Publications, Invited Talks and Abstracts
Publications
Ikner, L.A., R.S. Toomey, G. Nolan, J.W. Neilson, B.M. Pryor, and R.M. Maier. 2007. Cultural microbial diversity and the impact of tourism in Kartchner Caverns, Arizona. Microbial Ecol. 53:30-42.
Baughman, K.F., R.M. Maier, and J.E. Curry. Evaporative deposition patterns of bacteria from a sessile drop: effect of mica conditioning in a laboratory atmosphere. Langmuir, in review.
Legatzki, A., M. Ortiz, M.J. Vaughan, K. N. Nelson, M. Creamer, C.E. Banczak, J. W. Neilson, C. Rasmusssen, R.R. Casavant, R.S. Toomey, B.M. Pryor, L.S. Pierson III, and R.M. Maier. 2009a. Culturable microbial diversity in Kartchner Caverns, a carbonate cave in southern Arizona, USA, ICS Geomicrobiology of Cave and Karst Special Symposium Volume, in review.
Vaughan, M.J., B.M. Pryor, R.M. Maier, and L.S. Pierson. 2009. Culturable Filamentous Fungal Diversity from Speleothem Surfaces in Kartchner Caverns. J. Cave Karst Studies, in review.
Maier, R.M., M.W. Palmer, G.L. Andersen, M.J. Halonen, K.C. Josephson, R.S. Maier, F.D. Martinez, J.W. Neilson, D.A. Stern, D. Vercelli, A.L. Wright. The bacterial community in household dust: environmental determinants and impact on childhood asthma. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, in review.
Legatzki, A., M. Ortiz, S. Dominguez, J.W. Neilson, B.M. Pryor, L. S. Pierson III, and R.M. Maier. 2009b. Bacterial and archaeal diversity in Kartchner Caverns, a limestone cave in the Southwestern US. In preparation for Environmental Microbiology.
Legatzki, A., M. Ortiz, J.W. Neilson, B.M. Pryor, L. S. Pierson III, and R.M. Maier. 2009c. Inter- and intra-speleothem variability of bacterial communities in Kartchner Caverns, a carbonate cave in southern Arizona, USA. In preparation for Geomicrobiology Journal.
Legatzki, A., M. Ortiz, J.W. Neilson, M. Creamer, K. Nelson, H.Th. Chu, C.E. Banczak, B.M. Pryor, L.S. Pierson III, R.M. Maier, M.J. Vaughan, R.R. Casavant, R.S. Toomey. (2009) Microbial Diversity in Kartchner Caverns, a Carbonate Cave in Southern Arizona, USA. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Speleology, Volume 1, Symposia Part 1. (White, W.B., ed.), Kerrville, TX, pp. 389-391.
Invited Talks
Legatzki, A., M. Ortiz, J.W. Neilson, M.Creamer, K.Nelson, H.Th. Chu, C.E. Banczak, B.M. Pryor, L.S. Pierson III, and R.M. Maier. 2009. Microbial diversity in Kartchner Caverns, a carbonate cave in southern Arizona, US. 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, TX July 19-26.
Neilson, J.W., J. Quade, J.L. Betancourt, and R.M. Maier. 2009. Hyperarid extremophiles: A comparison of bacterial communities from distinct locations in the core of the Atacama Desert. Goldschmidt Conference for Geochemistry, Davos, Switzerland, June 21-26.
Maier, R.M. 2009. The wet dark microbial world of Kartchner Caverns. Biosphere II Advisory Board, Biosphere II, AZ, May 16.
Maier, R.M. 2008. The wet dark microbial world of Kartchner Caverns. Undergraduate Biology Research Program, University of Arizona, June 12.
Maier, R.M. and J.E. Pemberton. 2008. Developing collaborative research teams: an example. BIO5 Ambassadors Student Club, University of Arizona, March 24.
Maier, R.M. 2007. The wet dark microbial world of Kartchner Caverns. Kartchner Caverns State Park, Benson, AZ, Dec. 13
Maier, R.M., B.M. Pryor, L.S. Pierson III, R. Wing, R. Toomey, and R.R. Casavant. 2007. Kartchner Caverns Microbial Observatory: Habitat scale community structure and function in carbonate caves. Microbial Observatories/Microbial Interactions and Processes PI Meeting and Workshop, March 1-3, Washington, DC.
Maier, R.M. 2007. The wet dark microbial world of Kartchner Caverns. University of Arizona Honors Forum Lunch Series, Feb. 7.
Abstracts Submitted
Neilson, J.W., L.A. Ikner, R.R. Casavant, R.S. Toomey, G. Nolan, R.M. Maier, and E. Cook. 2009. Monitoring of microbial populations in Kartchner Caverns State Park - a cost-effective cave management and outreach strategy. 15th International Congress of Speleology, Kerrville, TX July 19-26.
Legatzki, A., M. Ortiz, J.W. Neilson, B.M. Pryor, L.S. Pierson III, and R.M. Maier. 2009. Bacterial and archaeal diversity in Kartchner Caverns, a carbonate cave in southwestern USA. Goldschmidt Conference for Geochemistry, Davos, Switzerland, June 21-26.
Ortiz, M., A. Legatzki, J.W. Neilson, B.M. Pryor, L.S. Peirson III and R.M. Maier. 2009. Intra-and inter-speleothem variability of bacterial communities in Kartchner Caverns. Goldschmidt Conference for Geochemistry, Davos, Switzerland, June 21-26.
Holohan, B.C. and S.P. Stock. 2009. Isolation and characterization of free-living nematodes and their symbionts from Kartchner Caverns. University of Arizona Honors College Spirit of Inquiry Meeting, Feb. 19, 2009 .
Ortiz, M., A. Legatzki, J.W. Neilson, B.M. Pryor, L.S. Pierson, and R.M. Maier. 2009. Variability of speleothem microbial communities in Kartchner Caverns, Arizona. 48th Annual Arizona-Southern Nevada Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, Tucson, AZ, April 4.
Nelson, K.N., A. Legatzki, and R.M. Maier. 2009. Magnificent speleothems in Kartchner Caverns: Are microbes involved? 48th Annual Arizona-Southern Nevada Branch of the American Society for Microbiology, Tucson, AZ, April 4.
Vaughan, M.J., R.M. Maier, and B.M. Pryor. 2008. Fungal diversity in carbonate caves across diverse substrates, 93rd Ecol. Soc. Amer. Annual Meeting, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Aug. 3-8.
Legatzki, A., K. Nelson, M. Ortiz , J.W. Neilson, L.S. Pierson, B.M. Pryor, R.M. Maier. 2008. Inter- and Intra-Speleothem Variability of Microbial Communities in the Kartchner Caverns Microbial Observatory., American Society for Microbiology, Boston, June 1-5.
Maier, R.M., B.M. Pryor, L.S. Pierson III, R. Wing, R. Toomey, and R.R. Casavant. 2007. Kartchner Caverns Microbial Observatory: Habitat scale community structure and function in carbonate caves. Microbial Observatories/Microbial Interactions and Processes PI Meeting and Workshop, March 1-3, Washington, DC.
Maier, R.M., L.A. Ikner, R.S. Toomey, G. Nolan, J.W. Neilson, and B.M. Pryor. 2006. Cultural bacterial diversity along a human impact gradient in Kartchner Caverns, Benson, AZ. 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology in Vienna, Austria, Aug. 20-25.
updated 7/2009
