Book Chapters
1. Yurkov, V. 2001. Book chapter: The Aerobic Phototrophic Proteobacteria. In M.
Dworkin et al. (eds), The Prokaryotes. Springer-Verlag, New York.
2. Yurkov, V., and J. Csotonyi. 2003. Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs and heavy metalloid
reducers from extreme environments. Book Chapter In: S. G. Pandalai (ed.) “Recent
Research Developments in Bacteriology” Vol. 1, p.247-300.
3. Yurkov, V. 2005. Chapter Genus V. Erythromicrobium. In Bergey's Manual of Systematic
Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume 2, p.268-275.
4. Yurkov, V. 2005. Chapter Genus VI. Erythromonas. In Bergey's Manual of Systematic
Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume 2, p.274-275
5. Yurkov, V. 2005. Chapter Genus XII. Roseococcus. In Bergey's Manual of Systematic
Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume 2, p.85-88.
6. Yurkov, V. 2005. Chapter Genus VIII. Sandaracinobacter. In Bergey's Manual of
Systematic Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume 2, p.279-282.
7. Yurkov, V. 2005. Chapter Genus III. Citromicrobium. In Bergey's Manual of Systematic
Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume 2, p.263-266.
8. Rathgeber, C. and Yurkov, V. 2005. Chapter Genus VII. Craurococcus. In Bergey's Manual
of Systematic Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume 2, p.70-72.
9. Rathgeber, C. and Yurkov, V. 2005. Chapter Genus X. Paracraurococcus. In Bergey's
Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume 2, p.81-83.
10. Rathgeber, C. and Yurkov, V. 2005. Chapter Genus XVII. Roseivivax. In Bergey's Manual
of Systematic Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume 2, p.210-212.
11. Rathgeber, C. and Yurkov, V. 2005. Chapter Genus XX. Rubrimonas. In Bergey's Manual
of Systematic Bacteriology. Second edition. Volume 2, p.217-218.
12. Yurkov, V. 2006. Aerobic phototrophic proteobacteria. In: M. Dworkin, S. Falkow, E.
Rosenberg, K-H. Schleifer and E. Stackebrandt (eds) ‘Prokaryotes’ 3rd Edition,
vol. 5, pp 562-584. Springer-Verlag, New York.
13. Yurkov, V. and Csotonyi, J. 2009. New light on aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs. Book
chapter In: C. N. Hunter, F. Daldal, M. C. Thurnauer, J. T. Beatty (eds) “The Purple
Photosynthetic Bacteria”. Govindjee, USA, pp 31- 55.
14. Csotonyi, J., J. Swiderski, E. Stackebrandt, and V. Yurkov. 2010. Living fossils from
biological soil crusts: Anoxygenic phototrophs in a semiarid realm. Book Chapter In:
P. Hallenbeck (ed.) ”Recent Advances in Phototrophic Prokaryotes”. Series: Advances
in Experimantal Medicine and Biology, vol. 675:3-14.
15. Yurkov, V. and E. Hughes. 2013. Genes associated with the peculiar phenotypes of the
aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs. Book Chapter In: ”The genome evolution of
photosynthetic bacteria”. Elsevier Ltd, Vol. 66, pp. 327-358.
16. Yurkov, V, and Hughes, E. 2017. Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs: Four Decades of
Mystery. In “Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes: Metabolism, Bioenergetics
and Omics”. Ed. Patrick C. Hallenbeck, Springer, SPi Global, p. 193-217.
17. Presentato, A., Turner, R. J., Vasquez, C. C., Yurkov, V., & Zannoni, D. 2019. Tellurite-
dependent blackening of bacteria is out from the dark-age! In Special Edition: Tellurium
in biological and environmental systems: after Fukushima. Environ. Chem. 16(4): 266-288.
doi.10.1071/EN18238.
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Scientific Articles
1. Yurkov, V. V., and Gorlenko, V. M. 1989. Application of electron scanning microscopy to analysis of the vertical structure of microbial communities in algobacterial mats on glass fouling plates. Microbiol. (New York). 58:676-678.
2. Yurkov, V. V., and Gorlenko, V. M. 1990. New species of freshwater bacterium which contains bacteriochlorophyll a- Erythrobacter sibiricus sp. nov. Microbiol. (New York) 59:85-89.
3. Yurkov, V. V., Mityushina, L. L., and Gorlenko, V. M. 1991. Ultrastructure of the aerobic bacterium Erythrobacter sibiricus ontaining bacteriochlorophyll a. Microbiol. (New York). 60:339-344.
4. Yurkov, V. V., Lysenko, A. M., and Gorlenko, V. M. 1991. Hybridization analysis of the classification of bacteriochlorophyll a-containing freshwater aerobic bacteria. Microbiol. (New York). 60: 362-366.
5. Yurkov, V. V., Krasilnikova, E. N., and Gorlenko, V. M. 1991. Enzymes involve in heterotrophic carbon metabolism of the aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-a containing bacteria Erythrobacter sibiricus and Erythrobacter longus. Microbiol. (New York). 60:587-589.
6. Yurkov, V. V., Gorlenko, V. M., Mityushina, L. L., and Starynin, D. A. 1991. Effect of limiting factors on the structure of photrophic associations in thermal springs. Microbiol. (New York). 60:763-711.
7. Yurkov, V. V., and Gorlenko, V. M. 1992. Ecophysiologycal peculiarities of phototrophic microbial communities of Bolsherechensky thermal springs. Microbiol. (New York). 61:115- 122.
8. Yurkov, V. V., and Gorlenko, V. M. 1992. New strain RB-5 of purple nonsulfur bacterium
Rhodopseudomonas blastica, isolated from sulfide alkaline spring. Microbiol. (New York). 61:103-108.
9. Yurkov, V. V., and Gorlenko, V. M. 1992. A new genus of freshwater aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-a containing bacteria Roseococcus gen. nov. Microbiol. (New York).
60:628-632.
10. Yurkov, V. V., Gorlenko, V. M., and Kompantseva, E. I. 1992. A new type of freshwater
aerobic orange coloured bacterium Erythromicrobium gen. nov. containing
bacteriochlorophyll. Microbiol. (New York). 61:169-172.
11. Yurkov, V. V., and Gorlenko, V. M. 1993. New species of aerobic bacteria from the genus Erythromicrobium, containing bacteriochlorophyll a. Microbiol. (New York). 61:163-168.
12. Yurkov, V., and van Gemerden, H. 1993. Impact of light/dark regime on growth rate,
biomass formation and bacteriochlorophyll synthesis in Erythromicrobium hydrolyticum.
Arch. Microbiol. 159:84-89.
13. Yurkov, V., and van Gemerden, H. 1993. Abundance and salt tolerance of obligately
aerobic, phototrophic bacteria in a microbial mat. Neth. J. Sea Res. 31:57-62.
14. Yurkov, V., Gadon, N., and Drews, G. 1993. The major part of polar carotenoids of the
aerobic bacteria Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus, RB3 and Erythromicrobium ramosum, E5
is not bound to the bacteriochlorophyll a-complexes of the photosynthetic apparatus. Arch. Microbiol. 160:372-376.
15. Yurkov, V. V., Krasilnikova, E. N., and Gorlenko, V. M. 1993. Influence of light and oxygen on metabolism of aerobic bacteria Erythrobacter sibiricus. Microbiol. (New York). 62:86-91.
16. Yurkov, V., Krasilnikova, E. N., and Gorlenko, V. M. 1994. Metabolism of thiosulfate in aerobic bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacteria Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus and Erythromicrobium hydroliticum. Microbiol. (New York). 63:181-187.
17. Yurkov, V., Stackebrandt, E., Holmes, A., Fuerst, J., Hugenholtz, P., Golecki, J., Gadon, N., and Drews, G. 1994. The phylogenetic positions of novel aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll a- containing bacteria and description of Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus gen. nov., spec. nov., Erythromicrobium ramosum gen. nov., spec. nov., and Erythrobacter litoralis spec. nov. Int. J. Syst.Bacteriol. 44:427-434.
18. Yurkov, V., Angerhofer, A., Gadon, N., and Drews, G. 1994. The light-harvesting complexes of Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus, RB3 and Erythromicrobium ramosum, E5 and energy transfer from the carotenoids to reaction center. Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung (in English). 49c:579-586.
19. Yurkov, V., Schoepp, B., and Vermeglio, A. 1995. Electron transfer carriers in obligately aerobic photosynthetic bacteria from genera Roseococcus and Erythromicrobium, p. 543- 546. In P. Mathis (ed.), Photosynthesis: from light to biosphere- 1995. Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht/Boston/London.
20. Gall, A., Yurkov, V., Cogdell, R. J., Vermeglio, A., and Robert, B. 1995. The pigment- protein interactions of some unusual light-harvesting antenna: a Raman study, p. 251-254. In P. Mathis (ed.), Photosynthesis: from light to biosphere- 1995. Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht/Boston/London.
21. Yurkov, V., Jappe, J., and Vermeglio, A. 1996. Tellurite resistance and reduction by
obligatory aerobic photosynthetic bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 11:4195-4198.
22. Yurkov, V., E. Stackebrandt, O. Buss, A. Vermeglio, V. Gorlenko, and J. T. Beatty. 1997. Reorganization of the genus Erythromicrobium. Description of E. sibiricum and E. ursincola as members of two new independent genera: Sandaracinobacter and Erythromonas. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47: 1172-1178.
23. Yurkov, V. V., and Beatty, J. T. 1998. Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria. Microbiol. and Mol. Biol. Reviews. 62:695-724.
24. Yurkov, V., and Beatty, J. T. 1998. Isolation of aerobic anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria from black smoker plume waters of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 64:337-341.
25. Chen, X-Y., Yurkov, V., Paddock, M. L., Okamura, M. Y., and Beatty, J. T. 1998. A puhA gene deletion and plasmid complementation system for facile site directed mutagenesis studies of the reaction center H protein of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Photosynth. Res. 55:369-373.
26. Yurkov, V., Schoepp, B., and Vermeglio, A. 1998. Photoinduced electron transfer and
cytochrome content in obligate aerobic phototrophic bacteria from genera
Erythromicrobium, Sandaracinobacter, Erythromonas, Roseococcus and Erythrobacter.
Photosynth. Res. 57:117-128.
27. Yurkov, V., Menin, L., Schoepp, B., and Vermeglio, A. 1998. Purification and characterization of reaction centers from the obligate aerobic phototrophic bacteria Erythrobacter litoralis, Erythromonas ursincola and Sandaracinobacter sibiricus. Photosynth. Res. 57:129-138.
28. Sabaty, M., Bebien, M., Avazeri, C., Yurkov, V., Richaud, P., and Vermeglio, A. 1998. Reduction of tellurite and selenite by photosynthetic bacteria, p. 4123-4128. In G. Garab (ed.), Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and effects -1998. Kluwer Academic Publ., The Netherlands.
29. Yurkov, V., Krieger, S., Stackebrandt, E., and J. T. Beatty. 1999. Citromicrobium
bathyomarinum, a novel aerobic bacterium isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vent
plume waters that contains photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes. J. Bacteriol.
181:4517-4525.
30. Gall, A., Yurkov, V., Vermeglio, A., and Robert, B. 2000. Certain species of the Proteobacteria posses unusual bacteriochlorophyll a environments in their light-harvesting proteins. Biospectroscopy 5:338-345.
31. Yurkova, N., Rathgeber, C., Beatty, J. T., and Yurkov, V. 2002. Diversity, distribution and physiology of the aerobic phototrophic bacteria in the mixolimnion of a meromictic lake. FEMS Microbiol. Ecology. 1360:191-204.
32. Rathgeber, C., Yurkova, N., J. T., Stackebrandt, E., and Yurkov, V. 2002. Isolation of tellurite- and selenite-reducing bacteria from hydrothermal vents of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:4613-4622.
33. Namsaraev, B., Gorlenko, V. M., Namsaraev, B. B., Burjuhaev, S. P., and Yurkov, V. V. 2003. Structure and biogeochemical activity of the phototrophic communities in alkaline thermal Bol'sherechenski spring. Microbiol. 72:1-11.
34. Rathgeber, C., Beatty, J. T., and Yurkov, V. 2004. Aerobic phototrophic bacteria: New evidence for the diversity, ecological importance and applied potential of this previously overlooked group. Review. Photosynth. Res. 81:113-128.
35. Rathgeber, C., Yurkova, N., Stackebrandt, E., Schumann, P., Beatty, J. T., and Yurkov, V. 2005. Roseicyclus mahoneyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic phototrophic bacterium isolated from a meromictic lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55: 1597-1603.
36. Csotonyi, J. T., Stackebrandt, E., and Yurkov, V. 2006. Anaerobic respiration on tellurate and other metalloids in bacteria from hydrothermal vent fields in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:4950-4956.
37. Rathgeber, C., Yurkova, N., Stackebrandt, E., Humphrey, E., Beatty, J. T., and Yurkov, V. 2006. Metalloid reducing bacteria isolated from deep ocean hydrothermal vents of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Pseudoalteromonas telluritireducens sp. nov. and Pseudoalteromonas spiralis sp. nov. Current Microbiol.53:449-456.
38. Rathgeber, C., N. Yurkova, E. Stackebrandt, P. Schumann, E. Humphrey, J. T. Beatty and V. Yurkov. 2007. Porphyrobacter meromictius sp. nov., an appendaged bacterium, that produces bacteriochlorophyll a. Current Mirobiol. 55:356-361.
39. Csotonyi, J., Swiderski, J., Stackebrandt, E., and Yurkov, V. 2008. Novel halophilic aerobic
anoxygenic phototrophs from a Canadian hypersaline spring system. J. Extremophiles.
12:529-539.
40. Rathgeber, C., Lince, M., Alric, J., Lang, A. S., Humphrey, E., Blankenship, R. E., Verméglio,
A., Plumley, F. G., Van Dover, C. L., Beatty, T., and V. Yurkov. 2008. Vertical distribution of
the aerobic phototrophic bacteria at the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean.
Photosynth. Research. 97:235-244.
41. Csotonyi, J. T., J. Swiderski, E. Stackebrandt and V. Yurkov. 2010. A new environment for aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria: Biological soil crusts. Environ. Microbiol. 2(5):651-656.
42. Csotonyi, J. T., E. Stackebrandt, J. Swiderski, P. Schuman and V. Yurkov. 2011.
Chromocurvus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterial obligately aerobic anoxygenic phototroph isolated from a Canadian hypersaline spring. Arch. Microbiol. 193:573-582.
43. Csotonyi, J. T., E. Stackebrandt, J. Swiderski, P. Schuman and V. Yurkov. 2011. An
alphaproteobacterium capable of both aerobic and anaerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis
but incapable of photoautotrophy: Charonomicrobium ambiphototrophicum gen. nov., sp.
nov. Photosynth. Res. J. 107:257-268.
44. Zheng, Q., R. Zhang, M. Koblizek, E. N. Boldareva, S. Yan, V. Yurkov, and N. Jiao. 2011. Diverse arrangement of photosynthetic gene clusters in aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria. PLoS One J. 6:2-7.
45. Rathgeber, C., J. Alric, E. Hughes, A. Vermeglio and V. Yurkov. 2012. The photosynthetic apparatus and photoinduced electron transfer in the aerobic phototrophic bacteria Roseicyclus mahoneyensis and Porphyrobacter meromictius Photosynth. Res. J. 110:193- 203.
46. Bilyj, M., D. Lepitzki, E. Hughes, J. Swiderski, E. Stackebrandt, C. Pacas and V. Yurkov. 2014.
Abundance and diversity of the phototrophic microbial mat communities of Sulphur
Mountain Banff Springs and their significance to the endangered snail Physella johnsoni. Open J. Ecology, 4:488-516.
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47. Maltman, C., and V. Yurkov. 2014. Different strategies for tellurite reduction among highly resistant marine bacteria. IJEENR. 1(3):109-119.
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48. Csotonyi, J., C. Maltman, and V. Yurkov. 2014. Influence of tellurite on synthesis of
bacteriochlorophyll and carotenoids in aerobic anoxygenic photrophic bacteria. Res. Trends
Photochem. Photobiol. 16:1-17.
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49. Csotonyi, J. T., C. Maltman, J. Swiderski, E. Stackebrandt, and V. Yurkov. 2015. Extremely ‘vanadiphilic’ multiply metal-resistant and halophilic aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs, strains EG13 and EG8, from hypersaline springs in Canada. Extremophiles. 19:127-134.
50. Maltman C., M. Piercey-Normore, and V. Yurkov. 2015. Tellurite-, tellurate-, and selenite- based respiration by strain CM-3 isolated from gold mine tailings. Extremophiles. 19(5):1013-1019.
51. Maltman, C. and V. Yurkov. 2015. The effect of tellurite on highly resistant freshwater aerobic anoxygenic photrophs and their strategies for reduction. Microorganisms. 3(4):826- 838.
52. Maltman, C., G. Walter, and V. Yurkov. 2016. A diverse community of metal(loid) oxide respiring bacteria is associated with tube worms in the vicinity of the Juan de Fuca Ridge black smoker field. PLoS One. 11(2):e0149812.
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53. Hughes E, Head B, Maltman C, Piercey-Normore M, and Yurkov V. 2017. Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs in Gold Mine Tailings in Nopiming Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada. Canadian J of Microbiol. (63:212-218).
54. Maltman C, Donald L, and Yurkov V. 2017. Maltman C, Donald L, and Yurkov V. 2017. Two distinct periplasmic enzymes are responsible for tellurite/tellurate and selenite reduction by strain ER-Te-48 associated with the deep sea hydrothermal vent tube worms at the Juan de Fuca Ridge black smokers. Arch. Microbiol. 199:1113-1120
55. Maltman C, Donald L, and Yurkov V. 2017. Tellurite and tellurate reduction by the aerobic anoxygenic phototroph Erythromonas ursincola, strain KR99 is carried out by a novel membrane associated enzyme. Microorganisms. 5(2):20-28.
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56. Maltman C, and Yurkov V. 2018. Bioremediation potential of bacteria able to reduce high levels of selenium and tellurium oxyanions. Arch Microbiol. 200(10):1411-1417. doi: 10.1007/s00203-018-1555-6.
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57. Maltman, C. & Yurkov, V. 2019. Extreme Environments and High-Level Bacterial Tellurite Resistance. Microorganisms, SI Extremophiles 2.0. 7(12): 601. doi.org.10.3390.microorganisms7120601.
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58. Hughes, E., Alric, J., Yurkov, V. 2020. Photosynthetic complexes and light-dependant electron transport chain in the aerobic anoxygenic phototroph Roseicyclus mahoneyensis and its spontaneous mutants. Photosynth. Res. 144, 341-347. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11120-020-00744-9
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59. Kuzyk, S. B., Pritchard, A. O., Plouffe, J., Sorensen, J. L., & Yurkov, V. 2020. Psychrotrophic violacein producing bacteria isolated from Lake Winnipeg, Canada. J. Great Lakes Res. SI Lake Winnipeg 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2020.04.008
60. Kuzyk, S. B., Weins, K., Ma, X., & Yurkov, V. 2020. Association of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs and zebra mussels, Dreissena polymorpha, within the littoral zone of Lake Winnipeg’s South Basin. J. Great Lakes Res. SI Lake Winnipeg 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2020.08.013
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61. Kuzyk, S. B., Hughes, E., and Yurkov, V. 2021. Discovery of siderophore and metallophore production in the aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs. Microorganisms 9(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9050959
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62. Kuzyk, S. B., Ma, X., and Yurkov, V. 2022. Seasonal dynamics of Lake Winnipeg’s microbial communities reveal aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic populations coincide with sunlight availability. Microorganisms 10(9): 1690. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10091690
63. Kuzyk, S. B., Jafri, M., Humphrey, E., Maltman, C., Kyndt, J. A. and Yurkov, V. 2022. Prosthecate aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs Photocaulis sulfatitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Photocaulis rubescens sp. nov. isolated from alpine meromictic lakes in British Columbia, Canada. Arch. Microbiol. 204:444. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-022-03007-4
64. Maltman, C, Kuzyk, S. B., Kyndt, J. A. and Yurkov, V. 2023. Shewanella metallivivens sp. nov., a deep-sea hydrothermal vent tube worm endobiont capable of dissimilatory anaerobic metalloid oxyanion reduction. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 73(7):005980. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005980
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65. Kuzyk, S. B., Messner, K., Ma, X., Wiens, K., and Yurkov, V. 2023. Diverse aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs synthesize bacteriochlorophyll in oligotrophic rather than copiotrophic conditions, suggesting ecological niche. Environ. Microbiol. 25(11), 2653– 2665. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16482
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66. Messner, K., and Yurkov V. 2024. Abundance, Characterization and Diversity of Culturable Anoxygenic Phototrophic Bacteria in Manitoban Marshlands. Microorganisms 12(5), 1007. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12051007
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67. Messner, K., Kyndt, J. A. and Yurkov, V. 2024. Salinarimonas chemoclinalis, An Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototroph Isolated from a Saline, Sulfate-rich Meromictic Lake. Preprints, 2024091680. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202409.1680.v1
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68. Maltman, C., Messner, K., Kyndt, J.A. and Yurkov, V. 2024. Brevundimonas aurifodinae, sp. nov., an Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototroph Resistant to Metalloid Oxyanions Isolated from Gold Mine Tailings. Microorganisms, 12(11), 1267.
https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12112167
69. Hughes E, Alric J, and Yurkov V. 2024. Differences in photosynthesis of the aerobic anoxygenic photrophs Chromocurvus halotolerans and Charonomicrobium ambiphototrophicum. (Photosynth. Res. In preparation).
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70. Bilyj M, Hughes E, Swiderski J, Stakebrandt E, Pacas C, and Yurkov V. 2024. Erythromicrobium magnum sp. nov., an aerobic anoxygenic phototroph isolated from Sulphur Mountain Thermal Springs in Banff, Alberta, Canada. (IJSEM. In preparation).
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71. Bilyj M, Hughes E, Swiderski J, Stakebrandt E, Pacas C, and Yurkov V. 2024. Rhodobacter fonsus sp. nov., a purple nonsulfur Alphaproteobacterium isolated from Sulphur Mountain Thermal Springs in Banff, Alberta, Canada. (IJSEM. To be submitted soon).
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Abstracts
1. Yurkov, V. 2000. Biological diversity and principal similarities of the obligately aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria. In 50th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for Microbiology, Abstarcts, S10, p. 53.
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2. Yurkov, V. 2000. Biological diversity and biotechnological potential of the obligately aerobic phototrophic bacteria. In Xth Intern. Symp. on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Barcelona, Spain, Abstracts, p. 62.
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3. Yurkova, N., Rathgeber, C., Beatty, T., and Yurkov, V. 2000. Diversity and distribution of the aerobic phototrophic bacterial population in the meromictic Mahoney Lake in British Columbia. In Xth Intern. Symp. on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Barcelona, Spain, Abstracts, p. 164.
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4. Rathgeber, C., Yurkova, N. A., Stackebrandt, E., van Dover, C. L., Beatty, J. T., and Yurkov, V. 2001. Tellurite and selenite reducing bacteria isolated from deep ocean hydrothermal vent sites of the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean. In 9th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August, 2001.
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5. Blankenship, R. E., van Dover, C. L., Plumley, F. G., Falkowski, P. G., Beatty, J. T., Yurkov, V. V., Kolber, Z. S., Lince, M. C., Raymond, J. R., Lang, A. S., Rathgeber, C., and Sczekan, S. R. 2001. Search for photosynthesis at deep-sea hydrothermal vents. In American Chemistry Society National Meeting, San Diego, USA, April, 2001.
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6. Csotonyi, J. T. and Yurkov, V. 2006. New type of anaerobic respiration, tellurate respiration, discovered in bacteria from hydrothermal vent worms. Workshop "Biogeography and Biodiversity of Chemosynthetic Ecosystems: Planning for the Future". Southampton, UK, June 16-18, 2003.
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7. Rathgeber, C., Alric, J., Vermeglio, A., and Yurkov, V. 2003. Photoinduced electron transfer in Citromicrobium bathyomarinum and two obligately aerobic strains from the meromictic Mahoney Lake. XIth Intern. Symp. on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Tokyo, Japan, August, 24-29, 2003.
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8. T. O'Neil, J. Csotonyi, C. Pacas and V. Yurkov. 2004. The abundance and diversity of the microbial phototrophic community in thermal sulfur springs in Banff National Park. 54th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Edmonton, June 2004.
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9. C. Rathgeber, N. Yurkova, E. Stackebrandt, P. Schumann, T. Beatty, and V. Yurkov. 2004. Roseocyclus mahoneyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic phototrophic bacterium isolated from a meromictic lake. 54th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Edmonton, June 2004.
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10. J. Csotonyi and V. Yurkov. 2004. Anoxygenic phototrophic and tellurite-reducing bacteria of a brine spring system in Manitoba. 54th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Edmonton, June 2004.
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11. C. Rathgeber, M. Lince, A. Lang, Z. Kobler, R. Blankenship, J. T. Beatty, G. Plumley, C. L. Van Dover, P. Falkowski, and V. Yurkov. 2004. Vertical distribution of the aerobic phototrophic bacteria at the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean. 10th International Symposium on Microbial ecology, ISME-10, Cancun, Mexico, August, 2004.
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12. M. Bilyj, C. Pacas and V. Yurkov. 2005. Nutritional Influences of Photosyhtetic Bacteria in the Food Chain of the Endangered Banff Springs Snail, Physella johnsoni. National Recovery Plan Workshop for the Banff Springs Snail, Calgary, 2005 (V. Yurkov invited speaker).
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13. J. Csotonyi and V. Yurkov. 2005. Metalloid-respiring bacteria from polychaete and vestimentiferan worms at Juan de Fuca Ridge and Explorer Ridge hydrothermal vents. Third International Symposium on Hydrothermal Vent and Seep Biology, San Diego, USA, September, 2005.
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14. V. Yurkov. 2006. "Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs: The ordinary and the extraordinary." 12th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Pau, France, August-September, 2006 (invited speaker; plenary lecture).
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15. M. Bilyj, C. Pacas and V. Yurkov. 2006. Abundance, diversity and seasonal fluctuation of the phototrophic microbial population in thermal sulfur springs of Banff, Canada. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, ISME-11, Vienna, Austria, August, 2006.
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16. M. Bilyj, C. Pacas and V. Yurkov. 2006. Investigation of the phototrophic microbial population within the Sulphur Mountain thremal springs of Banff, Canada as a potential nutritional source for the endemic bacterial mat-grazing snail, Physella johnsoni. International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Pau, France, August-September, 2006.
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17. J. Csotonyi, J. Swiderski, E. Stackebrandt, and V. Yurkov. 2008. Novel halophilic aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs, including a gammaproteobacterial representative, from a Canadian hypersaline spring system. Canadian Society of Microbiologists, 58th Annual Conference, Calgary, June 9-12, 2008.
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18. V. Yurkov. 2009. Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs: Taxonomic Developments 2006-2009. (Symposium speaker and reporter for the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Montreal, 2009).
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19. V. Yurkov. 2009. Living fossils from biological soil crusts: Anoxygenic phototrophs in a semiarid realm. (Symposium speaker. International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Montreal, August, 2009).
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20. J. Csotonyi, and V. Yurkov. 2009. Novel pigment profiles of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs induced by heavy metal stress. International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes, Montreal, August, 2009.
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21. Bharaj, A. K., Yurkov, V. and Piercey-Normore, M. D. 2010. Lichen associated bacterial communities. Manitoba Association of Plant Biology (MAPB). Nov. 27, 2010. Red River College. Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
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22. C. Maltman and V. Yurkov. 2011. “Unravelling the phenomenon: Aerobic tellurite reduction by bacteria possessing high level resistance.” Canadian Society of Microbiologists Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, June 20-23, 2011.
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23. A. Bharaj, C. Maltman, V. Yurkov, and M. D. Piercey-Normore. 2012. Winter diversity of lichen-associated bacteria from four corticolous lichens. Botany 2012, Columbus, Ohio. July 7- 11, 2012.
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24. C. Maltman and V. Yurkov. 2012. Solving the Riddle: The effect of tellurite on microbial growth and cellular strategies for its reduction. Canadian Society of Microbiologists Conference, Vancouver, BC, June, 2012.
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25. Matman, C., and Yurkov, V. 2013. Metalloid Oxides for Energy: Anaerobic Respiration on Tellurite, Tellurate, and Selenite by Strain CM-3 Isolated from Gold Mine Tailings. CSM Meeting, June, 17-20, 2013, Ottawa.
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26. Maltman C, Walter G, and Yurkov V. 2014. The epibiotic microbial community of deep sea hydrothermal vent worms harbors a rich and diverse group of metal(loid) oxide respiring bacteria. IUMS 2014 Montreal.
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27. Hughes E, Maltman C, Head B, Piercey-Normore M, and Yurkov V. 2014. Diversity and distribution of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs at the Central Gold mine sites, Nopiming Provincial Park, Canada. IUMS 2014 Montreal.
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28. Maltman C., Samphir C., and Yurkov, V. 2015. Taxonomical Diversity of Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vent Tube Worm Symbionts Capable of Anaerobic Metal(loid) Oxide Respiration. CSM 2015, Regina, Canada.
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29. Hughes, E., Kuzyk, S., and Yurkov, V. 2015. Phototrophic Microorganisms From Lake Winnipeg South Basin Shore Ecosystems. CSM 2015, Regina, Canada.
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30. Hughes E, Alric J, and Yurkov V. 2016. Comparison of Photosynthetic Complexes and Photoinduced Electron Transfer Between Roseicyclus mahoneyensis and its Spontaneous Mutants. CSM 2016, Toronto, Ontario.
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31. Maltman C, Donald L, Yurkov V. 2016. Two Novel Periplasmic Enzymes are Responsible for Reduction of Tellurite/Tellurate and Selenite in Deep Ocean Isolate, Strain ER-Te-48. CSM 2016, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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32. Kuzyk S, and Yurkov V. 2016. Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs in Lake Winnipeg and Their Role in Biochemical Cycling and Toxin Tolerances. The Lake Winnipeg Research Consortium Science Workshop, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
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33. Hughes E, Alric J, and Yurkov V. 2017. Photosynthetic complexes and photoinduced electron transfer in aerobically and anaerobically grown cells of Charanomicrobium ambiphototrophicum, strain EG17. CSM 2017, Waterloo, Ontario.
34. Kuzyk S, Ma X, and Yurkov V. 2017. The abundance, diversity and distribution of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs within the microbial population of Lake Winnipeg. CSM 2017, Waterloo, Ontario.
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35. Wiens K, Kuzyk S, and Yurkov V. 2018. Littoral abundance and diversity of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in Lake Winnipeg and their association with the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha. CSM 2018, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
36. Kuzyk S, Ma X, and Yurkov V. 2018. Seasonal Abundance and Diversity of Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs in Lake Winnipeg’s Euphotic Zones. CSM 2018, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
37. Kuzyk S, Ma X, and Yurkov V. 2018. Population and Composition of Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs in Lake Winnipeg’s South Basin. LWRCSW, 2018, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
38. Kuzyk, S., Wiens, K., Ma, X., and Yurkov, V. 2019. Diversity and physiological capabilities of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in Lake Winnipeg. CSM 2019, Sherbrooke.
39. Kuzyk, S., Plouffe, J., Wiens, K., Ma, X., and Yurkov, V. 2020. Bioaccumulation in Dreissena polymorpha reveals aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria capable of metal transformations. Goldschmidt 2020, Abstract.
40. Kuzyk, S., Wiens, K., Ma, X., and Yurkov, V., 2020. Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs among the bacterial community within zebra mussels of Lake Winnipeg. IAGLR’s 63rd Annual International Conference, Abstract.
41. Hughes, E., Kuzyk, S., and Yurkov, V. 2020. Discovery of novel iron-chelating siderophore in the aerobic anoxygenic phototroph Chromocurvus halotolerans. Goldschmidt 2020, Honolulu, Abstract.
42. Kuzyk, S. B., Wiens, K., Ma, X., and Yurkov, V. 2021. Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophic Metal Transformations Associated with Dreissena polymorpha. Goldschmidt Biogeochemistry International Conference in Leon, France. Abstract and Invited Speaker.
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43. Yurkov, V., Kuzyk, S. B., and Hughes, E. 2021. Discovery of Metal and Metalloid (Mg, V, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Se and Te) Chelators Produced by the Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs. Goldschmidt Biogeochemistry International Conference in Leon, France. Abstract and Invited Speaker.
44. Kuzyk, S. B., Jafri, M., Humphrey, E., Maltman, C., Kyndt, J. A. and Yurkov, V. 2022. Novel prosthecate aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs discovered in alpine meromictic lakes of British Columbia, Canada. ISPP international conference in Liverpool, UK: Abstract and Poster Presentation.
45. Kuzyk, S. B., Hughes, E., and Yurkov, V. 2022. Another Surprise from the Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs: Wide Range of Metallophores. 17th International Symposium on Phototrophic Prokaryotes (ISPP) in Liverpool, UK: Abstract and Invited Speaker.
46. Messner, K. and Yurkov, V. 2024. The Diverse, Culturable Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs and Purple Non-Sulfur Bacteria Community in Manitoban Marshes. CSM 2024, London, ON, Canada. Abstract and poster presentation.
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