Publications:
Saxena, J., and R. S. Tanner. Effect of trace metals on ethanol production by the ethanologenic acetogen, Clostridium ragsdalei. J. Indust. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 38:513-521.
Caldwell, M. E., T. D. Allen, P. A. Lawson, and R. S. Tanner. Tolumonas osonensis sp. nov., isolated from anoxic freshwater sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 61:2659-2663.
Lawson, P. A., T. D. Allen, M. E. Caldwell, and R. S. Tanner. Anaerobes: a piece in the puzzle for alternative biofuels. Anaerobe 17:302-210.
Presentations 2012
Isom, C. E., M. A. Nanny, and R. S. Tanner. Reduction of acids to alcohols by novel acetogens. Abst. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol., Q-1358.
Ukpong, M. N., K. Ui, S. Zhu, M. DeLorme, R. Tanner, M. Wilkins, H. Atiyeh, and B. Stevenson. Physiological response of Clostridium carboxidivorans during conversion of synthesis gas to solvents in a gas-fed bioreactor. Abst. Ann. Meet. Am. Soc. Microbiol., O-2768, p. 191.
Lui, K., H. K. Atiyeh, R. S. Tanner, and R. L. Huhnke. Fermentative production of ethanol from Co and H2 using novle alklaiphilic strains of "Alkalibaculum bacchi". Am. Soc. Agric. Biol. Eng., ASABE 110619.
A funny thing happened on the way from the sewage treatment plant. University of North Texas, April.
Energy independence - microbial solutions. University of North Texas, April.
The microbiology of synthesis gas fermentation. Science and Engineering for a Biobased Industry and Economy, Oklahoma State University, August.
Torres, J. R., and R. S. Tanner. Syngas to butanol. Proc. 22nd Ann. Nat. NSF-EPSCoR Conf., Oct
K. Liu, H. K. Atiyeh, R. S. Tanner, M. R. Wilkins, and R. L. Huhnke. Ethanol fermentation from CO and H2 using novel acetogens "Aklalibaculum bacchi" strain CP11, CP13 and CP15. NSF EPSCoR State Conf., April.
Ecophysiology of acetogens converting syngas to ethanol. OK EPSCoR Review Meet., June.
A funny thing happened on the way from the sewage treatment plant. Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology (summer course), University of Oklahoma, July.
Biocorrosion test procedures - a perspective. OU Biocorrosion Center Meeting, October 2012.