Alison M. Cupples, Ph.D.
Environmental Microbiology

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Journal Articles

• Cupples, A. M. 2008. Real-time PCR quantification of Dehalococcoides populations: methods and applications. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 72: 1-11.
  
• Cupples, A. M., E. A. 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.
  
• Cupples, A. M., A. M. Spormann and P. L. McCarty. 2004. Comparative evaluation of chloroethene dechlorination to ethene by Dehalococcoides -like microorganisms. Environmental Science and Technology, 38: 4768-4774.
  
• Cupples, A. M., A. M. Spormann and P. L. McCarty. 2004. Vinyl chloride and cis -dichloroethene dechlorination kinetics and microorganism growth under substrate limiting conditions. Environmental Science and Technology, 38: 1102-1107.
  
• Cupples, A. M., A. M. Spormann, and P. L. McCarty. 2003. Growth of a Dehalococcoides -like microorganism on vinyl chloride and cis -dichloroethene as electron acceptors as determined by competitive PCR. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69: 953-959.
  
• Cupples, A. M., G. K. Sims, R. P. Hultgen and S. E. Hart. 2000. Effect of soil conditions of the degradation of chloransulam-methyl. Journal of Environmental Quality, 29: 786- 794.
  
• Sims, G. K. and A. M. Cupples . 1999. Factors controlling degradation of pesticides in soil. Pesticide Science, 55: 598-601.
  
• David, M. B., A. M. Cupples, G. B. Lawrence, G. Shi, K. Vogt and P. M. Wargo. 1998. Effect of chronic nitrogen additions on soil nitrogen fractions in Red Spruce stands. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 105: 183-192.

  Conference Proceedings and Book Reviews

• Sims, G. K., R. P. Hultgren, A, M. Cupples , and R. J. Hudson. 2001. Role of ionization in bacterial uptake and soil sorption of agrochemicals. pp. 268-270 In Proc. 3rd Internet. Conf. on Groundwater Quality, Univ. of Sheffield , Sheffield , UK .
  
• Hultgren, R. P., E. Elverson, A. M. Cupples, R. J. Hudson, and G. K. Sims. 2000. Bacterial uptake and soil sorption of ionizable agrochemicals. In Specialty Chemicals. Symp. Proc. Am. Chem. Soc. 40(1):192-194.
  
• Cupples, A. M. (book review) Principles and Application of Soil Microbiology, 2nd Edition (edited by D. M. Sylvia, J. J. Fuhrmann, P. G. Hartel, and D. A. Zuberer). Journal of Environmental Quality, 30:731-732.