This collection of
marine microbial genomic, the first in the world on a global scale, will provide new clues about a reservoir of biodiversity yet to explore, considering that it could imply the discovery of tens of millions of new genes in the coming years.
Paul's research expertise includes: cultivation of
marine bacteria,
microbial distribution and interactions with
marine plants and invertebrates, sequence - based approaches to the discovery of natural products from
marine microbes, comparative
genomics,
microbial chemical ecology, molecular evolution and natural product biosynthesis.