Professor

Phil Hugenholtz

FAA FAHMS

Phil Hugenholtz
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Philip Hugenholtz is a microbiologist who has made landmark contributions in the field of culture-independent analysis of micro-organisms. He discovered and characterised numerous previously unrecognised major bacterial and archaea lineages each with greater evolutionary divergence than animals and plants combined. He has been instrumental in the development and application of metagenomics, the genome-based characterisation of microbiomes, which has revolutionised our understanding of microbial ecology and evolution. His contributions have raised awareness of the human microbiome and its role in health and disease.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3105 GENETICS
    • 310509 Genomics
  • 3107 MICROBIOLOGY

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Microbiology
  • Microbial Diversity
  • Taxonomy
  • Metagenomics
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Microbial Evolution
  • Microbiome
  • Biology

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