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    2008


  • Hunt, D. E., Gevers, D., Vahora, N. M., Polz, M. F. (2008).

    • Conservation of the chitin utilization pathway in the Vibrionaceae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 74(1):44-51.

  • Stocker, R, Seymour, J. R., Samadani, A., Hunt, D. E., Polz, M. F. (2008).

    • Rapid chemotactic response enables marine bacteria to exploit ephemeral microscale nutrient patches. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. In Press.

  • Hunt, D.E., David, L.A., Gevers, D., Preheim, S.P., Alm, E.J., Polz, M.F. (2008).

    • Resource Partitioning and Sympatric Differentiation Among Closely Related Bacterioplankton. Science. In Press.

    2007


  • Sabehi, G. Kirkup, B. C., Rozenberg, M., Stambler, N., Polz, M.F., Beja, O. (2007).

    • Niche adaptation and spectral tuning in marine proteorhodopsins. ISME Journal 1(1):48-55.

    2006


  • Luyten, Y.A., Thompson, J.R.,Polz, M.F.,Distel, D.L. (2006).

    • Symbiont community composition varies among members of a single host population of the wood-boring bivalve Lyrodus pedicellatus (Bivalvia: Teredinidae). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72(1):412-417.

  • Klepac-Ceraj, V., Ceraj, I., Polz, M.F. (2006).

    • CLUSTERER: extendable java application for sequence grouping and cluster analyses. Online J. Bioinf.7(1):15-21.

  • Hunt, D.E., Klepac-Ceraj, V., Acinas, S.G., Gauthier, C., Bertilsson, S., Polz, M.F. (2006).

    • Evaluation of 23S rRNA PCR Primers for use in Phylogenetic Studies of Bacterial Diversity. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.72(3):2221-2225.

  • Thompson, J.T., Polz, M.F.(2006).

    • Dynamics of vibrio populations and their role in environmental nutrient cycling. In: F.L. Thompson, B. Austin, and J. Swings (Eds.), The Biology of Vibrios. ASM Press, pp. 190-203.

  • Ge, Z., Feng, Y., Taylor, N., Ohtani, M., Polz, M.F., Schauer, D.B., Fox, J.G. (2006).

    • Colonization of Altered Schaedler Flora is influenced by gender, aging and Helicobacter hepaticus infection in the intestine of Swiss Webster mice. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72(7): 5100-5103.

  • Marcelino, L., Backman, V., Donaldson, A., Steadman, C., Thompson, J.R., Paccocha-Preheim, S., Lien, C., Lim, E., Veneziano, D., Polz, M.F. (2006).

    • Accurately quantifying low-abundant targets amid similar sequences by revealing hidden correlations in oligonucleotide microarray data. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA103(37): 13629-13634.

  • Polz, M.F., Hunt, D.E., Preheim, S.P., Weinreich, D.M. (2006).

    • Patterns and mechanisms of genetic and phenotypic differentiation in marine microbes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 361 (1475): 2009-2021.

    2005


  • Acinas, S.G, Sarma-Rupavtarm, R., Klepac-Ceraj, V., Polz, M.F. (2005).

    • PCR induced sequence artifacts and bias: insights from two 16S rRNA clone libraries constructed from the same sample. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71(12):8966-8969.

  • Oates, P.M., Castenson, C., Harvey, C.F., Polz, M.F., Culligan, P. (2005).

    • Illuminating reactive microbial transport in saturated porous media: Demonstration of a visualization method and conceptual transport model. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 77(4):233-245. doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2004.12.005
    The Article

  • Thompson, J.R., Pacocha, S., Pharino, C., Klepac-Ceraj, V., Hunt, D.E., Benoit, J., Sarma-Rupavtarm, R., Distel, D.L., Polz, M.F. (2005).

    • Genotypic diversity within a natural coastal bacterioplankton community. Science 307:1311-1313.

  • Perry, T.D., Klepac-Ceraj, V., Zhang, X.V., McNamara, C.J., Polz, M.F., Martin, S.T., Berke, N., Mitchell, R. (2005).

    • Binding of harvested bacterial exopolymers to the surface of calcite Environ. Sci. Technol. 39(22): 8770-8775.

  • Whary M, Sundina N, Sarma-Rupavtarm RB, Polz MF, Schauer D, Fox JG (2005).

    • Natural infection with Helicobacter hepaticus in the TCR beta knockout mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease is associated with increased colonization levels of altered schaedler flora in the diseased colon. Gastroenterology 128 (4): A514-A514 Suppl.

  • Thompson, J.T., Marcelino, L., Polz, M.F.(2005).

    • Diversity and sources of human bacterial pathogens and overview of methods of their detection and quantification. In: Shimshon Belkin and Rita Colwell (Eds.), Ocean and Health: Pathogens in the Marine Environment. Springer. p. 464.

    2004


  • Sarma-Rupavtarm, R.B., Ge, Z., Schauer, D.B., Fox, J.G., Polz, M.F. (2004).

    • Spatial distribution and stability of the eight microbial species of the Altered Schaedler Flora in the gastrointestinal tract of mice. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70(5):2791-2800.
    The Article

  • Acinas, S.G., Klepac-Ceraj, V., Hunt, D.E., Pharino, C.,Ceraj, I., Distel, D.L., Polz, M.F.(2004).

    • Fine-scale phylogenetic architecture of a complex bacterial community. Nature 430:551-554.

  • Klepac-Ceraj,V. Bahr, M., Crumb, B., Teske, A., Hobbie, J., Polz, M.F. (2004).

    • High overall diversity and dominance of microdiverse relationships in salt marsh sulfate-reducing bacteria.Environ. Microbiol.6(7):686-698.

  • Thompson, J.R., Randa, M.A., Marcelino, L..A., Tomita, A., Lim, E., Polz, M.F. (2004).

    • Diversity and dynamics of a North Atlantic coastal vibrio community. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.70(7): 4103-4110.
    The Article

  • Randa, M.A., Polz, M.F., Lim, E. (2004).

    • Population dynamics of Vibrio vulnifucus in a North Atlantic estuary. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.70(9):5469-5476.

  • Acinas, S.G., Marcelino, L., Klepac-Ceraj, V., Polz, M.F. (2004).

    • Divergence and redundancy of 16S rRNA sequences in genomes with multiple rrn operons. J. Bacteriol. 186(9):2629-2635.
    The Article

    2003


  • Oates,P.M., Shanahan, P. Polz, M.F. (2003).

    • Solar disinfection (SODIS): simulation of solar radiation for global assessment and application for point-of-use water treatment in Haiti.
    Water Res. 37(1):47-54.

  • Polz, M.F., Bertilsson, S., Acinas, S.G., Hunt, D. (2003).

    • (Review) A(r)Ray of hope in analysis of function and diversity of microbial communities.
    Biol. Bull. 204:196-199.

    2002


  • Bertilsson, S., Cavanaugh, C.M., Polz, M.F. (2002).

    • Sequencing-independent method to generate oligonucleotide probes targeting a variable region in Bacterial 16S rRNA by PCR with detachable primers.
    Appl. Environ. Microbial. 68(12):6077-6086.
    The Article

  • Thompson, J., Marcelino, L., Polz, M.F. (2002).

    • Heteroduplexes in mixed-template amplifications: formation, consequence and elimination by 'reconditioning PCR'.
    Nucleic Acids Res.30(9): 2083-2088.

    2001


  • Kuai, L., Nair, A., Polz, M.F. (2001).

    • A rapid and simple method for the most-probable-number estimation of arsenic-reducing bacteria.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67(7): 3168-3173.
    The Article

  • Lim, E., Tomita, A., Thilly, W., Polz, M.F. (2001).

    • Combination of competitive quantitative PCR and constant-denaturant capillary electrophoresis for high-resolution detection and enumeration of microbial cells.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology 67(9): 3897-3903.
    The Article

  • Tay, S.T.-L, Hemond, H.F., Cavanaugh, C.M., Krumholz, L.R., Polz, M.F. (2001).

    • Population dynamics of two toluene degrading bacterial species in a contaminated stream.
    Microbial Ecology 41(2): 124-131.

    2000


  • Polz, M.F., Ott, J.A., Bright, M., Cavanaugh, C.M. (2000).

    • (Review) When bacteria hitch a ride.
    ASM News 66(9):531-539.

  • Giribet, G., Distel, D. L., Polz, M.F., Sterrer, W., Wheeler, W. C. (2000).

    • Triploblastic relationships with emphasis on the position of Gnathostomulida, Cycliophora, Plathelminthes, and Chaetognatha; a combined approach of 18S rDNA sequences and morphology.
    Syst. Biol. 49(3):539-562.

    1999


  • Tay, S.T.-L., Hemond, H.F., Polz, M.F., Cavanaugh, C.M., Krumholz, L.R. (1999).

    • Importance of Xanthobacter autotrophicus in toluene biodegradation within a contaminated stream.
    Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 22:113-118.

  • Polz, M.F. , Harbison, C., Cavanaugh, C.M. (1999).

    • Diversity and heterogeneity of epibiotic bacterial communities on the marine nematode Eubostricus dianae.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65(9):4271-4275.

    1998


  • Tay, S.T.-L., Hemond, H.F., Polz, M.F., Cavanaugh, C.M., Krumholz, L.R. (1998).

    • Characterization of two Tolulene degrading myobacterial isolates from a contaminated freshwater stream.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64(5): 1715-1720.

  • Polz, M.F. , Cavanaugh, C.M. (1998).

    • Bias in template-to-product ratios in multi-template PCR.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64(10): 3724-3730.

  • Polz, M.F. , Robinson, J., Cavanaugh, C.M, VanDover, C.L. (1998).

    • Trophic ecology of the massive aggregations of the hydrothermal vent shrimp Rimicaris exoculata.
    Limnol. Oceanogr. 43:1631-1638.

  • Robinson, J.J., Polz, M.F., Fiala-Medioni, A., Cavanaugh, C.M. (1998).

    • Physiological and immunological evidence for two distinct C1-utilizing pathways in a dual endosymbiotic mussel (fam Mytilidae) from Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
    Mar. Biol. 132:625-633.

    1997


  • Polz, M.F. , Cavanaugh, C.M. (1997).

    • A simple method for quantification of not-yet cultivated microorganisms in environment based on in vitro transcription of 16S rRNA.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63(3): 1028-1033.
    Abstract

  • Van Dover, C.L., Polz, M.F., Robinson, J., Cavanaugh, C., Kadko, D, Hickey, J. P. (1997).

    • Predatory anemones at TAG.
    BRIDGE 12: 33-34.

    1996


  • Polz, M.F. , Cavanaugh, C.M. (1996).

    • Phylogenetic relationships of the filamentous sulfur-bacterium Thiothrix ramosa based on 16S rRNA sequence analysis.
    Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 46(1): 94-96.

  • Polz. M.F. , Cavanaugh, C.M. (1996).

    • Ecology of ectosymbiosis at a Mid Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent site.
    In Ubilein, F., Ott, J., Stachowitsch, M. (Eds): Deep-sea and extreme shallow water habitats: affinities and adaptations. Biosystematics and Ecology Series No. 11: 337-352.

    1995


  • Polz, M.F. , Cavanaugh, C.M. (1995).

    • Dominance of one bacterial phylotype at a Mid Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent site.
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92: 7232-7236.

    1994


  • Polz, M.F ., Distel, D.L., Zarda, B., Amann, R., Felbeck, H., Ott, J.A., Cavanaugh, C.M. (1994).

    • Phylogenetic analysis of a highly specific association between ectosymbiotic, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and a marine nematode.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology 60(12): 4461-4467.

    1992


  • Polz, M.F. , Felbeck, H., Novak, R., Nebelsick, M., Ott, J.A. (1992).

    • Chemoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing symbiotic bacteria on marine nematodes: morphological and biochemical characterization.
    Microb. Ecol. 24: 313-329.

    1991


  • Ott, J.A., Novak, R., Schiemer, F., Hentschel, U., Nebelsick, M., Polz, M. (1991).

    • Tackling the sulfide gradient: a novel strategy involving marine nematodes and chemoautotrophic ectosymbionts.
    P.S.Z.N. I: Marine Ecology 12: 1-12.