The next step, Segre says, is to investigate the relationship
between microbial ecosystems and diseases such as eczema and psoriasis.
Not exact matches
Dunn's
microbial transects of the American house are turning up shocking similarities
between the
ecosystem of your pillow and that of your toilet (see «Mapping the Home's Microbe Habitats,» page 5).
We identify ocean
microbial core functionality and reveal that > 73 % of its abundance is shared with the human gut microbiome despite the physicochemical differences
between these two
ecosystems.
Although specific
microbial halogenation reactions have been recognized for decades and the link
between the dehalogenation of anthropogenic halogenated contaminants in laboratory cultures and contaminated field sites has been well established, only a few studies specifically looked at pristine
ecosystems and the genetic potential for
microbial degradation of naturally occurring organohalogens, Kappler says.
The selected proposals include research on genetic switches to study
microbial ecosystems, tools for deciphering multi-kingdom communication molecules, and a novel approach to map interactions
between bacteria species.
He is now a researcher at Florida International University where he will continue to pursue his studies of the interactions
between soft - sediment metazoan and
microbial assemblages and the impact this has on biogeochemical cycling and
ecosystem function.
We are investigating the relationship
between microbial diversity and
ecosystem health in marine environments.
This project addresses feedbacks
between microbial matabolism and
ecosystem processes in a forest soils, prairie potholes, river systems, and lakes.