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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Electricity generation from microbial fuel cell using microorganisms as catalyst in cathode
Jang, J.K, J. Kan, O. Bretschger, Y.A. Gorby, L. Hsu, B.H. Kim, and K.H. Nealson. 2013. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 23(12):1765–1773.
Yellowstone Lake Nanoarchaeota
Clingenpeel, S., J. Kan, R.E. Macur, T. Woyke, D. Lovalvo, J. Varley, W.P. Inskeep, K.H. Nealson, and T. McDermott. 2013. Frontiers in Microbiology 4:274.
Apatite and chitin amendments promote microbial activity and augment metal removal in marine sediments
Kan, J., A. Obraztsova, Y. Wang, J. Leather, K.G. Scheckel, K.H. Nealson, and Y.M. Arias-Thode. 2013. Open Journal of Metal, Heavy Metal Special Issue 3:51–61.
Ecosystem metabolism and nutrient uptake in Peruvian headwater streams
Bott, T.L., and J.D. Newbold. 2013. International Review of Hydrobiology 98:117–131.
UpStream Newsletter, February 2013
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Adaptation of soil microbes during establishment of microbial fuel cell consortium fed with lactate
Futamata, H., O. Bretschger, A. Cheung, J. Kan, R. Owen, and K.H. Nealson. 2013. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 115(1):58–63.
Publications
Marine bacterial community response to inorganic and organic amendments in marine sediments
Kan, J., Y. Wang, A. Obraztsova, G. Rosen, J. Leather, K. Scheckel, K.H. Nealson, and Y.M. Arias-Thode. 2011. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 74:1931–1941.
A rapid fingerprinting approach to distinguish between closely related strains of Shewanella
Kan, J., B. Flood, J.P. McCrow, J.S. Kim, L. Tan, and K.H. Nealson. 2011. Journal of Microbiological Methods 86:62–68.
Kan, J., P. Chellamuthu, A. Obraztsova, J.E. Moore, and K.H. Nealson. 2011. Journal of Applied Microbiology 111:329–337.
Kan, J., T.E. Hanson, and F. Chen. 2011. Pages 637–644 in Frans J. de Bruijn (editor). Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I; Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey.
Optimizing the indirect extraction of prokaryotic DNA from soils
Williamson, K.E., J. Kan, S.W. Polson, and S.J. Williamson. 2011. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 43:736–748.
