Dr. Rita R. Colwell Representative Publications

Chakraborty, S., A. K. Mukhopadhyay, R. K. Bhadra, A. N. Ghosh, R. Mitra, T. Shimada, S. Yamasaki, S. M. Faruque, Y. Takeda, R. R. Colwell, and G. B. Nair. 2000. Virulence genes in environmental strains of Vibrio cholerae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:4022-4028

Colwell, R. 2000. The future of biocomplexity. Environmental Microbiology. 2:3-4.

Colwell, R. 2000. The Role and Scope for an Integrated Community of Biologists. BioScience. 50:199-202.

Colwell, R. R. 2000. Viable but nonculturable bacteria: a survival strategy. J. Infect. Chemother. 6:121-125.

Elberson, M. A., F. Malekzadeh, M. T. Yazdi, N. Kameranpour, M. R. Noori-Daloii, M. H. Matte, M. Shahamat, R. R. Colwell and K.R. Sowers. 2000. Cellulomonas persica sp. nov. and Cellulomonas iranensis sp. nov., mesophilic cellulose-degrading bacteria isolated from forest soils. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50:993-996

Grimes, D.J., Woese, C.R., MacDonell, M.T. and R.R. Colwell. 1997. Systematic Study of the Genus Vogesella gen. nov. and Its Type Species, Vogesella indigofera comb. nov. Int'l J. Systematic Bacteriol. 47:19-27.

Levin, M. A., M. Shahamat, Y. Shahamat, G. Stelma, and R. R. Colwell. 1997. Design, construction, and evaluation of a chamber for aerobiology. Aerobiologica. 13:1-6.

Colwell, R. R. 1997. Microbial diversity: the importance of exploration and conservation. J. Indust. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 18:302-307.

Chowdhury, M. A. R., A. Huq, B. Xu, F. J. B. Madeira, and R. R. Colwell. 1997. Effect of Alum on Free-Living and Copepod-Associated Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139. Appl.Environ. Microbiol. 63:3323-3326.

Heidelberg, J. F., M. Shahamat, M. A. Levin, I. Rahman, and R. R. Colwell. 1997. Effect of Aerosolization on Culturability and Viability of Gram-Negative Bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:3585-3588.

Buccuzzi, V. M., A. C. Wright, B. Xu, A. Chowdhury, A. Huq, J. G. Morris, R. R. Colwell, and R. Hill. 1997. Distribution of ctx A+ Vibrio cholerae in Mamamala Bay, Hawaii. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. Submitted.

Colwell, R. R., P. Brayton, A. Huq, B. Tall, P. Harrington and M. Levine. 1996. Viable but non-culturable Vibrio cholerae O1 revert to a culturable state in the human intestine. World J. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 12:28-31.

Huq, A., R. R. Colwell, M. A. R. Chowdhury, B. Xu and R. Montilla. 1996. A simple filtration method for removal of Vibrio cholerae associated with planktonic copepods. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:2508-2512.

Montilla, R., M. A. R. Chowdhury, A. Huq, B. Xu, and R. R. Colwell. 1996. Serogroup conversion from Vibrio cholerae non-01 to Vibrio cholerae 01: Effects of growth state of cells, temperature and salinity. Can. J. Microbiol. 42:87-93.

Huq, A., and R. R. Colwell. 1996. Vibrios in the Marine and Estuarine Environment: Tracking Vibrio cholerae, J. Ecosystem Health. 2:198-214.

Colwell, R. R. 1996. Global Climate and Infectious Disease: The cholera paradigm. Science, 274:2025-2031.

Wommack, K. Eric, Russell T. Hill, Terri A. Muller, and Rita R Colwell. 1996. Effects of sunlight on bacteriophage viability and structure. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62(4):1336-1341.

Munro, P. M. and R. R. Colwell. 1996. Fate of Vibrio cholerae 01 in seawater microcosms. Water Research. 30:47-50.

Pearson, A. D., M. H. Greenwood, R. K. A. Feltham, T. D. Healing, J. Donaldson, D. M. Jones, and R. R. Colwell. 1996. Microbial ecology of Campylobacter jejuni in a United Kingdom chicken supply chain: intermittent common source, vertical transmission, and amplification by flock propagation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:4614-4620.

Pommepuy, M., M. B Utin, A. Derrien, M. Gourmelon, R. R. Colwell, and M. Cormier. 1996. Retention of enteropathogenicity by viable but nonculturable Escherichia coli exposed to seawater and sunlight. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:4621-4626.

Pommepuy M., L. Fiksdal, M. Gourmelon, H. Melikechi, M. L. Caprais, M. Cormier and R.R. Colwell. 1996. Effect of seawater on Escherichia coli b-galactosidase activity. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 81:174-180.

Wright, A. C., R. T. Hill, J. A. Johnson, M.-C.Roghman, R. R. Colwell, and J. G. Morris, Jr. 1996. Distribution of Vibrio vulnificus in the Chesapeake Bay. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:717-724.