Microbiology Group

Microbial life such as bacteria, fungi, and algae are integral to a naturally functioning aquatic ecosystem. By applying comprehensive molecular approaches, this laboratory is focused on characterizing the composition and distribution of microbial communities, and determining the functional roles as well as their interactions with environments.

Staff

Raven Bier, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Jinjun Kan, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist

Laura Zgleszewski

Research Technician

News

Getting Slimed: Scientists Investigate Biofilms in Streams Amidst Climate Change

August 31, 2018

Slippery, shiny, and available in varying shades of green, slime is the latest research interest of two Stroud Water Research ... Read More

Good Fences Make Good Water

August 29, 2018

Cows wading in a stream might make a pretty picture but the reality is a lot less pleasant. Find out ... Read More

Meet Raven Bier: New Postdoctoral Associate

July 25, 2018

Through her work at the Stroud Center, Bier hopes to better understand how changes in farming practices on land affect ... Read More

Meet Our 2018 Summer Interns!

June 27, 2018

The internship experience allows undergraduates to see if they have the passion and fortitude necessary to meet the challenges of ... Read More

“We’ve All Got to Be Good Neighbors”

February 23, 2018

Barclay Hoopes’ family has been farming in Landenberg, Pennsylvania, since 1854. He knows how he treats his land affects thousands ... Read More

Microbial Population Dynamics of Periphyton Biofilms in White Clay Creek

December 18, 2017

Stroud Center scientists deployed glass slides into three reaches of White Clay Creek with distinct streamside land uses: mature forest, ... Read More

Publications

Diversity and spatial distribution of chromophytic phytoplankton in the Bay of Bengal revealed by RuBisCO genes (rbcL)

Pujari, L., C. Wu, J. Kan, N. Li, X. Wang, X. Shang, M. Wang, C. Zhou, and J. Sun. 2019. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:Article 1501.

Denitrification and anammox: understanding nitrogen loss from Yangtze Estuary to the East China Sea

Wang, J.,  J. Kan, G. Qian, J. Chen, Z. Xia, X. Zhang, H. Liu, and J. Sun. 2019. Environmental Pollution 252(B):1659-1670.

Heterotrophic bacteria dominate the diazotrophic community in the Eastern Indian Ocean (EIO) during pre-southwest monsoon

Wu, C., J. Kan, H. Liu, L. Pujari, C. Guo, X. Wang, and J. Sun. 2019. Microbial Ecology, early online access.

Regeneration and utilization of nutrients during the collapse of red tide of ciliate Mesodinium rubrum: influence on phytoplankton species composition

Zhang, Y., X. Song, P. J. Harrison, S. Liu, Z. Yu, J. Kan, P. Qian, H. Liu, and K. Yin. 2018. Science China: Earth Sciences 61(10):1384–1396.

Storm events restructured bacterial community and their biogeochemical potentials

Kan, J. 2018. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 123(7):2257–2269.