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Overview

Matthew W. Fields is affiliated with Montana State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in Ecology, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, Ocean Engineering, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics including Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Coal Properties and Utilization, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Algal Biology and Biofuel Production.

Frequent publication venues for Fields include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The ISME Journal, Algal Research, Microbiome, and Biofilm.

  • Small and mighty: adaptation of superphylum Patescibacteria to groundwater environment drives their genome simplicity, 2020, Microbiome
  • Environmental stress mediates groundwater microbial community assembly, 2024, Nature Microbiology
  • Activity-based, genome-resolved metagenomics uncovers key populations and pathways involved in subsurface conversions of coal to methane, 2021, The ISME Journal
  • A global perspective on bacterial diversity in the terrestrial deep subsurface, 2023, Microbiology
  • Genomic Features and Pervasive Negative Selection in Rhodanobacter Strains Isolated from Nitrate and Heavy Metal Contaminated Aquifer, 2022, Microbiology Spectrum

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including Adam P. Arkin, Heidi J. Smith, Robin Gerlach, Terry C. Hazen, and Elliott P. Barnhart.

Best Publications

  • Microbial Diversity in Water and Sediment of Lake Chaka, an Athalassohaline Lake in Northwestern China

    Hongchen Jiang;Hailiang Dong;Gengxin Zhang;Bingsong Yu

  • Metagenomic insights into evolution of a heavy metal-contaminated groundwater microbial community

    Christopher L Hemme;Ye Deng;Terry J Gentry;Terry J Gentry;Matthew W Fields

  • Small and mighty: adaptation of superphylum Patescibacteria to groundwater environment drives their genome simplicity

    Renmao Tian;Daliang Ning;Zhili He;Ping Zhang

  • Engineering microbial consortia for controllable outputs

    Stephen R. Lindemann;Hans C. Bernstein;Hyun Seob Song;Jim K. Fredrickson

  • Pilot-scale in situ bioremedation of uranium in a highly contaminated aquifer. 2. Reduction of u(VI) and geochemical control of u(VI) bioavailability.

    Wei-Min Wu;Jack Carley;Terry Gentry;Matthew A. Ginder-Vogel

  • Enhanced microbial coalbed methane generation: A review of research, commercial activity, and remaining challenges

    Daniel J. Ritter;David S. Vinson;Elliott P. Barnhart;Elliott P. Barnhart;Denise M. Akob

  • Potential role of multiple carbon fixation pathways during lipid accumulation in Phaeodactylum tricornutum

    Jacob J. Valenzuela;Aurélien J. Mazurie;Ross P. Carlson;Ross P. Carlson;Robin Gerlach;Robin Gerlach

  • Natural Bacterial Communities Serve as Quantitative Geochemical Biosensors

    Mark Burnham Smith;Andrea M. Rocha;Chris S. Smillie;Scott Wilder Olesen

  • In situ bioreduction of uranium (VI) to submicromolar levels and reoxidation by dissolved oxygen.

    Weimin Wu;Jack M Carley;Jian Luo;Matthew A. Ginder-Vogel

  • Strong inter-population cooperation leads to partner intermixing in microbial communities

    Babak Momeni;Kristen A Brileya;Matthew W Fields;Wenying Shou

  • Molecular diversity and characterization of nitrite reductase gene fragments (nirK and nirS) from nitrate- and uranium-contaminated groundwater.

    Tingfen Yan;Matthew W. Fields;Liyou Wu;Yuangang Zu

  • Empirical Establishment of Oligonucleotide Probe Design Criteria

    Zhili He;Liyou Wu;Xingyuan Li;Matthew W. Fields

  • Microbial diversity in sediments of saline Qinghai Lake, China: linking geochemical controls to microbial ecology.

    Hailiang Dong;Gengxin Zhang;Hongchen Jiang;Bingsong Yu

  • Bioreduction of Uranium in a Contaminated Soil Column

    Baohua Gu;Wei-Min Wu;Matthew A Ginder-Vogel;Hui Yan

  • Alkaline anaerobic respiration: isolation and characterization of a novel alkaliphilic and metal-reducing bacterium.

    Qi Ye;Yul Roh;Susan L. Carroll;Benjamin Blair

  • Autonomous Metabolomics for Rapid Metabolite Identification in Global Profiling

    H. Paul Benton;Julijana Ivanisevic;Nathaniel G. Mahieu;Michael E. Kurczy

  • Systems biology guided by XCMS Online metabolomics

    Tao Huan;Erica M. Forsberg;Duane Rinehart;Caroline H. Johnson;Caroline H. Johnson

  • Use of sodium bicarbonate to stimulate triacylglycerol accumulation in the chlorophyte Scenedesmus sp. and the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

    Robert D. Gardner;Keith E. Cooksey;Florence Mus;Richard Macur

  • Development and evaluation of microarray-based whole-genome hybridization for detection of microorganisms within the context of environmental applications.

    Liyou Wu;Dorothea K. Thompson;Xueduan Liu;Matthew W. Fields

  • Microbial Diversity in Sediments of Saline Qinghia Lake, China:Linking Geochemical Controls to Microbial Ecoloby

    Hailiang Dong;Gengxin Zhang;Hongchen Jiang;Bingsong Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Adam P. Arkin
Adam P. Arkin Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Terry C. Hazen
Terry C. Hazen University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Zhili He
Zhili He Sun Yat-sen University
Liyou Wu
Liyou Wu University of Oklahoma
Judy D. Wall
Judy D. Wall University of Missouri
Qiang He
Qiang He Swinburne University of Technology
David B. Watson
David B. Watson Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Craig S. Criddle
Craig S. Criddle Stanford University

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