Klaus Nüsslein, Ph.D.
nusslein@microbio.umass.edu

ABSTRACTS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS

2005

Becerra, C. A. M., E. Luna, S. J. Ergas, and K. Nüsslein. 2005. Natural Attenuation of Acid Mine Drainage Simulated in Microcosms of Davis Mine, Rowe, Massachusetts. Annual Conference of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science; 9/29-10/02, 2005, Denver, CO.

Jiang, H., G. Zhang , B. Yu , H. Dongand K. Nüsslein. 2005. Isolation and characterization of four novel halophilic bacteria and archaea from Chaka Lake, a hypersaline lake in Northwestern China. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology; June 5-9, 2005, Atlanta, GA.

J. R. Rennie, G. N. Tew, and K. Nüsslein. 2005. Biological Investigation of a Synthetic Antimicrobial Peptide Mimic. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology; June 5-9, 2005, Atlanta, GA.

B. P. Gibney and K. Nüsslein. 2005. The Biogeochemical Controls of Arsenic Mobility under Anoxic Conditions. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology; June 5-9, 2005, Atlanta, GA.

K. Nüsslein, A. M. Martini, and S. T. Petsch. 2005. Microbial Diversity and Community Structure of Methanogenic Consortia in Deep Subsurface Environments. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology; June 5-9, 2005, Atlanta, GA.

J. R. Rennie, K. Nüsslein, and G. N. Tew. 2005. Use of Host Defense Peptide Mimics to Create Antimicrobial Polymer Blends. Gordon Conference Biomaterials: Biocompatibility / Tissue Engineering July 31 - August 5, 2005. Holderness School, Plymouth, NH.

J.A. Izquierdo and K. Nüsslein. 2005. Micro-scale separation of microbial communities involved in the nitrogen cycle across soil aggregate fractions. Annual Boston Bacterial Meeting, Harvard Univ., Boston, June 18-19, 2005.

2004

Martini, A. M., S. T. Petsch, and K. Nüsslein. 2004. Microbial Diversity And Community Structure In Methane-Generating Sedimentary Basins. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver Nov 7-10, 2004.

J.A. Izquierdo and K. Nüsslein. 2004. Shifts in the Microbial Community Involved in the Nitrogen Cycle of Agricultural Soil Microenvironments. Annual Meeting of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) in Seattle from Oct 31- Nov 5, 2004.

Barreto, C. C. and K. Nüsslein. 2004. Characterization of Bacterial Heavy Metal Tolerance in Acid Mine Drainage. Tenth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME-10, August 22-27, 2004. Cancun, Mexico.

Barreto, C. C., and K. Nüsslein. 2004. Potential For Bacterial-Mediated Sulfate Reduction In Acid Mine Drainage. Tenth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME-10, August 22-27, 2004. Cancun, Mexico.

Vriezen, J.A.C., F.J. de Bruijn and K. Nüsslein. 2004. Identification and characterization of two genetic loci in S. meliloti 1021 important in the response to NaCl. 2004. Tenth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME-10, August 22-27, 2004. Cancun, Mexico.

Farias, E.C., C.C. Barreto, K. Nüsslein, V.H. Pellizari. 2004. Detection Of Plasmids In Bacteria Which Degrade PCBs In Estuarine Sediments in Santos, Brazil. Tenth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME-10, August 22-27, 2004. Cancun, Mexico.

Gomez-Alvarez, V., G. M. King and K. Nüsslein. 2004. Comparative Microbial Community Analysis in Recent Hawaiian Volcanic Deposits. Tenth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME-10, August 22-27, 2004. Cancun, Mexico.

Yuretich R., E. Sarina, D. Ahlfeld, K. Nüsslein, and A. Feldman. 2004. Environmental Consequences Of Acidic Drainage From Davis Pyrite Mine, Rowe, Massachusetts. 32nd International Geological Congress, August 2004. Florence, Italy.

Ergas, S.J., M. Monserrate, K. Forloney, D. P. Ahlfeld, K. Nüsslein, and R. F. Yuretich. 2004. Natural attenuation of acid mine drainage by acidophilic and acidotolerant Fe(III)- and sulfate-reducing bacteria. 228th American Chemical Society National Meeting, August 22-26, Philadelphia, PA.

K. Forloney and K. Nüsslein. 2004. Microbial Diversity of an Acid Mine Drainage Site. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2004. May 23-27, 2004, Washington, DC.

C. C. Barreto, J. Wing, K. Nüsslein. 2004. Enrichment of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria from Acid Mine Drainage. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2004; May 23-27, 2004, Washington, DC.

J.A. Izquierdo and K. Nüsslein. 2004 Diversity of nifH, narG and amoA Genes in Agricultural Soil Microenvironments. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2004; May 23-27, 2004, Washington, DC.

L. M. Stout and K. Nüsslein. 2004. Response of the Microbial Community Associated With Lemna minor to Heavy Metal Contamination . Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2004; May 23-27, 2004, Washington, DC.

J.A.C. Vriezen, F.J. deBruijn and K. Nüsslein. 2004. The Ability of S. meliloti 1021 to Survive Desiccation is Enhanced After Stationary Growth, by NaCl Availability and by Temperature. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2004; May 23-27, 2004, Washington, DC.

Medrano, J. G., V. Gomez-Alvarez, and K. Nüsslein. 2004. Community Diversity Analysis of Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria of the a-Proteobacteria subdivision in soil samples from Hawaii and Massachusetts. NSF-North East Alliance Conference. University of Massachusetts Amherst.

D. Ciulla, G. Lanza and K. Nüsslein. 2004 Diversity of Microbial Communities in a Phytoremediation System for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2004; May 23-27, 2004, Washington, DC.

Crow, J., C. C. Barreto, and K. Nüsslein. 2004. In Search For Bacterial Resistance To Heavy Metals: Identifying czcA Gene In Isolates From Davis Mine. UMass Department of Microbiology Honors Student Poster Presentations.

V. Gomez-Alvarez, G. M. King and K. Nüsslein. 2004. Bacterial and Archaeal Community Structure in Recent Hawaiian Volcanic Deposits. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2004; May 23-27, 2004, Washington, DC.

2003

Ahlfeld, D.,. R. Yuretich, S. Ergas, K. Nüsslein, A. Feldman. 2003. Analysis of Biogeochemistry of Acid-Mine Drainage at Rowe, Massachusetts. Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, December 2003, San Francisco, CA.

Petsch, S. T., A. M. Martini, and K. Nüsslein. 2003. Microbial diversity and community structure in methane-generating sedimentary basins.. Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, December 2003, San Francisco, CA.

Yuretich R., E. Sarina, D. Ahlfeld, K. Nüsslein, and A. Feldman. 2003. Environmental Consequences Of Acidic Drainage From Davis Pyrite Mine, Rowe, Massachusetts. Conference on Water Resources in the Northeast: Science and Policy. December 5, 2003. University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Gibney, B.P., and K. Nüsslein. 2003. Biogeochemical Controls of Arsenic Release in the Subsurface. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2003, Washington, DC.

Vriezen, J.A.C., and K. Nüsslein. 2003. AsnO in S. meliloti 1021 is Necessary For Growth on Elevated NaCl Concentrations. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2003, Washington, DC.

Barreto, C. C., K. L. Forloney, and K. Nüsslein. 2003. Identification of a Heavy Metal Resistance Gene in Acidophilic Bacteria. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2003, Washington, DC.

Ciulla, D., and K. Nüsslein. 2003. The Potential Role Of Festuca arundinaceae Schreb. (Tall Fescue) In Enriching For PCB- Degrading Bacteria. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2003, Washington, DC.

Izquierdo, J.A., A. J. Sandel, and K. Nüsslein. 2003. Diazotrophic Diversity in Soil Microenvironments from Three Different Latitudes. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2003, Washington, DC.

Stout, L. M., M. Rothfeder, and K. Nüsslein. 2003. Metal Resistance Characterization In The Rhizosphere Of The Aquatic Plant Lemna minor. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2003, Washington, DC.

Gomez-Alvarez, V., G. M. King and K. Nüsslein. 2003. Microbial Composition and the Role of Atmospheric Trace Gases on Recent Lava Flows. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2003, Washington, DC.

Forloney, K. L., and K. Nüsslein. 2003. Heavy Metal Resistance in Acidophilic Bacteria. University of Massachusetts Amherst Chancellors Inauguration Presentations February 6, 2003, Amherst, MA.

Gomez-Alvarez, V., G.M. King, and K. Nüsslein. 2003. Microbial composition and the role of atmospheric trace gases on recent lava flows. 20th Annual NEMPET Meeting Of Northeast Microbiologists: Physiology, Ecology, Taxonomy, June 19-21, Minnowbrook, Blue Mountain Lake, NY.

Forloney, K., C. C. Barreto, and K. Nüsslein. 2003. Growing Up on Acid and Heavy Metal: Growth Curve Experiments with Acidophilic Heavy Metals Enrichments. Junior Fellows Poster Presentation, May 12, 2003, University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Stout, L. M., and K. Nüsslein. 2003. Metal resistant bacteria in the rhizosphere of Lemna minor. 20th Annual NEMPET Meeting Of Northeast Microbiologists: Physiology, Ecology, Taxonomy, June 19-21, Minnowbrook, Blue Mountain Lake, NY.

Forloney, K., C. C. Barreto, and K. Nüsslein. 2003. Growing Up on Acid and Heavy Metal: Growth Curve Experiments with Acidophilic Heavy Metal Enrichments. 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference, April 25, 2003, Boston, MA.

2002

Gomez-Alvarez, V., and K. Nüsslein. 2002. Role of Atmospheric Trace Gases in Microbial Composition and Succession on Recent Lava Flows. Symposium Geomicrobiology: Microbiology and Geology at the Interface, November 9, 2002, University of Connecticut.

Forloney, K., C. C. Barreto, and K. Nüsslein. 2002. Growing Up on Acid and Heavy Metal: Growth Curve Experiments with Acidophilic Heavy Metals Enrichments. Junior Fellows Poster Presentation at University of Massachusetts Amherst.

V. Gomez-Alvarez, G. King, and K. Nüsslein. 2002. Role of Atmospheric Trace Gases in Microbial Composition and Succession on Recent Lava Flows. NSF LExEn Program Workshop for P.I.s of current grants, Washington, DC. September 22-24, 2002.

Martel, P., and K. Nüsslein. 2002. The Human Gastrointestinal Microbial Community and Crohn’s Disease. NACMID meeting, 6/12-14/2002 in Andover, MA.

Stout, L., and K. Nüsslein. 2002. Rhizosphere Communities and Plant Heavy Metal Uptake. Department of Microbiology Retreat, March 9, 2002, Amherst, MA.

Izquierdo, J. A., and K. Nüsslein. 2002. The water-stable microaggregate as a unique soil community microenvironment. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2002, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Gibney, B.P., and K. Nüsslein. 2002. Biogeochemical Controls of Arsenic Release in the Subsurface. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2002, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Gomez, V., and K. Nüsslein. 2002. Microbial Diversity on Volcanoes: the Role of Atmospheric Trace Gases in Microbial Colonization and Succession on Recent Lava Flow Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2002, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Stout, L., and K. Nüsslein. 2002. Rhizosphere Bacterial Involvement in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2002, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Barreto, C. C., K. L. Forloney, and K. Nüsslein. 2002. Differences and Similarities among Plasmids Isolated from Acidophilic Bacteria. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 2002, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Ciulla, D., and K. Nüsslein. 2002. Rhizosphere microbial communities associated with tall fescue in PCB-contaminated and uncontaminated soil. 19th Annual Meeting Of Northeast Microbiologists: Physiology, Ecology, Taxonomy. June 13, 2002. Blue Mountain Lake, NY.

2001 Martel, P., and K. Nüsslein. 2001. Profile of a healthy human gastrointestinal bacterial community using molecular methods: On the way to understanding bacterial community shifts associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 18th Annual Meeting Of Northeast Microbiologists: Physiology, Ecology, Taxonomy. June 18, 2001. Blue Mountain Lake, NY.

Stout, L., and K. Nüsslein. 2001. Bacterial communities associated with the aquatic plant Lemna minor. 18th Annual Meeting Of Northeast Microbiologists: Physiology, Ecology, Taxonomy. June 18, 2001. Blue Mountain Lake, NY.

Martel, P., and K. Nüsslein. 2001. Profile of a healthy human gastrointestinal bacterial community Profile of a healthy human gastrointestinal bacterial community using molecular methods: On the way to understanding bacterial community shifts associated with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. NACMID Meeting Boston, MA.

1999

Nüsslein, K., J. McGrath, and J. M. Tiedje. 1999. Life In Frozen Soil. The International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology ISSM-99, American Society for Microbiology, Vail, CO. 8/24-8/28/1999.

1998

Nüsslein, K., and J. M. Tiedje. 1998. Influence of soil age and vegetative cover on microbial community structure in young Hawaiian soils. Eighth International Symposium On Microbial Ecology ISME-8, 1998, Halifax, NS, Canada.

1997

Nüsslein, K., and J. M. Tiedje. 1997. Characterization of the dominant and some of the rare members of a soil bacterial community. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 1997, Miami, FL, USA. Abstract N-197, p. 413.

1996

Nüsslein, K., and J. M. Tiedje. 1996. Bacterial community fingerprinting in soils with oligo hybridization and restriction endonuclease analysis. Annual Meeting of the German Society for General and Applied Microbiology, VAAM 1996, Stuttgart, FRG.

1995

Nüsslein, K., and J. M. Tiedje. 1995. Development of bacterial community structure in young and geographically isolated soils. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 1995, Washington, DC, USA.

Nüsslein, K., and J. M. Tiedje. 1995. Characterization of microbial communities by Flow Cytometry. Microbial Ecology Forum 1995, Lansing Center, Lansing, MI, USA.

Nüsslein, K., and J. M. Tiedje. 1995. Influence of soil age on bacterial community patterns as determined by subgenus probing and 16S restriction fragment length polymorphism. First Midwestern Microbial Ecology Meeting 1995. Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Nüsslein, K., and J. M. Tiedje. 1995. Development of Bacteria Community Structure in Young and Geographically Isolated Soils. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting. Sunbird, Utah, U.S.A.

Nüsslein, K., and J. M. Tiedje. 1995. Influence of soil age and vegetation on bacterial community patterns as determined by subgenus probing and 16S restriction fragment length polymorphism. Seventh International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME-7, 1995, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

1994

Nüsslein, K., and J. M. Tiedje. 1994. Does soil age have an influence on the subgroup composition of Pseudomonas communities? Site Visit of the National Science Foundation NSF 1994, East Lansing, MI, USA.

Nüsslein, K., and J. M. Tiedje. 1994. Changes in the subgroup composition of Pseudomonas communities in young and geographically isolated soils. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology ASM 1994, Las Vegas, NV, USA.

1993

Nüsslein, K., and J. M. Tiedje. 1993. Detection, identification, and quantitation of Pseudomonas subgroups in soil. Research Findings of the Center for Microbial Ecology 1993, pp. 22-24 , East Lansing, MI, USA.

Nüsslein, K., and J. M. Tiedje. 1993. Subgroup composition of the genus Pseudomonas in response to soil developmental changes in young and geographically isolated soils. Soil Ecological Society of America National Conference 1993, East Lansing, MI, USA.

1992

Rhodes, A.N., Reddy, C.A., Nüsslein, K., Klug, M.J., and J.M. Tiedje. 1992. Isolation and identification of bacteria from Mastodon (Mammut americanum) intestinal materials. Sixth International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME-6, 1992, Barcelona, Spain.