Navigation Links
'Hidden-hero' microbes in soil, water may help naturally clean toxic sites

nto the ground.

Kostka's research team from FSU's nationally top 10-ranked oceanography department will lead the "subsurface microbiology" portion of the project.

"Radioactive metal contamination such as that found at the Oak Ridge Field Research Center (ORFRC) where we will be working is a huge global issue," Kostka said. "It affects not only the U.S. but in particular, also Eastern Europe, Canada and South America, and the costs of cleanup are projected in the billions if not trillions of dollars in the U.S. alone.

"As it now stands, bioremediation, which is potentially much cheaper than current technologies, has not been used much at all, but it should be," he said.

"Subsurface aquifers, where most of the radioactive contamination resides, are primary sources of groundwater used for drinking, and contaminated aquifers tend to be extreme environments where microorganisms dominate. These microbes are the 'hidden heroes' that do the work of bioremediation. Our new project will provide the basic science necessary to deploy bioremediation technologies at the scales necessary for them to be effective at U.S. DOE sites."

In addition, the ORFRC has funded Kostka's FSU lab to develop and maintain a genetic database of genes of organisms that are present in the Oak Ridge site's subsurface.

"With the genetic database and associated cutting-edge genomics techniques, my lab will determine and predict the functioning or metabolism of subsurface microbial groups that catalyze key chemical reactions for contaminant removal from groundwater," he said.

"In fact, my FSU group recently isolated a new 'wonderbug,' a metal-reducing bacteria we named Geobacter FRC-32," Kostka added. "The genome of this organism now has been sequenced, and we will use that genome sequence and those of other 'bugs' at Oak Ridge in developing our new bioremediation strategies for DOE sites."
'"/>

Source:Florida State University


Page: 1 2

Related biology news :

1. W.M. Keck Foundation funds study of friendly microbes
2. Yellowstone microbes fueled by hydrogen, according to U. of Colorado study
3. Harnessing microbes, one by one, to build a better nanoworld
4. Leprosy microbes lead scientists to immune discovery
5. Could microbes solve Russias chemical weapons conundrum?
6. Proteomics brings researchers closer to understanding microbes that produce acid mine drainage
7. Freeze-dried mats of microbes awaken in Antarctic streambed
8. Understanding the oceans microbes is key to the Earths future
9. Wisconsin scientists discover a master key to microbes pathogenic lifestyles
10. New method for identifying microbes
11. EGF receptor activation prevents microbes from going more than skin deep

Post Your Comments:
(Date:11/6/2009)...is month of the publication of On the Origin of Sp...es (AIBS) is publishing open access two peer-revie... insights into evolution. , The two articles are ...erkeley, and James T. Costa of Western Carolina Un...es Darwin," appeared in the October issue of the A...
(Date:11/5/2009)...eachers (NABT) will recognize Leonard C. Yannielli...lley Community College (NVCC) in Waterbury, Connec...ing the NABT annual professional development confe...lorado. , The Evolution Education Award is cospo...ences,(AIBS) and Biological Sciences Curriculum S...
(Date:11/4/2009)...e) , United States Using Less Water Today , ...id 35 years ago, despite a 30 percent population i...able to alternative cooling methods at power plant... to the latest USGS water use report, nearly half ...ling thermoelectric power plants. Irrigation accou...
Breaking Biology News(10 mins):Biologists, educators recognize excellence in evolution education 2USGS science picks 2USGS science picks 3USGS science picks 4USGS science picks 5USGS science picks 6USGS science picks 7Purple Communications 28TM 29 Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results 54538 1Purple Communications 28TM 29 Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results 54538 2Purple Communications 28TM 29 Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results 54538 3Purple Communications 28TM 29 Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results 54538 4Purple Communications 28TM 29 Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results 54538 5Purple Communications 28TM 29 Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results 54538 6Purple Communications 28TM 29 Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results 54538 7Purple Communications 28TM 29 Announces Second Quarter 2009 Results 54538 8Natural Health Internationals 100 25 Natural Herbatonin 28R 29 Helps Summer Travelers Avoid Jet Lag and Fix Their Own Body Clock 54535 1Natural Health Internationals 100 25 Natural Herbatonin 28R 29 Helps Summer Travelers Avoid Jet Lag and Fix Their Own Body Clock 54535 2Restrictive Diet for Kids May Backfire 54532 1Restrictive Diet for Kids May Backfire 54532 2
...sportation of antibodies from a mother to her newb...ld,s nascent immune system. Those antibodies, dona...r via breast milk after birth, help shape a baby,s...he later occurrence of autoimmune diseases. Images...chnology (Caltech) have revealed for the first tim...
...ew possible explanation for why people who eat mor... the spread of cancers. , They have shown that a ... and vegetables, binds to and is believed to inhib...in all stages of cancer progression. , "Most clai...n population studies," says Professor Vic Morris f...
...ldorf Universities have discovered an important ha...investigated over 500,000 positions in the human g...ly more frequently in bald men than in control per...ber issue of the journal Nature Genetics (online...e, doi: 10.1038/ng.228). In 2005, these scientists...
Other Biology News:Caltech biologists spy on the secret inner life of a cell 2Caltech biologists spy on the secret inner life of a cell 3Pectin power 2Important new hair-loss gene discovered 2
(Date:11/5/2009)... LASIK Surgery and vision correc...directory were actively involved at the recently c...009 Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California. D...D, Dr. Jonathan Davidorf, MD, Dr. Peter Rapoza, MD... Dr. R. Wayne Bowman, MD, Dr. Edward Manche, MD, a...
(Date:11/4/2009)... The Human Anthrax Vaccine Progr...completed the feature film "A Call to Arms:20...entary "Fatal Immunity: The Human Anthrax Vac...ear and present danger of top secret government sc...s with no accountability to its victims. It is av...
(Date:11/4/2009)... ,, ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 4 Zy...pany focused on next-generation antibody drug deve...illion in Series A funding from New Enterprise Ass...capital firms. The capital will be used to create ... address two or more biological targets with a sin...
(Date:11/4/2009)... ,, NORRISTOWN, Pa., Nov. 4 ...al solutions company, today announced that it has ... , a contract research organization that speciali... further extend its business development capabilit...tise of industry veteran Robert Westbrook, CEO of ...
Breaking Biology Technology:Leading Vision Correction Experts in Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Educate Fellow Doctors at AAO Annual Meeting 2Leading Vision Correction Experts in Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Educate Fellow Doctors at AAO Annual Meeting 3Leading Vision Correction Experts in Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Educate Fellow Doctors at AAO Annual Meeting 4Leading Vision Correction Experts in Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Educate Fellow Doctors at AAO Annual Meeting 5Leading Vision Correction Experts in Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Educate Fellow Doctors at AAO Annual Meeting 6Leading Vision Correction Experts in Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Educate Fellow Doctors at AAO Annual Meeting 7Leading Vision Correction Experts in Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Educate Fellow Doctors at AAO Annual Meeting 8Leading Vision Correction Experts in Trusted LASIK Surgeons Directory Educate Fellow Doctors at AAO Annual Meeting 9Scott Miller's 'A Call To Arms' And 'Fatal Immunity' Are Available For World-Wide Licensing 2Scott Miller's 'A Call To Arms' And 'Fatal Immunity' Are Available For World-Wide Licensing 3Scott Miller's 'A Call To Arms' And 'Fatal Immunity' Are Available For World-Wide Licensing 4Scott Miller's 'A Call To Arms' And 'Fatal Immunity' Are Available For World-Wide Licensing 5Scott Miller's 'A Call To Arms' And 'Fatal Immunity' Are Available For World-Wide Licensing 6Scott Miller's 'A Call To Arms' And 'Fatal Immunity' Are Available For World-Wide Licensing 7Zyngenia, Inc. Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding 2Zyngenia, Inc. Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding 3Zyngenia, Inc. Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding 4Emerson Resources Forges Strategic Partnership with Bio Research 2
...on Efficiency and Manage Quality at New LIFE Nutri... May 27 Honeywell (NYSE: HON ) today announced ...lobal manufacturer of healthcare products, to prov...at will produce clinical nutrition and infusion th...pe (LIFE) Nutrition plant, now under construction ...
...ork Sciences, Inc. (GNS) today announced that it h... University of California San Francisco Cancer Ce...and drug development across several therapeutic ar...and research oncology expertise of UCSF with the c...FS(TM) platform of GNS. Financial terms of the agr...
...Inc. (formerly Microbia Precision Engineering), an... specialty ingredients and biomaterials from ferme...ined the company as vice president of process deve...ufacturing and process development for Bristol-Mye...ment and manufacturing initiatives. For more info...
Other Biology Technology:Honeywell to Help B. Braun Healthcare Company Double Manufacturing Capacity of Life-Critical Products 2Honeywell to Help B. Braun Healthcare Company Double Manufacturing Capacity of Life-Critical Products 3Honeywell to Help B. Braun Healthcare Company Double Manufacturing Capacity of Life-Critical Products 4Gene Network Sciences Announces Broad Cancer Collaboration With UCSF and Initial Results 2Microbia, Inc. Names Alex Chu as Vice President of Process Development 2
Mouse Anti-Human MOC31 Monoclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from AbD Serotec
Goat Anti-Human LAIR2 Polyclonal Antibodies, Biotin Conjugated from R&D Systems
Incomplete Adjuvant from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.
...acks the mycobacteria found in Complete Freund's A... reason, Incomplete, Freund's Adjuvant is used ...e used to produce water-in-oil emulsions of immuno...te high and long-lasting antibody responses which ...
Biology Products: