Carlo Carere

Senior LecturerCarlo Carere

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Internal Phone: 90224
"Leveraging an understanding of microbial physiology and ecology into industrial applications"

Qualifications

Research Interests

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.

Recent Publications

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.