Holly Ganz

Assistant Project Scientist (Microbiology not elsewhere classified)

UC Davis

I study the ecology and evolution of microbial communities and how microbes interact with their hosts (including plants, insects, crustaceans, vultures, dogs, and humans). Much of my research focuses on the ecology of anthrax in wildlife in Etosha National Park, Namibia, where I study the survival of the anthrax bacterium in soil and in association with plants and bacteriophages. I am fascinated with the use of genetic tools to characterize the diversity of microorganisms that live in the environment and in association with plants and animals. I am currently starting a research project to advance the health of the domestic cat through understanding how its microbiome develops.

Publications

Ganz, Holly H., et al. "Novel Giant Siphovirus from Bacillus anthracis Features Unusual Genome Characteristics." PloS one 9.1 (2014): e85972.
Beyer, W., Bellan, S., Eberle, G., Ganz, H. H., Getz, W. M., Haumacher, R., ... & Turnbull, P. C. (2012). Distribution and molecular evolution of Bacillus anthracis genotypes in Namibia. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 6(3), e1534.
Ganz, Holly H., et al. "Diversity and structure of soil bacterial communities associated with vultures in an African savanna." Ecosphere 3.6 (2012): art47.
Ganz, Holly H., and Dieter Ebert. "Benefits of host genetic diversity for resistance to infection depend on parasite diversity." Ecology 91.5 (2010): 1263-1268.
Ganz, H. H., and J. O. Washburn. "Relative migration rates and local adaptation in a mosquito‐protozoan interaction." Journal of evolutionary biology 19.3 (2006): 816-824.

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