User:R. Eric Collins/GenomicsTutorial/Genomics/chalkboard

biomolecules --> pathways --> genes --> genomes --> metagenomes

What is your favorite biomolecule?

• ethanol
• trimethylamines
• 14CH4
• glycerol
• glycine betaine
• O2

What are your favorite pathways?

• reverse methanogenesis
• oxygenic photosynthesis
• methanogenesis
• nitrification
• fermentation

What are your favorite genes?

• mcrA
• tfdC (chlorocatechol dioxygenase)
• tig (trigger factor)
• 16S

What are you favorite genomes?

• planococcus
• mycoplasm genitalium
• ANME I
• Psychrobacter arcticus 273-4
• TBD

What are your favorite environments?

• ARCTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• MARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is your favorite biomolecule?

• sulfate
• ammonia
• molybdate
• calcium carbonate
• hydrogen sulfide

What is your favorite biochemical pathway?

• sulfate reduction
• respiration of organic matter with O2 as electron acceptor
• dissimilatory metal reduction
• reverse methanogenesis
• sulfur disproportionation

What is your favorite gene?

• mobA -- transport of molybdate
• mer --
• mmoA/amoA -- methane/ammonia monooxygenase
• 16S -- small subunit ribosomal RNA

What is your favorite microorganism?

• Desulfovibrio vulgaris H.
• Desulfuricans
• all of them
• Thaumarchaeota
• ANME I (Anaerobic Methane Oxidizers)
• Thiomargarita namibiensis

What is your favorite environment?

• Arctic soils
• marine soils
• coastal marine sediments
• "extreme" -- but easy to extract DNA (not too salty)
• gas hydrate bearing sediments