Publications
Flores, G. and S.E. Childers. Microbial oxidation of arsenite in geothermal waters (in preparation).
Lynn, J. and S.E.Childers. Isolation of selenate reducing Dechloromonas species from phosphate mining wastes (in preparation).
Ding, Y.R., K.K. Hixson, S.E. Childers, R. O’Neil, M.S. Lipton, R.D. Smith and D.R. Lovley. Genomic and proteomic investigations of a novel protein secretion system involved in Fe(III) reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens (in preparation).
Mehta, T., S. E. Childers, R. Glaven, T. Mester and D. R. Lovley. A novel type II secretion system required for the secretion of a novel multicopper protein specifically required for the reduction of insoluble, but not soluble Fe(III) in Geobacter sulfurreducens (submitted).
Mehta, T., M.V. Coppi, S. E. Childers, and D.R. Lovley. 2005. Outer membrane c-type cytochromes required for Fe(III) and Mn(IV) oxide reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:8634-8641.
Nunez, C., L. Adams, S. Childers and D. Lovley. 2004. The RpoS sigma factor in the dissimilatory Fe(III)-reducing bacteria Geobacter sulfurreducens. J. Bacteriol. 186:5543-5546.
Childers, S. E., S. Ciufo and D. R. Lovley. 2002. Geobacter metallireducens accesses insoluble Fe(III) oxide by chemotaxis. Nature 416:767-769.
Childers, S. E. and D. R. Lovley. 2001. Characterization of dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum islandicum. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 195:253-258.
Noll, K. M. and S. E. Childers. 2000. Sulfur metabolism among hyperthermophiles. In Journey to Diverse Microbial Worlds. Adaptation to Exotic Environments in the series ŇCellular Origin and Life in Extreme HabitatsÓ, J.Seckbach, ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands.
Käslin, S. A., S. E. Childers and K. M. Noll. 1998. Membrane-associated redox activities in Thermotoga neapolitana. Arch. Microbiol. 170:297-303.
Childers, S. E. and K. M. Noll. 1994. Characterization and regulation of sulfur reductase activity in Thermotoga neapolitana. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:2622-2626.
Childers, S. E., M. Vargas, and K. M. Noll. 1992. Improved methods for cultivation of the extremely thermophilic bacterium Thermotoga neapolitana. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58:3949-3953.
Levin, L. A., S. E. Childers, and C. R. Smith. 1991. Epibenthic, agglutinating foraminiferans in the Santa Catalina Basin and their response to disturbance. Deep-Sea Res. 38:465-483.