Metagenomics is an emerging and exciting new ... Even simple communities, such as those associated with marine sponges, contain unanticipated complexity because of the genetic variation within ...

In a groundbreaking study, researchers have uncovered an unexpected link between viruses and the infamous red tide blooms off the coast of Florida. These algae blooms, caused by the Karenia brevis ...

We analyze the interactions among marine ecology and biodiversity, fisheries, socioeconomics, climate change, and more. Aluwihare Lab: Chemistry & Biology of Ocean Organic Matter Organic molecules in ...

Viral metagenomics was pioneered more than 20 years ... The neurotoxins emitted by K. brevis can kill marine life, cause respiratory issues for beachgoers, and impact coastal economies based ...

One application in which the technology is accelerating the field's understanding is metagenomics. Metagenomics is the study of genomic content in a complex mixture of microorganisms (see Table 1 ...

Ph.D. – Marine Estuarine Environmental Sciences – 1998 ... and assessment of viral diversity through high-throughput DNA sequence analysis (viral metagenomics). In particular, the ...