Primary Recipient

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Amount

$258,045.00

Award Date

8/31/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Microorganisms are the oldest living inhabitants of planet Earth, spanning some 3.5 billion years, and their importance in shaping the Earth?s soils, oceans, and atmosphere has long been accepted. The biosynthesis of magnetite (Fe3O4) by magnetotactic bac