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Rita R. Colwell
Researcher at University of Maryland, College Park
Publications - 799
Citations - 59224
Rita R. Colwell is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, College Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Vibrio cholerae & Vibrio. The author has an hindex of 115, co-authored 781 publications receiving 55229 citations. Previous affiliations of Rita R. Colwell include University of Maryland, Baltimore & University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute.
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Microbial degradation of hydrocarbons in the environment.
J G Leahy,Rita R. Colwell +1 more
TL;DR: Rates of biodegradation depend greatly on the composition, state, and concentration of the oil or hydrocarbons, with dispersion and emulsification enhancing rates in aquatic systems and absorption by soil particulates being the key feature of terrestrial ecosystems.
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Virioplankton: viruses in aquatic ecosystems
KE Wommack,Rita R. Colwell +1 more
TL;DR: Novel applications of molecular genetic techniques have provided good evidence that viral infection can significantly influence the composition and diversity of aquatic microbial communities, supporting the hypothesis that viruses play a significant role in microbial food webs.
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Survival strategies of bacteria in the natural environment.
D B Roszak,Rita R. Colwell +1 more
TL;DR: The heterotrophic plate count has come under increasing criticism because it is inefficient, at best, for enumerating viable bacteria present in marine and estuarine systems.
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DNA sequence of both chromosomes of the cholera pathogen Vibrio cholerae
John F. Heidelberg,Jonathan A. Eisen,William C. Nelson,Rebecca A. Clayton,Michelle L. Gwinn,Robert J. Dodson,Daniel H. Haft,Erin Hickey,Jeremy Peterson,Lowell Umayam,Steven R. Gill,Karen E. Nelson,Timothy D. Read,Hervé Tettelin,Delwood Richardson,Maria D. Ermolaeva,Jessica Vamathevan,Steven Bass,Haiying Qin,Ioana Dragoi,Patrick Sellers,Lisa McDonald,Teresa Utterback,Robert D. Fleishmann,William C. Nierman,Owen White,Steven L. Salzberg,Hamilton O. Smith,Rita R. Colwell,Rita R. Colwell,John J. Mekalanos,J. Craig Venter,Claire M. Fraser +32 more
TL;DR: The V. cholerae genomic sequence provides a starting point for understanding how a free-living, environmental organism emerged to become a significant human bacterial pathogen.
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Emerging Marine Diseases--Climate Links and Anthropogenic Factors
C. D. Harvell,Kiho Kim,Kiho Kim,JoAnn M. Burkholder,Rita R. Colwell,Rita R. Colwell,Paul R. Epstein,D. J. Grimes,Eileen E. Hofmann,Erin K. Lipp,Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus,Robin M. Overstreet,James Porter,Garriet W. Smith,Gerardo R. Vasta +14 more
TL;DR: A dramatic global increase in the severity of coral bleaching in 1997-98 is coincident with high El Niño temperatures, which climate-mediated, physiological stresses may compromise host resistance and increase frequency of opportunistic diseases.