selected publications academic article am, S., Brinkmeyer, R., & Schwarz, J. R. (2019). Quantitative PCR enumeration of vcgC and 16S rRNA type A and B genes as virulence indicators for environmental and clinical strains of Vibrio vulnificus in Galveston Bay oysters. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 65(8), 613-621. Brinkmeyer, R., Amon, R., Schwarz, J. R., Saxton, T., Roberts, D., Harrison, S., ... Elliott, C. (2015). Distribution and persistence of Escherichia coli and Enterococci in stream bed and bank sediments from two urban streams in Houston, TX. Science of the Total Environment. 502, 650-658. Baumeister, L., Hochman, M. E., Schwarz, J. R., & Brinkmeyer, R. (2014). Occurrence of Vibrio vulnificus and toxigenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus on sea catfishes from Galveston Bay, Texas. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION. 77(10), 1784-1786. Lin, M., & Schwarz, J. R. (2003). Seasonal shifts in population structure of Vibrio vulnificus in an estuarine environment as revealed by partial 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY. 45(1), 23-27. Lin, M., Payne, D. A., & Schwarz, J. R. (2003). Intraspecific diversity of Vibrio vulnificus in Galveston Bay water and oysters as determined by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA PCR. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 69(6), 3170-3175. VANOY, R. W., TAMPLIN, M. L., & SCHWARZ, J. R. (1992). ECOLOGY OF VIBRIO-VULNIFICUS IN GALVESTON BAY OYSTERS, SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER, SEDIMENT AND SEAWATER - DETECTION BY MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY IMMUNOASSAY MOST PROBABLE NUMBER PROCEDURES. Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. 9(3-4), 219-223. LAROCK, P. A., SCHWARZ, J. R., & HOFER, K. G. (1988). PULSE LABELING - A METHOD FOR MEASURING MICROBIAL-GROWTH RATES IN THE OCEAN. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 8(5), 281-297. SCHROPP, S. J., SCRANTON, M. I., & SCHWARZ, J. R. (1987). DISSOLVED HYDROGEN, FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC, HYDROGEN-PRODUCING BACTERIA, AND POTENTIAL HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION RATES IN THE WESTERN NORTH-ATLANTIC OCEAN AND GULF-OF-MEXICO. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY. 32(2), 396-402. SCHROPP, S. J., SCHWARZ, J. R., & LAROCK, P. A. (1987). HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF FERMENTATIVE MICROORGANISMS FROM THE SARGASSO SEA. Geomicrobiology Journal: an international journal of geomicrobiology and microbial biogeochemistry. 5(2), 149-158. SCHROPP, S. J., & SCHWARZ, J. R (1984). MICROBIAL HYDROGEN-PRODUCTION IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND CARIBBEAN SEAS. DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY. 25, 717-725. SCHROPP, S. J., & SCHWARZ, J. R. (1983). NITROUS-OXIDE PRODUCTION BY DENITRIFYING MICROORGANISMS FROM THE EASTERN TROPICAL NORTH PACIFIC AND THE CARIBBEAN SEA. Geomicrobiology Journal: an international journal of geomicrobiology and microbial biogeochemistry. 3(1), 17-31. ALEXANDER, S. K., SCHROPP, S. J., & SCHWARZ, J. R (1982). SPATIAL AND SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF HYDROCARBON-UTILIZING BACTERIA OF SEDIMENT FROM THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. CONTRIBUTIONS IN MARINE SCIENCE. 25(AUG), 13-19. Alexander, S. K., & Schwarz, J. R (1980). Short-term effects of South louisiana and kuwait crude oils on glucose utilization by marine bacterial populations. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 40(2), 341-345. SIMIDU, U., TAGA, N., COLWELL, R. R., & SCHWARZ, J. R. (1980). HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAL-FLORA OF THE SEAWATER FROM THE NANSEI SHOTO (RYUKYO RETTO) AREA. Fisheries Science. 46(4), 505-510. Larock, P. A., Lauer, R. D., Schwarz, J. R., Watanabe, K. K., & Wiesenburg, D. A (1979). Microbial biomass and activity distribution in an anoxic, hypersaline basin. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 37(3), 466-470. conference paper Brooks, J. M., Bernard, B. B., Sackett, W. M., & Schwarz, J. R. (1979). Natural gas seepage on the South Texas shelf. Annual Offshore Technology Conference. 471-478.
