The mission of the Environmental Health Science Department is to conduct innovative research to improve human health, well being, and quality of natural and working environments, and to provide exemplary education and training for future Environmental Health professionals.
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Mote, B.K., J.W. Turner and E.K. Lipp. 2012. Persistence and growth of the fecal indicator bacteria, enterococci, in natural estuarine plankton communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78(8): 2569 – 2577. doi: 10.1128/AEM.06902-11
Futch, J.C., D.W. Griffin, K. Banks and E.K. Lipp. 2011. Evaluation of sewage source and fate on Southeast Florida coastal reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin 62 (11): 2308 – 2316. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.08.046
Sutherland, K.P., S. Shaban, J.L. Joyner, J.W. Porter and E.K. Lipp. 2011. Human pathogen shown to cause disease in the threatened elkhorn coral Acropora palmata. PLoS One. 6(8): e23468. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023468
Malayil, L., J.W. Turner, K. Howe, B. L. Mote and E.K. Lipp. 2011. Evaluation of enrichment media for improved PCR-based detection of V. cholerae and V. vulnificus from estuarine water and plankton. Journal of Applied Microbiology 110: 1470 – 1475. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.04996.x
Looney, E.., K. P. Sutherland and E.K. Lipp. 2010. Effects of temperature, nutrients, organic matter and coral mucus on the survival of the coral pathogen, Serratia marcescens, PDL100. Environmental Microbiology 12(9): 2479 - 2485. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02221.x
Sutherland, K.P., J.W. Porter, J.W. Turner, B.J. Thomas, E.E. Looney, T. Luna, M.K. Meyers, J.C. Futch and E.K. Lipp. 2010. Human sewage identified as likely source of white pox disease of the threatened Caribbean elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata. Environmental Microbiology 12(5): 1122 - 1131. DOI:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02152.x
Futch, J.C., D.W. Griffin and E.K. Lipp. 2010. Human enteric viruses in groundwater indicate offshore transport of human sewage to coral reefs of the Upper Florida Keys. Environmental Microbiology 12: 964 - 974. DOI:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02141.x
Gentry, J.B., J. Vinjé, D. Guadognoli and E.K. Lipp. 2009. Norovirus distribution within an estuarine environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75 (17): 5474 - 5480. DOI:10.1128/AEM.00111-09
Turner, J.W., B. Good, D. Cole and E.K. Lipp. 2009. Environmental factors affect the status of plankton as a reservoir for Vibrio species. The ISME (International Society for Microbial Ecology) Journal 3: 1082 – 1092. DOI:10.1038/ismej.2009.50
Haley, B.J., D. Cole and E.K. Lipp. 2009. Distribution, Diversity and Seasonality of Waterborne Salmonellae in a Rural Watershed. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75(5) 1248 - 1255.
Vereen, E., R.R. Lowrance, D.J. Cole and E.K. Lipp 2007. Fate and ecology of campylobacters in coastal plain streams (Georgia, United States of America). Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73: 1395 – 1403.
Fong, T.T. and E. K. Lipp. 2005. Enteric viruses of humans and animals in aquatic environments: health risks, detection and potential water quality assessment tools. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 69 (2): 357-371
EHSC(MIBO)(FDST) 4310/6310(L): Environmental Microbiology [Spring term]
EHSC 8310: Advanced Topics in Aquatic Microbiology, Health and the Environment [Fall term; odd years]
EHSC(MARS) 8410: Oceans and Human Health [Fall term; even years]
