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DiChristina Lab

Environmental Geomicrobiology at Georgia Tech

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The research carried out in the DiChristina laboratory focuses on fundamental and applied aspects of microbial metal respiration. Microbial populations in aquatic and terrestrial environments respire a succession of thermodynamically favorable compounds as electron acceptor, including oxygen, nitrate, sulfate, carbon dioxide, and transition metals such as solid iron and manganese oxides.  Electron transfer to solid metal oxides located outside the cell requires novel respiratory strategies that the DiChristina laboratory has begun to unravel. Metal-respiring microorganisms are also deeply rooted and scattered throughout both prokaryotic domains, leading to the intriguing possibility that microbial metal reduction is one of the first respiratory processes to have evolved on early Earth. In the modern biosphere, microbial metal reduction is critical to a wide array of environmental and alternative energy processes, including the biogeochemical cycling of metals and other nutrients, degradation of natural and contaminant organic matter, bioremediation of toxic metals and radionuclides, and electricity generation in microbial fuel cells.

 

Micrographs of Shewanella:

 

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Recent Posts

  • Congratulations to the whole lab upon acceptance of the chapter “Application of Shewanella to water treatment issues” in the new Encyclopedia of Water, Science, and Technology!
  • Congratulations to Dr. Szeinbaum on receiving a NASA Postdoctoral Program Astrobiology Fellowship!
  • Congratulations to Dr. Szeinbaum on acceptance of paper “Whole genome sequencing reveals that Shewanella haliotis can be considered as a later heterotypic synonym of Shewanella algae”!
  • First paper of 2018 is up! Iodate Reduction by Shewanella oneidensis Does Not Involve Nitrate Reductase. Congratulations to first author, lab alum Anthony!
  • Congratulations to Yael on receiving a 2017-2018 ARCS Scholar Award!

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