Maria Alexandra Guerrero
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1983 B.S., Chemistry and Pharmacy, Universidad de Guayaquil. Guayaquil, Ecuador
1987 M.S., Biology, Florida International University. Miami, Florida
1993 Ph.D., Biology, Florida International University. Miami, Florida
Dr. Guerrero is by training a microbial ecologist that has mainly dealt with the ecophysiology of marine bacteria involved in the nitrogen and carbon cycles. Her interests are in using molecular tools to monitor changes in microbial communities due to environmental stress and has used these techniques to analyze microbial metabolic activities in situ (i.e. carbon fixation and nitrification). Another aspect of her research is the development of flow cytometric techniques applicable to the analyses of toxic dinoflagellates and marine bacterioplankton. She also serves as a coordinator for the Environmental Molecular and Cytometric Imaging Facility of the Southeasat Environmental Research Center (SERC) at FIU. guerrero@fiu.edu
Guerrero, M.A. and R.D. Jones. 1995. Photoinhibition of marine nitrifying bacteria: wavelength-dependent response. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 141: 183-192.
Guerrero, M.A. and R.D. Jones. 1995. Dark recovery of marine nitrifying
bacteria after monochromatic or polychromatic irradiation. Marine Ecology
Progress Series, 141: 193-198.
Guerrero, M.A. and R.D. Jones. 1997. Light induced absorbance changes
associated with photoinhibition in nitrifying bacteria. Aquatic Microbial
Ecology, 13:233-239.
Zuo Y, Guerrero M.A. and R.D. Jones. 1998. Reassessment of the ocean-to-atmosphere flux of carbon monoxide. Chemistry and Ecology, 14:241-257.
Bugden, J.B.C., Guerrero M.A. and R.D. Jones. 1998. Spatial and temporal variation of marine bacterioplankton in Florida Bay, U.S.A. Journal of Coastal Research, 14: 1304-1313.
Sinigalliano C.D., Guerrero M.A. Kuhn D, and R.D. Jones. (2001) In situ reverse transcription to detect the cbbL gene and visualize RuBisCO in chemoautotrophic nitrifying bacteria. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 32, 388-393.
Sinigalliano CD, Jones RD, Kuhn DN, Guerrero MA. (2003) Visualization of the cbbL gene in healthy-and starved-chemoautotrophic nitrifying bacteria@. Current Microbiology, 47 (2): 77-83.