2010 Popa R., Necessity, futility and the possibility
of defining life are all embedded in its origin as a punctuated-gradualism, Origins of Life and Evolution of the Bioshpere,
40(2): (DOI 10.1007/s11084-010-9198-x).
2010 Boone J.E. and R. Popa, Molecular techniques in microbiology laboratories, Fountainhead Press,
Southlake, TX.
2010 Scorei R.I and R. Popa, Using Boron-containing Compounds as Anticancer Agents (a Minireview of Targets, Mechanisms
and Benefits), Anti-cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 10:346-351.
2009 Popa R., Book review, Amino Acids and the
Asymmetry of Life, U. Meierhenrich, Astrobiology. 9: 696-696.
2009 Boone J.E. and R. Popa, Basic techniques in microbiology laboratories,
Fountainhead Press, Southlake, TX.
2009 Finzi-Hart J., J. Pett-Ridge, P. Weber, R. Popa, S. Fallon, T. Gunderson, I. Hutcheon, K. Nealson
and D. Capone, Fixation and fate of carbon and nitrogen in the cyanobacterium Trichodesmium using nanometer Secondary
Ion Mass Spectrometry (NanoSIMS), PNAS, 106:6345-6350.
2009 Popa R., M.J. Mashall, H. Nguyen and S. Brauer, Requirements, Benefits
and Limitations and of ARISA Intra-Genomic Diversity Fingerprinting, Journal of Microbiological Methods, 7:111-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2009.06.005.
2009 Popa R., W. Fang, K.H. Nealson, V. Souza-Egipsy, T.S. Berquó, S.K. Banerjee, L.R. Penn, Using oxidative stress
to express arrested growth of magnetic particles in Magnetospirillum magneticum AMB-1, International Microbiology, 12:49-58.
2007
Scorei R.I., V.M. Cimpoiaşu and R. Popa, TD-1H NMR measurements show enantioselective dissociation
of ribose and glucose in the presence of H217O, Astrobiology, 7: 733-744.
2007 Popa R., P. Weber,
J. Pett-Ridge, J. Finzi, S. Fallon, I.D. Hutcheon, K.H. Nealson and D.G. Capone, Carbon and nitrogen fixation
and metabolite exchange in and between individual cells of Anabaena oscillarioides, The ISME Journal, 1:354-360.
2006 Capone D., R. Popa, B. Flood and K.H. Nealson, Follow
the nitrogen, Science, 312:708-709.
2006 Fisk M.R., R. Popa, O.U. Mason, M.C. Storrie-Lombardi, and E.P. Vincenzi,
Iron-magnesium silicate bioweathering on Earth (and Mars?), Astrobiology, 5:48-68.
2005 Abboud R., R. Popa, V. Souza-Egipsy, C.S.
Giometti, S. Tollaksen, J.J. Mosher, R.H. Findlay and K.H. Nealson, Low temperature growth of Shewanella oneidensis
MR-1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:811-816.
2005 Banerjee S.K., R.L. Penn, T. Berquo, Y. Guyodo and R. Popa, Accurate
multidisciplinary identification of nanophase iron minerals in simulated pedogenic environment, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta,
69:A512-A512.
2005 Nealson K.H. and R. Popa, Metabolic diversity in the microbial world: relevance to exobiology,
In: Gadd G.M., K.T. Temple and H.M. Lapin-Scott (eds.), Micro-organisms and Earth Systems, Advances in Geomicrobiology, 151-171,
Cambridge University Press.
2005 Nealson K.H. and R. Popa, Introduction and Overview: What do we know for sure? Chapter 1. in Lüttge
A. and R. Rye (eds.), Quantitative Approaches Towards Biogeochemistry: Processes, Scaling, and Interfaces, American Journal
of Science, Yale University, New Haven, pp.1-21.
2005 Kus E., R. Abboud, R. Popa, K. Nealson and F. Mansfeld, The concept
of bacterial battery, Corrosion Science, 47:1063-1069.
2004 Popa R. and B.K. Kinkle, Controlled Mineralization
of Pyrite by Thiomonas thermosulfatus str.51, Geomicrobiol. J., 21:193-206.
2004 Popa R., A. Badescu and B.K. Kinkle, Pyrite framboids as biomarkers
for iron-sulfur systems, Geomicrobiol. J. 21:1-14.
2004 Popa R., Between Necessity and Probability: Searching for the Definition
and Origin of Life, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.
2003 Fisk M.R., M.C. Storrie-Lombardi, S. Douglas, G.D. McDonald,
R. Popa and A.I. Tsapin, 2004, Evidence of Biological Activity in Hawaiian Subsurface Basalts, Geochem. Geophys. Geosys,
4:1525-2027.
2002 Cox L, R. Popa, K.H. Nealson and D. Bazylinsky, Organization of P-, S- and Fe-inclusions in a
freshwater Magnetococcus, Geomicrobiol. J., 19:387-406.
2000 Popa R. and B.K. Kinkle, Discrimination
among iron sulfide species formed in microbial cultures, J. Microbiol. Meth., 42:167 174.
1997 Vlasceanu L., B.K.
Kinkle and R. Popa, Characterization of Thiobacillus thioparus Strain LV43 and its distribution in a chemoautotrophically-based
groundwater ecosystem, Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 63:3123-27.
1997 Popa R., A sequential scenario for the origin of
biological chirality, J. Mol. Evol., 44:121-127.
1995 Sarbu, S. M., C. Gheorghe, V. Popescu Jarnea, L. Vlasceanu, R.
Popa and C. Lascu, Stable isotope studies in Movile Cave, Trav. Inst. Speol. "Emile Racovitza", 34:99 102.
1994
Sarbu S.M., B.K. Kinkle, L. Vlasceanu, T.C. Kane and R. Popa, Microbiological characterization of a sulfide-rich groundwater
ecosystem, Geomicrobiol. J., 12:175-182.
1994 Sarbu S.M., L. Vlasceanu, P. Sheridan, B.K. Kinkle, T. Kane and R. Popa,
Microbial Mats in a thermomineral sulfurous cave, in Lucas J. and P. Caumette (eds.), Microbial Mats, NATO ASI Series, G 35,
Springer-Verlag.
1993 Lascu C., S.M. Sarbu, R. Popa, L. Vlasceanu and S. Prodan, La grotte de Movile: Une faune hors
du temps, La Recherche, 258:1092-1098.
1991 Sarbu S.M. and R. Popa, Trophic structure in an aquatic troglobytic community
based upon chemoautotrophic carbon fixation, Trav. Inst. Speol. "Emile Racovitza", 30:51-58.
1991 Sarbu S.M., R. Popa
and I. Goliat, Chemoautotrophic production in a thermomineral sulfurous cave, Trav. Inst. Speol. "Emile Racovitza",
XXX, 59-61.
