Barton, H.A. 2010. Speleogenesis. In: Treatise on Geomorphology, Frumkin, A. Editor. (Elsevier).

Giarrizzo, J.G., Suarez, P., Robertson, C.E., Broering, M., Banks, E.D., Vaishampayan, P.A., Venkateswaran, K. and Barton, H.A. 2010. The Unusual Microbial Diversity of a Venezuelan Tepui (Orthoquartzite) Cave: The Dominance of a Novel Chloroflexales Group (RSC1) in a Low-Temperature, Aphotic System. Environmental Microbiology. Submitted.

Lavoie, K.H., Northup, D.E., and Barton, H.A. 2010. Microbial-Mineral interactions; Geomicrobiology in caves. In: Geomicrobiology, Jain, S.K., Khan, A.A. and Rai, M.K. Editors., 2010. p. 1-21 (Science Publishers, Inc., ISBN:978- 1578086658, April 2010).

Banks, E.D., Taylor, N.M., Gulley, J., Lubbers, B.R., Giarrizo, J.G., Bullen, H.A., Hoehler, T.M. and Barton, H.A. 2010. Bacterial Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in Cave Environments: A Function of Calcium Homeostasis. Geomicrobiology Journal 27:444-454. Banks et al 2010.pdf

Iker, B.C., Kambesis, P., Oerhle, S., Groves, C. and Barton, H.A. 2010. Microbial Atrazine Breakdown in a Karst Groundwater Systems and its Effects on Ecosystem Energetics. Journal of Environmental Quality. 39:509-518 Iker et al 2010.pdf

Bullen, H.A., Oehrle, S.A., Bennett, A.F., Taylor, N.M. and Barton, H.A. 2008. The Use of Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transformed Infrared (ATR-FTIR) Spectroscopy to Identify Microbial Metabolic Products on Carbonate Mineral Surfaces. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74(14):4553-9. Bullen 2008.pdf

Spear, J.R., Barton, H.A., Roberts, K.J., Francis, C.A., Pace, N.R., 2007. Microbial Biofabrics in a Geothermal Mine Adit. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73(19): 6172-6180. Spear 2007.pdf

Barton, H.A., Taylor, N.M., Kreate, M.P., Springer, A.C., Oehrle, S.A. and Bertog, J.L. 2007. The Impact of Host Rock Geochemistry on Bacterial Community Structure in Oligotrophic Cave Environments. International Journal of Speleology, 36(2): 93-104. Barton et al 2007.pdf

Barton, H.A., Taylor, N.M., Lubbers, B.R. and Pemberton, A.C., 2006. DNA extraction from low-biomass carbonate rock: an improved method with reduced contamination and the Low-Biomass Contaminant (LBC) database. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 66:21-31.

Barton, H.A. 2005. Career Series II. Combining Microbiology with Other Interests: Hobbies, Holes, and Hollywood. Focus on Microbiology Education. 11(3): 7-12

PRESENTED ABSTRACTS (OF 124; BOLD INDICATES UNDERGRADUATE AUTHORS)

Kramer, M., Kaiser, S., Henry, A. and Barton, H.A. Diversity of Fungi Isolated from Cumberland Caverns and their relation with the Geomyces destructans. National Speleological Society Annual Convention, Essex Junction, VT. August 3rd, 2010.

Schneider, K., Iker, B. and Barton, H.A. Microbial Atrazine Degradation In Cave And Karst Aquifers. ASM 110th General Meeting, San Diego, CA. May 25th, 2010.

Shelley, E., Williams, T., and Barton, H.A. Decontamination Strategies to Limit the Spread of White-Nose Syndrome. ASM 110th General Meeting, San Diego, CA. May 25th, 2010.

Giarrizzo, J., Suarez, P., Muench, B., Broering, M., Banks, E., Venkateswaran, K. and Barton, H.A. Microbial Community Energetics in Roraima Sur Cave, Venezuela. Microbiology and Geomicrobiology of Cave and Karst Environments Symposium, International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, TX. July 22, 2009.

Banks, E.D., Taylor, N.M., Lubbers, B. and Barton, H.A. A Physiological Role for the Bacterial Precipitation of Calcium Carbonate Minerals. ASM 108th General Meeting, Boston, MA. June 4th 2008.

Barton, H.A. and Lubbers, B. 2008. Microbial Ecology in Spacecraft Assembly Facilities: Starvation Survival and Microbial Subsistence. 5th Astrobiology Science Conference, Santa Clara, CA. April 14, 2008.

BOOKS

Aulenbach N. and Barton H., with Delano, M.F. Exploring Caves: Journeys Into The Earth (National Geographic Books, ISBN 0-7922-7721-X, March 2001 ). Winner of the Outstanding Science Trade Book for 2001 by the National Science Teachers Association and Children's Book Council