Deric Learman

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Projects

Quorum Sensing in a Dissimilatory Metal Reducing Bacterium

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Michael Hochella

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Quorum sensing is a versatile regulatory mechanism exhibited by several members of Bacteria. Even though this area of research is a rapidly growing field with clear environmental applications, it…