James, T.E., Byers, T.J.  1967.  The induction of multinuclearity in agitated and in aging cultures of Acanthamoeba sp. Neff J. Cell Physiol. 70, 53-61.

Byers, T.J., Rudick, V.L., Rudick, M.J.  1969.  Studies of cell size, macromolecule composition, nuclear number, oxygen consumption, and cyst formation during two growth phases in unagitated cultures of Acanthamoeba castellanii.  J. Protozoology 16, 693-699.

Dolphin, W.D. 1970. Photoinhibition of growth in Acanthamoeba castellanii cultures. J. Bacteriology 103,755-760.

Rudick, V.L. 1971. Relationships between nucleic acid synthetic patterns and encystment in aging unagitated cultures of Acanthamoeba castellanii. J. Cell Biol. 49,498-506.

Mattar, F.E., Byers, T.J.  1971.  Morphological changes and the requirements for macromolecule synthesis during excystment of Acanthamoeba castellanii.  J. Cell Biology 49, 507.

King, L.E. 1975  Hydroxyurea enhanced encystment in  Acanthamoeba castellanii. M.Sc. Thesis, The Ohio State University. 31 pp.

Martin, S.M., Byers, T.J.  1976.  Acid hydrolase activity during growth and encystment in Acanthamoeba castellanii.  J. Protozoology 23, 608-613.

Kuhns, M.C. 1976.  Macromolecular effects of mitomycin C during drug induced encystment in Acanthamoeba castellanii. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University. 85 pp.

Martin, S.M., Byers, T.J.  1977.  Evidence for lysosomal enzymes in Acanthamoeba and their activity changes during encystment.  Ohio J. Science 77, 28-35.

Seilhamer, J.J., Byers, T.J.  1978.  Mutants of Acanthamoeba castellanii Resistant to Erythromycin, Chloramphenicol, and Oligomycin.  J. Protozoology 25, 486-489.

Zarley, C.D. 1979. Restriction enzyme analysis of three species of Acanthamoeba mitochondrial DNA. M.Sc. Thesis, The Ohio State University 71 pp.

Byers, T.J.  1979.  Growth, reproduction and differentiation in Acanthamoeba.  Int. Rev. Cytol. 61, 283-338.

Byers, T.J., Akins, R.A., Maynard, B., Lefken, R., Martin, S.M.  1980.  Rapid growth of Acanthamoeba in defined media.  Induction of encystment by glucose-acetate starvation.  J. Protozoology 27, 216-219.

Akins, R.A., Byers, T.J.  1980.  Differentiation promoting factors induced in Acanthamoeba by inhibitors of mitochondrial macromolecule synthesis.  Devel. Biol. 78,126-140.

King, L.E. 1980.  Changes in nuclear and mitochondrial DNAlevels and metabolism during ageing and encystment in Acanthamoeba castellani. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University. 90 pp.

Byers, T.J., Akins, R.A., Seilhamer, J.J.  1981.  Genetic & Molecular studies of antibiotic resistance in Acanthamoeba castellanii Neff strain.  In "2nd International Conference on the Biology and Pathogenicity of Small Free-Living Amoebae"  U.S. Dept. Health and Human Services, pp. 12-21.

Akins, R.A. 1981. Differentiation of Acanthamoeba castellanii: Evidence for a developmental morphogen and exploratory genetic approaches. Ph.D. Dissertation, The Ohio State University, pp 1-241.

Seilhamer, J.J., Byers, T.J.  1982.  ATPase-associated oligomycin resistance in Acanthamoeba castellanii.  J. Protozool. 29, 394-397.

Byers, T.J., Bogler, S.A., Burianek, L.L.  1983.  Analysis of mitochondrial DNA variation as an approach to systematic relationships in the genus Acanthamoeba.  J. Protozool. 30, 198-203.

Bogler, S.A., Zarley, C.D., Burianek, L.L, Fuerst, P.A., Byers, T.J.  1983.  Interstrain mitochondrial DNA polymorphism detected in Acanthamoeba by restriction endonuclease analysis.  Molec. Biochem. Parasitol. 8, 145-163.

Akins, R.S., Gozs, S.M., Byers, T.J.  1985.  Factors influencing the encystment enhancing activity (EEA) of Acanthamoeba castellanii.  J. Gen. Micro. 131, 2609-2617.

Hugo, E.R. 1986. Physical mapping of Acanthamoeba mitochondrial DNA: Use in strain identification and classification. M.Sc. Thesis, The Ohio State University. 144 pp.

Byers, T.J.  1986.  Molecular biology of DNA in the genera Acanthamoeba, Amoeba, Entamoeba, and Naegleria.  Intl. Rev. Cytol. 99, 311-341.

Kim, B.G., Sobota, A., Bitonti, A.J., McCann, P.P., Byers, T.J.  1987.  Polyamine metabolism in Acanthamoeba:  Polyamine content and synthesis of ornithine, putrescine and diaminopropane. J. Protozool. 34, 278-284.

Kim, B.G., McCann, P.P., Byers, T.J.  1987.  Inhibition of multiplication in Acanthamoeba castellanii by specific inhibitors of ornithine decarboxylase.  J. Protozool. 34, 264-266.

Byers, T. J., Kim, B. G., King, L.E., Hugo, E.R. 1991.  Molecular Aspects of the cell cycle and encystment in Acanthamoeba.  Rev. Infect. Diseases 13, Supplement 4, S373-S384.

Byers, T. J., Hugo, E.R., Stewart, V. 1990.  Genes of Acanthamoeba:  DNA, RNA and protein sequences (A review).  J. Protozool. 37,17S-25S

Hugo, E.R., Stewart, V.J., Gast, R.J., Byers, T.J. 1992. Purification of amoeba mtDNA using the UNSET procedure. In "Protocols in Protozoology," J.J. Lee & A.T. Soldo, eds, Soc. Protozoologists, Lawrence, KA. pp D7.1-D7.2.

Hugo, E.R., Byers, T.J. 1993. S-Adenosyl-L-methionine decarboxylase of Acanthamoeba castellanii (Neff): purification and properties. Biochem J. 295,203-209.

Gast, R.J., Fuerst, P.A., Byers, T.J. 1994. Discovery of group I introns in the nuclear small subunit ribosomal RNA genes of Acanthamoeba. Nucleic Acids Res. 22,592-596.
Weekers, P.H.H., Gast, R.J., Fuerst, P.A., Byers, T.J. 1994. Sequence variations in small-subunit ribosomal RNAs of Hartmannella vermiformis and their phylogenetic implications. Mol. Biol. Evol. 11,684-690.

Gast, R.J., Byers, T.J. 1995 Genus- and Subgenus-specific oligonucleotide probes for Acanthamoeba. Mol. Biochem. Parasitol. 71,255-260.

Ledee, D.R., Hay, J., Seal, D.V., Byers, T.J., Kirkness, C.M. 1996. Acanthamoeba griffini. Molecular characterization of a new corneal pathogen. Invest. Opthalmol. Vis. Sci. 37, 544-550.

Gast, R.J., Ledee, D.R., Fuerst, P.A., Byers, T.J. 1996. Subgenus systematics of Acanthamoeba: Four nuclear 18S rDNA sequence types. J. Euk. Microbiol. 43,498-504.

Stothard, D.R., Schroeder-Diedrich, J.M., Awwad, M. H., Gast, R. J., Ledee, D. R., Rodriguez-Zaragoza, S., Dean, C. L., Fuerst, P.A., Byers, T.J. 1998. The evolutionary history of the genus and the identification of eight new 18S rRNA gene sequence types. J. Euk. Microbiol. 45,45-54. (SUPPLEMENTS, Table S1)