First Name: Robert
Name: Duran
Position: Professor
Email: robert.duran@univ-pau.fr
Institute / University / Company: Pau University
Research Unit: IPREM 5254
Address (city, state): Pau
Country: France
Please give 5 key-words showing your research / interest in Microbial Ecotoxicolgy:
- Microbial diversity
- molecular diversity
- microbial assemblage
- metagenomic
- oil spill
Main kinds of contaminant(s) of interest:
- Crude oil
- hydrocarbons
- metals
- arsenic
Main kinds of microorganisms of interest:
- hydrocarbon degrading microorganisms
- sulfate reducing microorganisms
- Actinobacteria
Main kinds of ecosystems of interest:
- Marine coastal sediments
- Acidic mine drainage
Do you give courses on Microbial Ecotoxicology ?: YES
If yes, please tell us more about the courses (University, course level,website,etc):
Pau University, Master 2
Most relevant articles in the field of Microbial Ecotoxicology (max.5):
1. Terrisse F., Cravo-Laureau C., Noel C., Cagnon C., Dumbrell A., Mcgenity T.J., Duran R. (2017) Variation of oxygenation conditions on a hydrocarbonoclastic microbial community reveals Alcanivorax and Cycloclasticus ecotypes. Frontiers in Microbiology 8: 1549.
2. Duran R., Cravo-Laureau C. (2016) Role of environmental factors and microorganisms in determining the fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the marine environment. FEMS Microbiology reviews 40: 814-830
3. Abella J., Fahy A., Duran R., Cagnon C. (2015) Integron diversity in bacterial communities of freshwater sediments at different contamination levels. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 91: fiv140.
4. Volant A., O. Bruneel, A. Desoeuvre, M. Hery, C. Casiot, N. Bru, S. Delpoux, F. Javerliat, R. Duran, P. Bertin, F. Elbaz-Poulichet, B. Lauga (2014) Diversity and spatio temporal dynamics of bacterial communities: physicochemical and other drivers along an acid mine drainage. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 90: 247-263.
5. Bertin P.N., A. Heinrich-Salmeron, E. Pelletier, F. Goulhen-Chollet, F. Arsène-Ploetze, S. Gallien, B. Lauga, C. Casiot, A. Calteau, D. Vallenet, V. Bonnefoy, O. Bruneel, B. Chane-Woon-Ming, J. Cleiss-Arnold, R. Duran, F. Elbaz-Poulichet, N. Fonknechten, L. Giloteaux, D. Halter, M. Marchal, D. Mornico, C. Schaeffer, A.A. Thil Smith, A. Van Dorsselaer, J. Weissenbach, C. Médigue, D. LePaslier (2011). Metabolic diversity between main microorganisms inside an arsenic-rich ecosystem revealed by meta- and proteo-genomics. ISME Journal 5: 1735–1747.