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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Persistence of a surrogate for a genetically engineered cellulolytic microorganism and effects on aquatic community and ecosystem properties: mesocosm and stream comparisons
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1993. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 39:686–700.
Evaluation and simplification of the assimilable organic carbon nutrient bioassay for bacterial growth in drinking water
Kaplan, L.A., T.L. Bott, and D.J. Reasoner. 1993. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 59(5):1532–1539.
Development of a rapid assimilable organic carbon method for water
LeChevallier, M.W., N.E. Shaw, L.A. Kaplan, and T.L. Bott. 1993. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 59:1526–1531.
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.
Publications
Bott, T.L., and L.A. Kaplan. 1990. Pages 139–143 in ORD Biotechnology Risk Assessment Program (editor). Review of Progress in the Biotechnology-Microbial Pest Control Agent Risk Assessment Program, Report No. EPA/600/9-90/029. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Nutrients for bacterial growth in drinking water: bioassay evaluation
Kaplan, L.A., and T.L. Bott. 1990. EPA Report No. EPA/600/S2-89/030. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kaplan, L.A., and T.L. Bott. 1990. Pages 1031–1042 in Proceedings Water Quality Technology Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Kaplan, L.A., and T.L. Bott. 1989. Limnology and Oceanography 34:718–733.
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.
