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Scott R. Santos

Assistant Professor

Auburn University

Department of Biological Sciences

Cell and Molecular Biosciences Peak Program

Auburn, AL 36849

santos[at]auburn[dot]edu

Tel: (334) 844-7410   FAX: (334) 844-1645

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2002

Ph.D., Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo. Thesis title: "Investigations regarding the diversity and evolution of symbiotic dinoflagellates." PDF (243 pages, 3.6 MB)

1996

B.Sc., Zoology (With Distinction), University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii.

 2000

National Science Foundation (NSF)/Monbusho Research Experience Fellowship for Young Foreign Researchers- Okinawa, Japan.

 1996-99

National Science Foundation (NSF) Minority Graduate Fellowship, Biological Sciences - SUNY at Buffalo.

 1998

Mark Diamond Graduate Initiative Award, State University of New York at Buffalo.

 1993-96

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Fellowship for Undergraduate Research, University of Hawaii at Manoa

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Craft, J.D., A.D. Russ, M.N. Yamamoto, T.Y. Iwai Jr., S. Hau, J. Kahiapo, C.T. Chong, S. Ziegler-Chong, C. Muir, Y. Fujita, D.A. Polhemus, R.A. Kinzie III, S.R. Santos. 2008. Islands under islands: The phylogeography and evolution of Halocaridina rubra Holthuis, 1963 (Crustacean: Decapoda: Atyidae) in the Hawaiian archipelago. Limnology and Oceanography. 53:675-689.  Request PDF reprint

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Thornhill, D.J., T.C. LaJeunesse, S.R. Santos. 2007. Measuring rDNA diversity in eukaryotic microbial systems: How intragenomic variation, pseudogenes, and PCR artifacts confound biodiversity estimates. Mol. Ecol. 16:5326-5340.  PDF  Supplementary Materials  Download datasets

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Ivey, J.L., S.R. Santos. 2007. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Hawaiian anchialine shrimp Halocaridina rubra Holthuis, 1963 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae). Gene. 394:35-44. PDF  View genome  Download datasets

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Hunter, R.L., T.C. LaJeunesse, S.R. Santos. 2007. Structure and evolution of the rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region 2 in the symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium, Dinophyta). J. Phycol. 43:120-128. PDF  Supplementary Materials  Download datasets

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Kuguru, B., G. Winters, S. Beer, S.R. Santos, N.E. Chadwick. 2007. Adaptation strategies of the corallimorpharian Rhodactis rhodostoma to irradiance and temperature. Mar. Biol. 151:1287-1298. PDF

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Humphry, D.R., M. Andrews, S.R. Santos, E.K. James, L.V. Vinogradova, L. Perin, V.M. Reis, S.P. Cummings. 2007. Phylogenetic assignment and mechanism of action of a crop growth promoting Rhizobium radiobacter strain used as a biofertiliser on graminaceous crops in Russia. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 91:105-113. PDF

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Cummings, S.P., D.R. Humphry, S.R. Santos, M. Andrews, E.K. James. 2006. The potential and pitfalls of exploiting nitrogen fixing bacteria in agricultural soils as a substitute for inorganic fertiliser. Environ. Biotech. 2:1-10. PDF

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Coffroth, M.A., C.F. Lewis, S.R. Santos, J.L. Weaver. 2006. Environmental populations of the symbiotic dinoflagellate, Symbiodinium (Freudenthal), can initiate symbioses with reef cnidarians. Current Biology. 16:R985-R987. PDF  Supplementary Materials

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Santos, S.R. 2006. Patterns of genetic connectivity among anchialine habitats: a case study of the endemic Hawaiian shrimp Halocaridina rubra on the Island of Hawaii. Mol. Ecol. 15:2699-2718. PDF

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Moran, N.A., P.H. Degan, S.R. Santos, H.E. Dunbar, H. Ochman. 2005. The players in a mutualistic symbiosis: Insects, bacteria, viruses and virulence genes. PNAS USA. 102:16919-16926. PDF  Supporting data set

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Coffroth, M.A., S.R. Santos. 2005. Invited Review: Genetic diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium. Protist. 156:19-34. PDF

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Ochman, H., S.R. Santos. 2005. Exploring microbial microevolution with microarrays. Infect. Genet. Evol. 5:103-108. PDF

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Santos, S.R., H. Ochman. 2004. Identification and phylogenetic sorting of bacterial lineages using universally conserved genes and proteins. Environ. Microbiol. 6:754-759. PDF  Download datasets

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Santos, S.R. 2004. Comment on an article by Gou et al. (2003, J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 296, 135-144): Phylogenetic analysis of a free-living strain of Symbiodinium isolated from Jiaozhou Bay, P.R. China. J. Phycol. 40:395-397. PDF

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Takabayashi, M., S.R. Santos, C.B. Cook. 2004. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of the symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium, Dinophyta). J. Phycol. 40:160-164. PDF

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Santos, S.R., T.L. Shearer, A.R. Hannes, M.A. Coffroth. 2004. Fine-scale diversity and specificity in the most prevalent lineage of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium, Dinophyceae) of the Caribbean. Mol. Ecol. 13:459-469. PDF

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Francino, M.P., S.R. Santos, H. Ochman. 2003. Phylogenetic Relationships of Bacteria with Special Reference to Endosymbionts and Enteric Species. For: M. Dworkin (Editor-in-Chief), The Prokaryotes: An Evolving Electronic Resource for the Microbiological Community, 3rd edition, release 3.13, May 12, 2003. Springer-Verlag, New York.

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Santos, S.R., R.A. Kinzie III, K. Sakai, M.A. Coffroth.  2003. Molecular characterization of nuclear small subunit (18S)-rDNA pseudogenes in a symbiotic dinoflagellate (Symbiodinium, Dinophyta). J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 50:417-421. PDF

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Santos, S.R., C. Gutierrez-Rodriguez, M.A. Coffroth. 2003. Phylogenetic identification of symbiotic dinoflagellates via length heteroplasmy in domain V of chloroplast large subunit (cp23S)-rDNA sequences. Mar. Biotech.. 5:130-140. (featured cover article) PDF

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Santos, S.R., C. Gutierrez-Rodriguez, H.R. Lasker, M.A. Coffroth. 2003. Symbiodinium sp. associations in the gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae in the Bahamas: high levels of genetic variability and population structure in symbiotic dinoflagellates. Mar. Biol. 143:111-120. PDF  Supplementary Materials

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Ochman, H., S.R. Santos. 2003. Eyeing bacterial genomes. Cur Opin. Microbiol. 6:109-113. PDF

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Santos, S.R., M.A. Coffroth. 2003. Molecular genetic evidence that dinoflagellates belonging to the genus Symbiodinium Freudenthal are haploid. Biol. Bull. 204:10-20. (featured cover article)  PDF

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Santos, S.R., D.J. Taylor, R.A. Kinzie III, K. Sakai, M.A. Coffroth. 2002. Evolution of length variation and heteroplasmy in the chloroplast rDNA of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium, Dinophyta) and a novel insertion in the universal core region of the large subunit rDNA. Phycologia. 41:311-318. (featured cover article) PDF

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Santos, S.R., D.J. Taylor, R.A. Kinzie III, M. Hidaka, K. Sakai, M.A. Coffroth. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of symbiotic dinoflagellates inferred from partial chloroplast large subunit (23S)-rDNA sequences. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 23:97-111. PDF

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Kinzie, R.A. III, M. Takayama, S.R. Santos, M.A. Coffroth. 2001. The adaptive bleaching hypothesis: Experimental tests of critical assumptions. Biol. Bull. 200:51-58. PDF

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Coffroth, M.A., S.R. Santos, T.L. Goulet. 2001. Early ontogenetic expression of specificity in a cnidarian-algal symbiosis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 222:85-96. PDF

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Santos, S.R., D.J. Taylor, M.A. Coffroth. 2001. Genetic comparisons of freshly isolated vs. cultured symbiotic dinoflagellates: Implications for extrapolating to the intact symbiosis. J. Phycol. 37:900-912. PDF

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Larned, S.T., S.R. Santos. 2000. Light- and nutrient-limited periphyton in low order streams of Oahu, Hawaii. Hydrobiologia. 432:101-111. PDF

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Santos, S.R. 1995. Ultraviolet radiation: helpful or harmful to growth of  cultured zooxanthellae? In Gulko, D. and Jokiel, P.L. [Eds.] Ultraviolet Radiation and Coral Reefs. HIMB Technical Report No. 41, Hawaii, pp. 165-169. PDF

In revision

Santos, S.R., Y. Xiang, A.W. Tagawa. Population structure and comparative phylogeography of jack species (Caranx ignobilis and C. melampygus) in the high Hawaiian Islands. Mar. Biol.

In revision

Kocot, K.M., S.R. Santos. Secondary structural modeling of the second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) from Pfiesteria-like dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae). Harmful Algae.

In revision

Weese, D.A., S.R. Santos. Genetic identification of source populations for an aquarium traded invertebrate. Animal Conservation.

2007

"Life evolving in the wet darkness below" - Anchialine research project profiled by Jan TenBruggencate of Raising Islands (an internet blog regarding science and the environment in Hawaii).

2006

"Shrimp are genetic marvels" - Interview with Jan TenBruggencate of The Honolulu Advertiser from June 12, 2006. PDF

2006

Santos, S.R., Y. Xiang 2006. Symbiodinium on-line network established. ISS Symbiosis International Newsletter. 11: Winter 2006. PDF

2008

Santos, S.R. Invited Talk in Symposium "Anchialine Pool Ecosystems": WILDLIFE FORENSICS: What DNA reveals about the biology and conservation of organisms from Hawaiian anchialine environments. 89th Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Pacific Division. Waimea, Hawaii. Meeting Information

2007

Santos, S.R., R.L. Hunter, D.J. Thornhill. Invited Talk: The ecology and evolution of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium, Dinophyta) on tropical coral reefs. 60th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Branch - American Society for Microbiology. Auburn, Alabama. PDF (Slides)

2007

Xiang Y. & S.R. Santos A nuclear genome perspective on species boundaries and population structure in the sea anemone Aiptasia spp. 3rd Place Student Poster Award: 2007 SEEC Meeting (Orlando, FL)

2006

Santos, S.R. Invited Talk: WILDLIFE FORENSICS: What DNA reveals about the biology of the endemic shrimp öpae ula (Halocaridina rubra) in Hawaiian anchialine environments. Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary - Kihei, Maui, Hawaii. PDF (Flyer) PDF (Slides)

2006

Santos, S.R. Invited Talk in Symposium "Patterns of codiversification in specialized communities": Symbioses in the sea: patterns of coevolution in host-Symbiodinium (symbiotic dinoflagellate) associations. Evolution 2006 - Stony Brook, New York. PDF (Slides)

2006

Santos, S.R. Invited Talk: Patterns of genetic connectivity among anchialine habitats: a case study of the endemic Hawaiian shrimp Halocaridina rubra on the Island of Hawaii. University of Alabama - Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.

2006

Santos, S.R. Invited Talk: Patterns of genetic connectivity among anchialine habitats: a case study of the endemic Hawaiian shrimp Halocaridina rubra on the Island of Hawaii. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

2006

Santos Phylogeography of Halocaridina rubra: Discerning relatedness between populations of an endemic Hawaiian shrimp. Poster: 2006 SICB Meetings (Orlando, FL) PDF (Abstract)

2005

Santos, S.R. Invited Talk: Population genetics of opae ula (Halocaridina rubra) in Hawaii. University of Hawaii at Manoa Zoology Department, Honolulu, Hawaii.

2005

Santos, S.R. Invited Talk: "Checks and Balances" in the identification of Symbiodinium genetic diversity. GEF Targeted Research group on Coral Bleaching and Related Ecological Factors (BTRG), Puerto Morelos, Mexico. PDF (Abstract) PDF (Slides) PDF (Meeting Proceedings, 129 pages, 3.7 MB)

2005

Santos, S.R. Invited Talk: Genetic diversity and differentiation of the endemic anchialine shrimp Halocaridina rubra: evidence for two colonization events on the Island of Hawaii. Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.

2004

Santos, S.R. Symbiodinium, retrotransposons and the biological species concept. 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, Japan.

2003

Santos, S.R., C. Gutierrez-Rodriguez, H. R. Lasker, M.A. Coffroth. Patterns of Symbiodinium associations in the Caribbean gorgonian Pseudopterogorgia elisabethae: high levels of genetic variability and population structure in symbiotic dinoflagellates of the Bahamas. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, Toronto, Canada.

2000

Santos, S.R., M.A. Coffroth. Genetic comparisons of freshly isolated vs. cultured zooxanthellae: Implications for extrapolating to the intact symbiosis. Benthic Ecology Meetings, Wilmington, North Carolina.


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