Publications

Kim, J-H.; Kroh, G.; Chou, H.-A.; Yang*, S. H.; Chu, K.H.; Shan, L. Perflourooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) alters the plant’s phosphate transport gene network and exhibits antagonistic effects on the phosphate uptake. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c10930
Yang, S. H.; Shan, L.; Chu, K. H. Root exudates enhanced 6:2 FTOH defluorination, altered metabolite profiles and shifted soil microbiome dynamics, Hazardous Materials, 2024 Mar 15:466:133651. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133651. Epub 2024 Jan 29.
Kim, J. H.; Fuller, M., Hatzinger, P., Chu, K. H., Isolation and characterization of NQ-degrading microorganisms. Total Environ. 2024 Feb 20:912:169184. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169184. Epub 2023 Dec 11.
Shih, C-H.; Kim, J.; Yang, S-H.; Soker; O.; Strathmann, T.; Chu, K. H. Remediation of PFAS-Impacted Soils Using Magnetic Activated Carbon (MAC) and Hydrothermal Alkaline Treatment (HALT). Sci. Total Environ. Volume 912, 20 February 2024, 168931. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168931. Epub 2023 Dec 1.
Chung, J.; Kim, J.; Blazier, J. C.; Hwang, B.; Chu, K. H. Draft genome of methanol-oxidizing Methylobacterium fujisawanese strain LAC1. Microbiol. Res. Announ. 2023, 12 (10), e00331-23.
Fuller, M.; Hedman, P.; Chu, K. H.; Webster, T.; Hatzinger, P. Evaluation of a sequential anaerobic-aerobic membrane bioreactor system for treatment of traditional and insensitive munitions constituents. Chemosphere, Volume 340, November 2023.
Kim, J.; Fuller, M.; Hatzinger, P.; Chu, K. H. Draft genomes of three nitroguanidine-degrading strains, Arthrobacter NQ4, Pseudomonas extremaustralis NQ5, and Pseudrthrobacter phenanthrenivorans NQ7. Microbiol. Res. Announ. July 21, 2023.
Kim, J.; Shih, C-H.; Hwangbo, M.; Chu, K.H. Advances and perspectives of stable isotope probing for contaminant biodegradation. Water Research X, Volume 20, 1 September 2023, 100187.
Nguyen, M-T.; Glezakou, V-A.; Fernandez, C. A.; Jian, G.; Nassiri, S.; Haider, M. M.; Chu, K. H.; Rousseau, R., Towards Self-healing Concrete Infrastructure: Review of Experiments and Simulations across Scales. Chem Rev. Rev. 2023, XXXX, XXX, XXX-XXX. Publication Date: June 7, 2023.
Park, W. J.; Hwangbo, M.; Chu, K. H., Plastisphere and microorganisms involved in polyurethane biodegradation. Sci. Total Environ. 2023, Vol. 886 15 August 2023, 163932.
Hwangbo, M.; Shao, Y.; Hatzinger, P.B.; Chu, K. H. Acidophilic methanotrophs: Occurrence, diversity, and possible bioremediation applications. Environ. Microbiol. Reports, April 11, 2023.
Asiri, F.; Chu, K. H., Valorization of agro-industrial wastes into polyhydroxyalkanoate-rich single-cell proteins to enable a circular waste-to-feed economy. Chemosphere. Vol. 309, part 1, December 2022, 136660.
Yang, S. H.; Shan, L.; Chu, K. H., Fate and transformation of 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (6:2 FTSA) affected by plants, nutrients, bioaugmentation, and soil microbiome. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 15, 10721–10731. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c01867.
Asiri, F.; Kim, J. H.; Chu, K. H., Chitosan-harvested polyhydroxybutyrate-rich Zobellella denitrificans ZD1 as a multifunction feed for sustainable aquaculture. Aquaculture, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2022.738655.
Yang, S. H.: Shi, Y.; Strynar, M.; Chu, K. H., Desulfonation and defluorination of 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (6:2 FTSA) by Rhodococcus jostii RHA1: Carbon and sulfur sources, enzymes, and pathways. J. Hazard. Materials. 2021. Pub Date : 2021-08-28 , DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127052.
Yang, S. H.: Chen, C. H.; Chu, K. H., Fecal indicators, pathogens, antibiotic resistance genes, and ecotoxicity in Galveston Bay after Hurricane Harvey. J. Hazard. Materials. 2020. Pub Date : 2020-12-26 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124953
Hwangbo, M.; Gill, J.; Young, R.; Chu, K. H., Dual-function oleaginous biocatalysts for non-sterile cultivation and solvent-free biolipid bioextraction to reduce biolipid-based biofuel production costs. Sci. Total Environ. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143969.
Asiri, F.; Chu, K. H., A Novel Recirculating Aquaculture System for Sustainable Aquaculture: Enabling Wastewater Reuse and Conversion of Waste-to-Immune-Stimulating Fish Feed. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2020, 8, 49, 18094–18105. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c06375.
Asiri, F.; Chen, C. H.; Hwangbo, M.; Shao, Y.; Chu, K. H., From organic wastes to bioplastics: Feasibility of non-sterilization PHB production by Zobellella denitrificans ZD1. ACS Omega 2020, 5, 38, 24158–24168
Hwangbo, M.; Chu, K. H., Recent advances in production and extraction of bacterial lipids for biofuel production. Sci. Total Environ. 2020, 139420, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139420
Chen, C. H.; Yang, S. H.; Liu, Y.; Jamieson, P.; Shan, L.; Chu, K. H., Accumulation and phytotoxicity of perfluorooctanoic acid and 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-2-(heptafluoropropoxy)propanoate in Arabidopsis thaliana and Nicotiana benthamiana. Environ. Pollu. 2019 Dec 28;259:113817
Wu, Y.W.; Yang, S.H.; Hwangbo, M.; Chu, K. H. Analysis of Zobellella denitrificans ZD1 draft genome: Genes and gene clusters responsible for high polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production from glycerol under saline conditions and its CRISPR-Cas system. PloS one 14 (9), e0222143.
Shao, Y.; Hatzinger, P. B.; Streger, S. H.; Rezes, R.; Chu, K. H., Evaluation of methanotrophic bacterial communities capable of biodegrading trichloroethylene (TCE) in acidic aquifers. Biodegradation 2019, Apr 11. 30(2-3):173-190. doi: 10.1007/s10532-019-09875-w. [Epub ahead of print]
Huang, P.-J.; Hwangbo, M.; Chen, Z.; Liu, Y.; Kameoka, J.; Chu, K. H., Reusable functionalized hydrogel sorbents for removing long- and short-chain perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) and GenX from aqueous solution. ACS Omega 2018, 3, 12, 17447-17455.
Wu, K; Lee, T-H.; Chen, Y-L.; Wang, Y-S.; Wang, P-H.: Yu, C-P.; Chu, K. H.; Chiang, Y-R., Metabolites involved in aerobic degradation of the A and B rings of estrogen. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2018 Nov 16. pii: AEM.02223-18. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02223-18. [Epub ahead of print]
Abada, B.; Shao, Y.; Alivio, T. E. G.; O’Loughlin, T. E.; Klemashevich, C.; Banerjee, S.; Jayaraman, A.; Chu, K. H., Photodegradation of fluorotelomer carboxylic 5:3 acid and perfluorooctanoic acid using zinc oxide. Environ. Pollu. 2018 Dec;243(Pt A):637-644
Hwangbo, M.; Claycomb, E. C.; Liu, Y.; Alivio, T. E. G.; Banerjee, S.; Chu, K. H., Effectiveness of zinc-oxide-assisted photocatalysis for concerned constituents in reclaimed wastewater: 1,4-dioxane, trihalomethanes, antibiotics, antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Sci. Total Environ. 2019 Feb 1;649:1189-1197.
Hwangbo, M.; Tran, J.; Chu, K. H., Effective one-step saccharification of lignocellulosic biomass using magnetite-biocatalysts containing saccharifying enzymes. Sci. Total Environ. 2018 Aug 5; 647: 806-813.
Gill, J.; Wang, B.; Sestak, E.; Young, R.; Chu, K. H., Characterization of a novel tectivirus phage Toil and its potential as an agent for biolipid extraction. Sci. Reports 2018, 8, (1):1062.
Xu, F.; Chen, J.; Kalytchuk, S.; Chu, L.; Shao, Y.; Kong, D.; Chu, K.-H.; Sit, P. H. L.; Teoh, W. Y., Supported gold clusters as effective and reusable photocatalysts for the abatement of endocrine-disrupting chemicals under visible light. J Catal. 2017; Vol. 354, pp 1-12.
Wu, Y. W.; Shao, Y.; Khanipov, K.; Golovko, G.; Pimenova, M.; Fofanov, Y.; Chu, K. H., Draft genome sequence of Zobellella denitrificans ZD1 (JCM 13380), a salt-tolerant denitrifying bacterium capable of producing poly(3-hydroxybutyrate). Genome Announc., 2017, 5, (36), e00948-17.
Wang, B.; Chu, K. H., Cometabolic biodegradation of 1,2,3-trichloropropane by propane-oxidizing bacteria. Chemosphere, 2017, 168, 1494-1497.
Chen, Y. L.; Yu, C. P.; Lee, T. H.; Goh, K. S.; Chu, K. H.; Wang, P. H.; Ismail, W.; Shih, C. J.; Chiang, Y. R., Biochemical mechanisms and catabolic enzymes involved in bacterial estrogen degradation pathways. Cell Chem. Biol. 2017, 24, (6), 712-724.
Samarasinghe, S. A.; Shao, Y.; Huang, P. J.; Pishko, M.; Chu, K. H.; Kameoka, J., Fabrication of bacteria environment cubes with dry lift-off fabrication process for enhanced nitrification. PLoS One 2016, 11, (11), e0165839.
Lewis, M.; Kim, M. H.; Wang, N.; Chu, K. H., Engineering artificial communities for enhanced FTOH degradation. Sci. Total Environ. 2016, 572, 935-942.
Lewis, M.; Kim, M. H.; Liu, E. J.; Wang, N.; Chu, K. H., Biotransformation of 6:2 polyfluoroalkyl phosphates (6:2 PAPs): Effects of degradative bacteria and co-substrates. J. Hazard. Mater. 2016, 320, 479-486.
Hand, S.; Gill, J.; Chu, K. H., Phage-based extraction of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) produced from synthetic crude glycerol. Sci. Total Environ. 2016, 557-558, 317-321.
Cho, K. C.; Fuller, M. E.; Hatzinger, P. B.; Chu, K. H., Identification of groundwater microorganisms capable of assimilating RDX-derived nitrogen during in-situ bioremediation. Sci. Total Environ., 2016, 569-570, 1098-1106.
Lee, D. G.; Chu, K. H., Abundances of triclosan-degrading microorganisms in activated sludge systems. Environ. Eng. Res. 2015, 20, (1 ), 105-109.
Lee, D. G.; Cho, K. C.; Chu, K. H., Removal of triclosan in nitrifying activated sludge: Effects of ammonia amendment and bioaugmentation. Chemosphere 2015, 125, 9-15.
Hand, S.; Wang, B.; Chu, K. H., Biodegradation of 1,4-dioxane: Effects of enzyme inducers and trichloroethylene. Sci. Total Environ. 2015, 520, 154-159.
Cho, K.-C.; Lee, D. G.; Fuller, M. E.; Hatzinger, P. B.; Condee, C. W.; Chu, K.-H., Application of 13C and 15N stable isotope probing to characterize RDX degrading microbial communities under different electron-accepting conditions. J. Hazard. Mater. 2015, 297, (0), 42-51.
Wang, B.; Rezenom, Y. H.; Cho, K. C.; Tran, J. L.; Lee, D. G.; Russell, D. H.; Gill, J. J.; Young, R.; Chu, K. H., Cultivation of lipid-producing bacteria with lignocellulosic biomass: Effects of inhibitory compounds of lignocellulosic hydrolysates. Bioresour. Technol. 2014, 161C, 162-170.
Li, M. H.; Swapp, M.; Kim, M. H.; Chu, K. H.; Sung, C. Y., Comparing bioretention designs with and without an internal water storage layer for treating highway runoff. Water Environ. Res. 2014, 86, (5), 387-397.
Lee, D. G.; Cho, K.-C.; Chu, K. H., Identification of triclosan-degrading bacteria in a triclosan enrichment culture using stable isotope probing. Biodegradation 2014, 25, (1), 55-65.
Kim, M. H.; Wang, N.; Chu, K. H., 6:2 Fuorotelomer alcohol (6:2 FTOH) biodegradation by multiple microbial species under different physiological conditions. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2014, 98, (4), 1831-1840.
Yu, C.-P.; Deeb, R. A.; Chu, K. H., Microbial degradation of steroidal estrogens. Chemosphere 2013, 91, 1225-1235.
Lee, D. G.; Chu, K.-H., Effects of growth substrate on triclosan biodegradation potential of oxygenase-expressing bacteria. Chemosphere 2013, 93, (9), 1904-1911.
Cho, K.-C.; Lee, D. G.; Roh, H.; Fuller, M. E.; Hatzinger, P. B.; Chu, K.-H., Application of 13C-stable isotope probing to identify RDX-degrading microorganisms in groundwater. Environ. Pollut. 2013, 178, 350-360.
Lee, D. G.; Zhao, F.; Rezenom, Y. H.; Russell, D. H.; Chu, K. H., Biodegradation of triclosan by a wastewater microorganism. Water Res. 2012, 46, 4226-4234.
Kim, M. H.; Wang, N.; Mcdonald, T.; Chu, K. H., Biodefluorination and biotransformation of fluorotelomer alcohols by two alkane-degrading Pseudomonas strains. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2012, 109, (12), 3041-3048.
Kim, M. H.; Sung, C. Y.; Li, M.-H.; Chu, K. H., Bioretention for stormwater quality improvement in Texas: Removal effectiveness of Escherichia coli. Sep. Purif. Technol. 2012, 84, 120-124.
Yu, C. P.; Chu, K. H., Molecular quantification of virulence gene-containing Aeromonas in water samples collected from different drinking water treatment processes. Environ. Monit. Assess. 2011, 176, (1-4), 225-238.
Roh, H.; Chu, K. H., Effects of solids retention time on the performance of bioreactors bioaugmented with a 17β-estradiol-utilizing bacterium, Sphingomonas strain KC8. Chemosphere 2011, 84, 227-233.
Li, M. H.; Sung, C. Y.; Kim, M. H.; Chu, K. H., Assessing performance of bioretention boxes in hot and semiarid regions: Highway application pilot study. J. Transport. Res. Board 2011, 2262, 155-163.
Hu, A.; He, J.; Chu, K. H.; Yu, C.-P., Genome sequence of the 17β-estradiol-utilizing bacterium Sphingomonas strain KC8. J. Bacteriol. 2011, 193, 4266-4267.
Chang, H.; Kao, M.-J.; Cho, K.-C.; Chen, S.-L.; Chu, K. H.; Chen, C.-C., Integration of CuO thin films and dye-sensitized solar cells for thermoelectric generators. Curr. Appl. Physics 2011, 11, (4, Supplement), S19-S22.
Chang, H.; Cho, K.-C.; Kuo, C.-G.; Kao, M.-J.; Huang, K.-D.; Chu, K. H.; Lin, X.-P., Application of a schottky barrier to dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) with multilayer thin films of photoelectrodes. J. Alloys Compd. 2011, 509, S486-S489.
Chang, H.; Cho, K.-C.; Chen, T.-L.; Chu, K. H.; Jiang, L.-J., Preparation and characterization of anthocyanin dye and counter electrode thin film with carbon nanotubes for dye-sensitized solar cells. Mater. Trans. 2011, 52, 1977-1982.
Roh, H.; Chu, K. H., A 17 β -estradiol-utilizing bacterium, Sphingomonas strain KC8: Part I – characterization and abundance in wastewater treatment plants. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44, (13), 4943-4950.
Yu, C.-P.; Chu, K. H., Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products along the west prong Little Pigeon River in east Tennessee, USA. Chemosphere 2009, 75, 1281-1286.
Roh, H.; Yu, C. P.; Fuller, M. E.; Chu, K. H., Identification of hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine-degrading microorganisms via 15N-stable isotope probing. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, (7), 2505-2511.
Roh, H.; Subramanya, N.; Zhao, F.; Yu, C. P.; Sandt, J.; Chu, K. H., Biodegradation potential of wastewater micropollutants by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Chemosphere 2009, 77, (8), 1084-1089.
Yu, C.-P.; Farrell, S. K.; Robinson, B.; Chu, K. H., Development and application of real-time PCR assays for quantifying total and Aerolysin gene-containing Aeromonas in source, intermediate, and finished drinking water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 1191-1200.
Yu, C.-P.; Roh, H.; Chu, K. H., 17β-estradiol-degrading bacteria isolated from activated sludge. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41, 486-492.
Templeton, A. S.; Chu, K. H.; Alvarez-Cohen, L.; Conrad, M. E., Variable carbon isotope fractionation expressed by aerobic CH4-oxidizing bacteria. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 2006, 70, 1739-1752.
Su, C. B.; Kameoka, J.; Ilic, B.; Chu, K. H.; Chang, K.-A., Properties of an optical multipass surface plasmon resonance technique. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2006, 89, 071101/071101-071101/071103.
Yu, C.-P.; Chu, K. H., A quantitative assay for linking microbial community function and structure of a naphthalene-degrading microbial consortium. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39, 9611-9619.
Yu, C. P.; Ahuja, R.; Sayler, G.; Chu, K. H., Quantitative molecular assay for fingerprinting microbial communities of wastewater and estrogen-degrading consortia. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005, 71, (3), 1433-1444.
Chu, K. H.; Mahendra, S.; Song, D. L.; Conrad, M. E.; Alvarez-Cohen, L., Stable carbon isotope fractionation during aerobic biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2004, 38, (11), 3126-3130.
Deeb, R. A.; Chu, K. H.; Shih, T.; Linder, S.; Suffet, I.; Kavanaugh, M. C.; Alvarez-Cohen, L., MTBE and other oxygenates: Environmental sources, analysis, occurrence, and treatment. Environ. Eng. Sci. 2003, 20, 433-447.
Chu, K. H.; Alvarez-Cohen, L., Treatment of chlorinated solvents by nitrogen-fixing and nitrate-supplied methane oxidizers in columns packed with unsaturated porous media. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2000, 34, 1784-1793.
Chu, K. H.; Alvarez-Cohen, L., Evaluation of toxic effects of aeration and trichloroethylene oxidation on methanotrophic bacteria grown with different nitrogen sources. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1999, 65, 766-772.
Chu, K. H.; Alvarez-Cohen, L., Effect of nitrogen source on growth and trichloroethylene degradation by methane-oxidizing bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1998, 64, 3451-3457.
Chu, K. H.; Alvarez-Cohen, L., Trichloroethylene degradation by methane-oxidizing cultures grown with various nitrogen sources. Water Environ. Res. 1996, 68, 76-82.
Chu, K. H.; Jewell, W. J., Treatment of tetrachloroethylene with anaerobic attached film process. J. Environ. Eng. 1994, 120, 58-71.