Publications


Li, J., Guo, A., Huang, S., Azam, F., Sun, X., Zhang, J., Long, L., & Zhang, S. (2024). Outer membrane vesicles produced by coral-associated Vibrio coralliilyticus inhibit bacteriophage infection and its ecological implications. Microbiological Research, 281, 127607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2024.127607
Cai, G., Yu, X., Wang, H., Zheng, T., & Azam, F. (2023). Nutrient-dependent interactions between a marine copiotroph Alteromonas and a diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. MBio, e00940-23. https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.00940-23
Yamada, Y., Patel, N., Fukuda, H., Nagata, T., Mitarai, S., & Azam, F. (2023). Bacterial surface roughness regulates nanoparticle scavenging in seawater. Limnology and Oceanography, lno.12309. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12309
Patel, N., Guillemette, R., Lal, R., & Azam, F. (2022). Bacterial surface interactions with organic colloidal particles: Nanoscale hotspots of organic matter in the ocean. PLOS ONE, 17(8), e0272329. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272329
Dinasquet, J., Bigeard, E., Gazeau, F., Azam, F., Guieu, C., Maranon, E., Ridame, C., Van Wambeke, F., Obernosterer, I., & Baudoux, A. C. (2022). Impact of dust addition on the microbial food web under present and future conditions of pH and temperature. Biogeosciences, 19(4), 1303–1319. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-1303-2022
Koester, I., Quinlan, Z. A., Nothias, L., White, M. E., Rabines, A., Petras, D., Brunson, J. K., Dührkop, K., Ludwig, M., Böcker, S., Azam, F., Allen, A. E., Dorrestein, P. C., & Aluwihare, L. I. (2022). Illuminating the dark metabolome of Pseudo‐nitzschia –microbiome associations. Environmental Microbiology, 24(11), 5408–5424. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16242
Patel, N., Yamada, Y., & Azam, F. (2021). Bacterial nanotubes as intercellular linkages in marine assemblages. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.768814
Zhou, Y. Y., Guillemette, R., Malfatti, F., Zheng, T. L., Mao, X. Z., Zhu, X. S., Medina, M., & Azam, F. (2021). Ectohydrolytic enzyme activities of bacteria associated with Orbicella annularis coral. Coral Reefs, 15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02188-6
Martin, N., Bernat, T., Dinasquet, J., Stofko, A., Damon, A., Deheyn, D. D., Azam, F., Smith, J. E., Davey, M. P., Smith, A. G., Vignolini, S., & Wangpraseurt, D. (2021). Synthetic algal-bacteria consortia for space-efficient microalgal growth in a simple hydrogel system. Journal of Applied Phycology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02528-7
Jiao, N. Z., Liu, J. H., Edwards, B., Lv, Z. Q., Cai, R. H., Liu, Y. Q., Xiao, X. L., Wang, J. N., Jiao, F. L. E., Wang, R., Huang, X. Y., Guo, B. X., Sun, J., Zhang, R., Zhang, Y., Tang, K., Zheng, Q., Azam, F., Batt, J., … Legendre, L. (2021). Correcting a major error in assessing organic carbon pollution in natural waters. Science Advances, 7(16). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc7318
Wangpraseurt, D., You, S., Azam, F., Jacucci, G., Gaidarenko, O., Hildebrand, M., Kühl, M., Smith, A. G., Davey, M. P., Smith, A., Deheyn, D. D., Chen, S., & Vignolini, S. (2020). Bionic 3D printed corals. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1748. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15486-4
Yamada, Y., Guillemette, R., Baudoux, A. C., Patel, N., & Azam, F. (2020). Viral attachment to biotic and abiotic surfaces in seawater. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86(3). https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01687-19
Guillemette, R., Ushijima, B., Jalan, M., Hase, C. C., & Azam, F. (2020). Insight into the resilience and susceptibility of marine bacteria to T6SS attack by Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio coralliilyticus. PLOS ONE, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227864
Cavicchioli, R., Ripple, W. J., Timmis, K. N., Azam, F., Bakken, L. R., Baylis, M., Behrenfeld, M. J., Boetius, A., Boyd, P. W., Classen, A. T., Crowther, T. W., Danovaro, R., Foreman, C. M., Huisman, J., Hutchins, D. A., Jansson, J. K., Karl, D. M., Koskella, B., Welch, D. B. M., … Webster, N. S. (2019). Scientists’ warning to humanity: microorganisms and climate change. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 17(9), 569–586. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-019-0222-5
Malfatti, F., Lee, C., Tinta, T., Pendergraft, M. A., Celussi, M., Zhou, Y. Y., Sultana, C. M., Rotter, A., Axson, J. L., Collins, D. B., Santander, M. V., Morales, A. L. A., Aluwihare, L. I., Riemer, N., Grassian, V. H., Azam, F., & Prather, K. A. (2019). Detection of active microbial enzymes in nascent sea spray aerosol: Implications for atmospheric chemistry and climate. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 6(3), 171–177. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00699
Yang, Q. Q., Ma, Q., Herum, K. M., Wang, C. H., Patel, N., Lee, J., Wang, S. S., Yen, T. M., Wang, J., Tang, H. M., Lo, Y. H., Head, B. P., Azam, F., Xu, S., Cauwenberghs, G., McCulloch, A. D., John, S., Liu, Z. W., & Lal, R. (2019). Array atomic force microscopy for real-time multiparametric analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116(13), 5872–5877. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1813518116
Dinasquet, J., Tiirola, M., & Azam, F. (2018). Enrichment of bacterioplankton able to utilize one-carbon and methylated compounds in the coastal Pacific Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00307
Zhang, C. L., Dang, H. Y., Azam, F., Benner, R., Legendre, L., Passow, U., Polimene, L., Robinson, C., Suttle, C. A., & Jiao, N. Z. (2018). Evolving paradigms in biological carbon cycling in the ocean. National Science Review, 5(4), 481–499. https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwy074
Guillemette, R., Kaneko, R., Blanton, J., Tan, J., Witt, M., Hamilton, S., Allen, E. E., Medina, M., Hamasaki, K., Koch, B. P., & Azam, F. (2018). Bacterioplankton drawdown of coral mass-spawned organic matter. The ISME Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0197-7
Michaud, J. M., Thompson, L. R., Kaul, D., Espinoza, J. L., Richter, R. A., Xu, Z. Z., Lee, C., Pham, K. M., Beall, C. M., Malfatti, F., Azam, F., Knight, R., Burkart, M. D., Dupont, C. L., & Prather, K. A. (2018). Taxon-specific aerosolization of bacteria and viruses in an experimental ocean-atmosphere mesocosm. Nature Communications, 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04409-z
Hagstrom, A., Azam, F., Berg, C., & Zweifel, U. L. (2018). Isolates as models to study bacterial ecophysiology and biogeochemistry. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 80(1), 15–27. https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01838
McCluskey, C. S., Hill, T. C. J., Malfatti, F., Sultana, C. M., Lee, C., Santander, M. V., Beall, C. M., Moore, K. A., Cornwell, G. C., Collins, D. B., Prather, K. A., Jayarathne, T., Stone, E. A., Azam, F., Kreidenweis, S. M., & DeMott, P. J. (2017). A dynamic link between ice nucleating particles released in nascent sea spray aerosol and oceanic biological activity during two mesocosm experiments. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 74(1), 151–166. https://doi.org/10.1175/jas-d-16-0087.1
Paerl, R. W., Bouget, F.-Y., Lozano, J.-C., Verge, V., Schatt, P., Allen, E. E., Palenik, B., & Azam, F. (2016). Use of plankton-derived vitamin B1 precursors, especially thiazole-related precursor, by key marine picoeukaryotic phytoplankton. Isme Journal. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.145
Mitulla, M., Dinasquet, J., Guillemette, R., Simon, M., Azam, F., & Wietz, M. (2016). Response of bacterial communities from California coastal waters to alginate particles and an alginolytic Alteromonas macleodii strain. Environmental Microbiology, 18(12), 4369–4377. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13314
Jayarathne, T., Sultana, C. M., Lee, C., Malfatti, F., Cox, J. L., Pendergraft, M. A., Moore, K. A., Azam, F., Tivanski, A. V., Cappa, C. D., Bertram, T. H., Grassian, V. H., Prather, K. A., & Stone, E. A. (2016). Enrichment of saccharides and divalent cations in sea spray aerosol during two phytoplankton blooms. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(21), 11511–11520. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b02988
Li, J., Azam, F., & Zhang, S. (2016). Outer membrane vesicles containing signalling molecules and active hydrolytic enzymes released by a coral pathogen Vibrio shilonii AK1. Environmental Microbiology, 18(11), 3850–3866. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13344
Sherwood, B. P., Shaffer, E. A., Reyes, K., Longnecker, K., Aluwihare, L. I., & Azam, F. (2015). Metabolic characterization of a model heterotrophic bacterium capable of significant chemical alteration of marine dissolved organic matter. Marine Chemistry, 177, 357–365. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.06.027
Lee, C., Sultana, C. M., Collins, D. B., Santander, M. V., Axson, J. L., Malfatti, F., Cornwell, G. C., Grandquist, J. R., Deane, G. B., Stokes, M. D., Azam, F., Grassian, V. H., & Prather, K. A. (2015). Advancing model systems for fundamental laboratory studies of sea spray aerosol using the microbial loop. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 119(33), 8860–8870. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpca.5b03488
Paerl, R. W., Bertrand, E. M., Allen, A. E., Palenik, B., & Azam, F. (2015). Vitamin B1 ecophysiology of marine picoeukaryotic algae: Strain-specific differences and a new role for bacteria in vitamin cycling. Limnology and Oceanography, 60(1), 215–228. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10009
Kim, M. J., Michaud, J. M., Williams, R., Sherwood, B. P., Pomeroy, R., Azam, F., Burkart, M., & Bertram, T. H. (2015). Bacteria-driven production of alkyl nitrates in seawater. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(2), 597–604. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014gl062865
Jiao, N., Robinson, C., Azam, F., Thomas, H., Baltar, F., Dang, H., Hardman-Mountford, N. J., Johnson, M., Kirchman, D. L., Koch, B. P., Legendre, L., Li, C., Liu, J., Luo, T., Luo, Y. W., Mitra, A., Romanou, A., Tang, K., Wang, X., … Zhang, R. (2014). Mechanisms of microbial carbon sequestration in the ocean - future research directions. Biogeosciences, 11(19), 5285–5306. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-11-5285-2014
Thompson, A., Carter, B. J., Turk-Kubo, K., Malfatti, F., Azam, F., & Zehr, J. P. (2014). Genetic diversity of the unicellular nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria UCYN-A and its prymnesiophyte host. Environmental Microbiology, 16(10), 3238–3249. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12490
Smriga, S., Samo, T. J., Malfatti, F., Villareal, J., & Azam, F. (2014). Individual cell DNA synthesis within natural marine bacterial assemblages as detected by “click” chemistry. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 72(3), 269–280. https://doi.org/10.3354/ame01698
Pedler, B. E., Aluwihare, L. I., & Azam, F. (2014). Single bacterial strain capable of significant contribution to carbon cycling in the surface ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(20), 7202–7207. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1401887111
Malfatti, F., Turk, V., Tinta, T., Mozetic, P., Manganelli, M., Samo, T. J., Ugalde, J. A., Kovac, N., Stefanelli, M., Antonioli, M., Fonda-Umani, S., Del Negro, P., Cataletto, B., Hozic, A., DeNardis, N. I., Zutic, V., Svetlicic, V., Radic, T. M., Radic, T., … Azam, F. (2014). Microbial mechanisms coupling carbon and phosphorus cycles in phosphorus-limited northern Adriatic Sea. Science of the Total Environment, 470, 1173–1183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.040
Guasco, T. L., Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A., Pedler, B. E., Ault, A. P., Collins, D. B., Zhao, D. F., Kim, M. J., Ruppel, M. J., Wilson, S. C., Pomeroy, R. S., Grassian, V. H., Azam, F., Bertram, T. H., & Prather, K. A. (2014). Transition metal associations with primary biological particles in sea spray aerosol generated in a wave channel. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(2), 1324–1333. https://doi.org/10.1021/es403203d
Collins, D. B., Ault, A. P., Moffet, R. C., Ruppel, M. J., Cuadra-Rodriguez, L. A., Guasco, T. L., Corrigan, C. E., Pedler, B. E., Azam, F., Aluwihare, L. I., Bertram, T. H., Roberts, G. C., Grassian, V. H., & Prather, K. A. (2013). Impact of marine biogeochemistry on the chemical mixing state and cloud forming ability of nascent sea spray aerosol. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 118(15), 8553–8565. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgrd.50598
Jiang, M. S., Barbeau, K. A., Selph, K. E., Measures, C. I., Buck, K. N., Azam, F., Mitchell, B. G., & Zhou, M. (2013). The role of organic ligands in iron cycling and primary productivity in the Antarctic Peninsula: A modeling study. Deep-Sea Research Part Ii-Topical Studies in Oceanography, 90, 112–133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.01.029
Prather, K. A., Bertram, T. H., Grassian, V. H., Deane, G. B., Stokes, M. D., DeMott, P. J., Aluwihare, L. I., Palenik, B. P., Azam, F., Seinfeld, J. H., Moffet, R. C., Molina, M. J., Cappa, C. D., Geiger, F. M., Roberts, G. C., Russell, L. M., Ault, A. P., Baltrusaitis, J., Collins, D. B., … Zhao, D. F. (2013). Bringing the ocean into the laboratory to probe the chemical complexity of sea spray aerosol. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(19), 7550–7555. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1300262110
Samo, T. J., Pedler, B. E., Ball, G. I., Pasulka, A. L., Taylor, A. G., Aluwihare, L. I., Azam, F., Goericke, R., & Landry, M. R. (2012). Microbial distribution and activity across a water mass frontal zone in the California Current Ecosystem. Journal of Plankton Research, 34(9), 802–814. https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbs048
Baudoux, A. C., Hendrix, R. W., Lander, G. C., Bailly, X., Podell, S., Paillard, C., Johnson, J. E., Potter, C. S., Carragher, B., & Azam, F. (2012). Genomic and functional analysis of Vibrio phage SIO-2 reveals novel insights into ecology and evolution of marine siphoviruses. Environmental Microbiology, 14(8), 2071–2086. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02685.x
Garren, M., & Azam, F. (2012). Corals shed bacteria as a potential mechanism of resilience to organic matter enrichment. Isme Journal, 6(6), 1159–1165. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.180
Garren, M., & Azam, F. (2012). New directions in coral reef microbial ecology. Environmental Microbiology, 14(4), 833–844. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02597.x
Lander, G. C., Baudoux, A. C., Azam, F., Potter, C. S., Carragher, B., & Johnson, J. E. (2012). Capsomer dynamics and stabilization in the T=12 marine bacteriophage SIO-2 and its procapsid studied by CryoEM. Structure, 20(3), 498–503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2012.01.007
Eloe, E. A., Malfatti, F., Gutierrez, J., Hardy, K., Schmidt, W. E., Pogliano, K., Pogliano, J., Azam, F., & Bartlett, D. H. (2011). Isolation and characterization of a psychropiezophilic alphaproteobacterium. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77(22), 8145–8153. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.05204-11
Beardsley, C., Moss, S., Malfatti, F., & Azam, F. (2011). Quantitative role of shrimp fecal bacteria in organic matter fluxes in a recirculating shrimp aquaculture system. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 77(1), 134–145. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01094.x
Jiao, N. Z., Herndl, G. J., Hansell, D. A., Benner, R., Kattner, G., Wilhelm, S. W., Kirchman, D. L., Weinbauer, M. G., Luo, T. W., Chen, F., & Azam, F. (2011). The microbial carbon pump and the oceanic recalcitrant dissolved organic matter pool. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 9(7). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2386-c5
Uitz, J., Stramski, D., Baudoux, A. C., Reynolds, R. A., Wright, V. M., Dubranna, J., & Azam, F. (2010). Variations in the optical properties of a particle suspension associated with viral infection of marine bacteria. Limnology and Oceanography, 55(6), 2317–2330. https://doi.org/10.4319/lo.2010.55.6.2317
Garren, M., & Azam, F. (2010). New method for counting bacteria associated with coral mucus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76(18), 6128–6133. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01100-10
Jiao, N., Herndl, G. J., Hansell, D. A., Benner, R., Kattner, G., Wilhelm, S. W., Kirchman, D. L., Weinbauer, M. G., Luo, T. W., Chen, F., & Azam, F. (2010). Microbial production of recalcitrant dissolved organic matter: long-term carbon storage in the global ocean. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 8(8), 593–599. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro2386