Prof. Alan W. Decho
Department
of Environmental Health Sciences
Arnold
School of Public Health
University
of South Carolina, USA
Professor
Email:
awdecho@mailbox.sc.edu
Qualifications
1987
M.Sc., Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
1982
Ph.D., Louisiana State University, USA
1979
B.A., Eastern Connecticut State University, USA
Publications (Selected)
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Handy,
RD, G Cornelis, T Fernandes, O Tsyusko, AW Decho, C Metcalfe, T Sabo-Atwood, J Steevens.
2011. Ecotoxicity test methods for engineered nanomaterials: practical
experiences and recommendations from the bench. Spec. Issue Environ. Sci &
Technol (in press)
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Decho,
AW, RL Frey, JL Ferry 2011. Chemical challenges to bacterial AHL signaling in
the environment. Chemical Reviews 111: 86-99
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Decho,
AW. 2011. Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). In: J. Reitner, V Thiel
(eds), Encyclopedia of Geobiology, Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences,
Springer-Verlag p. 359-361. ISBN 978-1-4020-9211-4.
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Decho,
AW. 2010. Overview of biopolymer-induced mineralization: What goes on in
biofilms? Ecological Engineering 36: 137-144.
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Bey
B, EB Fichot, G Dayama, Decho AW, Norman RS 2010. Extraction of high Molecular
weight DNA from microbial mats. Biotechniques 49: 631-640.
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Frey,
R, L He, Y Cui, AW Decho, PL Ferguson, T Kawaguchi, JL Ferry. 2010. The
reaction of N-acylhomoserine lactones with hydroxyl radicals: rates,
production, and effects on signaling activity. Environ. Sci. Technol 44:
7465-7469.
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Decho,
AW, RS Norman, PT Visscher. 2010. Quorum sensing in natural environments:
emerging views from microbial mats. Trends in Microbiology. 18: 73-80.
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Petrisor
AI, Dragomirescu L, Decho AW. 2010. Clustering of approaches to microbial image
enhancement and classification based on Buscera Baroni-Urbani’s algorithm and
Dragomirescu’s homogeneity. J. Control Engineer. Appl. Inform. 12: 21-29.
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Stolz
JF, RP Reid, P Visscher, AW Decho et al. 2010. The microbial communities of the
modern marine stromatolites at Highborne Cay, Bahamas. Atoll Research Bulletin,
567: 1-29.
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Gallagher
KL, C Dupraz, O Braissant, RS Norman, AW Decho, PT Visscher 2010.
Mineralization of sedimentary biofilms: modern mechanistic insights. In:
Columbus, F. (ed): Biofilm: Formation, Development and Properties. Nova Science
Publishers, (in press)
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Ferry,
JL, P Craig,C Hexel, P Sisco, R Frey, PL Pennington, MH Fulton, IG Scott, AW
Decho, S Kashiwada, CJ Murphy, TJ Shaw. 2009. Transfer of gold nanoparticles
from the water column to the estuarine food web. Nature Nanotechnology 4,
441-444.
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Goh,
F, MA Allen, S Leuko, T Kawaguchi, AW Decho, BP Burns, BA Neilan. 2009. Determining
the specific microbial populations and their spatial distribution within the
stromatolite ecosystem of Shark Bay. The ISME Journal 3: 383-396.
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Dupraz,
C, RP Reid, O Braissant, AW Decho, RS Norman, PT Visscher. 2009. Processes of
carbonate precipitation in microbial mats. Earth Sci. Rev. 96: 141-162
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Braissant,
O., AW Decho, KM Przekop, K Gallagher, C Glunk, C Dupraz, PT Visscher. 2009.
Characteristics and turnover of exopolymeric substances in a hypersaline
microbial mat. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 67: 293-307.
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Decho
AW, PT Visscher, J Ferry, T Kawaguchi, L He, KM Przekop, RS Norman, RP Reid.
2009. Autoinducers extracted from microbial mats reveal a diversity of
N-acylhomoserine lactones (HSL) and abundance changes that may relate to diel
pH. Environmental Microbiology 11: 409-420.
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Paterson
DM, RJ Aspden, PT Visscher, M Consalvey, MS Andres, AW Decho, J Stolz, RP Reid.
2008. Light-dependent biostabilization of sediments by stromatolite
assemblages. PLos One. 3: 1-10.
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Beckman,
EM, T Kawaguchi, GT Chandler, and AW Decho. 2008. Development of a
microplate-based fluorescence immunoassay using quantum dot-streptavidin
conjugates for detection and quantitative enumeration of bacteria associated
with a benthic harpacticoid copepod. J. Microbiological Methods. 75: 441-444.
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Decho,
AW, T Kawaguchi, E Beckman, GT Chandler. 2008. Application of photostable
quantum dots-indirect immunofluorescence methods for detecting specific marine
bacterial serotypes on small benthic animals.Nanotechnology.
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