Intact Phospholipid and Quinone Biomarkers to Assess Microbial Diversity and Redox State in Microbial Mats

Abstract

Microbial mats are stratified microbial communities composed by highly inter-related populations and are some of the most productive ecosystems on Earth. In this work, we have studied intact polar lipids (IPLs) in a hypersaline phototrophic mat from the Ebro Delta, as well as the response of specific IPLs to environmental changes.

Javier del Campo

Group Leader

My research aims at understanding the global diversity and distribution of eukaryotic and prokaryotic microbes employing curated phylogenetic frameworks focusing on novel environmental taxa.