Diana Nemergut

Assistant Professor

diana.nemergut@colorado.edu
303-735-1239
Nemergut Lab

Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 2004

Research Interests

Horizontal gene transfer in microbial communities. I am currently looking at the role of integrons in genetic exchange in soil and aquatic environments. I am interested in the types of genes that can be exchanged via integrons, as well as the phylogenetic diversity of the organisms that contain integrons.

Recent Publications

D. R. Nemergut , E. K. Costello, A. F. Meyer, M. Pescador and S. K. Schmidt. Microbial ecology of cold soils. Archives in Microbiology. (invited paper, in review).

A. P. Martin, E. K. Costello, A. Meyer, D. R. Nemergut and S. K. Schmidt. The rate and pattern of cladogenesis in microbes. Evolution 58: 946-955.

D. R. Nemergut , A. P. Martin and S. K. Schmidt (2004). Integron diversity in heavy metal contaminated mine tailings and inferences about integron evolution. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70: 1160-1168.

D. R. Nemergut and S.K. Schmidt. 2002. Disruption of narH , narJ and moaE Inhibits Heterotrophic Nitrification in Pseudomonas strain M19. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68: 6462-6465.

D. R. Nemergut , K. G. Wunch, R. M. Johnson and J. W. Bennett (2000). Benzo[a]pyrene removal by Marasmiellus troyanus in soil microcosms. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 25: 116-119.

D. R. Nemergut , R. M. Johnson, K. G. Wunch and J. W. Bennett (2000). Extraction and quantification of benzo[a]pyrene in soil by reversed phase thin layer chromatography. Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies 23: 579-586.