Bacteria known as methylotrophs use carbon compounds that are greenhouse gases and many of them are also have potential applications for cleaning up areas contaminated by hazardous pollutants such as halogenated methanes. To better understand how C1 compounds are involved in the global carbon cycle and to more accurately predict the global effects of environmental changes, bacterial samples from sediments of Lake Washington will be sequenced using single cell genomic techniques.
Principal Investigators: Marina Kalyuzhnaya, University of Washington
Program: CSP 2011