Diversity


Diversity, Ecology and Evolution of Microorganisms Inhabiting Hot Spring Microbial Mats David M. Ward

Funding:

Past: The Ward lab appreciates the long-term support provided by the NSF Ecology Program and the NASA Exobiology and Astrobiology Programs. We also appreciate the support of the Montana State University Thermal Biology Institute [http://tbi.montana.edu/] Current: “Do species matter in microbial communities?” (with Co-Is, F. Cohan, J. Heidelberg, D. Bhaya and A. Grossman), NSF Frontiers in integrative biology program, /1/03-9/1/08, $4,999,690. [http://landresources.montana.edu/FIBR/] “Molecular and geochemical analysis of hot spring cyanobacterial and Chloroflexus mats as stromatolite analogs” (with Co-Is F. Cohan, J. Eisen, J. Heidelberg, M. Madigan and S. Schouten), NASA Exobiology Program, 5/03-5/07, $588,056



Contents: (click to expand subcontent or follow arrows above) Introduction Molecular analysis of community composition and structure Evidence of diversification through adaptive radiation Have we detected all the ecotypes? Evidence of diversification through geographic isolation Current research Publications Funding

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