What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
David M. Ward spends much of his time researching Ecology, Microbial mat, Ribosomal RNA, Hot spring and Cyanobacteria.
David M. Ward combines subjects such as Allopatric speciation, Microbial ecology and Genetic drift with his study of Ecology.
His study looks at the intersection of Microbial mat and topics like Botany with Bacteria and Bacterial phyla.
The various areas that David M. Ward examines in his Ribosomal RNA study include Evolutionary biology, 16S ribosomal RNA and Ribosomal DNA.
The Hot spring study combines topics in areas such as Archaea, Crenarchaeota and Mineralogy, Diagenesis.
His Cyanobacteria research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Photosynthesis, Biological dispersal, Nouvelle zelande and Biogenic origin.
His most cited work include:
- 16S rRNA sequences reveal numerous uncultured microorganisms in a natural community (1184 citations)
- Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiles of 16S rRNA-defined populations inhabiting a hot spring microbial mat community. (773 citations)
- A Natural View of Microbial Biodiversity within Hot Spring Cyanobacterial Mat Communities (489 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
His primary scientific interests are in Microbial mat, Ecology, Botany, Hot spring and Cyanobacteria.
His Microbial mat research includes elements of Phototroph, Chloroflexus, Synechococcus and Ribosomal RNA.
In his work, Ribosomal DNA is strongly intertwined with 16S ribosomal RNA, which is a subfield of Ribosomal RNA.
His research integrates issues of Microbial population biology and Metagenomics in his study of Ecology.
His Hot spring research incorporates themes from Environmental chemistry and Microorganism.
His biological study deals with issues like Photosynthesis, which deal with fields such as Diel vertical migration.
He most often published in these fields:
- Microbial mat (33.16%)
- Ecology (22.80%)
- Botany (17.10%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2008-2020)?
- Microbial mat (33.16%)
- Ecology (22.80%)
- Synechococcus (12.95%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His main research concerns Microbial mat, Ecology, Synechococcus, Metagenomics and Anoxygenic photosynthesis.
His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Botany, Microbial population biology, Ribosomal RNA, Pyrosequencing and Environmental chemistry.
His Ecology research integrates issues from Evolutionary biology and Hot spring.
The various areas that David M. Ward examines in his Hot spring study include In situ and Deposition.
While the research belongs to areas of Synechococcus, David M. Ward spends his time largely on the problem of Ecotype, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Canonical correspondence analysis, Population genetics, 16S ribosomal RNA and Locus.
His work in Anoxygenic photosynthesis addresses issues such as Chloroflexi, which are connected to fields such as Chloroflexus, Phylogenetic tree, Genome, Thermotogae and Armatimonadetes.
Between 2008 and 2020, his most popular works were:
- Community ecology of hot spring cyanobacterial mats: predominant populations and their functional potential (126 citations)
- Comparative and Functional Genomics of Anoxygenic Green Bacteria from the Taxa Chlorobi , Chloroflexi , and Acidobacteria (114 citations)
- In silico approaches to study mass and energy flows in microbial consortia: a syntrophic case study (92 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
David M. Ward focuses on Microbial mat, Metagenomics, Phototroph, Anoxygenic photosynthesis and Ecology.
The concepts of his Microbial mat study are interwoven with issues in Photorespiration, Synechococcus, Botany, Ribosomal RNA and Metabolism.
His studies deal with areas such as Green sulfur bacteria, Bacteriochlorophyll, Candidatus and Phylogenetics as well as Ribosomal RNA.
His Phototroph study deals with Chloroflexi intersecting with Chloroflexus and Phylogenetic tree.
His Chloroflexus study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Cyanobacteria, Microbial ecology, Microorganism and Microbiology.
His Ecology research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Evolutionary biology and Acidobacteria.
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