Susan Childers
EDUCATION
- PhD, Microbiology, 1997—University of Connecticut, Storrs
- BS, Zoology, 1988—North Carolina State University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Respiration of iron and selenium
- Interactions with arsenic in geothermal environments
- Microorganisms in modern environments relevant to early life on Earth
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
- Mayhew, L.M., Geist, D.J., Childers, S.E., and Pierson, J.D. 2007. Microbial community comparisons as a function of the physical and geochemical conditions of Galapágos Island fumaroles. Geomicrobiol J. 24:615-625.
- Mehta, T., Childers, S.E., Glaven, R., Lovely, D.R., and Mester, T. 2006. A putative multicopper protein secreted by an atypical type II system involved in the reduction of insoluble electron acceptors in Geobacter sulfurreducens. Microbiology 152: 2257-2264.
- Mehta, T., Coppi, M.V., Childers, S. E. and Lovley, D.R. 2005. Outer membrane c-type cytochromes required for Fe(III) and Mn(IV) oxide reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:8634-8641.
- Nunez, C., Adams, L., Childers, S., and Lovley, D. 2004. The RpoS sigma factor in the dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens. Journal of Bacteriology 186:5543-5546.
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