Brian Hedlund

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Projects

TEM Imaging of Cell Ultrastructure of Novel Thermophilic Bacteria in the Phyla Chloroflexi and Aquificae

Lead Institution

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Principal Investigator

Brian Hedlund

Project type

Limited Scope

Despite rapid advances enabled by dramatic improvements in DNA sequencing technology, the majority of microbial life remains to be cultivated and studied in the laboratory. Yet, axenic cultivation…

Analyzing the soil microbial central C metabolic network under contrasting conditions of carbon availability and oxygen concentration in a Florida landscape

Lead Institution

Northern Arizona University

Principal Investigator

Paul Dijkstra

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Understanding how environmental factors affect soil C cycling processes is important, as soil is the largest C pool in terrestrial ecosystems, and any change in its size may feed back to the…