| COMBE research COMBE researchers work on an extraordinarily broad range of topics within the fields of microbial biogeochemistry and evolution. Recent funding highlights include the Alpine Microbial Observatory (Schmidt, Neff, Guaralnick, Martin), the Niwot Ridge Ameriflux Site (Monson), and the Niwot Ridge LTER Site (Williams). Notable papers, which highlight COMBE's breadth and collaborative nature, include: Angenent, L. T., S. T. Kelley, A. St Amand, N. R. Pace, and M. T. Hernandez. 2005. Molecular identification of potential pathogens in water and air of a hospital therapy pool. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:4860-4865. Bilgin, A. A., J. Silverstein, and J. D. Jenkins. 2004. Iron respiration by Acidiphilium cryptum at pH 5. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 49:137-143. Cleveland, C. C., A. R. Townsend, and S. K. Schmidt. 2002. Phosphorus limitation of microbial processes in moist tropical forests: Evidence from short-term laboratory incubations and field studies. Ecosystems 5:680-691. Copley, S. D., E. Smith, and H. J. Morowitz. 2005. A mechanism for the association of amino acids with their codons and the origin of the genetic code. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:4442-4447. Fierer, N., J. A. Jackson, R. Vilgalys, and R. B. Jackson. 2005. Assessment of soil microbial community structure by use of taxon-specific quantitative PCR assays. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71:4117-4120. Gill, R. T., E. Katsoulakis, W. Schmitt, G. Taroncher-Oldenburg, J. Misra, and G. Stephanopoulos. 2002. Genome-wide dynamic transcriptional profiling of the light-to-dark transition in Synechocystis sp strain PCC 6803. Journal of Bacteriology 184:3671-3681. Guralnick, R. and J. Van Cleve. 2005. Strengths and weaknesses of museum and national survey data sets for predicting regional species richness: comparative and combined approaches. Diversity and Distributions 11:349-359. Hood, E. W., M. W. Williams, and N. Caine. 2003. Landscape controls on organic and inorganic nitrogen leaching across an alpine/subalpine ecotone, Green Lakes Valley, Colorado Front Range. Ecosystems 6:31-45. Ley, R. E., F. Backhed, P. Turnbaugh, C. A. Lozupone, R. D. Knight, and J. I. Gordon. 2005. Obesity alters gut microbial ecology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:11070-11075. Martin, A. P., E. K. Costello, A. F. Meyer, D. R. Nemergut, and S. K. Schmidt. 2004. The rate and pattern of cladogenesis in microbes. Evolution 58:946-955. Neff, J. C., F. S. Chapin, and P. M. Vitousek. 2003. Breaks in the cycle: dissolved organic nitrogen in terrestrial ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 1:205-211. Neff, J. C., A. R. Townsend, G. Gleixner, S. J. Lehman, J. Turnbull, and W. D. Bowman. 2002. Variable effects of nitrogen additions on the stability and turnover of soil carbon. Nature 419:915-917. Nemergut, D.R., A. P. Martin and S.K. Schmidt. 2004. Integron Diversity in heavy metal contaminated mine tailings and inferences about integron evolution. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70:1160-1168. Niyogi, D. K., W. M. Lewis, and D. M. McKnight. 2002. Effects of stress from mine drainage on diversity, biomass, and function of primary producers in mountain streams. Ecosystems 5:554-567. Schadt, C. W., A. P. Martin, D. A. Lipson, and S. K. Schmidt. 2003. Seasonal dynamics of previously unknown fungal lineages in tundra soils. Science 301:1359-1361. Scott-Denton, L. E., K. L. Sparks, and R. K. Monson. 2003. Spatial and temporal controls of soil respiration rate in a high-elevation, subalpine forest. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 35:525-534. Spear, J. R., J. J. Walker, T. M. McCollom, and N. R. Pace. 2005. Hydrogen and bioenergetics in the Yellowstone geothermal ecosystem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:2555-2560. Templeton, A. S., H. Staudigel, and B. M. Tebo. 2005. Diverse Mn(II)-oxidizing bacteria isolated from submarine basalts at Loihi Seamount. Geomicrobiology Journal 22:127-139. |
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