A5056607913- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Genetic diversity and population structure
University of California, Berkeley
2015-2017
The tree of life is one the most important organizing principles in biology(1). Gene surveys suggest existence an enormous number branches(2), but even approximation full scale has remained elusive. Recent depictions have focused either on nature deep evolutionary relationships(3-5) or known, well-classified diversity with emphasis eukaryotes(6). These approaches overlook dramatic change our understanding life's resulting from genomic sampling previously unexamined environments. New methods...
Geological sequestration in deep underground repositories is the prevailing proposed route for radioactive waste disposal. After disposal of subsurface, H2 may be produced by corrosion steel and, ultimately, radionuclides will exposed to surrounding environment. To evaluate potential microbial activities impact systems, we explored community structure and metabolic functions a sediment-hosted ecosystem at Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Hokkaido, Japan. Overall, found that hosted...