School of Biological Sciences
Dr. Nickerson is a Microbial Physiologist and Biochemist with broad interests in bacterial, fungal, and algal systems. Research areas have included: fungal dimorphism in Candida albicans and Ceratocystis ulmi; farnesol as a quorum sensing molecule (QSM) produced by C. albicans; farnesol’s mode of action as a QSM and as a virulence factor; anaerobic growth of C. albicans; urea metabolism in C. albicans and other fungi; biotinylated histones in C. albicans; chlamydospore formation in C. albicans; high cell density QSMs from diatoms and other algae; microbial ecology of alkaline lakes in Western Nebraska. Past research areas included: Bacillus thuringiensis and other microbial insecticides, mechanisms of bacterial detergent resistance, and the physiological functions of polyamines in microbes. His lab and office were in the Beadle Center.
1975
Lipid Metabolism During Bacterial Growth, Sporulation, and Germination: Differential Synthesis of Individual Branched and Normal-Chain Fatty Acids During Spore Germination and Outgrowth of Bacillus thuringiensis, Kenneth W. Nickerson, Lee A. Bulla Jr., and Timothy L. Mounts
Lipid Metabolism During Bacterial Growth, Sporulation, and Germination: Kinetics of Fatty Acid and Macromolecular Synthesis During Spore Germination and Outgrowth of Bacillus thuringiensis, Kenneth W. Nickerson, John De Pinto, and Lee A. Bulla Jr.
Separation of Spores and Parasporal Crystals of Bacillus thuringiensis in Gradients of Certain X-Ray Contrasting AgentsSeparation of Spores and Parasporal Crystals of Bacillus thuringiensis in Gradients of Certain X-Ray Contrasting Agents, Eugene S. Sharpe, Kenneth W. Nickerson, Lee A. Bulla Jr., and John N. Aronson
1974
Physiology of Sporeforming Bacteria Associated with Insects: Minimal Nutritional Requirements for Growth, Sporulation, and Parasporal Crystal Formation of Bacillus thuringiensis., Kenneth W. Nickerson and Lee A. Bulla Jr.
Sporulation of Bacillus thuringiensis Without Concurrent Derepression of the Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle, Kenneth W. Nickerson, John De Pinto, and Lee A. Bulla Jr.
Physiology of Sporeforming Bacteria Associated with Insects: Radiorespirometric Survey of Carbohydrate Metabolism In the 12 Serotypes of Bacillus thuringiensis, Kenneth W. Nickerson, Grant St. Julian, and Lee A. Bulla Jr.
1973
Control of Pantothenate Accumulation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Tsuneo Kaneshiro, Larry O. Arthur, and Kenneth W. Nickerson
A Circular Dichroic Study of Cu (II) -Ribonuclease Complexes, Kenneth W. Nickerson and Kensal E. Van Holde
1971
Peptidoglycan Differences in Strains of Bacillus cereus Constitutive and Inducible for Penicillinase Production, Kenneth W. Nickerson and Richard A. Day
1968
Relationship Between Protein and Ribonucleic Acid Synthesis During Outgrowth of Spores of Bacillus cereus, S. Rodenberg, W. Steinberg, J. Piper, Kenneth W. Nickerson, J. Vary, R. Epstein, and H.O. Halvorson