Publications
Uyaguari, M., E.B. Fichot, G. Scott, and R.S. Norman. 2011. Characterization and quantification of a novel beta-lactamase gene found in a wastewater treatment facility and the surrounding coastal ecosystem. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77:8226-8233.
Bey, B.S., E.B. Fichot, and R.S. Norman. 2011. Extraction of high molecular weight DNA from microbial mats. http://www.jove.com/details.php?id=2887 doi: 10.3791/2887. J Vis Exp. 53.
Bey, B.S., E., A.W. Decho, and R.S. Norman. 2010. Extraction of high molecular weight DNA from microbial mats. Biotechniques 49:631-640.
Decho, A.W., R.S. Norman, and P.T. Visscher. 2010. Quorum sensing in natural environments: emerging views from microbial mats. Trends in Microbiology 18:73-80.
Gallagher, K.L., Dupraz, C., Braissant, O., Norman, R.S., Decho, A.W., and Visscher, P.T. 2010. Mineralization of sedimentary biofilms: Modern mechanistic insights. In: Columbus, F. (ed): Biofilm: Formation, Development and Properties. Nova Science Publishers, in press
Aelion, CM, and RS Norman. 2010. Isotopic labeling in Environmental and biodegradation studies. In CM Aelion, P HEnvironmental Isotopes in Biodegradation and Bioremediation. (pp.327-349). CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Stolz, J.F., R.P. Reid, P.T. Visscher, A.W. Decho, R.S. Norman, R.J. Aspden, E.M. Bowlin, J. Franks, J.S. Foster, D.M. Patterson, K.M. Przekop, G.J.C. Underwood, L. Prufert-Bebout. 2009. The microbial communities of the modern marine stromatolites at Highborne Cay, Bahamas. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 567.
Decho, A.W., P.T. Visscher, J. Ferry, T. Kawaguchi, L. He, K.M. Przekop, R.S. Norman, R.P. Reid. 2008. Autoinducers extracted from microbial mats reveal a surprising diversity of N-acylhomoserine lactones (AHL) and abundance changes that may relate to diel pH. Environmental Microbiology 11:409-420.
Kawaguchi, T., Y-P. Chen, R.S. Norman, and A.W. Decho. 2008. Rapid Screening of Quorum-Sensing Signal N-Acyl Homoserine Lactones by an In Vitro Cell-Free Assay. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74:3667-3671.
Norman, R.S., J.W. Stone, A. Gole, C.J. Murphy, T.L. Sabo-Attwood. 2008. Targeted photothermal lysis of the pathogenic bacteria, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with gold nanorods. Nano Letters 8, 302-306.
Chadhain, S.M., R.S. Norman, K.V. Pesce, J.J. Kukor, and G.J. Zylstra. 2006. Microbial dioxygenase gene population shifts during polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation. (co-first author) Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72:4078-4087.
Norman, R.S., P. Moeller, T.J. McDonald, and P.J. Morris. 2004. Effect of pyocyanin on a crude oil-degrading microbial community. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70: 4004-4011.
Norman, R.S. 2003. The effect of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on the functional diversity of a crude oil-degrading microbial community. Dissertation.
Norman, R.S., R. Frontera-Suau, and P.J. Morris. 2002. Variability in Pseudomonas aeruginosa lipopolysaccharide expression during crude oil degradation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 68: 5096-5103.
Norman, R.S. 1999. Molecular determination of the microbial community structure associated with the dechlorination of 2,3,4,5-tetrachlorobiphenyl. Thesis.