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Jason L. Cantera
Postdoctoral Scholar
Research Group
Education
- Ph.D., Biotechnology, Osaka University, Japan - 2003
- M.S., Microbiology, University of the Philippines - 1998
- B.S., Biology, University of the Philippines - 1994
Research Description
- Methods development for improved, high throughput and real-time detection of infectious enteric viruses in drinking water
- Evolution and mechanisms of nitrite reduction and nitrous oxide (a powerful green house gas) production by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
- Microbial community analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria
Publications
- Cantera, J. J. L. & L. Y. Stein. Role of nitrite reductase in the ammonia-oxidizing pathway of Nitrosomonas europaea, Archives of Microbiology, DOI 10.1007/s00203-007-0255-4 (2007)
- Cantera, J. J. L. & L. Y. Stein. Molecular diversity of nitrite reductase genes (nirK) in nitrifying bacteria, Environmental Microbiology 9: 765-776 (2007)
- Cantera, J. J. L., F. L. Jordan & L. Y. Stein. Effects of irrigation sources on ammonia-oxidizing bacterial communities in highly managed turf-covered aridisols, Biology and Fertility of Soils 43: 247-255 (2006)
- Paniagua-Michel, J., A. Franco-Rivera, J. J. L. Cantera & L. Y. Stein. Activity of nitrifying biofilms constructed on low-density polyester enhances bioremediation of a coastal wastewater effluent, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 21: 1371-1377 (2005)
- Jordan, F. L., J. J. L. Cantera, M. E. Fenn & L. Y. Stein. Autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria contribute minimally to nitrification in a nitrogen-impacted forested ecosystem, Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71: 197-206 (2004)
