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CURRICULUM VITAE FOR DR. RICHARD Y. MORITA Present position: Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Oceanography Department of Microbiology,, Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331 EDUCATION, MILITARY, OR ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE AND POSITIONS 1941 Graduate Pasadena High School, Pasadena, California 1942 Incarserated by the Federal Govt. Family No. 23548, (Gila Relocation Center and Tulare

Assembly Center) 1944-46 U.S. Army (I Co., 442nd Reg’t Combat Team, 19 months overseas (Italy) 1947 B.S. (Bacteriology-Chemistry), University of Nebraska 1947-1949 Teaching Assistant, Department of Bacteriology, University of Southern California 1949 M.S. (Bacteriology), University of Southern California 1949-54 Research Team Member, American Petroleum Institute Project 43A 1954 Ph. D. (Microbiology-Oceanography), University of California, Scripps Institution of

Oceanography 1952-55 Research Microbiologist and Project Leader, Office of Naval Research contract N60nr-275 (18) 1955-58 Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Houston 1958-59 Assistant Professor of Microbiology, University of Nebraska 1959-62 Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Nebraska 1959-1962 Consultant, St. Elizabeth Hospital, Lincoln General Hospital, and Methodist Hospital, Lincoln,

Nebraska. 1962-64 Associate Professor of Microbiology and Oceanography, Oregon State University. Appointments

in Colleges of Science, Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, and Agriculture. 1958-68 Member, West Coast Study Section, American Petroleum Institute. 1964-88 Professor of Microbiology and Oceanography, Oregon State University 1970-71 Program Director for Biochemistry, National Science Foundation, Washington, D. 1973-74 Visiting Professor, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Qld., Australia.

(sabbatical leave) (Senior Queen Elizabeth II Fellow) (on sabbatical) 1978 Visiting Professor, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, funded by the Japan Society

for the promotion of Science. (for lecturing at various universities throughout Japan) 1978 Visiting Professor, Bamfield Marine Station (consortium of 5 western Canadian universities),

Bamfield, B.C., Canada 1979 Consultant, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories 1979 Consultant (Microbiologist), Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory 1987 Consultant, SOHIO, Cleveland, Ohio 1989 to date Professor Emeritus of Microbiology and Oceanography, Oregon State University 1989 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan 1990 Glaser Visiting Professor, Florida International University, Miami, FL 1992-96 Scientific Advisor, Operation DeepStar, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, JAPAN. 1993-to date Associate, Richards Industrial Corporation, Pleasant Grove, Utah

EDITORIAL BOARDS 1977 thru 99 Associate Editor, Geomicrobiology Journal 1979 thru 92 Advisor (equivalent to editorial board), Marine Ecology Progress Series 1980 thru 82 Editorial Board, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 1991 to date Editorial Board, The Journal of Marine Biotechnology

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ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS 1968-69 Program Director for Biochemistry, Molecular Biology Section, BMS, National Science

Foundation (GS 15 step 5).

MAJOR RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS 1950 Microbiologist, Mid-Pacific Expedition of 1950 1952 Microbiologist, Royal Danish Navy "Galathea" Deep Sea Expedition 1953 Trans-Pacific Expedition (Microbiologist) 1962 Invited Investigator, Expedition Dodo

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES

1968-71 Special Consultant to Public Health Service, Microbiology Training Grant Committee, National Institutes of General Medical Sciences 1969-70 Panel Member, Molecular Biology Section, BMS, National Science Foundation 1972 Project Reviewer, Environmental Protection Agency 1973 Panel Member, Biological Oceanography Section, BMS, National Science Foundation 1976 Advisory Committee on Carbon Dioxide, NOAA 1976 Advisory Committee on Microbiology, NOAA 1977 Advisory Committee, National Science Foundation, Division of International Programs 1978 Ad hoc member, National Sea Grant Program Site Team, University of Maryland, College Park,

MD 1984-85 Project Reviewer, Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis 1986 Panel Chairman for the Research Position Review Panel, EPA 1987 Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology/LSRO/ONR ad hoc Review Panel on Molecular Marine Biology 1988 Environmental Protection Agency Biotechnology Committee member for developing 5 year plan for EPA-Corvallis

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY COMMITTEES 1962-65 Member, Committee on Aquatic Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology 1979-72 Member, Committee for Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Society for

Microbiology 1972-73 Vice Chairman, Aquatic Microbiology Section, American Society for Microbiology 1973-74 Chairman, Aquatic Microbiology Section, American Society for Microbiology 1976-79 Member, Committee for Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology 1981-82 Chairman, Committee for Certificatiion of Environmental Microbiologists, American Academy of

Microbiology 1985-87 Councilor, Division of Aquatic and Terrestrial Microbiology, Society for American Society for

Microbiology 1985-86 Nominating Committee, American Society for Microbiology 1985-88 Review Committee Member, Evaluation of Continuing Education Programs, American Society for

Microbiology 1988-1991 Fisher Award Committee, American Society for Microbiology 1989-1991 Chairman, Fisher Award Committee, American Society for Microbiology

PARTICIPANT IN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIA, WORKSHOPS, ETC. 1965 Invited participant, International Conference on High Pressure, La Creusot, FRANCE

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1965 Invited symposium speaker, International Marine Microbiology Symposium, Society for General Microbiology, Aberdeen, SCOTLAND

1966 Invited participant and discussion leader, New York Academy of Sciences and Interdisciplinary Communication program on "Unresolved problems in marine microbiology". Princeton, NJ

1966 Invited participant on "Life and Environmental Extremes" Office of Space Science and Applications, NASA. San Diego, CA.

1967 Invited colloquium speaker, VII International Congress of Biochemistry. "Hydrostatic pressure and temperature as environmental parameters in geobiochemistry". Tokyo, JAPAN. (Travel grant from American Society for Biological Chemistry)

1968 Invited symposium speaker, Symposium on "Organic matter in natural waters". "Occurrence and possible significance and metabolism of marine obligately psychrophilic bacteria". Fairbanks, Alaska

1970 Invited symposium speaker. "Relationship between hydrostatic pressure and bacterial life in the deep sea". Joint Oceanographic Assembly, Tokyo, JAPAN 1971 Invited speaker and planning committee member, Workshop on High Pressure Aquaria Systems.

"Biochemical Aspects". Wilmington, NC 1972 Principal organizer and participant, 2nd U.S.-Japan Cooperative Conference on Marine Microbiology.

College Park, MD 1973 Invited symposium speaker and chairman of working section, Israel Scientific Conferences on "Interaction

between hydrographic, physical, and biological factors in warm lakes". "Role of Microorganisms in the nitrogen cycle in lakes." Nof Ginosar, ISRAEL

1973 Invited symposium speaker, First International Congress of Bacteriology. "Hydrostatic pressure, temperature, and salinity effects on marine microorganisms". Jerusalem, ISRAEL

1973 Invited speaker, 4th International Conference on the "Origin of Life". "The evolution of the 'steady state' carbon dioxide system". Barcelona, SPAIN

1973 Invited symposium speaker and panel discussion member, Global Impact of Applied Microbiology IV (Giam IV). "Marine fertility: Microbiology". Sao Paulo, BRAZIL

1974 Three lecture tours to various universities and organizations throughout Australia 1976 Invited symposium speaker, 26th Symposium on "Survival of vegetative microbes", Society for General

Microbiology, Cambridge, ENGLAND 1976 Invited symposium speaker, Session C2: Microbial processes of the sea floor. "Rate of microbial processes

in the deep sea: psychrophilic and barophilic bacteria" and "Anaerobic calcite formation". Joint Oceaographic Assembly, Edinburgh, SCOTLAND

1977 NSF Division of International Programs, Delegate Meeting between Japan and the U.S. in Honolulu, HI 1977 Invited symposium speaker. "Microbial contributions to the various marine trophic levels". VI Congreso

Nacional de Microbiologia, Santiago de Compostella, SPAIN 1977 Invited symposium speaker, Kristineberg Centenary Symposium on the "Deep-Sea Faunas--History,

Differentiation and Adaptation", Royal Swedish Academy of Science, Nordic Council of Marine Biology, and the Swedish Natural Science Research Council. Kristineberg Marine Biological Station, SWEDEN

1977 Invited symposium speaker and chairman of working section. The Marcus Wallenberg Foundation for International Cooperation in Science. The Deep-Sea--Ecology and Exploitation. Saltsjobaden, SWEDEN

1979 Invited faculty lecturer. Marine microbiology course for Latin American countries. Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, CHILE

1979 Invited symposium speaker, Latin American Congreso for Microbiology. Vina del Mar, CHILE 1979 Hotpack Lecturer and Award, Canadian Society for Microbiologists, Annual Mtg., Victoria, B.C.

CANADA 1981 Invited speaker, NATO Advanced Study Institute. Microbial metabolism and the cycling of organic matter

in the sea. Cascais, PORTUGAL 1982 Invited Plenary Speaker, Chilean Society for Microbiology, Santiago, CHILE 1982 Invited symposium paper (presented by Torrella). "Starvation induced morphological changes, motility,

and chemotaxis patterns in a psychrophilic vibrio". Deuxieme Colloque de microbiologie marine. Marseille, FRANCE

1984 Invited symposium speaker and chairman of section. Society for General Microbiology's Symposium on Oligotrophic and Copiotrophic Bacteria in Natural Environments. "Starvation and miniaturisation of

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heterotrophs, with special emphasis on the maintenance of the starved viable state". Reading, ENGLAND

1984 Invited speaker and session chairman. Second European Colloquium on Marine Microbiology. "Metabolism of CO and CO4 by nitrifiers and the determination of nitrification rates. Brest, FRANCE

1986 Invited speaker, Session on marine microbiology. 4th International Conference on Microbial Ecology. "Starvation-survival: the normal mode of most bacteria in the ocean" Ljubljana, YUGOSLAVIA

1986 Invited speaker, Session on polar environments. 4th International Conference on Microbial Ecology. "Arctic and Antarctic marine microbial communities (with R. A. Atlas)." Ljubljana, YUGOSLAVIA

1986 Invited speaker, Symposium on oligotrophic environments. XIV International Congress of Microbiology. "Starvation-survival in marine bacteria". Manchester, ENGLAND

1986 Invited participant, Round table on strategies of adaption to low temperature environments. XIV International Congress of Microbiology. Manchester, ENGLAND

1987 Invited Banquat Speaker, Western Branch, Canadian Society for Microbiology, Lake Louise, CANADA 1989 Invited convener, 5th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Symposium title: Oligotrophic

environments: Stratagies for growth and/or survival; invited speaker, "Bioavailability of energy and the starvation state of microbes". Kyoto, JAPAN.

1992 Invited symposium speaker. Microbes in the Sea. Netherlands Institute and the University of Groningen. "Oligotrophy in the Marine Environment". Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS

1992 Invited symposium speaker. International Bio Symposium, 92 Nagoya. Psychrophiles: An unexplored thermal group of bacteria for basic and Biotechnology". Nagoya, JAPAN.

1993 Invited speaker. Lectures on Deep Sea Microbiology: searching for new biotechnologies. "Environmental parameters of the deep sea and their effects on deep sea microorganisms." Japan Marine Science and Technology Center's Information and Education Program. Tokyo, JAPAN.

1993 Invited participant. International Summer Seminar on Deep Sea Microorganisms. Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, JAPAN.

1993 Invited speaker. International workshop on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Extremophiles and Archaebacteria. "An old man's view of psychrophiles." Riken Institute. Wako, JAPAN.

PARTICIPANT IN NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY SYMPOSIA,

WORKSHOPS, GORDON CONFERENCES, ETC. 1957 Participant, Symposium on sulfate-reducers. St. Boneventure, New York 1959 Invited plenary speaker. Gordon Research Conferences. "Deep-Sea Microbiology". 1959-63 AIBS Visiting Scientist lecture program 1063-64 Basic Science Examination Committee (for M.D.'s), State of Oregon 1964 Invited faculty lecturer, University of California at Berkeley. Course on "Biology of marine

microorganisms". Berkeley, CA. 1964 Invited speaker, Marine Disposal Engineering Training Course, U.S. Public Health Service,

Seattle, WA 1965 Invited symposium speaker, Symposium on characterization of marine bacteria, structure,

function, interaction, and significance. American Society for Microbiology Annual meetings. Atlantic City, NJ

1966 Convener for section. Annual meetings, American Society for Microbiology, Los Angeles, CA 1966 Delegate, U.S.-Japan Cooperative Seminar on Marine Microbiology. "The basic nature of marine

psychrophilic bacteria". Tokyo, JAPAN 1969 Invited participant on "Life and Environmental Extremes", Office of Space Science and

Applictions, NASA, San Diego, CA. 1969 Invited symposium speaker, Northern California Branch, American Society for Microbiology.

San Jose, CA 1969 Invited participant, Gordon Research Conferences 1970 Convener for section. Annual Meetings, American Society for Microbiology. Miami, FL 1970 Chairman, Round Table on "Obligately psychrophilic bacteria with special emphasis on marine

forms". Annual meetings, American Society for Microbiology. Miami, FL

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1970 Invited symposium speaker, NASA Conference on Environmental Extremes. Moffett Field, CA 1971 Organizer and participant, Seminar on "Hydrostatic pressure effects on microorganisms".

Minneapolis, MN 1971 Invited speaker, Microbiology of Estuaries. University of North Carolina, Columbus, NC 1971 Seminar speaker. Smithsonian Institute. "Temperature-hydrostatic pressure-salinity as

environmental parameters on marine microorganisms". Washington, D. C. 1972 Invited plenary speaker. "Kinetics of the oceanic carbon dioxide systems: biochemical and

microbiological considerations". Gordon Research Conferences 1972 Invited speaker. Southern California Branch, American Society for Microbiology. "Psychrophilic

bacteria". Santa Barbara, CA. 1972 Invited speaker. Food Microbiology Research Conferences. Allerton House, University of

Illinois, Monticello, IL 1973 Co-organizer, Seminar on Microbiology of Sediments. American Society for Microbiology,

Miami, FL 1974 Visting lecturer (one of several) selected and funded by the American Society for Microbiology.

Local branches of the American Soceity for Microbiology could then select one of these lecturers for their meeting.

1975 Visiting scientist program (sponsored by the graduate students) University of Miami, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.

1975 Baromicrobiology Workshop participant (sponsored by NSF). Troy, NY 1975 Working symposium member, Office of Naval Research, Asilomar, CA 1976 Invited symposium speaker. Conference on "Ecology of Microbes". Asilomar II. Northern

California Branch, American Society for Microbiology. Asilomar, CA 1976 Chairman, Symposium on Marine Microbiology. The Western Society for Naturalists. Fullerton,

CA 1977 Invited participant. Symposium on The Marine Plant Biomass of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

Gleneden Beach, OR 1978 Invited symposium speaker, College Park Colloquia on "Chemical Evolution". University of

Maryland, College Park, MD 1979 Invited participant. Microbial Ecology Workshop. American Society for Microbiology.

Clearwater Beach, FL 1979 Invited plenary speaker. "Microbial Life in the Deep Sea". Annual Meetings, Canadian Society

of Microbiologists. Victoria, B.C., Canada 1979 Eastern Bering Sea Synthesis Workshop. NOAA. Dept. of Commerce. Seattle, Juneau, and Sitka 1979 Invited plenary speaker. Workshop on "The Bering Sea Shelf: Oceanography and Resources".

Anchorage, AK 1979 Microbiologist for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Department of Energy [Lawrence Livermore

Laboratories] [Hackbarry and Bayou Choetra, Louisiana and Bryan Mound, Texas]. 1981 Invited colloquia speaker. Geomicrobiology--Applications in the Petroleum Industry. Joint Mtg.

of the Society of Economic Paleontologist and Mineralogists and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. San Francisco, CA

1981 Invited participant. Workshop on Environmental Impacts of Marine Biomass. Sponsored by the Gas Research Institute through the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley. Napa, CA

1981 Invited symposium speaker on Unusual Procaryotes. "Thioploca". Northwest Branch, American Society for Microbiology. Bozeman, MT

1981 Invited participant and primary reviewer. National Academy of Science's Workshop on Petroleum in the Marine Environment. Clearwater, FL

1983 Invited ONR Speaker, Proceedings of the Fourth Geeral Meetings of the Society for Industrial Microbiology. Sarasota. Fl.

1984 Invited speaker. Symposium on Microbial Activities Associated with Interfaces. "Current status on starvation-survival". Annual Meetings, American Society for Microbiology. St. Louis, MO

1985 Chairman, organizer (by invitation) and speaker. Seminar on Starvation-Survival of

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Microorganisms. Annual Meetings, American Soceity for Microbiology. Las Vegas, NV 1986 Invited speaker, Symposium on Microbial Ecology. "Starvation-survival: the normal state of most

marine microorganisms in nature". Northwest Branch, American Society for Microbiology, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

1987 Invited speaker. "The starved physiological state: The normal mode of most bacteria in nature". Gordon Research Conferences.

1987 Invited symposium speaker. "Are Starved Cells Normal, Injured, Dormant, Not Growing, or Nonculturable in ecosystems?" Annual Meetings, American Society for Microbiology. Atlanta, GE

1987 Speaker, EPA Workshop on Biotechnology Risk Assessment Research. "The effect of starvation of genetically engineered microorganisms". Gulf Breeze, FL

1988 Invited keynote speaker. Northwest Branch, American Society for Microbiology. "Starvation-survival and its relationship to the survival of the bacterial species." Bozeman, Montana.

1988 Invited speaker, EPA Biotechnology All-Investigators Meeting, Baltimore, MD 1989 Invited participant. Roundtable on "Starvation-survival and bacterial injury". Annual meeting,

American Society for Microbiology. New Orlean, LA 1993 Invited speaker. Symposium on Paradigms and paradoxes of the Microbial Loop. (Dr. Larry

Pomeroy's Retirement Symposium) Univ. Georgia, Athens, Georgia. 1995 Invited workshop participant, Microbial Activity at Yucca Mountain, Lawrence Livermore

National Laboratory, Earth Science Division, Lafayette, California. 1997 Invited plenary speaker and participant, "Earth-Europa Exploration Workshop", sponsored by the

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Space Sciences and Mission to Planet Earth, Pasadena, California. 1997 Invited plenary speaker and participant, "Biological and Biochemical Contamination Control on

Earth and Europa," sponsored by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. 1999 Invited panel member, Day of Remembrance, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. 1999-2000 Member and invited speaker, Task Group on the Forward Contamination of Europa, Space Studies

Board, National Research Council. 2000 Invited panel member, Day of Remembrance, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

HONORS AND HONOR SOCIETIES

Galathea Medal and Ribbon (by His Majesty, the King Frederick IX of Denmark) (for scientific contributions, mainly the recovering barophiles from the deepest known depths of the ocean, during the Danish Galathea Deep-Sea Expedition, 1950-52) Sigma Xi All Campus Research Award, Oregon State University, 1972 Senior Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship (by invitation), Australian Government, 1973-74 American Society for Microbiology Foundation Lecturer, 1975-76 Sigma Xi, Phi Sigma, Alpha Epsilon Delta (Texas Delta Chapter, Faculty Honorary Member) (Pre-Med Honorary), Phi Kappa Phi. Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (by invitation) (for presenting lectures and seminars in Japan), 1978 Hotpack Lecturer and Award, Canadian Society of Microbiologists, 1979 Honorary member, Deep-Sea Biological Society, 1980 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiologists, 1967

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Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1981 Honorary member, Chilean Society for Microbiology, 1982 ONR Lecturer and Award, Society for Industrial Microbiology, 1983 Milton Harris Award in Basic Science, College of Science, Oregon State University, 1984 Fisher Award in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, American Society for Microbiology, 1988 Distinguished Professor, University of Kyoto. Special Foreign Guest Professorship (highest level) (by invitation), Monbusho (Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture, Japan), 1989. Elected Honorary member, American Society for Microbiology, 1990. (49 elected) Discovered psychrophilic bacteria (new theremal class of microorganisms) The genus Moritella was named after R. Y. Morita in 1990 to recognize his contributions made to marine microbiology by Sue Stevens in her Ph. D. thesis and was recognized by Gauthier et al. (Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 45:755-761). Formal publication of Moritella as a genera was made by Urakawa, H., K. Kita-Tsukamoto, S. E. Steven, K. Ohwada, and R. R. Colwell in 1998 (FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 165:373-378). The genus Paramoritella was named after R.Y. Morita in 2009, S. Hosoya, S. Suzuki, K. Adachi,. S. Matsuda, and K. Kasai. Paramoritella alkaliphila gen. nov, a member of the Family Moritellaceae isolated in the Republic of Palao. Int. J. Syst. Ecol. Microbiology 59:441-416. 2009. Congressional Gold Metal (awarded to the members of the 442nd Reg’t Combat Team and Military Intelligence serice of WWII.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES (Past membership or Emeritus status) American Society for Microbiology American Society for Limnology and Oceanography American Academy of Microbiology Canadian Society of Microbiologists Society for General Microbiology (British) Oceanographical Society of Japan AAAS Society for Industrial Microbiology

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS PHS WP 0443 Studies on Beggiatoa species 1958-65 PHS AM 06752 Hydrostatic pressure effects on metabolic activities 1959-68 PHS 2G 598 Training grant in microbiology (Co-director, University of Nebraska) 1961-62 NSF G-21945 Marine microbiology related to the Oregon estuarine and off-shore areas 1962-64 PHS GM 704 Mic Training grant in microbiology (Co-director, Oregon State University) 1963-72 NASA SC Control Hydrostatic pressure-temperature, as environmental parameters, on growth, biochemistry, and physiology of microorganisms 1967-72 ONR NR 108-708 Hydrostatic pressure effects on macromolecules 1966-70 DI FWQ 16010 Sediment-water-bacteria interaction in eutrophication 1968-72 NSF GV27057 In situ activities of marine bacteria in Antarctic waters 1970-73

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NSF GB2472, GB Basic nature and environmental response of marine psychrophilic bacteria 6548, GB 8761, G28521, GA 38583X, DES73-06611 1964-77 NOAA Task No. A-27 Baseline study of microbial activity in the Beaufort Sea and the Gulf of Alaska and analysis of crude oil degradation by psychrophilic bacteria 1975-81 NSF OCE77-06611 Physiological ecology of marine bacteria 1977-79 NSF OMT80-01482 Temperature Stress/Membrane structure and function. U.S.-Japan Cooperative Science Program. U.S. Participants: P.L. Steponkus, Cornell Univ.; T.A. Langworthy, Univ. So. Dakota; R. W. Breidenbach and J. M. Lyons, Univ. Calif. At Davis; and R. Y. Morita, Oregon State Univ. 1979-81 NSF OCE 8108366 Bacterial survival and recovery mechanism: Significance in marine environment. 1981-84 NOAA Microbial processes as related to transport in the North Aleutian Shelf and St. George Lease areas 1980-82 NOAA OSU International Sea Grant Project 1980 NOAA OSU International Sea Grant Project 1981-83 OSU Office of Research, Methane Project 1981-84 USDI (Bureau of Land Processing data for publication in refereed journals Management) 1982 NSF Interrelation between nitrogen and carbon cycling in marine water (as Co-Investigator) 1984-86 EPA CR-813413-01-0 Impact of energy controlled survival on the stability of plasmid DNA in Genetically engineered microorganisms 1986-89 USDA 86-FSTY-9-0224 Organic nitrogen and phosphorus recycling by Douglas fir ectomycorrhizal mats (as Co-Investigator) 1986-88 NSF BSR-8717849 Microbial ecology of ectomycorrhizal mats in a Douglas-fir ecosystem (as Co-investigator) 1988-91 DOE In situ physiological state of deep subsurface microorganisms from recent and ancient orgins: a comparison (as Co-investigator) 1993-96

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES

Elected to Graduate Faculty, University of Houston, 1955 Elected to Graduate Council, University of Houston, 1958 Advisory Council for Gulf Coast Aquarium, Texas Academy of Science, 1957 Elected to Faculty Assembly, University of Houston, 1958 Elected to Graduate Faculty, University of Nebraska, 1958 Elected to Graduate Faculty, Oregon State University, l962 24th Biological Colloquium Committee member on Space Biology, Oregon State University, 1963. Elected to Faculty Senate, Oregon State University, 1966-69, 1971-73, 1977-79 Chairman, Bldg. Committee (played the major role in obtaining funds, designing, and working with architects for Nash Hall (6 stories) Research Council, Oregon State University, 1969-71 Curriculum Committee, School of Science, Oregon State University, 1969-71, 1985-86. Search Committee for Dean of Science, Oregon State University, 1979 Advisory Committee to the Dean of Science, Oregon State University, 1971-72 Search Committee for Dean of Oceanography, Oregon State University, 1972 Chairman, Promotion and Tenure Committee, School of Oceanography, 1972-73 Graduate Council, Oregon State University, 1975-78 Search Committee for Dean of the Graduate School, 1975 Search Committee for Dean of the Graduate School, 1980 Numerous Department of Microbiology Committee: Chairman of Promotion and Tenure Committee (since its

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inception to 1987), Chairman of Space Committee, Chairman of Scholarship Committee, Chairman of Departmental Long Range Planning Studies, (1975), etc.

Numerous College of Oceanography Committee: Faculty Selection Committee, Promotion and Tenure Committee, etc. University Patent Committee (now called Technology Transfer Committee) Ad hoc Committee member for developing guidelines for the College of Science Gilfillian Memorial Award, 1983 Committee member, Gilfillan and Harris Awards, College of Science, 1985-88 Radiation Safety Committee, 1984-86; Chairman, 1985-86 Member, Graduate School Review Team for Graduate Program in Mathematics, 1988.

VISITING SCIENTISTS IN MY LABORATORY (for sabbatical leave and/or long term research)

Dr. K. Ogata, Professor, Kyoto University, JAPAN (sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of Education) Dr. Richard T. Wright, Professor and Chairman, Department of Biology, Gordon College, Wenham, MA (NSF Faculty Fellowship) Dr. Yusaburo Ishida. Professor, Laboratory of Microbiology, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, JAPAN Dr. Eddie P. Hill, Professor and Chairman, Department of Biology, Macalister College, St. Paul, MN (NSF COSIP) Dr. Max Tyler, Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Dr. Norman Dondero, Professor, Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Dr. Carol Litchfield, Associate Professor, Department of Bacteriology, Cooks College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Dr. Lutz-Arend Meyer-Reil, Marine microbiologist, University of Kiel, Kiel, GERMANY (financed by the German Ministry of Science) (Director Institute of Ecology, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, Germany) Dr. Y. T. Tchan, Professor and Chairman, Department of Microbiology, University of Sydney, Sydney, AUSTRALIA Dr. Francisco Torrella, Assistant Professor, University of Murcia, Department of Microbiology, Murcia, SPAIN (Fellowship, Cultural Exchange Program between U.S. and Spain) Dr. Yasuo Kawahara, Microbiologist, Nisshin-DCA Flour Co., JAPAN. (Company financed) Dr. Ian Dundas, Professor of Microbiology, University of Bergen, Bergen, NORWAY (1977-78) Dr. Robert Patterson, Professor, Department of Microbiology, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA Dr. Wolfgang Reichardt, Research Scientist, Limnologisches Institut der Universitat Freiburg I. BR. (Walter- Schlienz-Institut) (Fellowship from the German Research Council for studies in the U.S.) (Currently with Rice Institute, Manila, Philippines) Dr. T. Araki, Research Scientist, The Institute of Low Temperature Science, University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, JAPAN Dr. Crellin Pauling, Professor, Department of Biology, University of California, Riverside, CA Dr. J. H. Baker, Principal Scientific Officer, River Laboratory, Freshwater Biological Association, East Stoke, Wareham, Dorset, ENGLAND Dr. Paul A. Gillespie, Senior Research Scientist, Cawthron Institute, Nelson, NEW ZEALAND Dr. Ian Dundas, Dean of Science (currently Vice Rector), University of Bergen, Bergen, NORWAY Dr. J. M. Upadhyay, Professor and Chairman, Loyola University, New Orleans, LA

COURSES TAUGHT General microbiology, systematic bacteriology, bacterial physiology, soil microbiology, food microbiology, autotrophic bacteriology, marine microbiology, freshwater and marine microbiology, core course in biology

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MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION Study committee for treatment and control of injection waters, American Petroleum Institute, Pacific Coast Section. 1962-70 Visiting committee member, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA. 1976 Ad hoc reviewer for grants for NSF (RANN, Metabolic biology, Chemical oceanography, Biological oceanography, IDOE, Regulatory biology, Biochemistry, and Environmental biology programs), EPA, ERDA, API, NASA, NRC and Nat. Sci. Eng. Res. Coun. (Canada), Department of Science of Australia, and Natural Environmental Research Council of England. Ad hoc reviewer for refereed journals (Journal of Bacteriology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Archives of Microbiology, Science, Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan, Canadian Journal of Microbiology, Marine Biology, Limnology and Oceanography, Bioscience, Proceeding of the National Academy of Science, Microbial Ecology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Geomicrobiology, J. Marine Biotechnology, etc.)

INVITED SEMINAR SPEAKER (*denotes an additional seminar)

U.S. Universities: Institute of Marine Science (University of Texas at Port Aransas), University of Washington****, California State University at San Jose, California State University at San Francisco, Washington State University, University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin, University of New Hampshire, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Maryland******, Georgetown University****, City College of New York, University of Miami, Stanford University, Montana State University, University of New Mexico, University of Georgia*, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Clemson University*, California State University at Long Beach, University of Delaware, Florida International University, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, University of Hawaii, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Western Washington University. Foreign Universities: University of Tokyo (Japan), Simon Fraser University (Canada), Macdonald College of McGill University (Canada), University of Melbourne (Australia), University of Sydney (Australia), University of Tasmania (Australia), University of New South Wales (Australia), University of New England (Australia), University of Western Australia (Australia), University of Adelaide (Australia), Australian National University, University of Queensland (Australia), James Cook University of North Queensland (Australia), La Trobe University (Australia), Monash University (Australia), University of Kiel** , University of Goteborg* (Sweden), Ocean Research Institute of the University of Tokyo*** (Japan), University of Kagoshima (Japan), Laboratory of Microbiology at Kyoto University***(Japan), University of Hokkaido at Sapporo (Japan), University of Hokkaido at Hakodate (Japan), Kyushu University (Japan), Chiba University (Japan), Tokyo University of Fisheries (Japan), Instituto Oceanographico of the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), Institute of Oceanography of the University of Chile (Chile), Catholic University of Valpariso*** (Chile), University of Concepcion** (Chile), Instituto Profesional de Orsono (Chile), University of Chile (Chile), Pontificia Catholic University of Chile (Chile), Biologische Anstalt Helgoland (West Germany), Austral University of Chile (Chile), University of Warwick (England), Center of Scientific Investigation and of Superior Education of Ensenada (B.C., Mexico). University of Tohoku, (Sendai, Japan), Kochi University (Japan), Kinki University (Japan), Reitsumeiken University (Japan), Kagawa University (Japan), Mie University (Japan), University of Groningen (The Netherlands), University of Bergen (Norway). American Society for Microbiology Foundation Lecturer: Joint Branch meeting of the Central New York, Eastern New York, and the Northeast Branches, South Carolina Branch, Joint Branch meeting of the Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas Branches. Others: U.S.D.A, Beltsville, Maryland; Australian Atomic Energy Commission Research Establishment, Sutherland, N.S.W.; Shell Research Laboratories, Sittingbourne, England; New South Wales Branch, Western Australian Branch, and South Australian Branch of the Australian Society for Microbiology; Banfield Marine Station (B.C., Canada); Chilean Society for Microbiology, Santiago, Chile; Freshwater Biological Association, River Laboratory, Wareham, England; Scottish Marine Biological Association, Dunstaffnage Marine Research Laboratory, Oban, Scotland; Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC) (Japan); The Riken Institute (Wako, Japan).

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PUBLICATIONS (Book, 1; books co-edited, 2; laboratory manuals co-edited, 2; chapters in books, 52; review articles, 5; papers in refereed journals, 134; U.S. Government Publications, 2; abstracts, 87; technical reports, 44; contributor to research articles, 4; and book reviews, 4; miscellaneous publications, 8) Books: 1. Colwell, R. R., and R. Y. Morita (eds.). 1974. Effect of the ocean environment on microbial activities. University Park Press, Baltimore, London, and Tokyo. 587 pp. 2. Hattori, T., Y. Ishida, Y. Maruyama, R. Y. Morita, and A. Uchida (eds.). 1989. Recent Advances in Microbial Ecology. 5th Intern. Symp. Microb. Ecol. Kyoto, Japan. Japan Scientific Press, Tokyo. 724 pp. 3. Morita, R. Y. 1997. Bacteria in the Oligotrophic Environments (Starvation-survival Lifestyle). Chapman and Hall, NY. 529 pp. Laboratory Manuals: 1. Morita, R. Y., and C. E. Georgi. 1960. Instructor's manual for bacteriological exercises for the high school biology class. Copyright. 37 pp. 3 editions. 2. Colwell, R. R., R. K. Sizemore, J. F. Carney, R. Y. Morita, J. D.Nelson, Jr., J. H. Pickar, J. R. Schwarz, S. D. Van Valkenberg, J. D. Walker, and R. T. Wright. 1975. Marine and estuarine microbiology laboratory manual. University Park Press, Baltimore, MD 120 pp. Chapters in Books: 1. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. l952. Dybhavets bakterieliv. p. 202-210. In A. F. Bruun (ed.). Galathea Jordomsejling 1950-52. H. H. Schultz, Kobenhavn. 2. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. l956. Deep-sea bacteria. p. 202-210. In A. F. Bruun (ed.). The Galathea Deep Sea Expedition, 1950-52. Alden, George, Unwin, Ltd., London. (Also appeared as a Macmillan Co. publication, 1957.) 3. Morita, R. Y. 1965. Effect of hydrostatic pressure. p. 551-557. In G. C.Ainsworth and A. S. Sussman (eds.). The Fungi. Vol. l. Academic Press, NY. 4. Morita, R. Y. 1968. In C. H. Oppenheimer (ed.). Marine Biology--Marine Microbiology. Vol. 4. New York Academy of Sciences. 5. Morita, R. Y., and S. D. Burton. 1970. Occurrence and possible significance and metabolism of marine obligately psychrophilic bacteria. p. 275-285. In D. W. Hood (ed.). Organic Matter in Natural Waters. University of Alaska Press, Fairbank, AK. 6. Morita, R. Y. 1970. Applications of hydrostatic pressure to microbial cultures. p. 243-257. In D. W. Ribbons and J. R. Norris (eds.). Methods in Microbiology. Vol. 2. Academic Press. 7. Morita, R. Y., and R. R. Becker. 1970. Hydrostatic pressure effects on selected biological systems. p. 71-83. In A. W. Zimmerman (ed.). Hydrostatic Pressure Effects on Cellular Processes. Acadmic Press. 8. Morita, R. Y. 1972. Pressure--bacteria, fungi, and blue green algae. p. 1361-1388. In O. Kinne (ed.).

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Marine Biology--Environmental Factors. Vol. 1, Part 3. A Treatise. Interscience Publ. Co. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 2350. 9. Morita, R. Y. 1973. Biochemical aspects. p. 89-105. In R. Brauer (ed.). Barobiology and Experimental Biology of the Deep-Sea. University of North Carolina Press, Chappel Hill, NC. Special paper No. 315, Ore. Agric. Exp. Station. 10. Morita, R. Y., L. P. Jones, R. P. Griffiths, and T. E. Staley. 1973. Salinity and temperature interactions and their relationship to the microbiology of the estuarine environment. p. 221-232. In L. H. Stevenson and R. R. Colwell (eds.). Estuarine Microbial Ecology. University of South Carolina Press. Columbia, SC. Special paper No. 339, Ore. Agric. Exp. Station. 11. Morita, R. Y. 1973. Dedication of book entitled "Estuarine Microbial Ecology". p. v-vi. In L. H. Stevenson and R. R. Colwell (eds.). Dedication to Dr. C. E. ZoBell. University of South Carolina Press. Columbia, SC. 12. Morita, R. Y., G. G. Geesey, and T. D. Goodrich. 1974. Potential microbial contribution to the carbon dioxide system in the sea. p. 386-391. In R. R. Colwell and R. Y. Morita (eds.). Effect of the Ocean Environment on Microbial Activities. University Park Press. Baltimore, MD. 13. Morita, R. Y., and G. E. Buck. 1974. Low temperature inhibition of substrate uptake. p. 124-129. In R. R. Colwell and R. Y. Morita (eds.). Effect of the Ocean Environment on Microbial Activities. University Park Press. Baltimore, 14. Baross, J. A., F. J. Hanus, and R. Y. Morita. 1974. The effects of hydrostatic pressure on uracil uptake, ribonucleic acid synthesis, and growth on three obligately psychrophilic marine vibrios, Vibrio alginolyticus, and Escherichia coli. p. 180-202. In R. R. Colwell and R. Y. Morita (eds.). Effect of the Ocean Environment on Microbial Activities. University Park Press. Baltimore, MD. 15. Morita, R. Y. 1974. Temperature effects on marine microorganisms. p. 75-79. In R. R. Colwell and R. Y. Morita (eds.). Effect of the Ocean Environment on Microbial Activities. University Park Press. Baltimore, MD. 16. Morita, R. Y. 1974. Hydrostatic pressure effects on microorganisms. p. 133-138. In R. R. Colwell and R. Y. Morita (eds.). Effect of the Ocean Environment on Microbial Activities. University Park Press. Baltimore, MD. 17. Morita, R. Y. 1974. Microbial contribution to the evolution of the "steady state" carbon dioxide system. p. 37-44. In J. Oro, S. L. Miller, C. Ponnamperuma, and R. S. Young (eds.). Cosmochemical Evolution and the Origins of Life. D. Reidel Publ. Co. Dordrecht. Holland and Boston. 18. Morita, R. Y. 1976. Survival of bacteria in cold and moderate hydrostatic pressure environments with special reference to psychrophilic and barophilic bacteria. p. 279-298. In T. G. R. Gray and J. R. Postgate (eds.). The Survival of Vegetative Microbes. 26th Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology. Cambridge University Press. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper 4040. 19. Paul, K. L., and R. Y. Morita. 1975. The effects of hydrostatic pressure and temperature on the uptake and respiration of amino acids by a facultatively psychrophilic marine bacterium. p. 267-282. In D. W. Thayer (ed.). Benchmark Papers in Microbiology. Vol. 9. Microbial Interaction with the Physical Environment. Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Inc. Stroudsburg, PA. 20. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. 1975. Deep-Sea Bacteria. p. 299-307. In D. W. Thayer (ed.). Benchmark Papers in Microbiology. Vol. 9. Microbial Interactions with the Physical Environment. Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Inc. Stroudsburg, PA.

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21. Morita, R. Y. 1976. Effect of hydrostatic pressure on marine bacteria. p. 261-278. In C. D. Litchfield (ed.). Benchmark Papers in Microbiology. Vol. 11. Marine Microbiology. Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Inc. Stroudsburg, PA. 22. Morita, R. Y. 1976. The basic nature of marine psychrophilic bacteria. p. 231- 245. In C. D. Litchfield (eds). Benchmark Papers in Microbiology. Vol. 11. Marine Microbiology. Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross, Inc. Stroudsburg, PA. 23. Morita, R. Y. 1977. The role of microbes in the marine environment. p. 445-456. In N. R. Anderson and B. J. Zahuranec (eds.). Ocean Sound Scattering Predictions. Plenum Press. NY. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3892. 24. Morita, R. Y., R. P. Griffiths, and S. S. Hayasaka. 1977. Heterotrophic potential of microorganisms in Antarctic waters. p. 99-113. In L. Llano (ed.). Proc. of the Third SCAR Symp. on Antarctic Biology. Gulf Publ. Co. 25. Morita, R. Y. 1973. Marine fertility: Microbiology. Proceedings GIAM IV Conference. p. 113-127. San Paulo, Brazil. 26. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. 1976. Deep-Sea Bacteria. p. 246-261. In C. D. Litchfield (ed.). Benchmark Papers in Microbiology. Vol. ll. Marine Microbiology. Dowden, Hutchinson, and Ross, Inc. Stroudsburg, PA. 27. Baross, J. A., and R. Y. Morita. 1980. Microbial life at low temperatures: ecological aspects. p. 9-7l. In D. J. Kushner (ed.). Microbial Life in Extreme Environments. Academic Press, London. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4750. 28. Morita, R. Y. 1980. Microbial contributions to the various marine trophic levels. p. 159-174. Ponencias del Simposio Internacional en: Resistencia a los Antibioticos y Microbiologia Marina. Celebardo en el: VI Congreso Nacional Microbiologia, 6-9 Julio. Santiago do Compostela, Spain. 29. Morita, R. Y. 1980. Low temperature, energy, survival and time in microbial ecology. p. 323-324. In D. Schleissinger (ed.). Microbiology--1980. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, D. C. 30. Morita, R. Y. l980. Biological limits of temperature and pressure. p. 25-32. In C. Pannamperuma and L. Margulis (eds.). Limits of Life. D. Reidel. Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 31. Morita, R. Y. l980. Low temperature, energy, survival and time in microbial ecology. In R. R. Colwell and J. Foster (eds.). Aquatic Microbial Ecology. Proceedings of a conference sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology. Maryland Sea Grant Publication. University of Maryland, College Park, MD. 32. Morita, R. Y. 1981. Microbiology of the Eastern Bering Sea. p. 903-918. In D. W. Hood and J. A. Calder (eds.). The Eastern Bering Sea Shelf: Oceanography and Resources. Vol. 2. Office of Marine Pollution Assessment, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Department of Commerce. 33. Morita, R. Y. 1982. Starvation-survival of heterotrophs in the marine environment. Advances in Microbial Ecology. Vol. 6. p. 171-198. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 5988. 34. Morita, R. Y. 1984. Substrate capture by marine heterotrophic bacteria in low nutrient waters. p. 83-100. In J. E. Hobbie and P. J. leB. Williams (eds.). Heterotrophic Activity in the Sea. Plenum Publ. Corp. New York. Ore. Ag. Exp. Tech. Paper No. 6204. 35. Morita, R. Y. 1984. Feast or famine in the deep sea. Developments in Industrial Microbiology 25:5-16.

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Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Exp. Tech. Paper No. 6926. 36. Morita, R. Y. 1985. Starvation and miniturisation of heterotrophs, with special reference on maintenance of the starved viable state. p. 111-130. In M. Fletcher and G. Floodgate (eds.). Bacteria in Natural Environments: The Effect of Nutrient Conditions. Academic Press. London. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 7050. 37. Morita, R. Y. 1986. Autecology studies and the marine environment. p. 303-362. In R. L. Tate, III (ed.). Microbial Autecology. John Wiley & Sons. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 7052. 38. Morita, R. Y. 1986. Pressure as an extreme environment. p. 171-185. In R. A. Herbert and G. A. Codd (eds.). Microbes in Extreme Environments. Academic Press. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 7737. 39. Morita, R. Y. and R. D. Jones. 1986. Metabolism of CO and CH4 by nitrifiers and the determination of the nitrification rate. p. 311-318. Actes du 2eme Intern. Bacteriol. Marine. IFREMER-GERBAM, Centr. Brest, France. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 7281. 40. Atlas, R. M. and R. Y. Morita. 1987. Bacterial communities in nearshore Arctic and Antarctic marine ecosystems. p. 185-190. In F. Megusar and M. Gantar (eds.). Proc. IV International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 7968. 41. Morita, R. Y. 1987. Starvation-survival: The normal mode of most bacteria in the ocean. p. 243-248. In F. Megusar and M. Gantar (eds.). Proc. IV International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 7974. 42. Morita, R. Y., and C. L. Moyer. 1989. Bioavailability of energy and the starvation state. p. 75-79. In T. Hattori, Y. Ishida, Y. Maruyama, R. Y. Morita, and A. Uchida (eds.). Recent Advances in Microbial Ecology. Proc. 5th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Japan Scientific Societies Press. Tokyo. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 8949. 43. Morita, R. Y. l991. Survival and recovery of microorganisms from environmental samples. p. 435-453. In M. Levin, R. J. Seidler, and M. Rogul (eds.). Microbial Ecology, Principles, Methods and Applications. McGraw-Hill. 44. Morita, R. Y. 1992. Low Nutrient Environments. p. 619-624. In J. Lederberg (ed.). Encyclopedia of Microbiology. Vol. 2. Academic Press. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 9450. 45. Morita, R. Y. 1992. Low Temperature Environments. p. 625-637. In J. Lederberg (ed.). Encyclopedia of Microbiology. Vol. 2. Academic Press. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 9451. 46. Morita, R. Y. 1993. Isolation of psychrophilic bacteria. p. 31-32. In P. F. Kemp, B. F. Sheer, E. B. Sheer, and J. J. Cole. (eds). Current Methods in Aquatic Microbial Ecology. Lewis Publ. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 9829. 47. Morita, R. Y. 1993. Starvation-survival strategies in bacteria. p. 441-446. In P. F. Kemp, B. F. Sheer, E. B. Sheer, and J. J. Cole. (eds.). Current Methods in Aquatic Microbiology. Lewis Publ. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. No. 9828. 48. Morita, R. Y. 1993. Bioavailability of energy and the starvation state. p. 1-23. In S. Kjelleburg (ed.). Starvation in Bacteria. Plenum Publ. Corp. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech Paper No. 9864. 49. Morita, R. Y. 2001. Psychrophiles and psychrotrophs. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Macmillan Reference Ltd, London. (requested and submitted) (Will be on line in 1999 in Embryonic ELS)

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50. Morita, R. Y. 2000. Low temperature environments. In E. Lederberg (ed). Encyclopedia of Microbiology. 2nd Ed. Vol. 3, p. 93-98. Academic Press, San Diego. 51. Morita, R. Y. 2000. Low nutrient environments. In E. Lederberg (ed). Encyclopedia of Microbiology. 2nd Ed. Vol. 3, p. 86-92. Academic Press, San Diego. 52. Morita, R. Y. and C. .L. Craig. 2000. Biodiversity of Psychrophiles. In S. Levin (ed). Encyclopedia of Biodiviersity. Academic Press, San Diego, CA. (requested and submitted). Review Articles: 1. Morita, R. Y. 1966. Marine psychrophilic bacteria. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 4:105-121. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 2038. 2. Morita, R. Y. 1967. Effects of hydrostatic pressure on marine bacteria. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 5:187-203. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 2245. 3. Morita, R. Y. l975. Psychrophilic bacteria. Bacteriol. Rev. 30:144-167. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4006. 4. Morita, R. Y. 1980. Microbial life in the deep-sea. Can. J. Microbiol. 26:1375-1385. 5. Morita, R. Y. 2000. Is H2 the energy for long term survival? Microb. Ecol. 38:307-320. Refereed Journals: 1. Morita, R. Y. l953. Marine Microbiology. Kagaku Asahi 13:27-28. 2. Morita, R. Y., and C. E. ZoBell. l955. Occurrence of bacteria in pelagic sediments collected during the Mid-Pacific Expedition. Deep-Sea Res. 3:66-73. 3. Morita, R. Y., and C. E. ZoBell. 1956. Bacteria in marine sediments. Research Reviews. Office of Naval Research. p. 21-24. 4. Wolfe, J. B., R. Y. Morita, and H. I. Nakada. 1956. Glucosamine degradation by Escherichia coli. I. Observation with resting cells and dry-cell preparations. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 64:480-488. 5. Morita, R. Y., and C. E. ZoBell. 1956. Effect of hydrostatic pressure on the succinic dehydrogenase system in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 71:563-568. 6. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. 1957. Barophilic bacteria in some deep-sea sediments. J. Bacteriol. 71:668-672. 7. Morita, R. Y. 1957. Effect of hydrostatic pressure on the succinic, formic, and malic dehydrogenases in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 74:251-255. 8. Morita, R. Y. 1957. Ammonia production from various substrates by previously pressurized cells of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 74:231-233. 9. Morita, R. Y., and R. A. Howe. 1957. Phosphatase activity by marine bacteria under hydrostatic pressure. Deep-Sea Res. 4:254-258. 10. Morita, R. Y. 1958. An incidence of pink oysters in Galveston Bay, Texas. Inst. Mar. Sci. 5:163-164.

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11. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. 1959. Deep-Sea Bacteria. Galathea Reports 1:139-154. 12. Haight. R. D., and R. Y. Morita. 1962. The interaction between the parameters of hydrostatic pressure and temperature on aspartase of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 83:112-120. 13. Morita, R. Y., and R. D. Haight. 1962. Malic dehydrogenase activity at 101 C under hydrostatic pressure. J. Bacteriol. 83:1341-1346 14. Morita, R. Y., and P. W. Stave. 1963. Electron micrograph of an ultrathin section of Beggiatoa. J. Bacteriol. 15:940-942. 15. Burton, S. D., and R. Y. Morita. 1963. Denaturation and renaturation of malic dehydrogenase in a cell-free extract from a marine psychrophile. J. Bacteriol. 86:1019-1024. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 1689. 16. Morita, R. Y., and S. D. Burton. 1963. Influence of moderate temperature on the growth and malic dehydrogenase of a marine psychrophile. J. Bacteriol. 86:1025-1029. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 1688. 17. Morita, R. Y., and R. D. Haight. 1964. Temperature effects on the growth of an obligate psychrophilic marine bacterium. Limnol. Oceanogr. 9:103-106. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 1688. 18. Hill, E. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1964. Dehydrogenase activity under hydrostatic pressure by isolated mitochrondria obtained from Allomyces macrogynus. Limnol. Oceanogr. 9:243-248. 19. Colwell, R. R., and R. Y. Morita. 1964. Reisolation and emendation of description of Vibrio marinus (Russell) Ford. J. Bacteriol. 88:831-837. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 1800. 20. Morita, R. Y. 1964. Microbiology of estuarine and near-shore waters. Marine Disposal Engineering Training Manual, U.S.P.H.S. 21. Mathemeier, P. F., and R. Y. Morita. 1964. Influence of substrate-cofactor ratios on partially purified inorganic pyrophosphatase activity at elevated temperature. J. Bacteriol. 88:1661-1666. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 1858. 22. Morita, R. Y., and P. F. Mathemeier. 1964. Temperature-hydrostatic pressure studies on partially purified inorganic pyrophosphatase. J. Bacteriol. 88:1667-1671. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 1860. 23. Burton, S. D., and R. Y. Morita. l964. Effect of catalase and cultural conditions on Beggiatoa. J. Bacteriol. 88:1755-1761. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 1855. 24. Morita, R. Y., and L. J. Albright. 1965. Cell yields of Vibrio marinus, an obligate psychrophile, at low temperature. Can. J. Microbiol. 11:221-227. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 1978. 25. Morita, R. Y., and S. D. Burton. 1965. Filamentous appendages of Thiothrix. Ztschr. f. Allg. Mikrobiol. 5:177-179. 26. Burton, S. D., R. Y. Morita, and W. Miller. 1966. Utilization of acetate by Beggiatoa. J. Bacteriol. 91:1192-1200. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 1875. 27. Kettman, M. S., A. H. Nishikawa, R. Y. Morita, and R. R. Becker. 1966. Effect of hydrostatic pressure on the aggregation reaction of poly-L-valyl ribonuclease. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 22:262-267. 28. Robison, S. M., and R. Y. Morita. l966. The effect of moderate temperature on the respiration and

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viability of Vibrio marinus. Ztschr. f. Allg. Mikrobiol. 6:181- 187. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 2011. 29 Morita, R. Y. 1966. Deep-Sea Microbiology--Effects of hydrostatic pressure and low temperature. University of Maryland's Lecture Series. 12 pp. 30. Haight, J. J., and R. Y. Morita. l966. Some physiological differences in Vibrio marinus grown at environmental and optimal temperature. Limnol. Oceanogr. 11:470-474. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 2156. 31. Langridge, P., and R. Y. Morita. l966. Thermolability of malic dehydrogenase from the obligate psychrophile, Vibrio marinus. J. Bacteriol. 92:418-423. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 2152. 32. Haight, R. D., and R. Y. Morita. 1966. Thermally-induced leakage from Vibrio marinus, an obligately psychrophilic marine bacterium. J. Bacteriol. 92:1388-1393. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 2174. 33. Morita, R. Y. 1966. The interaction between hydrostatic pressure and temperature. Third Biennial Synmposium on Microbiology. American Petroleum Institute, West Coast Study Section. p. 149-169. 34. Morita. R. Y. 1968. The basic nature of marine psychrophilic bacteria. Bull. Misaki Mar. Biol. Inst., Kyoto Univ. 12:162-168. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 2236. 35. Stanley, S. O., and R. Y. Morita. 1968. Salinity effect on the maximum growth temperature of some bacteria isolated from marine environments. J. Bacteriol. 95:169-173. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 2370. 36. Hanus, F. J., and R. Y. Morita. l968. Significance of the temperature characteristic of growth. J. Bacteriol. 94:736-737. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 2393. 37. Nishikawa, A. H., R. Y. Morita, and R. R. Becker. 1968. Effects of the solvent medium on polyvalyl-RNase aggregation. Biochemistry 7:l506-1513. 38. Langridge, P., and R. Y. Morita. 1968. Use of heat for obtaining malic dehydrogenase from cells of Vibrio marinus. Ztschr. f. Allg. Mikrobiol. 8:221-223. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 2495. 39. Morita, R. Y., and L. J. Albright. l968. Moderate temperature effects protein, ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis by the marine psychrophilic bacterium, Vibrio marinus. Limnol. Oceanogr. 13:637-643. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 2495. 40. Morita, R. Y., and L. J. Albright. 1968. Moderate temperature effects on protein, ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis by the Vibrio marinus, an obligately psychrophilic marine bacterium. Ztsch. f. Allg. Mikrobiol. 8:269-273. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Paper No. 2465. 4l. Kenis, P. R., and R. Y. Morita. l968. Thermally induced leakage of cellular material and viability in Vibrio marinus, a psychrophilic marine bacterium. Can. J. Microbiol. 14:1239-1244. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 2510. 42. Harrison, M. J., R. T. Wright, and R. Y. Morita. 1971. A method for measuring mineralization in lake sediment. Appl. Microbiol. 21:698-702. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3054. 43. Morita, R. Y., P. A. Gillespie, and L. P. Jones. 1971. The microbiology of Antarctic water. Antarctic J. of the U.S. 6:157. 44. Paul, K. L., and R. Y. Morita. 1971. The effects of hydrostatic pressure and temperature on the uptake

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and respiration of amino acids by a facultatively psychrophilic marine bacterium. J. Bacteriol. 108:835-843. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3143. 45. Gillespie, P. A., and R. Y. Morita. 1972. Vitamin B12 production and depletion in a naturally eutrophic lake. Appl. Microbiol. 23:341-348. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3198. 46. Harrison, M. J., R. E. Pacha, and R. Y. Morita. 1972. Solublization of inorganic phosphates by bacteria isolated from Upper Klamath Lake sediment. Limnol. Oceanogr. 17:50-57. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3056. 47. Cooper, M. F., and R. Y. Morita. 1972. Interaction of salinity and temperature on net protein synthesis and viability of Vibrio marinus. Limnol. Oceanogr. 17:556-565. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3055. 48. Albright, L. J., and R. Y. Morita. 1972. Effect of environmental parameters of low temperature and hydrostatic pressure on L-serine deamination by Vibrio marinus. J. Oceanogr. Soc. Jpn. 28:63-70. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3363. 49. Burnison, B. K., and R. Y. Morita. 1973. Competitive inhibition for amino acid uptake by the indigenous microflora of Upper Klamath Lake. Appl. Microbiol. 25:103-109. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3464. 50. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. l973. The applicability of the reverse-flow filter technique to marine microbial studies. Appl. Microbiol. 26:687-69l. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3643. 51. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1973. Salinity effects on glucose uptake and catabolism in the obligately psychrophilic marine bacterium, Vibrio marinus. Mar. Biol. 23:177-182. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3647. 52. Baross, J. A., J. Liston, and R. Y. Morita. 1974. Some implications of genetic exchange among marine vibrios, including Vibrio parahaemolyticus, naturally occurring in the Pacific Oyster. p. 129-137. In T. Fujino, G. Sakaguchi, R. Sakazakai, and Y. Takeda. International Symposium on Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Saikon Publ. Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3648. 53. Griffiths, R. P., J. A. Baross, F. J. Hanus, and R. Y. Morita. 1974. Some physical and chemical parameters affecting the formation and retention of glutamate pools in a marine psychrophilic bacterium. Ztschr. f. Allg. Mikrobiol. 14:359-369. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3757. 54. Burnison, B. K., and R. Y. Morita. 1974. Heterotrophic potential for amino acid uptake in a naturally eutrophic lake. Appl. Microbiol. 27:488-495. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3727. 55. Griffiths, R. P., F. J. Hanus, and R. Y. Morita. 1974. The effect of various water sample treatments on the apparent uptake of glutamic acid by natural marine microbial populations. Can. J. Microbiol. 20:1261-1266. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3836. 56. Weimer, M. S., and R. Y. Morita. 1974. Temperature and hydrostatic pressure effects on gelatinase activity of a Vibrio species and partially purified gelatinase. Ztschr. f. Allg. Mikrobiol. 14:719-725. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3808. 57. Geesey, G. G., and R. Y. Morita. 1975. Some physiological effects of near maximum growth temperatures on an obligately psychrophilic marine bacterium. Can. J. Microbiol. 21:811-818. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 3943. 58. Baross, J. A., F. J. Hanus, and R. Y. Morita. 1975. The survival of human enteric and other sewage microorganisms under simulated deep sea conditions. Appl. Microbiol. 30:308-318. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech.

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Paper No. 4005. 59. Baross, J. A., F. J. Hanus, R. P. Griffiths, and R. Y. Morita. 1975. Nature of incorporated 14C material retained by sulfuric acid fixed bacteria in pure culture and in natural aquatic populations with trichloroacetic acid precipitates from the sample. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada. 32:1876-1879. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4029. 60. Morita, R. Y. 1975. Microbial contributions to the evolution of the "steady state" carbon dioxide system. Origins of Life 6:37-44. 61. Gillespie, P. A., R. Y. Morita, and L. P. Jones. 1976. The heterotrophic activity for amino acids, glucose and acetate in Antarctic waters. J. Oceanogr. Soc. Jpn. 32:74-82. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4259. 62. Novitsky, J. A., and R. Y. Morita. 1976. Morphological characterization of small cells resulting from nutrient starvation of a psychrophilic marine vibrio. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 32:619-622. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4311. 63. Goodrich, T. D., and R. Y. Morita. 1977. Low temperature inhibition on binding, transport, and incorporation of leucine, arginine, methionine, and histidine in Escherichia coli. Ztschr. f. Allg. Mikrobiol. 17:91-97. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4231. 64. Novitsky, J. A., and R. Y. Morita. 1977. Survival of a psychrophilic marine vibrio under long-term nutrient starvation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 33:635-64l. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4414. 65. Goodrich, T. D., and R. Y. Morita. 1977. Bacterial chitinase in the stomachs of marine fishes from Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Mar. Biol. 41:355-360. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4435. 66. Goodrich, T. D., and R. Y. Morita. 1977. Incidence and estimation of chitinase activity associated with marine fish and other estuarine samples. Mar. Biol. 41:339-354. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4434. 67. Mathemeier, P. F., and R. Y. Morita. 1977. Thermolability of dehydrogenases from a psychrophilic marine bacterium. J. Oceanogr. Soc. Jpn.33:90-96. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4555. 68. Morita, R. Y., and P. F. Mathemeier. 1977. Thermolability of glycolysis enzymes from a psychrophilic marine bacterium. J. Oceanogr. Soc. Jpn. 33:254-258. 69. Griffiths, R. P., S. S. Hayasaka, T. M. McNamara, and R. Y. Morita. 1977. A comparison between two methods of assaying relative microbial activity in the marine environment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 34:80l-805. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4653. 70. Novitsky, J. A., and R. Y. Morita. 1978. Possible strategy for the survival of marine bacteria under starvation conditions. Mar. Biol. 48:289-295. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4493. 7l. Griffiths, R. P., S. S. Hayasaka, T. M. McNamara, and R. Y. Morita. 1978. Relative microbial activity and bacterial concentrations in water and sediment taken in the Beaufort Sea. Can. J. Microbiol. 24:1217-1226. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4781. 72. Baross, J. A., J. Liston, and R. Y. Morita. 1978. Incidence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteriophages and other vibrio bacteriophages in marine samples. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 36:492-499. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4878. 73. Baross, J. A., J. Liston, and R. Y. Morita. 1978. Ecological relationship between Vibrio parahaemolyticus and agar-digesting vibrios as evidenced by bacteriophage susceptibility patterns. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 36:500-505. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4879.

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74. Baross, J. A., P. A. Tester, and R. Y. Morita. 1978. Incidence, microscopy, and etiology of exoskeleton lesions in the Tanner crab, Chionocetes tanneri. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. 35:1141-1149. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4847. 75. Novitsky, J. A., and R. Y. Morita. 1978. Starvation-induced barotolerance as a survival mechanism of a psychrophilic marine vibrio in the waters of the Antarctic Convergence. Mar. Biol. 49:7-10. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4907. 76. Hayasaka, S. S., and R. Y. Morita. 1978. Salinity and nutrient effects on the induction of the galactose permease system in a psychrophilic marine vibrio. Mar. Biol. 49:1-6. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4911. 77. Novitsky, J. A., and R. Y. Morita. l979. Effect of temperature on alanine uptake by membrane vesicles isolated from a psychrophilic marine bacterium. Ztschr. f. Allg. Mikrobiol. 19:45-51. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 4759. 78. Jones, L. P., R. Y. Morita, and R. R. Becker. 1979. Fructose-1 6-bisphosphate aldolase from Vibrio marinus, a psychrophilic marine bacterium. Ztschr. f. Allg. Mikrobiol. 19:97-106. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 5045. 79. Hayasaka, S. S., and R. Y. Morita. 1979. Na+, K+, and nonspecific solute requirements for induction and function of galactose active transport in an Antarctic psychrophilic marine bacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 37:1166-1172. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech Paper No. 5066. 80. Torrella, F., and R. Y. Morita. 1979. Evidence by electron microscopy for a high incidence of bacteriophage particles in the waters of Yaquina Bay, Oregon: Ecological and taxonomical implications. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 37:774-778. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 5070. 81. Morita, R. Y. 1979. Aquatic and marine microbiology. p. 23-24. In D. Vasley and R. J. Moon (eds.). Highlights in microbiology 1977-78. Amer. Soc. Microbiol., Washington, D. C. 82. Morita, R. Y. 1979. Current status of the microbiology of the deep-sea. Ambio Spec. Rept. No. 6. p. 33-36. 83. Morita, R. Y. 1979. The role of microbes in the bioenergetics of the deep-sea. Proc. Centenary Symp. Kristineberg Mar. Biol. Lab. Sarsia 64:9-12. 84. Geesey, G. G., and R. Y. Morita. 1979. Capture and uptake of arginine at low concentrations by a marine psychrophilic bacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 38:1092-1097. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 5269. 85. Morita, R. Y. 1980. Calcite precipitation by marine bacteria. Geomicrobiol. J. 2:63-82. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 5069. 86. Morita, R. Y. 1980. Biological limits of temperature and pressure. Origins of Life 10:215-222. 87. Griffiths, R. P., T. M. McNamara, B. A. Caldwell, and R. Y. Morita. 1981. A field study on the acute effects of the dispersant Corexit 9527 on glucose uptake by marine microorganisms. Mar. Environ. Res. 5:83-91. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 5535. 88. Morita, R. Y., R. Iturriaga, and V. A. Gallardo. 1981. Thioploca: Methylotroph and significance in the food chain. Kieler Meeresforsch. (Kiel) Sonderh. 5:384-389. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 5732. 89. Torrella, F., and R. Y. Morita. 198l. Microcultural study of bacterial size, microcolony, and

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ultramicrocolony formation by heterotrophic bacteria in seawater. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 41:518-527. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 5670. 90. Haines, J. R., R. M. Atlas, R. P. Griffiths, and R. Y. Morita. 1981. Denitrification and nitrogen fixation in Alaskan Continental Shelf sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 41:412-421. 91. Griffiths, R. P., T. M. McNamara, S. E. Stevens, and R. Y. Morita. 1981. Relative microbial activity and mineralization associated with water masses in the Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. J. Oceanogr. Soc. Jpn. 37:227-233. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6009. 92. Griffiths, R. P., T. M. McNamara, B. A. Caldwell, and R. Y. Morita. 1981. Field observations on the acute effect of crude oil on glucose and glutamate uptake in samples collected from Arctic and Sub-Arctic waters. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 41:1400-1406. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 5820. 93. Geesey, G. G., and R. Y. Morita. 1981. Relationship of cell envelope stability to substrate capture in a marine psychrophilic bacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 42:533-540. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 5895. 94. Griffiths, R. P., B. A. Caldwell, W. A. Broich, and R. Y. Morita. 1981. The long term effect of crude oil on uptake and respisration of glucose and glutamate in Arctic and Sub-Arctic marine sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 42:792-80l. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 5939. 95. Lawry, E. V., H. M. Howard, J. A. Baross, and R. Y. Morita. 1981. The fine structure of Cristispira from the lamellibranch Crytomya californica Conrad. Current Microbiol. 6:355-360. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6126. 96. Peters, S., J. A. Baross, and R. Y. Morita. 1982. Partial purification and characterization of hemolysin from a psychrophilic Kanagawa positive marine vibrio. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 43:39-49. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 5951. 97. Reichardt, W., and R. Y. Morita. 1982. Temperature characteristic of psychrophilic and psychrotrophic bacteria. J. Gen. Microbiol. 128:565-568. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 5987. 98. Griffiths, R. P., B. A. Caldwell, W. A. Broich, and R. Y. Morita. 1982. The long-term effects of crude oil on microbial processes in Subarctic marine sediments. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Sci. 15:183-198. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6019. 99. Reichardt, W., and R. Y. Morita. 1982. Survival stages of a psychrotrophic Cytophaga johnsonae strain. Can. J. Microbiol. 28:841-850. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6224. 100. Griffiths, R. P., B. A. Caldwell, W. A. Broich, and R. Y. Morita. 1982. The long-term effect of crude oil on microbial processes in subarctic sediments: Studies on sediment amended with organic nutrients. Mar. Pollu. Bull. 13:273-278. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6240 10l. Griffiths, R. P., B. A. Caldwell, J. D. Cline, W. A. Broich, and R. Y. Morita. 1982. Field observations on methane concentrations and methane oxidation rates in southeastern Bering Sea waters. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 44:435-446. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6391. 102. Griffiths, R. P., B. A. Caldwell, and R. Y. Morita. 1982. Seasonal changes in microbial heterotrophic activity in subarctic waters as related to phytoplankton production. Mar. Biol. 71:121-127. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6397. 103. Torrella, F., and R. Y. Morita. 1982. Starvation induced morphological changes, motility, and chemotaxis

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patterns in a psychrophilic marine vibrio. Deuxieme Colloque de Microbiologie, Marseille. Publ. Centre National pour l'Exploitation des Oceans 13:45-60. 104. Reichardt, W., and R. Y. Morita. 1982. Influence of temperature adaptation on glucose metabolism in a psychrotrophic strain of Cytophaga johnsonae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 44:1282-1288. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6506. 105. Atlas, R. M., M. I. Venkatesan, I. R. Kaplan, R. A. Feeley, R. P. Griffiths, and R.Y. Morita. 1983. Distribution of hydrocarbons and microbial populations related to sedimentation processes in Cook Inlet and Norton Sound, Alaska. Arctic J. 36:251-261. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6556. 106. Baker, J. H., R. Y. Morita, and N. H. Anderson. 1983. Bacterial activity associated with the decomposition of woody substances in a stream sediment. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45:516-521. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6555. l07. Jones, R. D., and R. Y. Morita. 1983. Methane oxidation by Nitrosococcus oceanus and Nitrosomonas europaea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45:40l-410. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6565. 108. Baker, J. H., and R. Y. Morita. 1983. Effect of crude oil on microbial activities in a stream sediment. Environ. Pollut. 31:149-157. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6566. 109. Griffiths, R. P., B. A. Caldwell, W. A. Broich, and R. Y. Morita. 1983. Microbial processes related to carbon cycling in southeastern Bering Sea sediments. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 10:265-275. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6575. 110. Amy, P. S., C. Pauling, and R. Y. Morita. 1983. Starvation-survival processes of a marine Vibrio. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45:1041-1048. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6616. 111. Amy, P. S., and R. Y. Morita. 1983. Starvation-survival patterns of sixteen freshly isolated open ocean bacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45:1109-1115. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6646. 112. Kurath, G., and R. Y. Morita. 1983. Starvation-survival physiological studies in a marine Pseudomonas sp. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45:1206-1211. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6667. 113. Amy, P. S., C. Pauling, and R. Y. Morita. 1983. Recovery from nutrient starvation by a marine Vibrio sp. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45:1685-1690. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6692. 114. Amy, P. S., and R. Y. Morita. l983. Protein patterns from growing and starved cells of a marine Vibrio sp. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45:1748-1752. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6745. 115. Jones, R. D., and R. Y. Morita. l983. Carbon monoxide oxidation by nitrifying bacteria. Can. J. Microbiol. 29:1545-1551. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 6885. 116. Griffiths, R. P., B. A. Caldwell, and R. Y. Morita. 1984. Observations on microbial percent respiration in Arctic and Subarctic marine waters and sediments. Microb. Ecol. 10:151-164. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 7038. 117. Jones, R. D., and R. Y. Morita. l984. Effects of various parameters on carbon monoxide oxidation by ammonium oxidizers. Can. J. Microbiol. 30:894-899. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 7119. 118. Jones, R. D., R. Y. Morita, and R. P. Griffiths. 1984. A method for estimating in situ chemolithotrophic ammonium oxidation using carbon monoxide oxidation. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 17:259-269. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 7127.

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119. Jones, R. D., and R. Y. Morita. l984. Effect of several nitrification inhibitors on carbon monoxide and methane oxidation by ammonium oxidizers. Can. J. Microbiol. 30:1276-1279. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 7235. 120. Jones, R. D., and R. Y. Morita. l985. Low temperature growth and whole cell kinetics of a marine ammonium oxidizer. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 21:239-243. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 7325. 121. Morita, R. Y. 1985. Dedication (to Dr. C. E. ZoBell). Geomicrobiol. J. 4:101-102. 122. Jones, R. D., and R. Y. Morita. 1985. Survival of a marine ammonium oxidizer under energy source deprivation. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 26:175-179. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 7642. 123. Amy, P. S., B. A. Caldwell, A. H. Soeldner, R. Y. Morita, and L. J. Albright. 1987. Microbial activity and ultrastructure of mineral based marine snow from British Columbia fjords. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 44:1135-1142. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 7925. 124. Morita, R. Y. 1988. Bioavailability of energy and its relationship to growth and starvation-survival. Can. J. Microbiol. 34:436-441. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 8280. 125. Jones, R. D., R. Y. Morita, H.-P. Koops, and S. W. Watson. l988. A new ammonium-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosomonas cryotolerans sp. nov. Can. J. Microbiol. 34:1122-1128. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No 8497. 126. Moyer, C. L., and R. Y. Morita. 1989. Effect of growth rate and starvation-survival on the viability and stability of a psychrophilic marine bacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 55:1122-1127. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 8736. 127. Caldwell, B. A., C. Ye, R. P. Griffiths, C. L. Moyer, and R. Y. Morita. 1989. Plasmid expression and maintenance during long term starvation-survival of bacteria in well water. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 55:1860-1864. Ore Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 8824. 128. Moyer, C. L. and R. Y. Morita. 1989. Effect of growth rate and starvation-survival on cellular DNA, RNA, and protein of a psychrophilic marine bacterium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 55:2710-2716. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 8933. 129. Griffiths, R. P., B. A. Caldwell, K. Cromack, Jr., and R. Y. Morita. 1990. Douglas-fir forest soils colonized by ectomycorrhizal mats: I. Seasonal variation in nitrogen chemistry and nitrogen cycle transformation rates. Can. J. For. Res. 20:211-218. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 9008. 130. Morita, R. Y. 1990. The starvation-survival state of microorganisms in nature and its relationship to the bioavailable energy. Experientia 46:813-817. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 8920. 131. Griffiths, R. P., C. L. Moyer, B. A. Caldwell, C. Ye, and R. Y. Morita. 1990. Long-term starvation-induced loss of apparent antibiotic resistance in cells containing the plasmid pSa+. Microb. Ecol. 19:251-258. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 9224. 132. Moyer, C. L., C. W. Mordy, D. J. Carlson, and R. Y. Morita. 1990. Ethidium homodimer used for the sensitive measurement of DNA and RNA of a psychrophilic marine bacterium grown at different growth rates during starvation-survival. J. Microb. Methods 12:75-81. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 9255. 133. Morita, R. Y. 1994. Complications in the determination of the nutrient status of the marine environment. Microb. Ecol. 28:291-294. Ore. Ag. Exp. Station Tech. Paper No. 10,367.

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134. Dulluge, J. J., T. Hamamoto, K. Horikoshi, R. Y. Morita, K. O. Setter, and J. A. McClosky. 1997. Posttranscriptional modification of transfer RNA in psychrophilic bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 179: 1918-1923. Government Publications: 1. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1984. Microbial processes as related to transport in the North Aleutian Shelf and St. George Lease areas. Outer Continental Shelf Environment Assessment Program. 28:1-116. U.S. Dept. of Interior & U.S. Dept. of Commerce. 2. Caldwell, B. A., and R. Y. Morita. 1987. Sampling regimes and bacteriological tests for coliform detection in groundwater microform. Cincinnati, OH. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Water Engineering Research Laboratory. 126 pp. EPA/600/287/083. (Microfiche; Supt. Documents, U.S. G.P.O., Shipping list no. 92-0411 M. Abstracts: 1. Morita, R. Y., and C. E. ZoBell. 1951. Bacterial poplulations of some long cores of marine mud from the deep sea. Abstr. Soc. Amer. Bacteriol., A.A.A.S. (Pacific Division). 2. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. 1952. Demonstrating bacterial life at abyssal depths. Abstr. Amer. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr. Symp. on "Oceanographic problems of mid water and abyssal depths". 3. Morita, R. Y., and C. E. ZoBell. 1954. Occurrence of microorganisms in oceanic deeps. Abstr. Amer. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr. A.A.A.S. (Pacific Division). 4. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. 1955. Physiological activities of marine microbes. Office of Naval Research Reports. p. 117-118. 5. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. 1956. Physiological activities of marine microbes. Office of Naval Research Reports. p. 116-117. 6. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. l956. Apparatus for studying effects of hydrostatic pressure. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 86. 7. Morita, R. Y., and S. Maharajah. 1961. Life cycle of Beggiatoa. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 86. 8. Morita, R. Y., and R. D. Haight. 1962. The influence of hydrostatic pressure on malic dehydrogenase activity at 101 C. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 92. 9. Morita, R. Y., and S. M. Robison. 1964. Moderate temperature effects on oxygen uptake of Vibrio marinus, an obligate psychrophile. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 38-39. 10. Colwell, R. R., R. Y. Morita, and M. B. Gochnauer. 1964. Taxonomy of marine vibrios. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 37. 11. Burton, S. D., and R. Y. Morita. 1964. Growth characteristics of Beggiatoa. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 92. 12. Haight, J. J., and R. Y. Morita. 1965. Physiological differences between cells of Vibrio marinus grown at 4 and 15 C. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 20. 13. Albright, L. J., and R. Y. Morita. 1965. Temperature-hydrostatic pressure effects on deamination of L-serine by Vibrio marinus, an obligate psychrophile. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 20. 14. Haight, R. D., P. Langridge, R. Y. Morita, and R. R. Becker. 1965. Leakage of cellular materials from Vibrio marinus induced by moderate temperature. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 30. 15. Burton, S. D., and R. Y. Morita. 1965. Kinetics of enzyme reactions and synthesis in obligate psychrophilic bacteria. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 20. 16. Morita, R. Y. 1965. The effect of moderate temperature on Vibrio marinus, an obligate psychrophilic bacterium. Proc. Soc. Gen. Microbiol. p. 13-14. 17. Stanley, S. O., and R. Y. Morita. 1967. Effect of salt concentration on the maximal growth temperature of Vibrio marinus. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 45. 18. Hanus, F. J., and R. Y. Morita. 1967. The question of the validity of the temperature characteristic (�) values in describing psychrophiles. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 45-46. 19. Mathemeier, P. F., and R. Y. Morita. 1967. Thermal inactivation of some enzymes in Vibrio marinus. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 46. 20. Nishikawa, A. H., R. Y. Morita, and R. R. Becker. 1967. Thermal aggregation of polyvalyl-RNase: A

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model for hydrophobic interactions. Fed. Proc. 26:830. 21. Morita, R. Y. 1967. Hydrostatic pressure and temperature as environmental parameters in geobiochemistry. VII International Congress of Biochemistry. Col. VII-6. p. 493-494. 22. Albright, L. J., and R. Y. Morita. 1967. The effect of hydrostatic pressure on the synthesis of protein, ribonucleic acid, and deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis by Vibrio marinus, an obligate psychrophile. Proc. Can. Soc. Microbiol. p. 11. 23. Nishikawa, A. H., R. R. Becker, and R. Y. Morita. 1967. Hydrostatic pressure effect on macromolecules. Progress Report, Biochemistry Branch, Office of Naval Research. p. 21-22. 24. Weimer, M. S., and R. Y. Morita. 1968. Effect of hydrostatic pressure and temperature on gelatinase produced by an obligately psychrophilic marine vibrio. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 34. 25. Nishikawa, A. H., R. R. Becker, and R. Y. Morita. 1969. Hydrostatic pressure effects on macromolecules. Progress Report. Biochemistry Branch, Office of Naval Research. p. 20-21. 26. Gillespie, P. A., and R. Y. Morita. 1970. Vitamin B12 production and depletion in Klamath Lake--a naturally eutrophic lake. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 19. 27. Cooper, M. F., and R. Y. Morita. l970. The relationship of temperature and salinity on net protein synthesis in Vibrio marinus. Abstr. Amer. Soc. Limnol. Oceanogr., A.A.A.S. Meetings (Pacific Division). 28. Morita, R. Y. 1970. Mechanisms of microbial adaptations. Symposium on Extreme Environments. NASA. 29. Harrison, M. J., R. Y. Morita, and R. E. Pacha. 1970. Liberation of inorganic phosphate due to microorganisms in a eutrophic lake. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 19 30. Staley, T. E., and R. Y. Morita. The effect of sodiuim chloride on the induction of glutamic dehydrogenase in a marine psychrophile. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 27. 31. Morita, R. Y. 1970. Relationship between hydrostatic pressure and bacterial life in the deep sea. The Ocean World. Joint Oceanographic Assembly. General Assembly of the International Association for Physical Sciences of the Ocean. p. 264. 32. Burnison, B. K., and R. Y. Morita. 1971. Amino acid flux in a naturally eutrophic lake. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 53. 33. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 197l. The effects of salinity on glucose uptake and catabolism in the marine psychrophile, Vibrio marinus. Bacteriol. Proc. p. 133. 34. Ishida, Y., and R. Y. Morita. 1971. Psychrophilic marine bacteria. I.Temperature sensitivity of the activity of two forms of malic dehydrogenase. Japan Soc. Sci. Fish. 35. Ishida, Y., and R. Y. Morita. 1971. Psychrophilic marine bacteria. II. The intracellular amount and distribution of two forms of malic dehydrogenase. Japan Soc. Sci. Fish. (Above two abstracts also appeared in the Agric. Chem. Soc. Japan.) 36. Griffiths, R. P., P. Gillespie, L. P. Jones, and R. Y. Morita. 1972. Heterotrophic activity of microorganisms in Antarctic waters. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 70. 37. Jones, L. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1972. Purification and characterization of fructose-l, 6-diphosphate aldolase from Vibrio marinus MP-l (ATCC 15381), an abligate psychrophile. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 180. 38. Morita, R. Y., R. P. Griffiths, and S. S. Hayasaka. 1972. Heterotrophic potential of antarctic marine microorganisms. Antarctic J. of U.S. VII:180-181. 39. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1973. Application of the reverse-flow filter technique to marine microbial studies. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 47. 40. Morita, R. Y. 1973. Theory on the evolution of the "steady state" carbon dioxide system. 4th International Conference on the "Origin of Life". Colloquium IV, Section II, p. 63. 4l. Morita, R. Y. 1973. Marine fertility: Microbiology. Abstr. IV GIAM Conferences. Sao Paulo, Brazil. p. 13-14. 42. Morita, R. Y. 1973. Hydrostatic pressure, temperature and salinity effects on marine microorganisms. Abstr. First International Congress of Bacteriology. Jerusalem, Israel. p. 114. 43. Hayasaka, S. S., and R. Y. Morita. 1964. Salinity effects on uptake, growth and induction in an Antarctic psychrophilic marine bacterium. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 48. 44. Morita, R. Y., R. P. Griffiths, and S. S. Hayasaka. 1974. Heterotrophic potential of microorganisms in Antarctic waters. Third Symposium on Antarctic Biology. SCAR/IUBS, National Academy of Sciences. p. 4.

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45. Morita, R. Y., C. Cuff, and J. Patrick. 1975. Anaerobic precipitation of calcite: A preliminary study. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 190. 46. Morita, R. Y. 1975. Survival of bacteria in cold and moderate hydrostatic pressure environments with special reference to psychrophiles barophilic bacteria. Proc. J. Gen. Microbiol. III:79. 47. Morita, R. Y., R. P. Griffiths, and S. S. Hayasaka. 1976. Baseline study of microbial activity in the Beaufort Sea. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. N-46. 48. Morita, R. Y. 1976. Rate of microbial processes in the deep sea: psychrophilic and barophilic bacteria. Book of Abstracts, Joint Oceanographic Assembly, Edinburgh, Scotland. p. 117. 49. Morita, R. Y. l976. Anaerobic microbial calcite formation: Great Barrier Reef Studies. Book of Abstracts, Joint Oceanographic Assembly, Edinburgh, Scotland. p. 117. 50. Goodrich, T. D., and R. Y. Morita. 1976. Some aspects of bacterial chitinase in the marine and estuarine environments. Symposium 57th Annu. Mtg. Western Society of Naturalists. p. 31. 5l. Baross, J. A., P. A. Tester, and R. Y. Morita. 1977. Microbiology and pathology of necrotic lesions in the Tanner crab Chionecetes tanneri Rathbun (Brachyura: Majidae). Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 230. 52. Novitsky, J. A., and R. Y. Morita. 1977. Increased barotolerance of marine bacteria under starvation conditions. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 229 53. Morita, R. Y. 1977. Current status of microbiology of the deep-sea. Marcus Wallenberg Symposium on the Deep-Sea--Ecology and Exploitation. 54. Morita, R. Y. 1977. Microbial contributions in the bioenergetics of the deep-sea. Kristineberg Centenary Symposium on Deep-Sea--Faunas, History, Differentation and Adaptation. 55. Morita, R. Y. 1977. Microbial contributions oo the various trophic levels. VI Congreso Nacional de Microbiol. Intern. Sym. on Marine Microbiol. p. 18. 56. Torrella, F., and R. Y. Morita. 1977. Quimiotaxis de un vibrio psicrofile marino, Ant-300 hacia los aminoacids y su significado en ecologia microbienna marina. VI Congreso Nacional de Microbiol. Intern. Symp. on Marine Microbiol. p. 164. 57. Torrella, F., and R. Y. Morita. 1978. Chemotaxis towards amino acids by marine psychrophilic bacteria: Adaptation to low nutrient levels. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 164. 58. Novitsky, J. A., and R. Y. Morita. 1978. Survival of a marine bacterium at low nutrient concentrations: Effect of low population densities. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 173. 59. Morita, R. Y. 1978. Biological limits of temperature and pressure. College Park Colloquia on Chemical Evolution. Limits of Life. p. 10. 60. Huggins, S. P., J. A. Baross, and R. Y. Morita. 1979. Partial purification and characterization of hemolysin from a psychrophilic Kanagawa positive marine vibrio. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 215 61. Geesey, G. G., and R. Y. Morita. 1979. Arginine uptake by a psychrophilic marine bacterium. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 196. 62. Yorgey, P. S., and R. Y. Morita. 1979. Hydrostatic pressure effects on transport of alpha-aminobutyric acid in a psychrophilic marine vibrio. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. N-57. 63. Reichardt, W., R. Y. Morita, and R. R. Colwell. 1980. A physiological study of factors controlling selection within natural populations of aquatic Cytophaga spp. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 8. 64. Torrella, F., and R. Y. Morita. 1980. Microscopical and microcultural studies of marine bacterioplankton: Distribution of two types of bacterial heterotrophs in terms of size and growth rate. 2nd Intern. Symp. Microb. Ecol. p. 82. 65. Torrella, F., and R. Y. Morita. 1981. Physiological aspects of chemotaxis in marine heterotrophic bacteria. Mar. Microbiol. Symp., Society Francaise de Microbiol., Univ. de Provence, Marseille. p. 17. 66. Amy, P, S., C. Pauling, and R. Y. Morita. 1982. Physiological parameters of starvation-survival in a marine bacterium. Abstr. Annu. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. N101. 67. Caldwell, B. A., R. Y. Morita, and R. P. Griffiths. 1983. Microbial and enzymatic activities in sediments from the Yaquina Estuary. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 168. 68. Morita, R. Y. 1983. Feast or famine in the deep sea. Developments in Industrial Microbiology. SIM News 33:54. 69. Jones, R. D., and R. Y. Morita. 1984. Effect of nitrification inhibitors on CO and CH4 oxidation by three ammonium oxidizers. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 181. 70. Morita, R. Y., and R. D. Jones. 1984. Metabolism of CO and CH4 by nitrifiers. 2nd. Intern. Colloquium

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on Marine Microbiol. p. H-5. 7l. Morita, R. Y., and R. D. Jones. 1986. Methane production. Bio-Inventions 5:96. 72. Morita, R. Y. 1986. Starvation-survival: The normal mode of most bacteria in the ocean. Abstr. 4th. Intern. Symp. Microb. Ecol. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. p. 17. 73. Atlas, R. M, and R. Y. Morita. 1986. Bacterial communities in nearshore arctic and antarctic marine ecosystems. Abstr. 4th Intern. Symp. Microb. Ecol. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. p. 13. 74. Caldwell, B. A., R. P. Griffiths, K. Cromack, Jr., M. A. Castellano, and R. Y. Morita. 1987. Microbial activities in forest soils colonized Hysterangiuim setchelli. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 255. 75. Griffiths, R. P., B. A. Caldwell, K. Cromack, Jr., M. A. Castellano, and R. Y. Morita. 1987. A study of chemical and microbial variables in forest soils colonized with Hysterangium setchelli rhizomorphs. In D. M. Silva, L. L. Hung, and J. H. Graham (ed.). Mycorrhizaen in the next decade. Inst. Food and Agricul. Sciences Univ. Florida, Gainsville. 76. Caldwell, B. A., R. P. Griffiths, K. Cromack, Jr., M. A. Castellano, and R. Y. Morita. 1988. Seasonal changes in microbial activities of an ectomycorrhizal mat community. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 260. 77. Caldwell, B. A., C. Marso, R. P. Griffiths, and R. Y. Morita. l988. Changes in plasmid expression during long-term bacterial starvation-survival. Abstr. Annu. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 194. 78. Moyer, C. L., and R. Y. Morita. 1988. Growth rate effects on viability, direct counts, cell volume, and DNA, RMA or protein during starvation-survival of a marine psychrophilic bacterium. Abstr. Northwest Branch Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 15. 79. Caldwell, B. A., R. P,. Griffiths, K. Cromack, Jr., M. A. Castellano, and R. Y. Morita. 1989. Seasonal transitions in microbial activities of ectomycorrhizal mat communities. Abstr. Ann. Mtg. Ecological Soc. Amer. 80. Caldwell, B. A., C. Y. Marso, R. P. Griffiths, C. L. Moyer, and R. Y. Morita. 1989. Physiological changes and plasmid expression in Serratia marcescens during long term starvation-survival. Abstr. Ann. Mtg. Soc. Microbiol. p. 241. 81. Caldwell, B. A., M. A. Castellano, R. P. Griffiths, K. Cromack, Jr., and R. Y. Morita. l989. Fatty acid esterase production by ectomycorrhizal fungi. Abstr. Ann. Mtg. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. p. 296. 83. Morita, R. Y. and C. L. Moyer. 1989. Bioavailability of energy and the starvation state. p. 8. Abstr. 5th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. 84. Morita, R. Y. 1992. Psychrophiles: an explored thermal group of bacteria for basic reearch and biotechnology. Intern. Bio. Symp. 92 Nagoya. p. 252-256. 85. Morita, R. Y. 1991. Bacteria in the Marine Oligtrophic Environment. p. 7-10. Abstracts in Microbes in the Marine Environment (Symposium). Groningen, The Netherlands. 86. Eberhart, J. L., R. P. Griffiths, J. S. Rohovec, and R. Y. Morita. 1992. Survival of Aeromonas salmonicida and Renibacterium salmoninarium in the aquatic environment. p. 34. Abstr. Eastern Fish Health & Amer. Fish. Soc. Workshop, Auburn, AL (June 16-19). 87. Morita, R. Y. 1993. Environmental parameters of the deep sea and their effects on deep sea microorganisms. p. 1-6. Lectures on Deep-Sea Microbiology: Searching for New Biotechnologies. Japan Marine Science and Technology Center Information and Education Program. Tokyo, JAPAN. (July 30). Contributor In: 1. Geology of Bikini and nearby atolls. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 206A (1953) 2. Microbial toxins (status of research in microbiology), a report by the Microbiology Training Committee of NIGMS, Nat. Inst. of Health. DHEW Publ. No. (NIH) 72-144. 1971. 25 pp. 3. Recommendations for microbiological studies in the Continental Shelf areas. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL MESA-16. Marine Ecosystems Analysis Program, Boulder, CO. October, 1977. 45 pp. 4. Oil in the Sea. Inputs, Fates, and Effects. 1985. National Research Council Steering Committee for the Petroleum in the Marine Environment. National Academy Press. Washington, D. C. Book Reviews: 1. Symposium on Marine Microbiology. C. H. Oppenheimer (ed.). C. C. Thomas, Springfield, IL. 1973.

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Economic Botany 19:189-190 (1965). 2. Symposium on Experimental Biology. XXVI. The effect of pressure on living organisms. M. A. Sleigh and A. G. MacDonald (eds.). Academic Press. 1972. 3. SeaMicrobes. J. McN. Sieburth. 1979. Oxford Univ. Press. Amer. Scient. 26:454-455 (1980). 4. Adsorption of microorganisms to surfaces. G. Bitton and K. C. Marshall (eds.). 1980. Bioscience 31:259 (1981). 5. Extremophiles: Microbial Life in Extreme Environments. K. Horikoshi and W. D. Grant (eds.). Wiley-Liss, New York. BioScience 46:245-247 (1998). Technical Reports: 1. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. 1953. Effects of high hydrostatic pressure on physiological activities of marine microorganisms. Office of Naval Research Report No. 4. 2. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. 1953. Effect of high hydrostatic pressure on physiological activities of marine microorganisms. Office of Naval Research Report No. 5. 3. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. 1954. Effect of high hydrostatic pressure on physiological activities of marine microorganisms. Office of Naval Research Report No. 6. 4. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. 1954. Effect of high hydrostatic pressure on physiological activities of marine microorganisms. Office of Naval Research Report No. 7. 5. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. 1955. Effect of high hydrostatic pressure on physiological activities of marine microorganisms. Office of Naval Research Report No. 8. 6. ZoBell, C. E., and R. Y. Morita. 1955. Effect of high hydrostatic pressure on physiological activities of marine microorganisms. Office of Naval Research Report No. 9. 7. Morita, R. Y. 1972. Sediment-water-bacteria interactions in eutrophication. EPA Final Report (March, 1972, Program 16010 EBB, Federal Office of Research and Monitoring. 120 pp. 8. Morita, R. Y. 1975. Baseline study of microbial activity in the Beaufort Sea and analysis of crude oil degradation by psychrophilic microorganisms. Environmental Assessment of the Alaska Continental Shelf. Department of Commerce and Department of Interior. p. 149-178. 9. Morita, R. Y., and R. P. Griffiths. 1976. Baseline study of microbial activity in the Beaufort Sea and the Gulf of Alaska and analysis of crude oil degradation by psychrophilic marine bacteria. Environmental Research Laboratories, NOAA, Boulder, CO. Vol. 2:202-223. 10. Morita R. Y. and R. P. Griffiths. 1976. Study of microbial activity in the Beaufort Sea and Gulf of Alaska and analysis of hydrocarbon degradation by psychrophilic bacteria. Environmental Assessment of Alaskan Continental Shelf. Environmental Research Laboratories. NOAA. Boulder, CO. Vol. 1:761-788. 11. Morita, R. Y., and R. P. Griffiths. 1976. Baseline study of microbial activity in the Beaufort Sea and Gulf of Alaska and analysis of crude oil degradation by psychrophilic bacteria. Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. Chemistry and Microbiology. NOAA. Department of Commerce and Bureau of Land Management. Vol. 5:79-86. 12. Morita, R. Y., and R. P. Griffiths. 1976. Study of microbial activity in the Lower Cook Inlet and analysis of hydrocarbon degradation by psychrophilic microorganisms. Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. Departments of Commerce and Interior. Vol. 1:761-788. 13. Morita, R. Y., and R. P. Griffiths. 1977. Study of the microbial activity in the Beaufort Sea and Gulf of Alaska and analysis of hydrocarbon degradation by psychrophilic bacteria. Environmental Research Laboratories, NOAA. Boulder, CO. Vol. XI:222-295. l4. Morita, R. Y., and R. P. Griffiths. 1977. Study of the microbial activity in the Lower Cook Inlet and analysis of hydrocarbon degradation by psychrophilic bacteria. Environmental Assessment of the Alaska Continental Shelf. Environmental Research Laboratories, NOAA. Boulder, CO. Vol. l:721-759. 15. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1977. Study of microbial activity in the Lower Cook Inlet and analysis of hydrocarbon degradation by psychrophilic microorganisms. Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Interior. Vol. l:751-758. l6. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1977. Study of microbial activity and crude oil-microbial interactions in waters and sediments of Cook Inlet and the Beaufort Sea. Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Interior. Vol. 1:232-255.

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17. Morita, R. Y., R. P. Griffiths, R. M. McNamara, and S. E. Steven. 1978. Microbial activity and crude oil--microbial interactions in water and sediment. p. 167-187. In D. A. Wolfe (ed.). Marine Biiological Effects of the Outer Continental Shelf Petroleum Development. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL OCSEAO-1. NOAA, Environmental Research Laboratories, Boulder, CO. 18. Griffiths, R. Y., and R. Y. Morita. 1978. Study of microbial activity and crude oil--microbial interactions in the waters and sediment of Cook Inlet and the Beaufort Sea. p. 204-246. Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Interior. 19. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. l978. Study of microbial activity and crude oil-microbial interactions in the waters and sediment of Cook Inlet and the Beaufort Sea. p. 262-273. Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Interior. 20. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1978. Study of microbial activity and crude oil-microbial interactions in the waters and sediment of Cook Inlet and the Beaufort Sea. Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Interior. Vol. VI:85-178. 21. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1978. Study of microbial activity and crude oil-microbial interactions in the waters and sediment of Cook Inlet and the Beaufort Sea. Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Interior. Vol. 1:363-393. 22. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1979. Study of microbial activity and crude oil-microbial interactions in the waters and sediments of Cook Inlet and the Beaufort Sea. Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Interior. Vol. 5:62-142. 23. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1979. Study of microbial activity and crude oil-microbial interactions in waters and sediments of Cook Inlet and the Beaufort Sea. p. 355-359. Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Interior. 24. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1979. Study of microbial activity of crude oil-microbial interactions in the waters and sediments of Cook Inlet and the Beaufort Sea. p. 359-366. Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Interior. 25. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. l979. Study of microbial activity and crude oil-microbial interactions in the waters and sediments of Cook Inlet and the Beaufort Sea. p. 367-375. Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Interior. 26. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1980. Study of microbial activity and crude oil-microbial interactions in the waters and sediments of Cook Inlet and the Beaufort Sea. Environmental Assessment of the Alaskan Continental Shelf. U.S. Department of Commerce and Department of Interior. Vol. II:224-464. 27. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1980. Study of microbial activity and crude oil-microbial interactions in the waters and sediments of Cook Inlet and the Beaufort Sea. Final Report. Submitted to NOAA. 36l pp. 28. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. l980. Microbial processes as related to transport in the North Aleutian Shelf and St. George Lease areas. Submitted to NOAA. 3 pp. 29. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. l980. Study of microbial activity and crude oil-microbial internactions in the waters and sediments of Cook Inlet and the Beaufort Sea. Submitted to NOAA. 7 pp. 30. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. l981. Summary of data related to transport in the North Aleutian Shelf and St. George Lease areas. Annual Report. Submitted to NOAA. 16 pp. 31. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1981. Microbial processes as related to transport in the North Aleutian Shelf and St. George Lease areas. Annual Report. Submitted to NOAA. 56 pp. 32. Griffiths, R. P., and R. Y. Morita. 1981. Microbial processes as related to transport in the North Aleutian Shelf and St. George Lease areas. Final Report. Submitted to NOAA. 125 pp. 33. Morita, R. Y., and B. A. Caldwell. 1984. Assessment of bacteriological monitoring frequencies for small public water supplies. EPA Cooperative Agreement CR811488-01. 13 pp. 34. Morita, R. Y., and B. A. Caldwell. 1985. Assessment of bacteriological monitoring frequencies for small public water supplies. EPA Cooperative Agreement CR 811488-01. ll pp. 35. Morita, R. Y., and B. A. Caldwell. l985. Assessment of bacteriological monitoring frequencies for small public water supplies. EPA Cooperative Agreement CR 911488-01. 13 pp. 36. Morita, R. Y., and B. A. Caldwell. 1985. Assessment of bacteriological monitoring frequencies for small public water supplies. EPA Cooperative Agreement CR 911488-01. 13 pp. 37. Morita, R. Y., and B. A. Caldwell. 1986. Assessment of bacteriological monitoring frequencies for small public water supplies. EPA Cooperative Agreement CR 911488-01. 12 pp.

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38. Morita, R. Y., and B. A. Caldwell. 1986. Assessment of bacteriolgical monitoring frequencies for small public water supplies. EPA Cooperative Agreement CR 911488-01, 8 pp. 39. Caldwell, B. A., and R. Y. Morita. 1986. Sampling regimes and bacteriological tests for coliform detection in groundwater. EPA Cooperative Agreement CR 811488-01. 32 pp. 40. Morita, R. Y. 1986. The impact of energy controlled survival on the stability of genetically engineered microorganisms. EPA Cooperative Agreement CR 813413-01-0. 4 pp. 41. Morita, R. Y. 1987. The impact of energy controlled survival on the stability of genetically engineered microorganisms. EPA Cooperative Agreement CR 813413-01-0. 18 pp. 44. Morita, R. Y. 1989. The impact of energy controlled survival on the stability of genetically engineered microorganisms. EPA Cooperative Agreement CR 813413-01-0. Final Report. 114 pp. Miscellaneous publications: Special Editorship, Geomicrobiology Journal Volume 4, Number 2 (1985). Issue dedicated to Prof. C. E. ZoBell's 80th birthday. Obituaries on Dr. Claude E. ZoBell Geomicrobiology Journal 6: 213-214 (1989) ASM News 55:375-377 (1989) Marine Ecology Progress Series 58:1-2 (1989) Impressions of research in Japan. 1990. Aquatic Microbiology Newsletter 29:14-16. Dr. Gunther Stotzky. ASM News 56:217 (1990) Dr. Ronald Atlas. ASM News 57:192-193 (1991) Marine microbiology just after World War II and my association with Japanese scientists. JAMSTEC 5:48-54. (1993). (Japanese translation p. 41-47.) Anticipated Discoveries by Dr. ZoBell. Aquatic Microbiology Newsletter 32:2 (1993). Obituary on Dr. Hajime Kodota by R. Y. Morita and Rita R. Colwell. Microbe 2:566-567 (2007) PATENTS AND DISCLOSURE 1. Methane production. Patent Application Serial No. 435058 filed October 18, 1982. Patent No. 4,571,384 issued February 18, 1986. Co-inventor: Ronald D. Jones. Same as above. Japanese Patent Office, Patent Application No. 164928/83 filed September 7, 1983. 2. Microbial Acetate Production. Disclosure filed with Research Office, Oregon State University on August 25, 1983. Co-inventor: Ronald D. Jones.

MENTOR FOR THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS Ph. D. Students: 1. 1962 Samuel Maharajah. Thesis title: Some metabolic studies on Beggiatoa. (Present position: unknown) 2. 1962 Eddie P. Hill. Thesis title: Some effects of hydrostatic pressure on growth and mitochrondria of Allomyces macrogynus. (Present position: Chairman and Professor, Department of Biology, MacAlister College, St. Paul, MN.) 3. 1964 Sheril Dale Burton. Thesis title: Growth characteristics and metabolism of Beggiatoa. (Present position: Professor of Microbiology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.) 4. 1965 Roger Dean Haight. Thesis title: General studies of temperature effects on an obligately psychrophile, Vibrio marinus. (Present position: Professor of Microbiology, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.) 5. 1966 Paul Frederick Mathemeier. Thesis title: Thermal inactivation on some enzymes from Vibrio marinus, an obligately psychrophilic marine bacterium. (Present position: Associate Professor of Microbiology, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA.)

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6. 1968 Lawrence J. Albright. Thesis title: The effect of temperature and hydrostatic pressure on protein, ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis by Vibrio marinus, an obligate psychrophile. (Present address: Professor/Director, Institute of Aquaculture Research, Department of Biology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B. C., Canada.) 7. 1970 Thomas Edwin Staley. Thesis title: Effects of salinity and temperature changes on the induction of glutamic dehydrogenase in the marine psychrophilic bacterium, Vibrio marinus MP-1. (Present address: Government Scientist, U.S.D.A., Beckley, WV.) 8. 1971 Bryan Kent Burnison. Thesis title: Amino acid flux in a naturally eutrophic lake. (Present position: Administrator, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario, Canada.) 9. 1971 Paul Albert Gillespie. Thesis title: Vitamin B12 production and depletion in a naturally eutrophic lake. (Present address: Senior Research Officer, Cawthorn Institute, Nelson, New Zealand.) 10. 1972 Robert Porter Griffiths. Thesis title: Glucose uptake and catabolism in the marine psychrophilic bacterium, Vibrio marinus. (Present position: Associate Professor, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.) 11. 1973 Larry Paul Jones. Thesis title: The purification and characterization of the fructose l, 6-bisphophate aldolase from Vibrio marinus, an obligately psychrophilic marine bacterium. (Present position: Professor and Chairman, Department of Biology, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX.) 12. 1975 Thomas Dale Goodrich. Thesis title: Incidence and significance of bacterial chitinase in the marine environment. (Present position: Director, Research and Development, Biomed Research Laboratories, Inc., Seattle, WA.) 13. 1975 Gill G. Geesey. Thesis title: Substrate capture by a psychrophilic marine bacterium. (Present position: Professor of Microbiology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.) 14. 1975 Steven Shin Hayasaka. Thesis title: Ion and salinity effects on induction and function of galactose permease in an Antarctic psychrophilic bacteria. (Present position: Professor and Chairman, Department of Microbiology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.) 15. 1977 James Alan Novitsky. Thesis title: Effects of long-term nutrient starvation on a marine psychrophilic vibrio. (Present position: Senior Scientist, Kemron Environmental Services, Atlanta, Georgia.) 16. 1982 Penny Susan Amy. Thesis title: Starvation-survival studies on a marine Vibrio sp. and other selected marine bacteria. (Present position: Interm Dean, Graduate School and Professor of Biology, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV.) 17. 1984 Ronald D. Jones. Thesis title: Methane and carbon monoxide oxidation by nitrifying bacteria. (Present position: Bradley Professor of Department of Biological Sciences Biology and Director of the Southeast Environmental Research Program, Florida International University, Miami, FL.) British Ph. D. (external): 1. 1967 June A. Davies, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland. Thesis title: Clostridia from North Sea sediments. Ph. D. Thesis Examiner (external): 1. 1985 Claire L. Davis. University of Capetown, Capetown, South Africa. Thesis title: Physiological and ecological studies of mannitol utilizing marine bacteria. 2. 1986 David Gordon Muir. University of Capetown, Capetown, South Africa. Thesis title: Bacterial populations and their activity in the Benguela Upwelling System. M.S.Students: 1. 1956 Fred F. Bucanek. Thesis title: Bacterial liberation of crude oil from an oil-sand mixture. 2. 1960 Roger Dean Haight. Thesis title: The interaction between the parameters of hydrostatic pressure and temperature on aspartase of Escherichia coli. 3. 1964 Paul Frederick Mathemeier. Thesis title: Temperature and hydrostatic pressure effects on the activity of a thermophilic inorganic pyrophosphatase. 4. 1965 Sarah May Robison. Thesis title: Studies on the effect of moderate temperature on Vibrio marinus.

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5. 1965 Patricia Langridge. Thesis title: Studies on partially purified malic dehydrogenase from the marine psychrophile, Vibrio marinus. 6. 1966 Lawrence John Albright. Thesis title: The effect of temperature and hydrostatic pressure on deamination of L-serine by Vibrio marinus, an obligate psychrophile. 7. 1966 Janet Jones Haight. Thesis title: Some physiological studies on cells of Vibrio marinus grown at 4 and 15 C. 8. 1966 Mary Stepahin Weimer. Thesis title: Purification and kinetics of gelatinase obtain from an obligatley psychrophilic marine vibrio. 9. 1967 Paul Robert Kenis. Thesis title: Thermally induced leakage and viability studies in an obligate psychrophilic marine bacterium. 10. 1968 Wayne Warren Miller. Thesis title: Studies on glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase from Vibrio marinus, an obligately marine psychrophile. 11. 1970 Mary Faith Cooper. Thesis title: Temperature-salinity effects on net protein synthesis and viability of Vibrio marinus, an obligately psychrophilic marine bacterium. 12. 1970 Michael John Harrison. Thesis title: Bacteria-phosphate interactions in Klamath Lake sediments. 13. 1972 Kala Lapidus Paul. Thesis title: The effects of hydrostatic pressure and temperature on the uptake and utilization of amino acids by a facultative psychrophilic marine bacterium. 14. 1973 Gill G. Geesey. Thesis title: Some physiological effects of near maximum growth temperatures on an obligately psychrophilic marine bacterium. 15. 1978 Susan Peters Huggins. Thesis title: Partical purification and characterization of hemolysin from a psychrotrophic Kanagawa positive marine vibrio. 16. 1980 Melissa Ann Glick. Thesis title: Substrate capture, uptake, and utilization of some amino acids by starved cells of a psychrophilic marine vibrio. 17. 1980 Peter Scott Yorgey. Thesis title: The synergetic effect of starvation and hydrostatic pressure on uptake of alpha aminoisobutyric acid by a psychrophilic marine vibrio. 18. 1980 Gael Kurath. Thesis title: Some physiological bases for survival of a marine bacterium during nutrient starvation. 19. 1980 Heidi Sara Powell. Thesis title: Decomposition or organic matter in estuarine sediments by sulfate reduction: A field study from Yaquina Bay and sediment incubation experiments. (Shared with Dr. Suess) 20. 1988 Craig Lee Moyer. Thesis title: Growth effects during starvation-survival of a marine psychrophilic vibrio. 21. 1989 Kerstin Amthor. Thesis title: The activity of extracellular enzymes in starved and unstarved cells of a psychrophilic marine vibrio. Postdoctorates: 1. Dr. Simon O. Stanley. Present position: Associate Director, Department of Sea Fisheries, 23 Old Wharf, Hobart, Tasmania 7150, Australia. 2. Dr. Frank Steenbergen. Present position: Professor of Microbiology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. 3. Dr. Yusaburo Ishida. Present position: Professor of Microbiology, Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. 4. Dr. Robert Porter Griffiths. Present position: Associate Professor of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. 5. Dr. Paul Gillespie. Present position: Senior Research Officer, Cawthorn Institute, Nelson, New Zealand. 6. Dr. John A. Baross. Present position: Associate Professor of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle WA. 7. Dr. Thomas D. Goodrich. Present position: Director, Research and Development, Biomed Research Laboratories, Inc., Seattle, WA. 8. Dr. Steven S. Hayasaka. Present position: Chairman and Professor of Microbiology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. 9. Dr. Ronald D. Jones. Present position: Bradley Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the Southeast Environmental Research Program, Florida International University, Miami, FL.