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Daniel L. Distel

Northeastern University · US
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.
h-index
45
citations
10,266
works
117
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Accelerating ocean species discovery and laying the foundations for the future of marine biodiversity research and monitoring
Frontiers in Marine Science 2023cited by 29position: middledoi
Standardized multi-omics of Earth’s microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity
Nature Microbiology 2022cited by 181position: middledoi
The time is right for an Antarctic biorepository network
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022cited by 9position: middledoi
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
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 2021cited by 21position: lastdoi
A symbiotic bacterium of shipworms produces a compound with broad spectrum anti-apicomplexan activity
PLoS Pathogens 2020cited by 35position: middledoi
Secondary Metabolism in the Gill Microbiota of Shipworms (Teredinidae) as Revealed by Comparison of Metagenomes and Nearly Complete Symbiont Genomes
mSystems 2020cited by 33position: middledoi
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
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 2020cited by 25position: lastdoi
Vascular Plants Are Globally Significant Contributors to Marine Carbon Fluxes and Sinks
Annual Review of Marine Science 2019cited by 95position: middledoi
A rock-boring and rock-ingesting freshwater bivalve (shipworm) from the Philippines
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 2019cited by 38position: lastdoi
Shipworm bioerosion of lithic substrates in a freshwater setting, Abatan River, Philippines: Ichnologic, paleoenvironmental and biogeomorphical implications
PLoS ONE 2019cited by 11position: lastdoi
Observations on the Life History and Geographic Range of the Giant Chemosymbiotic Shipworm <i>Kuphus polythalamius</i> (Bivalvia: Teredinidae)
Biological Bulletin 2018cited by 23position: lastdoi
Thiosocius teredinicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic endosymbiont cultivated from the gills of the giant shipworm, Kuphus polythalamius
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY 2018cited by 19position: lastdoi
Discovery of chemoautotrophic symbiosis in the giant shipworm<i>Kuphus polythalamia</i>(Bivalvia: Teredinidae) extends wooden-steps theory
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017cited by 77position: firstdoi
Versatile bacterial symbionts of shipworms contribute to wood digestion, fix nitrogen and produce secondary metabolites
Planta Medica 2015cited by 30position: lastdoi
Boronated tartrolon antibiotic produced by symbiotic cellulose-degrading bacteria in shipworm gills
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2013cited by 139position: middledoi

Grants

Identity, function, and transport of lignocellulose-active enzymes in wood-eating (xylotrophic) bivalves (shipworms)
NSF1442759$875,0002014–2019PIRePORTER
Lignocellulose degradation by shipworms and their bacterial endosymbionts
NSF1442676$47,2322014–2014PIRePORTER
Identity, function, and transport of lignocellulose-active enzymes in wood-eating (xylotrophic) bivalves (shipworms)
NSF1258090$591,0002013–2014PIRePORTER
Lignocellulose degradation by shipworms and their bacterial endosymbionts
NSF0920540$446,3872010–2014PIRePORTER
Microbial Genome Sequencing: The Complete Genome Sequence of Teredinibacter Turnerae T7902T (g-proteobacterium), The Cultivable Intracellular Endosymbiont of Wood-Boring Marine Mo
NSF0523862$261,1782006–2009PIRePORTER
Evolution of Endosymbiosis in (xylotrophic) Wood-Eating Bivalves
NSF0629255$62,5892006–2007PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Toward Environmental Genomics: Can We Estimate Bacterial Diversity in the Ocean?
NSF0638671$47,2142006–2006PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Functional and genomic analysis of polysymbiosis in the wood-boring bivalve Lyrodus pedicellatus
NSF0612444$351,7652004–2007PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Functional and genomic analysis of polysymbiosis in the wood-boring bivalve Lyrodus pedicellatus
NSF0425795$351,7652004–2006PIRePORTER
Evolution of Endosymbiosis in (xylotrophic) Wood-Eating Bivalves
NSF0129117$225,3952002–2006PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: Toward Environmental Genomics: Can We Estimate Bacterial Diversity in the Ocean?
NSF0221224$161,8802002–2006PIRePORTER
Composition and Function of a Novel Consortial Endosymbiosis in the Shipworm Lyrodus pedicellatus.
NSF9982982$271,1522000–2004PIRePORTER
An Investigation of the Evolution of Autotrophic Endosymbioses in Bivalves By Comparative Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Host and Symbiont rRNA Sequences
NSF9420051$150,0001995–1999PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Margo G. Haygood · University of Utah10 papers (2013–2021)Marvin A. Altamia · Northeastern University8 papers (2015–2021)J. Reuben Shipway · University of Massachusetts Amherst8 papers (2017–2021)Gisela P. Concepción · University of the Philippines Diliman8 papers (2013–2020)Eric W. Schmidt · University of Utah5 papers (2013–2020)Andrew Han · Second Genome (United States)3 papers (2013–2017)Meghan A. Betcher · Downstream Strategies (United States)3 papers (2015–2021)Zhenjian Lin · University of Utah3 papers (2017–2020)Gary Rosenberg · Drexel University3 papers (2017–2019)Guillaume Jospin · University of California, Davis2 papers (2020–2021)Jennifer C. Fung · University of California System2 papers (2020–2021)Sherif I. Elshahawi · Chapman University2 papers (2013–2015)David Stein · Northeastern University2 papers (2020–2021) · 2 papers (2017–2018)Jonathan A. Eisen · University of California, Davis2 papers (2020–2021)Amaro E. Trindade‐Silva · San Diego State University2 papers (2013–2020) · 2 papers (2017–2018)Andrew R. Mahon · University of Notre Dame1 papers (2022–2022)Deborah A. Schaefer · University of Arizona1 papers (2020–2020)Patrícia Reis · University of Massachusetts Amherst1 papers (2020–2020)