Colleen Cavanaugh
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Colleen Cavanaugh's Degrees
- PhD Microbiology University of California, Berkeley
- Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Colleen Marie Cavanaugh is an American academic microbiologist best known for her studies of hydrothermal vent ecosystems. As of 2002, she is the Edward C. Jeffrey Professor of Biology in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and is affiliated with the Marine Biological Laboratory and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Cavanaugh was the first to propose that the deep-sea giant tube worm, Riftia pachyptila, obtains its food from bacteria living within its cells, an insight which she had as a graduate student at Harvard. Significantly, she made the connection that these chemoautotrophic bacteria were able to play this role through their use of chemosynthesis, the biological oxidation of inorganic compounds to synthesize organic matter from very simple carbon-containing molecules, thus allowing organisms such as the bacteria to exist in deep ocean without sunlight.
Colleen Cavanaugh's Published Works
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Published Works
- Bias in Template-to-Product Ratios in Multitemplate PCR (1998) (1447)
- Evidence for a core gut microbiota in the zebrafish (2011) (848)
- Prokaryotic Cells in the Hydrothermal Vent Tube Worm Riftia pachyptila Jones: Possible Chemoautotrophic Symbionts. (1981) (631)
- The evolutionary diversification of cyanobacteria: molecular-phylogenetic and paleontological perspectives. (2006) (379)
- Symbiotic chemoautotrophic bacteria in marine invertebrates from sulphide-rich habitats (1983) (359)
- Characterization of an Autotrophic Sulfide-Oxidizing Marine Arcobacter sp. That Produces Filamentous Sulfur (2002) (321)
- Biogeography and Ecological Setting of Indian Ocean Hydrothermal Vents (2001) (310)
- Marine ecology: Do mussels take wooden steps to deep-sea vents? (2000) (282)
- Symbiosis of methylotrophic bacteria and deep-sea mussels (1987) (219)
- Dominance of one bacterial phylotype at a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent site. (1995) (210)
- Chemosynthetic endosymbioses: adaptations to oxic-anoxic interfaces. (2005) (181)
- Phylogenetic and metabolic diversity of bacteria associated with cystic fibrosis (2011) (178)
- A dual symbiosis shared by two mussel species, Bathymodiolus azoricus and Bathymodiolus puteoserpentis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), from hydrothermal vents along the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. (2006) (177)
- Intracellular coexistence of methano- and thioautotrophic bacteria in a hydrothermal vent mussel. (1995) (174)
- Ultrastructural, biochemical, and immunological characterization of two populations of the mytilid mussel Bathymodiolusazoricus from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge: evidence for a dual symbiosis (2002) (146)
- Microbial Symbiosis: Patterns of Diversity in the Marine Environment (1994) (145)
- Symbioses of chemoautotrophic bacteria and marine invertebrates from hydrothermal vents and reducing sediments. (1985) (143)
- Quantifying Nonspecific TEM β-Lactamase (blaTEM) Genes in a Wastewater Stream (2008) (142)
- Optimal methods for estimating kinetic isotope effects from different forms of the Rayleigh distillation equation (2004) (126)
- Phylogenetic analysis of a highly specific association between ectosymbiotic, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and a marine nematode (1994) (116)
- Trophic ecology of massive shrimp aggregations at a Mid‐Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent site (1998) (108)
- Expression of form I and form II Rubisco in chemoautotrophic symbioses: Implications for the interpretation of stable carbon isotope values (1995) (103)
- Evidence for Methylotrophic Symbionts in a Hydrothermal Vent Mussel (Bivalvia: Mytilidae) from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (1992) (98)
- Independent phylogenetic origins of methanotrophic and chemoautotrophic bacterial endosymbioses in marine bivalves (1994) (90)
- Characterization of chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts in a gutless marine worm Oligochaeta, Annelida) by phylogenetic 16S rRNA sequence analysis and in situ hybridization (1995) (89)
- Kinetic isotope effect and characterization of form II RubisCO from the chemoautotrophic endosymbionts of the hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila (2003) (83)
- Free-Living Tube Worm Endosymbionts Found at Deep-Sea Vents (2008) (75)
- Lateral symbiont acquisition in a maternally transmitted chemosynthetic clam endosymbiosis. (2008) (73)
- Low stable carbon isotope fractionation by coccolithophore RubisCO (2011) (73)
- Bacterial endosymbioses in Solemya (Mollusca: Bivalvia)—Model systems for studies of symbiont–host adaptation (2006) (70)
- Intragenomic Variation and Evolution of the Internal Transcribed Spacer of the rRNA Operon in Bacteria (2007) (69)
- Effects of long-term nitrogen fertilization on the uptake kinetics of atmospheric methane in temperate forest soils. (2004) (69)
- Diversity and Heterogeneity of Epibiotic Bacterial Communities on the Marine Nematode Eubostrichus dianae (1999) (68)
- Kinetic isotope effect and biochemical characterization of form IA RubisCO from the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus marinus MIT9313 (2007) (67)
- Family- and Genus-Level 16S rRNA-Targeted Oligonucleotide Probes for Ecological Studies of Methanotrophic Bacteria (2001) (65)
- Evidence for phylogenetic congruence among sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophic bacterial endosymbionts and their bivalve hosts (1994) (64)
- Off-axis symbiosis found: Characterization and biogeography of bacterial symbionts of Bathymodiolus mussels from Lost City hydrothermal vents. (2006) (61)
- Physiological and immunological evidence for two distinct C1-utilizing pathways in Bathymodiolus puteoserpentis (Bivalvia: Mytilidae), a dual endosymbiotic mussel from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (1998) (61)
- Phylogenetic relationships of chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts of Solemya velum say (Mollusca: Bivalvia) determined by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis (1992) (56)
- Phylogenetic diversity of bacterial endosymbionts in the gutless marine oligochete Olavius loisae (Annelida) (1999) (56)
- Two New Mycobacterium Strains and Their Role in Toluene Degradation in a Contaminated Stream (1998) (53)
- Dynamics of the Microbiota in Response to Host Infection (2014) (52)
- Influence of form IA RubisCO and environmental dissolved inorganic carbon on the delta13C of the clam-chemoautotroph symbiosis Solemya velum. (2004) (52)
- Characterization and site description of Solemya borealis (Bivalvia; Solemyidae), another bivalve-bacteria symbiosis (1992) (52)
- Molecular characterization of methanotrophic communities in forest soils that consume atmospheric methane. (2007) (52)
- Symbioses of methanotrophs and deep-sea mussels (Mytilidae: Bathymodiolinae). (2006) (51)
- Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Sulfur Oxidation Genes in the Endosymbiont of Solemya Velum (2011) (50)
- A simple method for quantification of uncultured microorganisms in the environment based on in vitro transcription of 16S rRNA (1997) (46)
- Cloning and Sequencing of a Form II Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase from the Bacterial Symbiont of the Hydrothermal Vent Tubeworm Riftia pachyptila (1998) (46)
- The Methanol Dehydrogenase Gene, mxaF, as a Functional and Phylogenetic Marker for Proteobacterial Methanotrophs in Natural Environments (2013) (44)
- Sequencing-Independent Method To Generate Oligonucleotide Probes Targeting a Variable Region in Bacterial 16S rRNA by PCR with Detachable Primers (2002) (44)
- Comparative genomics of vesicomyid clam (Bivalvia: Mollusca) chemosynthetic symbionts (2008) (43)
- 16S rRNA phylogenetic investigation of the candidate division "Korarchaeota". (2006) (42)
- Phylogenetic Analyses of the Core Antenna Domain: Investigatingthe Origin of Photosystem I (2005) (41)
- Symbiosis of thioautotrophic bacteria with Riftia pachyptila. (2006) (40)
- A new bathymodioline mussel symbiosis at the Juan de Fuca hydrothermal vents (2005) (37)
- Vertical distribution of microbial lipids and functional genes in chemically distinct layers of a highly polluted meromictic lake (2008) (36)
- Evidence for homologous recombination in intracellular chemosynthetic clam symbionts. (2009) (36)
- Chemoautotrophic Bacteria In Marine Invertebrates From Sulfide-Rich Habitats: A New Symbiosis (1983) (32)
- Mixed transmission modes and dynamic genome evolution in an obligate animal–bacterial symbiosis (2017) (32)
- CO2 Uptake and Fixation by Endosymbiotic Chemoautotrophs from the Bivalve Solemya velum (2006) (31)
- Light at deep sea hydrothermal vents (1994) (31)
- Intrahost Genetic Diversity of Bacterial Symbionts Exhibits Evidence of Mixed Infections and Recombinant Haplotypes (2017) (30)
- Pyrosequencing analysis of endosymbiont population structure: co-occurrence of divergent symbiont lineages in a single vesicomyid host clam. (2009) (30)
- Host phylogeny, diet, and habitat differentiate the gut microbiomes of Darwin’s finches on Santa Cruz Island (2019) (28)
- The genome of the intracellular bacterium of the coastal bivalve, Solemya velum: a blueprint for thriving in and out of symbiosis (2014) (28)
- Characterization and expression of genes from the RubisCO gene cluster of the chemoautotrophic symbiont of Solemya velum: cbbLSQO (2004) (28)
- Immunochemical localization of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in the symbiont-containing gills of Solemya velum (Bivalvia: Mollusca). (1988) (26)
- CO2 Fixation in Chemoautotroph-Invertebrate Symbioses: Expression of Form I and Form II RubisCO (1996) (26)
- Phylogenetic relationships of the filamentous sulfur bacterium Thiothrix ramosa based on 16S rRNA sequence analysis. (1996) (26)
- Consequences of nitrogen fertilization on soil methane consumption in a productive temperate deciduous forest (2005) (25)
- Metagenomic investigation of vestimentiferan tubeworm endosymbionts from Mid-Cayman Rise reveals new insights into metabolism and diversity (2018) (25)
- Metapangenomics of the oral microbiome provides insights into habitat adaptation and cultivar diversity (2020) (25)
- The ubiquitous mussel: Bathymodiolus aff. brevior symbiosis at the Central Indian Ridge hydrothermal vents (2005) (22)
- Evidence for horizontal transmission from multilocus phylogeny of deep-sea mussel (Mytilidae) symbionts. (2014) (22)
- Characterizing the plasticity of nitrogen metabolism by the host and symbionts of the hydrothermal vent chemoautotrophic symbioses Ridgeia piscesae (2014) (22)
- 16S rRNA phylogenetic analysis and quantification of Korarchaeota indigenous to the hot springs of Kamchatka, Russia (2010) (22)
- The saccharibacterium TM7x elicits differential responses across its host range (2020) (21)
- Complete genome sequence of Candidatus Ruthia magnifica (2010) (19)
- Symbiosis of epi- and endocuticular bacteria with Helicoradomenia spp. (Mollusca, Aplacophora, Solenogastres) from deep-sea hydrothermal vents (2006) (18)
- The curious consistency of carbon biosignatures over billions of years of Earth-life coevolution (2021) (17)
- Isotope discrimination by form IC RubisCO from Ralstonia eutropha and Rhodobacter sphaeroides, metabolically versatile members of ‘Proteobacteria’ from aquatic and soil habitats (2018) (15)
- Population dynamics of two toluene degrading bacterial species in a contaminated stream (2001) (14)
- An inter-island comparison of Darwin’s finches reveals the impact of habitat, host phylogeny, and island on the gut microbiome (2019) (14)
- Phylogenetic relationships of hydrothermal vent mussels (Bathymodiolinae) and their symbionts (2013) (12)
- Longitudinal microbiome profiling reveals impermanence of probiotic bacteria in domestic pigeons (2019) (11)
- Importance of Xanthobacter autotrophicus in toluene biodegradation within a contaminated stream. (1999) (11)
- Transmission strategies in a chemosynthetic symbiosis: detection and quantification of symbionts in host tissues and their environment (2018) (10)
- Shedding light: a phylotranscriptomic perspective illuminates the origin of photosymbiosis in marine bivalves (2019) (9)
- The effect of coral restoration on Caribbean reef fish communities (2017) (9)
- Phylogenetic Characterization of Episymbiotic Bacteria Hosted by a Hydrothermal Vent Limpet (Lepetodrilidae, Vetigastropoda) (2011) (8)
- Genetic Subdivision of Chemosynthetic Endosymbionts of Solemya velum along the Southern New England Coast (2009) (8)
- Characterizing Photosymbiosis Between Fraginae Bivalves and Symbiodinium Using Phylogenetics and Stable Isotopes (2018) (7)
- Sequence of the Core Antenna Domain from the Anoxygenic Phototroph Heliophilum fasciatum: Implications for Diversity of Reaction Center Type I (2004) (6)
- Diverse Legionella‐Like Bacteria Associated with Testate Amoebae of the Genus Arcella (Arcellinida: Amoebozoa) (2018) (5)
- The ecology of ectosymbiosis at a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent site (1996) (4)
- Exploring the protist microbiome: The diversity of bacterial communities associated with Arcella spp. (Tubulina: Amoebozoa). (2021) (2)
- A novel energy-efficient version of the Calvin cycle (2018) (1)
- Genome-Centric Dynamics Shape the Diversity of Oral Bacterial Populations (2021) (1)
- Early Growth as a Predictor of Canopy Class (2012) (0)
- The genome of the intracellular bacterium of the coastal bivalve, Solemya velum: a blueprint for thriving in and out of symbiosis (2014) (0)
- Supplementary material from "Transmission strategies in a chemosynthetic symbiosis: detection and quantification of symbionts in host tissues and their environment" (2018) (0)
- Evidence forMethylotrophic Symbionts ina Hydrothermal VentMussel(Bivalvia: Mytilidae) fromthe Mid-Atlantic Ridget (1992) (0)
- Correction: Longitudinal microbiome profiling reveals impermanence of probiotic bacteria in domestic pigeons (2019) (0)
- Molecular Characterization and Regulation of Ammonia Assimilation in Chemoautotrophic Prokaryote-Eukaryote Symbioses (1998) (0)
- Amplicon Pyrosequencing Analysis of Endosymbiont Population Structure (2011) (0)
- Shedding light: a phylotranscriptomic perspective illuminates the origin of photosymbiosis in marine bivalves (2020) (0)
- Quantifying Nonspecific TEM (cid:2) -Lactamase ( bla TEM ) Genes in a Wastewater Stream (cid:1) (2008) (0)
- The effect of coral restoration on Caribbean reef fish communities (2017) (0)
- On the Past, Present, and Future Role of Biology in NASA’s Exploration of our Solar System (2021) (0)
- 1 Symbiosis of Thioautotrophic Bacteria with Riftia pachyptila (2005) (0)
- Metagenomic investigation of vestimentiferan tubeworm endosymbionts from Mid-Cayman Rise reveals new insights into metabolism and diversity (2018) (0)
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