Marine Sponge MO:

Full list of publications (supported by this grant)

• Chen, F., K. Wang, J, Kan, and M. Suzuki, E. Wommack. 2006. Diverse and unique picocyanobacteria found in the Chesapeake Bay. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (in press)
• Enticknap, J. J., M. Kelly Shanks, O. Peraud, and R. T. Hill. 2006. Characterization of a culturable alpha-proteobacterial symbiont common to many marine sponges and evidence for vertical transmission through the germline. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (in press)
• Fuqua, C. 2006. Guest commentary - The QscR quorum sensing regulon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: An orphan claims its identity. J. Bacteriol. (in press)
• Kan, J., B. Crump, K. Wang, and F. Chen. 2006. Bacterioplankton community in Chesapeake Bay: Predictable or random assemblages. Limnol. Oceanogr. (in press)
• Kan, J., K. Wang, and F. Chen. 2006. Temporal variation and detection limit of an estuarine bacterioplankton community analyzed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 42:7-18.
• Lampert, Y., D. Kelman, Z. Dubinsky, Y. Nitzan, and R. T. Hill. 2006. Diversity of culturable bacteria in the mucus of the Red Sea coral Fungia scutaria. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. (in press)
• Newman, D. J and R. T. Hill. 2006. New drugs from marine microbes: The tide is turning. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. (in press)
• Kan, J., T. E. Hanson, J. M. Ginter, K. Wang, F. Chen. 2005. Metaproteomic analysis of Chesapeake Bay microbial communities. Saline Systems 1:7.
• Lohr, J. E., F. Chen and R. T. Hill. 2005. Genomic analysis and characterization of a marine phage that infects a sponge-associated alpha-Proteobacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:1598-1609.
• Montalvo, N. F., N. M. Mohamed, J. J. Enticknap and R. T. Hill. 2005. Novel actinobacteria from marine sponges. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 87:29-36. Special volume on marine actinomycetes.
• Visick, K.L. and C. Fuqua. 2005.Decoding microbial chatter: Cell-cell communication in bacteria conference review. J. Bacteriol. 187:5507-5519.
• Enticknap, J. J., R. Thompson, O. Peraud, J. E. Lohr, M. T. Hamann and R. T. Hill. 2004. Molecular analysis of a Florida Keys sponge: Implications for natural products discovery. (Microsoft Word 25kB Apr24 06) Marine Biotechnol. 6:S288-293.
• Chen, G., J. Malenkos, M.-R. Cha, C. Fuqua and L. Chen. 2004. Quorum-sensing anti-activator TraM forms a dimer that dissociates to inhibit TraR. Mol. Microbiol. 52:1641-1651.
• Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Kan, D.S. Bachoon, J. Lu, S. Lau, and L. Campbell. 2004.Phylogenetic diversity of Synechococcus in the Chesapeake Bay revealed by Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (RuBisCO) large subunit gene (rbcL) sequences. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 36:153-164
• McLean, R.J.C., L.L. Pierson III and C. Fuqua. 2004.A simple screening protocol for the identification of quorum signal antagonists and antibiotics. J. Microbiol. Meth. 58:351-360
• Moran, M.A.. A. Buchan, J.M. Gonzá