John B. Waterbury

Research interests include:

• The morphology, physiology, ecology and molecular phylogeny of cyanobacteria especially open ocean nitrogen fixers.
• The biology of chemoautotrophic nitrifying bacteria, aerobic nitrogen fixing bacteria and cellulolytic bacteria.
• Symbioses between bacterial species and between bacteria and eukaryotic organisms.
• Ecology of cyanophages.
• Mechanisms responsible for microzooflagellate feeding patterns.