Publications and Supplementary Data from the Alaskan Soil Microbial Observatory
These papers are available for download in PDF format. Other papers from the Handelsman Lab can be found at the lab's main website.

Gillespie, D., Rondon, M.R., and Handelsman, J. Metagenomic libraries from uncultured microorganisms. In: Molecular Microbial Ecology. Bios Sci. Pub. (in press).

Handelsman, J. 2005. How to find new antibiotics. The Scientist. 19: 20. PDF Available.

Schloss, P.D., and Handelsman, J. 2005. Metagenomics for studying unculturable microorganisms: Cutting the Gordian Knot. Genome Biology 6: 229.1-229.4. PDF Available.

Schloss, P.D., and Handelsman, J. 2005. Introducing DOTUR, a computer program for defining operational taxonomic units and species richness. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 1501-1506. PDF Available.

Handelsman, J. 2005. Sorting out metagenomes. Nature Biotech. 23: 38-39. PDF Available.

Williamson, L.L, Borlee, B.R., Schloss, P.D., Guan, C., Allen, H.K., and Handelsman, J. 2005. Intracellular screen to identify metagenomic clones that induce or inhibit a quorum-sensing biosensor. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 6335-6344. PDF Available.

Handelsman, J. 2004. Metagenomics: Application of genomics to uncultured microorganisms. Microbiol. Molec. Biol. Rev. 68: 669-684. PDF Available.

Riesenfeld, C., Schloss, P.D., and Handelsman, J. 2004. Metagenomics: genomic analysis of microbial communities. Annual Review of Genetics 38: 525-52. PDF Available.

Handelsman, J. 2004. Soils - the metagenomics approach. Pages 109-120 in: Microbial Diversity and Biosprospecting. ASM Press. PDF Available.

Schloss, P.D., and Handelsman, J. 2004. Status of the Microbial Census. Microbiol. Molec. Biol. Rev. 68: 686-691. PDF Available.

Schloss, P.D., Larget, B., and Handelsman, J. 2004. Integration of microbial ecology and statistics: a test to compare gene libraries. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70: 5485-5492. PDF Available.

Schloss, P.D., and Handelsman, J. 2003. Biotechnological prospects from metagenomics. Current Op. Biotech. 14:303-310. PDF Available.