Alison Cupples
Alison Cupples
Assistant Professor
Research Biography
Microbial degradation of soil and water contaminants. Previous research has focused on the dechlorination of the groundwater contaminants tetrachloroethene and trichloroethene. The use of molecular methods to identify and quantify the microorganisms responsible for xenobiotic degradation.
Selected Publications
- Cupples, A.M. 2008. Real-time PCR Quantification of Dehalococcoides Pouplations: Methods and Applications. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 72: 1-11.
- Cupples, A.M., E.S. Shaffer, J.C. Chee-Sanford and G.K. Sims. (2007). DNA Buoyant Density Shifts During 15N DNA Stable Isotope Probing, Microbiological Research, 162: 328-334.
- Cupples, A.M. and G.K. Sims. 2007. Identification of In Situ 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid-degrading Soil Microorganisms Using DNA-stable Isotope Probing. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 39:232-238.
- Cupples, A.M., R.A. Sanford, and G.K. Sims. 2005. Dehalogenation of the Herbicides Bromoxynil (3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile) and Ioxynil (3,5-Diiodino-4-Hydroxybenzonitrile) by Desulfitobacterium Chlororespirans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 71: 3741-3746.