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Microbial and plant forensics  (publications in chronological order)

289. Kreuzer-Martin, H.W., M.J. Lott, J. Dorigan, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2003. Microbe forensics: oxygen and hydrogen stable isotope ratios in Bacillus subtilis cells and spores. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100:815-819. PDF

317. 
Kreuzer-Martin, H.W., L.A. Chesson, M.J. Lott, J.V. Dorigan, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2004. Stable isotope ratios as a tool in microbial forensics. I. Microbial isotopic composition as a function of growth medium. Journal of Forensic Science 49:954-960. PDF

318. Kreuzer-Martin, H.W., L.A. Chesson, M.J. Lott, J.V. Dorigan, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2004. Stable isotope ratios as a tool in microbial forensics. II. Isotopic variation among different growth media as a tool for sourcing origins of bacterial cells or spores. Journal of Forensic Science 49:961-967. PDF

342. 
Kreuzer-Martin, H., L.A. Chesson, M.J. Lott, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2005. Stable isotope ratios as a tool in microbial forensics – part 3. Effect of culturing on agar-containing growth media. Journal of Forensic Science 50:1372-1379. PDF

344. 
Kreuzer-Martin, H.W., J.R. Ehleringer, and E.L. Hegg. 2005. Oxygen isotopes indicate most intracellular water in log-phase Escherichia coli is derived from metabolism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102:17,337-17,341. PDF

361. Kreuzer-Martin, H.W., M.J. Lott, J.R. Ehleringer, and E.L. Hegg. 2006. Metabolic processes account for the majority of intracellular water in log-phase Escherichia coli cells as revealed by hydrogen isotopes. Biochemistry 45:13622-13630. PDF

440. 
Kreuzer, H.W., J.B. West, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2012. Forensic applications of light-element stable isotope ratios of Ricinus communis seeds and ricin preparations. Journal of Forensic Sciences 58:S43-S51. doi:10.1111/1556-0429.12000. PDF
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441. Webb-Robertson, B.J., H. Kreuzer, G. Hart, J. Ehleringer, J. West, G. Gill, and D. Duckworth. 2012. Bayesian integration of isotope ratio for geographic sourcing of castor beans. Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology Volume 2012, Article ID 450967, doi:10.1155/2012/450967. PDF


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