Timothy M. LaPara - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN 
Area:
Environmental Engineering, Microbiology Biology

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2021 Bueno I, Beaudoin A, Arnold WA, Kim T, Frankson LE, LaPara TM, Kanankege K, Wammer KH, Singer RS. Quantifying and predicting antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance genes in waterbodies through a holistic approach: a study in Minnesota, United States. Scientific Reports. 11: 18747. PMID 34548591 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98300-5  0.323
2021 McGivern BB, McDonell RK, Morris SK, LaPara TM, Donato JJ. Novel class 1 integron harboring antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater-derived bacteria as revealed by functional metagenomics. Plasmid. 102563. PMID 33515651 DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2021.102563  0.332
2020 Hozalski RM, LaPara TM, Zhao X, Kim T, Waak MB, Burch T, McCarty M. Flushing of Stagnant Premise Water Systems after the COVID-19 Shutdown Can Reduce Infection Risk by and spp. Environmental Science & Technology. PMID 33232602 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c06357  0.667
2020 Ma B, LaPara TM, Hozalski RM. The microbiome of drinking water biofilters is influenced by environmental factors and engineering decisions but has little influence on the microbiome of the filtrate. Environmental Science & Technology. PMID 32786579 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Est.0C01730  0.368
2020 Ma B, LaPara TM, Evans A, Hozalski RM. Effects of geographic location and water quality on bacterial communities in full-scale biofilters across North America. Fems Microbiology Ecology. PMID 31913449 DOI: 10.1093/Femsec/Fiz210  0.397
2020 Brooker MR, Arnold WA, Kerrigan JF, LaPara TM, Witter JD, Mouser PJ. Characterization of Antibiotic Resistance and Metal Homeostasis Genes in Midwest USA Agricultural Sediments Water. 12: 2476. DOI: 10.3390/W12092476  0.407
2020 Gordon BA, Lenhart C, LaPara TM. A comparison of nitrate removal and denitrifying bacteria populations among three wetland plant communities Journal of Environmental Quality. 49: 210-219. DOI: 10.1002/Jeq2.20004  0.377
2019 Waak M, LaPara TM, Halle C, Hozalski RM. Non-tuberculous mycobacteria in two drinking water distribution systems and the role of residual disinfection. Environmental Science & Technology. PMID 31287948 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Est.9B01945  0.355
2019 Waak MB, Hozalski RM, Hallé C, LaPara TM. Comparison of the microbiomes of two drinking water distribution systems-with and without residual chloramine disinfection. Microbiome. 7: 87. PMID 31174608 DOI: 10.1186/S40168-019-0707-5  0.405
2019 Johnston J, LaPara T, Behrens S. Composition and Dynamics of the Activated Sludge Microbiome during Seasonal Nitrification Failure. Scientific Reports. 9: 4565. PMID 30872659 DOI: 10.1038/S41598-019-40872-4  0.413
2018 Aggarwal S, Gomez-Smith CK, Jeon Y, LaPara TM, Waak M, Hozalski RM. Effects of Chloramine and Coupon Material on Biofilm Abundance and Community Composition in Bench-Scale Simulated Water Distribution Systems and Comparison with Full-Scale Water Mains. Environmental Science & Technology. PMID 30351033 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Est.8B02607  0.379
2018 Kerrigan JF, Sandberg KD, Engstrom DR, LaPara TM, Arnold WA. Small and large-scale distribution of four classes of antibiotics in sediment: association with metals and antibiotic resistance genes. Environmental Science. Processes & Impacts. PMID 30043816 DOI: 10.1039/C8Em00190A  0.462
2018 Waak M, LaPara TM, Halle C, Hozalski RM. Occurrence of Legionella spp. in Water-Main Biofilms from Two Drinking Water Distribution Systems. Environmental Science & Technology. PMID 29902377 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Est.8B01170  0.359
2017 Burch T, Sadowsky MJ, LaPara TM. The Effect of Different Treatment Technologies on the Fate of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Class 1 Integrons when Residual Municipal Wastewater Solids are Applied to Soil. Environmental Science & Technology. PMID 29148730 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Est.7B04760  0.712
2017 Kerrigan JF, Sandberg KD, Engstrom DR, LaPara TM, Arnold WA. Sedimentary record of antibiotic accumulation in Minnesota Lakes. The Science of the Total Environment. PMID 29074236 DOI: 10.1016/J.Scitotenv.2017.10.130  0.371
2017 Sandberg KD, Ishii S, LaPara TM. A Microfluidic Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Method for the Simultaneous Analysis of Dozens of Antibiotic Resistance and Heavy Metal Resistance Genes Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 5: 20-25. DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Estlett.7B00552  0.445
2016 Sandberg KD, LaPara TM. The fate of antibiotic resistance genes and class 1 integrons following the application of swine and dairy manure to soils. Fems Microbiology Ecology. 92. PMID 26738555 DOI: 10.1093/Femsec/Fiw001  0.371
2015 Burch TR, Sadowsky MJ, LaPara TM. Modeling the fate of antibiotic resistance genes and class 1 integrons during thermophilic anaerobic digestion of municipal wastewater solids. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. PMID 26481624 DOI: 10.1007/S00253-015-7043-X  0.733
2015 LaPara TM, Madson M, Borchardt S, Lang KS, Johnson TJ. Multiple Discharges of Treated Municipal Wastewater Have a Small Effect on the Quantities of Numerous Antibiotic Resistance Determinants in the Upper Mississippi River. Environmental Science & Technology. 49: 11509-15. PMID 26325533 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Est.5B02803  0.446
2015 LaPara TM, Hope Wilkinson K, Strait JM, Hozalski RM, Sadowksy MJ, Hamilton MJ. The Bacterial Communities of Full-Scale Biologically Active, Granular Activated Carbon Filters Are Stable and Diverse and Potentially Contain Novel Ammonia-Oxidizing Microorganisms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81: 6864-72. PMID 26209671 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.01692-15  0.407
2015 Gomez-Smith CK, LaPara TM, Hozalski RM. Sulfate Reducing Bacteria and Mycobacteria Dominate the Biofilm Communities in a Chloraminated Drinking Water Distribution System. Environmental Science & Technology. 49: 8432-40. PMID 26098899 DOI: 10.1021/Acs.Est.5B00555  0.394
2015 Ghosh S, LaPara TM, Sadowsky MJ. Transformation of tetracycline by TetX and its subsequent degradation in a heterologous host. Fems Microbiology Ecology. 91. PMID 26038239 DOI: 10.1093/Femsec/Fiv059  0.432
2014 McNamara PJ, LaPara TM, Novak PJ. The impacts of triclosan on anaerobic community structures, function, and antimicrobial resistance. Environmental Science & Technology. 48: 7393-400. PMID 24915110 DOI: 10.1021/Es501388V  0.434
2014 Burch TR, Sadowsky MJ, LaPara TM. Fate of antibiotic resistance genes and class 1 integrons in soil microcosms following the application of treated residual municipal wastewater solids. Environmental Science & Technology. 48: 5620-7. PMID 24762092 DOI: 10.1021/Es501098G  0.715
2013 Burch TR, Sadowsky MJ, LaPara TM. Air-drying beds reduce the quantities of antibiotic resistance genes and class 1 integrons in residual municipal wastewater solids. Environmental Science & Technology. 47: 9965-71. PMID 23909386 DOI: 10.1021/Es4024749  0.737
2013 Ling AL, Pace NR, Hernandez MT, LaPara TM. Tetracycline resistance and Class 1 integron genes associated with indoor and outdoor aerosols. Environmental Science & Technology. 47: 4046-52. PMID 23517146 DOI: 10.1021/Es400238G  0.442
2013 Burch TR, Sadowsky MJ, Lapara TM. Aerobic digestion reduces the quantity of antibiotic resistance genes in residual municipal wastewater solids. Frontiers in Microbiology. 4: 17. PMID 23407455 DOI: 10.3389/Fmicb.2013.00017  0.732
2013 Wunder DB, Tan DT, LaPara TM, Hozalski RM. The effects of antibiotic cocktails at environmentally relevant concentrations on the community composition and acetate biodegradation kinetics of bacterial biofilms. Chemosphere. 90: 2261-6. PMID 23159070 DOI: 10.1016/J.Chemosphere.2012.10.031  0.42
2012 Nelson DK, Lapara TM, Novak PJ. Structure and function of assemblages of Bacteria and Archaea in model anaerobic aquifer columns: can functional instability be practically beneficial? Environmental Science & Technology. 46: 10137-44. PMID 22873515 DOI: 10.1021/Es300652Z  0.36
2012 Grigorescu AS, Hozalski RM, Lapara TM. Haloacetic acid-degrading bacterial communities in drinking water systems as determined by cultivation and by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism of PCR-amplified haloacid dehalogenase gene fragments. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 112: 809-22. PMID 22268702 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2672.2012.05239.X  0.4
2011 LaPara TM, Burch TR, McNamara PJ, Tan DT, Yan M, Eichmiller JJ. Tertiary-treated municipal wastewater is a significant point source of antibiotic resistance genes into Duluth-Superior Harbor. Environmental Science & Technology. 45: 9543-9. PMID 21981654 DOI: 10.1021/Es202775R  0.734
2011 LaPara T, Burch T. Municipal Wastewater as a Reservoir of Antibiotic Resistance Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment. 241-250. DOI: 10.1002/9781118156247.ch13  0.682
2010 Diehl DL, LaPara TM. Effect of temperature on the fate of genes encoding tetracycline resistance and the integrase of class 1 integrons within anaerobic and aerobic digesters treating municipal wastewater solids. Environmental Science & Technology. 44: 9128-33. PMID 21058743 DOI: 10.1021/Es102765A  0.454
2010 Ramsden SJ, Ghosh S, Bohl LJ, LaPara TM. Phenotypic and genotypic analysis of bacteria isolated from three municipal wastewater treatment plants on tetracycline-amended and ciprofloxacin-amended growth media Journal of Applied Microbiology. 109: 1609-1618. PMID 20629799 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2672.2010.04787.X  0.426
2009 Zhang P, Hozalski RM, Leach LH, Camper AK, Goslan EH, Parsons SA, Xie YF, LaPara TM. Isolation and characterization of haloacetic acid-degrading Afipia spp. from drinking water. Fems Microbiology Letters. 297: 203-8. PMID 19634207 DOI: 10.1111/J.1574-6968.2009.01687.X  0.332
2009 Ghosh S, Ramsden SJ, LaPara TM. The role of anaerobic digestion in controlling the release of tetracycline resistance genes and class 1 integrons from municipal wastewater treatment plants. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 84: 791-6. PMID 19597810 DOI: 10.1007/S00253-009-2125-2  0.432
2009 Zhang P, Lapara TM, Goslan EH, Xie Y, Parsons SA, Hozalski RM. Biodegradation of haloacetic acids by bacterial isolates and enrichment cultures from drinking water systems. Environmental Science & Technology. 43: 3169-75. PMID 19534130 DOI: 10.1021/Es802990E  0.343
2009 Leach LH, Zhang P, Lapara TM, Hozalski RM, Camper AK. Detection and enumeration of haloacetic acid-degrading bacteria in drinking water distribution systems using dehalogenase genes Journal of Applied Microbiology. 107: 978-988. PMID 19486431 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2672.2009.04277.X  0.359
2009 Ghosh S, Sadowsky MJ, Roberts MC, Gralnick JA, LaPara TM. Sphingobacterium sp. strain PM2-P1-29 harbours a functional tet(X) gene encoding for the degradation of tetracycline Journal of Applied Microbiology. 106: 1336-1342. PMID 19187139 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2672.2008.04101.X  0.377
2008 Chen RD, Semmens MJ, LaPara TM. Biological treatment of a synthetic space mission wastewater using a membrane-aerated, membrane-coupled bioreactor (M2BR). Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 35: 465-73. PMID 18202862 DOI: 10.1007/S10295-008-0302-4  0.554
2008 Chen RD, LaPara TM. Enrichment of dense nitrifying bacterial communities in membrane-coupled bioreactors Process Biochemistry. 43: 33-41. DOI: 10.1016/J.Procbio.2007.10.005  0.613
2008 Ahmadi Motlagh AR, LaPara TM, Semmens MJ. Ammonium removal in advective-flow membrane-aerated biofilm reactors (AF-MABRs) Journal of Membrane Science. 319: 76-81. DOI: 10.1016/J.Memsci.2008.03.020  0.325
2007 Ghosh S, LaPara TM. The effects of subtherapeutic antibiotic use in farm animals on the proliferation and persistence of antibiotic resistance among soil bacteria. The Isme Journal. 1: 191-203. PMID 18043630 DOI: 10.1038/Ismej.2007.31  0.433
2007 Muñoz-Aguayo J, Lang KS, LaPara TM, González G, Singer RS. Evaluating the effects of chlortetracycline on the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a simulated river water ecosystem. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73: 5421-5. PMID 17616621 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.00708-07  0.442
2007 Ma X, Novak PJ, Ferguson J, Sadowsky M, LaPara TM, Semmens MJ, Hozalski RM. The impact of H 2 addition on dechlorinating microbial communities Bioremediation Journal. 11: 45-55. DOI: 10.1080/10889860701369490  0.357
2007 Al-Homoud A, Hondzo M, LaPara T. Fluid dynamics impact on bacterial physiology: Biochemical oxygen demand Journal of Environmental Engineering. 133: 226-236. DOI: 10.1061/(Asce)0733-9372(2007)133:2(226)  0.311
2007 DeJournett TD, Arnold WA, LaPara TM. The characterization and quantification of methanotrophic bacterial populations in constructed wetland sediments using PCR targeting 16S rRNA gene fragments Applied Soil Ecology. 35: 648-659. DOI: 10.1016/J.Apsoil.2006.09.006  0.697
2006 Yan T, Lapara TM, Novak PJ. The Impact of Sediment Characteristics on PCB-dechlorinating Cultures: Implications for Bioaugmentation. Bioremediation Journal. 10: 143-151. PMID 18176633 DOI: 10.1080/10889860601021381  0.373
2006 Yan T, LaPara TM, Novak PJ. The effect of varying levels of sodium bicarbonate on polychlorinated biphenyl dechlorination in Hudson River sediment cultures. Environmental Microbiology. 8: 1288-98. PMID 16817937 DOI: 10.1111/J.1462-2920.2006.01037.X  0.348
2006 Yan T, LaPara TM, Novak PJ. The reductive dechlorination of 2,3,4,5-tetrachlorobiphenyl in three different sediment cultures: evidence for the involvement of phylogenetically similar Dehalococcoides-like bacterial populations. Fems Microbiology Ecology. 55: 248-61. PMID 16420633 DOI: 10.1111/J.1574-6941.2005.00022.X  0.361
2006 Chen R, LaPara TM. Aerobic biological treatment of low-strength synthetic wastewater in membrane-coupled bioreactors: the structure and function of bacterial enrichment cultures as the net growth rate approaches zero. Microbial Ecology. 51: 99-108. PMID 16400538 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-005-0081-7  0.634
2006 LaPara TM, Cole AC, Shanahan JW, Semmens MJ. The effects of organic carbon, ammoniacal-nitrogen, and oxygen partial pressure on the stratification of membrane-aerated biofilms. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 33: 315-23. PMID 16292557 DOI: 10.1007/S10295-005-0052-5  0.372
2006 LaPara TM, Klatt CG, Chen R. Adaptations in bacterial catabolic enzyme activity and community structure in membrane-coupled bioreactors fed simple synthetic wastewater. Journal of Biotechnology. 121: 368-80. PMID 16125815 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jbiotec.2005.07.013  0.622
2006 LaPara TM, Ghosh S. Population dynamics of the ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment facility Environmental Engineering Science. 23: 309-319. DOI: 10.1089/Ees.2006.23.309  0.434
2006 O'Connor BL, Hondzo M, Dobraca D, LaPara TM, Finlay JA, Brezonik PL. Quantity-activity relationship of denitrifying bacteria and environmental scaling in streams of a forested watershed Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 111. DOI: 10.1029/2006Jg000254  0.36
2006 Guyodo Y, LaPara TM, Anschutz AJ, Penn RL, Banerjee SK, Geiss CE, Zanner W. Rock magnetic, chemical and bacterial community analysis of a modern soil from Nebraska Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 251: 168-178. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2006.09.005  0.311
2005 Kappell AS, Semmens MJ, Novak PJ, LaPara TM. Novel application of oxygen-transferring membranes to improve anaerobic wastewater treatment. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 89: 373-80. PMID 15643630 DOI: 10.1002/Bit.20219  0.344
2005 Shanahan JW, Cole AC, Semmens MJ, LaPara TM. Acetate and ammonium diffusivity in membrane-aerated biofilms: Improving model predictions using experimental results Water Science and Technology. 52: 121-126. DOI: 10.2166/Wst.2005.0190  0.324
2004 Ghosh S, LaPara TM. Removal of carbonaceous and nitrogenous pollutants from a synthetic wastewater using a membrane-coupled bioreactor. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 31: 353-61. PMID 15338423 DOI: 10.1007/S10295-004-0152-7  0.405
2004 Cole AC, Semmens MJ, LaPara TM. Stratification of activity and bacterial community structure in biofilms grown on membranes transferring oxygen. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70: 1982-9. PMID 15066788 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.70.4.1982-1989.2004  0.411
2004 McRae BM, LaPara TM, Hozalski RM. Biodegradation of haloacetic acids by bacterial enrichment cultures. Chemosphere. 55: 915-25. PMID 15041296 DOI: 10.1016/J.Chemosphere.2003.11.048  0.374
2003 Onan LJ, LaPara TM. Tylosin-resistant bacteria cultivated from agricultural soil. Fems Microbiology Letters. 220: 15-20. PMID 12644222 DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00045-4  0.416
2003 Klatt CG, LaPara TM. Aerobic biological treatment of synthetic municipal wastewater in membrane-coupled bioreactors. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 82: 313-20. PMID 12599258 DOI: 10.1002/Bit.10572  0.432
2002 LaPara TM, Zakharova T, Nakatsu CH, Konopka A. Functional and structural adaptations of bacterial communities growing on particulate substrates under stringent nutrient limitation Microbial Ecology. 44: 317-326. PMID 12399897 DOI: 10.1007/S00248-002-1046-8  0.398
2002 LaPara TM, Nakatsu CH, Pantea LM, Alleman JE. Stability of the bacterial communities supported by a seven-stage biological process treating pharmaceutical wastewater as revealed by PCR-DGGE. Water Research. 36: 638-46. PMID 11827326 DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00277-9  0.42
2002 Cole AC, Shanahan JW, Semmens MJ, LaPara TM. Preliminary studies on the microbial community structure of membrane-aerated biofilms treating municipal wastewater Desalination. 146: 421-426. DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(02)00525-8  0.457
2001 LaPara TM, Nakatsu CH, Pantea LM, Alleman JE. Aerobic biological treatment of a pharmaceutical wastewater: Effect of temperature on COD removal and bacterial community development Water Research. 35: 4417-4425. PMID 11763044 DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(01)00178-6  0.401
2001 LaPara TM, Konopka A, Nakatsu CH, Alleman JE. Thermophilic aerobic treatment of a synthetic wastewater in a membrane-coupled bioreactor Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. 26: 203-209. PMID 11464370 DOI: 10.1038/Sj.Jim.7000110  0.401
2000 Lapara TM, Nakatsu CH, Pantea L, Alleman JE. Phylogenetic analysis of bacterial communities in mesophilic and thermophilic bioreactors treating pharmaceutical wastewater Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66: 3951-3959. PMID 10966414 DOI: 10.1128/Aem.66.9.3951-3959.2000  0.427
2000 Lapara TM, Konopka A, Nakatsu CH, Alleman JE. Thermophilic aerobic wastewater treatment in continuous-flow bioreactors Journal of Environmental Engineering. 126: 739-744. DOI: 10.1061/(Asce)0733-9372(2000)126:8(739)  0.393
2000 LaPara TM, Konopka A, Nakatsu CH, Alleman JE. Effects of elevated temperature on bacterial community structure and function in bioreactors treating a synthetic wastewater Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. 24: 140-145. DOI: 10.1038/Sj.Jim.2900790  0.341
2000 Lapara TM, Konopka A, Alleman JE. Energy spilling by thermophilic aerobes in potassium-limited continuous culture Water Research. 34: 2723-2726. DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00008-7  0.322
1999 Konopka A, Zakharova T, LaPara TM. Bacterial function and community structure in reactors treating biopolymers and surfactants at mesophilic and thermophilic temperatures Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. 23: 127-132. DOI: 10.1038/Sj.Jim.2900695  0.356
1999 Lapara TM, Alleman JE. Thermophilic aerobic biological wastewater treatment Water Research. 33: 895-908. DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00282-6  0.366
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