Area of research
Oceanography · Ecology
Research interest
Research interests include Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies.
Accelerating ocean species discovery and laying the foundations for the future of marine biodiversity research and monitoring
Standardized multi-omics of Earth’s microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity
The time is right for an Antarctic biorepository network
Teredinibacter haidensis sp. nov., Teredinibacter purpureus sp. nov. and Teredinibacter franksiae sp. nov., marine, cellulolytic endosymbiotic bacteria isolated from the gills of the wood-boring mollusc Bankia setacea (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) and emended description of the genus Teredinibacter
A symbiotic bacterium of shipworms produces a compound with broad spectrum anti-apicomplexan activity
Secondary Metabolism in the Gill Microbiota of Shipworms (Teredinidae) as Revealed by Comparison of Metagenomes and Nearly Complete Symbiont Genomes
Teredinibacter waterburyi sp. nov., a marine, cellulolytic endosymbiotic bacterium isolated from the gills of the wood-boring mollusc Bankia setacea (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) and emended description of the genus Teredinibacter
Vascular Plants Are Globally Significant Contributors to Marine Carbon Fluxes and Sinks
A rock-boring and rock-ingesting freshwater bivalve (shipworm) from the Philippines
Shipworm bioerosion of lithic substrates in a freshwater setting, Abatan River, Philippines: Ichnologic, paleoenvironmental and biogeomorphical implications
Observations on the Life History and Geographic Range of the Giant Chemosymbiotic Shipworm <i>Kuphus polythalamius</i> (Bivalvia: Teredinidae)
Thiosocius teredinicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic endosymbiont cultivated from the gills of the giant shipworm, Kuphus polythalamius
Discovery of chemoautotrophic symbiosis in the giant shipworm<i>Kuphus polythalamia</i>(Bivalvia: Teredinidae) extends wooden-steps theory
Versatile bacterial symbionts of shipworms contribute to wood digestion, fix nitrogen and produce secondary metabolites
Boronated tartrolon antibiotic produced by symbiotic cellulose-degrading bacteria in shipworm gills
Identity, function, and transport of lignocellulose-active enzymes in wood-eating (xylotrophic) bivalves (shipworms)
Lignocellulose degradation by shipworms and their bacterial endosymbionts
Identity, function, and transport of lignocellulose-active enzymes in wood-eating (xylotrophic) bivalves (shipworms)
Lignocellulose degradation by shipworms and their bacterial endosymbionts
Microbial Genome Sequencing: The Complete Genome Sequence of Teredinibacter Turnerae T7902T (g-proteobacterium), The Cultivable Intracellular Endosymbiont of Wood-Boring Marine Mo
Evolution of Endosymbiosis in (xylotrophic) Wood-Eating Bivalves
Collaborative Research: Toward Environmental Genomics: Can We Estimate Bacterial Diversity in the Ocean?
Collaborative Research: Functional and genomic analysis of polysymbiosis in the wood-boring bivalve Lyrodus pedicellatus
Collaborative Research: Functional and genomic analysis of polysymbiosis in the wood-boring bivalve Lyrodus pedicellatus
Evolution of Endosymbiosis in (xylotrophic) Wood-Eating Bivalves
Collaborative Research: Toward Environmental Genomics: Can We Estimate Bacterial Diversity in the Ocean?
Composition and Function of a Novel Consortial Endosymbiosis in the Shipworm Lyrodus pedicellatus.
An Investigation of the Evolution of Autotrophic Endosymbioses in Bivalves By Comparative Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Host and Symbiont rRNA Sequences