Kan, J., M. Suzuki, K. Wang, S.E. Evans, F. Chen. 2007. High temporal but low spatial heterogeneity of bacterioplankton in the Chesapeake Bay. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. In press.

Wang, K. and F. Chen. 2007. Prevalence of highly host-specific cyanophages in the estuarine environment. Environ. Microbiol. In press.

Jiao, N. Z., Y. Zhang, Y. H. Zeng, P. X. Wang, R. Liu, X. D. Tang, F. Chen, and Q. Li. 2007. Deviation in abundance and diversity of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in the ocean. Environ. Microbiol. In press.

Mohamed, N. M., E. Cicirelli, J. Kan, F. Chen, C. Fuqua and R. T. Hill. 2007. Diversity and quorum sensing signal production of Proteobacteria associated with marine sponges. Environ. Microbiol. In press.

Jiao, N.Z., C.L. Zhang, F. Chen, J.J. Kan, F. Zhang. 2007. Frontiers and Technological Advances in Microbial Processes and Carbon Cycling in the Ocean. In: F. Columbus (ed.). Water Research Trends. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Hauppauge, New York. In press.

Reid, I. N., W. B. Sparks, S. Lubow, M. McGrath, M. Livio, J. Valenti, K.R. Sowers, H.D. Shukla, S. MacAuley, T. Miller, R. Suvanasuthi, R. Belas, A. Colman, F.T. Robb, P. DasSarma, J.A. Mller, J.A. Coker, R. Cavicchioli, F. Chen, S. DasSarma. 2006. Terrestrial models for extraterrestrial life: methanogens and halophiles at Martian temperatures. Intl. J. Astrobiol. 5: 89-97.

Kan, J., B. Crump, K. Wang, and F. Chen. 2006. Bacterioplankton community in Chesapeake Bay: Predictable or random assemblages. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51:2157-2169.

Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Stewart, R. Belas. 2006. Induction of prophages from a marine roseobacterium, Silicibacter sp. TM1040: A genomic approach. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:4995-5001.

Chen, F., K. Wang, J, Kan, and M. Suzuki, E. Wommack. 2006. Diverse and unique picocyanobacteria found in the Chesapeake Bay. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:2239-2243.

Kan, J., K. Wang, and F. Chen. 2005. Temporal variation and detection limit of an estuarine bacterioplankton community analyzed by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE). Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 42:7-18.

Bettarel, Y., J. Kan, K. Wang, S. Cooney, K. Williamson, F. Chen, E. Wommack, W. Coats. 2005. Isolation and characterisation of a small nuclear inclusion virus infecting the diatom Chaetoceros c.f. gracilis. Aquat. Microbial. Ecol. 40:103-114.

Kan, J., T. E. Hanson, J. M. Ginter, K. Wang, F. Chen. 2005. Metaproteomic analysis of Chesapeake Bay microbial communities. Saline Systems 1:7.

Lohr, J. E., F. Chen, and R. T. Hill. 2005. Genomic analysis of bacteriophage JL001: Insights into interaction with a sponge-associated alpha-proteobacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 1598-1609.

Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Kan, D.S. Bachoon, J. Lu, S. Lau, and L. Campbell. 2004. Phylogenetic diversity of Synechococcus in the Chesapeake Bay revealed by ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (RuBisCO) large subunit gene (rbcL) sequences. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 36:153-164.

Kan, J. and F. Chen. 2004. Co-monitoring bacterial and dinoflagellates communities by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) and SSU rDNA sequencing during a dinoflagellates bloom. Acta Oceanologia Sinica. 23:483-492.

Wang, K. and F. Chen. 2004. Genetic diversity and population dynamics of cyanophage communities in the Chesapeake Bay. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 34:105-116, 2004.

Chen, F. and Lu, J. R. 2002. Genomic sequence and evolution of marine cyanophage P60: a new insight on lytic and lysogenic phages. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:2589-2594.

Zhong, Y., F. Chen, J. R. Lu, L. Poorvin, S. Wilhelm, R. Hodson. 2002. Phylogenetic diversity of marine cyanophage isolates and natural virus communities as revealed by sequences of viral capsid assembly protein gene g20. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:1576-1584.

Lau, S. C. K., K. K. W. Mak, F. Chen and P. Y. Qian. 2002. Bioactivity of bacterial strains isolated from marine biofilms in Hong Kong waters for the induction of larval settlement in the marine polychaete Hydroides elegans. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 226:301-310.

Lu, J.R., F. Chen and R. E. Hodson. 2001. Distribution, isolation, host specificity and diversity of marine cyanophages infecting Synechococcus spp. in Coastal Estuary. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:3285-3290.

Chen, F., J. R. Lu, B. Binder, Y. C. Liu, and R. E. Hodson. 2001. Enumeration of viruses in aquatic environments using SYBR Glod stain: application of digital image analysis and flow cytometer. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:539-545..

Bachoon, D., F. Chen, and R. E. Hodson. 2001. RNA recovery and detection of mRNA by RT-PCR from preserved prokaryotic samples. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 201:127-132 .

Chen, F. and R. E. Hodson. 2001. In situ PCR/RT-PCR coupled with in situ hybridization for detection of functional gene and gene expression in prokaryotic cells. In: J. Paul (ed.) Methods in Marine Microbiology, Academic Press. pp.409-424.

Chen, F., B. Binder, R. E. Hodson. 2000. Flow cytometric detection of specific gene expression in prokaryotic cells using in situ RT-PCR. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 184:291-295.

Chen, F., W. A. Dustman and R. E. Hodson. 1999. Detection of toluene dioxygenase gene and gene expression in Pseudomonas putida F1 in a toluene exposed seawater using in situ PCR and hybridization. Hydrobiologia 401:131-138.

Chen, F., J. M. Gonzalez, W. Dustman, M. Moran and R. Hodson. 1997. In situ reverse transcription: a new molecular approach to study microbial community structure. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63: 4907-4913.

Chen, F., and C. A. Suttle. 1996. Evolutionary relationships among large double-stranded DNA viruses that infect microalgae and other organisms as inferred from DNA polymerase genes. Virology 219:170-178.

Chen, F., and C. A. Suttle. 1995. Amplification of DNA polymerase gene fragments from viruses infecting microalgae Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:1274-1278.