Publications:
Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Stewart, R. Belas. 2006. Induction of prophages from a marine reseobacterium, Silicibacter sp. TM1040: A genomic approach. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:4995-5001.
Helton, R.R., L. Liu, and K.E. Wommack. 2006. Assessment of factors influencing direct enumeration of viruses within estuarine sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:4767-4774.
Kan, J., B. Crump, K. Wang, and F. Chen. 2006. Bacterioplankton community in Chesapeake Bay: Predictable or random assemblages. Limnol. Oceanogr. (in press).
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.
Bettarel, Y., Kan, J., Wang, K., Williamson, K. E., Cooney, S., Ribblett, S., Chen, F., Wommack, K. E. & Coats, D. W. 2005. Isolation and preliminary characterisation of a small nuclear inclusion virus infecting the diatom Chaetocerus cf. gracilis. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 40: 103-114.
Helton, R.R., M.T. Cottrell, D.L. Kirchman, K.E. Wommack. 2005. Evaluation of incubation-based methods for estimating virioplankton production in estuaries. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 41:209-219.
Winget, D.M., K.E. Williamson, R.R. Helton, K.E. Wommack. 2005. Tangential flow diafiltration: an improved technique for estimation of virioplankton production. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 41:221-232.
Kan, J., T. E. Hanson, J. M. Ginter, K. Wang, F. Chen. 2005. Metaproteomic analysis of Chesapeake Bay microbial communities. Saline Systems 1:7.
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.
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. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 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 (3):483-492.
Wang, K. and F. Chen. 2004. Genetic Diversity and Population Dynamics of Cyanophage Communities in the Chesapeake Bay. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 34:105-116, 2004.
Presentations:
Eissler, Y. & Coats D. W. 2006. Characterization of Chaetoceros cf gracilis virus isolated from Chesapeake Bay. International Council for Science, Scienific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), Virus Ecology in Marine Systems: A Workshop on Methods, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Chen, F., 2006. Characterization of conserved genes for virus group. Scienific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), Virus Ecology in Marine Systems: A Workshop on Methods. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Wommack, K.E. 2006. Metagenomics and the marine virus community. Scienific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), Virus Ecology in Marine Systems: A Workshop on Methods. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Wang, K., K. O’Mara, J. Kan, and F. Chen. 2006. Estuarine cyanophages and their psbA gene. Scienific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), Virus Ecology in Marine Systems: A Workshop on Methods. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Helton, R.R., and K.E. Wommack. 2006. Get the phage out: issues in aquatic sediment virus removal for abundance and diversity analyses. Scienific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), Virus Ecology in Marine Systems: A Workshop on Methods. The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Eissler, Y.,Wang, K., Chen, F., & Coats, D. W. 2006 Molecular characterization of Chaetoceros cf gracilis virus isolated from Chesapeake Bay, USA. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Stewart, R. Belas. 2006. Induction of multiple prophages from a marine Roseobacterim, a genomic approach. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada
Kan, J., T. Hanson, S.C. Cary, K.E. Wommack, R. Hill, F. Chen. 2006. Community proteomics, a new way to explore microbial functions in natural environments. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada
Wang, K., and F. Chen. 2006. Seasonal successions and genetic diversities of estuarine Synechococcus and their co-occurring phages: A three-year survey in Chesapeake Bay. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada
O’Mara, K. J., K. Wang, J. Kan, S. Bench, T. Hanson, K.E. Wommack, F. Chen. 2006. Genetic diversity and seasonal patterns of cyanophage psbA gene in the estuarine environment revealed by a newly designed PCR primer set. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada
Eissler, Y., K. Wang, F. Chen, W. Coats. 2006. Molecular characterization of Chaetoceros cf gracilis virus isolated from Chesapeake Bay, USA. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada
Helton, R.R., and K.E. Wommack. 2006. Examination of Viral Diversity in Chesapeake Bay Sediments. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada
Eissler, Y & Coats D. W. 2005. Characterization of phytoplankton-viral systems from Chesapeake Bay. 11th East Coast Conference on Protozoology. Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond Virginia
Bettarel, Y, Coats, D. W., Kan, J., Wang, K., Chen, F., Williamson, K. & Wommack, K. E. 2005. Isolation and characterization of a nuclear inclusion virus infecting the bloom forming diatom Chaetoceros c. f. gracilis. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting. Santiago de Compostella, Spain
Eissler, Y & Coats D. W. 2005. Characterization of phytoplankton-viral systems from Chesapeake Bay. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Summer Meeting June 19-24. Santiago de Compostella, Spain
Wang, K. and F. Chen. 2005. Isolation and Characterization of Cyanophages of Marine Cluster B Synechococcus. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography summer meeting. Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Helton, R.R., K. Wang, J. Kan, D.M. Winget, and K.E. Wommack. 2005. What Lies Beneath: Chesapeake Bay Viriobenthos Diversity and Abundance. American Society for Microbiology, Atlanta, GA
Kan, J., T. Hanson, B. Campbell, C. Cary, K.E. Wommack, R. Hill, and F. Chen. 2005. Meta-proteomics, a new way to explore microbial function in natural environments. HUPO 4th Annual World Congress, Munich, Germany
Wang, K. and F. Chen. 2005. Characterization of cyanophages infecting estuarine Synechococcus spp. International Marine Biotechnology Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Kan, and M. Suzuki. 2005. Synechococcus ecotypes in Chesapeake Bay revealed by the RuBisCO gene and ITS sequences. International Marine Biotechnology Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Kan, J., T. Hanson, K. Wang, B. Campbell, C. Cary, K.E. Wommack, R. Hill, and F. Chen. 2005. Meta-proteomics, a New Way to Explore Microbial Processes in the Ocean? International Marine Biotechnology Conference, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
Helton, R.R., and K.E. Wommack. 2004. Bacteriophages of the Chesapeake Bay sediments: abundance and morphologies of the most copious form of microbial life. International Symposium for Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico
Chen, F., K. Wang, J. Kan, D. Bachoon, L. Campbell. 2004. Phylogenetic Diversity of Estuarine Synechococcus Revealed by Ribulose-1,5-Bisphophate Carboxylase-Oxygenase Large Subunit Gene Sequences. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico
Chen, F., and J. Kan. 2004. A proteomic study of picoplankton community. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico
Kan, J., M. Suzuki, K. Wang, and F. Chen. 2004. Spatial and temporal variation of Chesapeake bacterioplankton communities revealed by DGGE and clone libraries. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico
Kan, J., and F. Chen. 2004. Are 5000 bacterial cells per ml the detection threshold for DGGE analysis? International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico
Wang, K., J. Kan, and F. Chen. 2004. Co-monitoring Synechococcus and synechophage in the Chesapeake Bay. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico
Suzuki, M.T., J. Kan, F. Chen and S. E. Evans. 2004. Fast Screening and analysis of Chesapeake Bay bacterioplankton rIBOSOMAL RNA operon clone libraries. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cancun, Mexico
Chen, F. and K. Wang. 2004. Population Dynamics and Genetic Diversity of Synechococcus in the Chesapeake Bay. Gordon Research Conference on Marine Microbes: Picophytoplankton, from Ecology to Genomics, Roscoff, Brittany, France
Helton, R.R., J.E. Maier, and K.E. Wommack. 2004. Extraction of virus like particles (VLPs) from sediments from oligohaline, mesohaline and polyhaline zones within the Chesapeake Bay. American Society for Microbiology, New Orleans, LA
Isaacs, L. T., J, Kan, S. Sidiqqi, D. Horn, F. Chen, T. Wright, and J. Enticknap, and R. Hill. 2004. Analysis of the Microbial Community of the Chesapeake Redbeard Sponges, Microciona prolifera. American Society of Microbiology. New Orleans, LA
Wommack, K. E. and F. Chen. 2004. Diversity and community composition of virioplankton over an annual biological cycle of the Chesapeake Bay. Ocean Research Conference, Honolulu, HI
Wommack, K.E., K.E. Williamson, D.M. Winget, R.R. Helton, S. Bench, F. Chen, K. Wang, J Kan, D. W. Coats, S. Cooney, and Y. Bettarel. 2003. Microbial Observatory for Virioplankton Ecology (MOVE): The role of viruses in the annual biological cycle of the Chesapeake Bay. NSF Microbial Observatories Workshop, Arlington, VA.
Helton, R.R., M.T. Cottrell, D.L Kirchman, and K.E. Wommack. 2003. A comparison of three incubation-based methods for estimation of bacteriophage production in the Chesapeake and Delaware bays. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC
Chen, F. and J.J. Kan. 2003. Environmental microbial proteomics: linking microgeochemial functions. American Society of Microbiology. Washington DC
Wang, K. and F. Chen. 2003. Genetic diversity and population dynamics of Synechococcus spp. and cyanophages in the Chesapeake Bay. American Society of Microbiology. Washington DC
Kan, J.J. and F. Chen. 2003. Spatial and temporal dynamics of bacterial communities in the Chesapeake Bay. American Society of Microbiology. Washington DC
Wommack, K.E., K.E. Williamson, D.M. Winget, R. White, R.R. Helton, and D.L. Kirchman. 2003. An improved method for estimation of virioplankton production. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
Chen, Feng and Kui Wang. 2003. Phylogenetic Relationship of Estuarine Synechococcus spp. Revealed by the RubisCO Gene. Marine Biotechnology Conference. Chiba, Japan
Kan, Jingjun and F. Chen. 2003. Genetic fingerprinting and proteomic analysis of bacterial communities in the Chesapeake Bay. Marine Biotechnology Conference, Chiba, Japan
Wang, Kui and F. Chen. 2003. Isolation and characterization of Synechococcus spp. and their phages from Chesapeake Bay. Marine Biotechnology Conference, Chiba, Japan
Wommack, K.E., R.R. Helton, M.T Cottrell, and D.L. Kirchman. 2002. Viral and protistian control of bacterioplankton production over an oxic to anoxic gradient in Chesapeake Bay water column. Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI
