Daniel L. Distel

Northeastern University

Full Professor(heuristic)

Marine Biology and Ecology Research · Oceanography

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h-index45
i10-index73
Publications118
Citations10,289

Grants

13 total · 0 active

NSF #1442759

Identity, function, and transport of lignocellulose-active enzymes in wood-eating (xylotrophic) bivalves (shipworms)

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2014-01-01 → 2019-05-31
PIs
1

NSF #1442676

Lignocellulose degradation by shipworms and their bacterial endosymbionts

Amount
<$100K
Period
2014-01-01 → 2014-06-30
PIs
1

NSF #1258090

Identity, function, and transport of lignocellulose-active enzymes in wood-eating (xylotrophic) bivalves (shipworms)

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2013-06-15 → 2014-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at Ocean Genome Legacy

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All Grants

13 total · 0 active

NSF #1442759

Identity, function, and transport of lignocellulose-active enzymes in wood-eating (xylotrophic) bivalves (shipworms)

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2014-01-01 → 2019-05-31
PIs
1

NSF #1442676

Lignocellulose degradation by shipworms and their bacterial endosymbionts

Amount
<$100K
Period
2014-01-01 → 2014-06-30
PIs
1

NSF #1258090

Identity, function, and transport of lignocellulose-active enzymes in wood-eating (xylotrophic) bivalves (shipworms)

Amount
$800K–$900K
Period
2013-06-15 → 2014-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at Ocean Genome Legacy

NSF #0920540

Lignocellulose degradation by shipworms and their bacterial endosymbionts

Amount
$400K–$500K
Period
2010-07-01 → 2014-06-30
PIs
1

Awarded at Ocean Genome Legacy

NSF #0523862

Microbial Genome Sequencing: The Complete Genome Sequence of Teredinibacter Turnerae T7902T (g-proteobacterium), The Cultivable Intracellular Endosymbiont of Wood-Boring Marine Mo

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2006-03-01 → 2009-02-28
PIs
2

Awarded at Ocean Genome Legacy

NSF #0612444

Collaborative Research: Functional and genomic analysis of polysymbiosis in the wood-boring bivalve Lyrodus pedicellatus

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2004-08-01 → 2007-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Ocean Genome Legacy

NSF #0629255

Evolution of Endosymbiosis in (xylotrophic) Wood-Eating Bivalves

Amount
<$100K
Period
2006-03-21 → 2007-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Ocean Genome Legacy

NSF #0638671

Collaborative Research: Toward Environmental Genomics: Can We Estimate Bacterial Diversity in the Ocean?

Amount
<$100K
Period
2006-05-10 → 2006-10-31
PIs
1

Awarded at Ocean Genome Legacy

NSF #0221224

Collaborative Research: Toward Environmental Genomics: Can We Estimate Bacterial Diversity in the Ocean?

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2002-09-15 → 2006-10-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Maine

NSF #0425795

Collaborative Research: Functional and genomic analysis of polysymbiosis in the wood-boring bivalve Lyrodus pedicellatus

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2004-08-01 → 2006-08-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Maine

NSF #0129117

Evolution of Endosymbiosis in (xylotrophic) Wood-Eating Bivalves

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2002-06-01 → 2006-04-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Maine

NSF #9982982

Composition and Function of a Novel Consortial Endosymbiosis in the Shipworm Lyrodus pedicellatus.

Amount
$200K–$300K
Period
2000-03-15 → 2004-02-29
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Maine

NSF #9420051

An Investigation of the Evolution of Autotrophic Endosymbioses in Bivalves By Comparative Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Host and Symbiont rRNA Sequences

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
1995-06-01 → 1999-05-31
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Maine

Recent Public Signals

  1. New paper: Corrigendum: Teredinibacter haidensis sp. nov., Teredinibacter purpureus sp. nov. and Teredinibacter franksiae sp. nov., marine, cellulolytic endosymbiotic bacteria isolated from the gills of the wood-boring mollusc Bankia setacea (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) and emended description of the genus Teredinibacter (INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY)2026-04-07

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