Carolyn F. Weber

Title

Assistant Professor

Department

Biological Sciences

Institution

Idaho State University

webecaro@isu.edu

Education

B.A. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Chemistry, 2004, Cornell College, Mount Vernon, IA
Ph.D. Biological Sciences, 2009, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Research Interests

Plant Development Microbial Ecology Biogeochemistry of Carbon

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Biography

Dr. Weber joined the faculty in the Department of Biological Sciences at Idaho State University in January 2012. As an undergraduate, Weber became interested in microbial biogeochemistry as an NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Boston University Marine Program, Woods Hole, MA) and the University of Maine (Walpole, ME). As a doctoral student in the laboratory of Dr. Gary M. King, Weber studied carbon monoxide-oxidizing bacteria in developing ecosystems on terrestrial volcanic deposits in Hawai'i and Japan. As a Director's Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Weber developed interests in the molecular ecology of soil fungi, their role in carbon cycling and how their community structure and function is impacted by environmental change. Weber's current research interests are in understanding the impacts of environmental disturbances (e.g. volcanic eruptions, invasive plant species) on microbial community structure and function in terrestrial ecosystems and feedbacks on carbon cycling. She works at the level of individual microorganisms to understand changes in physiology under different carbon regimes and also at the landscape scale to understand how changes in microbial community structure and function correlate with net carbon fluxes between soil and atmosphere.

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Contact Information

(208) 282-2149

Research

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Plant Development Microbial Ecology Biogeochemistry of Carbon Trace Gases Disturbance Ecology Metagenomics General Microbiology Microbe Interactions Cell Biology Soil Microbiology Nitrogen Fertilization Fungal Community Composition Ecological Role Bromus Tectorum Invasion Laboratory Module Undergraduate Perspectives Bacterial Composition Human Centered Topics Carbon Monoxide Succession Gradient Bacterial Communities Five Ecosystems Comparative Assessment Elevated Co Composition Measures Microbial Communities Open Source Surface Air System Fungal Orders Sagebrush Steppe Lower Atmosphere Culturing Life Relative Abundance Undergraduate Biology Curriculum Associated Microorganisms Atmospheric Co Water Stress Impacts Community Supported Software Platform Independent Nutrient Limitation

List of Publications (28)

In 2015

Polytrichum commune spores nucleate ice and associated microorganisms increase the temperature of ice nucleation activity onset. Carolyn F Weber
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Culturing Life from Air: Using a Surface Air System to Introduce Discovery-Based Research in Aerobiology into the Undergraduate Biology Curriculum. Carolyn F Weber Jason T Werth
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Reduced vertical stratification of soil bacterial community structure and composition is associated with Bromus tectorum invasion of sagebrush steppe. Carolyn F. Weber
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Relative Abundance of and Composition within Fungal Orders Differ between Cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) and Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)-Associated Soils. Carolyn F Weber Gary M King Ken Aho
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Is the lower atmosphere a readily accessible reservoir of culturable, antimicrobial compound-producing Actinomycetales?. Carolyn F Weber Jason T Werth
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In 2014

Hormones and Antibiotics in Nature: A Laboratory Module Designed to Broaden Undergraduate Perspectives on Typically Human-Centered Topics . Carolyn F Weber
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Bacterial composition of soils in ponderosa pine and mixed conifer forests exposed to different wildfire burn severity. Carolyn F. Weber J. Scott Lockhart Emily Charaska Ken Aho Kathleen A. Lohse
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In 2013

Changes in Fungal Community Composition in Response to Elevated Atmospheric CO2 and Nitrogen Fertilization Varies with Soil Horizon. Carolyn F Weber Rytas Vilgalys Cheryl R Kuske
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In 2012

Soil fungal cellobiohydrolase I gene (cbhI) composition and expression in a loblolly pine plantation under conditions of elevated atmospheric CO2 and nitrogen fertilization. Carolyn F Weber Monica Moya Balasch Zachary Gossage Andrea Porras-Alfaro Cheryl R Kuske
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The phylogenetic distribution and ecological role of carbon monoxide oxidation in the genus Burkholderia. Carolyn F Weber Gary M King
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In 2011

Weber, C.F., D.R. Zak, B.A. Hungate, R.B. Jackson, R.Vilgalys, R. David Evans, C.W. Schadt, P.J. Megonigal and C.R. Kuske. 2011. Responses of cellulolytic fungi to elevated CO2 are complex and variable across five ecosystems. Environmental Microbiology. 13(10): 2778-2793.
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Comparative assessment of fungal cellobiohydrolase I richness and composition in cDNA generated using oligo(dT) primers or random hexamers. Carolyn F Weber Cheryl R Kuske
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Responses of cellulolytic fungi to elevated CO2 are complex and variable across five ecosystems. Carolyn F Weber Donald R Zak Bruce A Hungate Robert B Jackson Rytas Vilgalys R David Evans Christopher W Schadt J Patrick Megonigal Cheryl R Kuske
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Reverse transcription-PCR methods significantly impact richness and composition measures of expressed fungal cellobiohydrolase I genes in soil and litter. Carolyn F Weber Cheryl R Kuske
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In 2010

Weber, C.F., and G.M. King. 2010. Distribution and Diversity of Carbon Monoxide-oxidizing Bacteria and Bulk bacterial Communities across a Succession Gradient on a Hawaiian Volcanic Deposit. Environmental Microbiology. 12(7):1855-1867.
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Distribution and diversity of carbon monoxideoxidizing bacteria and bulk bacterial communities across a succession gradient on a Hawaiian volcanic deposit. Environ Microbiol. C F Weber G M King
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Quantification of Burkholderia coxL in Hawaiian volcanic deposits. C F Weber G M King
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In 2009

Schloss, P.D., S.L. Wescott, T. Ryabin, J.R. Hall, M. Hartman, E.B. Holister, R.A. Lesniewski, B.B. Oakley, D.H. Parks, C.J. Robinson, J.W. Sahl, B. Stres, G.G. Thallinger, D.J. Van Horn and C.F. Weber. 2009. Introducing mothur: Open Source, Platform-independent, Community-supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(23): 7537-7541.
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Introducing mothur: Open-Source, Platform-Independent, Community-Supported Software for Describing and Comparing Microbial Communities. Patrick D Schloss Sarah L Westcott Thomas Ryabin Justine R Hall Martin Hartmann Emily B Hollister Ryan A Lesniewski Brian B Oakley Donovan H Parks Courtney J Robinson Jason W Sahl Blaz Stres Gerhard G Thallinger David J Van Horn Carolyn F Weber
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Water stress impacts on bacterial carbon monoxide oxidation on recent volcanic deposits. Carolyn F Weber Gary M King
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In 2008

Interactions between carbon monoxide and hydrogen consumption and plant development on recent volcanic deposits. Gary M King Carolyn F Weber
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Atmospheric CO and Hydrogen Uptake and CO Oxidizer Phylogeny for Miyake-jima, Japan Volcanic Deposits. Gary M King Carolyn F Weber Kenji Nanba Yoshinori Sato Hiroyuki Ohta
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In 2007

King GM, Weber CF.. Distribution, diversity and ecology of aerobic CO-oxidizing bacteria. Nat Rev Microbiol 5: 107-118. Gary M King Carolyn F Weber
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Weber, C. F. & King, G. M. Physiological, ecological and phylogenetic characterization of Stappia, a marine CO-oxidizing bacterial genus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73, 1266-1276. Carolyn F Weber Gary M King
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In 2006

Zhao, W. C.F. Weber, CL. Zhang, C.S. Romanek, G.M. King, G. Mills, T. Sokolova, and J. Wiegel. 2006. Thermalkalibacillus uzonensis gen. nov. sp. nov, a novel aerobic alkali-tolerant thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka. 2006. Extremophiles. 10(4): 337-45.
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Thermalkalibacillus uzonensis, gen. nov.sp. nov., a novel alkalitolerant aerobic thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka. Extremophiles. Weidong Zhao Carolyn Weber Chuanlun L Zhang Christopher S Romanek Gary M King Gary Mills Tatyana Sokolova Juergen Wiegel
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In 2002

Effects of varying salinity on phytoplankton growth in a low-salinity coastal pond under two nutrient conditions. Stacy Barron Carolyn Weber Roxanne Marino Eric Davidson Gabrielle Tomasky Robert Howarth
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Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth in Vineyard Sound and Oyster Pond, Falmouth, Massachusetts. Carolyn F Weber Stacy Barron Roxanne Marino Robert W Howarth Gabrielle Tomasky Eric A Davidson
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