Environmental Microbiology
Dr.
Elizabeth W. Alm
Institute
for Great Lakes Research and Department of Biology, Central Michigan University
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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.
Research:
Current Grant Funded Research Projects
Alm Lab Alumni - Where are they now?
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