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
Phylogenetic diversity of Synechococcus in the Chesapeake Bay revealed by Ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (RuBisCO) large subunit gene (rbcL) sequences
Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Kan, D. Bachoon, J. Lu, S. Lau, and L. Campbell. 2004. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 36:153–164.
Co-monitoring bacterial and dinoflagellates communities by Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) and SSU rDNA sequencing during a dinoflagellates bloom
Kan, J., and F. Chen. 2004. Acta Oceanologia Sinica 23:483–492.
UpStream Newsletter, Fall 2002
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai is using the Leaf Pack Experiment Kit home to educate young Kenyans about the importance of streams.
Autecological properties of 3-chlorobenzoate-degrading bacteria and their population dynamics when introduced into sediments
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 2002. Microbial Ecology 43:199–216.
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.
Publications
Standley, L.J., and T.L. Bott. 1998. Environmental Science and Technology 32:469–475.
Organic matter dynamics in White Clay Creek, Pennsylvania, USA
Newbold, J.D., T.L. Bott, L.A. Kaplan, B.W. Sweeney, and R.L. Vannote. 1997. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 16:46–50.
An evaluation of techniques for measuring periphyton metabolism in chambers
Bott, T.L., J.T. Brock, A. Baattrup-Pedersen, P. Chambers, W.K. Dodds, K. Himbeault, J.R. Lawrence, D. Planas, E. Snyder, and G.M. Wolfaardt. 1997. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54:715–725.
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1993. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 39(7):686-700.
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1993. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 39:686–700.
