Lab Publications

Seto, K, DR Simmons, CA Quandt, T Frenken, AC Dirks, RA Clemons, KM McKindles, RML McKay, TY James. A combined microscopy and single-cell sequencing approach reveals the ecology, morphology, and phylogeny of uncultured lineages of zooporic fungi. Mbio. 2023. e01313-23. DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01313-23

McKindles KM, M Manes, MJ Neudeck, RM McKay, GS Bullerjahn. Multi-year molecular quantification and 'omics analysis of Planktothrix-specific cyanophage sequences from Sandusky Bay, Lake Erie. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2023. 14: e1199641. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1199641

Wagner, RS, KM McKindles, GS Bullerjahn. Effects of water movement and temperature on Rhizophydium infection of Planktothrix in a shollow hypereutropic lake. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2023. 14: e1197394. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1197394

McKindles, K, RM McKay, GS Bullerjahn, T Frenken. Interactions between chytrids cause variable infection strategies on harmful algal bloom forming species. Harmful Algae. 2023. 122: e102381. DOI: 10.1016/j.hal.2023.102381.

McKindles, K, RM McKay, GS Bullerjahn. Genomic comparison of Planktothrix agardhii isolated from a Lake Erie embayment. PLOS One. 2022. 17(8): e0273454. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0273454

McKindles, K, MA Manes, RM McKay, TW Davis, GS Bullerjahn. Environmental factors affecting chytrid (Chytridiomycota) infection rates on Planktothrix agardhii. J Plankton Res. 2021. 43:658-672. https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbab058

McKindles, K, A Jorge, RM McKay, TW Davis, GS Bullerjahn. Isolation and characterization of Rhizophydiales sp. (Chytridiomycota), an obligate parasite of Planktothrix agardhii of a Laurentian Great Lakes embayment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2021. 87: e02308-20: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02308-20

McKindles, K, MA Manes, JR DeMarco, A McClure, RM McKay, TW Davis, GS Bullerjahn. Dissolved microcystin release linked to lysis of a Microcystis-dominated bloom in western Lake Erie attributed to a novel cyanophage. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2020. 86: e01397-20; DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01397-20

Matson, P, G Boyer, T Bridgeman, GS Bullerjahn, D Kane, RM McKay, K McKindles, H Raymond, B Snyder, R Stumpf, T Davis. Biophysical drivers facilitating a toxigenic cyanobacterial bloom in a major Great Lakes tributary. Limnol. Oceanogr. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11558

McKindles, K, T Franken, RM McKay, TW Davis, GS Bullerjahn. Binational efforts addressing cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes. In: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, Jill Crossman and Chris Weisener (Ed.). 2020.

McKindles, K, PV Zimba, AS Chiu, SB Watson, DB Gutierrez, J Westerick, H Kling, TW Davis. A multiplex analysis of potentially toxic cyanobacteria in Lake Winnipeg during the 2013 bloom season. Toxins. 2019. 11, 587; doi:10.3390/toxins11100587.

McKindles, K. The effect of phosphorus and nitrogen limitation on viral infection in Microcystis aeruginosa NIES298 using the cyanophage Ma-LMM01. 2017. Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. 741. http://commons.emich.edu/theses/741

Nguyen, S, F Ala, C Cardwell, D Cia, K McKindles, A Lotvola, S Hodges, S Tiquia. Isolation and screening of carboxydotrophs isolated from composts and their potential for butanol synthesis. Environ. Tech. 2013. 34(13-14):1995-2007. DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2013.795987

McKindles, K, S Tiquia-Arashio. Functional gene arrays for analysis of microbial communities on ocean platform. In: Molecular Biological Technologies for Ocean Sensing. 1ed Springer Protocols Handbook. 2012. 169-201.