Peer-Reviewed Publications
Philip Morgan
Journal Publications
1. Morgan, P., Firth, S. & Hildenbrand, B. (2014) The Subsurface Fate and
Transport of Gasoline Bioalcohols and Their Effects on Petroleum Hydrocarbon
Plumes. A Literature Review. Sci. Total Env., submitted.
2. Firth, S., Hildenbrand, B. & Morgan, P. (2014) Ethanol Effects on the Fate and
Transport of Gasoline Constituents in the UK. Sci. Total Env., in press.
3. Firth, S. & Morgan, P. (2012) Ethanol effects on the fate and transport of gasoline
constituents in the UK. Energy Institute, London. ISBN: 978 0 85293 628 3.
4. Morgan, P. (2012) Contaminated Land Remediation Technologies - Context,
Current Application and Future Development. Environmental Scientist 21(3), 4245.
5. Rivett, M.O., Buss, S.R., Morgan, P., Smith J.W.N. & Bemment, C.B. (2008)
Nitrate attenuation in groundwater: a review of biogeochemical controlling
processes. Water Research 42, 4215-4132.
6. Rivett, M.O., Smith, J.W.N., Buss, S.R. & Morgan, P. (2007) Nitrate occurrence
and attenuation in the major aquifers of England and Wales. Quarterly Journal of
Engineering Geology & Hydrogeology 40, 335-352.
7. Morgan, P & Masi, P. (2005) Appropriate methods for the Mean Value Test for
soil contamination datasets. Land Contamination and Reclamation, 13, 307-315.
8. Morgan, P. & Sinke, A.J.C. (2005) Monitored natural attenuation. Land
Contamination and Reclamation, 13, 247-265.
9. Buss, S.R., Herbert, A.W., Morgan, P. Thornton, S.F. & Smith, J.W.N. (2004). A
review of ammonium attenuation in soil and groundwater. Quarterly Journal of
Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 37, 347-359.
10. Ellis, R.J., Weightman, A.J., Fry, J.C. & Morgan, P. (2003) Cultivation-dependent
and -independent approaches for determining bacterial diversity in heavy metal
contaminated soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69, 3223-3230.
11. Fairley, D.J., Boyd, D.R., Sharma, N.D., Allen, C.C.R., Morgan, P. & Larkin, M.J.
(2002) Aerobic metabolism of 4-hydroxybenzoic acid in archaea via an unusual
pathway involving an ‘NIH-shift’. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68,
6246-6255.
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12. Ellis, R.J., Best, J.G., Fry, J.C., Morgan, P., Neish, B., Trett, M.W. & Weightman,
A.J. (2002) Similarity of microbial and meiofaunal community analyses for
mapping ecological effects of heavy metal contamination in soil. FEMS
Microbiology Ecology, 20, 113-122.
13. Ellis, R.J., Neish, B., Trett, M.W., Best, J.G., Weightman, A.J., Morgan, P. & Fry,
J.C. (2001) Assessing the effects of long-term heavy metal exposure by
comparative microbial and meiofaunal community analyses of contaminated
terrestrial habitats. Journal of Microbiological Methods 45, 171-185.
14. Bardos, R.P., Morgan, P. & Swannell, R.P.J. (2000) Application of in situ
remediation technologies - 1. Contextual framework. Land Contamination and
Reclamation 8, 301-322.
15. Battersby, N.S. & Morgan, P. (1997) A note on the use of the CEC L-33-A-93 test
to predict the potential biodegradation of mineral oil based lubricants in soil.
Chemosphere 35, 1773-1779.
16. Morgan, P., Lee, S.A., Lewis, S.T., Sheppard, A.N. & Watkinson, R.J. (1993)
Growth and biodegradation by white-rot fungi inoculated into soil. Soil Biology
and Biochemistry 25, 279-287.
17. Morgan, P., Lewis, S.T. & Watkinson, R.J. (1993) Biodegradation of benzene,
toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes in gas-condensate-contaminated groundwater. Environmental Pollution 82, 181-190.
18. Elder, D.J.E., Morgan, P. & Kelly, D.J. (1993) Transposon Tn5 mutagensis in
Rhodopseudomonas palustris. FEMS Microbiology Letters 111, 23-30.
19. Morgan, P. (1992) Biotechnology and oil spills. Biotechnology Education 3, 8388.
20. Elder, D.J.E., Morgan, P. & Kelly, D.J. (1992) Evidence for 2 differentially
regulated phenylpropenoyl-coenzyme-A synthetase activities in
Rhodopseudomonas palustris. FEMS Microbiology Letters 98, 255-260.
21. Elder, D.J.E., Morgan, P. & Kelly, D.J. (1992) Anaerobic degradation of transcinnamate and α-phenylalkane carboxylic acids by the photosynthetic bacterium
Rhodopseudomonas palustris: evidence for a β-oxidation mechanism. Archives
of Microbiology 157, 148-154.
22. Morgan, P. & Watkinson, R.J. (1992) Factors limiting the supply and efficiency of
nutrient and oxygen supplements for the in situ biotreatment of contaminated soil
and groundwater. Water Research 26, 73-78.
23. Morgan, P., Cooper, C.J., Battersby, N.S., Lee, S.A., Lewis, S.T., Machin, T.M.,
Graham, S.C. & Watkinson, R.J. (1991) Automated image analysis method to
determine fungal biomass in soils and on solid matrices. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 23, 609-616.
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24. Morgan, P., Lewis, S.T. & Watkinson, R.J. (1991) Comparison of abilities of
white-rot fungi to mineralize selected xenobiotic compounds Applied Microbiology
and Biotechnology 34, 693-696.
25. Morgan, P. & Watkinson, R.J. (1990) Assessment of the potential for in situ
biotreatment of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils. Water Science and Technology
22, 63-68.
26. Watkinson, R.J. & Morgan, P. (1990) Physiology of aliphatic hydrocarbondegrading microorganisms. Biodegradation 1, 79-92.
27. Morgan, P. & Watkinson, R.J. (1989) The use of gel-stabilized model systems for
the study of microbial processes in polluted sediments. Journal of General
Microbiology 135, 549-555.
28. Morgan, P. & Watkinson, R.J. (1989) Microbiological methods for the cleanup of
soil and ground water contaminated with halogenated organic compounds. FEMS
Microbiology Reviews 63, 277-300.
29. Morgan, P. & Watkinson, R.J. (1989) Hydrocarbon degradation in soils and
methods for soil biotreatment. CRC Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 8, 305-333.
30. Morgan, P. & Dow, C.S. (1988) Budding bacteria: their importance in the study of
bacterial growth and differentiation. Science Progress (Oxford) 72, 407-419.
31. Stratford, M., Morgan, P. & Rose, A.H. (1987) Sulphur dioxide resistance in
Saccharomyces cerivisiae and Saccharomycodes ludwigii. Journal of General
Microbiology 133, 2173-2179.
32. Morgan, P., Kelly, D.J. & Dow, C.S. (1986) The tricarboxylic acid cycle of
heterogeneous and swarmer cell populations of Rhodomicrobium vannielii.
Journal of General Microbiology 132, 931-938.
Peer-Reviewed Technical Reports
33. Firth, S. & Morgan, P. (2012) Ethanol effects on the fate and transport of gasoline
constituents in the UK. Report in press. Energy Institute, London.
34. Cox, R., Campbell, M., Thurgood, R.J. & Morgan, P. (2009) Design and
installation of a permeable reactive barrier to treat carbon disulphidecontaminated groundwater. Technology Demonstration Report TDP20, CL:AIRE,
London.
35. Masi, P. & Morgan, P. (2006) Statistical assessment of contaminated land: some
implications of the ‘Mean Value Test’. CL:AIRE Technical Bulletin TB12.
CL:AIRE, London.
36. Buss, S.R., Rivett, M.O., Morgan, P. & Bemment, C.D. (2005) Attenuation of
nitrate in the sub-surface environment. Report SC030155/SR2, Environment
Agency, Bristol.
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37. Thrasher, J., Morgan, P. & Buss, S.R. (2004). Attenuation of mecoprop in the
subsurface. Report NC/03/12, Environment Agency, Bristol.
38. Buss, S.R., Herbert, A.W., Morgan, P. & Thornton, S.F. (2003) Review of
ammonium attenuation in soil and groundwater. Report NC/02/49, Environment
Agency, Bristol.
39. Noble, P. & Morgan, P. (2002) Laboratory to Field Scale Relationships in the
Assessment of the Potential for Monitored Natural Attenuation of Contaminants in
Groundwater. R&D report P2-245/TR, Environment Agency, Bristol.
40. Noble, P. & Morgan, P. (2002) The Effects of Contaminant Concentration on the
Potential for Natural Attenuation. R&D report P2-228/TR, Environment Agency,
Bristol.
41. Barnes D.J., Holmes, M.W., Morgan, P., Bell, M.J., Klecka, G.M., Ellis, D.E., Ei,
T.A. & Lutz, E.J. (2001) Statistical analysis of groundwater chemistry data from
Area 6, Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware. US Environmental Protection
Agency report EPA/600/R-01/036.
Book Chapters
42. Morgan, P. & Watkinson, R.J. (1994) Biodegradation of components of
petroleum. In: Biochemistry of Microbial Degradation (C. Ratledge, ed.), pp. 1-31.
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
43. Whiteside, M.C. & Morgan, P. (1989) Computers in fermentation. In: Computers
in Microbiology: A Practical Approach, (T.N. Bryant & J.W.T. Wimpenny, eds.),
pp. 183-207, IRL Press, Oxford.
44. Morgan, P. & Dow, C.S. (1986) Bacterial adaptations for growth in low nutrient
environments. In: Microbes in Extreme Environments (R.A. Herbert & G.A. Codd,
eds.), pp. 187-214, Academic Press, London.
45. Morgan, P. & Dow, C.S. (1985) Environmental control of cell-type expression in
prosthecate bacteria. In: Bacteria in Their Natural Environments (M. Fletcher &
G.D. Floodgate, eds.), pp.131-169, Academic Press, London.
Papers in Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings
46. Bone, B.D., Harris, R.C., Smith, J.W.N., Boshoff, G., Kalin, R., Thurgood, R.J. &
Morgan, P. (2005). The development and use of permeable reactive barrier
technologies and potential future applications in the UK. In: Permeable Reactive
Barriers (Proceedings of the International Symposium held at Belfast, Northern
Ireland, March 2004). IAHS Publication 298, 52-59.
47. Thornton, S.F., Morgan, P. & Wilson, R.D. (2004) Practical issues in the
performance assessment of monitored natural attenuation in groundwater. In:
Contaminated Land – Achievements and Aspirations, pp. 67-79. EPP
Publications, London.
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48. Morgan, P., Major, D.W., McMaster, M.L., Cox, E.E., Hendrickson, E. Edwards,
E. & Dworatzek, S. (2002) Successful field demonstration of bioaugmentation to
degrade PCE and TCE to ethene. In: Groundwater Quality: Natural and
Enhanced Restoration of Groundwater Pollution (S.F. Thornton & S.E. Oswald,
eds.), p.p. 369-374. IAHS Publication 275, IAHS Press, Wallingford.
49. Franz, T., Mason, A., Zaidel, J., DeMarco, D., Morgan, P., Sayles, G., Moser, L.
& Gannon, D.J. (1999) Computer model of co-metabolic bioventing for
chlorinated solvent bioremediation. In: Engineered Approaches for In Situ
Bioremediation of Chlorinated Solvent Contamination (A. Leeson & B.C. Alleman,
eds.), pp. 281-286. Battelle Press, Columbus, Ohio.
50. Morgan, P., Holmes, M.W., Buchanan, R.J., Ellis, D.E., Bartlett, C.L., Hanson,
G.J., Odom, J.M., Lee, M.D., Lutz, E.J., Heitkamp, M.A., Harkness, M.A.,
DeWeerd, K.A., Spivack, J.L., Davis, J.M., Klecka, G.M., Pardieck, D.L. & Bell,
M.J. (1998) Demonstration of accelerated anaerobic bioremediation for
trichloroethene (TCE)-contaminated groundwater at Dover Air Force Base. In:
Contaminated Soil '98, pp. 571-574. Thomas Telford Publishing, London.
51. Morgan, P., Sayles, G.D., Moser, L.E., Gannon, D.J., Kampbell, D.H., Franz, T.,
Vogel, C.M., Major, D.W., Bell, M.J. & M.W. Holmes (1998) Laboratory and field
pilot evaluation of co-metabolic bioventing for the remediation of soil
contaminated with trichloroethene (TCE) and trichloroethane (TCA). In:
Contaminated Soil '98, pp. 1187-1188. Thomas Telford Publishing, London.
52. Holmes, M.W. , Morgan, P., Klecka, G.M., Klier, N.J., West, R.J., Davis, J.W.,
Ellis, D.E., Lutz, E.J., Odom, J.M., Ei, T.A., Chapelle, F.H., Major, D.W. Salvo,
J.J. & Bell, M.J. (1998) The natural attenuation of chlorinated ethenes at Dover
Air Force Base, Delaware, USA. In: Contaminated Soil '98, pp. 143-152. Thomas
Telford Publishing, London.
53. Lethbridge, G., Morgan, P., Lewis, S.T. & Jones, D.S. (1993) The influence of a
subsurface peat layer on the in situ bioremediation of a natural gas production
site contaminated with gas condensate. In: 1993 International Symposium on
Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM-93) 19-24 September, Bath, UK. Florida State
University & US Department of Energy.
54. Morgan, P., Weaver, S.C. & Watkinson, R.J. (1991) The effects of inorganic
nutrients on bioremediation of oil-contaminated soil. Proceedings of the
International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology, Ostend, April 1991.
55. Cooper, C.J., Morgan, P., Battersby, N.S., Lee, S.A., Lewis, S.T., Machin, T.M.,
Phillips, N.W., Sheppard, A.N., Graham, S.C. & Watkinson, R.J. (1990) A fullyautomated image analysis method for the determination of fungal biomass in
soils and on solid matrices. Proceedings MICRO 90, London, 2-6 July 1990,
Chapter 15.
56. Dow, C.S. & Morgan, P. (1986) Prosthecate bacteria - are they uniquely adapted
to low nutrient ecosystems? In: Perspectives in Microbial Ecology (F. Megušar &
M. Gantar, eds.), pp. 159-162, Slovene Society for Microbiology, Ljubljana.
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