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Dr. Antje Lauer

Biology & Ecology / California State University, Bakersfield
: 661-654-2603 / : alauer@csu@example.com @example.com @example.comb.edu

About me

I am a microbial ecologist interested in interactions between microbes and in symbioses between microorganisms and invertebrates and vertebrates. Currently i have three research projects which focus on:
1. Invasive Bryzoan species and their associated microorganisms, especially antifungal ones.
2. Cutaneous bacteria of amphibians that can inhibit the amphibian fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis which is responsible for major amphibian declines worldwide.
3. Investigating loamy sands around Bakersfield, searching for Coccidioides immitis (The Valley Fever Fungus) growth sites, and identifying potential antagonistic microorganisms.
My research group consists of 2 graduate and 6 undergraduate students.

Publications

1. Brucker, R., C. Baylor, R. Walters, A. Lauer, R. Harris, and K. Minbiole. 2008. The identification of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol as an antifungal metabolite produced by cutaneous bacteria of the salamander Plethodon cinereus. Journal of chemical ecology: 39-43. (article)

2. Lauer, A., M. Simon, J. Banning, B. Lam, and R. Harris. 2008. Diversity of cutaneous bacteria with antifungal activity isolated from female four-toed salamanders. The ISME journal: 145-57. (article)

3. Banning, J., A. Weddle, G. Wahl Iii, M. Simon, A. Lauer, R. Walters, and R. Harris. 2008. Antifungal skin bacteria, embryonic survival, and communal nesting in four-toed salamanders, Hemidactylium scutatum. Oecologia. (article)

4. Lauer, A., M.A. Simon, J.L. Banning, E.A. Andre, K.L. Duncan, and R.N. Harris. 2007. Common cutaneous bacteria from the Eastern Red-backed salamander can inhibit pathogenic fungi. Copeia 3: 630-640. (article)

5. Inagaki, F., T. Nunoura, S. Nakagawa, A. Teske, M. Lever, A. Lauer, M. Suzuki, K. Takai, M. Delwiche, F. Colwell, K. Nealson, K. Horikoshi, S. D'Hondt, and B. Jørgensen. 2006. Biogeographical distribution and diversity of microbes in methane hydrate-bearing deep marine sediments on the Pacific Ocean Margin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: 2815-20. (article)

6. Gerdes, G., N. Kadagies, J. Kaselowsky, A. Lauer, and J. Scholz. 2005. Bryozoans and microbial communities of cool-temperate to subtropical latitudes - paleoecological implications. Facies 50: 363-389. (article)

7. Soerensen, K.B., A. Lauer, and A.P. Teske. 2004. Archaeal phylotypes in a metal-rich and low-activity deep subsurface sediment of the Peru Basin, ODP Leg 201, Site 1231. Geobiology 2: 151-161. (article)

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