This project aims to improve the understanding of microbial diversity and metabolism in deep shale, with implications for novel enzyme discovery and energy development. This project was conducted along two Appalachian basin shales, the Marcellus and Utica/Point Pleasant formations in Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. Samples were collected from input and produced fluids up to a year after hydraulic fracturing at varying depths and locations (4 wells, 2 basin shales).

National Sciences Foundation Dimensions of Biodiversity (award no. 1342701)