A Method for Cultivation, Fractionation, and Metal Determination to Evaluate Metal Removal by the Combination of NPS and Bacteria, Xiufeng Cao, Liang Xu, Alan W. Decho, Jamie Lead
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Microbial Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPSs) in Ocean Systems, Alan W. Decho, Tony Gutierrez
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Surface-functionalization effects on uptake of fluorescent polystyrene nanoparticles by model biofilms, Brian A. Nevius, Yung Pin Chen, John L. Ferry, Alan W. Decho
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Amphipathic antibacterial agents using cationic methacrylic polymers with natural rosin as pendant group, Ying Chen, Perry A. Wilbon, Yung Pin Chen, Juhua Zhou, Mitzi Nagarkatti, Chunpeng Wang, Fuxiang Chu, Alan W. Decho, Chuanbing Tang
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Robust Antimicrobial Compounds and Polymers Derived From Natural Resin Acids, Jifu Wang, Yung Pin Chen, Kejian Yao, Perry A. Wilbon, Wujie Zhang, Lixia Ren, Juhua Zhou, Mitzi Nagarkatti, Chunpeng Wang, Fuxiang Chu, Xiaoming He, Alan W. Decho, Chuanbing Tang
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Ecotoxicity Test Methods for Engineered Nanomaterials: Practical Experiences and Recommendations from the Bench, Richard D. Handy, Geert Cornelis, Teresa Fernandes, Olga Tsyusko, Alan W. Decho, Tara Sabo-Attwood, Chris Metcalfe, Jeffery A. Stevens, Stephen J. Klaine, Albert A. Koelmans, Nina Horne
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Chemical Challenges to Bacterial AHL Signaling in the Environment, Alan W. Decho, Rebecca L. Frey, John L. Ferry
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Reaction of N-Acylhomoserine Lactones with Hydroxyl Radicals: Rates, Products, and Effects on Signaling Activity, Rebecca L. Frey, Lijian He, Yiling Cui, Alan W. Decho, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, P. Lee Ferguson, John L. Ferry
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Extraction of high molecular weight DNA from microbial mats, Benjamin S. Bey, Erin B. Fichot, Gargi Dayama, Alan W. Decho, R. Sean Norman
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Quorum sensing in natural environments: emerging views from microbial mats, Alan W. Decho, R. Sean Norman, Pieter T. Visscher
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Overview of biopolymer-induced mineralization: What goes on in biofilms?, Alan W. Decho
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Processes of carbonate precipitation in modern microbial mats, Christophe Dupraz, R. Pamela Reid, Olivier Braissant, Alan W. Decho, R. Sean Norman, Pieter T. Visscher
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Transfer of gold nanoparticles from the water column to the estuarine food web, John L. Ferry, Preston Craig, Cole Hexel, Patrick Sisco, Rebecca L. Frey, Paul L. Pennington, Michael H. Fulton, I. Geoff Scott, Alan W. Decho, Shosaku Kashiwada, Catherine J. Murphy, Timothy J. Shaw
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Determining the specific microbial populations and their spatial distribution within the stromatolite ecosystem of Shark Bay, Falicia Goh, Michelle A. Allen, Stefan Leuko, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Alan W. Decho, Brendan P. Burns, Brett A. Neilan
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Characteristics and turnover of exopolymeric substances in a hypersaline microbial mat, Olivier Braissant, Alan W. Decho, Kristen M. Przekop, Kimberley L. Gallagher, Christina Glunk, Christophe Dupraz, Pieter T. Visscher
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Autoinducers extracted from microbial mats reveal a suprising diversity of N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHLs) and abundance changes that may relate to diel pH, Alan W. Decho, Pieter T. Visscher, John L. Ferry, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Lijian He, Kristen M. Przekop, R. Sean Norman, R. Pamela Reid
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Development of a microplate-based fluorescence immunoassay using quantum dot streptavidin conjugates for enumeration of putative marine bacteria, Alteromonas sp., associated with a benthic harpacticoid copepod, Erin K. Beckman, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, G. Thomas Chandler, Alan W. Decho
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Light-Dependant Biostabilisation of Sediments by Stromatolite Assemblages, David M. Paterson, Rebecca J. Aspden, Pieter T. Visscher, Mireille Consalvey, Miriam S. Andres, Alan W. Decho, John F. Stolz, R. Pamela Reid
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Rapid Screening of Quorum-Sensing Signal N-Acyl Homoserine Lactones by an In Vitro Cell-Free Assay, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Yung Pin Chen, R. Sean Norman, Alan W. Decho
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Application of photostable quantum dots for indirect immunofluorescent detection of specific bacterial serotypes on small marine animals, Alan W. Decho, Erin M. Beckman, G. Thomas Chandler, Tomohiro Kawaguchi
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Exopolymeric substances of sulfate-reducing bacteria: Interactions with calcium at alkaline pH and implication for formation of carbonate materials, Olivier Braissant, Alan W. Decho, Christophe Dupraz, Christina Glunk, Kristen M. Przekop, Pieter T. Visscher
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Sulfate reducing bacteria in microbial mats: Changing paradigms, new discoveries, L. K. Baumgartner, R. Pamela Reid, Christophe Dupraz, Alan W. Decho, D. H. Buckley, J. R. Spear, Kristen M. Przekop, Pieter T. Visscher
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Influence of natural dissolved organic matter (DOM) on acute and chronic toxicity of the pesticides chlorothalonil, chlorpyrifos and fipronil and the meiobenthic estuarine copepod Amphiascus tenuiremis, Adriana C. Bejarano, G. Thomas Chandler, Alan W. Decho
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The role of various dissolved organic matter forms on chlorpyrifos bioavailability to the estuarine bivalve Mercenaria mercenaria, Adriana C. Bejarano, Alan W. Decho, G. Thomas Chandler
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Production and cycling of natural microbial exopolymers (EPS) within a marine stromatolite, Alan W. Decho, Pieter T. Visscher, R. Pamela Reid
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Using geographical information techniques to quantify the spatial structure of endolithic boring processes within sediment grains of marine stromatolites, Alexandru I. Petrisor, Alan W. Decho
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Quantifying CaCO₃ Microprecipitates Within Developing Surface Mats of Marine Stromatolites Using GIS and Digital Image Analysis, Alexandru I. Petrisor, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Alan W. Decho
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Reconstruction and computation of microscale biovolumes using geographical information systems: potential difficulties, Alexandru I. Petrisor, Adrian Cuc, Alan W. Decho
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Bioavailability of the Organophosphorous Insecticide Chlorpyrifos to the Suspension-Feeding Bivalve, Mercenaria mercenaria, Following Exposure to Dissolved and Particulate Matter, Adriana C. Bejarano, Anneli Widenfalk, Alan W. Decho, G. Thomas Chandler
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Utilization of algal and bacterial extracellular polymeric secretions (EPS) by the deposit-feeding brittlestar Amphipholis gracillima (Echinodermata), D. L. Hoskins, S. E. Stancyk, Alan W. Decho
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Development of an Indirect Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay to Detect Extracellular Polymeric Substances (EPS) Secreted by the Marine Stromatolite-Forming Cyanobacteria, Schizothrix sp., Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Husain Ala Sayegh, Alan W. Decho
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Sediment properties influencing upwelling spectral reflectance signatures: The "biofilm gel effect", Alan W. Decho, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Mead A. Allison, Eric M. Louchard, R. Pamela Reid, F. Carol Stephens, Kenneth J. Voss, Robert A. Wheatcroft, Brenton B. Taylor
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In Situ Analysis of Carboxyl and Sulfhydryl Groups of Extracellular Polymeric Secretions by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Alan W. Decho
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A laboratory investigation of cyanobacterial extracellular polymeric secretions (EPS) in influencing CaCO₃ polymorphism, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Alan W. Decho
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In Situ Microspatial Imaging Using Two-Photon and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy of Bacteria and Extracellular Polymeric Secretions (EPS) Within Marine Stromatolites, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Alan W. Decho
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Isolation and Biochemical Characterization of Extracellular Polymeric Secretions (EPS) from Modern Soft Marine Stromatolites (Bahamas) and Its Inhibitory Effect on CaCO₃ Precipitation, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Alan W. Decho
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Proteolytic enzymes in the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas atlantica: post-secretional activation and effects of environmental conditions, Monica Hoffman, Alan W. Decho
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The role of microbes in accretion, lamination and early lithification of modern marine stromatolites, R. Pamela Reid, Pieter T. Visscher, Alan W. Decho, John L. Ferry, B. M. Bebout, Christophe Dupraz, I. G. Macintyre, H. W. Paerl, J. L. Pinckney, L. Prufert-Bebout, T. F. Steppe, D. J. DesMarais
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Microbial biofilms in intertidal systems: an overview, Alan W. Decho
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Bioavailability of particle-associated silver, cadmium, and zinc to the estuarine amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus through dietary ingestion, Christian E. Schlekat, Alan W. Decho, G. Thomas Chandler
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Biochemical Characterization of Cyanobacterial Extracellular Polymers (EPS) from Modern Marine Stromatolites (Bahamas), Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Alan W. Decho
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Confocal Imaging of In Situ Natural Microbial Communities and Their Extracellular Polymeric Secretions Using Nanoplast® Resin, Alan W. Decho, Tomohiro Kawaguchi
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Dietary assimilation of cadmium associated with bacterial exopolymer sediment coatings by the estuarine amphipod Leptocheirus plumulosus: effects of Cd concentration and salinity, Christian E. Schlekat, Alan W. Decho, G. Thomas Chandler
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Imaging an alginate polymer gel matrix using atomic force microscopy, Alan W. Decho
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Chemical cues: Why basic peptides are signal molecules in marine environments, Alan W. Decho, Kenneth A. Browne, Richard K. Zimmer-Faust
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Sorption of Cadmium to Bacterial Extracellular Polymeric Sediment Coatings Under Estuarine Conditions, Christian E. Schlekat, Alan W. Decho, G. Thomas Chandler
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Flexible digestion strategies and trace metal assimilation in marine bivalves, Alan W. Decho, Samuel N. Luoma
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Microbial activities and the transformation of organic matter within mucilaginous material, Alan W. Decho, Gerhard J. Herndl
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Humic and fulvic acids: sink or source in the availability of metals to the marine bivalves Macoma balthica and Potamocorbula amurensis?, Alan W. Decho, Samuel N. Luoma
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Exopolymer microenvironments of microbial flora: Multiple and interactive effects on trophic relationships, Alan W. Decho, Glenn R. Lopez
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Time-courses in the retention of food material in the bivalves Potamocorbula amurensis and Macoma balthica: significance to the absorption of carbon and chromium, Alan W. Decho, Samuel N. Luoma
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Bacterial exopolymer utilization by a harpacticoid copepod: A methodology and results, Alan W. Decho, David J. W. Moriarty
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How do harpacticoid grazing rates differ over a tidal cycle? Field verification using chlorophyll-pigment analyses, Alan W. Decho
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Water-cover influences on diatom ingestion rates by meiobenthic copepods, Alan W. Decho
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Meiofauna-sediment interactions around subtropical seagrass sediments using factor analysis, Alan W. Decho, W. D. Hummon, John W. Fleeger
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