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George S. Bullerjahn

November 01, 2023

George S. Bullerjahn is an American microbiologist, a former Distinguished Research Professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.[1] He is the founding director of the Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health. His specialty is microbial ecology; his research has focused on the health of the Laurentian Great Lakes, particularly the harmful algal bloom-forming populations in Lake Erie since the early 2000s.

George S. Bullerjahn
NationalityAmerican
Alma materDartmouth College
University of Virginia
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology, ecology
InstitutionsBowling Green State University

Education and training edit

Bullerjahn grew up in Boston and attended Browne and Nichols School. He received an A.B. in Biology from Dartmouth College in 1977[2] and a PhD in Biology from the University of Virginia in 1984. He was a postdoctoral associate at the University of Missouri (1984–1988) with Professor Louis Sherman.[3][4] Subsequently he accepted a faculty position at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and spent his entire career there. He is a Professor Emeritus in BGSU's Biology Department.

Research edit

Bullerjahn's early work focused on the genetics of Rhizobium spp.[5][6] He published his first studies on thylakoid structure of the model cyanobacteria Aphanocapsa in 1985,[3] and then many papers on the physiology and molecular biology of numerous cyanobacteria including Synechococcus and Prochlorothrix.[7] In 2004, he co-authored what was the be the first of many papers on limnology and the ecology of cyanobacteria in fresh waters.[8] His other research efforts include a focus on the development of cyanobacteria-based biosensors (bioreporters) used in the estimation of the bioavailability of nutrients in environmental samples.[9][10]

Bullerjahn's research interests are currently focused on detection, enumeration and characterization of cyanobacteria in aquatic systems. With a specific focus on potentially toxic cyanobacteria including Microcystis and Planktothrix, his research and that of the center he directs (which includes scientists spread across 6 states as well as in Canada) is focused on the mitigation and prevention of harmful algal blooms in fresh waters[11] with a particular focus on Lake Erie. These efforts include published studies of physical limnology,[12] nutrient dynamics[13][14] and the effects of viruses[15] on these communities. From publishing with Professor Reinhard Laubenbacher, Bullerjahn's Erdős number is 4.

Bullerjahn has been a member of Great Lakes limnological expeditions including surveys aboard CCGS LIMNOS, the US EPA RV LAKE GUARDIAN and completed a 1,600 km transect from western Lake Superior to Lake Erie aboard RV BLUE HERON.[16] His field work has extended to winter studies of ice-covered lakes including multiple surveys of Lake Erie aboard the light icebreaker CCGS GRIFFON, where a team of Canadian and US scientists, including Robert M. L. McKay, identified prolific growth of diatom algae associated with ice cover.[17] He has joined expeditions studying Hungary's Lake Balaton,[18] Russia's Lake Onega[19] and reservoirs in the UNESCO Třeboň Basin Biosphere of the Czech Republic[20]

 
Bullerjahn examining algal samples

Personal life edit

Bullerjahn's wife Anne is a faculty member in Biology at Owens Community College.[21] During high school and while at Dartmouth, Bullerjahn was a varsity rower and a member of the Dartmouth College Lightweight crew.[2] During his career, he has also become involved in social and political actions associated with the health of the Laurentian Great Lakes, serving as an expert for multiple regional news outlets,[22][23][24] organizing symposia and working with colleagues to assist Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) in drafting the Drinking Water Protection Act that was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2016.[25]

References edit

  1. ^ "George Bullerjahn".
  2. ^ a b Dartmouth College. "Class of 1977" (PDF). Dartmouth College class of 1977. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Bullerjahn, George S.; Riethman, Harold C.; Sherman, Louis A. (November 1985). "Organization of the thylakoid membrane from the heterotrophic cyanobacterium, Aphanocapsa 6714". Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics. 810 (2): 148–157. doi:10.1016/0005-2728(85)90130-6. PMID 3933560.
  4. ^ Bullerjahn, G S; Sherman, L A (1986). "Identification of a carotenoid-binding protein in the cytoplasmic membrane from the heterotrophic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6714". Journal of Bacteriology. 167 (1): 396–399. doi:10.1128/JB.167.1.396-399.1986. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 212892. PMID 3087963.
  5. ^ Bullerjahn, G. S.; Benzinger, R. H. (April 1982). "Genetic transformation of Rhizobium leguminosarum by plasmid DNA". Journal of Bacteriology. 150 (1): 421–424. doi:10.1128/JB.150.1.421-424.1982. ISSN 0021-9193. PMC 220134. PMID 7061403.
  6. ^ Bullerjahn, G.S.; Benzinger, Rolf H. (May 1984). "Introduction of the mercury transposon Tn501 intoRhizobium japonicumstrains 31 and 110". FEMS Microbiology Letters. 22 (3): 183–187. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1984.tb00722.x. ISSN 0378-1097.
  7. ^ Navarro, J. A.; Myshkin, E.; De la Rosa, M.A.; Bullerjahn, G.S.; Hervas, M. (October 5, 2001). "The unique proline of the Prochlorothrix hollandica plastocyanin hydrophobic patch impairs electron transfer to photosystem I". J Biol Chem. 276 (40): 37501–5. doi:10.1074/jbc.M105367200. PMID 11457853.
  8. ^ McKay, R. Michael L.; Bullerjahn, George S.; Porta, David; Brown, Erik T.; Sherrell, Robert M.; Smutka, Tanya M.; Sterner, Robert W.; Twiss, Michael R.; Wilhelm, Steven W. (October 2004). "Consideration of the bioavailability of iron in the North American Great Lakes: Development of novel approaches toward understanding iron biogeochemistry". Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management. 7 (4): 475–490. doi:10.1080/14634980490513364. ISSN 1463-4988. S2CID 16764870.
  9. ^ Porta, David; Bullerjahn, George S.; Durham, Kathryn A.; Wilhelm, Steven W.; Twiss, Michael R.; McKay, R. Michael L. (February 2003). "Physiological Characterization of Asynechococcussp. (Cyanophyceae) Strain PCC 7942 Iron-Dependent Bioreporter for Freshwater Environments1". Journal of Phycology. 39 (1): 64–73. doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02068.x. S2CID 13899981.
  10. ^ Mckay, R. M. L.; Porta, David; Bullerjahn, George S.; Al-Rshaidat, Mamoon M. D.; Klimowicz, Jeffrey A.; Sterner, Robert W.; Smutka, Tanya M.; Brown, Erik T.; Sherrell, Robert M. (October 1, 2005). "Bioavailable iron in oligotrophic Lake Superior assessed using biological reporters". Journal of Plankton Research. 27 (10): 1033–1044. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbi070. ISSN 1464-3774.
  11. ^ Wilhelm, Steven W.; Bullerjahn, George S.; McKay, R. Michael L. (June 30, 2020). Moran, Mary Ann (ed.). "The Complicated and Confusing Ecology of Microcystis Blooms". mBio. 11 (3): e00529–20, /mbio/11/3/mBio.00529–20.atom. doi:10.1128/mBio.00529-20. ISSN 2150-7511. PMC 7327167. PMID 32605981.
  12. ^ Matson, Paul G.; Boyer, Gregory L.; Bridgeman, Thomas B.; Bullerjahn, George S.; Kane, Douglas D.; McKay, Robert M. L.; McKindles, Katelyn M.; Raymond, Heather A.; Snyder, Brenda K.; Stumpf, Richard P.; Davis, Timothy W. (July 24, 2020). "Physical drivers facilitating a toxigenic cyanobacterial bloom in a major Great Lakes tributary". Limnology and Oceanography. 65 (12): 2866–2882. Bibcode:2020LimOc..65.2866M. doi:10.1002/lno.11558. ISSN 0024-3590. PMC 7942401. PMID 33707786.
  13. ^ Hampel, Justyna J.; McCarthy, Mark J.; Neudeck, Michelle; Bullerjahn, George S.; McKay, Robert Michael L.; Newell, Silvia E. (January 2019). "Ammonium recycling supports toxic Planktothrix blooms in Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie: Evidence from stable isotope and metatranscriptome data". Harmful Algae. 81: 42–52. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2018.11.011. PMID 30638497. S2CID 58579692.
  14. ^ Salk, Kateri R.; Bullerjahn, George S.; McKay, Robert Michael L.; Chaffin, Justin D.; Ostrom, Nathaniel E. (May 16, 2018). "Nitrogen cycling in Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie: oscillations between strong and weak export and implications for harmful algal blooms". Biogeosciences. 15 (9): 2891–2907. Bibcode:2018BGeo...15.2891S. doi:10.5194/bg-15-2891-2018. ISSN 1726-4189.
  15. ^ McKindles, Katelyn M.; Manes, Makayla A.; DeMarco, Jonathan R.; McClure, Andrew; McKay, R. Michael; Davis, Timothy W.; Bullerjahn, George S. (August 28, 2020). Schaffner, Donald W. (ed.). "Dissolved Microcystin Release Coincident with Lysis of a Bloom Dominated by Microcystis spp. in Western Lake Erie Attributed to a Novel Cyanophage". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86 (22): e01397–20, /aem/86/22/AEM.01397–20.atom. Bibcode:2020ApEnM..86E1397M. doi:10.1128/AEM.01397-20. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 7642080. PMID 32859600. S2CID 221365623.
  16. ^ Rozmarynowycz, Mark J.; Beall, Benjamin F. N.; Bullerjahn, George S.; Small, Gaston E.; Sterner, Robert W.; Brovold, Sandra S.; D'souza, Nigel A.; Watson, Susan B.; McKay, Robert Michael L. (April 1, 2019). "Transitions in microbial communities along a 1600 km freshwater trophic gradient". Journal of Great Lakes Research. 45 (2): 263–276. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2019.01.004. ISSN 0380-1330. S2CID 92159518.
  17. ^ Twiss, M. R.; McKay, R. M. L.; Bourbonniere, R. A.; Bullerjahn, G. S.; Carrick, H. J.; Smith, R. E. H.; Winter, J. G.; D'souza, N. A.; Furey, P. C.; Lashaway, A. R.; Saxton, M. A. (March 1, 2012). "Diatoms abound in ice-covered Lake Erie: An investigation of offshore winter limnology in Lake Erie over the period 2007 to 2010". Journal of Great Lakes Research. 38 (1): 18–30. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2011.12.008. ISSN 0380-1330.
  18. ^ Bullerjahn, George S.; McKay, Robert Michael L.; Bernát, Gábor; Prášil, Ondřej; Vörös, Lajos; Pálffy, Károly; Tugyi, Nóra; Somogyi, Boglárka (August 2020). "Community dynamics and function of algae and bacteria during winter in central European great lakes". Journal of Great Lakes Research. 46 (4): 732–740. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2019.07.002.
  19. ^ Rozmarynowycz, Mark (January 1, 2014). "Spatio-Temporal Distribution Of Microbial Communities In The Laurentian Great Lakes". Biology Ph.D. Dissertations.
  20. ^ Bullerjahn, George S.; McKay, Robert Michael L.; Bernát, Gábor; Prášil, Ondřej; Vörös, Lajos; Pálffy, Károly; Tugyi, Nóra; Somogyi, Boglárka (August 1, 2020). "Community dynamics and function of algae and bacteria during winter in central European great lakes". Journal of Great Lakes Research. 46 (4): 732–740. doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2019.07.002. ISSN 0380-1330.
  21. ^ College, Owens Community. "The Honors Mentors". Honors Program. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  22. ^ "BGSU faculty track harmful algae across continents". The Blade. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  23. ^ Cathey, Ben. "Sandusky Bay algae produces toxins". www.13abc.com. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  24. ^ The Journal | BGSU Lake Erie Research (2017) | Season 19 | Episode 4, retrieved March 23, 2021
  25. ^ Thomas-Baird, Marie. "Diving into Lake Erie issues: BGSU professor gives talk on Cyanobacteria". Sentinel-Tribune. Retrieved March 23, 2021.

November 01, 2023
george, bullerjahn, american, microbiologist, former, distinguished, research, professor, bowling, green, state, university, ohio, founding, director, great, lakes, center, fresh, waters, human, health, specialty, microbial, ecology, research, focused, health,. George S Bullerjahn is an American microbiologist a former Distinguished Research Professor at Bowling Green State University in Ohio 1 He is the founding director of the Great Lakes Center for Fresh Waters and Human Health His specialty is microbial ecology his research has focused on the health of the Laurentian Great Lakes particularly the harmful algal bloom forming populations in Lake Erie since the early 2000s George S BullerjahnNationalityAmericanAlma materDartmouth CollegeUniversity of VirginiaScientific careerFieldsMicrobiology ecologyInstitutionsBowling Green State University Contents 1 Education and training 2 Research 3 Personal life 4 ReferencesEducation and training editBullerjahn grew up in Boston and attended Browne and Nichols School He received an A B in Biology from Dartmouth College in 1977 2 and a PhD in Biology from the University of Virginia in 1984 He was a postdoctoral associate at the University of Missouri 1984 1988 with Professor Louis Sherman 3 4 Subsequently he accepted a faculty position at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and spent his entire career there He is a Professor Emeritus in BGSU s Biology Department Research editBullerjahn s early work focused on the genetics of Rhizobium spp 5 6 He published his first studies on thylakoid structure of the model cyanobacteria Aphanocapsa in 1985 3 and then many papers on the physiology and molecular biology of numerous cyanobacteria including Synechococcus and Prochlorothrix 7 In 2004 he co authored what was the be the first of many papers on limnology and the ecology of cyanobacteria in fresh waters 8 His other research efforts include a focus on the development of cyanobacteria based biosensors bioreporters used in the estimation of the bioavailability of nutrients in environmental samples 9 10 Bullerjahn s research interests are currently focused on detection enumeration and characterization of cyanobacteria in aquatic systems With a specific focus on potentially toxic cyanobacteria including Microcystis and Planktothrix his research and that of the center he directs which includes scientists spread across 6 states as well as in Canada is focused on the mitigation and prevention of harmful algal blooms in fresh waters 11 with a particular focus on Lake Erie These efforts include published studies of physical limnology 12 nutrient dynamics 13 14 and the effects of viruses 15 on these communities From publishing with Professor Reinhard Laubenbacher Bullerjahn s Erdos number is 4 Bullerjahn has been a member of Great Lakes limnological expeditions including surveys aboard CCGS LIMNOS the US EPA RV LAKE GUARDIAN and completed a 1 600 km transect from western Lake Superior to Lake Erie aboard RV BLUE HERON 16 His field work has extended to winter studies of ice covered lakes including multiple surveys of Lake Erie aboard the light icebreaker CCGS GRIFFON where a team of Canadian and US scientists including Robert M L McKay identified prolific growth of diatom algae associated with ice cover 17 He has joined expeditions studying Hungary s Lake Balaton 18 Russia s Lake Onega 19 and reservoirs in the UNESCO Trebon Basin Biosphere of the Czech Republic 20 nbsp Bullerjahn examining algal samplesPersonal life editBullerjahn s wife Anne is a faculty member in Biology at Owens Community College 21 During high school and while at Dartmouth Bullerjahn was a varsity rower and a member of the Dartmouth College Lightweight crew 2 During his career he has also become involved in social and political actions associated with the health of the Laurentian Great Lakes serving as an expert for multiple regional news outlets 22 23 24 organizing symposia and working with colleagues to assist Rep Bob Latta R OH in drafting the Drinking Water Protection Act that was signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2016 25 References edit George Bullerjahn a b Dartmouth College Class of 1977 PDF Dartmouth College class of 1977 Retrieved March 23 2021 a b Bullerjahn George S Riethman Harold C Sherman Louis A November 1985 Organization of the thylakoid membrane from the heterotrophic cyanobacterium Aphanocapsa 6714 Biochimica et Biophysica Acta BBA Bioenergetics 810 2 148 157 doi 10 1016 0005 2728 85 90130 6 PMID 3933560 Bullerjahn G S Sherman L A 1986 Identification of a carotenoid binding protein in the cytoplasmic membrane from the heterotrophic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp strain PCC6714 Journal of Bacteriology 167 1 396 399 doi 10 1128 JB 167 1 396 399 1986 ISSN 0021 9193 PMC 212892 PMID 3087963 Bullerjahn G S Benzinger R H April 1982 Genetic transformation of Rhizobium leguminosarum by plasmid DNA Journal of Bacteriology 150 1 421 424 doi 10 1128 JB 150 1 421 424 1982 ISSN 0021 9193 PMC 220134 PMID 7061403 Bullerjahn G S Benzinger Rolf H May 1984 Introduction of the mercury transposon Tn501 intoRhizobium japonicumstrains 31 and 110 FEMS Microbiology Letters 22 3 183 187 doi 10 1111 j 1574 6968 1984 tb00722 x ISSN 0378 1097 Navarro J A Myshkin E De la Rosa M A Bullerjahn G S Hervas M October 5 2001 The unique proline of the Prochlorothrix hollandica plastocyanin hydrophobic patch impairs electron transfer to photosystem I J Biol Chem 276 40 37501 5 doi 10 1074 jbc M105367200 PMID 11457853 McKay R Michael L Bullerjahn George S Porta David Brown Erik T Sherrell Robert M Smutka Tanya M Sterner Robert W Twiss Michael R Wilhelm Steven W October 2004 Consideration of the bioavailability of iron in the North American Great Lakes Development of novel approaches toward understanding iron biogeochemistry Aquatic Ecosystem Health amp Management 7 4 475 490 doi 10 1080 14634980490513364 ISSN 1463 4988 S2CID 16764870 Porta David Bullerjahn George S Durham Kathryn A Wilhelm Steven W Twiss Michael R McKay R Michael L February 2003 Physiological Characterization of Asynechococcussp Cyanophyceae Strain PCC 7942 Iron Dependent Bioreporter for Freshwater Environments1 Journal of Phycology 39 1 64 73 doi 10 1046 j 1529 8817 2003 02068 x S2CID 13899981 Mckay R M L Porta David Bullerjahn George S Al Rshaidat Mamoon M D Klimowicz Jeffrey A Sterner Robert W Smutka Tanya M Brown Erik T Sherrell Robert M October 1 2005 Bioavailable iron in oligotrophic Lake Superior assessed using biological reporters Journal of Plankton Research 27 10 1033 1044 doi 10 1093 plankt fbi070 ISSN 1464 3774 Wilhelm Steven W Bullerjahn George S McKay R Michael L June 30 2020 Moran Mary Ann ed The Complicated and Confusing Ecology of Microcystis Blooms mBio 11 3 e00529 20 mbio 11 3 mBio 00529 20 atom doi 10 1128 mBio 00529 20 ISSN 2150 7511 PMC 7327167 PMID 32605981 Matson Paul G Boyer Gregory L Bridgeman Thomas B Bullerjahn George S Kane Douglas D McKay Robert M L McKindles Katelyn M Raymond Heather A Snyder Brenda K Stumpf Richard P Davis Timothy W July 24 2020 Physical drivers facilitating a toxigenic cyanobacterial bloom in a major Great Lakes tributary Limnology and Oceanography 65 12 2866 2882 Bibcode 2020LimOc 65 2866M doi 10 1002 lno 11558 ISSN 0024 3590 PMC 7942401 PMID 33707786 Hampel Justyna J McCarthy Mark J Neudeck Michelle Bullerjahn George S McKay Robert Michael L Newell Silvia E January 2019 Ammonium recycling supports toxic Planktothrix blooms in Sandusky Bay Lake Erie Evidence from stable isotope and metatranscriptome data Harmful Algae 81 42 52 doi 10 1016 j hal 2018 11 011 PMID 30638497 S2CID 58579692 Salk Kateri R Bullerjahn George S McKay Robert Michael L Chaffin Justin D Ostrom Nathaniel E May 16 2018 Nitrogen cycling in Sandusky Bay Lake Erie oscillations between strong and weak export and implications for harmful algal blooms Biogeosciences 15 9 2891 2907 Bibcode 2018BGeo 15 2891S doi 10 5194 bg 15 2891 2018 ISSN 1726 4189 McKindles Katelyn M Manes Makayla A DeMarco Jonathan R McClure Andrew McKay R Michael Davis Timothy W Bullerjahn George S August 28 2020 Schaffner Donald W ed Dissolved Microcystin Release Coincident with Lysis of a Bloom Dominated by Microcystis spp in Western Lake Erie Attributed to a Novel Cyanophage Applied and Environmental Microbiology 86 22 e01397 20 aem 86 22 AEM 01397 20 atom Bibcode 2020ApEnM 86E1397M doi 10 1128 AEM 01397 20 ISSN 0099 2240 PMC 7642080 PMID 32859600 S2CID 221365623 Rozmarynowycz Mark J Beall Benjamin F N Bullerjahn George S Small Gaston E Sterner Robert W Brovold Sandra S D souza Nigel A Watson Susan B McKay Robert Michael L April 1 2019 Transitions in microbial communities along a 1600 km freshwater trophic gradient Journal of Great Lakes Research 45 2 263 276 doi 10 1016 j jglr 2019 01 004 ISSN 0380 1330 S2CID 92159518 Twiss M R McKay R M L Bourbonniere R A Bullerjahn G S Carrick H J Smith R E H Winter J G D souza N A Furey P C Lashaway A R Saxton M A March 1 2012 Diatoms abound in ice covered Lake Erie An investigation of offshore winter limnology in Lake Erie over the period 2007 to 2010 Journal of Great Lakes Research 38 1 18 30 doi 10 1016 j jglr 2011 12 008 ISSN 0380 1330 Bullerjahn George S McKay Robert Michael L Bernat Gabor Prasil Ondrej Voros Lajos Palffy Karoly Tugyi Nora Somogyi Boglarka August 2020 Community dynamics and function of algae and bacteria during winter in central European great lakes Journal of Great Lakes Research 46 4 732 740 doi 10 1016 j jglr 2019 07 002 Rozmarynowycz Mark January 1 2014 Spatio Temporal Distribution Of Microbial Communities In The Laurentian Great Lakes Biology Ph D Dissertations Bullerjahn George S McKay Robert Michael L Bernat Gabor Prasil Ondrej Voros Lajos Palffy Karoly Tugyi Nora Somogyi Boglarka August 1 2020 Community dynamics and function of algae and bacteria during winter in central European great lakes Journal of Great Lakes Research 46 4 732 740 doi 10 1016 j jglr 2019 07 002 ISSN 0380 1330 College Owens Community The Honors Mentors Honors Program Retrieved March 23 2021 BGSU faculty track harmful algae across continents The Blade Retrieved March 23 2021 Cathey Ben Sandusky Bay algae produces toxins www 13abc com Retrieved March 23 2021 The 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