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David E. Graham is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on topics related to climate change, permafrost, and wetland ecosystems.

The scientist has contributed extensively to subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Key thematic areas in their work include climate change and permafrost, peatlands and wetlands ecology, methane hydrates and related phenomena, cryospheric studies, mercury impact and mitigation studies, infection control and ventilation, and microbial community ecology and physiology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by David E. Graham include:

  • Quantifying pH buffering capacity in acidic, organic-rich Arctic soils: Measurable proxies and implications for soil carbon degradation, 2022, Geoderma
  • Epigenetic Footprints of CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing in Plants, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Simulated Hydrological Dynamics and Coupled Iron Redox Cycling Impact Methane Production in an Arctic Soil, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences
  • Inhibition of Methylmercury and Methane Formation by Nitrous Oxide in Arctic Tundra Soil Microcosms, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Influences of Hillslope Biogeochemistry on Anaerobic Soil Organic Matter Decomposition in a Tundra Watershed, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as the Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Geoderma, Frontiers in Plant Science, and Environmental Science & Technology.

Collaborations are a significant part of their work, with frequent co-authors including Baohua Gu, Stan D. Wullschleger, Michael Philben, Neslihan Taş, and Erin Berns.

Best Publications

  • The complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic, sulphate-reducing archaeon Archaeoglobus fulgidus

    Hans-Peter Klenk;Rebecca A. Clayton;Jean-Francois Tomb;Owen White

  • The complete genome of the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus

    Gerard Deckert;Patrick V. Warren;Terry Gaasterland;William G. Young

  • The Genome of M. Acetivorans Reveals Extensive Metabolic and Physiological Diversity

    James E. Galagan;Chad Nusbaum;Alice Roy;Matthew G. Endrizzi;Matthew G. Endrizzi;Matthew G. Endrizzi

  • The genome of Nanoarchaeum equitans: Insights into early archaeal evolution and derived parasitism

    Elizabeth Waters;Michael J. Hohn;Ivan Ahel;David E. Graham

  • Potential carbon emissions dominated by carbon dioxide from thawed permafrost soils

    Christina Schädel;Martin K.-F. Bader;Edward A.G. Schuur;Christina Biasi

  • A korarchaeal genome reveals insights into the evolution of the Archaea.

    James G. Elkins;Mircea Podar;David E. Graham;Kira S. Makarova

  • Soil Aggregate Microbial Communities: Towards Understanding Microbiome Interactions at Biologically Relevant Scales

    Regina L. Wilpiszeski;Jayde A. Aufrecht;Scott T. Retterer;Matthew B. Sullivan

  • Complete Genome Sequence of the Genetically Tractable Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen Methanococcus maripaludis

    E. L. Hendrickson;R. Kaul;Y. Zhou;D. Bovee

  • Erratum: The complete genome sequence of the hyperthermophilic, sulphate-reducing archaeon archaeoglobus fulgidus (Nature (1997) 390 (364- 370))

    H. P. Klenk;R. A. Clayton;J. F. Tomb;O. White

  • Microbes in thawing permafrost: the unknown variable in the climate change equation

    David E Graham;Matthew D Wallenstein;Tatiana A Vishnivetskaya;Tatiana A Vishnivetskaya;Mark P Waldrop

  • An archaeal genomic signature

    David E. Graham;Ross Overbeek;Gary J. Olsen;Carl R. Woese

  • Reviews and syntheses: Four decades of modeling methane cycling in terrestrial ecosystems

    Xiaofeng Xu;Xiaofeng Xu;Xiaofeng Xu;Fengming Yuan;Paul J. Hanson;Stan D. Wullschleger

  • Post-Transcriptional Modification in Archaeal tRNAs: Identities and Phylogenetic Relations of Nucleotides from Mesophilic and Hyperthermophilic Methanococcales

    James A. McCloskey;David E. Graham;David E. Graham;Shaolian Zhou;Pamela F. Crain

  • Elucidation of methanogenic coenzyme biosyntheses: from spectroscopy to genomics

    David E. Graham;Robert H. White

  • Enzymology and Evolution of the Pyruvate Pathway to 2-Oxobutyrate in Methanocaldococcus jannaschii

    Randy M. Drevland;Abdul Waheed;David E. Graham

  • Combined inactivation of the Clostridium cellulolyticum lactate and malate dehydrogenase genes substantially increases ethanol yield from cellulose and switchgrass fermentations

    Yongchao Li;Timothy J Tschaplinski;Nancy L Engle;Choo Yieng Hamilton

  • Influence of iron redox cycling on organo-mineral associations in Arctic tundra soil

    Elizabeth Herndon;Elizabeth Herndon;Amineh AlBashaireh;Amineh AlBashaireh;David Singer;Taniya Roy Chowdhury

  • Transfer RNA-dependent amino acid biosynthesis: An essential route to asparagine formation

    Bokkee Min;Joanne T. Pelaschier;David E. Graham;Debra Tumbula-Hansen

  • Identification of Coenzyme M Biosynthetic Phosphosulfolactate Synthase A NEW FAMILY OF SULFONATE-BIOSYNTHESIZING ENZYMES

    David E. Graham;Huimin Xu;Robert H. White

  • Insights into archaeal evolution and symbiosis from the genomes of a nanoarchaeon and its inferred crenarchaeal host from Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park

    Mircea Podar;Mircea Podar;Kira S Makarova;David E Graham;David E Graham;Yuri I Wolf

Frequent Co-Authors

Stan D. Wullschleger
Stan D. Wullschleger Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Baohua Gu
Baohua Gu Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Liyuan Liang
Liyuan Liang Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Robert H. White
Robert H. White Virginia Tech
Salomon Z. Langer
Salomon Z. Langer National Scientific and Technical Research Council
Tommy J. Phelps
Tommy J. Phelps Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dieter Söll
Dieter Söll Yale University
Susan M. Pfiffner
Susan M. Pfiffner University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Ilia N. Ivanov
Ilia N. Ivanov Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Gary J. Olsen
Gary J. Olsen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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