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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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.
UpStream Newsletter, Summer 2011
The difference between the organic materials that enter and leave a river system tells us how the river affects greenhouse gases.
Diverse bacterial groups are associated with corrosive lesions at a Granite Mountain Record Vault (GMRV)
Kan, J., P. Chellamuthu, A. Obraztsova, J.E. Moore, and K.H. Nealson. 2011. Journal of Applied Microbiology 111:329–337.
Synchronicity between population structure and proteome profiles: a metaproteomic analysis of Chesapeake Bay bacterial communities
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.
Yellowstone Lake: high energy geochemistry and rich bacterial diversity
Clingenpeel, S., R.E. Macur, J. Kan, W. P. Inskeep, D. Lavalvo, J. Varley, E. Mathur, K. Nealson, Y. Goby, T.L. Fracois, and T.R. McDermott. 2011. Environmental Microbiology 13:2172–2185.
Publications
Bott, T.L., J.D. Newbold, and D.B. Arscott. 2006. Ecosystems 9:398–421.
Riparian deforestation, stream narrowing, and loss of stream ecosystem services
Sweeney, B.W., T.L. Bott, J.K. Jackson, L.A. Kaplan, J.D. Newbold, L.J. Standley, W.C. Hession, and R.J. Horwitz. 2004. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101(30):14132–14137.
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 2002. Microbial Ecology 43:199–216.
Bott, T.L., and L.J. Standley. 2000. Environmental Science and Technology 34:4936–4942.
The effect of formalin and Lugol’s iodine solution on protozoal cell volume
Zinabu, G.M., and T.L. Bott. 2000. Limnologica 30:59–63.