Publications
Tiedje, J.M., and T.O. Stevens. 1988. The ecology of an anaerobic dechlorinating consortium. in G.S. Omen (ed.). Environmental Biotechnology : Reducing risks from environmental chemicals through biotechnology . Plenum Press, New York. pp. 3-14.

Stevens, T.O., T.G. Linkfield, and J.M. Tiedje. 1988. Physiological characterization of strain DCB-1, a unique dehalogenating sulfidogenic bacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 54(12):2983-2943.

Stevens, T.O., and J.M. Tiedje. 1988. Carbon dioxide fixation and mixotrophic metabolism by strain DCB-1, a dehalogenating anaerobic bacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 54(12):2944-2948.

Stevens, T.O., R.L. Crawford and D.L. Crawford. 1990. Biodegradation of dinoseb (2-sec-butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol) in several Idaho soils varying in dinoseb exposure history. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56(1) 133-139.

 Stevens, T.O., R.L. Crawford, and D.L. Crawford. 1991. Selection and isolation of bacteria capable of degrading dinoseb (2-sec-butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol). Biodegradation 2:1-13.

Fredrickson, J.K., F.J. Brockman, S.W. Li, D.J. Workman, T.O. Stevens. 1991. Isolation and characterization of a subsurface bacterium capable of growth on toluene, naphthalene, and other aromatic compounds. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:796-803.

Kaake, R.H., D.J. Roberts, T.O. Stevens, R.L. Crawford, D.L. Crawford. 1992. Bioremediation of soils contaminated with the herbicide 2-sec -butyl-4,6-dinitrophenol (Dinoseb). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58:1683-1689.

Stevens, T.O. and J.K. Fredrickson. 1992. Potential for microbial gas generation in high-level radioactive waste storage tanks. Report # DSTSS91:0007. in Bryan, S.A., et. al., Slurry growth, gas retention, and flammable gas generation by Hanford radioactive waste tanks: Synthetic waste studies, FY 1991. PNL-8169 UC-721.

Stevens, T.O., J.P. McKinley, and J.K. Fredrickson. 1993. Bacteria associated with deep, alkaline, anaerobic groundwaters in SE Washington. Microbial Ecology. 25:35-50.

Fruchter, J.S., F.A. Spane, J.E. Amonette, J.K. Fredrickson, C.R. Cole, J.C. Templeton, T.O. Stevens, D.J. Holford, L.E. Eary, J.M. Zachara, B.N. Bjornstad, G.D. Black, V.R. Vermeul, C.S. Simmons. 1994. Interim report: Manipulation of natural subsurface processes: Field research and validation. PNL-10123 UC-402,802.

Bjornstad, B.N.,, J.P. McKinley, T.O. Stevens , S.A. Rawson, J.K. Fredrickson, P.E. Long. 1994. Generation of hydrogen gas as a result of drilling within the saturated zone. Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation Fall 1994. 140-147.

Boone, D.R., Y. Liu, Z-J Zhao, D.L. Balkwill, G.R. Drake, T.O. Stevens, and H.C. Aldrich. 1995. Bacillus infernus sp. nov., an Fe(III)-and Mn(IV)-reducing anaerobe from a deep terrestrial subsurface. Int. J. System. Bacteriol. 45:441-448.

Stevens, T.O. 1995. Optimization of media for enumeration and isolation of aerobic heterotrophic bacteria from the deep terrestrial subsurface. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 23:293-303.

Stevens, T.O. and B.S. Holbert. 1995. Variability and density-dependence of bacteria in terrestrial subsurface samples: implications for enumeration. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 23:283-292.

Stevens, T.O. and J.P. McKinley. 1995. Lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystems in deep basalt aquifers. Science 270:450-454.

Stevens, T.O. 1997. Subsurface microbiology and the evolution of the biosphere. in Amy, P.S. and Haldeman, D.L. eds The Microbiology of the Terrestrial Subsurface. pp. 205-223. CRC Press. Boca Raton.

McKinley, J.P., T.O. Stevens, J.K. Fredrickson, J.M. Zachara, F.C. Colwell, K.B. Wagnon, S.C. Smith, S.A. Rawson, and B.N. Bjornstad. 1997. Biogeochemistry of anaerobic lacustrine and paleosol sediments within an aerobic unconfined aquifer. Geomicrobiol. J. 14:23-39.

Space Studies Board, National Research Council. 1997. Mars Sample Return: Issues and Recommendations . Nat. Acad. Press. Washington, D.C.

Stevens, T.O. 1997. Lithoautotrophy in the subsurface. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 20:327-337.

Stevens, T.O. 1997. Subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystems (SLMEs) in igneous rocks: Prospects for detection. Instruments, Methods, and Missions for the Investigation of Extraterrestrial Microorganisms. Soc. Photo-Opitcal Instr. Eng. Proc. 3111:358-365.

Onstott, T.C., T.J. Phelps, F.S. Colwell, D. Ringelberg, D.C. White, D.R. Boone, J.P. McKinley, T.O. Stevens, P.E. Long, D.L. Balkwill, W.T. Griffin, and T. Kieft. Observations pertaining to the origin and ecology of microorganisms recovered from the deep subsurface of Taylorsville Basin, Virginia. Geomicrobiol. J. 15:353-385.

Thomas-Keprta, K., D. McKay, S.J. Wentworth, T.O. Stevens, A.E. Taunton, C.C. Allen, E.K.Gibson, Jr., and C.S. Romanek. 1998. Bacterial mineralization patterns in basaltic environments: implications for possible life in Martian meteorite ALH84001. Geology 26:1031-1034.

McKinley, J.P., T.O. Stevens, and F. Westall. 2000. Microfossils and paleoenvironments in deep subsurface basalt samples. Geomicrobiology Journal . 43-54.

Stevens, T.O. and J.P. McKinley. 2000. Abiotic controls on H2 production from basalt-water reactions. Environmental Science and Technology 34:826-831.
 
  Stevens, T.O. 2002. The deep subsurface biosphere. in J.T. Staley and A.-L. Reysenbach (Eds.) Biodiversity of Microbial Life. pp 439-474. Wiley-Liss, New York.