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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Transfer of benzo[a]pyrene and 2,2′,5,5′-tetrachlorobiphenyl from bacteria and algae to sediment associated freshwater invertebrates
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.
Grazing of protozoa, bacteria, and diatoms by meiofauna in lotic epibenthic communities
Bott, T.L., and M.A. Borchardt. 1999. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 18(4):499–513.
Incorporation of trifluoroacetate, an atmospheric breakdown product of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants, by freshwater benthic microbial communities
Bott, T.L., and L.J. Standley. 1999. Water Research 33:1538–1544.
Effects of trifluoroacetate, an atmospheric breakdown product of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants, on acetate metabolism by freshwater benthic microbial communities
Bott, T.L., and L.J. Standley. 1998. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 60(3):472–479.
Trifluoroacetate, an atmospheric breakdown product of hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants: biomolecular fate in aquatic organisms
Standley, L.J., and T.L. Bott. 1998. Environmental Science and Technology 32:469–475.
Publications
Evaluation of utility laboratory personnel performance of a standardized AOC technique
Kaplan, L.A., M.W. LeChevallier, and T.L. Bott. 1992. Pages 1169–1185 in Proceedings of Water Quality Technology Conference, Orlando, Florida.
Kaplan, L.A., T.L. Bott, and J.K. Bielicki. 1992. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58:3614–3621.
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1992. Pages 135–139 in J.E. Harvey (editor). Proceedings of the 4th Investigators meeting for EPA’s Biotechnology-Biological Control Agent Risk Assessment Research Program, Report No. EPA/600/R-92/147. U.S. EPA. Gulf Breeze, Florida.
Kaplan, L.A., D.J. Reasoner, E.W. Rice, and T.L. Bott. 1992. Revue des Sciences de l’Eau 5:207–224.
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1991. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 37:848–857.