Co-Mentors: Drs. Cheryl Woodley & Pam Morris
Year Graduated 2005
Degrees: Clemson Univ B.S. 2001
My project is characterizing a microbial community associated with a gorgonian coral. I use culture-dependent and independent approaches to identify bacteria associated with the coral. I am interested in the interactions between the microbes and coral host and the roles these microbial communities play in coral health and disease.
MICROBIAL DIVERSITY ASSOCIATED WITH A GORGONIAN CORAL, PSEUDOPTEROGORGIA AMERICANA, AS DETERMINED BY CULTIVATION AND MOLECULAR METHODS,
Christopher Johnston1, Sharon M. Dayse2, Garriet W. Smith3, Cheryl M. Woodley4 and Pamela J. Morris1, 1Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Science Center, MUSC,
2Department of Science, Engineering and Technology, South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC, 3Department of Biology, University of South Carolina at Aiken, Aiken, SC
and 4Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research and Hollings Marine Laboratory, NOAA, Charleston, SC.
MBES 2004 Student Research Open House
Molecular Microbial Ecology of a Gorgonian Coral, Pseudopterogorgia americana
Christopher Johnston1,3, Garriet W. Smith2, Cheryl M. Woodley1,3 and Pamela J. Morris1,3 1
Marine Biomedicine and Environmental Science Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC; 2 Department of Biology, University of South Carolina at Aiken, Aiken, SC; 3 Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research and Hollings Marine Laboratory, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, SC