Bradley Tebo

Email:  tebob@ohsu.edu
Phone: 503 748-1992
Fax: 503 748-1464
Website: Tebo Research Group

 

Current Appointments

Professor and Division Head, Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems
Co-director, Institute of Environmental Health
Affiliate Scientist, Center for Coastal Margin Observation and Prediction

 

Education

University of California, San Diego (Revelle College) Biology B.A. 1976
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD Marine Biology Ph.D. 1983
University of Washington Chemical Oceanography Post-doc 1983-85

 

Biography

Chesapeake Bay Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Associated Research Scientist, 1985-1986

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Deigo: Assistant Research Biologist and Lecturer, Marine Biology Research Division 1987-1993; Associate Research Biologist and Lecturer, Marine Biology Research Division, 1993-1997; Research Biologist and Senior Lecturer, Marine Biology Research Division, 1997-2004; Professor-In-Residence, 2004-2005

 

Research Interests

Geomicrobiology and microbial biogeochemistry of metal-microbe-mineral interactions; marine microbiology and biotechnology; bioremediation.

 

Selected Publications

Han, S.; Obraztsova, A.; Pretto, P.; Deheyn, D.D.; Gieskes, J.; Tebo, B.M. (2008) Sulfide and iron control on mercury speciation in anoxic estuarine sediment slurries. Marine Chemistry, 111(3-4), 214-220.

Dick, G.J.; Podell, S.; Johnson, H.A.; Rivera-Espinoza, Y.; Bernier-Latmani, R.; McCarthy, J.K.; Torpey, J.W.; Clement, B.G.; Gaasterland, T.; Tebo, B.M. (2008) Genomic insights into Mn(II) oxidation by the marine alphaproteobacterium Aurantimonas sp. strain SI85-9A1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74(9), 2646-2658.

Romanenko, L.A.; Uchino, M.; Tebo, B.M.; Tanaka, N.; Frolova, G.M.; Mikhailov, V.V. (2008) Pseudomonas marincola sp. nov., isolated from marine environments. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 58(3), 706-710.

Dick, G.J.; Torpey, J.W.; Beveridge, T.J.; Tebo, B.M. (2008) Direct identification of a bacterial manganese(II) oxidase, the multicopper oxidase MnxG, from spores of several different marine Bacillus species. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 74(5), 1527-1534.

Parker, D.L.; Morita, T.; Mozafarzadeh, M.L.; Verity, R.; McCarthy, J.K.; Tebo, B.M. (2007) Inter-relationships of MnO2 precipitation, siderophore-Mn(III) complex formation, siderophore degradation, and iron limitation in Mn(II)-oxidizing bacterial cultures. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 71(23), 5672-5683.

Murray, K.J.; Webb, S.M.; Bargar, J.R.; Tebo, B.M. (2007) Indirect oxidation of Co(II) in the presence of the marine Mn(II)-oxidizing bacterium Bacillus sp. strain SG-1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73(21), 6905-6909.

Tebo, B.M.; Clement, B.G.; Dick, G.J. (2007) Biotransformations of manganese. Editor(s): Hurst, C.J. Manual of Environmental Microbiology (3rd Edition), 1223-1238.

Han, S.; Obraztsova, A.; Pretto, P.; Choe, K.-Y.; Gieskes, J.; Deheyn, D.D.; Tebo, B.M. (2007) Biogeochemical factors affecting mercury methylation in sediments of the Venice Lagoon, Italy. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 26(4), 655-663.

Murray, K.J.; Tebo, B.M. (2007) Cr(III) Is indirectly oxidized by the Mn(II)-oxidizing bacterium Bacillus sp.c strain SG-1. Environmental Science & Technology, 41(2), 528-533.

Trouwborst, R.E.; Clement, B.G.; Tebo, B.M.; Glazer, B.T.; Luther, G.W., III. (2006) Soluble Mn(III) in suboxic zones. Science (Washington, DC, United States), 313(5795), 1955-1957.

Webb, S. M.; Fuller, C. C.; Tebo, B. M.; Bargar, J. R. (2006) Determination of uranyl incorporation into biogenic manganese oxides using X-ray absorption spectroscopy and scattering. Environmental Science and Technology, 40(3), 771-777.

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