Phone:: (023) 8059 8388
Email:: P.Lam@southampton.ac.uk

Dr Phyllis Lam PhD

Associate Professor in Microbial Biogeochemistry

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Dr Phyllis Lam is Associate Professor in Microbial Biogeochemistry within Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton.

Research Scientist, Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (2006-2013)

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Nutrient Group, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (2005-2006)

PhD Oceanography, University of Hawai'i at Mãnoa (2004)

BSc Oceanography with Marine Biology, University of Southampton (1998)

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Research interests

My research interest lies in the functional roles of microorganisms in biogeochemical cycling, particularly the nitrogen and carbon cycles, in diverse marine and aquatic systems. In collaboration with researchers inside and outside the university, my works integrate state-of-the-art molecular ecological techniques, stable isotopic analyses, process rate measurements, hypothesis-driven experimentation and modelling, to disentangle complex microbial interactions and their impacts on biogeochemical environments especially in the context of global change.

My current research topics include:

Shortcuts in the nitrogen cycle – novel pathways and microbial players for nitrogen remineralisation in the ocean’s twilight zone
Microbial carbon remineralisation pathways and fluxes in the mesopelagic ocean
Using proteomics tools to disentangle active microbial nitrogen and carbon cycling processes in oceanic oxygen minimum zones
Importance of particle-associated microeukaryotes on the efficiency of oceanic biological carbon pump
Microbial production and consumption pathways of greenhouse gases

Research group

Marine Biogeochemistry

Articles

Sanders, R., Henson, S. A., Martin, A. P., Anderson, T. R., Bernardello, R., Enderlein, P., ... Yool, A. (2016). Controls over Ocean Mesopelagic Interior Carbon Storage (COMICS): fieldwork, synthesis and modelling efforts. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, 136. DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00136

Milucka, J., Kirf, M., Lu, L., Krupke, A., Lam, P., Littmann, S., ... Schubert, C. J. (2015). Methane oxidation coupled to oxygenic photosynthesis in anoxic waters. The ISME Journal, 9, 1991-2002. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.12

Dick, G. J., & Lam, P. (2015). Omic approaches to microbial geochemistry. Elements, 11(6), 403-408. DOI: 10.2113/gselements.11.6.403

Sheik, A. R., Brussaard, C. P. D., Lavik, G., Lam, P., Musat, N., Krupke, A., ... Kuypers, M. M. M. (2014). Responses of the coastal bacterial community to viral infection of the algae Phaeocystis globosa. The ISME Journal, 8, 212-225. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.135

Abed, R. M. M., Lam, P., de Beer, D., & Stief, P. (2013). High rates of denitrification and nitrous oxide emission in arid biological soil crusts from the Sultanate of Oman. The ISME Journal, 7, 1862-1875. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2013.55

Kalvelage, T., Lavik, G., Lam, P., Contreras, S., Arteaga, L., Löscher, C. R., ... Kuypers, M. M. M. (2013). Nitrogen cycling driven by organic matter export in the South Pacific oxygen minimum zone. Nature Geoscience, 6(3), 228-234. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo1739

van de Vossenberg, J., Woebken, D., Maalcke, W. J., Wessels, H. J. C. T., Dutilh, B. E., Kartal, B., ... Jetten, M. S. M. (2013). The metagenome of the marine anammox bacterium ‘Candidatus Scalindua profunda’ illustrates the versatility of this globally important nitrogen cycle bacterium. Environmental Microbiology, 15(5), 1275-1289. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02774.x

Sokoll, S., Holtappels, M., Lam, P., Collins, G., Schlüter, M., Lavik, G., & Kuypers, M. M. M. (2012). Benthic nitrogen loss in the Arabian Sea off Pakistan. Frontiers in Microbiology, 3, 395-[17pp]. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00395

Halm, H., Lam, P., Ferdelman, T. G., Lavik, G., Dittmar, T., LaRoche, J., ... Kuypers, M. M. M. (2012). Heterotrophic organisms dominate nitrogen fixation in the South Pacific Gyre. The ISME Journal, 6(6), 1238-1249. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.182

Füssel, J., Lam, P., Lavik, G., Jensen, M. M., Holtappels, M., Günter, M., & Kuypers, M. M. M. (2012). Nitrite oxidation in the Namibian oxygen minimum zone. The ISME Journal, 6(6), 1200-1209. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.178

Jensen, M. M., Lam, P., Revsbech, N. P., Nagel, B., Gaye, B., Jetten, M. S. M., & Kuypers, M. M. M. (2011). Intensive nitrogen loss over the Omani Shelf due to anammox coupled with dissimilatory nitrite reduction to ammonium. The ISME Journal, 5(10), 1660-1670. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.44

Lam, P., & Kuypers, M. M. M. (2011). Microbial nitrogen cycling processes in oxygen minimum zones. Annual Review of Marine Science, 3(1), 317-345. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-120709-142814

Lam, P., Jensen, M. M., Kock, A., Lettmann, K. A., Plancherel, Y., Lavik, G., ... Kuypers, M. M. M. (2011). Origin and fate of the secondary nitrite maximum in the Arabian Sea. Biogeosciences, 8(6), 1565-1577. DOI: 10.5194/bg-8-1565-2011

Kalvelage, T., Jensen, M. M., Contreras, S., Revsbech, N. P., Lam, P., Günter, M., ... Kuypers, M. M. M. (2011). Oxygen sensitivity of anammox and coupled N-cycle processes in oxygen minimum zones. PLoS ONE, 6(12), e29299. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029299

Aranda, C., Paredes, J., Valenzuela, C., Lam, P., & Guillou, L. (2010). 16S rRNA gene-based molecular analysis of mat-forming and accompanying bacteria covering organically-enriched marine sediments underlying a salmon farm in Southern Chile (Calbuco Island). Gayana, 74(2), 125-135.

Moraru, C., Lam, P., Fuchs, B. M., Kuypers, M. M. M., & Amann, R. (2010). GeneFISH - an in situ technique for linking gene presence and cell identity in environmental microorganisms. Environmental Microbiology, 12(11), 3057-3073. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02281.x

Halm, H., Musat, N., Lam, P., Langlois, R., Musat, F., Peduzzi, S., ... Kuypers, M. M. M. (2009). Co-occurrence of denitrification and nitrogen fixation in a meromictic lake, Lake Cadagno (Switzerland). Environmental Microbiology, 11(8), 1945-1958. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01917.x

Holtappels, M., Lam, P., & Kuypers, M. M. M. (2009). Der Stickstoffkreislauf im ozean. BIOspektrum, (4), 368-[4pp].

Lavik, G., Stührmann, T., Brüchert, V., Van der Plas, A., Mohrholz, V., Lam, P., ... Kuypers, M. M. M. (2009). Detoxification of sulphidic African shelf waters by blooming chemolithotrophs. Nature, 457(7229), 581-584. DOI: 10.1038/nature07588

Lam, P., Lavik, G., Jensen, M. M., van de Vossenberg, J., Schmid, M., Woebken, D., ... Kuypers, M. M. M. (2009). Revising the nitrogen cycle in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(12), 4752-4757. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0812444106

Woebken, D., Lam, P., Kuypers, M. M. M., Naqvi, S. W. A., Kartal, B., Strous, M., ... Amann, R. (2008). A microdiversity study of anammox bacteria reveals a novel Candidatus Scalindua phylotype in marine oxygen minimum zones. Environmental Microbiology, 10(11), 3106-3119. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01640.x

Schmid, M. C., Hooper, A. B., Klotz, M. G., Woebken, D., Lam, P., Kuypers, M. M. M., ... Jetten, M. S. M. (2008). Environmental detection of octahaem cytochromechydroxylamine/hydrazine oxidoreductase genes of aerobic and anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria. Environmental Microbiology, 10(11), 3140-3149. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01732.x

Lam, P., Cowen, J. P., Popp, B. N., & Jones, R. D. (2008). Microbial ammonia oxidation and enhanced nitrogen cycling in the Endeavour hydrothermal plume. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 72(9), 2268-2286. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.01.033

Hamersley, M. R., Lavik, G., Woebken, D., Rattray, J. E., Lam, P., Hopmans, E. C., ... Kuypers, M. M. M. (2007). Anaerobic ammonium oxidation in the Peruvian oxygen minimum zone. Limnology and Oceanography, 52(3), 923-933. DOI: 10.4319/lo.2007.52.3.0923

Lam, P., Jensen, M. M., Lavik, G., McGinnis, D. F., Muller, B., Schubert, C. J., ... Kuypers, M. M. M. (2007). Linking crenarchaeal and bacterial nitrification to anammox in the Black Sea. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104(17), 7104-7109. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0611081104

Schubert, C. J., Durisch-Kaiser, E., Wehrli, B., Thamdrup, B., Lam, P., & Kuypers, M. M. M. (2006). Anaerobic ammonium oxidation in a tropical freshwater system (Lake Tanganyika). Environmental Microbiology, 8(10), 1857-1863. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01074.x

Lam, P., Cowen, J. P., & Jones, R. D. (2004). Autotrophic ammonia oxidation in a deep-sea hydrothermal plume. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 47(2), 191-206. DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00256-3

Lam, P., & Cowen, J. P. (2004). Processing deep-sea particle-rich water samples for fluorescence in situ hybridization: consideration of storage effects, preservation, and sonication. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70(1), 25-33. DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.1.25-33.2004

Cowen, J. P., Giovannoni, S. J., Kenig, F., Johnson, H. P., Butterfield, D., Rappe, M. S., ... Lam, P. (2003). Fluids from aging ocean crust that support microbial life. Science, 299(5603), 120-123. DOI: 10.1126/science.1075653

Cowen, J. P., Shackelford, R., McGee, D., Lam, P., Baker, E. T., & Olson, E. (1999). Microbial biomass in the hydrothermal plumes associated with the 1998 Axial Volcano Eruption. Geophysical Research Letters, 26(24), 3637-3640. DOI: 10.1029/1999GL002343

SOES3031 Marine Molecular Biology - module co-ordinator

SOES3011/6007 Biogeochemical Cycles in the Earth System

SOES2026 Introduction to Marine Molecular Biology

SOES1005 Introduction to Ocean Biogeochemistry

SOES1003 Oceanography/ Marine Biology Easter Fieldcourse - co-ordinator

Dr Phyllis Lam
Student Office, Room 166/09 University of Southampton Waterfront Campus National Oceanography Centre European Way Southampton SO14 3ZH

Room Number:NOCS/566/20

Telephone:(023) 8059 8388
Email:P.Lam@southampton.ac.uk

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