Areas of expertise
Microbial diversity and function , Arctic , Environmental genomics , Flow cytometry, , Limnology
- Associate Professor
Phone
418-654-2591
Email
jerome.comte@inrs.ca
Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre
490 de la Couronne Street
Québec City, Quebec G1K 9A9
CANADA
Research interests
The main objective of Professor Comte research program is to identify the response mechanisms of microbial communities to environmental disturbances and assess the impacts on the structure, functioning, and services of aquatic ecosystems.
- Microbial ecology
- Microbial diversity and function
- Ecosystem functioning
- Microbial biogeography
- Physiology of unicellular organisms
- Climate change
- Northern aquatic ecosystems
University education
B.Sc. Cellular Biology and Physiology, Université de Bourgogne (France)
M.Sc. Alpine Ecology, Université de Grenoble I and Université de Savoie (France)
Ph.D. Biology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Short biography
Before coming to INRS, Dr. Comte has worked as a scientist at the Canada Centre for Inland Waters of Environment and Climate change Canada in Ontario. Previously he had completed two postdoctoral training, one at the Department of Ecology and Genetics – Limnology at Uppsala University in Sweden and the other with Takuvik joint Université Laval (Quebec)/CNRS (France) Laboratory.
Networks
- Centre for Northern Studies (CEN)
- Society of Canadian Limnologists/Société canadienne de limnologie (SCL)
- Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
- Interuniversity research group in limnology and aquatic environments (GRIL)
- Institut nordique du Québec (INQ)
Publications
Ola, Anne, Gagnon, Samuel, Fortier, Daniel, Comte, Jérôme & Dominé, Florent (2024). Carbon dynamics in an alluvial fan in the eastern Canadian Arctic. Geoderma Regional, 38: art. e00841.
DOI: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2024.e00841
Crevecoeur, Sophie, Edge, Thomas A., Watson, Linet Cynthia, Watson, Susan B., Greer, Charles W., Ciborowski, Jan J. H., Diep, Ngan, Drouillard, Kenneth G., Frenken, Thijs, McKay, Robert Michael, Zastepa, Arthur & Comte, Jérôme (2023). Spatio-temporal connectivity of the aquatic microbiome associated with cyanobacterial blooms along a Great Lake riverine-lacustrine continuum. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14: Art. 1073753.
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1073753
Potvin, Marianne, Gauthier, Jeff, Langevin, Christophe, Mohit, Vani, Da Costa, Naíla B., Deschênes, Thomas, Pomerleau, Maude, Kukavica-Ibrulj, Irena, Verreault, Daniel, Comte, Jérôme & Lévesque, Roger C. (2023). Rapid on-site detection of harmful algal blooms (RosHAB): real-time cyanobacteria identification using Oxford Nanopore sequencing. Frontiers in Microbiology, 14: Art. 1267652.
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1267652
Reis, Paul C. J., Correa-Garcia, Sara, Tremblay, Julien, Beaulieu-Laliberté, Aurélie, Muench, Douglas G., Ahad, Jason M. E., Yergeau, Étienne, Comte, Jérôme & Martineau, Christine (2023). Microbial degradation of naphthenic acids using constructed wetland treatment systems: metabolic and genomic insights for improved bioremediation of process-affected water. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 99 (12): Art. fiad153.
DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiad153
Saros, Jasmine E., Arp, Christopher D., Bouchard, Frédéric, Comte, Jérôme, Couture, Raoul-Marie, Dean Joshua F., Lafrenière, Melissa, MacIntyre, Sally, McGowan, Suzanne, Rautio, Milla, Prater, Clay, Tank, Suzanne E., Walvoord, Michelle A., Wickland, Kimberly P., Antoniades, Dermot, Ayala-Borda, Paola, Canário, João, Drake, Travis W., Folhas, Diogo, Hazuková, Václava, Kivilä, Henriikka, Klanten, Yohanna, Lamoureux, Scott, Laurion, Isabelle, Pilla, Rachel M., Vonk, Jorien E., Zolkos, Scott & Vincent, Warwick F. (2023). Sentinel responses of Arctic freshwater systems to climate: linkages, evidence, and a roadmap for future research. Arctic Science / Science arctique, 9 (2) : 356-392.
DOI: 10.1139/AS-2022-0021
Saulnier-Talbot, Émilie, Duchesne, Eliane, Antoniades, Dermot, Arseneault, Dominique, Barnard, Christine, Berteaux, Dominique, Bhiry, Najat, Boudreau, Stéphane, Cazelles, Kevin, Comte, Jérôme, Corbeil-Robitaille, Madeline-Zoé, Côté, Steeve, Couture, Raoul-Marie, de la Fontaine, Guillaume, Dominé, Florent, Fauteux, Dominique, Fortier, Daniel, Garneau, Michelle, Gauthier, Gilles, Gravel, Dominique, Laurion, Isabelle, Lavoie, Martin, Lecomte, Nicolas, Legagneux, Pierre, Lévesque, Esther, Naud, Marie-José, Paquette, Michel, Payette, Serge, Pienitz, Reinhard, Rautio, Milla, Roy, Alexandre, Royer, Alain, Simard, Martin, Vincent, Warwick F. & Bety, Joël (2023). State shifts and divergent sensitivities to climate warming across northern ecosystems. Nature Portfolio, ONLINE.
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3026284/v1
Stalwick, Jordyn A., Ratelle, Mylène, Gurney, Kirsty E. B., Drysdale, Mallory, Lazarescu, Calin, Comte, Jérôme, Laird, Brian & Skinner, Kelly (2023). Sources of exposure to lead in Arctic and subarctic regions: a scoping review. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 82 (1): Art. 2208810.
DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2023.2208810
Zastepa, Arthur, Comte, Jérôme & Crevecoeur, Sophie (2023). Prevalence and ecological features of deep chlorophyll layers in Lake of the Woods, a complex hydrological system with strong trophic, physical, and chemical gradients. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 49 (1): 122-133.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2022.09.007
Fonseca Coelho, Lígia, Couceiro, Joana Fernandes, Keller-Costa, Tina, Martinez Valente, Sara, Pereirinha Ramalho, Tiago, Carneiro, Joana, Comte, Jérôme, Blais, Marie-Amélie, Vincent, Warwick F., Martins, Zina, Canário, João & Costa, Rodrigo (2022). Structural shifts in sea ice prokaryotic communities across a salinity gradient in the subarctic. Science of The Total Environment, 827: Art. 154286.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154286
Jungblut, Anne, Velazquez, David, Cirés, Samuel, Kleinteich, Julia, Padinchati, Krishnan Kottekkatu, Sattler, Birgit & Comte, Jérôme (2022). Editorial: Digitizing frozen earth-revealing microbial diversity and physiology in the cryobiosphere through “omics” tools, volume II. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13: Art. 1013398.
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1013398
Lizotte, Martine, Juhls, Bennet, Matsuoka, Atsushi, Massicotte, Philippe, Mével, Gaëlle, Anikina, David Obie James, Antonova, Sofia, Bécu, Guislain, Béguin, Marine, Bélanger, Simon, Bossé-Demers, Thomas, Bröder, Lisa, Bruyant, Flavienne, Chaillou, Gwenaëlle, Comte, Jérôme, Couture, Raoul-Marie, Devred, Emmanuel, Deslongchamps, Gabrièle, Dezutter, Thibaud, Dillon, Miles, Doxaran, David, Flamand, Aude, Fell, Frank, Ferland, Joannie, Forget, Marie-Hélène, Fritz, Michael, Gordon, Thomas J., Guilmette, Caroline, Hilborn, Andrea, Hussherr, Rachel, Irish, Charlotte, Joux, Fabien, Kipp, Lauren, Laberge-Carigan, Audrey, Lantuit, Hugues, Leymarie, Edouard, Mannino, Antonio, Maury, Juliette, Overduin, Paul, Oziel, Laurent, Stedmon, Colin, Thomas, Crystal, Tisserand, Lucas, Tremblay, Jean-Éric, Vonk, Jorien, Whalen, Dustin & Babin, Marcel (2022). Nunataryuk field campaigns: Understanding the origin and fate of terrestrial organic matter in the coastal waters of the Mackenzie Delta region. Earth System Science Data Discussion, ONLINE.
DOI: 10.5194/essd-2022-163
Ola, Anne, Fortier, Daniel, Coulombe, Stéphanie, Comte, Jérôme & Domine, Florent (2022). The distribution of soil carbon and nitrogen stocks among dominant geomorphological terrain units in Qarlikturvik Valley, Bylot Island, Arctic Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 127 (7): Art. e2021JG006750.
DOI: 10.1029/2021JG006750
Bruhn, Anders Dalhoff, Stedmon, Colin A., Comte, Jérôme, Matsuoka, Atsushi, Speetjens, Neik Jesse, Tanski, George, Vonk, Jorien E. & Sjöstedt, Johanna (2021). Terrestrial dissolved organic matter mobilized from eroding permafrost controls microbial community composition and growth in Arctic Coastal zones. Front. Earth Sci., 9: Art. 640580.
DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.640580
Gutierrez-Villagomez, Juan Manuel, Patey, Géraldine, To, Tuan Anh, Lefebvre-Raine, Molly, Lara-Jacobo, Linda Ramona, Comte, Jérôme, Klein, Bert & Langlois, Valérie S. (2021). Frogs respond to commercial formulations of the biopesticide Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis, especially their intestine microbiota. Environ. Sci. Technol., 55 (18): 12504-12516.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c02322
Edge, Thomas A.; Baird, Donald J.; Bilodeau, Guillaume; Gagné, Nellie; Greer, Charles; Konkin, David; Newton, Glen; Séguin, Armand; Beaudette, Lee; Bilkhu, Satpal; Bush, Alexander; Chen, Wen; Comte, Jérôme; Condie, Janet; Crevecoeur, Sophie; El-Kayssi, Nazir; Emilson, Erik J. S.; Fancy, Donna-Lee; Kandalaft, Iyad; Khan, Izhar U. H.; King, Ian; Kreutzweiser, David; Lapen, David; Lawrence, John; Lowe, Christine; Lung, Olivier; Martineau, Christine; Meier, Matthew; Ogden, Nicholas; Paré, David; Phillips, Lori; Porter, Teresita M.; Sachs, Joel; Staley, Zachery; Steeves, Royce; Venier, Lisa; Veres, Teodor; Watson, Cynthia & Macklin, James (2020). The Ecobiomics project: Advancing metagenomics assessment of soil health and freshwater quality in Canada. Sci. Total Environ., 710: Art. 135906.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135906
Comte, Jérôme; Culley, Alexander; Lovejoy, Connie & Vincent, Warwick F. (2018). Microbial connectivity and sorting in a High Arctic watershed. ISME J., 12: 2988-3000.
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0236-4
Lévesque, Alice V.; Vincent, Warwick F.; Comte, Jérôme; Lovejoy, Connie & Culley, Alexander I. (2018). Chlorovirus and myovirus diversity in permafrost thaw ponds. Aquat. Microb. Ecol., 82 (2): 209-224.
DOI: 10.3354/ame01893
Comte J, Berga M, Severin I, Logue JB & Lindström ES (2017) Contribution of different bacterial dispersal sources to lakes: Population and community effects in different seasons. Environ. Microbiol. 19 (6): 2391-2404.
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13749
Comte J, Langenheder S, Berga M & Lindstrom ES (2017) Contribution of different dispersal sources to the metabolic response of lake bacterioplankton following a salinity change. Environ. Microbiol. 19 (1): 251-260.
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13593
Crevecoeur S, Vincent WF, Comte J, Matveev A & Lovejoy C (2017) Diversity and potential activity of methanotrophs in high methane-emitting permafrost thaw ponds. PLoS One 12 (11).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188223
Comte J, Lovejoy C, Crevecoeur S & Vincent WF (2016) Co-occurrence patterns in aquatic bacterial communities across changing permafrost landscapes. Biogeosciences 13 (1): 175-190.
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-175-2016
Comte J, Monier A, Crevecoeur S, Lovejoy C & Vincent WF (2016) Microbial biogeography of permafrost thaw ponds across the changing northern landscape. Ecography 39 (7): 609-618.
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01667
Langenheder S, Comte J, Zha Y, Samad MS, Sinclair L, Eiler A & Lindstrom ES (2016) Remnants of marine bacterial communities can be retrieved from deep sediments in lakes of marine origin. Environ. Microbiol. Rep. 8 (4): 479-485.
DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12392
Przytulska, Anna; Comte, Jérôme; Crevecoeur, Sophie; Lovejoy, Connie; Laurion, Isabelle & Vincent, Warwick F. (2016). Phototrophic pigment diversity and picophytoplankton in permafrost thaw lakes. Biogeosciences, 13 (1): 13-26.
DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-13-2016
Zha Y, Berga M, Comte J & Langenheder S (2016) Effects of dispersal and initial diversity on the composition and functional performance of bacterial communities. PLoS One 11 (5).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155239
Crevecoeur S, Vincent WF, Comte J & Lovejoy C (2015) Bacterial community structure across environmental gradients in permafrost thaw ponds: Methanotroph-rich ecosystems. Front. Microbiol. 6.
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00192
Logue JB, Findlay SEG & Comte J (2015) Editorial: Microbial responses to environmental changes. Front. Microbiol. 6.
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01364
Monier A, Comte J, Babin M, Forest A, Matsuoka A & Lovejoy C (2015) Oceanographic structure drives the assembly processes of microbial eukaryotic communities. ISME J. 9: 990-1002.
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.197