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How do bacteria survive extreme environments, such as stomach acid?

April 26, 2017acid bacteria environments Extreme Stomach survive

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How do bacteria survive extreme environments, such as stomach acid?

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• Our NSF-funded Bacterial pH Lab identifies pH-regulated genes in Escherichia coli grown in extreme acid and base, using fluorescent proteins such as the Nobel Prize-winning GFP. • NIH-funded research on Bacillus subtilis reveals pH-regulated genes relevant to anthrax and bacterial insecticides, using DNA microarrays. • See posters at American Society for Microbiology from current students • Research with proteomic 2-D Gels • Alumni are now tenure-track professors: Erik Zinser ’94 and Brad Hersh ’94.