Ferran Garcia-Pichel
Research
- improving our knowledge on bacterial diversity using a combination of traditional and molecular techniques for community analysis
- physiological and behavioral adaptations that allow microorganisms to thrive under extreme conditions such as exposure to UV radiation, high concentrations of salt or prolonged desiccation.
- Study mechanisms of carbonate formation and destruction by microbes.
Selected Publications
Garcia-Pichel, F., Al-Horani, F., Ludwig, R., Farmer, J., Wade, B. (2004) Balance between calcification and bioerosion in modern stromatolites. Geobiology 2:49-57
Garcia-Pichel, F., Johnson, S.L, Youngkin, D. and Belnap, J. (2003). Small-scale vertical distribution of bacterial biomass and diversity in biological soil crusts from arid lands in the Colorado Plateau. Microbial Ecol 46:312-321
Garcia-Pichel, F., B. Wade and J. Farmer (2002). Jet-suspended, calcite ballasted cyanobacterial waterwarts in a desert spring. J. Phycol 38:420-428
Garcia-Pichel, F. (2002) Biological desert crusts. In Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology. Academic Press, San Diego
Garcia-Pichel, F. and O. Pringault (2001). Cyanobacteria track the water in desert soils. Nature 413, 380, 381.
Garcia-Pichel, F. A L pez-Cort's, UN bel (2001) Phylogenetic and morphological diversity of cyanobacteria in soil desert crusts from the Colorado Plateau. Appl. Environ. Microbiol 67:1902-1910
Garcia-Pichel, F. (2000) Cyanobacteria In Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 2nd Edition, J Lederberg(Ed.) Academic Press, San Diego