Sapelo Island Microbial Observatory Sapelo Island Microbial Observatory  
 
 

Dr. Melissa Booth

University of Georgia Marine Institute
University of Georgia
Sapelo, GA 31327
Phone: (912) 485-2338, 2203
Fax: (912) 485-2133
booth@uga.edu

 

Selected Publications:

Kidambi, S. P., M. G. Booth, T. A. Kokjohn, and Robert Miller. 1996. recA-dependence of the response of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to UVA and UVB irradiation. Microbiology. 132:1033-1040.

Booth, M.G., L. Hutchinson, M. Brumsted, P. Aas, R.B. Coffin, R.C. Downer, Jr., C.A. Kelley, M.M. Lyons, J.D. Pakulski, S.L. Holder Sandvik, W.H. Jeffrey, and R.V. Miller. 2001. Quantification of recA gene expression as an indicator of repair potential in marine bacterioplankton communities of Antarctica. Aquatic Micro. Ecol. 24:51-59.

Allen, A.E., M. G. Booth, M.E. Frischer, P.G. Verity, J.P. Zehr and S. Zani. 2001. Diversity and detection of nitrate assimilation genes in marine bacteria. Appl. Env. Micro. 67:5343 – 5348.

Booth, M.G., W.H. Jeffrey, and R.V. Miller. 2001. RecA Expression in Response to Solar UVR in the Marine Bacterium Vibrio natriegens. Micro. Ecol. Online publication: 22 October 2001. DOI: 10.1007/s00248-001-1009-5. Print version. 42: 531-539.

Verity, P.G., M.R. Gilligan, M.E. Frischer, M.G. Booth, J.P. Richardson, and C. Franklin. 2002. Improving undergraduate research experiences. AAHE Bulletin 54: 3-6.

Allen, A.E., M.H. Howard-Jones, M.G. Booth, M. E. Frischer, P.G. Verity, D.A. Bronk, M.P. Sanderson. 2002. Importance of heterotrophic bacterial assimilation of ammonium and nitrate in the Barent’s Sea during summer. J. Marine Systems. 38: 93-108.

Allen, A.E., Booth, M.G., Verity P.G., Frischer M.E. Influence of nitrate availability on the distribution and abundance of heterotrophic bacterial nitrate assimilation genes in the Barents Sea during summer. Aq. Micro.Ecol. 39:247-255.

Influence of summer stratification on inorganic and organic nitrogen uptake by a microbial community in the Mid-Atlantic Bight upwelling region. P. B. Bradley, D. A. Bronk, M. E. Frischer, J. E. Brofft, M. G. Booth, M. P. Sanderson, and L. J. Kerkhof. Submitted.

Gilligan, M.R, Verity, P.G., Booth, M.G., Frischer, M.E. Building a Diverse and Innovative Ocean Workforce through Collaboration and Partnerships that Integrate Research and Education: HBCUs and Marine Laboratories. Accepted. Journal of Geosciences Education.

 

 
     
 

National Science FoundationThe Sapelo Island Microbial Observatory is funded by the National Science Foundation

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number MCB-0702125. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

 

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