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Personnel - Julie Kirshtein

Julie Kirshtein

Contact Info:

e-mail: jkirshte@usgs.gov
phone: (703) 648-5493

Research Interests:

Nitrogen cycling, bioremediation, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) detection

Selected Bibliography:

Reysenbach-A-L, K Longnecker and J. Kirshtein. 2000. Novel bacterial and archaeal lineages from an in situ growth chamber deployed at a Mid-Atlantic Ridge hydrothermal vent. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:3798-3806.

Priscu, J.C.E. Adams, W. B Lyons, M. A. Voytek, D. W Mogk, L.R Brown, C.P. McKay, C.D.Takacs, K.A. Welch, C.F. Wolf, J.D Kirshtein, and R.Avci. 1999. Geomicrobiology of subglacial ice above Lake Vostok, Antarctica. Science 286:2141-2144.

Landry, M.R., J. Kirshtein and J. Constantinou. 1996. Abundances and distributions of picoplankton populations in the central equatorial Pacific from 12 degrees-N to 12 degrees-S, 140 degrees -W. Deep Sea Research Part II-Tropical Studies in Oceanography 43:871-890.

Landry, M.R., J. Constantinou and J. Kirshtein. 1995. Microzooplankton grazing in the central equatorial Pacific during February and August 1992. Deep Sea Research 42:657-671.

Kirshtein, J.D., J. Zehr and H.W. Paerl. 1993. Determination of N2 fixation potential in the marine environment: application of the polymerase chain reaction. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 95:305-309.

Kirshtein, J.D., H.W. Paerl and J. Zehr. 1991. Amplification, cloning and sequencing of a nifH segment from aquatic microorganisms and natural communities. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:2645-2650.

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