Lily Young
Professor and Dean of International Programs
Exposure Science
Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Young is a Professor and Chair in Rutgers Department of Environmental Sciences and Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment. She is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the U.S. Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program. She also serves on the EC-US Task Force on Environmental Biotechnology.
Research Interest
Exposure Science
Publications
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Garcia-Dominguez, E, Mumford, A, Rhine, ED, Paschal, A, Young, LY. Novel autotrophic arsenite-oxidizing bacteria isolated from soil and sediments. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 2008;66 (2):401-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00569.x. PubMed PMID:18717738
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Wang, Y, Wiatrowski, HA, John, R, Lin, CC, Young, LY, Kerkhof, LJ, Yee, N, Barkay, T. Impact of mercury on denitrification and denitrifying microbial communities in nitrate enrichments of subsurface sediments. Biodegradation. 2013;24 (1):33-46. doi: 10.1007/s10532-012-9555-8. PubMed PMID:22678127
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Mumford, AC, Yee, N, Young, LY. Precipitation of alacranite (As8S9) by a novel As(V)-respiring anaerobe strain MPA-C3. Environ. Microbiol. 2013;15 (10):2748-60. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.12136. PubMed PMID:23735175
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Porter, AW, Young, LY. The bamA gene for anaerobic ring fission is widely distributed in the environment. Front Microbiol. 2013;4 :302. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00302. PubMed PMID:24133487 PubMed Central PMC3794298
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Porter, AW, Young, LY. Benzoyl-CoA, a universal biomarker for anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds. Adv. Appl. Microbiol. 2014;88 :167-203. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800260-5.00005-X. PubMed PMID:24767428
