Phylogeny driven approaches to microbial diversity studies

We work extensively on using phylogeny (in diverse ways) as a tool in studies of microbial diversity.  Examples of our work in this area include

• Development and application of methods for phylogenetic analysis of rRNA sequences.
• Phylogeny based studies of lateral gene transfer.
• Development and application of methods for phylogenetic analysis of whole genome sequences.
• Development and application of methods for phylogenetic analysis of metagenomic data.
  • Phylogenetic analysis in the Venter et al. Sargasso Sea study
  • Development of AMPHORA
  • Collaboration with Steven Kembel on phylogenetic diversity of metagenomes
  • Development of phylosift.
• Phylogeny Driven Selection of Organisms for Genome Sequencing