Jeremy B. Fein
Professor
Director, Environmental Molecular
Science Institute
EMSI website

Partial List of Publications

REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS, 1997-Present

Fein, J.B., Yee, N., Boily, J.-F., Martinez, R., and Ferris, F.G. (2003, submitted) Low pH
proton-active sites on bacterial cell walls: New data for Bacillus subtilis and a
comparison of modelling approaches. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Wightman, P.G., and Fein, J.B. (2003, submitted) The effect of bacterial cell wall adsorption on
mineral solubilities. Geomicrobiology Journal.

Wightman, P.G., and Fein, J.B. (2003, submitted) Iron Adsorption by Bacillus subtilis Bacterial
Cell Walls: Effects on Fe-hydroxide Precipitation. Chemical Geology.

Maurice, P.A., Manecki, M., and Fein, J.B. (2002, submitted) Sorption of fulvic acid to Bacillus
subtilis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Boyanov, M.I., Kelly, S.D., Kemner, K.M., Bunker, B.A., Fein, J.B., and Fowle, D.A. (2002, in
press) Adsorption of cadmium to B. subtilis bacterial cell walls—A pH dependent XAFS
spectroscopy structural study. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

Frost, P.C., Maurice, P.A., and Fein, J.B. (2002, submitted) The effect of cadmium on fulvic acid
adsorption to Bacillus subtilis. Chemical Geology.

Yee, N., and Fein, J.B. (2002, in press) Quantifying metal adsorption onto bacteria mixtures: A
test of the surface complexation model. Geomicrobiology Journal.

Kelly, S.D., Boyanov, M.I., Fein, J.B., Fowle, D.A., Yee, N., and Kemner, K.M. (2002) X-ray
absorption fine structure determination of pH-dependent U-bacterial cell wall interactions.
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66, 3855-3871.

Yee, N., and Fein, J.B. (2002) Does metal adsorption onto bacterial surfaces inhibit or enhance
aqueous metal transport: Column and batch reactor experiments on Cd-Bacillus subtilis-
quartz systems. Chemical Geology, 185, 303-319.

Fein, J.B., Scott, S., and Rivera, N. (2002) The Effect of Fe on Si Adsorption by Bacillus
subtilis Cell Walls: Insights into Non-metabolic Bacterial Precipitation of Silicate
Minerals. Chemical Geology, 182, 265-273.

Fein, J.B., Fowle, D.A., Cahill, J., Kemner, K., Boyanov, M., and Bunker, B. (2002)
Nonmetabolic reduction of Cr(VI) by bacterial surfaces under nutrient-absent
conditions. Geomicrobiology Journal, 19, 369-382.

Fein, J.B. (2002) The effects of ternary surface complexes on the adsorption of metal cations
and organic acids onto mineral surfaces. In: Water-Rock Interactions, Ore Deposits, and
Environmental Geochemistry: A Tribute to David A. Crerar (eds., R. Hellmann and S. A.
Wood). Geochemical Society, Special Pub. 7, 462p.

Kelly, S.D., Boyanov, M.I., Bunker, B.A., Fein, J.B., Fowle, D.A., Yee, N., and Kemner, K.M.
(2001) XAFS determination of the bacterial cell wall functional groups responsible for complexation
of Cd and U as a function of pH. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 8, 946-948.

Fein, J.B., Martin, A.M., and Wightman, P.G. (2001) Metal adsorption onto bacterial surfaces:
Development of a predictive approach. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 65, 4267-4273.

Wightman, P.G., Fein, J.B., Wesolowski, D.J., Phelps, T.J., Benezeth, P., and Palmer, D.A.
(2001) Temperature dependence of surface protonation reactions occurring at the bacteria-
water interface. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 65, 3657-3669.

Wightman, P.G., and Fein, J.B. (2001) Ternary interactions in a humic acid-Cd-bacteria system.
Chemical Geology, 180, 55-65.

Yee, N. and Fein, J.B. (2001) Cd adsorption onto bacterial surfaces: A universal adsorption
edge?. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 65, 2037-2042.

Fowle, D.A., and Fein, J.B. (2001) Quantifying the effects of Bacillus subtilis cell walls on the
precipitation of copper hydroxide from aqueous solution. Geomicrobiology Journal, 18, 77-91.

Fowle, D.A., Fein, J.B., and Martin, A.M. (2000) Experimental study of uranyl adsorption
onto Bacillus subtilis. Environmental Science & Technology, 34, 3737 -3741.

Fein, J.B. (2000) Quantifying the effects of bacteria on adsorption reactions in water-rock
systems. Special Geomicrobiology Issue. Chemical Geology, 169, 265-280.

Lee, J.-U., and Fein, J.B. (2000) Experimental study of the effects of Bacillus subtilis on
gibbsite dissolution rates under near-neutral pH and nutrient poor conditions. Chemical
Geology, 166, 193-202.

Yee, N., Fein, J.B., and Daughney C.J. (2000) Experimental study of the pH-, ionic strength-, and
reversibility behavior of bacteria-mineral adsorption. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,
64, 609-617.

Fowle, D., and Fein, J.B. (2000) Experimental measurements of the reversibility of metal-
bacteria adsorption reactions. Chemical Geology, 168, 27-36.

Fein, J. B. (2000) Experimental and field constraints on the role of Si-organic complexation and
Si-microbial interactions during sedimentary diagenesis. In: Quartz Cementation in
Sandstones. (eds Worden, R.H., and Morad, S.) pp. 119-127. Special Publication of the
International Association of Sedimentologists 29. Blackwell Science, Oxford.

Boily, J.-F., and Fein. J.B. (2000) Proton binding to humic acids and sorption of Pb(II) and humic
acid to the corundum surface. Chemical Geology, 168, 239-253.

Fowle, D., and Fein, J.B. (1999) Competitive adsorption of metals onto bacterial surfaces:
Application of a surface complexation approach. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 63,
3059-3067.

Fein, J.B., Boily J.-F., Guclu, K., and Kaulbach, E. (1999) Experimental study of humic acid
adsorption onto bacteria and Al-oxide mineral surfaces. Chemical Geology, 162, 33-45.

Fein, J.B., Brady, P.V., Jain, J.C., Dorn, R.I., and Lee, J.-U. (1999) Bacterial effects on the
mobilization of cations from a weathered Pb-contaminated andesite. Chemical Geology,
158, 189-202.

Fein, J.B., and Delea, D.E. (1999) Experimental study of the effect of EDTA on Cd adsorption
by Bacillus subtilis: A test of the chemical equilibrium approach. Chemical Geology, 161,
375-383.

Wightman, P.G., and Fein, J.B. (1999) Experimental study of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol and
pentachlorophenol solubilities in aqueous solutions: Derivation of a speciation-based
chlorophenol solubility model. Applied Geochemistry, 14, 319-331.

Nowosielski, B.E., and Fein, J.B. (1998) Experimental study of octanol-water partition
coefficients for 2,4,6-trichlorophenol and pentachlorophenol: Derivation of an empirical
model of chlorophenol partitioning behaviour. Applied Geochemistry, 13, 893-904.

Yane, L., and Fein. J.B. (1998) Experimental study of mineral surface and aqueous Al
complexation with aniline and 2-chloroaniline. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 62,
2077-2085.

Daughney, C.J., and Fein, J.B. (1998) The effect of ionic strength on the adsorption of H+, Cd2+,
Pb2+, and Cu2+ by Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis: A surface complexation
model. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 198, 53-77.

Daughney, C.J., and Fein, J.B. (1998) Sorption of 2,4,6-trichlorophenol by Bacillus subtilis.
Environmental Science and Technology, 32, 749-752.

Boily, J.-F., and Fein, J.B. (1998) Adsorption of Pb(II) and benzenecarboxylates onto corundum.
Chemical Geology, 148, 157-175.

Daughney, C.J., Fein, J.B., and Yee, N. (1998) A comparison of the thermodynamics of metal
adsorption onto two common bacteria. Chemical Geology, 144, 161-176.

Fein, J. B., and Williams-Jones, A. E. (1997) The role of mercury-organic interactions in the
hydrothermal transport of mercury. Economic Geology, 92, 20-28.

Fein, J. B., Daughney, C. J., Yee, N., and Davis, T. (1997) A chemical equilibrium model of
metal adsorption onto bacterial surfaces. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61, 3319-
3328.

Daughney, C. J., and Fein, J. B. (1997) Aqueous complexation of cadmium, lead, and copper by
2,4,6-trichlorophenolate and pentachlorophenolate. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,
61, 719-729.