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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2007 - Soil Science Research Award, American Society of Agronomy
  • 1999 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

Peter J. Bottomley is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular emphasis in the subfields of ecology, pollution, environmental engineering, environmental chemistry, and atmospheric science.

Their work centers on topics including wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, microbial community ecology and physiology, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, soil and water nutrient dynamics, climate change and permafrost, peatlands and wetlands ecology, and soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics.

Peter J. Bottomley has published research in several scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Transcriptomic Response of Nitrosomonas europaea Transitioned from Ammonia- to Oxygen-Limited Steady-State Growth (2020, mSystems)
  • Soil nitrification response to dairy digestate and inorganic ammonium sources depends on soil pH and nitrifier abundances (2021, Soil Science Society of America Journal)
  • Impact of freeze-thaw on the contributions of AOA and AOB to N-flush induced nitrification in meadow soils (2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry)

Frequent co-authors include Anne E. Taylor, Christopher J. Sedlacek, Andrew T. Giguere, Michael D. Dobie, and Brett L. Mellbye.

Peter J. Bottomley's publications have appeared mainly in the following venues:

  • mSystems
  • Soil Science Society of America Journal
  • Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Awards received by Peter J. Bottomley include the Soil Science Research Award from the American Society of Agronomy in 2007, Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) in 1999, and Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) in 1996.

Best Publications

  • Manipulation of rhizobia microflora for improving legume productivity and soil fertility: a critical assessment

    John Brockwell;Peter J. Bottomley;Janice E. Thies

  • Microbial Community Dynamics Associated with Rhizosphere Carbon Flow

    Jessica L. Butler;Mark A. Williams;Peter J. Bottomley;David D. Myrold

  • Community composition and functioning of denitrifying bacteria from adjacent meadow and forest soils.

    J. J. Rich;R. S. Heichen;P. J. Bottomley;K. Cromack

  • Comparative Resistance and Resilience of Soil Microbial Communities and Enzyme Activities in Adjacent Native Forest and Agricultural Soils

    Guilherme Chaer;Marcelo F. Fernandes;David D. Myrold;Peter J. Bottomley

  • Recent advances in inoculant technology and prospects for the future

    J. Brockwell;P.J. Bottomley

  • Complete genome sequence of Nitrosospira multiformis, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from the soil environment.

    Jeanette M. Norton;Martin G. Klotz;Lisa Y. Stein;Daniel J. Arp

  • Carbon and nitrogen mineralization from light- and heavy- fraction additions to soil

    Joann K. Whalen;Peter J. Bottomley;David D. Myrold

  • Genome sequence of the chemolithoautotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium Nitrobacter winogradskyi Nb-255

    Shawn R. Starkenburg;Patrick S. G. Chain;Patrick S. G. Chain;Luis A. Sayavedra-Soto;Loren Hauser

  • Hydroxylamine as an intermediate in ammonia oxidation by globally abundant marine archaea

    Neeraja Vajrala;Willm Martens-Habbena;Luis A. Sayavedra-Soto;Andrew Schauer

  • Bacterial and fungal contributions to soil nitrogen cycling under Douglas fir and red alder at two sites in Oregon

    Stephanie A. Boyle;Rockie R. Yarwood;Peter J. Bottomley;David D. Myrold

  • Use of Aliphatic n-Alkynes To Discriminate Soil Nitrification Activities of Ammonia-Oxidizing Thaumarchaea and Bacteria

    Anne E. Taylor;Neeraja Vajrala;Andrew T. Giguere;Alix I. Gitelman

  • Altered precipitation regime affects the function and composition of soil microbial communities on multiple time scales

    L. H. Zeglin;Peter J. Bottomley;A. Jumpponen;C. W. Rice

  • Dynamics of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria populations and contributions to soil nitrification potentials

    Anne E Taylor;Lydia H Zeglin;Thomas A Wanzek;David D Myrold

  • Community composition of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in soils under stands of red alder and Douglas fir in Oregon.

    Stephanie A. Boyle-Yarwood;Peter J. Bottomley;David D. Myrold

  • Dynamics of Microbial Communities during Decomposition of Carbon-13 Labeled Ryegrass Fractions in Soil

    Shawna K. McMahon;Mark A. Williams;Peter J. Bottomley;David D. Myrold

  • Evidence for different contributions of archaea and bacteria to the ammonia-oxidizing potential of diverse Oregon soils.

    Anne E. Taylor;Lydia H. Zeglin;Sandra Dooley;David D. Myrold

  • Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria along Meadow-to-Forest Transects in the Oregon Cascade Mountains

    A. T. Mintie;R. S. Heichen;K. Cromack;D. D. Myrold

  • A soil quality index based on the equilibrium between soil organic matter and biochemical properties of undisturbed coniferous forest soils of the Pacific Northwest

    Guilherme M. Chaer;David D. Myrold;Peter J. Bottomley

  • Complete Genome Sequence of Nitrobacter hamburgensis X14 and Comparative Genomic Analysis of Species within the Genus Nitrobacter

    Shawn R. Starkenburg;Frank W. Larimer;Lisa Y. Stein;Martin G. Klotz

  • Modeling of soil nitrification responses to temperature reveals thermodynamic differences between ammonia-oxidizing activity of archaea and bacteria

    Anne E Taylor;Andrew T Giguere;Conor M Zoebelein;David D Myrold

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel J. Arp
Daniel J. Arp Oregon State University
David D. Myrold
David D. Myrold Oregon State University
Patrick S. G. Chain
Patrick S. G. Chain Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kermit Cromack
Kermit Cromack Oregon State University
John S. Selker
John S. Selker Oregon State University
Martin G. Klotz
Martin G. Klotz City University of New York
Michael Wagner
Michael Wagner University of Vienna
Ari Jumpponen
Ari Jumpponen Kansas State University
Lewis Semprini
Lewis Semprini Oregon State University
Charles W. Rice
Charles W. Rice Kansas State University

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