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Overview

Anitra E. Ingalls is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions in related subfields such as ecology, oceanography, and molecular biology. The work spans topics including microbial community ecology and physiology, marine and coastal ecosystems, and metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies.

Their publication record includes papers in a variety of respected scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Nitrifier adaptation to low energy flux controls inventory of reduced nitrogen in the dark ocean" (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Alternative strategies of nutrient acquisition and energy conservation map to the biogeography of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea" (2020), published in The ISME Journal
  • "Particulate Metabolites and Transcripts Reflect Diel Oscillations of Microbial Activity in the Surface Ocean" (2021), published in mSystems
  • "Complex marine microbial communities partition metabolism of scarce resources over the diel cycle" (2022), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Prochlorococcus extracellular vesicles: molecular composition and adsorption to diverse microbes" (2021), published in Environmental Microbiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Anitra E. Ingalls include:

  • Laura T. Carlson
  • Katherine R. Heal
  • Angela K. Boysen
  • E. Virginia Armbrust
  • Bryndan P. Durham

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mSystems
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Limnology and Oceanography Letters
  • The ISME Journal

Their research covers main areas of study including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, the subfields of ecology, oceanography, molecular biology, global and planetary change, and environmental chemistry are key components of their expertise.

Main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Best Publications

  • Interaction and signalling between a cosmopolitan phytoplankton and associated bacteria

    S. A. Amin;L. R. Hmelo;H. M. van Tol;B. P. Durham

  • Cultivation of a thermophilic ammonia oxidizing archaeon synthesizing crenarchaeol.

    José R. De La Torre;Christopher B. Walker;Anitra E. Ingalls;Martin Könneke

  • Quantifying archaeal community autotrophy in the mesopelagic ocean using natural radiocarbon

    Anitra E. Ingalls;Sunita R. Shah;Roberta L. Hansman;Lihini I. Aluwihare

  • Marine ammonia-oxidizing archaeal isolates display obligate mixotrophy and wide ecotypic variation

    Wei Qin;Shady A. Amin;Willm Martens-Habbena;Christopher B. Walker

  • Holocene Southern Ocean surface temperature variability west of the Antarctic Peninsula

    Amelia E. Shevenell;A. E. Ingalls;E. W. Domack;C. Kelly

  • The production of nitric oxide by marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea and inhibition of archaeal ammonia oxidation by a nitric oxide scavenger

    Willm Martens-Habbena;Wei Qin;Rachel E. A. Horak;Hidetoshi Urakawa

  • Nitrosopumilus maritimus gen. nov., sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus cobalaminigenes sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus oxyclinae sp. nov., and Nitrosopumilus ureiphilus sp. nov., four marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota.

    Wei Qin;Katherine R. Heal;Rasika Ramdasi;Julia N. Kobelt

  • Nonmarine crenarchaeol in Nevada hot springs.

    A. Pearson;Z. Huang;A. E. Ingalls;C. S. Romanek

  • Sources and transport of terrestrial organic matter in Vancouver Island fjords and the Vancouver‐Washington Margin: A multiproxy approach using d13Corg, lignin phenols, and the ether lipid BIT index

    Elizabeth M. Walsh;Anitra E. Ingalls;Richard G. Keil

  • The role of biominerals in the sinking flux and preservation of amino acids in the Southern Ocean along 170°W

    Anitra E Ingalls;Cindy Lee;Stuart G Wakeham;John I Hedges

  • Confounding effects of oxygen and temperature on the TEX86 signature of marine Thaumarchaeota

    Wei Qin;Laura T. Carlson;E. Virginia Armbrust;Allan H. Devol

  • Two distinct pools of B12 analogs reveal community interdependencies in the ocean

    Katherine R. Heal;Wei Qin;Francois Ribalet;Anthony D. Bertagnolli

  • Ammonia oxidation kinetics and temperature sensitivity of a natural marine community dominated by Archaea.

    Rachel E A Horak;Wei Qin;Andy J Schauer;E Virginia Armbrust

  • Assessing the Use of Archaeal Lipids as Marine Environmental Proxies

    Ann Pearson;Anitra E. Ingalls

  • Sulfonate-based networks between eukaryotic phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria in the surface ocean.

    Bryndan P. Durham;Angela K. Boysen;Laura T. Carlson;Ryan D. Groussman

  • The radiocarbon signature of microorganisms in the mesopelagic ocean.

    Roberta L. Hansman;Sheila Griffin;Jordan T. Watson;Ellen R. M. Druffel

  • Influence of oxygen availability on the activities of ammonia-oxidizing archaea.

    Wei Qin;Kelley A. Meinhardt;James W. Moffett;Allan H. Devol

  • Nitrifier adaptation to low energy flux controls inventory of reduced nitrogen in the dark ocean

    Yao Zhang;Wei Qin;Lei Hou;Emily J. Zakem

  • Alternative strategies of nutrient acquisition and energy conservation map to the biogeography of marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea

    Wei Qin;Yue Zheng;Feng Zhao;Yulin Wang

  • An interlaboratory study of TEX86 and BIT analysis of sediments, extracts, and standard mixtures

    Stefan Schouten;Ellen C Hopmans;Antoni Rosell-Melé;Ann Pearson

  • Preservation of organic matter in mound-forming coral skeletons

    Anitra E Ingalls;Cindy Lee;Ellen R.M Druffel

  • Tinted windows: The presence of the UV absorbing compounds called mycosporine-like amino acids embedded in the frustules of marine diatoms

    Anitra E. Ingalls;Kenia Whitehead;Maxime C. Bridoux

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Stahl
David A. Stahl University of Washington
E. Virginia Armbrust
E. Virginia Armbrust University of Washington
Allan H. Devol
Allan H. Devol University of Washington
James W. Moffett
James W. Moffett University of Southern California
Ann Pearson
Ann Pearson Harvard University
Richard G. Keil
Richard G. Keil University of Washington
Ellen R. M. Druffel
Ellen R. M. Druffel University of California, Irvine
Edward F. DeLong
Edward F. DeLong University of Hawaii at Manoa
Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy
Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Angelicque E. White
Angelicque E. White University of Hawaii at Manoa

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