Zackary Johnson | Scholars@Duke

Zackary Johnson
Arthur P. Kaupe Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology in Marine Science

Our group broadly studies the abundance, diversity and activity of marine microbes. We are biological oceanographers , marine molecular ecologists , marine microbiologists and biogeochemists. Our research focuses on the marine cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus , the most abundant phytoplankton in the open oceans and an excellent model marine microbe, as well as the biotechnological applications of marine microalgae. We are at the Marine Laboratory as part of the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University .

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Arthur P. Kaupe Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology in Marine Science, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2012
Associate Professor of Biological Oceanography and Marine Bi, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2017
Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative, Duke University Energy Initiative, Initiatives 2012

Contact Information

135 Duke Marine Lab Rd., Duke Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC 28516
zackary.johnson@duke.edu (252) 504-7543
Johnson Lab Web Page

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Duke University 2004
- B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1994
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Biological Oceanography and Marine Biotechnology, Marine Science and Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment 2009 - 2017
- Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology, Biology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014 - 2017
Recognition
In the News
- AUG 14, 2015
  
  New Duke-Led Consortium To Focus On Creating Food And Fuel From Algae
Research
Selected Grants
- Marine Algae Industrialization Consortium (MAGIC): Combining biofuel and high-value bioproducts to meet the RFS awarded by Department of Energy 2015 - 2020
- Collaborative Research: Ocean Acidification: microbes as sentinels of adaptive responses to multiple stressors awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2019
- Planning Grant: Engineering Research Center for Precision Microbiome Engineering (PreMiEr) awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2019
- Large-Scale Production of Fuels and Feed from Marine Microalgae awarded by Cornell University 2011 - 2015
- Collaborative Research: Seasonal and Decadal Changes in Temperature Drive Prochlorococcus Ecotype Distribution Patterns awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2015
- MRI-R-2: Acquisition of High-Speed Sorting Flow Cytometer for Multi-User Environmental Microbiology Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2012
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Gong, Y, Bandara, T, Huntley, M, Johnson, ZI, Dias, J, Dahle, D, Sørensen, M, and Kiron, V. "Microalgae Scenedesmus sp. as a potential ingredient in low fishmeal diets for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)(Accepted)." Aquaculture 501 (February 2019): 455-464. Full Text
  - Hogle, SL, Dupont, CL, Hopkinson, BM, King, AL, Buck, KN, Roe, KL, Stuart, RK, Allen, AE, Mann, EL, Johnson, ZI, and Barbeau, KA. "Pervasive iron limitation at subsurface chlorophyll maxima of the California Current." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115, no. 52 (December 10, 2018): 13300-13305. Full Text
  - Duan, Y, Xie, N, Song, Z, Ward, CS, Yung, C-M, Hunt, DE, Johnson, ZI, and Wang, G. "A High-Resolution Time Series Reveals Distinct Seasonal Patterns of Planktonic Fungi at a Temperate Coastal Ocean Site (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA)." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 84, no. 21 (November 2018). Full Text
  - Xie, N, Sen, B, Song, Z, Zhao, Y, Chen, Z, Shi, W, Zhang, Y, Zhang, J, Johnson, ZI, and Wang, G. "High phylogenetic diversity and abundance pattern of Labyrinthulomycete protists in the coastal waters of the Bohai Sea." Environmental Microbiology 20, no. 8 (August 30, 2018): 3042-3056. Full Text
  - Beal, CM, Archibald, I, Huntley, ME, Greene, CH, and Johnson, ZI. "Integrating Algae with Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (ABECCS) Increases Sustainability." Earth'S Future 6, no. 3 (March 1, 2018): 524-542. Full Text
  - Prairie, JC, Ziervogel, K, Camassa, R, McLaughlin, RM, White, BL, Johnson, ZI, and Arnosti, C. "Ephemeral aggregate layers in the water column leave lasting footprints in the carbon cycle." Limnology and Oceanography Letters 2, no. 6 (December 2017): 202-209. Full Text
  - He, Y, Sen, B, Shang, J, He, Y, Xie, N, Zhang, Y, Zhang, J, Johnson, ZI, and Wang, G. "Seasonal influence of scallop culture on nutrient flux, bacterial pathogens and bacterioplankton diversity across estuaries off the Bohai Sea Coast of Northern China." Marine Pollution Bulletin 124, no. 1 (November 2017): 411-420. Full Text
  - Ma, L, Calfee, BC, Morris, JJ, Johnson, ZI, and Zinser, ER. "Degradation of hydrogen peroxide at the ocean's surface: the influence of the microbial community on the realized thermal niche of Prochlorococcus." The ISME journal (October 31, 2017). Full Text
  - Cohen, NR, A. Ellis, K, Burns, WG, Lampe, RH, Schuback, N, Johnson, Z, Sañudo-Wilhelmy, S, and Marchetti, A. "Iron and vitamin interactions in marine diatom isolates and natural assemblages of the Northeast Pacific Ocean." Limnology and Oceanography 62, no. 5 (September 1, 2017): 2076-2096. Full Text
  - Liu, Y, Singh, P, Liang, Y, Li, J, Xie, N, Song, Z, Daroch, M, Leng, K, Johnson, ZI, and Wang, G. "Abundance and molecular diversity of thraustochytrids in coastal waters of southern China." Fems Microbiology Ecology 93, no. 6 (June 2017). Full Text
  - Loftus, SE, and Johnson, ZI. "Cross-study analysis of factors affecting algae cultivation in recycled medium for biofuel production." Algal Research 24 (June 1, 2017): 154-166. Full Text
  - Ward, CS, Yung, C-M, Davis, KM, Blinebry, SK, Williams, TC, Johnson, ZI, and Hunt, DE. "Annual community patterns are driven by seasonal switching between closely related marine bacteria." The Isme Journal 11, no. 6 (June 2017): 1412-1422. Full Text
  - Gainer, PJ, Pound, HL, Larkin, AA, LeCleir, GR, DeBruyn, JM, Zinser, ER, Johnson, ZI, and Wilhelm, SW. "Contrasting seasonal drivers of virus abundance and production in the North Pacific Ocean." PloS one 12, no. 9 (January 2017): e0184371-. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Greene, C, Huntley, M, Archibald, I, Gerber, L, Sills, D, Granados, J, Tester, J, Beal, C, Walsh, M, Bidigare, R, Brown, S, Cochlan, W, Johnson, Z, Lei, XG, Machesky, S, Redalje, D, Richardon, R, Kiron, V, and Corless, V. "Marine Microalgae: Climate, Energy, and Food Security from the Sea." Oceanography 29, no. 4 (December 4, 2016). Full Text
  - Walsh, MJ, Gerber Van Doren, L, Sills, DL, Archibald, I, Beal, CM, Lei, XG, Huntley, ME, Johnson, Z, and Greene, CH. "Algal food and fuel coproduction can mitigate greenhouse gas emissions while improving land and water-use efficiency." Environmental Research Letters 11, no. 11 (October 28, 2016). Full Text
  - Larkin, AA, Blinebry, SK, Howes, C, Lin, Y, Loftus, SE, Schmaus, CA, Zinser, ER, and Johnson, ZI. "Niche partitioning and biogeography of high light adapted Prochlorococcus across taxonomic ranks in the North Pacific." The Isme Journal 10, no. 7 (July 2016): 1555-1567. Full Text
  - McMurray, SE, Johnson, ZI, Hunt, DE, Pawlik, JR, and Finelli, CM. "Selective feeding by the giant barrel sponge enhances foraging efficiency." Limnology and Oceanography 61, no. 4 (July 1, 2016): 1271-1286. Full Text
  - Yung, C-M, Ward, CS, Davis, KM, Johnson, ZI, and Hunt, DE. "Insensitivity of Diverse and Temporally Variable Particle-Associated Microbial Communities to Bulk Seawater Environmental Parameters." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82, no. 11 (June 2016): 3431-3437. Full Text
  - Chandler, JW, Lin, Y, Gainer, PJ, Post, AF, Johnson, ZI, and Zinser, ER. "Variable but persistent coexistence of Prochlorococcus ecotypes along temperature gradients in the ocean's surface mixed layer." Environmental microbiology reports 8, no. 2 (April 2016): 272-284. Full Text
  - Morris, JJ, Johnson, ZI, Wilhelm, SW, and Zinser, ER. "Diel regulation of hydrogen peroxide defenses by open ocean microbial communities." Journal of Plankton Research 38, no. 4 (January 1, 2016): 1103-1114. Full Text
  - Yung, C-M, Vereen, MK, Herbert, A, Davis, KM, Yang, J, Kantorowska, A, Ward, CS, Wernegreen, JJ, Johnson, ZI, and Hunt, DE. "Thermally adaptive tradeoffs in closely related marine bacterial strains." Environmental microbiology 17, no. 7 (July 2015): 2421-2429. Full Text
  - Ribalet, F, Swalwell, J, Clayton, S, Jiménez, V, Sudek, S, Lin, Y, Johnson, ZI, Worden, AZ, and Armbrust, EV. "Light-driven synchrony of Prochlorococcus growth and mortality in the subtropical Pacific gyre." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 112, no. 26 (June 15, 2015): 8008-8012. Full Text
  - Dupont, CL, McCrow, JP, Valas, R, Moustafa, A, Walworth, N, Goodenough, U, Roth, R, Hogle, SL, Bai, J, Johnson, ZI, Mann, E, Palenik, B, Barbeau, KA, Venter, JC, and Allen, AE. "Genomes and gene expression across light and productivity gradients in eastern subtropical Pacific microbial communities." The Isme Journal 9, no. 5 (May 2015): 1076-1092. Full Text
  - Huntley, ME, Johnson, ZI, Brown, SL, Sills, DL, Gerber, L, Archibald, I, Machesky, SC, Granados, J, Beal, C, and Greene, CH. "Demonstrated large-scale production of marine microalgae for fuels and feed." Algal Research 10 (January 1, 2015): 249-265. Full Text
  - Huntley, ME, Johnson, ZI, Brown, SL, Sills, DL, Gerber, L, Archibald, I, Machesky, SC, Granados, J, Beal, C, and Greene, CH. "Corrigendum to "Demonstrated large-scale production of marine microalgae for fuels and feed" [Algal Res. 10 (July 2015) 249-265] DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2015.04.016." Algal Research 11 (January 1, 2015): 379-380. Full Text
  - Huntley, ME, Johnson, ZI, Brown, SL, Sills, DL, Gerber, L, Archibald, I, Machesky, SC, Granados, J, Beal, C, and Greene, CH. "Corrigendum to "Demonstrated large-scale production of marine microalgae for fuels and feed" [Algal Res. 10 (July 2015) 249-265] DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2015.04.016." Algal Research 11 (2015): 379-380. Full Text
  - Johnson, ZI, and Martiny, AC. "Techniques for quantifying phytoplankton biodiversity." Annual review of marine science 7 (January 2015): 299-324. (Review) Full Text
  - Kopf, A, Bicak, M, Kottmann, R, Schnetzer, J, Kostadinov, I, Lehmann, K, Fernandez-Guerra, A, Jeanthon, C, Rahav, E, Ullrich, M, Wichels, A, Gerdts, G, Polymenakou, P, Kotoulas, G, Siam, R, Abdallah, RZ, Sonnenschein, EC, Cariou, T, O'Gara, F, Jackson, S, Orlic, S, Steinke, M, Busch, J, Duarte, B, Caçador, I, Canning-Clode, J, Bobrova, O, Marteinsson, V, Reynisson, E, Loureiro, CM, Luna, GM, Quero, GM, Löscher, CR, Kremp, A, DeLorenzo, ME, Øvreås, L, Tolman, J, LaRoche, J, Penna, A, Frischer, M, Davis, T, Katherine, B, Meyer, CP, Ramos, S, Magalhães, C, Jude-Lemeilleur, F, Aguirre-Macedo, ML, Wang, S, Poulton, N, Jones, S, Collin, R, Fuhrman, JA, Conan, P, Alonso, C, Stambler, N, Goodwin, K, Yakimov, MM, Baltar, F, Bodrossy, L, Van De Kamp, J, Frampton, DM, Ostrowski, M, Van Ruth, P, Malthouse, P, Claus, S, Deneudt, K, Mortelmans, J, Pitois, S, Wallom, D, Salter, I, Costa, R, Schroeder, DC, Kandil, MM, Amaral, V, Biancalana, F, Santana, R, Pedrotti, ML, Yoshida, T, Ogata, H, Ingleton, T, Munnik, K, Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, N, Berteaux-Lecellier, V, Wecker, P, Cancio, I, Vaulot, D, Bienhold, C, Ghazal, H, Chaouni, B, Essayeh, S, Ettamimi, S, Zaid, EH, Boukhatem, N, Bouali, A, Chahboune, R, Barrijal, S, Timinouni, M, El Otmani, F, Bennani, M, Mea, M, Todorova, N, Karamfilov, V, Ten Hoopen, P, Cochrane, G, L'Haridon, S, Bizsel, KC, Vezzi, A, Lauro, FM, Martin, P, Jensen, RM, Hinks, J, Gebbels, S, Rosselli, R, De Pascale, F, Schiavon, R, Dos Santos, A, Villar, E, Pesant, S, Cataletto, B, Malfatti, F, Edirisinghe, R, Silveira, JAH, Barbier, M, Turk, V, Tinta, T, Fuller, WJ, Salihoglu, I, Serakinci, N, Ergoren, MC, Bresnan, E, Iriberri, J, Nyhus, PAF, Bente, E, Karlsen, HE, Golyshin, PN, Gasol, JM, Moncheva, S, Dzhembekova, N, Johnson, Z, Sinigalliano, CD, Gidley, ML, Zingone, A, Danovaro, R, Tsiamis, G, Clark, MS, Costa, AC, El Bour, M, Martins, AM, Collins, RE, Ducluzeau, A-L, Martinez, J, Costello, MJ, Amaral-Zettler, LA, Gilbert, JA, Davies, N, Field, D, and Glöckner, FO. "The ocean sampling day consortium." Gigascience 4 (January 2015): 27-null. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Yates, KK, Turley, C, Hopkinson, BM, Todgham, AE, Cross, JN, Greening, H, Williamson, P, Van Hooidonk, R, Deheyn, DD, and Johnson, Z. "Transdisciplinary science a path to understanding the interactions among ocean acidification, ecosystems, and society." Oceanography 28, no. 2 (January 1, 2015): 212-225. Full Text
  - Jiao, N, Luo, T, Zhang, R, Yan, W, Lin, Y, Johnson, ZI, Tian, J, Yuan, D, Yang, Q, Zheng, Q, Sun, J, Hu, D, and Wang, P. "Presence of Prochlorococcus in the aphotic waters of the western Pacific Ocean." Biogeosciences 11, no. 8 (April 29, 2014): 2391-2400. Full Text
  - Wang, X, Singh, P, Gao, Z, Zhang, X, Johnson, ZI, and Wang, G. "Distribution and diversity of planktonic fungi in the West Pacific Warm Pool." Plos One 9, no. 7 (January 2014): e101523-null. Full Text
  - Johnson, ZI, and Johnston, DW. "Smartphones: Powerful tools for geoscience education." Eos 94, no. 47 (November 19, 2013): 433-434. Full Text
  - Bittar, TB, Lin, Y, Sassano, LR, Wheeler, BJ, Brown, SL, Cochlan, WP, and Johnson, ZI. "Carbon allocation under light and nitrogen resource gradients in two model marine phytoplankton(1)." Journal of Phycology 49, no. 3 (June 2013): 523-535. Full Text
  - Bittar, TB, Lin, Y, Sassano, LR, Wheeler, BJ, Brown, SL, Cochlan, WP, and Johnson, ZI. "Carbon allocation under light and nitrogen resource gradients in two model marine phytoplankton¹." Journal of Phycology 49, no. 3 (2013): 523-535. Full Text
  - Hunt, DE, Lin, Y, Church, MJ, Karl, DM, Tringe, SG, Izzo, LK, and Johnson, ZI. "Relationship between abundance and specific activity of bacterioplankton in open ocean surface waters." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79, no. 1 (January 2013): 177-184. Full Text
  - Johnson, ZI, Wheeler, BJ, Blinebry, SK, Carlson, CM, Ward, CS, and Hunt, DE. "Dramatic variability of the carbonate system at a temperate coastal ocean site (Beaufort, North Carolina, USA) is regulated by physical and biogeochemical processes on multiple timescales. (Published online)" PLoS One 8, no. 12 (2013): e85117-. Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
  - Lin, Y, Gazsi, K, Lance, VP, Larkin, AA, Chandler, JW, Zinser, ER, and Johnson, ZI. "In situ activity of a dominant Prochlorococcus ecotype (eHL-II) from rRNA content and cell size." Environmental Microbiology (2013). Full Text
  - Lin, Y, Gazsi, K, Lance, VP, Larkin, AA, Chandler, JW, Zinser, ER, and Johnson, ZI. "In situ activity of a dominant Prochlorococcus ecotype (eHL-II) from rRNA content and cell size." Environmental Microbiology 15, no. 10 (2013): 2736-2747. Full Text
  - Ringuet, S, Sassano, L, and Johnson, ZI. "Erratum: A suite of microplate reader-based colorimetric methods to quantify ammonium, nitrate, orthophosphate and silicate concentrations for aquatic nutrient monitoring (Journal of Environmental Monitoring (2011) 13 (370-376) DOI: 10.1039/c0em00290a)." Journal of Environmental Monitoring 14, no. 12 (December 1, 2012): 3305-null. Full Text
  - Ritchie, AE, and Johnson, ZI. "Abundance and genetic diversity of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria of coastal regions of the pacific ocean." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78, no. 8 (April 2012): 2858-2866. Full Text
  - Rowe, JM, DeBruyn, JM, Poorvin, L, LeCleir, GR, Johnson, ZI, Zinser, ER, and Wilhelm, SW. "Viral and bacterial abundance and production in the Western Pacific Ocean and the relation to other oceanic realms." Fems Microbiology Ecology 79, no. 2 (February 2012): 359-370. Full Text
  - Ferrón, S, Ho, DT, Johnson, ZI, and Huntley, ME. "Air-water fluxes of N₂O and CH₄ during microalgae (Staurosira sp.) cultivation in an open raceway pond." Environmental Science and Technology 46, no. 19 (2012): 10842-10848. Full Text
  - O'Kelly, C, Brown, S, Bidigare, R, Johnson, Z, Messer, A, Trapido-Rosenthal, H, and Wheeler, J. "CORRELATED MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR DATA ESTABLISH THE POLYPHYLY OF NANODIATOMS PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED TO NANOFRUSTULUM SHILOI." JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 47 (September 2011): S88-S88. Link to Item
  - Morris, JJ, Johnson, ZI, Szul, MJ, Keller, M, and Zinser, ER. "Dependence of the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus on hydrogen peroxide scavenging microbes for growth at the ocean's surface." Plos One 6, no. 2 (February 3, 2011): e16805-null. Full Text
  - Morris, JJ, Szul, MJ, Johnson, ZI, Keller, M, and Zinser, ER. "EVOLUTION TOWARDS DEPENDENCY FOR A FREE-LIVING ORGANISM: HETEROTROPHIC "HELPERS" INCREASE RESISTANCE OF PROCHLOROCOCCUS TO ECOLOGICALLY RELEVANT CONCENTRATIONS OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE." JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 47 (February 2011): 5-5. Link to Item
  - Ringuet, S, Sassano, L, and Johnson, ZI. "A suite of microplate reader-based colorimetric methods to quantify ammonium, nitrate, orthophosphate and silicate concentrations for aquatic nutrient monitoring." Journal of Environmental Monitoring : Jem 13, no. 2 (February 2011): 370-376. Full Text
  - Morris, JJ, Johnson, ZI, Szul, MJ, Keller, M, and Zinser, ER. "Dependence of the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus on hydrogen peroxide scavenging microbes for growth at the ocean's surface." PLoS ONE 6, no. 2 (2011). Full Text
  - Wang, G, and Johnson, ZI. "Impact of parasitic fungi on the diversity and functional ecology of marine phytoplankton." (January 1, 2011): 205-222. (Chapter)
  - Johnson, ZI, Shyam, R, Ritchie, AE, Mioni, C, Lance, VP, Murray, JW, and Zinser, ER. "The effect of iron-and light-limitation on phytoplankton communities of deep chlorophyll maxima of the western Pacific Ocean." Journal of Marine Research 68, no. 2 (March 1, 2010): 283-308. Full Text
  - Gao, Z, Johnson, ZI, and Wang, G. "Molecular characterization of the spatial diversity and novel lineages of mycoplankton in Hawaiian coastal waters." ISME Journal 4, no. 1 (2010): 111-120. Full Text
  - Marchetti, A, Varela, D, Lance, VP, Johnson, ZI, and Armbrust, EV. "Iron and silic acid controls on phytoplankton composition and productivity assessed by Si, C, and N utilization in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean." Limnology and Oceanography 55 (2010): 11-29. (Academic Article) Link to Item
  - Marchetti, A, Varela, DE, Lance, VP, Johnson, Z, Palmucci, M, Giordano, M, and Virginia Armbruste, E. "Iron and silicic acid effects on phytoplankton productivity, diversity, and chemical composition in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean." Limnology and Oceanography 55, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 11-29. Full Text
  - Johnson, ZI, and Lin, Y. "Prochlorococcus: Approved for export." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106, no. 26 (2009): 10400-10401. Full Text
  - Zinser, ER, Lindell, D, Johnson, ZI, Futschik, ME, Steglich, C, Coleman, ML, Wright, MA, Rector, T, Steen, R, McNulty, N, Thompson, LR, and Chisholm, SW. "Choreography of the transcriptome, photophysiology, and cell cycle of a minimal photoautotroph, Prochlorococcus." PLoS ONE 4, no. 4 (2009). Full Text
  - Morris, JJ, Kirkegaard, R, Szul, MJ, Johnson, ZI, and Zinser, ER. "Facilitation of robust growth of Prochlorococcus colonies and dilute liquid cultures by "helper" heterotrophic bacteria." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74, no. 14 (July 2008): 4530-4534. Full Text
  - Hiscock, MR, Lance, VP, Apprill, AM, Bidigare, RR, Johnson, ZI, Mitchell, BG, Smith, WO, and Barber, RT. "Photosynthetic maximum quantum yield increases are an essential component of the Southern Ocean phytoplankton response to iron." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105, no. 12 (March 18, 2008): 4775-4780. Full Text
  - Johnson, ZI, and Sheldon, TL. "A high-throughput method to measure photosynthesis-irradiance curves of phytoplankton." Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 5, no. 11 (November 1, 2007): 417-424. Full Text
  - Johnson, ZI, and Sheldon, TL. "A high-throughput method to measure photosynthesis-irradiance curves of phytoplankton." Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 5, no. 11 (November 2007): 417-424. Full Text
  - Zinser, ER, Johnson, ZI, Coe, A, Karaca, E, Veneziano, D, and Chisholm, SW. "Influence of light and temperature on Prochlorococcus ecotype distributions in the Atlantic Ocean." Limnology and Oceanography 52, no. 5 (January 1, 2007): 2205-2220. Full Text
  - Johnson, ZI, Zinser, ER, Coe, A, McNulty, NP, Woodward, EMS, and Chisholm, SW. "Niche partitioning among Prochlorococcus ecotypes along ocean-scale environmental gradients." Science (New York, N.Y.) 311, no. 5768 (March 2006): 1737-1740. Full Text
  - Tolonen, AC, Aach, J, Lindell, D, Johnson, ZI, Rector, T, Steen, R, Church, GM, and Chisholm, SW. "Global gene expression of Prochlorococcus ecotypes in response to changes in nitrogen availability." Molecular Systems Biology 2 (2006). Full Text
  - Zinser, ER, Coe, A, Johnson, ZI, Martiny, AC, Fuller, NJ, Scanlan, DJ, and Chisholm, SW. "Prochlorococcus ecotype abundances in the North Atlantic Ocean as revealed by an improved quantitative PCR method." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72, no. 1 (January 2006): 723-732. Full Text
  - Lindell, D, Jaffe, JD, Johnson, ZI, Church, GM, and Chisholm, SW. "Photosynthesis genes in marine viruses yield proteins during host infection." Nature 438, no. 7064 (November 2005): 86-89. Full Text
  - Gopalakrishna, VV, Johnson, Z, Salgaonkar, G, Nisha, K, Rajan, CK, and Rao, RR. "Observed variability of sea surface salinity and thermal inversions in the Lakshadweep Sea during contrast monsoons." Geophysical Research Letters 32, no. 18 (September 28, 2005): 1-4. Full Text
  - Johnson, ZI. "Description and application of the background irradiance gradient-single turnover fluorometer (BIG-STf)." Marine Ecology Progress Series 283 (November 30, 2004): 73-80. Full Text
  - Lerat, E. "- : Exploring the outer limits of bacterial pseudogenes." Genome Research 14, no. 11 (November 1, 2004): 2273-2278. Full Text
  - Coale, KH, Johnson, KS, Chavez, FP, Buesseler, KO, Barber, RT, Brzezinski, MA, Cochlan, WP, Millero, FJ, Falkowski, PG, Bauer, JE, Wanninkhof, RH, Kudela, RM, Altabet, MA, Hales, BE, Takahashi, T, Landry, MR, Bidigare, RR, Wang, X, Chase, Z, Strutton, PG, Friederich, GE, Gorbunov, MY, Lance, VP, Hilting, AK, Hiscock, MR, Demarest, M, Hiscock, WT, Sullivan, KF, Tanner, SJ, Gordon, RM, Hunter, CN, Elrod, VA, Fitzwater, SE, Jones, JL, Tozzi, S, Koblizek, M, Roberts, AE, Herndon, J, Brewster, J, Ladizinsky, N, Smith, G, Cooper, D, Timothy, D, Brown, SL, Selph, KE, Sheridan, CC, Twining, BS, and Johnson, ZI. "Southern Ocean iron enrichment experiment: carbon cycling in high- and low-Si waters." Science (New York, N.Y.) 304, no. 5669 (April 2004): 408-414. Full Text
  - Johnson, ZI, and Chisholm, SW. "Properties of overlapping genes are conserved across microbial genomes." Genome Research 14, no. 11 (2004): 2268-2272. Full Text
  - Johnson, ZI. "Development and application of the Background Irradiance Gradient - Single Turnover Fluorometer (BIG-STf)." Marine Ecology Progress Series 283 (2004): 73-80. (Academic Article) Link to Item
  - Lindell, D, Sullivan, MB, Johnson, ZI, Tolonen, AC, Rohwer, F, and Chisholm, SW. "Transfer of photosynthesis genes to and from Prochlorococcus viruses." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 101, no. 30 (2004): 11013-11018. Full Text
  - Rocap, G, Larimer, FW, Lamerdin, J, Malfatti, S, Chain, P, Ahlgren, NA, Arellano, A, Coleman, M, Hauser, L, Hess, WR, Johnson, ZI, Land, M, Lindell, D, Post, AF, Regala, W, Shah, M, Shaw, SL, Steglich, C, Sullivan, MB, Ting, CS, Tolonen, A, Webb, EA, Zinser, ER, and Chisholm, SW. "Genome divergence in two Prochlorococcus ecotypes reflects oceanic niche differentiation." Nature 424, no. 6952 (August 13, 2003): 1042-1047. Full Text
  - Johnson, Z, and Barber, RT. "The low-light reduction in the quantum yield of photosynthesis: Potential errors and biases when calculating the maximum quantum yield." Photosynthesis Research 75, no. 1 (2003): 85-95. Full Text
  - Johnson, Z, Bidigare, RR, Goericke, R, Marra, J, Trees, C, and Barber, RT. "Photosynthetic physiology and physicochemical forcing in the Arabian Sea, 1995." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 49, no. 3 (March 7, 2002): 415-436. Full Text
  - Barber, RT, Marra, J, Bidigare, RC, Codispoti, LA, Halpern, D, Johnson, Z, Latasa, M, Goericke, R, and Smith, SL. "Primary productivity and its regulation in the Arabian Sea during 1995." Deep Sea Research Part Ii: Topical Studies in Oceanography 48, no. 6-7 (January 1, 2001): 1127-1172. Full Text
  - Johnson, Z, and Howd, P. "Marine photosynthetic performance forcing and periodicity for the Bermuda Atlantic Time Series, 1989-1995." Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 47, no. 8 (August 1, 2000): 1485-1512. Full Text
  - Johnson, Z, Landry, ML, Bidigare, RR, Brown, SL, Campbell, L, Gunderson, J, Marra, J, and Trees, C. "Energetics and growth kinetics of a deep Prochlorococcus spp. population in the Arabian Sea." Deep Sea Research Part Ii: Topical Studies in Oceanography 46, no. 8-9 (August 1, 1999): 1719-1743. Full Text
  - Barber, RT, Borden, L, Johnson, Z, Marra, J, Knudson, C, and Trees, CC. "Ground truthing modeled kPARand on-deck primary productivity incubations with in-situ observations." Proceedings of Spie the International Society for Optical Engineering 2963 (December 1, 1997): 834-839. Full Text
  - Bidigare, RR, Latasa, M, Johnson, Z, Barber, RT, Trees, CC, and Balch, WM. "Observations of a Synechococcus-dominated cyclonic eddy in open-oceanic waters of the Arabian Sea." Proceedings of Spie the International Society for Optical Engineering 2963 (December 1, 1997): 260-265. Full Text
  - Johnson, Z. "Modeled inherent scattering properties of small light-limited phytoplankton: Implications for deep phytoplankton size class distributions." Proceedings of Spie the International Society for Optical Engineering 2963 (December 1, 1997): 862-867. Full Text
  - Marra, J, Barber, RT, Trees, CC, Johnson, Z, and Kinkade, C. "Primary production and irradiance during an intermonsoon cruise to the Arabian Sea (November, 1995)." Proceedings of Spie the International Society for Optical Engineering 2963 (December 1, 1997): 302-307. Full Text
- Book Sections
  - Wang, G, and Johnson, ZI. "Impact of parasitic fungi on the diversity and functional ecology of marine phytoplankton." In Marine Phytoplankton, 205-221. January 1, 2009.
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- Bass Connections Faculty Team Leader. Marine Microalgae for Sustainable Production of Food and Fuel. 2018 - 2019 2018 - 2019
- Bass Connections Faculty Team Member. Ocean Energy: Products and Pollutants. August 2017 - May 2018 2017 - 2018

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