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Current and Past projects
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Enhancing expertise in bacterial taxonomy: Classical and molecular-based monographic research of the Aquificales-NSF-PEET
see the database at : Aquificales warehouse. |
| Diversity and distribution of thermoacidophiles at deep-sea hydrothermal vent. (NSF-OCE-0728391) | |
| Geobiology of arsenic oxidation | |
| Yellowstone Metagenomes | |
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Collaborative Research: Evolution of environments within black smoker chimney walls: microbial colonization as functions of temperature, chemistry and time. (NSF) Proposal summary
Deployments of 2003 |
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Genome sequencing and comparative analysis of the chemolithoautrotrophic Persephonella marina and it's terrestrial relative, Sulfurihydrogenibium azorense and Sulfurihydrogenibium yellowstonese
Closed genome sequence now available at: http://tigr.org. Please contact ALR for more informtion. Teachers workshop |
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| Genome sequencing of Hydrogenivirga strain L3 and "Aciduliprofundum boonei", from deep-sea vents along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center.
Funded by the Moore Foundation. |
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Collaborative Research: Sampling and Initial Characterization of Hydrothermal Fluids, Deposits, Microfauna and Megafauna at Vent Fields along the Eastern Lau Spreading Center (NSF)
Links: Lau basin vents Cruise May 05 pictures: |
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Past projects:
Interdependence of Microbial Activity and Rates of Geochemical Reactions: An Interdisciplinary Experimental Study Under Hydrothermal Conditions (NSF) A tropical Microbial Observatory: Collaborative Research on Microbial Diversity in Caterpillars (NSF) A microbial inventory of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem thermal features (NSF). In collaboration with Cristina Takacs-Vesbach, University of New Mexico |