Area of research
Ecology · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, and Protist diversity and phylogeny.
Advancements in prokaryotic systematics and the role of Bergey's International Society for Microbial Systematicsin addressing challenges in the meta-data era
Naming genera after geographical locations. Proposal to emend Appendix 9 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes
GTDB: an ongoing census of bacterial and archaeal diversity through a phylogenetically consistent, rank normalized and complete genome-based taxonomy
Prokaryotic taxonomy and nomenclature in the age of big sequence data
A complete domain-to-species taxonomy for Bacteria and Archaea
Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa
COVID-19 pandemic reveals the peril of ignoring metadata standards
Metabolic potential of uncultured bacteria and archaea associated with petroleum seepage in deep-sea sediments
The use of Greek and Latin prepositions and prefixes in compound names: proposed emendation of Appendix 9 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes
Naming classes of prokaryotes based on the rules of Latin grammar
A standardized bacterial taxonomy based on genome phylogeny substantially revises the tree of life
Proposal of the suffix –ota to denote phyla. Addendum to ‘Proposal to include the rank of phylum in the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes’
Formation of compound generic names based on personal names: a proposal for emendation of Appendix 9 of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes
Recovery of nearly 8,000 metagenome-assembled genomes substantially expands the tree of life