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2020
Norman JS, Smercina DN, Hileman JT, Tiemann LK, Friesen ML. (2020) Soil aminopeptidase induction is unaffected by inorganic nitrogen availability. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 149: 107952. 2019 White RA, Norman JS, Mclachlan EE, Dunham JP, Garoutte A, Friesen ML. (2019) Revealing the Draft Genome Sequence of Bradyrhizobium sp. Strain 3458, an Effective Symbiotic Diazotroph Isolated from Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Genotype IT82E-16. Microbiology resource announcements 8: e00813-19. White RA, Norman JS, Mclachlan EE, Dunham JP, Garoutte A, Friesen ML. (2019) Elucidation of the genome of Bradyrhizhobium sp. strain USDA 3456, a historic agricultural diazotroph from cowpea (Vigna unguiculata). Microbiology resource announcements 8: e00812-19 2018 Rowe SL, Norman JS, Friesen ML. (2018). Coercion in the evolution of plant-microbe communication: a perspective. MPMI 31: 789-794. apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/pdf/10.1094/MPMI-11-17-0276-CR 2017 Lin L*, Norman JS*, Barrett JE. (2017). Ammonia-uptake kinetics and domain-level contributions of bacteria and archaea to nitrification in temperate forest soils. Ecological Modeling 362:111-119. (*these authors contributed equally to this work as co-first authors) Norman JS, King GM, Friesen ML. (2017). Rubrobacter spartanus sp. nov., a moderately-thermophilic oligotrophic bacterium isolated from volcanic soil. IJSEM 67:3597-3602. Norman JS, Hare JR**, Friesen ML. (2017). Comment: Isolation and screening of bacteria for their diazotrophic potential and their influence on growth promotion of Maize seedlings in greenhouses. Frontiers in Plant Science 8:212. (** JR Hare is a mentored undergraduate student) journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.00212/full Norman JS, Friesen ML. (2017). Complex N acquisition by soil diazotrophs: How the ability to release exoenzymes affects N fixation by terrestrial free-living diazotrophs. the ISME Journal: 11:315-326. www.nature.com/ismej/journal/v11/n2/full/ismej2016127a.html 2016 Norman JS, and Barrett JE. (2016). Substrate availability drives patterns in richness of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in temperate forest soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 94: 169-172. MacKellar D, Lieber L, Norman JS, Bolger A, Tobin C, Murray JW, Oksaksin M, Chang RL, Ford TJ, Nguyen PQ, Woodward J, Permingeat HR, Joshi NS, Silver PA, Usadel B, Rutherford AW, Friesen ML, Prell J. (2016) Streptomyces thermoautotrophicus does not fix nitrogen. Scientific Reports 6: 20086. http://www.nature.com/articles/srep20086 2015 Norman JS, Lin L, Barrett JE. (2015). Paired carbon and nitrogen metabolism by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in temperate forest soils. Ecosphere 6: 176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/ES14-00299.1 2014 Norman JS, Barrett JE. (2014). Substrate and nutrient limitation of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in temperate forest soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 69: 141-146. |
2015
$168,417 awarded (Co-PI) - EAGER Grant - NSF DEB Exploring recalcitrant N regulation of free-living nitrogen fixation in terrestrial ecosystems http://nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1547024&HistoricalAwards=false 2013 (1 semester graduate stipend) - Virginia Tech USGA fellowship 2012 $14,999 awarded (Co-PI) - Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant - NSF DEB Do the concomitant effects of pH and ammonium concentration on ammonia availability explain differential ammonia oxidation by bacteria and archaea? $1,154 awarded (PI) - Virginia Tech, Fralin OBE Graduate Research Grant Environmental Controls on the Activity of Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria in Temperate Forest Soils $4,968 awarded (Co-PI) - Virginia Tech, Fralin OBE Proposal Incubation grant Detecting quorum-sensing in terrestrial environments and assessing its role in ecosystem processes 2011 $2,045 awarded (PI) - Virginia Tech, Fralin OBE Graduate Research Grant Environmental Controls on the Growth of Ammonia Oxidizing Archaea and Bacteria 2010 $400 awarded (PI) - Virginia Tech, GRDP Macroinvertebrate Consumer Effects on Microbial Communities During Leaf Breakdown in Streams |