Darrell Jay Grimes, Ph.D.
- Professor – Department of Coastal Sciences, Marine Microbial Ecology
- Member – GCRL Marine Microbiology Group
- Chair - Advisory Panel, NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative
(228) 872-4210
fax: (228) 818-8009
jay.grimes@usm.edu
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory
Cedar Point Site
3600 Gollott Road
Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Current Positions
- Professor – Department of Coastal Sciences, Marine Microbial Ecology
- Member – GCRL Marine Microbiology Group
- Chair - Advisory Panel, NOAA Oceans and Human Health Initiative
Education
- Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1971, Microbiology
- M.A., Drake University, 1968, Biology
- B.A., Drake University, 1966, Biology
- Pre-med, The University of Iowa, 1962-1964
Research Interests
- Biology and ecology of Vibrio
- Systematics of Chromobacterium, Pseudomonas, Vibrio, and Vogesella
- Microbiological quality of water resources
- Bacteriology of marine fish, especially elasmobranchs
- Long-term survival of bacteria in aquatic habitats
- Microbiology and bioremediation of ocean and subsurface wastes
- Petroleum microbiology
Current Grants and Contracts
- U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 9/1/10-12/31/14; MS.R.798 - A Bottlenose Dolphin Surveillance Team for the Mississippi Sound, BOEMR award no. M10AF20151; principal investigator, co-PIs are K. Dillon and R.M. Overstreet, total award is $993,816 (Grimes portion is $450,152).
- Stratus Consulting, Contractor for the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office (LOSCO), National Resource Damage Assessment, Phase 1, 9/1/11-9/1//12, Services Agreement S161-2S-1814; D.J. Grimes, PI, $161,981, Phase 2, 6/1/12- , 187,558.
Courses Taught
- COA 471/571 Marine Microbiology (cross lists as BSC 490/590 and MAR 409/509)
- COA 471L/571L Marine Microbiology Laboratory (cross lists with BSC and MAR)
- COA 730 Oceans and Human Health (developed and team taught via IVN in Fall 2008 with Drs. Tim McLean at USM, Hattiesburg and Mark Hamann at The University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS) COA 610 Coastal and Marine Pollution (cross lists as MAR 652)
- COA 690/790 Bacterial Diseasesof Fish
Recent Presentations and Publications
- Chair, 2012 Gordon Research Conference on Oceans and Human Health
- Noriea, N.F., III, C.N. Johnson, K.J. Griffitt and D. J. Grimes. 2010. Distribution of type III secretion systems in Vibrioparahaemolyticus from the Northern Gulf of Mexico. J. Appl. Microbiol. 109:953-962.
- Johnson, C.N., A.R. Flowers, N.F. Noriea, III, A.M. Zimmerman, J. Bowers, A. DePaola, and D.J. Grimes. 2010. Relationships between environmental factors and pathogenic vibrios in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76:7076-7084.
- Griffitt, K.J., N.F. Noriea III, C.N. Johnson and D.J. Grimes. 2011. Enumeration of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the viable but nonculturable state using direct plate counts and recognition of individual gene fluorescence in situ hybridization. J. Microbiol. Meth. 85:114-118.
- Johnson, C.N., J.C.Bowers, K.J. Griffitt, V. Molina, R.W. Clostio, S. Pei, E. Laws, R.N. Paranjpye, M.S. Strom, A. Chen, N.A. Hasan, Huq, N.F. Noriea III, D.J. Grimes and R.R. Colwell.2012. Ecology of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus in the coastal and estuarine waters of Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, and Washington (United States). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/AEM.01296-12