L. Y. Young
Environmental Science · Indiana University
Publications
190
Citations
11,689
Est. group size
—
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
52
Publishing since 1973
L. Y. Young studies how microbes (bacteria and microbial communities) transform pollutants in soils and water. The research covers topics like how bacteria change the forms of toxic metals such as arsenic and antimony in rice paddy soils, how microbial communities respond to contamination from mining, and how microbes break down pharmaceutical and personal care product chemicals in wastewater and the environment. Much of the work uses DNA-based methods (metagenomics and stable isotope probing) to identify which microbes are responsible for these processes.
Publication activity peaked in 2020 (partly from post-publication review recommendations) and has slowed to roughly one output per year since then.
Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026
- Metagenomic analysis of Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria for Fe(III) mineral formation and carbon assimilation under microoxic conditions in paddy soil
The Science of The Total Environment · 2022
- Bacteria responsible for nitrate-dependent antimonite oxidation in antimony-contaminated paddy soil revealed by the combination of DNA-SIP and metagenomics
Soil Biology and Biochemistry · 2021
- Characterization of Nitrate-Dependent As(III)-Oxidizing Communities in Arsenic-Contaminated Soil and Investigation of Their Metabolic Potentials by the Combination of DNA-Stable Isotope Probing and Metagenomics
Environmental Science & Technology · 2020
- Uncovering microbial responses to sharp geochemical gradients in a terrace contaminated by acid mine drainage
Environmental Pollution · 2020
- Bacterial response to sharp geochemical gradients caused by acid mine drainage intrusion in a terrace: Relevance of C, N, and S cycling and metal resistance
Environment International · 2020
- Microbial transformation of widely used pharmaceutical and personal care product compounds
F1000Research · 2020
- Pharmaceutical transforming microbes from wastewater and natural environments can colonize microplastics
AIMS environmental science · 2020
- Bacteria Responsible for Nitrate-dependent Antimonite Oxidation in Antimony-contaminated Paddy Soil Revealed by the Combination of DNA-SIP and Metagenomics
Research Square · 2020
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Impact of in-Sewer Degradation of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) Population Markers on a Population Model.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2020
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Back Conversion from Product to Parent: Methyl Triclosan to Triclosan in Plants.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2020
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Presence of pharmaceuticals in fish collected from urban rivers in the U.S. EPA 2008-2009 National Rivers and Streams Assessment.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2020
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Review on fate and mechanism of removal of pharmaceutical pollutants from wastewater using biological approach.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2020
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Social, demographic, and economic correlates of food and chemical consumption measured by wastewater-based epidemiology.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2020
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Metagenomics reveal triclosan-induced changes in the antibiotic resistome of anaerobic digesters.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2020
- Faculty Opinions recommendation of Pharmaceutical biodegradation under three anaerobic redox conditions evaluated by chemical and toxicological analyses.
Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature · 2020
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- Environmental Science & Technology×3
- Environmental Pollution×1
- Environment International×1
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry×1
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Last updated Jul 11, 2026.
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