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.
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News
Getting Slimed: Scientists Investigate Biofilms in Streams Amidst Climate Change
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
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
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!
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”
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
Stroud Center scientists deployed glass slides into three reaches of White Clay Creek with distinct streamside land uses: mature forest, ... Read More
Publications
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.
Wu, C., J. Kan, H. Liu, L. Pujari, C. Guo, X. Wang, and J. Sun. 2019. Microbial Ecology, early online access.
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.
