|
Welcome
to the Coates Environmental Microbiology Lab
website. At Coates Lab, we believe that the best
way to reverse ecological contamination is through
bioremediation. Current projects explore the breakdown
of pollutants such as hydrocarbons and perchlorate,
the immobilization of uranium, and many others.
The microbe to the left, (Dechloromonas
aromatica Strain
RCB), was the first organism found that oxidizes
benzene anaerobically and was isolated by our
lab.
Feel free to browse our
Culture
Collection to view our isolated organisms
or check out our available Patents.
Also, see links
we frequent and the latest headlines and breakthroughs
in newsworthy.
Watch the recent PBS NOVA special, "Mars," featuring the Coates Lab and find out how the discovery of perchlorate on Mars thrusts perchlorate-reducing microorganisms like D. aromatica RCB into the spotlight as models for life there.
|
