John Waterbury

Scientist Emeritus

Biology

Office Phone: +1 508 289 2742

Fax: +1 508 457 2134

jwaterbury@whoi.edu

Cyanobacteriology at WHOI

Education

B.A. University of Vermont, 1965, Zoology M.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1971, Bacteriology Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1976, Bacteriology

Research Interests

Morphology, physiology, ecology, taxonomy, and molecular phylogeny of cyanobacteria, chemoautotrophic bacteria, aerobic nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and cellulolytic bacteria; symbiosis between bacterial species and between bacteria and eucaryotic organisms; ecology of cyanophages; mechanisms responsible for microzooflagellate feeding patterns.