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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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.
Assessment of [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA as a method to determine bacterial productivity in streambed sediments
Kaplan, L.A., T.L. Bott, and J.K. Bielicki. 1992. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58:3614–3621.
Habitat specific differences in persistence and effects of introduced cellulolytic bacteria used as surrogates for GEMS
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.
A survey of assimilable organic carbon, biodegradable organic carbon, and coliform growth response in drinking waters throughout the United States
Kaplan, L.A., D.J. Reasoner, E.W. Rice, and T.L. Bott. 1992. Revue des Sciences de l’Eau 5:207–224.
Selection of surrogates for a genetically engineered microorganism with cellulolytic capability for ecological studies in streams
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1991. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 37:848–857.
Potential for protozoan grazing of bacteria in streambed sediments
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1990. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 9:336–345.
Publications
Densities of benthic protozoa and nematodes in a piedmont stream
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1989. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 8:187–196.
Kaplan, L.A., and T.L. Bott. 1989. Pages 475–498 in Proceedings Water Quality Technology Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1985. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 50:508–522.
Acclimation of stream-bed heterotrophic microflora: metabolic responses to dissolved organic matter
Kaplan, L.A., and T.L. Bott. 1985. Freshwater Biology 15:479–492.
Adenylate energy charge in streambed sediments
Kaplan, L.A., and T.L. Bott. 1985. Freshwater Biology 15:133–138.