Author

Donald W. S. Westlake

Observed names: D W S Westlake, D W Westlake, D Westlake, D. W. S. WESTLAKE, D. W. S. Westlake, D. Westlake, D.W. S. Westlake, D.W.S Westlake, D.W.S. WESTLAKE, D.W.S. Westlake, DONALD W. S. WESTLAKE, DWS Westlake, Donald W.S. Westlake, DonaldW.S. Westlake, Westlake, D., Westlake, D. W. S., Westlake, D. W. S. (Donald William Speck), 1931-, Westlake, Donald William Speck

Observed institutions: University of Iowa, Ministry of Health, University of Alberta, Tel Aviv University, University of Calgary, Queen's University, National Research Council Canada, City of Vancouver

OpenAlex ID: A5111748743

Comparison of oil composition changes due to biodegradation and physical weathering in different oils

1998 · Zhendi Wang, Merv Fingas, et al. · Journal of Chromatography A · 339

Microbial Utilization of Crude Oil

1972 · A. Jobson, F. D. Cook, et al. · Applied Microbiology · 210

Effect of nitrate injection on the microbial community in an oil field as monitored by reverse sample genome probing

1997 · A J Telang, S Ebert, et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 170

The origin of the oil sand bitumens of Alberta: a chemical and a microbiological simulation study

1977 · I. Rubinstein, O.P. Strausz, et al. · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta · 155

Degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and aromatic heterocycles by a Pseudomonas species

1988 · J. M. Foght, D. W. S. Westlake · Canadian Journal of Microbiology · 151

Effect of Amendments on the Microbial Utilization of Oil Applied to Soil

1974 · A. Jobson, M. McLaughlin, et al. · Applied Microbiology · 151

Lignin Peroxidase Oxidation of Aromatic Compounds in Systems Containing Organic Solvents

1994 · Rafael Vazquez-Duhalt, Donald W. S. Westlake, et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 149

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Biodegradability and crude oil composition

1974 · D. W. S. Westlake, A. Jobson, et al. · Canadian Journal of Microbiology · 143

Effect of Emulsan on Biodegradation of Crude Oil by Pure and Mixed Bacterial Cultures

1989 · Julia M. Foght, David L. Gutnick, et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 141

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Characterization of iron-reducing Alteromonas putrefaciens strains from oil field fluids

1987 · K. M. Semple, D. W. S. Westlake · Canadian Journal of Microbiology · 138

Microbial degradation of aromatics and saturates in Prudhoe Bay crude oil as determined by glass capillary gas chromatography

1981 · P. M. Fedorak, D. W. S. Westlake · Canadian Journal of Microbiology · 138

Crude oil utilization by fungi

1979 · J. S. Davies, D. W. S. Westlake · Canadian Journal of Microbiology · 136

Distribution of Hydrogenase Genes in Desulfovibrio spp. and Their Use in Identification of Species from the Oil Field Environment

1990 · Gerrit Voordouw, Vincent Niviere, et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 117

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Environmental gasoline-utilizing isolates and clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are taxonomically indistinguishable by chemotaxonomic and molecular techniques

1996 · J. M. Foght, D. W. S. Westlake, et al. · Microbiology · 107

Identification of Distinct Communities of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Oil Fields by Reverse Sample Genome Probing

1992 · Gerrit Voordouw, Johanna K. Voordouw, et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 105

Effect of nitrate on reduction of ferric iron by a bacterium isolated from crude oil

1981 · Christian O. Obuekwe, Donald W. S. Westlake, et al. · Canadian Journal of Microbiology · 104

Reverse Sample Genome Probing, a New Technique for Identification of Bacteria in Environmental Samples by DNA Hybridization, and Its Application to the Identification of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in Oil Field Samples

1991 · Gerrit Voordouw, Johanna K. Voordouw, et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 101

Microbial Production of Carbon Monoxide from Flavonoids

1961 · D. W. S. WESTLAKE, J. M. ROXBURGH, et al. · Nature · 98

Mineralization of [14C]hexadecane and [14C]phenanthrene in crude oil: specificity among bacterial isolates

1990 · J. M. Foght, P. M. Fedorak, et al. · Canadian Journal of Microbiology · 96

Deacetoxycephalosporin C synthetase and deacetoxycephalosporin C hydroxylase are two separate enzymes in Streptomyces clavuligerus.

1985 · SUSAN E. JENSEN, DONALD W. S. WESTLAKE, et al. · The Journal of Antibiotics · 91

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Quantitative Reverse Sample Genome Probing of Microbial Communities and Its Application to Oil Field Production Waters

1993 · Gerrit Voordouw, Yin Shen, et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 89

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Corrosion of Mild Steel in Cultures of Ferric Iron Reducing Bacterium Isolated from Crude Oil I. Polarization Characteristics

1981 · C. O. Obuekwe, D. W. S. Westlake, et al. · CORROSION · 85

Surface Changes in Mild Steel Coupons from the Action of Corrosion-Causing Bacteria

1981 · Christian O. Obuekwe, Donald W. S. Westlake, et al. · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 85

Interaction of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria in petroleum biodegradation

1979 · A.M. Jobson, F.D. Cook, et al. · Chemical Geology · 85

Cloning and nucleotide sequence determination of the isopenicillin N synthetase gene from Streptomyces clavuligerus

1988 · Brenda K. Leskiw, Yair Aharonowitz, et al. · Gene · 82

Works count: 162

Citation count: 6,377

H-index: 47

I10-index: 115