Battistelli JM and RB Franklin. 2022. Online strategies to improve quantitative skills in microbiology laboratory classes. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. In press.
Mahaney AP and RB Franklin. 2022. Persistence of wastewater-associated antibiotic resistant bacteria in river microcosms. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153099
Dang C, JGV Walkup, BA Hungate, RB Franklin, E Schwartz, and EM Morrissey. 2021. Phylogenetic organization in the assimilation of chemically distinct substrates by soil bacteria. Environmental Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15843
Balasa E, ES Levengood, JM Battistelli, and RB Franklin. 2021. Diversity of multidrug-resistant bacteria in an urbanized river: A case study of the potential risks from combined sewage overflows. Water. 13(15):2122. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13152122
Allen T, J Behr, A Bukvic, R Calder, K Caruson, C Connor, C D’Elia, D Dismukes, R Ersing, RB Franklin, J Goldstein, J Goodall, S Hemmerling, J Irish, S Lazarus, D Loftis, M Luther, SL McCallister, K McGlathery, M Mitchell, W Moore, CR Nichols, K Nunez, M Reidenbach, J Shortridge, R Weisberg, R Weiss, L Donelson Wright, M Xia, K Xu, D Young, G Zarillo, and JC Zinnert. 2021. Anticipating and adapting to the future impacts of climate change on the health, security and welfare of low elevation coastal zone (LECZ) communities in southeastern USA. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse9111196
Giannopoulos, G., K.R. Hartop, B.L. Brown, B. Song, L. Elsgaard, and R.B. Franklin. 2020. Trace metal availability affects greenhouse gas emissions and microbial functional group abundance in freshwater wetland sediments. Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.560861
Bukaveckas, P.A., S. Tassone, W. Lee, and R.B. Franklin. 2020. The influence of storm events on metabolism and water quality of riverine and estuarine segments of the James, Mattoponi, and Pamunkey rivers. Estuaries and Coasts. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-020-00819-9
Kuramae, E.E., M.F.A. Leite, A.K.A. Suleiman, C.M. Gough, B. Castillo, L. Faller, R.B. Franklin, and J. Syring. 2019. Wood decay characteristics and intraspecific interactions control bacterial community succession in Populus grandidentata (bigtooth aspen). Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00979
Dang, C., E.M. Morrissey, S.C. Neubauer, and R.B. Franklin. 2019. Novel microbial community composition and carbon biogeochemistry emerge over time following saltwater intrusion in wetlands. Global Change Biology. 25:549-561. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14486
Giannopoulos, G., K.R. Hartop, B.L. Brown, and R.B. Franklin. 2019. Response relationships between CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions and microbial functional groups in wetland sediments after trace metal addition. bioRxiv 515809. http://doi.org/10.1101/515809
Giannopoulos, G., D.Y. Lee, S.C. Neubauer, B.L. Brown, and R.B. Franklin. 2019. A simple and effective sampler to collect undisturbed cores from tidal marshes. bioRxiv 515825. http://doi.org/10.1101/515825
Neubauer, S.C., M.F. Piehler, A.R. Smyth, and R.B. Franklin. 2018. Saltwater intrusion modifies microbial community structure and decreases denitrification in tidal freshwater marshes. Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0312-7
Morina, J.M., E.M. Morrissey, and R.B. Franklin. 2018. Vegetation effects on bacteria and denitrifer abundance in the soils of two tidal freshwater wetlands in Virginia. Applied and Environmental Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/4727258
Bukaveckas, P.A., R.B. Franklin, S. Tassone, B. Trache, and T. Egerton. 2018. Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins at the river-estuarine transition. Harmful Algae. 76:11-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2018.04.012
Battistelli, J.M., R.B. Franklin, and A.L. Mills. 2018. Effect of tidal cycling rate on the distribution and abundance of nitrogen-oxidizing bacteria in a bench-scale fill-and-drain bioreactor. Water. 10:492. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10040492
Brown, B.L., M. Watson, S.S. Minot, M.C. Rivera, and R.B. Franklin. 2017. MinION nanopore sequencing of environmental metagenomes: a synthetic approach. GigaScience, 6:1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/gix007
Franklin, R.B., E.M. Morrissey, and J.M. Morina. 2017. Changes in the abundance and community structure of nitrate-reducing bacteria along a salinity gradient in tidal wetlands. Pedobiologia International Journal of Soil Biology. 60:21-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2016.12.002
Herbert, E.R.,P. Boon, A.J. Burgin, S.C. Neubauer, R.B. Franklin, M. Ardón, K.N. Hopfensperger, L.P.M. Lamers, and P. Gell. 2015. A global perspective on wetland salinization: Ecological consequences of a growing threat to freshwater wetlands. Ecosphere, 6:206. https://doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00534.1
Morrissey, E.M. and R.B. Franklin. 2015. Evolutionary history influences the salinity preferences of bacterial taxa in wetland soils. Frontiers in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01013
Brown, B.L., R.V. LePrell, R.B. Franklin, M.C. Rivera, F.M. Cabral, H.L. Eaves, V. Gardiakos, K.P. Keegan, and T.L. King. 2015. Metagenomic analysis of planktonic microbial consortia from a non-tidal urban-impacted segment of James River. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 10:65. DOI:10.1186/s40793-015-0062-5
Morrissey, E.M. and R.B. Franklin. 2015. Resource effects on denitrification are mediated by community composition in tidal freshwater wetlands soils. Environmental Microbiology. 17:1520-1532. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12575
Berrier, D.J., M.L. Rawls, S.L. McCallister, and R.B. Franklin. 2014. Influence of substrate quality and moisture availability on microbial communities and litter decomposition. Open Journal of Ecology. 4:421-433. DOI: 10.4236/oje.2014.48037
Wood, J.D., R.B. Franklin, G. Garman, S. McIninch. A.J. Porter, and P.A. Bukaveckas. 2014. Exposure to the cyanotoxin microcystin arising from inter-specific differences in feeding habits among fish and shellfish in the James River Estuary, Virginia. Environmental Science & Technology. 48:5194-5202. DOI:10.1021/es403491k
Morrissey, E.M., J.C. Morina, J.L. Gillespie, and R.B. Franklin. 2014. Salinity affects microbial activity and soil organic matter content in tidal wetlands. Global Change Biology. 20:1351-1362. DOI:10.1111/gcb.12431
Morrissey, E.M., D.J. Berrier, S.C. Neubauer, and R.B. Franklin. 2014. Using microbial communities and extracellular enzymes to link soil organic matter characteristics to greenhouse gas production in a tidal freshwater wetland. Biogeochemistry. 117:473-490. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9894-5
Herman, J.S., A.G. Hounshell, R.B. Franklin, and A.L. Mills. 2013. Biological control on acid generation at the conduit-bedrock boundary in submerged caves: quantification through geochemical modeling. Acta Carsologica. 42:213-225. DOI: 10.3986/ac.v42i2-3.663
Neubauer, S.C., R.B. Franklin, and D.J. Berrier. 2013. Saltwater intrusion into tidal freshwater marshes alters the biogeochemical processing of organic carbon. Biogeosciences. 10:8171-8183. DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-8171-2013
Franklin, R.B., C. Luria, L.S. Ozaki, and P.A. Bukaveckas. 2013. Community composition and activity state of estuarine bacterioplankton assessed using differential staining and metagenomic analysis of 16S rRNA and rDNA. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 69:247-261. DOI: 10.3354/ame01635
Morrissey, E.M., A.S. Jenkins, B.L. Brown, and R.B. Franklin. 2013. Resource availability effects on nitrate-reducing microbial communities in a freshwater wetland. Wetlands. 33:301-310. DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0384-2
