ABR: Molecular Systematics of the Genus Vibrio and Related Organisms

马里兰州大学的丽塔科尔韦尔博士将继续 她对生物学、生态学和 海洋细菌的进化，归入或接近弧菌属。 她的实验室目前的工作包括经典的 细菌学的方法以及新的 核糖体RNA序列分析的分子方法，以产生 用于鉴定新菌株的数据，通常来自新的 环境，以及这些和更好的已知类群的分类 反映了系统发生的亲缘关系。 弧菌和 相关的细菌构成了 异养细菌的世界海洋，沿海沃茨， 河口 有些类群是近岸的浮游植物 贝类或海洋动物（包括鲨鱼）及其他 导致人类疾病。 因此，系统学和生态学 属及其近亲对两者都非常重要 科学和经济原因。

Dr. Rita Colwell at the University of Maryland will continue her pioneering investigations into the biology, ecology, and evolution of marine bacteria placed in or near the genus Vibrio. Current work in her laboratory encompasses both classical approaches in bacteriology as well as application of new molecular methods of ribosomal RNA sequence analysis, to generate data useful in identification of new strains, often from novel environments, and classification of these and better known taxa into groups reflective of phylogenetic affinity. Vibrios and related bacteria constitute a significant portion of the heterotrophic bacteria of the world's oceans, coastal waters, and estuaries. Some of the taxa are commensals of near-shore shellfish or of marine animals (including sharks), and others cause human diseases. Hence, the systematics and ecology of the genus and its close relatives are of major importance for both scientific and economic reasons.