个人简介

Ph.D. Carleton University 1991. M.Sc. University of Toronto 1983. B. Sc. Carleton 1979.

研究领域

Evolutionary Biology Functional Genomics Microbiology Plant Biology

Bacteria are critically important the recycling of organic matter in ecosystems and have evolved to disassemble a wide variety of organic molecules as sources of energy and carbon. This includes a broad range of xenobiotics compounds that are produced by anthropogenic activities, including pesticides and petroleum derivatives. The assembly of preexisting catabolic genes into new functional pathways involves numerous types of mobile genetics elements that are subject to horizontal gene transfer. My research involves the examination of the types and activity of catabolic and mobile elements in systems rich in bacteria, including soils, surface waters and the environments providing by plants inside their tissues and in rhizospheres. Studies on endophytic bacteria include those commonly found in urban trees and those dominant in soils naturally contaminated by near surface oil seeps. I also conduct research into the microbial partnerships of invasive plants such as garlic mustard and dog strangling vine.

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Rapid degradation of Deepwater Horizon spilled oil by indigenous microbial communities in Louisiana saltmarsh sediments.Mahmoudi N, Porter TM, Zimmerman AR, Fulthorpe RR, Kasozi GN, Silliman BR, Slater GF.Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013 Dec;47(23):13303-12 pubmed Probing the functional diversity of global pristine soil communities with 3-chlorobenzoate reveals that communities of generalists dominate catabolic transformation.Rhodes AN, Fulthorpe RR, Tiedje JM.Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2013 Nov;79(22):6932-40 pubmed Assessing microbial carbon sources and potential PAH degradation using natural abundance 14C analysis.Mahmoudi N, Fulthorpe RR, Burns L, Mancini S, Slater GF.Environ. Pollut. 2013 Apr;175:125-30 pubmed Land-use change and soil type are drivers of fungal and archaeal communities in the Pampa biome.Lupatini M, Jacques RJ, Antoniolli ZI, Suleiman AK, Fulthorpe RR, Roesch LF.World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2013 Feb;29(2):223-33 pubmed Changes in bacterial community structure after exposure to silver nanoparticles in natural waters.Das P, Williams CJ, Fulthorpe RR, Hoque ME, Metcalfe CD, Xenopoulos MA.Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012 Aug;46(16):9120-8 pubmed Low sequencing efforts bias analyses of shared taxa in microbial communities.Lemos LN, Fulthorpe RR, Roesch LF.Folia Microbiol. (Praha) 2012 Sep;57(5):409-13 pubmed Bacterial community dynamics in the hyporheic zone of an intermittent stream.Febria CM, Beddoes P, Fulthorpe RR, Williams DD.ISME J 2012 May;6(5):1078-88 pubmed Comparison of commercial DNA extraction kits for isolation and purification of bacterial and eukaryotic DNA from PAH-contaminated soils.Mahmoudi N, Slater GF, Fulthorpe RR.Can. J. Microbiol. 2011 Aug;57(8):623-8 pubmed Rethinking microbial diversity analysis in the high throughput sequencing era.Lemos LN, Fulthorpe RR, Triplett EW, Roesch LF.J. Microbiol. Methods 2011 Jul;86(1):42-51 pubmed Composition of activated sludge settling and planktonic bacterial communities treating industrial effluent and their correlation to settling problems.Nadarajah N, Allen DG, Fulthorpe RR.Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 2010 Nov;88(5):1205-14 pubmed Distantly sampled soils carry few species in common.Fulthorpe RR, Roesch LF, Riva A, Triplett EW.ISME J 2008 Sep;2(9):901-10 pubmed