Ummay ‘Lethe’ Honi

NRPDTP PhD Student

Lethe explores the biodiversity, distribution and importance of DMSP lyases in symbiotic nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Her current study challenges the belief that DMSP cycling is strictly a marine process, and highlights rhizobia as potentially important DMS producers in terrestrial environments, that might interact with DMSP-producing leguminous plants.

DMSP cycling in Rhizobia and terrestrial soils

More Information:

  • PhD Title: “The unappreciated importance of Rhizobia in the DMSP cycle”

  • PI: Prof. Jonathan Todd

  • Co-I: Dr. Ben Miller