Applied Microbiology and Beneficial Microbes

Geomicrobiology is the study of the role of bacteria in the geological and geochemical processes that shaped the earth and that continue to operate today. Bacteria play a vital role in the recycling, production, absorption, and removal of biomarkers by biogeochemical cycles involving the atmosphere, the hydrosphere, and the deep lithosphere.

• Microbial Weathering of Rocks
• Microbial Roles in Formation and Degradation of Specific Minerals
• Mineralization of Organic Matter
• Subsurface Microbiology
• Biogeochemical Cycling of Elements
• Isotopic Fractionation and Paleomicrobiology
• Bioleaching Microbiology
• Petroleum Geomicrobiological Prospecting
• Groundwater Microbiology