Anton F. Post, PhD Executive Director and Professor Coastal Resources Center, Graduate School of Oceanography, URI 220 South Ferry Road, Narragansett RI 02882 Phone: 508 289-7131; Fax: 508 457-4727 Email: [email protected]; Web: http://www.gso.uri.edu/profile/anton_post/ Education Postdoctorate (1988) Hebrew University PhD in General Microbiology (1983-1987) University of Amsterdam MSc in Aquatic Microbial Ecology (1977- 1980) University of Amsterdam BSc in Biology (1974 – 1977) University of Amsterdam Current Appointments Executive Director and Professor (2014 - present) Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island Senior Scientist (Adjunct) (2015 - present) Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory Professor (Adjunct) (2012 - present) Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University Past Appointments Program Director (2012 - 2014) Division of Ocean Sciences, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA Senior Scientist (2008 - 2014) Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA Full Professor (2004 - 2008) Associate Professor (2000 - 2004) Senior Lecturer (1993 - 2000) Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Senior Research Associate (1991 - 1993) Research Associate (1989 - 1991) Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel Lecturer (1988 - 1989) Senior Assistant Researcher (1986 - 1987) Assistant Researcher (1980 - 1986) Teaching Assistant, Instructor (1978 - 1980) Department of Microbiology, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Consultant Services 2011- UEP Consultants, Urban and Environmental Planning, Falmouth MA Fellowships and Awards 1983 Graduate Student Exchange, Brookhaven National Lab, Upton NY. 1987 EU Exchange Program, National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan. 1988-1989 Excellence in Science Program, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences. 1991 Academic Challenge Fellowship, Bowling Green State University, OH. 1994 Royal Society Fellowship, University of Warwick, UK. 2000-2001 Visiting Scholar, MIT, Cambridge MA. 2005-2008 Gruss-Lipper Felllowship, Marine Biology Laboratory, Woods Hole MA. Academic activities 1996-2008 Member, Minerva Research Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, Hebrew University. 1999-2008 Board of Directors, Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science, Eilat. 2000- Advisory Board, International Review of Hydrobiology. 2000 Chair, 2nd Workshop on Molecular Ecology of Prochlorococcus, Eilat. 2001-2003 Chair, Marine Sciences Program, Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science, Eilat. 2002-2008 Committee for Academic Promotions and Tenure, Life Sciences Institute, Hebrew University. 2002-2008 Member, Minerva Research Center for Photosynthesis, Hebrew University. 2003-2009 Editorial Board, "Photosynthetica", Intl. Journal for Photosynthesis Research. 2005-2007 Chair, Plant and Environmental Sciences Program, Hebrew University. 2006-2008 Director, Minerva Research Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, Hebrew University. 2006-2008 Review Committee of the Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel 2008-2012 Editorial Board, ASM Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2009-2011 Mentor, ASM-MURF (Undergraduate Research in Microbiology) Program. 2009- Evaluator, EU FP7 Research Programs. 2010 NSF-GEO Panel on Ocean Acidification. 2010- Associate Editor, Frontiers in Aquatic Microbiology. 2011 NSF-BIO Panel on Metabolism and Microbial Communities. 2012- Associate Editor, Journal of Phycology. 2012 Member, Nominating Committee for MBL Science Council. 2012-2016 Member, Strategic Advisory Board, MaCuMBA Project, EU. 2013-2014 NSF Site Visit team, Science and Technology Center for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI). 2015- Member, Planning Committee of the Scott Nixon Lecture, GSO-URI. 2015- Member, Council for Research, URI. 2016- Member, Faculty Senate, URI. 2016- Member, Scientific Steering Committee, Ocean Carbon Biogeochemistrry. 2016-2017 Member, Organizing Committee of 2017 Narragansett Bay Watershed Summit. 2016- Senator, URI Faculty Senate Research cruises 1994 R/V IUI, First Joint Eritrea-Israel Red Sea Expedition (Eilat–Massawa–Eilat). 1999 R/V Meteor, cruise leg M44/2 in Northern Red Sea (Suez–Aqaba). 2002 R/V Red Sea Explorer, Second Seychelles-Israel Expedition (Chief Scientist). 2006 R/V Polarstern, cruise leg ANT XXIII/4, Bellinghausen-Amundsen Seas (Punta Arenas–Punta Arenas). 2010 R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, cruise leg NBP 10-05 (ASPIRE) in Amundsen Sea (Punta Arenas-McMurdo base). 2011 R/V Blue Heron, SINC 16 (Sources and Sinks of Stochiometrically Imbalanced Nitrate in the Great Lakes) Cruise, first leg in Lake Superior and Lake Huron. 2012 R/V Thompson, POWWOW (Seasonal and decadal changes in temperature drive Prochlorococcus ecotype distribution patterns), leg Honolulu to San Diego. 2013 R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, cruise leg NBP 13-10 (PHAntastic) to Amundsen and Ross Sea (Punta Arenas-Hobarth). 2014 R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, cruise leg NBP 14-09 (PHAntastic) to Antarctic Western Peninsula (Punta Arenas-Punta Arenas). 2016 R/V Endeavor RIEP cruise, transect Narragansett Bay – Georgia’s Bank. Teaching 1979-1980 Teaching assistant for courses in General Microbiology. 1980-1989 Supervisor in MSc and PhD research projects, University of Amsterdam. 1983-1987 General Microbiology course, University of Amsterdam. 1989-2009 Supervisor in MSc and PhD research projects, Hebrew University. 1992-2005 Ecosystem of the Red Sea, Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science. 1993-2007 Marine Microbiology, Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science. 1994-2007 Molecular Ecology, Hebrew University. 1994-2005 Microbial Adaptation to Environmental Stress, Hebrew University. 2003-2007 Physiology and Biochemistry of Photosynthesis, Hebrew University. 2005-2007 Introduction to Plant Sciences, Hebrew University. Professional Societies American Society for Limnology and Oceanography. American Phycological Society American Society for Microbiology Marine Biological Laboratory Corporation Reviewer for Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Archives of Microbiology, Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, ISME Journal, FEMS Microbiology Letters, FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Frontiers of Aquatic Microbiology, Molecular Ecology, International Reviews for Hydrobiology, Journal of Plankton Research, Harmful Algae, Limnology and Oceanography, Marine Biology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Journal of Phycology, Biochimia Biophysica Acta, Photosynthetica, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Science, Nature, Aquatic Sciences, National Science Foudation (Biological and Chemical Oceanography, Polar Biology, Molecular and Cellular Bioscience, Marine Geology/Geoscience), US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, Germany-Israel Foundation, US-Israel Binational Argicultural Research and Development, Israel Science Foundation, NOAA Seagrant, European Union Framework (FP3-FP7), Ring Family Foundation, Council for Higher Education in Israel. Scientific publications (peer reviewed) 1. Loogman J.G., Post A.F. and L.R. Mur (1980). The influence of the periodicity in light conditions as determined by the trophic state of the water, on the growth of the green alga Scenedesmus protuberans and the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria agardhii. in: Hypertrophic Ecosystems (Barica J. and Mur L.R., eds.), Junk Publ., Den Haag, pp. 79-82. 2. Roos P.J., Post A.F. and J.M. Revier (1981). Dynamics and architecture of reed periphyton. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 21, 948-953. 3. Zevenboom W., Post A.F., Van Hes U.M. and L.R. Mur (1983). A new incubator for measuring photosynthetic activity of phototrophic organisms using the amperometric oxygen technique. Limnol. Oceanogr. 28, 787-791. 4. Zevenboom W. and A.F. Post (1983). Effects of growth conditions on photosynthesis. in: The measurement of primary production: problems and recommendations (Colijn F., Gieskes W.W.C. and Zevenboom W., eds.). Hydrobiol. Bull. 17,29-51. 5. Post A.F., Dubinsky Z., Wyman K. and P.G. Falkowski (1984). Kinetics of light intensity adaptation in a marine planktonic diatom. Mar. Biol. 83, 231-238. 6. Post A.F., Dubinsky Z., Wyman K. and P.G. Falkowski (1985). Physiological responses of a marine planktonic diatom to transitions in growth irradiance. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series 25, 141-149. 7. Post A.F., De Wit R. and L.R. Mur (1985). Interactions between temperature and light intensity on the growth and photosynthesis of Oscillatoria agardhii. J. Plankton Res. 7, 487- 495. 8. Post A.F., Loogman J.G. and L.R. Mur (1985). Regulation of growth and photosynthesis by Oscillatoria agardhii grown with a light/dark cycle. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 31, 97-102. 9. Post A.F., Eygenraam F. and Mur L.R. (1985). Influence of light period length on photosynthesis and synchronous growth of Scenedesmus protuberans. British Phycol. J. 20, 391-397. 10. Post A.F., Loogman J.G. and L.R. Mur (1986). Photosynthesis, carbon flows and growth of Oscillatoria agardhii in environments with a periodic supply of light energy. J. Gen. Microbiol. 132, 2129-2136. 11. Post A.F., Veen A. and L.R. Mur (1986). Regulation of cyanobacterial photosynthesis determined from variable fluorescence yields of photosystem II. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 35, 129-135. 12. Post A.F. (1986). Transient state characteristics of adaptation to changes in light conditions for the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria agardhii. I. Pigmentation and photosynthesis. Arch. Microbiol. 145, 353-357. 13. Post A.F. (1986). Transient state characteristics of adaptation to changes in light conditions for the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria agardhii. II. Dynamics in cellular contents and growth rates. Arch. Microbiol. 149, 19-23. 14. Dubinsky Z., Falkowski P.G., Post A.F. and U.M. Van Hes (1987). A system for measuring phytoplankton photosynthesis in a defined light field with an oxygen electrode. J. Plankton Res. 9, 607-612. 15. Post A.F. (1987). The nature of complementary chromatic adaptation in cyanobacteria: Functional organization of pigments and regulation of photosynthesis in monochromatic light. PhD thesis, University of Amsterdam, 128 pp. 16. Naes H. and A.F. Post (1988). Transient states in geosmin, pigments, carbohydrates and proteins in continuous cultures of Oscillatoria brevis induced by changes in nitrogen supply. Arch. Microbiol. 150, 333-337. 17. Naes H., Utkilen H.C. and A.F. Post (1988). Factors influencing geosmin production by the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis. Wat. Sci. Tech. 20, 125-131. 18. Naes H., Utkilen H.C. and A.F. Post (1989). Regulation of geosmin production and pigment biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis. Arch. Microbiol. 151, 407-410. 19. Burger-Wiersma T. and A.F. Post (1989). Functional analysis of the photosynthetic apparatus of Prochlorothrix hollandica (Prochlorales), a chlorophyll b containing prokaryote. Plant Physiol. 91, 770-774. 20. Post A.F., Zwart G., Sweers J.P., Veen A., Rensman D., Van Den Heuvel A. and Mur L.R. (1989). Chromatic regulation of photosynthesis in cyanobacteria. in: Microbial Mats, Physiological Ecology of Benthic Microbial Communities. (Cohen Y. and Rosenberg E., eds.), ASM press, pp. 305-312. 21. Ish-Shalom D., Post A.F., Kloppstech K. and I. Ohad (1990). Light regulation of the 22 kD heat-shock protein in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. in: Current Research in Photosynthesis (Baltscheffsky M., ed.), Kluwer Acad. Publ. Vol. IV. pp. 709-712. 22. Post A.F., Mimuro M. and Y. Fujita (1991). Light 2 directed changes in the effective absorption cross-section of photosystem II in Synechocystis 21270 are related to modified action on the donor side of the reaction center. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1060, 67-74. 23. Post A.F. (1991). The contribution of the microalga Chlorella to wastewater treatment. Israel Environm. Bull. 14, 19-24. 24. Hershkovitz N., Oren A., Post A.F. and Cohen Y. (1991). Induction of water stress proteins in cyanobacteria exposed to matric water stress. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 83, 169-172. 25. Post A.F., Gal A., Ohad I., Milbauer K.M. and Bullerjahn G.S. (1992). Characterization of light activated reversible phosphorylation of a chlorophyll a/b antenna apoproptein in the photosynthetic prokaryote Prochlorothrix hollandica. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1100, 75-82. 26. Bullerjahn G.S. and A.F. Post (1993). Prochlorophytes, are they more than just chlorophyll a/b containing cyanobacteria? CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 19(1), 43-59. 27. Mor T.S., Post A.F. and I. Ohad (1993). The manganese stabilising protein (MSP) of Prochlorothrix hollandica is a hydrophobic membrane-bound protein. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1141, 206-212. 28. Fruend C., Romem E. and A.F. Post (1993). Ecological physiology of an assembly of photosynthetic microalgae in wastewater oxidation ponds. Water Sci. Technol. 27(7/8), 143- 149. 29. Cohen I. and A.F. Post (1993). The heterotrophic connection in a photoautotrophic Chlorella vulgaris dominant in wastewater oxidation ponds. Water Sci. Technol. 27(7/8), 151-155. 30. Post A.F., Ohad I., Warner K.M. and G.S. Bullerjahn (1993). Energy distribution between photosystems I and II in the photosynthetic prokaryote Prochlorothrix hollandica involves a chlorophyll a/b antenna which associates with Photosystem I. Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1144, 374-384. 31. Post A.F. (1993). Ammonia enhanced dark respiration in Chlorella vulgaris is related to the collapse of a transmembrane pH gradient. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 113, 9-14. 32. Post A.F. and G.S. Bullerjahn (1994). The photosynthetic machinery of Prochlorophytes: structural properties and ecological significance. FEMS Microbiol. Reviews 13, 393-414. 33. Post A.F., Cohen I. and E. Romem (1994). Characterization of two Chlorella vulgaris (Chlorophyceae) strains isolated from wastewater oxidation ponds. J. Phycol. 30, 950-954. 34. Lindell D. and A.F. Post (1995). Ultraphytoplankton succession is triggered by deep winter mixing in the Gulf of Aqaba (Eilat). Limnol. Oceanogr. 40(6), 1130-1141. 35. Dwivedi K., Post A.F. and G.S. Bullerjahn (1996). Cloning and functional analysis of the pmmA gene encoding phosphomannomutase from the photosynthetic prokaryote Prochlorothrix hollandica. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1290, 210-214. 36. Post A.F. and B. Arieli (1997). Photosynthesis of Prochlorothrix hollandica under sulfide- rich anoxic conditions. Appl. Environm. Microbiol. 63(9), 3507-3511. 37. Lindell D., Padan E. and A.F. Post (1998). Regulation of ntcA expression and nitrite uptake in the marine Synechococcus sp. strain WH7803. J. Bacteriol. 180(7), 1878-1886. 38. Yahel G., Post A.F., Fabricius K., Marie D., Vaulot D. and A. Genin (1998). Phytoplankton distribution and grazing near coral reefs. Limnol. Oceanogr., 43(4), 551-563. 39. Li H. and A.F. Post (1998). Alkaline phosphatase activities among planktonic communities in the northern Red Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series 173, 107-115. 40. Lindell D., Padan, E. and A.F. Post (1999). The effect of ammonium on ntcA expression, nitrate and nitrite uptake in marine Synechococcus sp. strain WH 7803. In: Marine Cyanoabacteria (L. Charpy and A.W. Larkum, eds.), Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco, special issue N° 19, pp. 273-278. 41. Wang Q., Li H. and A.F. Post (2000). The nitrate assimilation genes of the marine diazotrophic, filamentous cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp. strain WH9601. J. Bacteriol. 182 (6): 1764-1767. 42. Schreiter P., Gillor O., Post A.F., Belkin S., Schmid R.D. and T.T. Bachmann (2000). Monitoring of phosphorus availability in water by an immobilized luminescent cyanobacterial reporter strain. Biosens. Bioelectron. 16, 811-818. 43. Stihl A., Sommer U. and A.F. Post (2001). Alkaline phosphatase activities among populations of the colony-forming, diazotrophic cyanobacterium Trichodesmium spp. in the Red Sea. J. Phycol. 62, 310-317. 44. West N.J., Schoenhuber, W.A., Fuller N.J., Amann R.I., Rippka R., Post A.F. and D.J. Scanlan (2001). Closely related genotypes of Prochlorococcus show remarkably different depth distributions in two oceanic regions as revealed by in situ hybridisation using 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotides. Microbiol. 147, 1731-1744. 45. Lindell D. and A.F. Post (2001). Expression of the nitrogen regulatory gene ntcA as an indicator of ammonium acquisition by marine unicellular cyanobacteria. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 67, 3340-3349. 46. Lindell D., Erdner D., Marie D., Claustre H., Prasil O., Le Gall F., Rippka R., Partensky F., Scanlan D.J. and A.F. Post (2002). Contrasting expression of ntcA and amt in Prochlorococcus sp. strain PCC 9511. , J. Phycol. 38(6), 1113-1124. 47. Boelen P., Post A.F., Veldhuis M.J.W. and A.G.J. Buma (2002). Diel patterns of UVBR induced DNA damage in plankton size fractions from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Microbial Ecol. 44(2), 164-174. 48. Gillor O., Hadas O., Post A.F. and S. Belkin (2002). Phosphorus bioavailability monitoring in a bioluminescent cyanobacterial sensor strain. J. Phycol. 38(1), 107-115. 49. Moore L., Rocap G., Post A.F. and S.W. Chisholm (2002). Differential nitrogen utilization of the marine cyanobacteria, Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus. Limnol. Oceanogr. 47(4), 989-996. 50. Post A.F., Dedej. Z., Gottlieb R., Thomas D., El-Absawi M., El-Naggar A., Gharabawi M., U. Sommer (2002). Spatial and temporal distribution of Trichodesmium spp. in the stratified Gulf of Aqaba (northern Red Sea). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 239, 241-250. 51. Sommer U., Berninger U.-G., Böttger-Schnack R., Cornils A., Hagen W., Hansen T., Al- Najjar T., Post A.F., Schnack-Schiel S.B., Stibor H., Stuebing D. and S. Wickham (2002). Grazing during early spring in the Gulf of Aqaba and the Northern Red Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 239, 251-261. 52. Holtzendorff J., Marie D., Partensky F., Post A.F. and W.R. Hess (2002). Expression of ftsZ in natural Prochlorococcus populations of the Red Sea, analyzed by real-time PCR. Environ. Microbiol. 4(11), 644-653. 53. Zeidner G., Preston C.M., Delong E.F., Massana R, Post A.F. and O. Beja (2003). Extensive diversity among marine phytoplankton. Environ. Microbiol. 5 (3), 212-216. 54. Fuller N.J., Marie D., Partensky F., Vaulot D., Post A.F. and D.J. Scanlan (2003). Clade- specific 16S rDNA oligonucleotides reveal the dominance of a single marine Synechococcus clade throughout a stratified water column in the Red Sea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 69 (5), 2430-2443. 55. Gillor O., Harush A., Hadas O., Post A.F. and S. Belkin (2003). Assessment of nitrogen bioavailability in a freshwater lake. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69 (3), 1465-1474. 56. Man D., Wang W., Sabihi G., Aravind L., Post A. F., Massana R., Spudich E. N. , Spudich J. L. and O. Béjà (2003). Diversification and a single-residue spectral tuning switch mechanism in marine proteorhodopsins. EMBO J. 22(8), 1725-1731. 57. Steglich C., Marie D., Post A.F. and W.R. Hess (2003). Analysis of natural populations of Prochlorococcus in the northern Red Sea using phycoerythrin gene sequences. Environ. Microbiol. 5(8), 681-690. 58. Rocap G., Larimer F.W., Lamerdin J., Malfatti S., Chain P., Ahlgren N.A., Arellano A., Coleman M., Hauser L.,. Hess W.R, Johnson Z.I., Land M., Lindell D., Post A.F., Regala W., Shah M., Shaw S.L., Steglich C., Sullivan M.B., Ting C.S., Tolonen A., Webb E.A., Zinser E. and S.W. Chisholm (2003) Niche differentiation viewed from whole genome comparison of two ecotypes of the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. Nature 424, 1042-1047. 59. Mühling M., Fuller N. J., Millard A, Scanlan D. J., Post A. F., Wilson W. H. and N.H. Mann (2005). Genetic diversity of marine picoplankton (Synechococcus) blooms and covariance of the associated virioplankton population. Environmental Microbiology 7(4), 499-508. 60. Fuller N. J., Marie D., Yallop M., Rivlin T., West N. J., Post A. F. and D. J. Scanlan (2005). Dynamics of community structure and P status of picocyanobacterial populations in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea during 1999-2000. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50(1), 363-375. 61. Lindell D., Penno S., Al Qutob M., David E., Korpal T., Lazar B. and A.F. Post (2005). Expression of the N-stress response gene ntcA reveals N-sufficient Synechococcus populations in the oligotrophic northern Red Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50, 1932-1944. 62. Penno, S., Lindell D. and A.F. Post (2006). Diversity of Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus populations determined from DNA sequences of the N-regulatory gene ntcA. Environ. Microbiol., 8(7), 1200-1211. 63. Mühling M., Fuller N.J., Somerfield P.J., Post A.F., Wilson W.H., Scanlan D.J., Joint I. and N.H. Mann (2006) High resolution genetic diversity studies of marine Synechococcus using rpoC1-based RFLP. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 45, 263-275. 64. Mackey K.R.M., Calhoun M., Labiosa R.G., Street J.H., Post A.F., and A. Paytan (2007). Phosphorus availability controls phytoplankton community dynamics and taxon specific nutrient status in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Limnol. Oceanogr. 52 (2), 873-885. 65. Chen Y., Street J., Golan, D., Post A.F. and A. Paytan (2007). Estimate of atmospheric dry deposition fluxes and associate input of nutrients in the Gulf of Aqaba. J. Geophys. Res. 112, D04309. 66. Garczarek L., Dufresne A., Rousvoal1 S., West N., Mazard S., Marie D., Claustre H., Raimbault P., Post A.F., Scanlan D., and F. Partensky (2007). High vertical and low horizontal microdiversity of Prochlorococcus genotypes in the Mediterranean Sea in summer. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 60, 189-206. 67. Dufresne A., Ostrowski M., Scanlan D.J., Garczarek L., Mazard S., Palenik B., Paulsen I., Tandeau de Marsac N., Wincker P., Dossat C., Ferriera S., Johnson J., Post A.F., Hess W.R. and F. Partensky (2008). Unraveling the genomic mosaic of a ubiquitous genus of marine cyanobacteria. Genome Biol. 9 (5):R90. 68. Kamennaya N.A., Chernichovsky M. and A.F. Post (2008). The cyanate utilization capacity of marine unicellular cyanobacteria. Limnol. Oceanogr., 53, 2485-2494. 69. Claessens M., Wickham S.A., Post A.F. and Reuter M. (2008). Ciliate community in the oligotrophic Gulf of Aqaba. Aquat. Microb. Ecol. 53, 181-190. 70. Paytan A., Mackey K.R.M., Chen Y., Lima I.D., Doney S.C. and A.F. Post (2009). Toxicity of atmospheric aerosols on marine phytolankton. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 106 (12), 4601- 4605. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.0811486106 71. Scanlan D.J., Ostrowski M., Mazard S., Dufresne A., Garczarek L., Hess W. R., Post A.F., Hagemann M., Paulsen I., and F. Partensky (2009). Ecological genomics of marine picocyanobacteria. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 73 (2), 249-299. 72. K.R.M. Mackey, A. Paytan, T. Rivlin, and A.F. Post (2009). Phytoplankton responses to natural and simulated transitions in nutrient and light regimes in the oligotrophic Red Sea. Mar. Biol. 156, 1531-1546. 73. D. Ionescu, S. Penno, L. Hazanov, M. Chernihovsky, B. Rihtman, A.F. Post and A. Oren (2009). Distribution of Archaea among the prokaryoplankton in the Gulf of Aqaba. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 69, 425-438. 74. Gillor O., Hadas O., Post A.F. and S. Belkin (2010). Phosphorus and nitrogen in a monomictic fresh water lake: a new insight into nutrient bioavailability. Freshwater Biol. 55, 1182-1190. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02342.x 75. Aberle N., Hansen T., Böttger-Schnack R., Holzman R., Post A.F. and U. Sommer (2010). Differential routing of “new’ nitrogen toward higher trophic levels within the marine food web of the Gulf of Aqaba, Northern Red Sea. Mar. Biol. 157, 157-169. doi 10.1007/s00227- 009-1306-y 76. Claessens M., Wickham S.A., Post A.F. and M. Reuter (2010). A paradox of the ciliates? High cilate diversity in a resource-poor environment. Mar. Biol. 157, 483-494. doi 10.1007/s00227-009-1334-7 77. Wankel S.D., Chen Y., Kendall C., Post A.F. and A. Paytan (2010). Sources of aerosol nitrate to the Gulf of Aqaba: evidence from δ15N and δ18O of nitrate and trace metal chemistry. Marine Chem. 120 (1-4), 90-99. doi:10.1016/j.marchem.2009.01.013. 78. Kamennaya N.A. and A.F. Post (2011). Characterization of cyanate metabolism in marine Synechococcus and Prochlorococcus spp. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 77 (1), 291-301. 79. Post A.F., Penno S., Zandbank K., Paytan A., Huse S. and D. Mark Welch (2011). Long term seasonal dynamics of Synechococcus population structure in the Gulf of Aqaba, Northern Red Sea. Frontiers in Aquat. Microbiol. 2, 1-11. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00131. 80. Mackey K.R.M., Bristow L., Parks D.R., Altabet M.A., Post A.F., and A. Paytan (2011). Nitrite maxima in oligotrophic waters – the impact of light and substrate availability. Prog. Oceanogr. 91, 545-560, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2011.09.001. 81. Finkel O.M., Burch A.Y., Lindow S.E., Post A.F. and S. Belkin (2011). Geographical location determines the population structure in phyllosphere microbial communities of a salt-excreting desert tree:. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 77 (21), 7647-7655. 82. Atamna-Ismaeel N., Finkel O.M., Glaser F., Sharon I., Sharon A.J., Schneider R., Post A.F., Béjà O. & S. Belkin (2011) Microbial rhodopsins on leaf surfaces of terrestrial plants. Environ. Microbiol. 14 (1), 140-146. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02554.x 83. Post A.F., Rihtman B. and Q. Wang (2012). Decoupling of ammonium regulation and ntcA transcription in the diazotrophic marine cyanobacterium Trichodesmium sp. ISME J. 6, 629- 637. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.121 84. Sukenik A., Kaplan-Levy R.N., Mark Welch J. and A.F. Post (2012). Dramatic multiplication of the genome and the ribosomes in akinetes are an essential attribute of the survival strategy in Aphanizomenon ovalisporum. ISME J. 6, 670-679. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.128 85. Meeder, E., Mackey, K.R.M., Paytan A., Shaked Y., Iluz D., Stambler N., Rivlin T., Post A.F. and B.Lazar (2012). Nitrite dynamics in the open ocean – a lesson from the Northern Red Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 453, 11-26. doi: 10.3354/meps09525. 86. Finkel O.M., Burch A.Y., Elad T., Huse S.M., Lindow S.E., Post A.F. and S.Belkin (2012). Distance-Decay relationships partially determine diversity patterns of phyllosphere bacteria on Tamarisk trees across the Sonoran Desert. Environ. Microbiol. 78(17), 6187-6193. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00888-12. 87. Mackey K.R.M., Roberts K., Lomas M.W., Saito M.A., Post A.F. and A.Paytan (2012). Enhanced solubility and ecological impact of atmospheric phosphorus deposition upon extended seawater exposure. Environ. Sci Technol., 46 (19), 10438-10446. doi: 10.1021/es3007996. 88. 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Huo Y.-Y., Li Z.-Y., You H., Wang C.-S., Post A.F., Oren A. and X.-W. Xu (2014). Oceanicola antarcticus sp. nov. and Oceanicola flagellatus sp. nov., moderately halophilic bacteria isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 64(9):2975-2979. 92. Saito M.A., McIlvin M.R., Moran D.M, Goepfert T.J., DiTullio G.R., Post A.F. and C.H. Lamborg (2014). Multiple nutrient stresses at intersecting Pacific Ocean biomes detected by