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Mary Ann Moran, Affiliated Investigator / Professor

Research Emphasis:

My LTER research focuses on the phylogenetic and genetic diversity of the bacterial communities that decompose vascular plant detritus in salt marsh ecosystems, including consortial interactions between bacterial and eukaryotic decomposers.

Contact Information:

Primary Organization:  University of Georgia

Mailing Address:

Dr. Mary Ann Moran
Dept. of Marine Sciences
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia 30602-3636

Office Phone:  (706) 542-6481

FAX Number:  (706) 542-5888

E-Mail:  mmoran@uga.edu

Web Page:  http://www.marsci.uga.edu/directory/mary-ann-moran

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GCE Data Sets:

ORG-GCED-1508 (Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in Doboy Sound and the Altamaha River near Sapelo Island, Georgia in 2012-2013)

ORG-GCED-1703 (Microbially-Mediated Transformations of Estuarine Dissolved Organic Matter from Doboy Sound, Sapelo Sound and the Altamaha River near Sapelo Island, Georgia in 2012-2013)

GCE Publications and Presentations: (custom bibliography)

Journal Articles

Damashek, J., Okotie-Oyekan, A., Gifford, S., Vorobev, A., Moran, M.A. and Hollibaugh, J.T. 2021. Transcriptional activity differentiates families of Marine Group II Euryarchaeota in the coastal ocean. Springer Nature. (DOI: 10.1038/s43705-021-00002-6)

Martineac, R.P., Vorobev, A., Moran, M.A. and Medeiros, P.M. 2021. Assessing the contribution of seasonality, tides, and microbial processing to dissolved organic matter composition variability in a Southeastern U.S. estuary. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8:781580. (DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.781580)

Vorobev, A., Sharma, S., Yu, M., Lee, J., Washington, B., Whitman, W., Ballantyne, F., Medeiros, P.M. and Moran, M.A. 2018. Identifying labile DOM components in a coastal ocean through depleted bacterial transcripts and chemical signals. Environmental Microbiology. 20:3012-3030. (DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14344)

Medeiros, P.M., Seidel, M., Gifford, S., Ballantyne, F., Dittmar, T., Whitman, W.B. and Moran, M.A. 2017. Microbially-mediated transformations of estuarine dissolved organic matter. Special Issue: Integrative Research on Organic Matter Cycling Across Aquatic Gradients. Frontiers in Marine Science. 4(69). (DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2017.00069)

Medeiros, P.M., Seidel, M., Dittmar, T., Whitman, W.B. and Moran, M.A. 2015. Drought-induced variability in dissolved organic matter composition in a marsh-dominated estuary. Geophysical Research Letters. 42:6446-6453. (DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064653)

Hollibaugh, J.T., Gifford, S., Moran, M.A., Ross, M., Sharma, S. and Tolar, B. 2014. Seasonal variation in the metratranscriptomes of a Thaumarchaeota population from SE USA coastal waters. ISME Journal. 8:685 - 698. (DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.171)

Gifford, S., Sharma, S., Rinta-Kanto, J. and Moran, M.A. 2011. Quantitative analysis of a deeply sequenced marine microbial metatranscriptome. International Society for Microbial Ecology. 5:461-472. (DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.141)

Hollibaugh, J.T., Gifford, S., Sharma, S., Bano, N. and Moran, M.A. 2011. Metatranscriptomic analysis of ammonia-oxidizing organisms in an estuarine bacterioplankton assemblage. ISME Journal. 5:866-878. (DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.172)

Poretsky, R.S., Sun, S., Mou, X. and Moran, M.A. 2010. Transporter genes expressed by coastal bacterioplankton in response to dissolved organic carbon. Environmental Microbiology. 12(3):616-627. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02102.x)

Edmonds, J.W., Weston, N.B., Joye, S.B., Mou, X. and Moran, M.A. 2009. Microbial Community Response to Seawater Amendment in Low-Salinity Tidal Sediments. Microbial Ecology. 58(3):558-568. (DOI: 10.1007/s00248-009-9556-2)

Lasher, C., Dyszynski, G., Everett, K., Ye, W., Sheldon, W.M. Jr., Joye, S.B., Moran, M.A. and Whitman, W.B. 2009. The diverse bacterial community in intertidal, anaerobic sediments at Sapelo Island, Georgia. Microbial Ecology. 58(2):244-261. (DOI: 10.1007/s00248-008-9481-9)

Dong, Y., Guerrero, S. and Moran, M.A. 2008. Using DNA technology to explore marine bacterial diversity in a coastal Georgia salt marsh. The American Biology Teacher. 70:279-283.

Edmonds, J.W., Weston, N.B., Joye, S.B. and Moran, M.A. 2008. Variation in Prokaryotic Community Composition as a Function of Resource Availability in Tidal Creek Sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74(6):1836-1844. (DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00854-07)

Biers, E.J., Zepp, R.G. and Moran, M.A. 2007. The role of nitrogen in chromophoric and fluorescent dissolved organic matter formation. Marine Chemistry. 103:46-60. (DOI: 10.1016/j.marchem.2006.06.003)

Mou, X., Hodson, R.E. and Moran, M.A. 2007. Bacterioplankton assemblages transforming dissolved organic compounds in coastal seawater. Environmental Microbiology. 9:2025–2037. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01318)

Lyons, J.I., Newell, S.Y., Brown, R.P. and Moran, M.A. 2005. Screening for bacterial-fungal associations in a southeastern U.S. salt marsh using pre-established fungal monocultures. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 54:179-187.

Mou, X., Moran, M.A., Stepansuskas, R., Gonzalez, J.M. and Hodson, R.E. 2005. Flow-cytometric cell sorting and subsequent molecular analyses for culture-independent identification of bacterioplankton involved in dimethylsulfoniopropionate transformations. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71:1405-1416. (DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.3.1405–1416.2005)

Poretsky, R.S., Bano, N., Buchan, A., LeCleir, G., Kleikemper, J., Pickering, M., Pate, W.M., Moran, M.A. and Hollibaugh, J.T. 2005. Analysis of microbial gene transcripts in environmental samples. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71: 4121-4126.

Buchan, A., Newell, S.Y., Butler, M., Biers, E.J., Hollibaugh, J.T. and Moran, M.A. 2003. Dynamics of bacterial and fungal communities on decaying salt marsh grass. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69:6676-6687.

Lyons, J.I., Newell, S.Y., Buchan, A. and Moran, M.A. 2003. Diversity of ascomycete laccase gene sequences in a southeastern U.S. salt marsh. Microbial Ecology. 45:270-281.

Buchan, A., Newell, S.Y., Moreta, J.I.L. and Moran, M.A. 2002. Analysis of Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) Regions of rRNA Genes in Fungal Communities of a Southeastern U. S. Salt Marsh. Microbial Ecology. 43:329-340.

Books and Book Sections

Newell, S.Y., Lyons, J.I. and Moran, M.A. 2007. A saltmarsh decomposition system and its ascomycetous laccase genes. Pages 357-370 in: Gadd, G., Dyer, P. and Watkinson, S. (editors). Fungi in the Environment. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.

Conference Papers (Peer Reviewed)

Sheldon, W.M. Jr., Moran, M.A. and Hollibaugh, J.T. 2002. Efforts to link ecological metadata with bacterial gene sequences at the Sapelo Island Microbial Observatory. Pages 402-407 in: Proceedings of the 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics, and Informatics: Information Systems Development II. International Institute of Informatics and Systemics, Orlando, Florida.

Conference Posters and Presentations

Martineac, R.P., Vorobev, A., Moran, M.A. and Medeiros, P.M. 2021. Presentation: Environmental drivers controlling DOM composition variability in a marsh-dominated estuary. ASLO 2021 Aquatic Sciences Virtual Meeting, June 2021.

Hollibaugh, J.T., Gifford, S., Moran, M.A., Ross, M., Sharma, S. and Tolar, B. 2013. Presentation: Seasonal variation in the metratranscriptomes of a Thaumarchaeota population from SE USA coastal waters. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 17-22 February, 2013, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Hollibaugh, J.T., Gifford, S., Bano, N., Sharma, S. and Moran, M.A. 2010. Presentation: Analysis of the meta-transcriptome of an ammonia oxidizing Archaea population. US-China Workshop on Geobiological Processes in Extreme Environments, 20 May, 2010, State College PA.

Hollibaugh, J.T., Gifford, S., Bano, N., Sharma, S. and Moran, M.A. 2010. Presentation: Comparison of microdiversity in Crenarchaeota and Bacteria transcripts from a coastal plankton assemblage. 13th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, 24-28 August, 2010, Seattle Washington.

Hollibaugh, J.T., Gifford, S., Bano, N., Sharma, S. and Moran, M.A. 2010. Presentation: Meta-transcriptomic analysis of a bloom of ammonia oxidizers. Invited seminar, Department of Biology, University of Southern California, 12 January, 2010, Los Angeles CA.

Hollibaugh, J.T., Gifford, S., Bano, N., Sharma, S. and Moran, M.A. 2010. Presentation: The meta-transcriptome of an ammonia oxidizing Archaea bloom in Georgia coastal waters. Session B-14. Ocean Sciences Meeting, 23-27 February 2010, Portland OR.

Doherty, M., Poretsky, R.S., Muscarella, M., Moran, M.A. and Booth, M.G. 2009. Presentation: Tracking Metabolism of an Important Terrestrial Carbon Source by Marine Bacterioplankton. 2009 Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation Annual Meeting, November 2009, Portland, Oregon.

Edmonds, J. W., Weston, N. B., Mou, X., Joye, S. B., and Moran, M.A. 2007. Presentation: Rising sea levels and salinity intrusion into tidal freshwater marshes: Shifting microbial communities and pathways of organic matter mineralization. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Santa Fe NM, February 2007.

Edmonds, J.W., Weston, N.B., Joye, S.B. and Moran, M.A. 2004. Presentation: Changes in Microbial Community Structure and Activity in Response to Fluctuations in Organic Carbon Pools in Salt Marsh Sediments. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology. American Society of Microbiology, June, 2004, Atlanta, Georgia.

Lyons, J.I., Newell, S.Y., Brown, R.P. and Moran, M.A. 2004. Poster: Screening for Bacterial-Fungal Associations in a Southeastern U.S. Salt Marsh Using Pre-established Fungal Monocultures. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. August 22-27, 2004, Cancun, Mexico.

Newell, S.Y., Lyons, J.I. and Moran, M.A. 2004. Presentation: A Saltmarsh Decomposition System and its Ascomycetous Laccase Genes. Abstracts of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Mycological Society. Molecular Ecology of Fungi in the Environment. British Mycological Society, September 13-15, 2004, Nottingham, UK.

Lyons Moreta, J.I., Newell, S.Y., Buchan, A. and Moran, M.A. 2003. Presentation: Diversity of fungal laccase genes in a southeastern U.S. salt marsh. ASM Annual Meeting. May 2003, Washington D.C.

Lyons, J.I., Biers, E.J., Newell, S.Y., Moran, M.A. and Hollibaugh, J.T. 2003. Poster: Microbial Interactions on Decaying Spartina alterniflora in a GCE-LTER Salt Marsh. Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) All Scientists Meeting. September 18-23, 2003, Seattle, Washington.

Lyons, J.I., Newell, S.Y. and Moran, M.A. 2003. Poster: Diversity of Fungal Laccase Genes in a Southeastern U.S. Salt Marsh. 103rd General Meeting for the American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Washington, D.C.

Sheldon, W.M., Moran, M.A. and Hollibaugh, J.T. 2003. Presentation: Efforts to Link Ecological Metadata with Bacterial Gene Sequences at the Sapelo Island Microbial Observatory. 2003 LTER All-Scientists Meeting. Sept. 18-21, 2003, Seattle, WA.

Buchan, A., Moreta, J.I.L., Newell, S.Y. and Moran, M.A. 2002. Poster: Mycology within the Georgia Coastal Ecosystems LTER, Subproject Decomposers Consortia Experiments. Seventh International Mycological Congress. Population Dynamics & Ecology. International Mycological Association, Universiy of Oslo, 11-17 August, 2002, Oslo, Norway.

Buchan, A., Lyons, J.I., Newell, S.Y. and Moran, M.A. 2001. Poster: Molecular Characterization of Bacterial and Fungal Decomposer Communities in a Southeastern U.S. Salt Marsh. Poster presented at the American Society for Microbiology 2001 Meeting. Molecular Microbial Ecology. American Society for Microbiology, May 20-24, 2001, Orlando, Florida.

Buchan, A., Neidle, E.L. and Moran, M.A. 2001. Poster: Prevalence and Diversity of an Aromatic Ring-Cleaving Dioxygenase Gene in a Salt Marsh Community. American Society for Microbiology 2001 meeting. American Society for Microbiology, May 21-24, 2001, Orlando, Florida.

Newell, S.Y., Buchan, A., Lyons, J.I. and Moran, M.A. 2001. Productivity and species diversity of eu- and prokaryotic decomposers of a marshgrass-decay system. Abstracts of the Ninth International Symposium for Microbial Ecology. Jun 23, 2001, Amsterdam.