Christina Kellogg, Ph.D.
I am an environmental microbiologist that uses molecular techniques and microbiology methods to study marine microbes, particularly the microbial ecology of tropical and deep-sea corals.
Dr. Kellogg joined the U.S. Geological Survey as a Mendenhall Fellow, characterizing the microbial communities in aerosolized African desert dust, beach sediments, seagrass beds and coral reefs. Currently, she leads the Coral Microbial Ecology Laboratory at the U.S. Geological Survey, studying the microbiomes and environments of tropical and cold-water corals.
Dr. Kellogg is active in shaping the direction of microbiome research in the U.S., having represented the Department of Interior (DOI) on the Federal Microbiome Interagency Working Group, the National Microbiome Data Collaborative, and serving as Subject Matter Expert to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy rollout of the National Microbiome Initiative in 2016.
Professional Experience
2003 – Present: Research principal investigator and head of Coral Microbial Ecology Lab, USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
2001 – 2003: USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow, USGS St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
1998 – 2001: Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC
1991 – 1998: Research Assistant, Department of Marine Science, University of South Florida
Education and Certifications
PhD: 1998, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL
BS: 1991, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
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Cross-kingdom amplification using Bacteria-specific primers: Complications for studies of coral microbial ecology
Phage therapy for Florida corals?
Coral microbiology
Aerobiology and the global transport of desert dust
Microbiology and public beach safety: integrated science for the protection of public health
Saharan dust - A carrier of persistent organic pollutants, metals and microbes to the Caribbean?
Dust storms and their impact on ocean and human health: dust in Earth's atmosphere
Tropical Archaea: Diversity associated with the surface microlayer of corals
Characterization of aerosolized bacteria and fungi from desert dust events in Mali, West Africa
La mondialisation des poussieres, les vents transportent, d'un continent a l'autre, des poussieres, mai aussi des micro-organismes et des substances toxiques. Ces "passagers clandestins" pourraient transporter des maladies et modifier les ecosystems
African and Asian dust: from desert soils to coral reefs
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Cross-kingdom amplification using Bacteria-specific primers: Complications for studies of coral microbial ecology
PCR amplification of pure bacterial DNA is vital to the study of bacterial interactions with corals. Commonly used Bacteria-specific primers 8F and 27F paired with the universal primer 1492R amplify both eukaryotic and prokaryotic rRNA genes. An alternative primer set, 63F/1542R, is suggested to resolve this problem.AuthorsJulia P. Galkiewicz, Christina A. KelloggPhage therapy for Florida corals?
Coral disease is a major cause of reef decline in the Florida Keys. Bacterium has been defined as the most common pathogen (disease-causing organism). Although much is being done to catalog coral diseases, map their locations, determine the causes of disease, or measure the rates of coral demise, very little research has been directed toward actually preventing or eliminating the diseases affectinAuthorsChristina A. KelloggCoral microbiology
In the last 30 years, there has been approximately a 30% loss of corals worldwide, largely due to emerging diseases (Harvell et al., 2002, 2007; Hughes et al., 2003). Coral microbiology is a new field, driven largely by a desire to understand the interactions between corals and their symbiotic microorganisms and to use this knowledge to eventually prevent the spread of coral diseases.AuthorsEugene Rosenberg, Christina A. Kellogg, Forest RohwerAerobiology and the global transport of desert dust
Desert winds aerosolize several billion tons of soil-derived dust each year, including concentrated seasonal pulses from Africa and Asia. These transoceanic and transcontinental dust events inject a large pulse of microorganisms and pollen into the atmosphere and could therefore have a role in transporting pathogens or expanding the biogeographical range of some organisms by facilitating long-distAuthorsChristina A. Kellogg, Dale W. GriffinMicrobiology and public beach safety: integrated science for the protection of public health
No abstract available.AuthorsChristine A. Kellogg, John T. LisleSaharan dust - A carrier of persistent organic pollutants, metals and microbes to the Caribbean?
An international team of scientists from government agencies and universities in the United States, U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), Trinidad & Tobago, the Republic of Cape Verde, and the Republic of Mali (West Africa) is working together to elucidate the role Saharan dust may play in the degradation of Caribbean ecosystems. The first step has been to identify and quantify the persistent organic pollutAuthorsV.H. Garrison, W.T. Foreman, S. Genualdi, Dale W. Griffin, C.A. Kellogg, M.S. Majewski, A. Mohammed, A. Ramsubhag, E.A. Shinn, S.L. Simonich, G.W. SmithDust storms and their impact on ocean and human health: dust in Earth's atmosphere
Satellite imagery has greatly influenced our understanding of dust activity on a global scale. A number of different satellites such as NASA's Earth-Probe Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) and Se-viewing Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) acquire daily global-scale data used to produce imagery for monitoring dust storm formation and movement. This global-scale imagery has documented the frequeAuthorsDale W. Griffin, Christina A. KellogTropical Archaea: Diversity associated with the surface microlayer of corals
Recent 16S rDNA studies have focused on detecting uncultivated bacteria associated with Caribbean reef corals in an effort to address the ecological roles of coral-associated microbes. Reports of Archaea associated with fishes and marine invertebrates raised the question of whether Archaea might also be part of the coral-associated microbial community. DNA analysis of mucus from 3 reef-building spAuthorsC.A. KelloggCharacterization of aerosolized bacteria and fungi from desert dust events in Mali, West Africa
Millions of metric tons of African desert dust blow across the Atlantic Ocean each year, blanketing the Caribbean and southeastern United States. Previous work in the Caribbean has shown that atmospheric samples collected during dust events contain living microbes, including plant and opportunistic human pathogens. To better understand the potential downwind public health and ecosystem effects ofAuthorsC.A. Kellogg, Dale W. Griffin, V.H. Garrison, K.K. Peak, N. Royall, R. R. Smith, E.A. ShinnLa mondialisation des poussieres, les vents transportent, d'un continent a l'autre, des poussieres, mai aussi des micro-organismes et des substances toxiques. Ces "passagers clandestins" pourraient transporter des maladies et modifier les ecosystems
Un tour d'horizon de la littérature scientifique révèle que de nombreux champs d'investigation sont jugés dignes d'intérêt de façon périodique : certaines idées sont à la mode pour un temps, puis sombrent dans l'oubli, avant de refaire surface comme si elles n'avaient jamais été émises. L'aérobiologie, c'est-à-dire l'étude des micro-organismes, tels des bactéries et des pollens transportés par lesAuthorsD. Griffin, C. Kellogg, V. Garrison, E. ShinnAfrican and Asian dust: from desert soils to coral reefs
Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain the decline of coral reefs throughout the world, but none adequately accounts for the lack of recovery of reefs or the wide geographical distribution of coral diseases. The processes driving the decline remain elusive. Hundreds of millions of tons of dust transported annually from Africa and Asia to the Americas may be adversely affecting coral reefs aAuthorsVirginia H. Garrison, Eugene A. Shinn, William T. Foreman, Dale W. Griffin, Charles W. Holmes, Christina A. Kellogg, Michael S. Majewski, Laurie L. Richardson, Kim B. Ritchie, Garriet W. Smith - News
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