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. 2016. Aerobic Anoxygenic Phototrophs: Four decades of mystery. Book Chapter In: “Modern Topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes”. Hallenbeck P (ed). Springer (In Prep).
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 involved 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. Phototrophic
diversity and phylogenetic novelty in a hypersaline spring system in western Manitoba
(Canada), with special reference to aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs. J. Extremophiles.
12:529-539.
40. Rathgeber, C., M. Lince, A. Lang, Z. Kobler, G. Plumley, B. Blankenship, T. Beatty,
P. Falkowski, C. L. Van Dover 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.
47. Maltman, C., and V. Yurkov. 2014. Different strategies for tellurite reduction among
highly resistant marine bacteria. IJEENR. 1(3):109-119.
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.
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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., B. Head, C. Maltman, M. Piercey-Normore, and V. Yurkov. 2016. Aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs in gold mine tailings in Nopiming Provincial Park, Manitoba, Canada. FEMS Microbiol. Ecology. (Submitted).
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54.Maltman, C., L. Donald, V. Yurkov. 2016. Two distinct periplasmic enzymes are responsible for tellurite/tellurate and selenite reduction by strain ER-Te-48 isolated from a deep sea hydrothermal vent tube worm. Journal of Biochem. (To be submitted).
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55.Maltman, C., L. Donald, V. Yurkov. 2016. Tellurite and tellurate reduction by the aerobic anoxygenic phototroph Erythromonas ursincola, strain KR99 is carried out by a novel membrane associated enzyme. Applied Environ. Microbiol. (To be submitted).
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56.Bilyj, A. M., J. Swiderski, E. Stackebrandt, C. Pacas, and V. Yurkov. 2016. Rhodobacter fonsus sp. nom., a purple nonsulfur Alphaproteobacterium isolated from Sulphur Mountain Thermal Springs in Banff, Alberta, Canada. IJSEM (In prep).
57. Bharaj, A., C. Maltman, V. Yurkov, and M. D. Piercey-Normore. 2016 A winter survey of
lichenassociated bacteria from thalli exposed to desiccation and low temperatures. The
Lichenologist J. (In prep)
