Research Microbiologist
Ecosystem Health and Restoration Branch, Public Lands Section, Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station

Education:
B.S. (Agriculture), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, 1979
M.S. (Agricultural Microbiology), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India, 1982
M.S. (Microbiology), University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1996
Ph.D. (Environmental Microbiology), University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2000

Research Interests:
Ecology of fecal indicator bacteria in natural environments; indicator bacteria and water quality; microbial ecology and soil microbiology; microbial diversity in natural habitats

Mailing Address:
USGS Great Lakes Science Center
Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station
1100 North Mineral Springs Road
Porter, IN 46304

E-mail: byappan@usgs.gov

Phone: (219) 926-8336, ext. 421

Fax: (219) 929-5792

Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N., Bruce M. Roll, and Roger S. Fujioka. 2012. Evidence for occurrence, persistence, and growth potential of Escherichia coli and enterococci in Hawaii's soil environments. Microbes and Environments 27(2): 164-170.
Contribution # 1671 [Abstract] [PDF 1.45 MB]

Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N., Meredith B. Nevers, Asja Korajkic, Zachery R. Staley, and Valerie J. Harwood. 2012. Enterococci in the environment. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 76(4): 685-706.
Contribution # 1706 [Abstract]

Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N., Tao Yan, Matthew J. Hamilton, Satoshi Ishii, Roger S. Fujioka, Richard L. Whitman, Michael J. Sadowsky. 2012. The population structure of Escherichia coli isolated from subtropical and temperate soils. Science of the Total Environment 417/418: 273-279.
Contribution # 1677 [Abstract]

Ge, Zhongfu, Richard L. Whitman, Meredith B. Nevers, Mantha S. Phanikumar, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli. 2012. Nearshore hydrodynamics as loading and forcing factors for Escherichia coli contamination at an embayed beach. Limnology and Oceanography 57(1): 362-381.
Contribution # 1664 [Abstract] [PDF 3.49 MB]

Badgley, Brian D., John Ferguson, Amy Vanden Heuvel, Gregory T. Kleinheinz, Colleen M. McDermott, Todd R. Sandrin, Julie Kinzelman, Emily A. Junion, Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli, Richard L. Whitman, and Michael J. Sadowsky. 2011. Multi-scale temporal and spatial variation in genotypic composition of Cladophora-borne Escherichia coli populations in Lake Michigan. Water Research 45(2): 721-731.
Contribution # 1607 [Abstract]

Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N. and Satoshi Ishii. 2010. Environmental sources of fecal bacteria. Pages 93-110 in Sadowsky, Michael J. and Richard L. Whitman, eds. The Fecal Bacteria. ASM Press, Washington, DC.
Contribution # 1597 [Abstract]

Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N., Richard L. Whitman, Dawn A. Shively, and Meredith B. Nevers. 2010. Linking non-culturable (qPCR) and culturable enterococci densities with hydrometeorological conditions. Science of the Total Environment 408(16): 3096-3101.
Contribution # 1586 [Abstract]

Verhougstraete, Marc P., Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli , Joan B. Rose, and Richard L. Whitman. 2010. Cladophora in the Great Lakes: impacts on beach water quality and human health. Water Science and Technology 62(1): 68-76.
Contribution # 1578 [Abstract]

Whitman, Richard L., Meredith B. Nevers, Katarzyna Przybyla-Kelly, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli. 2010. Physical and biological factors influencing environmental sources of fecal indicator bacteria in surface water. Pages 111-134 in Sadowsky, Michael J. and Richard L. Whitman, eds. The Fecal Bacteria. ASM Press, Washington, DC.
Contribution # 1599 [Abstract]

Whitman, Richard L., Zhongfu Ge, Meredith B. Nevers, Alexandria B. Boehm, Eunice C. Chern, Richard A. Haugland, Ashley M. Lukasik, Marirosa Molina, Kasia Przybyla-Kelly, Dawn A. Shively, Emily M. White, Richard G. Zepp, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli. 2010. Relationship and variation of qPCR and culturable enterococci estimates in ambient surface waters are predictable. Environmental Science & Technology 44(13): 5049-5054.
Contribution # 1591 [Abstract]

Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N. and Richard L. Whitman. 2009. Clostridium botulinum type E occurs and grows in the alga Cladophora glomerata. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 66(6): 879-882.
Contribution # 1531 [Abstract]

Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N., Richard Sawdey, Satoshi Ishii, Dawn A. Shively, John A. Ferguson, Richard L. Whitman, and Michael J. Sadowsky. 2009. Seasonal stability of Cladophora-associated Salmonella in Lake Michigan watersheds. Water Research 43(3): 806-814.
Contribution # 1514 [Abstract]

Whitman, Richard L., Katarzyna Przybyla-Kelly, Dawn A. Shively, Meredith B. Nevers, and Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli. 2009. Hand-mouth transfer and potential for exposure to E. coli and F+ coliphage in beach sand, Chicago, Illinois. Journal of Water and Health 7(4): 623-629.
Contribution # 1534 [Abstract]