Christopher D. Sinigalliano Center Investigator Southeast Environmental Research Center 2031 SW 16th Terrace Florida International University Miami, FL 33145 Phone: 305-348-4033 Fax:305-348-7018 Email: Christopher.Sinigalliano@fiu.edu

Biography

Education

BA (1986) Biology University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
MS (1989) Microbiology University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
PHD (1996) Biology Florida International University, Miami, FL
Post doc (1996) Environmental Microbiology Florida International University,Miami,FL

 

Research Interests

PARAGRAPH OF RESEARCH INTEREST

Recent Publications

Stewart, G.J., and C.D. Sinigalliano. 1990. Detection of horizontal gene transfer by natural transformation in native and introduced species of bacteria in marine and synthetic sediments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 56:1818 1824.

Stewart, G.J., C.D. Sinigalliano, and K.A. Garko. 1991. Binding of exogenous DNA to marine sediments and the effect of DNA/sediment binding on natural transformation of Pseudomonas stutzen strain ZoBell in sediment columns. FEMS Microbial. Ecol. 85:1 8.

Stewart, G.J., and C.D. Sinigalliano. 1991. Exchange of chromosomal markers by natural transformation between the soil isolate, Pseudomonas stutzeri JM300 and the marine isolate, Pseudomonas stutzeri strain ZoBell. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek 59: 19 25.

Sinigalliano, C. D., Kuhn, D.N., and Jones, R.D. 1995. Amplification of the amoA gene from diverse species of ammonium-oxidizing bacteria and from an indigenous bacterial population from seawater. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:2701-2706.