Fred J. Brockman, Ph.D.
Expertise
Fred Brockman
Research areas include soil and subsurface microbial ecology, and a wide variety of nucleic acid-based approaches for enhancing microbial ecology studies. Dr. Brockman has worked extensively in multidisciplinary teams spanning microbiology, molecular biology, modeling, hydrology, geochemistry, and geology. A recent research focus is the study of syntrophic ('feeding together') anaerobic co-cultures using whole genome microarrays and metabolic models
Education
- Ph.D., Bacteriology, University of Idaho, 1992
- M.S., Soil Microbiology, Washington State University, 1987
- B.S., Anthropology, University of Idaho, 1981
Professional Affiliations
- American Society for Microbiology
Selected Publications
Hazen TC, R Chakraborty, JM Fleming, IR Gregory, JP Bowman, L Jimenez, D Zhang, SM Pfiffner, FJ Brockman, and GS Sayler. 2009. "Use of gene probes to assess the impact and effectiveness of aerobic In Situ bioremediation of TCE." Archives of Microbiology 191(3):221-232.
D Chivian, EL Brodie, EJ Alm, DE Culley, PS Dehal, TZ DeSantis, TM Gihring, A Lapidus, L-H Lin, SR Lowry, DP Moser, P Richardson, G Southam, G wanger, LM Pratt, GL Andersen, TC Hazen, FJ Brockman, AP Arkin, TC Onstott. 2008. "Environmental genomics reveals a single-species ecosystem deep within the earth." Science 322:275-278.
Coleman JR, DE Culley, WB Chrisler, and FJ Brockman. 2007. "mRNA-targeted fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) of gram-negative bacteria without template amplification or tyramide signal amplification." Journal of Microbiological Methods 71:246-255.
Scholten JC, DE Culley, FJ Brockman, G Wu, and W Zhang. 2007. "Evolution of the syntrophic interaction between Desulfovibrio vulgaris and Methanosarcina barkeri: Involvement of an ancient horizontal gene transfer." Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 352(1):48-54.
Rockhold ML, RR Yarwood, MR Niemet, PJ Bottomley, FJ Brockman, and JS Selker. 2007. "Visualization and modeling of the colonization dynamics of a bioluminescent bacterium in variably saturated, translucent quartz sand." Advances in Water Resources 30:1593-1607.