Olivier Nercessian University of Washington Phone 206-616-8185 |
M.S. 1999, University of Western Britany, Brest, France
Research interests
Microbial ecology in aquatic ecosystems (Lake Washington, deep-sea hydrothermal
vents)
investigated by cultivation and molecular methods
Metagenomics of methylotrophic bacteria
Evolution of methylotrophic bacteria
Selected Publications
Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., O. Nercessian, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Environmental genomics of C1 metabolism. In: Manual of Environmental Microbiology. 2006. ASM Press. In Press.
Nercessian, O., E. Noyes, M.G. Kalyuzhnaya, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Bacterial populations active in metabolism of C1 compounds in the sediment of Lake Washington, a freshwater lake. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. In Press.
Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., O. Nercessian, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Development and application of PCR primers based on fhcD for environmental detection of methanopterin-linked C1 metabolism in bacteria. Environ. Microbiol. 2005, 7:1269-1274.
Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., O. Nercessian, A. Lapidus, and L. Chistoserdova. Fishing for biodibersity: novel methanopterin-linked C1 genes deduced from the Sargasso Sea metagenome. Environ. Microbiol. 2005 (In Press).
Kalyuzhnaya M.G., S. Bowerman, O. Nercessian, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Highly divergent genes for methanopterin-linked C1 transfer reactions in Lake Washington, assessed via metagenomic analysis and mRNA detection. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. Submitted.
Nercessian, O., M.G. Kalyuzhnaya, S.B. Joye, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova.
Analysis of fae and fhcD genes in a soda lake, Mono Lake (CA). Appl. Environ.
Microbiol. Submitted.