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Robert E. Hodson
Robert E. Hodson
Professor

Mailing Address:
Dr. Robert E. Hodson
212 Marine Sciences Bldg.
School of Marine Programs
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-3636

Office Phone: (706) 542-5868
Lab Phone: (706) 542-5125
FAX Number: (706) 542-5888
E-Mail: rhodson@uga.edu

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Education:

Ph.D. 1977, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

M.S. 1972, Florida State University

B.S. 1968, The Ohio State University

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Research Emphasis:

Ecology of marine microorganisms; marine biogeochemistry; microbial transformation of organic compounds in the sea; marine microbial ecology and biogeochemistry; application of molecular biological methods to studies of natural marine bacterial processes

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Selected Publications:

Chen, F., B. Binder, and R.E. Hodson. Flow cytometric detection of specific gene expression in prokaryotic cells using in situ RT-PCR. 2000. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 9242:1-6.

Chen, F., W. A. Dustman and R. E. Hodson. 1999. Microscopic detection of toluene dioxygenase gene and its expression inside bacterial cells in seawater using prokaryotic in situ PCR. Hydrobiologia 401:131-138.

Chen, F. and R. E. Hodson. 1999. Viewing microbes with in situ molecular approaches, a MiniReview. In: R. Colwell and H. S. Xu (ed.), Proceedings in Marine Biotechnology, pp. 112-115, China Ocean Press, Beijing.

Cai, W-J., Y. Wang, and R.E. Hodson. 1998. Acid-base properties of dissolved organic matter in the estuarine waters of Georgia, USA. Geochim. et Cosmo. Arts. 62(3) pp. 473-483.

González, J.M., R.E. Hodson and M.A. Moran. Bacterial populations in replicate marine enrichment cultures: Assessing variability in abundance using 16S rRna-based probes. 1999. Hydrobiologia. 401:69-75.

Chen, F., J.M. González, W.A. Dustman, M.A. Moran, and R.E. Hodson. 1997. In situ reverse transcription: An approach to characterize genetic diversity and activity of prokaryotes. App. and Environ. Micro. 63: 4907-4913.

González, J.M., F. Mayer, M.A. Moran, R.E. Hodson, and W.B. Whitman. 1997. Sagittula stellata gen. nov., sp. nov., a Lignin-Transforming Bacterium from a Coastal Environment. Int. Journal of Sys. Bacteriol. 47(3): 773-780.

Hodson, R. E. and M. A. Moran. 1995. Comparative biodegradation kinetics of simple and complex dissolved organic carbon in aquatic ecosystems. pp. 47-64. In: R.G. Zepp and C. Sonntag. Role of Nonliving Organic Matter in the Earth’s Carbon Cycle.

Hodson, R.E., W.A. Dustman, R.P. Garg, and M.A. Moran. 1995. In situ PCR for visualization of microscale distribution of specific genes and gene products in prokaryotic communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 61:4074-4082.

González, J.M., R.E. Hodson and M.A. Moran. Bacterial populations in replicate marine enrichment cultures: Assessing variability in abundance using 16S rRna-based probes. 1999. Hydrobiologia. 401: 69-75.

Hopkinson, C.S., I. Buffam, J. Hobbie, J. Vallino, M. Perdue, B. Eversmeyer, F. Prahl, J. Covert, R. Hodson, M.A. Moran, E. Smith, J. Baross, B. Crump, S. Findlay, and K. Foreman. 1998. Terrestrial inputs of organic matter to coastal ecosystems: An intercomparison of chemical characteristics and bioavailability. Biogeochemistry. 43: 211-234.

Bano, N., M.A. Moran, R.E. Hodson. Photochemical formation of labile organic matter from two components of dissolved organic carbon in a freshwater wetland. 1998. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 16: 95-102.

González, J., F. Mayer, M.A. Moran, R.E. Hodson and W.B. Whitman. 1997. Microbulbifer hydrolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Marinobacterium georgiense gen., nov., sp. nov., Two Marine Bacteria from a Lignin-Rich Pulp Mill Waste Enrichment Community. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47(2): 369-376.

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