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Winter 2007, Vol. 3, No. 1 | Index
Research Briefs
Bordenstein Laboratory | Smolowitz Laboratory | Ecosystems Center
From the Bordenstein Laboratory:
Paraskevopoulos, C., S.R. Bordenstein, J.J. Wernegreen, J.H. Werren, and K. Bourtzis. Towards a Wolbachia multilocus sequence typing system: Discrimination of Wolbachia strains present in Drosophila species. Current Microbiology 53(5): 388-395.
Baldo, L., J. Dunning-Hotopp, S.R. Bordenstein, S.A. Biber, K. Jollie, H. Tettelin, M. Maiden, C. Hayashi, and J.H. Werren. A Multilocus Sequence Typing system for the endosymbiont Wolbachia. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72(11): 7098-7110.
From the Smolowitz Laboratory:
Lyons M.M., R. Smolowitz, C. Dungan, S.B. Roberts. Development of a real-time quantitative PCR assay for the hard clam pathogen, Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 72:45-52.
Gast, R.J., E. Cushman, D.M. Moran, K.R. Uhlinger, D. Leavitt and R. Smolowitz. DGGE-based detection method for Quahog Parasite Unknown (QPX) from environmental samples and clam tissues. Journal of Shellfish Research. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 70: 115-122.
Gauger, E., R. Smolowitz, K. Uhlinger, J. Casey, M. Gomez-Chiarri. Vibrio harveyi and other bacterial pathogens in cultured summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus. Aquaculture 260:10-20.
From the Ecosystems Center:
Chan, A.S.K., and P.A. Steudler. Carbon monoxide uptake kinetics in unamended and long-term nitrogen-amended temperate forest soils. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 57(3): 343-354.
Feigl, B., C. Cerri, M. Piccolo, N. Noronha, K. Augusti, J. Melillo, V. Eschenbrenner, and L. Melo. Biological survey of a low-productivity pasture in Rondônia state, Brazil. Outlook on Agriculture. 35(3): 199-208.
Morrall, D.D., S.C. Christman, B.J. Peterson, W.M. Wollheim, and S.E. Belanger. Utility of stable isotopes (13C and 15N) to demonstrate comparability between natural and experimental streams for environmental risk assessment. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 65(1): 22-35.
Street, L.E., G.R. Shaver, M. Williams and M.T. van Wijk. What is the relationship between changes in leaf area and changes in photosynthetic CO2 flux in arctic ecosystems? Journal of Ecology doi: 10.1111/ j.1365-2745.2006.01187.
Torres, R., S. Fagherazzi, D. van Proosdij, and C. Hopkinson. Salt marsh geomorphology: Physical and ecological effects on landform. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 69(3-4): 309-310.
Zhuang, Q.L., J.M. Melillo, M.C. Sarofim, D.W. Kicklighter, A.D. McGuire, B.S. Felzer, A. Sokolov, R.G. Prinn, P.A. Steudler; and S.M. Hu. CO2 and CH4 exchanges between land ecosystems and the atmosphere in northern high latitudes over the 21st century. Geophysical Research Letters 33(17): Art. No. L17403.
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