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Microbial ecology of wastewater treatment
Like many other areas, Long Island has a long-term problem with poor on-site wastewater treatment leading to nitrogen pollution of groundwater and coastal ecosystems. The New York State Center for Clean Water Technology (CCWT, https://www.stonybrook.
Physiological ecology of labyrinthulomycetes
Although many marine biologists and oceanographers have never heard of them, labyrinthulomycetes are an abundant and diverse group of osmoheterotrophic marine protists playing important roles in marine food webs and biogeochemical cycles. Prof. Collier’s group is developing molecular genetic tools to investigate the physiological ecology of these organisms. Our goals are to use these tools to understand in more detail the complex life cycles of labyrinthulomycetes and investigate unusual aspects of their biology such as their production of carotenoids and involvement in diseases of some marine plants and animals.
