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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1958 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Steven W. Wilhelm is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their primary area of research lies within Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Oceanography as main subfields. Wilhelm's work also extends to Molecular Biology and Pollution.

Their research covers specific topics such as Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Protist Diversity and Phylogeny.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Steven W. Wilhelm include:

  • "Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Rapid degradation of the world's large lakes" (2020), Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • "Models predict planned phosphorus load reduction will make Lake Erie more toxic" (2022), Science
  • "The Complicated and Confusing Ecology of Microcystis Blooms" (2020), mBio
  • "Lysogenic reproductive strategies of viral communities vary with soil depth and are correlated with bacterial diversity" (2020), Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • "Averting an Outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 in a University Residence Hall through Wastewater Surveillance" (2021), Microbiology Spectrum

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Wilhelm include Robbie M. Martin, Brittany N. Zepernick, Alexander R. Truchon, George S. Bullerjahn, and R. Michael L. McKay, reflecting ongoing cooperative research efforts.

Wilhelm's research has been published regularly in various academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Frontiers in Microbiology, Microbiology Resource Announcements, UNC Libraries, and PLoS ONE.

The scientist received the distinction of Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1958.

Best Publications

  • Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term carbon storage in the global ocean.

    Nianzhi Jiao;Gerhard J. Herndl;Dennis A. Hansell;Ronald Benner

  • Viruses and Nutrient Cycles in the Sea Viruses play critical roles in the structure and function of aquatic food webs

    Steven W. Wilhelm;Curtis A. Suttle

  • A review of the global ecology, genomics, and biogeography of the toxic cyanobacterium, Microcystis spp.

    Matthew J. Harke;Morgan M. Steffen;Christopher J. Gobler;Timothy G. Otten

  • It Takes Two to Tango: When and Where Dual Nutrient (N & P) Reductions Are Needed to Protect Lakes and Downstream Ecosystems

    Hans W. Paerl;J. Thad Scott;Mark J. McCarthy;Silvia E. Newell

  • Minimum information about an uncultivated virus genome (MIUVIG)

    Simon Roux;Evelien M. Adriaenssens;Bas E. Dutilh;Eugene V. Koonin

  • The re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Harmful algal blooms and hypoxia.

    Susan B. Watson;Carol Miller;George Arhonditsis;Gregory L. Boyer

  • Quantification of Toxic Microcystis spp. during the 2003 and 2004 Blooms in Western Lake Erie using Quantitative Real-Time PCR

    J M Rinta-Kanto;A J A Ouellette;G L Boyer;M R Twiss

  • The elemental composition of virus particles: implications for marine biogeochemical cycles

    Luis F. Jover;T. Chad Effler;Alison Buchan;Steven W. Wilhelm

  • Lake Erie Microcystis: Relationship between microcystin production, dynamics of genotypes and environmental parameters in a large lake

    Johanna M. Rinta-Kanto;Elisabeth A. Konopko;Jennifer M. DeBruyn;Richard A. Bourbonniere

  • Re-examination of the relationship between marine virus and microbial cell abundances

    C.H. Wigington;D. Sonderegger;C.P.D. Brussaard;A. Buchan

  • Iron-limited growth of cyanobacteria: Multiple siderophore production is a common response

    Steven W. Wilhelm;Charles G. Trick

  • Niche of harmful alga Aureococcus anophagefferens revealed through ecogenomics

    Christopher J. Gobler;Dianna L. Berry;Sonya T. Dyhrman;Steven W. Wilhelm

  • Global solutions to regional problems: Collecting global expertise to address the problem of harmful cyanobacterial blooms. A Lake Erie case study.

    George S. Bullerjahn;Robert M. McKay;Timothy W. Davis;David B. Baker

  • Ocean viruses and their effects on microbial communities and biogeochemical cycles

    Joshua S. Weitz;Steven W. Wilhelm

  • Global-scale processes with a nanoscale drive: the role of marine viruses

    Corina P.D. Brussaard;Steven W. Wilhelm;T. Frede Thingstad;Markus G. Weinbauer

  • FeCycle: Attempting an iron biogeochemical budget from a mesoscale SF6 tracer experiment in unperturbed low iron waters

    P W Boyd;Cliff S Law;D A Hutchins;E R Abraham

  • Composition of the gut microbiota modulates the severity of malaria.

    Nicolas F. Villarino;Gary R. LeCleir;Joshua E. Denny;Joshua E. Denny;Stephen P. Dearth

  • Effects of increased pCO2 and temperature on the North Atlantic spring bloom. I. The phytoplankton community and biogeochemical response

    Yuanyuan Feng;Clinton E. Hare;Karine Leblanc;Julie M. Rose

  • Ecophysiological Examination of the Lake Erie Microcystis Bloom in 2014: Linkages between Biology and the Water Supply Shutdown of Toledo, OH

    Morgan M. Steffen;Timothy W. Davis;R. Michael L. McKay;George S. Bullerjahn

  • A multitrophic model to quantify the effects of marine viruses on microbial food webs and ecosystem processes

    Joshua S Weitz;Charles A Stock;Steven W Wilhelm;Lydia Bourouiba

  • A dilution technique for the direct measurement of viral production: a comparison in stratified and tidally mixed coastal waters.

    Steven W. Wilhelm;S.M. Brigden;Curtis A. Suttle

  • Viral release of iron and its bioavailability to marine plankton

    Leo Poorvin;Johanna M. Rinta-Kanto;David A. Hutchins;Steven W. Wilhelm

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory L. Boyer
Gregory L. Boyer SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Philip W. Boyd
Philip W. Boyd University of Tasmania
David A. Hutchins
David A. Hutchins University of Southern California
Jennifer M. DeBruyn
Jennifer M. DeBruyn University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Curtis A. Suttle
Curtis A. Suttle University of British Columbia
Christopher J. Gobler
Christopher J. Gobler Stony Brook University
Hans W. Paerl
Hans W. Paerl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Markus G. Weinbauer
Markus G. Weinbauer Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Charles G. Trick
Charles G. Trick University of Western Ontario
K. Eric Wommack
K. Eric Wommack University of Delaware

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