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Overview

Brad M. Bebout is affiliated with the Ames Research Center in the United States. Their research spans fields primarily within Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a substantial focus on related subfields.

The main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these fields, the prominent subfields of study are:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change

Bebout's research topics cover a broad spectrum with concentration on:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Spaceflight effects on biology
  • Polar Research and Ecology

The scientist has published multiple peer-reviewed papers in various notable journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) productivity influenced by microbial inocula under nitrogen-limited conditions in aquaponics," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Millimeter-scale vertical partitioning of nitrogen cycling in hypersaline mats reveals prominence of genes encoding multi-heme and prismane proteins," 2021, The ISME Journal
  • "Greenhouse gases and biogeochemical diel fluctuations in a high-altitude wetland," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Reference-guided metagenomics reveals genome-level evidence of potential microbial transmission from the ISS environment to an astronaut's microbiome," 2021, iScience
  • "The Abundance and Diversity of Fungi in a Hypersaline Microbial Mat from Guerrero Negro, Baja California, México," 2021, Journal of Fungi

Frequently publishing in the following venues:

  • PLoS ONE
  • The ISME Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • iScience
  • Journal of Fungi

Bebout has collaborated multiple times with the following coauthors:

  • Michael Lee
  • Paula Maza-Márquez
  • Angela M. Detweiler
  • Aubrie O'Rourke
  • Hernán Lorenzi

Best Publications

  • The role of microbes in accretion, lamination and early lithification of modern marine stromatolites

    R. P. Reid;P. T. Visscher;A. W. Decho;J. F. Stolz

  • Unexpected diversity and complexity of the Guerrero Negro hypersaline microbial mat.

    Ruth E. Ley;J. Kirk Harris;Joshua Wilcox;John R. Spear

  • Microscale observations of sulfate reduction: Correlation of microbial activity with lithified micritic laminae in modern marine stromatolites

    Pieter T. Visscher;R. Pamela Reid;Brad M. Bebout

  • Formation of lithified micritic laminae in modern marine stromatolites (Bahamas); the role of sulfur cycling

    Pieter T. Visscher;R. Pamela Reid;Brad M. Bebout;Shelley E. Hoeft

  • The role of microbial mats in the production of reduced gases on the early Earth

    Tori M. Hoehler;Brad M. Bebout;David J. Des Marais

  • UV B-Induced Vertical Migrations of Cyanobacteria in a Microbial Mat.

    Brad M. Bebout;Farran Garcia-Pichel

  • Sulfate reduction and methanogenesis in a Thioploca -dominated sediment off the coast of Chile

    Timothy G. Ferdelman;Cindy Lee;Cindy Lee;Silvio Pantoja;Jens Harder

  • Millimeter-scale genetic gradients and community-level molecular convergence in a hypersaline microbial mat.

    Victor Kunin;Jeroen Raes;J Kirk Harris;John R Spear

  • Cyanobacterial reuse of extracellular organic carbon in microbial mats

    Rhona K Stuart;Xavier Mayali;Jackson Z Lee;R Craig Everroad

  • Diel Interactions of Oxygenic Photosynthesis and N 2 Fixation (Acetylene Reduction) in a Marine Microbial Mat Community

    Brad M. Bebout;Hans W. Paerl;Kenneth M. Crocker;Leslie E. Prufert

  • Direct Measurement of O2-Depleted Microzones in Marine Oscillatoria: Relation to N2 Fixation

    Hans W. Paerl;Brad M. Bebout

  • Enhanced performance of the microalga Chlorella sorokiniana remotely induced by the plant growth-promoting bacteria Azospirillum brasilense and Bacillus pumilus

    Edgar Amavizca;Yoav Bashan;Choong-Min Ryu;Mohamed A. Farag

  • Determination of nitrogen-fixing phylotypes in Lyngbya sp. and Microcoleus chthonoplastes cyanobacterial mats from Guerrero Negro, Baja California, Mexico.

    Enoma O. Omoregie;Lori L. Crumbliss;Brad M. Bebout;Jonathan P. Zehr

  • BACTERIAL ASSOCIATIONS WITH MARINE OSCILLATORIA SP. (TRICHODESMIUM SP.) POPULATIONS: ECOPHYSIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS1

    Hans W. Paerly;Brad M. Bebout;Leslie E. Prufert

  • Shotgun metagenome data of a defined mock community using Oxford Nanopore, PacBio and Illumina technologies.

    Volkan Sevim;Juna Lee;Robert Egan;Alicia Clum

  • Identification of the Sources of Energy for Nitrogen Fixation and Physiological Characterization of Nitrogen-Fixing Members of a Marine Microbial Mat Community

    Brad M. Bebout;Matthew W. Fitzpatrick;Hans W. Paerl

  • Variation in Sulfide Tolerance of Photosystem II in Phylogenetically Diverse Cyanobacteria from Sulfidic Habitats

    Scott R. Miller;Brad M. Bebout

  • Penetration of ultraviolet radiation into shallow water sediments: high exposure for photosynthetic communities

    Farran Garcia-Pichel;Brad M. Bebout;Brad M. Bebout

  • Establishment of stable synthetic mutualism without co-evolution between microalgae and bacteria demonstrated by mutual transfer of metabolites (NanoSIMS isotopic imaging) and persistent physical association (Fluorescent in situ hybridization)

    Luz E. de-Bashan;Xavier Mayali;Brad M. Bebout;Peter K. Weber

  • Revisiting N2 fixation in Guerrero Negro intertidal microbial mats with a functional single-cell approach

    Dagmar Woebken;Luke C Burow;Faris Behnam;Xavier Mayali

  • Long Term Manipulations of Intact Microbial Mat Communities in a Greenhouse Collaboratory: Simulating Earth's Present and Past Field Environments

    Brad M. Bebout;Steven P. Carpenter;David J. Des Marais;Mykell Discipulo

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey P. Chanton
Jeffrey P. Chanton Florida State University
Jennifer Pett-Ridge
Jennifer Pett-Ridge Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Tori M. Hoehler
Tori M. Hoehler Ames Research Center
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David J. Des Marais
David J. Des Marais Ames Research Center
Pieter T. Visscher
Pieter T. Visscher University of Connecticut
Steven W. Singer
Steven W. Singer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Alfred M. Spormann
Alfred M. Spormann Stanford University
Sean M. Gibbons
Sean M. Gibbons University of Washington
James L. Pinckney
James L. Pinckney University of South Carolina

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