Associate Professor
Ecology Research Center, Cell, Molecular and Structural Biology Graduate Program, Microbiology, Center for Aquatic and Watershed Sciences
Annette Bollmann
Education
Ph.D. Biology, Philipps University (1996)
Research Interests
Ecophysiology of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria; Culturing the Unculturables
- Ammonia-oxidizing Bacteria and Archaea and their role in freshwater environments.
- Culturing the "unculturables" and investigating the physiology of selected isolates.
Selected Publications
- Bollmann, A., C.J. Sedlacek, J. Norton, H.J. Laanbroek, Y. Suwa, L.Y. Stein, M.G. Klotz, D. Arp, L. Sayavedra-Soto, M. Lu, D. Bruce, C. Detter, R. Tapia, J. Han, T. Woyke, S.M. Lucas, S. Pitluck, L. Pennacchio, M. Nolan, M.L. Land, M. Huntemann, S. Deshpande, C. Han, A. Chen, N. Kyrpides, K. Mavromatis, V. Markowitz, E. Szeto, N. Ivanova, N. Mikhailova, I. Pagani, A. Pati, L. Peters, G. Ovchinnikova, & L.A. Goodwin (2013) Genome sequence of Nitrosomonas sp. Is79 - an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium adapted to low ammonium concentrations. Standards in Genomic Sciences 7: 469-482.
- Bollmann, A., G.S. Bullerjahn, & R.M. McKay (2014) Abundance and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in sediments of the trophic end members of the Laurentian Great Lakes, Erie and Superior. PLOS One 9(5): e97068.
- French, E., J.A. Kozlowski, M. Mukherjee, G. Bullerjahn, and A. Bollmann (2012) Eco-physiological Characterization of Ammonia-oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria from Freshwater. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78: 5773-5780.
- Laanbroek, H.J. & A. Bollmann (2011) Nitrification in inland waters. In: Nitrification, Eds. B.B. Ward, D.J. Arp, and M. G. Klotz. ASM press, Washington DC. pp: 385-403
- Bollmann, A., E. French, & H.J. Laanbroek (2011) Isolation, Cultivation, and Characterization of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria and Archaea adapted to low ammonium concentrations. In: Methods in Enzymology, Vol. 486. Ed: M.G. Klotz. Academic press, Burlington. pp: 55 - 88
- Bollmann, A., A.V. Palumbo, K. Lewis, & S. Epstein (2010) Isolation and physiology of bacteria from contaminated subsurface sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76: 7413-7419.