Selected Publications:

Esham, E. C., W. Ye, and M. A. Moran. 2000. Identification and characterization of humic substances-degrading bacterial isolates from an estuarine environment. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 1174:1-9.

Hardwick, E. O., W. Ye, M. A. Moran and R. E. Hodson. 2003. Temporal dynamics of three culturable α-proteobacteria taxa in salt marsh sediments. Aquatic Ecology 37:1.

Moran, M. A., A. Buchan, J. M. González, J. F. Heidelberg, W. B. Whitman, R. P. Kiene, J. R. Henriksen, G. M. King, R. Belas, C. Fuqua, L. Brinkac, M. Lewis, S. Johri, B. Weaver, G. Pai, J. A. Eisen, E. Rahe, W. Sheldon, W. Ye, T. R. Miller, J. Carlton, D. A. Rasko, I. T. Paulsen, Q. Ren, S. C. Daugherty, R. T. Deboy, R. J. Dodson, A. S. Durkin, R. Madupu, W. C. Nelson, S. A. Sullivan, M. J. Rosovitz, D. H. Haft, J. Selengut and N. Ward. 2004. Genome sequence of Silicibacter pomeroyi reveals adaptations to the marine environment. Nature. 432:910-913.

Howard, E., J. R. Henriksen, A. Buchan, C. Reisch, H. Buergmann, R. Welsh, W. Ye, J. M. Gonzalez, K. Renminton, K. Mace, S. B. Joye, R. P. Kiene, W. B. Whitman, and M. A. Moran. 2006. Bacterial taxa that limit sulfur flux from the ocean. Science. 314:649-652.

Buergmann, H., E. Howard, W. Ye, F. Sun, S. Sun, S. Napierala, M. A. Moran. 2007. Transcriptional response of Silicibacter pomeroyi DSS-3 to dimethyl sulfoniopropionate (DMSP). Environmental Microbiology 9:2742-2755.

Moran, M. A., R. Belas, M. A. Schell, J. M. Gonzalez, F. Sun, S. Sun, B. J. Binder, J. Edmonds, W. Ye, B. Orcutt, E. Howard, C. Meile, W. Palefsky, A. Goesmann, Q. Ren, I. Paulsen, L. E. Ulrch, I. B. Jouline, L.S. Thompson, E. Saunders, and A. Buchan. 2007. Ecological Genomics of Marine Roseobacters. Applied and environmental microbiology. 73:4559-4569.