Investigator: Mary Ann Bruns

Academic title	Assistant Professor
College	College of Agricultural Sciences
Campuses	Penn State University Park
Department	Crop and Soil Sciences
Graduate programs	Soil Sciences Ecological and Molecular Plant Physiology

Phone

FAX

814 863 0779

814 863 7043

Summary

soil microbiology, soil ecology, molecular analysis of microbial communities, comparative microbial ecology of biogeochemical cycles

Educational background

Ph.D., Michigan State, 1996
M.S., University of Nebraska, 1978
M.A., University of Iowa, 1988
Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1996

Research interests

Areas of expertise

Bacillaceae	Clostridium
Glucose	Gram-Negative Chemolithotrophic Bacteria
Hydrogen	Membranes, Artificial
Perchloric Acid	Soil Microbiology
Water Pollutants, Chemical	Sodium Compounds
Bioreactors	Flexibacteraceae
Armoracia	Manure
Odors	Peroxides
Plant Roots	Swine
Bacteria	Biofilms
Iron	Bioelectric Energy Sources
Clostridium acetobutylicum	Genes, Bacterial
Metals, Heavy	Soil
Sulfur	Animal Husbandry
Organic Chemicals	Sewage
Water Purification

Publication author name

Bruns MA

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