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Richard W. Castenholz

Richard W. Castenholz

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
15329
World Ranking
8250
National Ranking
3731

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1970 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1968 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Richard W. Castenholz is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their research spans various subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, with notable contributions to Ecology and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work also engages with Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as aspects of General Health Professions. The main research topics covered include Biocrusts and Microbial Ecology, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, Diatoms and Algae Research, Polar Research and Ecology, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Frequent co-authors in their publications are Matthias Hess, Nancy Hess, Galya Orr, Douglas Baxter, and Mark Bowden, reflecting ongoing collaborative research efforts.

Castenholz's publication record includes papers published in multiple venues, with a significant number appearing in OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). Other publication venues include Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria, Frontiers in Microbiology, Microbiology, and Société française de médecine thermale.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Castenholz include:

  • Phototrophic Co-cultures From Extreme Environments: Community Structure and Potential Value for Fundamental and Applied Research, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Photochemical changes during rehydration of an intertidal cyanobacterial mat exposed to variations in salinity and light intensity, 2021, Microbiology
  • LE RÔLE DES CYANOBACTÉRIES ET AUTRES PHOTOTROPHES DANS LES ÉCOSYSTÈMES DES SOURCES CHAUDES, 2021, Société française de médecine thermale
  • Isosphaera, 2021, Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • Iyengariella, 2022, Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria

The scientist has received recognition through awards such as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1968 and Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1970.

Best Publications

  • CHARACTERIZATION AND BIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SCYTONEMIN, A CYANOBACTERIAL SHEATH PIGMENT

    Ferran Garcia-Pichel;Richard W. Castenholz

  • A Phototrophic Gliding Filamentous Bacterium of Hot Springs, Chloroflexus Aurantiacus, Gen. And Sp. Nov

    Beverly K. Pierson;Richard W. Castenholz

  • Occurrence of UV-Absorbing, Mycosporine-Like Compounds among Cyanobacterial Isolates and an Estimate of Their Screening Capacity

    Ferran Garcia-Pichel;Richard W. Castenholz

  • Phylum BX. Cyanobacteria

    Richard W. Castenholz;Annick Wilmotte;Michael Herdman;Rosmarie Rippka

  • The structure of scytonemin, an ultraviolet sunscreen pigment from the sheaths of cyanobacteria.

    P. J. Proteau;W. H. Gerwick;W. H. Gerwick;F. Garcia-Pichel;F. Garcia-Pichel;R. Castenholz;R. Castenholz

  • A thermophilic green sulfur bacterium from New Zealand hot springs, Chlorobium tepidum sp. nov.

    Thomas M. Wahlund;Carl R. Woese;Richard W. Castenholz;Michael T. Madigan

  • EVIDENCE FOR AN ULTRAVIOLET SUNSCREEN ROLE OF THE EXTRACELLULAR PIGMENT SCYTONEMIN IN THE TERRESTRIAL CYANOBACTERIUM Chiorogloeopsis sp.

    Ferran Garcia‐Pichel;Nelson D. Sherry;Richard W. Castenholz

  • Evidence Regarding the UV Sunscreen Role of a Mycosporine-Like Compound in the Cyanobacterium Gloeocapsa sp.

    Ferran Garcia-Pichel;Christopher E. Wingard;Richard W. Castenholz

  • Cyanobacterial Responses to UV Radiation

    Richard W. Castenholz;Ferran Garcia-Pichel

  • Growth and photosynthesis in an extreme thermophile, Synechococcus lividus (Cyanophyta).

    John C. Meeks;Richard W. Castenholz

  • The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic bacteria

    David R. Boone;Richard W. Castenholz;George M. Garrity;James T. Staley

  • Cyanobacteria in Geothermal Habitats

    David M. Ward;Richard W. Castenholz;Scott R. Miller

  • Studies of pigments and growth in Chloroflexus aurantiacus , a phototrophic filamentous bacterium

    Beverly K. Pierson;Beverly K. Pierson;Richard W. Castenholz

  • PROPOSAL TO PLACE NOMENCLATURE OF CYANOBACTERIA (BLUE-GREEN-ALGAE) UNDER RULES OF INTERNATIONAL CODE OF NOMENCLATURE OF BACTERIA

    R. Y. Stanier;W. R. Sistrom;T. A. Hansen;B. A. Whitton

  • SPECIES USAGE, CONCEPT, AND EVOLUTION IN THE CYANOBACTERIA (BLUE‐GREEN ALGAE)

    Richard W. Castenholz

  • Effect of environmental factors on the synthesis of scytonemin, a UV-screening pigment, in a cyanobacterium (Chroococcidiopsis sp.).

    Jesse G. Dillon;Cecelia M. Tatsumi;Patrick G. Tandingan;Richard W. Castenholz

  • Evolution of thermotolerance in hot spring cyanobacteria of the genus Synechococcus.

    Scott R. Miller;Richard W. Castenholz

  • Effects of periodic desiccation on the synthesis of the UV-screening compound, scytonemin, in cyanobacteria

    Erich D. Fleming;Richard W. Castenholz

  • Community structure and pigment organisation of cyanobacteria-dominated microbial mats in Antarctica

    W.F. Vincent;M.T. Downes;R.W. Castenholz;C. Howard-Williams

  • Diel Migrations of Microorganisms within a Benthic, Hypersaline Mat Community

    Ferran Garcia-Pichel;Ferran Garcia-Pichel;Margaret Mechling;Richard W. Castenholz

Frequent Co-Authors

Ferran Garcia-Pichel
Ferran Garcia-Pichel Arizona State University
Timothy R. McDermott
Timothy R. McDermott Montana State University
William H. Gerwick
William H. Gerwick University of California, San Diego
Stephen J. Giovannoni
Stephen J. Giovannoni Oregon State University
David M. Ward
David M. Ward Montana State University
Warwick F. Vincent
Warwick F. Vincent Université Laval
Walter K. Dodds
Walter K. Dodds Kansas State University
Clive Howard-Williams
Clive Howard-Williams National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
George M. Garrity
George M. Garrity Michigan State University

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