Environmental Microbiology

Dr. Elizabeth W. Alm

Institute for Great Lakes Research and Department of Biology, Central Michigan University

at Tawas

MO

 

Photo by Todd Marsee, MI Sea Grant

Photo by Sandra McLellan, Great Lakes WATER

 

My interests within the subdiscipline of Environmental Microbiology lie in understanding microbial communities in aquatic ecosystems. I am particularly interested in the fate of pathogenic bacteria in aquatic environments. Research in my lab has involved examinations of microbial community structure in drinking water sources, pathogen detection in recreational water, fecal contamination sourcing, molecular detection of E. coli virulence genes in beach sand, and characterization of avian influenza viruses at migratory stopover sites. Our studies utilize a combination of traditional microbiological techniques and molecular techniques such as PCR, DGGE, and membrane hybridizations. See below for more details. Our lab is an affiliate of the Institute for Great Lakes Research.


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