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Dr. Thomas Canam

Education & Training

Ph.D. in Forestry -  
B.S. (Hon.) in Biochemistry -

Publications

Alzabaidi, A. R., Alabbasi, N., Meilan, R., Meiners, S. J., and Canam, T. (2025) Transcriptome response of the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor to hybrid poplar exhibiting unique lignin chemistry. Fungal Biology and Biotechnology. 12: 2.

Clark, K., Gallagher, M. J., Canam, T., and Meiners, S. J. (2024) Genetic relatedness can alter the strength of plant-soil interactions. American Journal of Botany. 111: e16289.  

Law, S., Flores-Moreno, H., Cheesman, A. W., Clement, R., Rosenfield, M., Yatsko, A., Cernusak, L. A., Dalling, J. W., Canam, T., Abo Iqsaysa, I., Duan, E. S., Allison, S. D., Eggleton, P., and Zanne, A. E. (2023) Wood traits explain microbial but not termite-driven decay in Australian tropical rainforest and savanna. Journal of Ecology. 111: 982-993.

Foster, B. S., Haile, B. B., Campnell, J. T., Canam, T., Gallagher, M. J., and Meiners, S. J. (2022) Plant performance responds to intraspecific variation in soil inocula from individual Solidago clones. Plant Ecology. 223: 201-212. 

Ferrer, A., Heath, K., Canam, T., Flores, H.D., and Dalling, J. (2020) Contribution of fungal and invertebrate communities to wood decay in tropical terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Ecology. 101: e03097. 

Johnson, D.B., Schideman, L.C., Canam, T., Hosen, J.D., and Hudson, R.J.M. (2020) Spatial and temporal differences in the composition and structure of bacterial assemblages in biofilms of a rotating algal-bacterial contactor system treating high-strength anaerobic digester filtrate. Bioresource Technology Reports. 10: 100413.

Jones, J., Heath, K., Ferrer, A., Brown, S., Canam, T., and Dalling, J. (2019) Wood decomposition in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems in the tropics: contrasting biotic and abiotic processes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 95: e1-13.

Johnson, D.B., Schideman, L.C., Canam, T., and Hudson, R.J.M. (2018) Pilot-scale demonstration of efficient ammonia removal from a high-strength municipal wastewater treatment sidestream by algal-bacterial biofilms affixed to rotating contactors. Algal Research. 34: 143-153. 

Kalinoski, R.M., Flores, H.D., Thapa, S., Tuegel, E.R., Bilek, M.A., Reyes-Mendez, E.Y., West, M.J., Dumonceaux, T.J., and Canam, T. (2017) Pretreatment of hardwood and Miscanthus with Trametes versicolor for bioenergy conversion and densification strategies. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 183: 1401-1413. 


Meiners, S.J., Phipps, K.K., Pendergast IV, T.H., Canam, T., and Carson, W.P. (2017) Soil microbial communities alter leaf chemistry and influence allelopathic potential among coexisting plant species. Oecologia. 183: 1155-1165.


Tsai, A.Y.-L., Chan, K., Ho, C.Y., Canam, T., Capron, R., Master, E.R., and Bräutigam, K. (2017) Transgenic expression of fungal accessory hemicellulases in Arabidopsis thaliana triggers transcriptional patterns related to biotic stress and defense response. PLoS One. 1-22.


Hladilek, H.D., Gaines, K.F., Novak, J.M., Collard, D.A., Johnson, D.B., and Canam, T. (2016) Microbial community structure of a freshwater system receiving wastewater effluent. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 188: 626.


Heffron, K.T., Gaines, K.F., Novak, J.M., Canam, T., and Collard, D.A. (2016) 17β-estradiol influent and effluent concentrations in wastewater: demographic influences and the risk to environmental health. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 188: 288.

 
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