Research Accomplishments by REU Students
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Martin R. Schiller, Tian Mi, Jerlin Camilus Merlin, Sandeep Deverasetty, Michael R. Gryk, Travis J. Bill, Andrew W. Brooks, Logan Y. Lee, Viraj Rathnayake, Christian A. Ross, David P. Sargeant, Christy L. Strong, Paula Watts and Sanguthevar Rajasekaran. 2012
Minimotif Miner 3.0: database expansion and significantly improved reduction of false-positive predictions from consensus sequences
Nucl. Acids Res. (December 6, 2011)
doi: 10.1093/nar/gkr1189
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Christopher T. Lefèvre, Nathan Viloria, Marian L. Schmidt, Mihály Pósfai, Richard B. Frankel and Dennis A. Bazylinski. 2011
Novel magnetite-producing magnetotactic bacteria belonging to the Gammaproteobacteria
The ISME Journal (21 July 2011)
doi: 10.1038/ismej.2011.97
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Alphandéry, E., S. Faure, L. Raison, E. Duguet, P.A. Howse, and D.A. Bazylinski. 2011
Heat production by bacterial magnetosomes exposed to an oscillating magnetic field
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011 (December 13, 2010), 115 (1), pp 18-22
doi: 10.1021/jp104580t
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Christopher T. Lefèvre, Fernanda Abreu, Marian L. Schmidt, Ulysses Lins, Richard B. Frankel, Brian P. Hedlund and Dennis A. Bazylinski. 2010
Moderately thermophilic magnetotactic bacteria from hot springs in Nevada
Applied and Environmental Microbiology (June 2010), 76 (11), pp 3740-3743
doi: 10.1128/AEM.03018-09
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Maria I. Castellanos, Dustin J. Harrison, Jennifer M. Smith, Stephanie K. Labahn, Karen M. Levy, and Helen J. Wing. 2009
VirB alleviates H-NS repression of the icsP promoter in Shigella flexneri from sites over 1 kb upstream of the transcription start site
Journal of Bacteriology (April 2009), 191 (12), pp 4047-4050
doi: 10.1128/JB.00313-09
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Henry J. Sun, Vienna Saccomanno, Brian Hedlund, and Christopher P. McKay. 2009
Stereo-specific glucose consumption may Be used to distinguish between chemical and biological reactivity on Mars: a preliminary test on Earth
Astrobiology (June 30, 2009), 9 (5), pp 443-446
doi: 10.1089/ast.2008.0315
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Complex Electronic Circuit Structures are Encoded in Protein Networks
Andrew Brooks, Logan Lee, David Sargent, Astha Bajpai, Sarah Harris, Martin R. Schiller
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Nitrite oxidation in the Great Boiling Spring system in the U.S. Great Basin
Tara A. Edwards, Dee Huang, Nicole Calica, Jeremy Dodsworth, Brian P. Hedlund
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Biological Effects on Serpentinite Weathering
Mary H. Evert, Julie L. Baumeister, Elisabeth M. Hausrath
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Isolation, characterization, and genome sequence of the first representative of a novel class within the Chloroflexithat is abundant in some US Great Basin hot springs and may play important roles in N and C cycling
Jeremy A. Dodsworth, SenthilK. Murugapiran, Jonathan Gevorkian, James Han, TanjaWoyke, Susan M. Lucas, Sam Pitluck, Len Pennacchio, Lynne Goodwin, and Brian P. Hedlund
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Identification of Nitrifying Bacteria Contained in a Commercial Inoculant Using Molecular Biology Techniques
Anthony Harrington, John Perry, and Penny S. Amy
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The Use of Chloramines to Eradicate Quagga Mussel Larvae
Trea LaCroix and Kumud Acharya
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D-Amino Acid Utilization in Algae
Jennifer Meoni, Farrah Moazeni, Gaosen Zhang, Ph.D., Henry Sun
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Regulation of the Shigella flexneri icsP gene and H-NS dependent repression
Rosa Ojeda, Amanda Wigley, Dustin Harrison and Helen J. Wing
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Proposed Mechanistic Basis of Cellular Decision Making
Max Olsen, Andy Brooks, Sarah Harris, Astha Bajpai, David Sargent, Logan Lee, Martin R. Schiller
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Novel Thermophilic Cellulolytic Isolates Belonging to the Phylum Chloroflexi
Maryknoll M. Palisoc, Jessica K. Guy, Joseph P. Peacock, Duy C. Trinh, Jeremy A. Dodsworth, and Brian P. Hedlund
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Inactivation of spo0A gene increases Stationary Phase Mutagenesis in Bacillus subtilis
Denisse Reyes, Amanda Prisbrey, Holly Martin, and Eduardo A. Robleto
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Magnetosome Genes in the Gammaproteobacterium Strain BW-2
Lucero Rivera, Denis Trubitsyn, and Dennis A. Bazylinski
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Investigating the origin of coprolites from three great basin caves
Chelsey VanDrisse, Duane P. Moser, Dave Rhode
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Synthesis Of Chimeric Receptors Essential For Spore Germination
Christopher Yip, Christian Ross, Eduardo Robleto, Ernesto Abel-Santos
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The Role of rpoE in Stationary Phase Mutagenesis in Bacillus subtilis
Turquoise C. Alexander and Eduardo A. Robleto
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Germination and Characterization of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus in Nematodes
Ann Desdemonia Nde-Neh Fowajuh and Ernesto Abel-Santos
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Hydrogen v. Sulfur: Resolving the Debate on Electron Donor Use By Dominant Thermophilic bacteria Aquificales
Carrie M. Glenney and Brian Hedlund
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Survival of Shigella flexneri in Swimming Pool Water
Monique Gomez and Helen J. Wing
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Researching Nitrite Oxidation at High Temperatures
Dolores A. Huang, Jeremy A. Dodsworth, and Brian P. Hedlund
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Attempts to Cultivate Bacteria from Deep Subsurface Aquifers and Mountaintop Plant Communities
E. D. Hughes, J. C. Bruckner, and D. P. Moser
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Martian Life Detection with Amino Acid Enantiomers
Ali Jamil, Gaosen Zhang, and Henry Sun
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The Role of recN in Stationary Phase Mutagenesis in Bacillus subtilis
Lauren E. Johnson, Katherine R. Ona, Eduardo A. Robleto, and Ronald E. Yasbin
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Phylogenetic Diversity of Mojave Desert Magnetotactic Bacteria
Marian L. Schmidt, Christopher T. Lefévre, Paul Howse, John Perry, Fernanda Abreu, and Dennis A. Bazylinski
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Point and nonpoint source analysis of nutrients, metals, and pathogens in the sediment and water column in Las Vegas Wash
Christine Simmons and Kumud Acharya
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The Characterization of mamJ and mamK in Magnetotactic Bacteria Strain: LEMS
Ulysses C. Pickard, Paul A. Howse, and Dennis A. Bazylinski
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DNA Secondary structures and their contribution to mutagenesis in B. subtilis stationary phase cells.
Carmen Vallin, Katherine Ona, Chris Ross, Ronald E. Yasbin and Eduardo A. Robleto
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Martian life detection with Xylose Enantiomers
Arturo White, Gaosen Zhang, and Henry Sun
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Construction of a thiF Genetic Disruption in Bacillus subtilis
Kathleen Bradley, Christine Pybus, Ronald Yasbin, and Eduardo Robleto
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Characterization of the Omptin Protease, OmpT, in Escherichia coli
Amanda Yates, Eun-Hae Kim, Helen Wing
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Shewanella diversity and abundance in Keane Wonder Spring, Death Valley National Park
Alexander B. Michaud, Duane P. Moser
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Characterization of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus Spore Germination: Soil and the C. elegans Intestinal Tract
MacLean Hall, Ernesto Abel-Santos
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Genomic foundations of carbon fixation in bacteria living in hot springs
Rachel K. Skinner, Brian P. Hedlund, and Jeremy A. Dodsworth
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Assessment of coliform bacteria from point and nonpoint sources in the Las Vegas Wash
O'neill, Susand & Acharya, Kumud
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Aerobic Respiration by Two Sulfate Reducing Magnetotactic Bacteria, Strains RS-1 and FH-1
Paul Howse, Sabrina Schübbe, and Dennis A. Bazylinski
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Constructing an ArgF-strain of Bacillus subtilis
Allison Faucher, Christine Pybus, Ronald E. Yasbin, and Eduardo A. Robleto
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Magnetotactic Bacteria:A Study of Mam Genes and Metabolism
Kathryn Ball, Sabrina Schübbe, and Dennis Bazylinksi
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Quantification of thermophilic archaea and bacteria in a Nevada hot spring using fluorescent in situ hybridization
Kelsey J. Clements and Brian P. Hedlund
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Adaptation of Pseudomonasfluorescensto Mojave Desert Soil: Role of Motility and Chemotaxis
Tamara M. Elliott and Eduardo A. Robleto
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Shewanella abundance and microbial diversity in springs of Death Valley National Park
Christina Jacovides and Duane P. Moser
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Development of Microbial Communities of Ephemeral Ponds in Red Rock National Conservation Area, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dwight Kieffer, Peter Starkweather, and Eduardo Robleto
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The Impact of Error Prone DNA Polymerase IV and Transcription Repair Coupling Factor on Stationary Phase Mutagenesis in Bacillus subtilis
Stéphane J. H. Ricoult, Christine Pybus, Ronald E. Yasbin, and Eduardo Robleto
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The Regulation of the icsP promoter in Shigella flexneri by VirB and Host Environmental Conditions.
Jennifer Smith and Helen Wing
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Colonization of Desert Soil by Pseudomas fluorescens Strains Affected in Gene that are Expressed in a North East Soil
Patricia Sotolongo, Mark W. Silby, and Eduardo A. Robleto