Douglas C. Nelson
Professor
dcnelson@ucdavis.edu

Microbiology

Office
266 Briggs Hall
752-6183

Lab
265 Briggs 752-0283


Picture of Douglas C. Nelson
 
Degrees:
1979 PhD University of Oregon Biology
1970 BS Harvey Mudd College Chemistry/Biology
Research Interests:

Ecology, physiology, and genetics of chemoautotrophic sulfur bacteria. Microbial production of methyl mercury in marine and freshwater sediments. Impact of sequestration of carbon dioxide on deep-sea microbiology.
Department and Center Affiliations:
Department of Microbiology
Adjunct Scientist, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Professional Societies:
American Society for Microbiology
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
Graduate Groups not Housed in CBS:
Microbiology  
Publications:
  • Ahmad, A, K.M. Kalanetra and D.C. Nelson (2006) Cultivated Beggiatoa spp. define the phylogenetic root of morphologically diverse, noncultured, vacuolate sulfur bacteria. Can. J. Microbiol. 52(6): 591-598.
  • Fleming, EJ, EE Mack, PG Green and DC Nelson (2006) Mercury methylation from unexpected sources: molybdate-inhibited freshwater sediments and an iron-reducing bacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72(1):457-464.
  • Kalanetra, KM, SB Joye, N. Sunseri, and DC Nelson (2005) Novel, Thiomargarita-like bacteria abundant at Gulf of Mexico hydrocarbon seeps, reproduce by reductive division in three dimensions. Environ. Microbiol. 7:1451-1460.
  • Kalanetra, KM, SL Huston, and DC Nelson (2004) Novel, attached, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria at shallow hydrothermal vents possess vacuoles not involved in respiratory-nitrate accumulation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:7487-7496.
  • Teske, A and DC Nelson (2004) The genera Beggiatoa and Thioploca. In: M. Dworkin et al., eds., The Prokaryotes: An Evolving Electronic Resource for the Microbiological Community, 3rd edition, release 3.17, Springer-Verlag, New York, http://link.springer-ny.com/link/service/books/10125/
  • Jorgensen, B.B. and D.C. Nelson (2004) Sulfide oxidation in marine sediments: geochemistry meets microbiology. In: J. Amend, K.J. Edwards and TW Lyonns (eds.), Sulfur Biogeochemistry - Past and Present. Geological Society of America, Special Paper 379, pp. 63-81.
  • Barry, J.P., K.R. Buck, R.K. Kochevar, D.C. Nelson, Y. Fujiwara, S.K. Goffredi and J. Hashimoto. (2002) Methane-based symbiosis in a mussel, Bathymodiolus platifrons, from cold seeps in Sagami Bay, Japan. Invertebrate Biol. 121:47-54.
  • Beynon, JD, IJ McRae, SL Huston, DC Nelson, IH Segel and AJ Fisher. (2001) Crystal structure of ATP sulfurylase from the bacterial symbiont of the hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia pachyptila. Biochemistry 40: 14509-14517.
  • Macalady J L, EE Mack, DC Nelson and KM Scow. 2000. Sediment microbial community structure and mercury methylation in mercury-polluted Clear Lake, California. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66:1479-1488
  • Ahmad A, JP Barry, and DC Nelson. 1999. Phylogenetic affinity of vacuolate, nitrate-accumulating Beggiatoa sp. (Monterey Canyon, CA) with Thioploca spp. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65:270-277
  • Holmen BA, JD Sison, DC Nelson, and WH Casey. 1999. Hydroxamate siderophores, cell growth and Fe(III) cycling in two anaerobic iron oxide media containing Geobacter metallireducens. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 63:225-237
  • Hagen KD and DC Nelson. 1997. Use of reduced sulfur compounds by Beggiatoa spp: enzymology and physiology of marine and freshwater strains in homogeneous and gradient cultures. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 63:3957-3964
Laboratory Personnel:
265 Briggs Hall

Neal Buhler, grad. student; Talia Jewell, grad. student; Sherry Huston, PhD, SRA

Field Sites:
Clear Lake; Monterey Canyon; Walker Creek Estuary
Teaching Interests:
Bacterial diversity. Microbial ecology.
Courses:
MIC 105L Prokaryotic diversity Winter
MIC 120 Microbial ecology Spring