Marie Asao
Dissertation: "Diversity of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in alkaline environments"
Degree: PhD, 2008, Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University; BA, 2003, Microbiology, Southern Illinois University
Advisor: Michael Madigan
Dissertation: "Diversity of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria in alkaline environments"
Degree: PhD, 2008, Molecular Biology, Microbiology and Biochemistry, Southern Illinois University; BA, 2003, Microbiology, Southern Illinois University
Advisor: Michael Madigan
Publications:
Articles in Professional Journals
- Asao, M., and Madigan, M.T. 2009. Heliomonas lunata, gen and sp. nov., and Heliorestis aminacidovorans sp. nov., new soda lake heliobacteria. Microbiology (in preparation).
- Asao, M., Crespi, J.E., Jung, D.O., Mayers, J.E., Takaichi, S. and Madigan, M.T. 2009. Diversity of thermophilic purple sulfur bacteria and description of Allochromatium tepidum, sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. (in preparation).
- Kulp, T.R., Hoeft, S.E., Asao, M., Madigan, M.T., Hollibaugh, J.T., Fisher, J.C., Stolz, J.F., Culbertson , C.W., Miller, L.G., and Oremland, R.S. 2008. Arsenic (III) fuels anoxygenic photosynthesis in hot spring biofilms from Mono Lake, California. Science 321:967-970. PubMed link
- Asao, M. and Madigan, M.T. 2008. The Family Heliobacteriaceae. In: W. Whitman (ed), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edition, pp. 625-631.
- Asao, M., Takaichi, S. and Madigan, M.T. 2007. Thiocapsa imhoffii, nov. sp., an alkaliphilic purple sulfur bacterium of the family Chromatiaceae from Soap Lake, Washington (USA). Arch. Microbiol. 188:665-675. PubMed link
- Asao, M., Jung, D.O., Achenbach, L.A. and Madigan, M.T. 2006. Heliorestis convoluta, sp. nov., a coiled alkaliphilic heliobacterium from the Wadi El Natroun, Egypt. Extremophiles. 10:403-410. PubMed link