Biology

Thomas DiChristina, Professor

Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, 1989
thomas.dichristina@biology.gatech.edu
Phone: (404) 894-8419
Fax: (404) 385-4440
Office: Enviornmental Sciences and Technology 1240/1115 , 1120

Publications

Dale, J., R. Wade and T. DiChristina. 2007. A conserved histidine in cytochrome c maturation permease CcmB of Shewanella putrefaciens is required for anaerobic growth below a threshold standard redox potential. Journal of Bacteriology, 189:1036-1043.

Neal, A., S. Dublin, J. Taylor, D. Bates, J. Burns, R. Apkarian and T. DiChristina. 2007. Terminal electron acceptors influence the quantity and chemical composition of capsular exopolymers produced by anaerobically growing Shewanella. Biomacromolecules, 8:166-174.

Payne, A. and T. DiChristina. 2006. A rapid mutant screening technique for detection of technetium [Tc(VII)] reduction-deficient mutants of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 259:282-287.

DiChristina, T., D. Bates, J. Burns, J. Dale and A. Payne. 2006. Microbial metal reduction by members of the genus Shewanella: novel strategies for anaerobic respiration. In L. Neretin (ed.), Biogeochemistry of Anoxic Marine Basins. Kluwer Publ. Co.,Dordrecht, NL.

DiChristina, T., J. Fredrickson and J. Zachara. 2005. Enzymology of electron transport: Energy generation with geochemical consequences. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 59:27-52.

Koretsky, C., P. VanCappellen, T. DiChristina, J. Kostka, K. Lowe,C. Moore, A. Roychoudhury and E. Viollier. 2005. Salt marsh pore water geochemistry does not correlate with microbial community structure.Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, 62:233-251.

Koretsky, C., C. Moore, K. Lowe, C. Meile, T. DiChristina and P. VanCappellen. 2003. Seasonal oscillation of microbial iron and sulfate reduction in salt marsh sediments (Sapelo Island, GA, USA). Biogeochemistry, 64:179-203.


DiChristina, T., C. Moore and C. Haller. 2002. Dissimilatory Fe(III) and Mn(IV) reduction by Shewanella putrefaciens requires ferE, a homolog of the pulE (gspE) Type II protein secretion gene. Journal of Bacteriology, 184:142-151.

Haller, C. and T. DiChristina. 2002. Genetic approaches in bacteria with no natural genetic systems. In U.N. Streips and R.E. Yasbin (eds.), Modern Microbial Genetics II. John Wiley and Sons, New York , pp. 581-602.

Moore, C. and T. DiChristina. 2002. Metal Cycling. In G. Bitton (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology. John Wiley and Sons, New York, pp. 1902-1913.

Haas, J. and T. DiChristina. 2002. Effects of Fe(III) chemical speciation on dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction by Shewanella putrefaciens. Environmental Science and Technology, 36:373-380.

Haas, J., T. DiChristina and R. Wade. 2001. Thermodynamics of U(VI) sorption to Shewanella putrefaciens. Chemical Geology, 180:33-54.

Lowe, K., T. DiChristina, A. Roychoudhury, and P. VanCappellen. 2000. Microbiological and geochemical characterization of microbial Fe(III) reduction in Sapelo Island salt marsh sediments. Geomicrobiology Journal 17:163-178.

Taratus, E., S. Eubanks and T. DiChristina. 2000. Design and application of a rapid screening technique for isolation of selenite reduction-deficient mutants of Shewanella putrefaciens. Microbiological Research 155:79-85.

Wade, R. and T. DiChristina. 2000. Isolation of U(VI) reduction-deficient mutants of Shewanella putrefaciens. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 184: 143-148.

Blakeney, M., T. Moulaei and T. DiChristina. 2000. Differential cytochrome content and Fe(III) reduction activity of Shewanella putrefaciens grown on a series of ten compounds as sole terminal electron acceptor. Microbiological Research, 155: 87-94.

McKinzi, A. and T. DiChristina. 1999. Microbially-driven Fenton Reaction for transformation of pentachlorophenol. Environmental Science and Technology, 33: 1886-1891.

Burnes, B., M. Mulberry, and T. DiChristina. 1998. Design and application of two rapid screening techniques for the isolation of Mn(IV) reduction-deficient mutants of Shewanella putrefaciens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 64: 2716-2720.

Van Cappellen, P., E. Viollier, A. Roychoudhury, L. Clark, E. Ingall, K. Lowe and T. DiChristina. 1998. Biogeochemical cycles of manganese and iron at the oxic-anoxic transition of a stratified marine basin (Orca Basin, Gulf of Mexico). Environmental Science and Technology, 32: 2931-2939.

Grantham, M., P. Dove and T. DiChristina. 1997. Microbially-catalyzed dissolution of iron and aluminum oxyhydroxide mineral surface coatings. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61: 4467-4477.

DiChristina, T. 1994. Bioextraction (Reductive dissolution) of iron from low-grade iron ores: Fundamental and applied studies. Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, 721: 440-449.

DiChristina, T. and E. DeLong. 1994. Isolation of anaerobic respiratory mutants of Shewanella putrefaciens and genetic analysis of mutants deficient in anaerobic growth on Fe(III). Journal of Bacteriology, 176: 1468-1474.

Safarini, D., T. DiChristina and K. Nealson. 1994. Anaerobic respiration by Shewanella putrefaciens requires both chromosomal and plasmid-borne genes. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 119: 271-278.

DiChristina, T. and E. DeLong. 1993. Design and application of rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes for the dissimilatory iron- and manganese-reducing bacterium Shewanella putrefaciens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 59: 4152-4160.

DiChristina, T. 1992. Effects of nitrate and nitrite on dissimilatory iron reduction by Shewanella putrefaciens. Journal of Bacteriology, 174: 1891-1896.

Arnold, R.G., M.R. Hoffmann, T. DiChristina and F.W. Picardal. 1990. Regulation of dissimilative Fe(III) reduction in Shewanella putrefaciens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 56: 2811-2817.

DiChristina, T., R.G. Arnold, M.E. Lidstrom and M.R. Hoffmann. 1990. Dissimilative iron reduction by the marine eubacterium Alteromonas putrefaciens. Water Science and Technology, 20: 69-79.

Arnold, R.G., T. DiChristina and M.R. Hoffmann. 1988. Reductive dissolution of iron-oxides by Pseudomonas sp. 200. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 32: 1081-1096.

Arnold, R.G., T. DiChristina and M.R. Hoffmann. 1986. Dissimilative Fe(III) reduction by Pseudomonas sp. 200: Inhibitor studies. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 52: 281-288.

DiChristina, T., A.M. Bellocq, D. Roux and P. Bothorel. 1985. Study by light scattering of the effect of surfactant chemical structure on micellar interactions of W/O microemulsions. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 89: 1433-1437.