accelerated Carbonation for Environmental and Material Engineering 2015, New York, NY United States, 21-24 June 2015. New York, NY United States: AIChE.
McCutcheon, J., Wilson, S. A., Dipple, G. M. and Southam, G. (2015). CO2 capture and storage by mineral carbonation Utilization of Chrysotile Mine Tailings and Microbially Accelerated Carbonate Mineral Precipitation Reactions As a Strategy for in Situ Carbon Sequestration. 5th International Conference on Accelerated Carbonation for Environmental and Material Engineering 2015, New York, NY United States, 21-24 June 2015. New York, NY United States: AIChE.
El-Naggar, Mohamed Y., Wanger, Greg, Leung, Kar Man, Yuzvinsky, Thomas D., Southam, Gordon, Yang, Jun, Lau, Woon Ming, Nealson, Kenneth H. and Gorby, Yuri A. (2011). Electrical transport along bacterial nanowires from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. 241st National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Anaheim, CA, United States, 27-31 March 2011. Washington, DC United States: American Chemical Society.
Yuzvinsky, Tom, El-Naggar, Moh, Wanger, Greg, Leung, Kar Man, Southam, Gordon, Yang, Jun, Lau, Woon Ming, Nealon, Kenneth and Gorby, Yuri (2011). Electrical Transport along Bacterial Nanowires. 55th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Baltimore, MD United States, 5 - 9 March 2011. Louis, MO United States: Cell Press.
Dipple, Gregory M., Wilson, Siobhan A., Barker, Shaun, Thom, James M., Raudsepp, Mati, Power, Ian, Southam, Gordon and Fallon, Stewart J. (2009). Carbon Sequestration in Ultramafic Mine Tailings. 10th Biennial SGA Meeting of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, Townsville, Australia, 17-20 August 2009. Townsville, Australia: James Cook University, School of Earth & Environmental Studies. Economic Geology Research Unit.
MacLean, L. C. W., Pray, T. J., Onstott, T. C., Brodie, E. L., Hazen, T. C. and Southam, G. (2007). Mineralogical, chemical and biological characterization of an anaerobic biofilm collected from a borehole in a deep gold mine in South Africa. Philadelphia, PA United States: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.1080/01490450701572416
MacLean, Lachlan, Wirick, Sue, Jacobsen, Chris, Ravel, Bruce D. and Southam, Gordon (2007). FUEL 42-Comparison of carbon surface modification chemistries for nanoparticle based cell delivery. 233rd National Meeting of the Cellulose-and-Renewable-Materials-Division of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), Chicago Il, Mar 25-29, 2007. WASHINGTON: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.
Southam, G., Rothschild, L. J. and Westall, F. (2007). The geology and habitability of terrestrial planets: fundamental requirements for life. Workshop on Geology and Habitability of Terrestrial Planets, Bern, Switzerland, 05-09 September 2005. New York, USA: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-74288-5_2
Westall, Frances, de Ronde, Cornel E. J., Southam, Gordon, Grassineau, Nathalie, Colas, Maggy, Cockell, Charles S. and Lammer, Helmut (2006). Implications of a 3.472-3.333 Gyr-old subaerial microbial mat from the Barberton greenstone belt, South Africa for the UV environmental conditions on the early Earth. ROYAL SOC. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2006.1896
Westall, Frances and Southam, Gordon (2006). The early record of life. Conference on Archean Geodynamic Processes held at the Joint Assembly of the American-Geophysical-Union, Montreal Canada, May 19, 2004. AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION.
MacLean, LCW, Pray, TJ, Onstott, TC and Southam, G (2005). High resolution structural and chemical characterisation of framboidal pyrite formed within a bacterial biofilm. 15th Annual V M Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow Id, May, 2005. PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD.
Castro, P. R., Amy, P. S., Crossen, H. V., Jones, D. A., Southam, G., Donald, R. and Ringelberg, D. B. (1998). The corrosion of carbon steel in rock microcosms containing native Yucca Mountain Microorganisms. Corrosion 1998, San Diego, CA, March 22, 1998-March 27, 1998. National Assoc. of Corrosion Engineers International.
RICO, JM, SOUTHAM, G, HARRISON, T and FOUST, RD (1995). THE OAK CREEK NATIONAL MONITORING PROJECT. WASHINGTON: AMER CHEMICAL SOC.
Southam, G, Beveridge, TJ and Sprott, GD (1993). Paracrystalline Layers of Methanospirillum-Hungatei Gp1. Nato Advanced Research Workshop On Advances in Bacterial Paracrystalline Surface Layers, London Canada, Sep 27-30, 1992. PLENUM PRESS DIV PLENUM PUBLISHING CORP.
Firtel, M, Southam, G, Beveridge, TJ, Xu, W, Jericho, MH, Blackford, BL and Mulhern, PJ (1993). Investigation of Lattice Surface-Layers by Scanning Probe Microscopy. Nato Advanced Research Workshop On Advances in Bacterial Paracrystalline Surface Layers, London Canada, Sep 27-30, 1992. PLENUM PRESS DIV PLENUM PUBLISHING CORP.
Research Report
e Abreu, Susana Brito, Southam, Gordon, Villa Gomez, Denys, Ma, Xiaodong, Vaughan, James, Micklethwaite, Steven, Forbes, Liza and Parbhakar-Fox, Anita (2022). Review of mineral processing technologies suitable for arsenic recovery from sulphidic ores and wastes. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.