MBL Micro-Eco Discussion Group, Spring 2009
January 22 Zoe Cardon
Niculina Musat, Hannah Halma, Ba¨ rbel Winterholler, Peter Hoppe, Sandro Peduzzi, Francois Hillion, Francois Horreard, Rudolf Amann, Bo B. Jørgensen, and Marcel M. M. Kuypers. (2008) A single-cell view on the ecophysiology of anaerobic phototrophic bacteria. PNAS, 105: 17861-17866.
http://www.pnas.org/content/105/46/17861.full.pdf+html
January 29, Julie Huber
Joseph J. Grzymski, Alison E. Murray, Barbara J. Campbell, Mihailo Kaplarevic, Guang R. Gao, Charles Lee,
Roy Daniel, Amir Ghadiri, Robert A. Feldman, and Stephen C. Cary (2008) Metagenome analysis of an extreme microbial symbiosis reveals eurythermal adaptation and metabolic flexibility. PNAS 105:17516-17521.
http://www.pnas.org/content/105/45/17516
Feb 5 John Hobbie
Discussion of in-progress manuscript by Byrun Crump, Bruce Peterson, et al.
Related paper by John Hobbie and Byron Crump can be found here: http://splash.mbl.edu:2092/lo/toc/vol_50/issue_6/1718.pdf
Feb 12 Bob Campbell
Heather K Allen, Luke A Moe, Jitsupang Rodbumrer, Andra Gaarder and Jo Handelsman (2008) Functional metagenomics reveals diverse beta-lactamases in a remote Alaskan soil. ISME Journal The ISME Journal, 1–9
Feb 19 Everybody!
Palacios C, Zettler E, Amils R, Amaral-Zettler L (2008) Contrasting Microbial Community Assembly Hypotheses: A Reconciling Tale from the Rio Tinto. PLoS ONE 3(12): e3853. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0003853
March 5 Julie Huber
Fraser, C., E. J. Alm, M. F. Polz, B. G. Spratt, and W. P. Hanage. 2009. The Bacterial Species Challenge: Making Sense of Genetic and Ecological Diversity. Science 323:741-746.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/323/5915/741
March 12 Jessica Mark Welch
Dana E. Hunt, Lawrence A. David, Dirk Gevers, Sarah P. Preheim, Eric J. Alm, Martin F. Polz (2008) Resource partitioning and sympatric differentiation among closely related bacterioplankton. Science, 320: 1081-1085 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/320/5879/1081.pdf
March 19 Gretta Serres
Nathan C. VerBerkmoes, Vincent J. Denef, Robert L. Hettich and Jillian F. Banfield (2009) Functional analysis of natural microbial consortia using community proteomics. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 7: 196-205
http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v7/n3/pdf/nrmicro2080.pdf
March 26 David Mark Welch
Rachna J. Ram, Nathan C. VerBerkmoes, Michael P. Thelen, Gene W. Tyson, Brett J. Baker, Robert C. Blake II,
Manesh Shah, Robert L. Hettich, Jillian F. Banfield (2005) Community proteomics of a natural microbial biofilm. Science. 308: 1915-1920.
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/308/5730/1915.pdf
April 2 Zoe Cardon
VerBerkmoes, N.C. et al. (2006) Determination and comparison of the baseline proteomes of the versatile microbe Rhodopseudomonas palustris under its major metabolic states. Journal of Proteome Research, 5:287-298.
(We don't get this journal at MBL automatically, so we e-mailed around a pdf to the group.)
April 9 No meeting -- ICoMM meetings
April 16 - "Community-style" discussion
Wittebolle, L. et al. (2009) Initial community evenness favours functionality under selective stress. Nature 458, 623-626.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v458/n7238/full/nature07840.html
April 23 - Spring Break! (No meeting)
April 30 - Sievert, Giblin, and Cardon
Discussion of grant proposal under development for NSF submission to Ecosystems Panel in July, 2009. Paper that contains (in Fig. 4) an hypothesis that we hope to test:
Amy J Burgin and Stephen K Hamilton (2007) Have we overemphasized the role of denitrification in aquatic ecosystems? A review of nitrate removal pathways. Front Ecol Environ 2007; 5(2): 89–96
May 7 - Yuko Hasegawa, Jessica Mark-Welch, Joe Vallino
Discussion of work to date by Yuko, Jessica, and Joe on microbes associated with the NITREX permeable reactive barriers Joe and Ken Foreman built in nearby beaches (e.g. Waquoit Bay). The barrier is designed to try to intercept and remove groundwater nitrate just prior to its discharge to coastal embayments.
Report on the project submitted by Joe and Ken to The NOAA/UNH Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET):
Vallino J and Foreman K (2008) Effectiveness of Reactive Barriers for Reducing N-Loading to the Coastal Zone.
