Recent Publications

2026

• Gao P, Cheng X, Tian W, Wang H, Liu X, Tuovinen OH, Smith TEL & Evers SL. 2026. Opportunistic bacteria enhancing inorganic phosphorus level in post-wildfire tropical forest peatlands. Applied Soil Ecology 221, 106893. doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2026.106893
• Liu X, Cheng X, Zhang Y, Zhao R, Wang W, Li Y, Chen Z-Q, Qiu X, Tuovinen OH, Bull ID, Evershed RP & Wang H. 2026. High-efficiency methane consumption by atmospheric methanotrophs in subsurface karst caves: The irrefutable methane sink. Science Advances 12, eady5942. doi.10.1126/sciadv.ady5942

2025

• Grunden WE & Tuovinen OH. 2025. Legacy and impact of the 1925 Geneva Protocol: one hundred years of treaties and debates on chemical and biological weapons. Frontiers in Microbiology 16, 1685967. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1685967
• Tuovinen OH, Niemelä SI & Rajala-Schultz PJ. 2025. The role of microbes in ensilage. Microorganisms 13, 2237. doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms1310223
• Wang W, Zhang X, Li M, Liu X, Yang K, Tuovinen OH & Wang H. 2025. Ecological adaptation of antimony-oxidizing bacteria (SbOB) drives habitat-specific bioremediation potential. Environmental Pollution 380, 126529. doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.
• Zhang X, Qui X, Wang W, Li M, Lei J, Tuovinen OH & Wang H. 2025. Microbial reductive dissolution of schwertmannite leading to antimony release. International Biodegradation and Biodeterioration 204, 106133. doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106133
• Wang W, Qiu X, Li M, Zhang X, Liu X, Li Y, Lei J, Tuovinen OH & Wang H. 2025. Oxygen-supplemented organic matter significantly enhanced microbial antimony mobility in hydrologically dynamic groundwater of a typical mining area. Water Research 285, 124159. doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.124159

2024

• Bhatti TM & Tuovinen OH . 2024. Bioleaching of uranium from ores and rocks using filamentous fungi. Frontiers in Microbiology 16, 1523962. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1523962
• Cheng X, Zhao R, Bodelier PLE, Song Y, Yang K, Tuovinen OH & Wang H. 2024. Differential response of subterranean microbiome to exogenous organic matter input in a cave ecosystem. Science of the Total Environment 954, 176584. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176584
• Bevilaqua D, Toledo AGR,  Crocco LG, Peres RN, da Costa RB, Benedetti AV & Tuovinen OH. 2024. Chalcopyrite dissolution: challenges. In: Biotechnological Innovations in the Mineral-Metal Industry (Panda S, Mishra S, Akcil A & van Hullebusch ED, Eds.), Springer Nature, Cham, p. 23-39. link.springer.com/book/9783031436246.  

2023

• Wang W, Cheng X, Song Y, Wang H, Wu M, Ma L, Lu X, Liu X & Tuovinen OH. 2023. Elevated antimony concentration stimulates rare taxa of potential autotrophic bacteria in the Xikuangshan groundwater. Science of the Total Environment 864:161105. doi.10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161105.
• Liu X, Wang H, Wang W, Cheng X, Wang Y, Li Q, Li L, Ma L, Lu X & Tuovinen OH. 2023. Nitrate determines the bacterial niche specificity and impacts microbial functions in a subsurface karst cave environment. Frontiers of Microbiology 14:1115449. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1115449
• Bhatti TM & Tuovinen OH. 2023. Some historical briefs and outlooks of the chemical and biological acid leaching of uranium ores. Nucleus 60 (1-2):28-34.
• Cheng X, Zeng Z, Liu X, Lia L, Wang H, Zhao R, Bodelier PLE, Wang W, Wang Y, Tuovinen OH. 2023. Methanotrophs dominate methanogens and act as a methane sink in the subterranean karst cave. Science of the Total Environment 892:164562. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164562
• Wen T, Wang H, Xiang X, Loni P, Qiu X, Wang R, Huang X & Tuovinen OH. 2023. Water table controls methanogenic and methanotrophic communities and methane emissions in a Sphagnum-dominated peatland. Microbiology Spectrum 11(5):1-19. 10.1128/spectrum.01992-23
• Wang W, Lei J, Li M, Zhang X, Xiang X, Wang H, Lu X, Ma L, Liu X & Tuovinen OH. 2023. Archaea are better adapted to antimony stress than their bacterial counterparts in Xikuangshan groundwater. Science of the Total Environment 905:166999. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166999

2022

• Ebrahimpour S, Abdollahi H, Gharabaghi^­­ M, Manafi Z & Tuovinen OH. 2022. Acid bioleaching of copper from smelter dust at incremental temperatures. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review 43: 233-242. doi.org/10.1080/08827508.2021.1888726.
• Wang W, Wang H, Cheng X, Wu M, Song Y, Liu X, Loni P & Tuovinen OH. 2022. Different responses of bacteria and fungi to environmental variables and corresponding community assembly in Sb-contaminated soil. Environmental Pollution 298, 118812. doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118812
• Wang R, Wang H, Xi Z, Tuovinen OH, Gong L & Huang X. 2021. Vertical distribution of prokaryotes and methane functional groups and their responses to environmental conditions in a subtropical peatland. Journal of Hydrology 608: 127592. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127592
• Abdollahi H, Mirmohammadi H, Ghassa S, Jozanikohan G, Boroumand Z & Tuovinen OH. 2022. Bioleaching of select sphalerite samples of variable Zn- and Fe-contents. Hydrometallurgy 212: 105897. doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2022.105897
• Wang Y, Cheng X, Wang H, Zhou J, Liu X & Tuovinen OH. 2022. The characterization of microbiome and interactions on weathered rocks in a subsurface karst cave, Central China. Frontiers of Microbiology 13: 909494. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.909494

2021

• Abdollahi H, Saneie R, Ziaedin Shafaei S, Mirmohammadi M, Mohammadzadeh A & Tuovinen OH. 2021. Bioleaching of cobalt from a magnetite-rich cobaltite-bearing ore. Hydrometallurgy 204: 105727. doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2021.105727
• Chandra H, Sharma KK, Tuovinen OH, X. Sun X & Shukla P. 2021. Pathobionts: mechanisms of survival, expansion, and interaction with host with a focus on Clostridioides difficile. Gut Microbes 13 (1): e1979882. doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2021.1979882
• Ding G, Mancl K, Lee J & Tuovinen OH. 2021. Bacterial movement in subsurface soil during winter irrigation of reclaimed wastewater. Sustainability 13: 9594. doi.org/10.3390/su13179594
• Khandan N, Abdollahi H, Gharabaghi M, Mirmohammadi M, Ghassa S & Tuovinen OH. 2021.  Bioleaching of nickel from low-grade sulfide ore samples with a mesophilic consortium of iron- and sulfur-oxidizing acidophiles. Geomicrobiology Journal 39: 233-241. doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2021.1977434.