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Dr Carlo Carere

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Department: Chemical and Process Engineering

Email: carlo.carere@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3690224

Office: Link A413

Language: English

"Leveraging an understanding of microbial physiology and ecology into industrial applications"
About
Research / Creative works

Fields of Research

  • Mitigation of industrial greenhouse gas emissions using extremophilic microorg
  • Ecology and physiology of methane consuming bacteria in extreme environments
  • Renewable biofuels production from lignocellulosic substrates
  • Bacterial production of bioplastics from wastewater
  • Microbial growth and survival mechanisms (e.g. trace gas consumption) in chall
  • Microbial denitrification of contaminated waters
  • Microbial hydrogen metabolism

Researcher Summary

My research is focused on applying fundamental microbiological research to a range of biotechnologies that address goals relating to global issues, such as public health, food production, water security, energy independence and environmental sustainability.  

For over a decade, I have combined principles of biosystems engineering and bioreactor design with an understanding of metabolism, physiology and ecology to achieve a suite of applied microbiology research goals. Particular attention has been paid to the physiological role and expression of oxygen-tolerant [NiFe] respiratory hydrogenases and the application of extremophilic methane oxidising bacteria to produce biofeedstocks. I am also interested in the microbial production of environmentally-friendly bioplastics from organic wastes, microbial denitrification of wastewaters and bioremediation.

My current externally funded programmes (total $1.3M) include leading projects investigating the use of extremophilic microorganisms to produce next-generation protein feeds from industrial off-gases and investigating metabolic flexibility within methanotrophic bacteria.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Biology: Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour: Biodiversity/Conservation; Biogeography; Microbiology
  • Engineering and Technology: Bioengineering; Bioprocess Engineering
  • Biology: Molecular, Cellular and Whole Organism Biology: Genomics/Bioinformatics

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

(Displaying research/scholarly/creative work for last six years)
  • Carere CR., Steen JA., Hugenholtz P. and Stott MB. (2020) Draft Genome Sequence of Limisphaera ngatamarikiensis NGM72.4T, a Moderately Alkaliphilic Thermophile Belonging to the Class Verrucomicrobiae. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9(18) http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00225-20. (Journal Articles)
  • Carere CR., McDonald B., Peach HA., Greening C., Gapes DJ., Collet C. and Stott MB. (2019) Hydrogen oxidation influences glycogen accumulation in a verrucomicrobial methanotroph. Frontiers in Microbiology 10(AUG) http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01873. (Journal Articles)
  • Houghton KM., Carere CR., Stott MB. and McDonald IR. (2019) Thermophilic methanotrophs: In hot pursuit. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95(9) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz125. (Journal Articles)
  • Islam ZF., Cordero PRF., Feng J., Chen YJ., Bay SK., Jirapanjawat T., Gleadow RM., Carere CR., Stott MB. and Chiri E. (2019) Two Chloroflexi classes independently evolved the ability to persist on atmospheric hydrogen and carbon monoxide. ISME Journal 13(7): 1801-1813. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0393-0. (Journal Articles)
  • Power JF., Carere CR., Lee CK., Wakerley GLJ., Evans DW., Button M., White D., Climo MD., Hinze AM. and Morgan XC. (2018) Microbial biogeography of 925 geothermal springs in New Zealand. Nature Communications 9(1) http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05020-y. (Journal Articles)
  • Stewart LC., Houghton K., Carere CR., Power JF., Chambefort I. and Stott MB. (2018) Interaction between ferruginous clay sediment and an iron-reducing hyperthermophilic Pyrobaculum sp. in a terrestrial hot spring. FEMS microbiology ecology 94(11) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy160. (Journal Articles)
  • Stott M., Carere C., Greening C. and Morgan X. (2018) Pyrinomonas. : 8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01533. (Journal Articles)
  • Stott M., Lee C-Y., Morgan XC. and Carere C. (2018) Chthonomonadaceae. : 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.fbm00299. (Journal Articles)
  • Stott M., Lee C-Y., Morgan XC. and Carere C. (2018) Chthonomonadales. : 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.obm00136. (Journal Articles)
  • Stott M., Lee C-Y., Morgan XC. and Carere C. (2018) Chthonomonadetes. : 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.cbm00062. (Journal Articles)
  • Stott M., Lee KC-Y., Morgan XC. and Carere CR. (2018) Chthonomonas. : 6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01476. (Journal Articles)
  • Wijeyekoon S., Carere CR., West M., Nath S. and Gapes D. (2018) Mixed culture polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthesis from nutrient rich wet oxidation liquors. Water Research 140: 1-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.04.017. (Journal Articles)
  • Carere CR., Hards K., Houghton KM., Power JF., McDonald B., Collet C., Gapes DJ., Sparling R., Boyd ES. and Cook GM. (2017) Mixotrophy drives niche expansion of verrucomicrobial methanotrophs. The ISME Journal 11(11): 2599-2610. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.112. (Journal Articles)
  • Ji M., Greening C., Vanwonterghem I., Carere CR., Bay SK., Steen JA., Montgomery K., Lines T., Beardall J. and Van Dorst J. (2017) Atmospheric trace gases support primary production in Antarctic desert surface soil. Nature 552(7685): 400-403. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature25014. (Journal Articles)
  • Ney B., Ahmed FH., Carere CR., Biswas A., Warden AC., Morales SE., Pandey G., Watt SJ., Oakeshott JG. and Taylor MC. (2017) The methanogenic redox cofactor F 420 is widely synthesized by aerobic soil bacteria. ISME Journal 11(1): 125-137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2016.100. (Journal Articles)
  • Greening C., Biswas A., Carere CR., Jackson CJ., Taylor MC., Stott MB., Cook GM. and Morales SE. (2016) Genomic and metagenomic surveys of hydrogenase distribution indicate H2 is a widely utilised energy source for microbial growth and survival. The ISME Journal 10(3): 761-777. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.153. (Journal Articles)
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