Publications

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Ahner Group

Kim, H.-S., M. J. Walsh, H. Yang, and B. A. Ahner. "Nutrient availability alters levels of non-translationally synthesized nitrogen-rich dipeptides in Emilinia huxleyi" (in press at Aquatic Biology)
Gray, B. N., H. Yang, B. A. Ahner and M. R. Hanson. "An efficient downstream box fusion allows high-level accumulation of active bacterial beta-glucosidase in tobacco chloroplasts." (2011) Plant Molecular Biology available online DOI: 10.1007/s11103-011-9743-7.

Bergstrom Group

Layton, C. and G.C. Bergstrom. 2011. Outbreaks of smut caused by Tilletia maclaganii on switchgrass in New York and Pennsylvania. Plant Dis. 95: in press.
Waxman, K.D. and G.C. Bergstrom. 2011. First report of anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum navitas on switchgrass in New York. Plant Dis. 95: in press.
Waxman, K.D. and G.C. Bergstrom. 2011. First report of a leaf spot caused by Bipolaris oryzae on switchgrass in New York. Plant Dis. 95: in press.
Waxman, K.D. and G.C. Bergstrom. 2011. First report of anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum caudatum on indiangrass in New York. Plant Dis. 95: in press.
Gibson, D.M., B.C. King, M.L. Hayes, and G.C. Bergstrom. 2011. Plant pathogens as a source of diverse enzymes for lignocellulose digestion. Current Opinion in Microbiology 14:1-7. DOI 10.1016/j.mib.2011.04.002.
King, B.C., K.D. Waxman, N.V. Nenni, L.P. Walker, G.C. Bergstrom, and D.M. Gibson. 2011. Arsenal of plant cell wall degrading enzymes reflects host preferences among plant pathogenic fungi. Biotechnology for Biofuels 4:4. doi:10.1186/1754-6834-4-4.
King, B.C., M.K. Donnelly, G.C. Bergstrom, L.P. Walker, and D.M. Gibson. 2009. An optimized microplate assay system for quantitative evaluation of plant cell wall degrading enzyme activity of fungal culture extracts. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 102:1033-1044.
Bergstrom G.C., D.M. Gibson, B.C. King, K.D. Waxman, A. Kwart, C.A. Layton, and M.L. Hayes. 2010. Fungal pathogens of feedstock grasses possess an extensive enzymatic arsenal for conversation of grass biomass substrates. Northeast Sun Grant Regional Conference, May 24-26, 2010. Contributed Poster. Syracuse, NY, USA.

Gosset Group

Sills, D.L., and J. M. Gossett, "Assessment of Commercial Hemicellulases for Saccharification of Alkaline Pretreated Perennial Biomass." Bioresour. Technol. 102 (2) 1389-1398 (2011).

Walker Group

Moran-Mirabal, J. M., Bolewski, J. C. and Walker, L. P. 2011. Reversibility and binding kinetics of Thermobifida fusca cellulases studied through fluorescence recovery after photobleaching microscopy. Biophysical Chemistry, In Press.
Corgie, S. C., Smith, H. Walker, L. P. 2011. Enzymatic transformations of cellulose assessed by Quantitative High-Throughput Fourier Transform Infrared (QHT-FTIR) spectroscopy. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, In Press.
Zhu, P. Moran-Mirabal, J. M.; Luterbacher, J. S., Walker, L. P., Craighead, H. G. 2011. Observing Thermobifida fusca cellulase binding to pretreated wood particles using time-lapse confocal laser scanning microscopy. Cellulose, In Press.
Fontenelle, L. T., Corgie, S. C. and Walker, L. P. 2011. Integrating mixed microbial population dynamics into modeling energy transport during the initial stages of the aerobic composting of a switchgrass mixture. Bioresource Technology, 102: 5162 - 5168.
King, B. C., Waxman, K. D., Nenni, Ni V., Walker, L. P., Bergstrom, G. C., Gibson. D. M. 2011. Arsenal of plant cell wall degrading enzymes reflects host preference among phytopathogenic and saprophytic fungi. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 4:4.
Munro, S. A., Zinder, S. H. and Walker, L. P. 2011. Comparative constraint-based model development for thermophilic hydrogen production. Industrial Biotechnology, 7, 63 - 82.
Fontenelle, L. T., Corgie, S. C. and Walker, L. P. 2011. Abiotic and biotic dynamics during the initial stages of high-solids switchgrass degradation. Environmental Technology, In Press
Saathoff, A. J., Spanswick, R. M., Ahner, B. A., Walker, L. P. 2011. Detection of phytochelatin in the xylem sap of Brassica napus. Environmental Engineering Science, 28, 1 - 9.

Wilson Group

Moraïs S, Barak Y, Caspi J, Hadar Y, Lamed R, Shoham Y, Wilson DB, Bayer EA. "Cellulase-xylanase synergy in designer cellulosomes for enhanced degradation of a complex cellulosic substrate." MBio. 2010;. pii: e00285-10.
Wilson DB. Demonstration of the importance for cellulose hydrolysis of CelS, the most abundant cellulosomal cellulase in Clostridium thermocellum.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 ;107:17855-6.
Moraïs S, Heyman A, Barak Y, Caspi J, Wilson DB, Lamed R, Shoseyov O, Bayer EA."Enhanced cellulose degradation by nano-complexed enzymes: Synergism between a scaffold-linked exoglucanase and a free endoglucanase" J Biotechnol. 2010 ;147(3-4):205-11.
Vuong TV, Wilson DB."Glycoside hydrolases: Catalytic base/nucleophile diversity." Biotechnol Bioeng. 2010 ;107:195-205.
Wilson DB. "The first evidence that a single cellulase can be essential for cellulose degradation in a cellulolytic microorganism." Mol Microbiol. 2009 Sep 28.
Caspi J, Barak Y, Haimovitz R, Irwin D, Lamed R, Wilson DB, Bayer EA."Effect of linker length and dockerin position on conversion of a Thermobifida fusca endoglucanase to the cellulosomal mode" Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009;75:7335-42.
Vuong TV and Wilson, DB. The absence of a single identifiable catalytic base residue in Thermobifida fusca exocellulase Cel6B. FEBS J. 2009 ;276:3837-45.
McGrath CE, Vuong TV, Wilson DB"Site-directed mutagenesis to probe catalysis by a Thermobifida fusca beta-1,3-glucanase (Lam81A). " Protein Eng Des Sel. 2009 22:375-82.
Wilson DB."Cellulases and biofuels." Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2009 20:295-9.
Wilson DB. Cellulases. Chapter in Encyclopedia of Microbiology 3d Edition. M. Schaechter Ed. Elsever Inc, San Diego 2009

Biofuels Research Lab Publications

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