A5090283238- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
University of Birmingham
2021-2023
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
2021-2023
Biofilm-dwelling microorganisms coat the surfaces of stones in river and stream ecosystems, forming diverse communities that are fundamental to biogeochemical processes ecosystem functioning. Flowing water (lotic) ecosystems under pressure from a wide range interacting stressors including changes land use, chemical pollution, climate. Despite their ecological importance, taxonomic functional diversity biofilms responses environmental change limited by lack understanding composition...
ABSTRACT There is an expanding body of evidence that environmental DNA (eDNA) can serve as a reliable alternative to traditional assessments biodiversity and ecological quality. Riverine benthic ecosystems represent one such habitat, holding significant promise for health evaluations using eDNA. Diatoms have typically been assessed in these biofilms through both molecular conventional methods. However, wide diversity life has not targeted previously, which may important indicators water To...
Abstract Microbial communities play important roles in lake ecosystems and are sensitive to environmental change. However, our understanding of their responses long‐term change such as eutrophication is limited, monitoring rare, traditional paleolimnological techniques (pigments microfossils) restricted a low taxonomic resolution, or organisms with well‐preserved structures. Sedimentary DNA (sedDNA) promising technique reconstruct past microbial sediments, but taphonomic processes the...
Abstract Palaeolimnological records provide valuable information about how phytoplankton respond to long‐term drivers of environmental change. Traditional palaeolimnological tools such as microfossils and pigments are restricted taxa that leave sub‐fossil remains, a method can be applied the wider community is required. Sedimentary DNA (sedDNA), extracted from lake sediment cores, shows promise in palaeolimnology, but validation against data monitoring water necessary enable its development...
Palaeolimnological records provide valuable information about how phytoplankton respond to long-term drivers of environmental change. Traditional palaeolimnological tools such as microfossils and pigments are restricted taxa that leave sub-fossil remains, a method can be applied the wider community is required. Sedimentary DNA (sedDNA), extracted from lake sediment cores, shows promise in palaeolimnology, but validation against data monitoring water necessary enable its development reliable...
Full protocol for the extraction of DNA from river biofilm samples, 2-step PCR amplification 16S rRNA, 18S ITS2 and rbcL gene regions amplicon sequencing.
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Summary 3-Hydroxy fatty acids (3-OH-FAs), derived from Gram-negative bacterial outer membranes, have received recent attention for their potential as both: a) terrestrial temperature and pH palaeoclimate proxies; b) marine sea-surface proxies. However, the distribution performance of 3-OH-FA based proxies at a global scale in lake sediments remains largely unknown. This is critical gap knowledge are most common archive paleoclimate. Here we explore (including application machine learning...