Primary Recipient

OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE

Amount

$128,834.00

Award Date

7/28/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Symbiont separation and investigation of the novel heterotrophic Osedax symbiosis using comparative genomics: The diversity and pervasiveness of bacterial partnerships with animals is only now being fully appreciated. In many marine environments these sy