Daniel L. Distel
Luyten, Y. A., J. R. Thompson, W. Morrill, M. F. Polz, and D. L. Distel. in review. Extensive variation in intracellular symbiont community composition among members of a single population of the wood-boring bivalve Lyrodus pedicellatus (Bivalvia:Teredinidae). 2006. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 412-17.
Thompson, J. R., S. Pacocha, C. Pharino, V. Klepac-Ceraj, D. E. Hunt, J. Benoit, R. B. Sarma-Rupavtarm, D. L. Distel, and M. F. Polz. 2005. Genotypic Diversity within a Natural Coastal Bacterioplankton Population. Science 307:1311-1313.
Acinas, S. G., V. Klepac-Ceraj, D. E. Hunt, C. Pharino, I. Ceraj, D. L. Distel, and M. F. Polz. 2004. Fine-scale phylogenetic architecture of a complex bacterial community. Nature 430:551-4.
Xu, P.-N., and D. L. Distel. 2004. Purification and characterization of an endo-1, 4--D glucanase from the cellulolytic system of the wood-boring marine mollusk Lyrodus pedicellatus (Bivalvia: Teredinidae). Mar. Biol. 144:947-953.
Jellison, K. L., D. L. Distel, H. F. Hemond, and D. B. Schauer. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of the hypervariable region of the 18S rRNA gene of Cryptosporidium oocysts in feces of Canada geese (Branta canadensis): evidence for five novel genotypes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:452-8.
Schwedock, J., T. L. Harmer, K. M. Scott, H. J. Hektor, A. P. Seitz, M. C. Fontana, D. L. Distel, and C. M. Cavanaugh. 2004. Characterization and expression of genes from the RubisCO gene cluster of the chemoautotrophic symbiont of Solemya velum: cbbLSQO. Arch. Microbiol.
Distel, D. L. 2003. The biology of marine wood boring bivalves and their bacterial endosymbionts, p. 253-271, Wood Deterioration and Preservation, vol. 845. American Chemical Society Press, Washington.
Fu, Y., C. O'Kelly, M. Sieracki, and D. L. Distel. 2003. Protistan grazing analysis by flow cytometry using prey labeled by in vivo expression of fluorescent proteins. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:6848-6855.
Carnegie, R. B., B. J. Barber, and D. L. Distel. 2003. Detection of the oyster parasite Bonamia ostreae by fluorescent in situ hybridization. Dis. Aquat. Organ. 55:247-252.
Altmann, S. M., M. T. Mellon, D. L. Distel, and C. H. Kim. 2003. Molecular and functional analysis of an interferon gene from the zebrafish, Danio rerio. J. Virol. 77:1992-2002.
Giribet, G., and D. L. Distel. 2003. Bivalve phylogeny and molecular data, p. 45-90. In C. Lydeard and D. R. Lindberg (ed.), Molecular Systematics and Phylogeography of Mollusks. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
Rocap, G., D. L. Distel, J. B. Waterbury, and S. W. Chisholm. 2002. Resolution of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus ecotypes by using 16S-23S ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:1180-91.
Distel, D. L., D. J. Beaudoin, and W. Morrill. 2002. Coexistence of multiple proteobacterial endosymbionts in the gills of the wood-boring bivalve Lyrodus pedicellatus (Bivalvia: Teredinidae). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68:6292-9.
Distel, D. L., W. Morrill, N. MacLaren-Toussaint, D. Franks, and J. Waterbury. 2002. Teredinibacter turnerae gen. nov., sp. nov., a dinitrogen-fixing, cellulolytic, endosymbiotic gamma-proteobacterium isolated from the gills of wood-boring molluscs (Bivalvia: Teredinidae). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52:2261-9.
Giribet, G., D. L. Distel, M. Polz, W. Sterrer, and W. C. Wheeler. 2000. Triploblastic relationships with emphasis on the acoelomates and the position of Gnathostomulida, Cycliophora, Plathelminthes and Chaetognatha: A combined approach of 18S rDNA sequences and morphology. Syst. Biol. 49:539-562.
Distel, D. L. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships among mytilidae (Bivalvia): 18S rRNA data suggest convergence in mytilid body plans. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 15:25-33.
Distel, D. L., A. R. Baco, E. Chuang, W. Morrill, C. Cavanaugh, and C. R. Smith. 2000. Do mussels take wooden steps to deep-sea vents? Nature 403:725-6.
Distel, D. L. 1999. What does it mean to clone a gene? College of Natural Sciences and Forestry Biotechnology White Papers Series 2: Impacts of Genetic Engineering on Society:1-2.
Campbell, C. S., and D. L. Distel. 1999. Molecular phylogeny: Knowledge of the tree of life is fruitful. College of Natural Sciences and Forestry Biotechnology White Papers Series 2: Impacts of Genetic Engineering on Society:1-2.
Distel, D. L. 1998. Evolution of chemoautotrophic endosymbioses in bivalves. BioScience 48:277-286.
Distel, D. L., and S. J. Roberts. 1997. Bacterial endosymbionts in the gills of the deep-sea wood-boring bivalves Xylophaga atlantica and Xylophaga washingtona. Biol. Bull. 192:253-61.
Distel, D. L., and C. M. Cavanaugh. 1995. Intracellular coexistence of methano- and thioautotrophic bacteria in a hydrothermal vent mussel. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 92:9598-9602.
Dubilier, N., O. Giere, D. L. Distel, and C. M. Cavanaugh. 1995. Characterization of chemoautotrophic bacterial symbionts in a gutless marine worm (Oligochaeta, Annelida) by phylogenetic 16S rRNA sequence analysis and in situ hybridization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:2346-50.
Distel, D. L., and C. M. Cavanaugh. 1994. Independent phylogenetic origins of methanotrophic and chemoautotrophic bacterial endosymbioses in marine bivalves. J. Bacteriol. 176:1932-1938.
Distel, D. L., H. Felbeck, and C. M. Cavanaugh. 1994. Evidence for phylogenetic congruence among sulfur-oxidizing chemoautotrophic bacterial endosymbionts and their bivalve hosts. J. Mol. Evol. 38:533-542.
Polz, M. F., D. L. Distel, B. Zarda, R. Amann, H. Felbeck, J. A. Ott, and C. M. Cavanaugh. 1994. Phylogenetic analysis of a highly specific association between ectosymbiotic, sulfur-oxidizing bacteria and a marine nematode. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:4461-7.
Haygood, M. G., and D. L. Distel. 1993. Bioluminescent symbionts of flashlight fishes and deep-sea anglerfishes from unique lineages related to Vibrios. Nature 363:154-156.
Haygood, M. G., D. L. Distel, and P. J. Herring. 1992. Polymerase chain reaction and 16S rRNA gene sequences from the luminous bacterial symbionts of two deep-sea anglerfishes. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 72:149-159.
Distel, D. L., and A. P. Wood. 1992. Characterization of the gill symbiont Thyasira flexuosa (Thiasiridae: Bivalvia) by use of polymerase chain reaction and 16S rRNA sequence analysis. J. Bacteriol. 174:6317-6320.
Felbeck, H., and D. L. Distel. 1992. Prokaryotic symbionts in marine invertebrates, p. 3891-3906. In A. Ballows, H. Truper, W. Harder, and K. H. Schleifer (ed.), The Prokaryotes, 2 ed, vol. 4. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Distel, D. L., E. F. Delong, and J. B. Waterbury. 1991. Phylogenetic characterization and in situ localization of the bacterial symbiont of shipworms (Teredinidae: Bivalvia) by using 16S rRNA sequence analysis and oligonucleotide probe hybridization. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:2376-2382.
Distel, D. L. 1990. Detection, identification and phylogenetic analysis of endosymbiotic bacteria using ribososmal RNA sequences, p. 339-342. In P. Nardon, Gianinazzi-Pearson, V., Grenier, A.M., Margulis, L., Smith, D.C. (ed.), Endocytobiology IV, 4 ed, vol. 4. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Paris, France.
Distel, D. L., and H. Felbeck. 1988a. Pathways of inorganic carbon fixation in the endosymbiont bearing lucinid clam Lucinoma aequizonata: Part 1. Purification and characterization of the endosymbiotic bacteria. J. Exp. Zool. 247:1-10.
Distel, D. L., and H. Felbeck. 1988b. Pathways of inorganic carbon fixation in the endosymbiont bearing lucinid clam Lucinoma aequizonata: Part 2. Analysis of the individual contributions of host and symbiont to inorganic carbon assimilation. J. Exp. Zool. 247:11-22.
Distel, D. L., D. J. Lane, G. J. Olsen, S. J. Giovannoni, B. Pace, N. R. Pace, D. A. Stahl, and H. Felbeck. 1988. Sulfur-oxidizing bacterial endosymbionts: analysis of phylogeny and specificity by 16S rRNA sequences. J. Bacteriol. 170:2506-2510.
Fisher, C. R., J. J. Childress, A. J. Arp, J. M. Brooks, D. L. Distel, J. A. Dugan, J. A. Favuzzi, H. Felbeck, L. W. Fritz, R. Hessler, K. S. Johnson, M. C. Kennicutt II, R. A. Lutz, S. A. Macko, A. Newton , M. A. Powell, G. N. Somero, and T. Soto. 1988. Variations in the hydrothermal-vent clam, Calyptogena magnifica, at the Rose Garden vent on the Galapagos spreading center. Deep Sea Res. 35:1811-1831.
Fisher, C. R., J. J. Childress, A. J. Arp, J. M. Brooks, D. L. Distel, J. A. Favuzzi, S. A. Macko, A. Newton , M. A. Powell, G. N. Somero, and T. Soto. 1988. Physiology, morphology, and composition of Riftia pachyptila at Rose Garden in 1985. Deep Sea Res. 35:1745-1758.
Fisher, C. R., J. J. Childress, A. J. Arp, J. M. Brooks, D. L. Distel, J. A. Favuzzi, H. Felbeck, R. Hessler, K. S. Johnson, M. C. Kennicutt II, S. A. Macko, A. Newton , M. A. Powell, G. N. Somero, and T. Soto. 1988. Microhabitat variation in the hydrothermal vent mussel, Bathymodiolus thermophilus, at the Rose Garden vent on the Galapagos Rift. Deep Sea Res. 35:1769-1791.
Distel, D. L., and H. Felbeck. 1987. Endosymbiosis in the lucinid clams Lucinoma aequizonata, Lucinoma annulata and Lucina floridana: a reexamination of the functional morphology of the gills as bacteria-bearing organs. Mar. Biol. 96:79-86.
Evans, T., E. T. Rosenthal, J. Youngblom, D. L. Distel, and T. Hunt. 1983. Cyclin: A protein specified by maternal mRNA in sea urchin eggs which is destroyed at each cell cleavage division. Cell 33:389-396.
