Michael J. Ferris, Ph.D. - Publications

1. Method for isolation and purification of cyanobacteria. M.J. Ferris and C.F. Hirsch. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1991. 57:1448-1452.

2. Bioconversion of the sodium salt of Simvastatin (MK 733) to 6-desmethyl-6-hydroxymethyl Simvastatin. C. Marcin, R. White, C.F. Hirsch, M.J. Ferris, R. Sykes, D. Houk, R. Gresham, and M. Chartrain. J. Ind. Microbiol. 1991. 8:157-164.

3. Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiles of 16S rRNA-defined populations inhabiting a hot spring microbial mat community. M.J. Ferris, G. Muyzer, and D.M. Ward. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1996. 62:340-346.

4. Enrichment culture and microscopy conceal diverse thermophilic Synechococcus populations in a single hot spring microbial mat community. M.J. Ferris, A.L. Ruff-Roberts, E.D. Kopczynski, M.M. Bateson and D.M. Ward. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1996. 62:1045-1050.

5. Population Structure and Physiological Changes Within a Hot Spring Microbial Mat Community Following Disturbance. M.J. Ferris, S.C. Nold, N.P. Revsbech and D.M. Ward. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1997. 63:1367-1374.

6. Seasonal population distributions in a hot spring microbial mat examined by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA gene segments. M.J. Ferris and D.M. Ward. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1997. 63: 1375-1381.

7. Light induced motility of thermophilic Synechococcus isolates from Octopus Spring, Yellowstone National Park. Ramsing, N.B., M.J. Ferris, and D.M. Ward. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 1997. 63:2347-2354.

8. Biodiversity within hot spring microbial mat communities: molecular monitoring of enrichment cultures. D.M. Ward, C.M. Santegoeds, S.C. Nold, N.B. Ramsing, M.J. Ferris and M.M. Bateson. Antone van Leeuwenhoek. 1997. 71:143-150.

9. Microbial biodiversity within hot spring cyanobacterial mat communities: an evolutionary ecology view. Ward, D.M., M.M Bateson, M.J Ferris, and S.C. Nold. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 1998. 62:1353-1370.

10. Niche adaptation in ocean cyanobacteria. M.J. Ferris and B. Palenik. Nature. 1998. 396:226 - 228.

11. Highly ordered vertical structure of thermophilic Synechococcus populations within the one-millimeter thick photic zone of a hot spring cyanobacterial mat. Ramsing, N.B., M.J. Ferris and D.M., Ward Appl. Envir. Microbiol. 2000. 66: 1038-1049.

12. Cyanobacterial Ecotypes in Different Optical Microenvironments of a 68°C Hot Spring Mat Community Revealed by 16S-23S rRNA Internal Transcribed Spacer Region Variation. M. J. Ferris, M. Kühl, A. Wieland and D. M. Ward. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003. 69:2893-2898.

13. Microbially mediated sulphide production in a thermal, acidic algal mat community in Yellowstone National Park. Michael J. Ferris, Timothy S. Magnuson, Jennifer A. Fagg, Roland Thar, Michael Kühl, Kathy B. Sheehan and Joan M. Henson, Environmental Microbiology. 2003. 5:954-960

14. PCR Detection and Analysis of the Free-Living Amoeba Naegleria in Hot Springs in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. K. B. Sheehan, J.A. Fagg, M. J. Ferris, and J. M. Henson. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2003. 69:5914-5918

15. Detection of Naegleria in a thermal acidic spring. K. B. Sheehan, M. J. Ferris and J. M. Henson, J. Euk. Microbiology. 2003. 50:263-265.

Chapters in Edited Books

1994. Species diversity in hot spring microbial mats as revealed by both molecular and enrichment culture approaches - relationships between biodiversity and community structure. D.M. Ward, M.J. Ferris, S.C. Nold, M.M. Bateson, E.D. Kopczynski, and A.L. Ruff-Roberts. In Microbial Mats: Structure, Development and Environmental Significance. L. Stahl and P. Caumette, eds. NATO/ASI series publication.

1997. Ward, D.M., M.J. Ferris, and M.M. Bateson. Organization of native populations within hot spring microbial mat communities: Need for a more ecological approach, p.147-153. In M.T. Martins, M.I.Z. Sato, J.M. Tiedje, L.C.N. Hagler, J. Dobereiner, and P.S. Sanchez (ed.),