| Name: |
| Ronald L. Crawford |
| Title: |
| Professor |
| Degree: |
| Ph.D., 1973, University of Wisconsin, Madison |
| Phone: |
| (208) 885-6580 |
| Fax: |
| (208) 885-6518 |
| Email: |
| crawford@uidaho.edu |
| Lab/Office Location: |
| Food Research Center, Room 103 |
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| A microarray for simultaneous study of thousands of microbial genes present in soil or water |
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| A strain of Pseudomonas stutzeri that degrades the solvent carbon tetrachloride |
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| Clostridium bifermentans, an anaerobic bacterium that degrades the explosive TNT |
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| Is there a chemical signature for the presence of extraterrestrial life? |
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Microbial physiology and genetics; subsurface microbiology; microbiology of extreme and extraterrestrial environments; molecular
characterization of microbial communities; biodegradation of hazardous waste and in situ biodegradation; lignocellulose
biodegradation; restoration of chemically-contaminated soil and water.
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| Selected Publications: |
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Vandecasteele, F. P., R. L. Crawford, and T. F. Hess. 2007. Demonstrating
the suitability of genetic algorithms for driving microbial ecosystems in
desirable directions. Ant. von Leeuwenhoek Intl. J. Gen. Molec. Microbiol. In
press; available on-line.
Newcombe, D. A., and R. L. Crawford. 2007. Transformation and fate of
2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT) in anaerobic bioslurry reactors under various
aeration schemes: Implications for the decontamination of soils.
Biodegradation. In press; available on-line.
Ball, C. L., and R. L. Crawford. 2006. Bacterial diversity within the planktonic
community of an artesian water supply. Can. J. Microbiol. 52:246-59.
Zawadzka, A. M., R. L. Crawford, and A. J. Paszczynski. 2006. Pyridine-2,6-
bis(thiocarboxylic acid) produced by Pseudomonas stutzeri KC
reduces and precipitates selenium and tellurium oxyanions. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol. 72:3119-29.
Perumbakkam, S., T. F. Hess, and R. L. Crawford. 2006. A bioremediation
approach using natural transformation in pure-culture and mixed-population
biofilms. Biodegradation 17:545-57.
Crawford, R. L., C. M. Jung, and J. L. Strap. 2006. The recent evolution of
pentachlorophenol (PCP)-4-monooxygenase (PcpB) and associated pathways
for bacterial degradation of PCP. Biodegradation. In press; available on-
line.
Kuhlman, K. R., L. B. Allenbach, C. L. Ball, W. G. Fusco, M. T. La Duc, G. M.
Kuhlman, R. C. Anderson, I. K. Erickson, T. Stuecker, J. Benardini, and R. L.
Crawford. 2005. Enumeration, isolation, and characterization of ultraviolet
(UV-C) resistant bacteria from rock varnish in the Whipple Mountains,
California. Icarus 174:585-95.
Erwin, D. P., I. K. Erickson, M. E. Delwiche, F. S. Colwell, and R. L. Crawford.
2005. Molecular characterization of methane- and ammonia-oxidizing
bacteria within the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol. 71:2016-2025.
Bohuslavek, J., S. Chanama, R. L. Crawford, and L. Xun. 2005. Identification
and characterization of hydroxyquinone hydratase from Sphingomonas
chlorophenolica ATCC 39723. Biodegradation 16:353-62.
Ponciano, J. M., F. Vandecasteele, L. Forney, T. Hess, R. Crawford, and P.
Joyce. 2005. Use of stochastic models to assess the effect of environmental
factors on microbial growth. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
71:2355-64.
Crawford, R. L. 2005. Minireview: Microbial diversity and its relationship to
planetary protection. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:4163-68.
Kuhlman, K. R., W. G. Fusco, M. T. La Duc, L. B. Allenbach, C. L. Ball, G. M.
Kuhlman, R. C. Anderson, I. K. Erickson, T. Stuecker, J. Benardini, J. L. Strap,
and R. L. Crawford. 2005. Diversity of microorganisms within rock varnish in
the Whipple Mountains, California. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
72:1708-15.
Benardini, J., J. Ballinger, R. Crawford, R. Sumner, and K. Venkateswaran.
2005. International Space Station internal thermal coolant system: an initial
assessment of the microbial communities within fluids from ground support
and flight hardware. SAE 2005 Transaction’s Journal of Aerospace. March
2006:643-50.
Dimitrieva, G., R. Crawford, and G. Yuksel. 2005. The nature of plant
growth-promoting effects of a pseudoalteromonad associated with the
marine algae Laminaria japonica and linked to catalase excretion. J.
Appl. Microbiol. 100:1159-69.
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