Microbial Ecology of Oklahoma Wetland Ecosystems

One of our major ongoing projects is the study of the microbial ecology and physiology of bacteria involved in one-carbon cycling, with a focus on methylotrophs and methane-associated microbial communities in wetland ecosystems.

Taxonomy of the Gordoniaceae Family

Genome-based revision of Gordoniaceae to clarify genus-level boundaries, resolve taxonomic inconsistencies, propose four new genera, and support modern bacterial systematics using phylogenomics and whole-genome relatedness.