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A. Wilson, E. M. Van Fossen, R. Shrestha, V. V. Trotter, B. Poirier, A. Frank, W. C. Nelson, Y.-M. Kim, A. Deutschbauer, R. Egbert, J. R. Elmore
The paper identifies a novel phenylpropanoid methyl esterase that catabolizes aromatic biological nitrification inhibitors, enabling their use as carbon sources by bacteria.
bioRxiv · Jun 2, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology
J. O. Kroll, E. M. Van Fossen, L. N. Anderson, A. D. McNaughton, D. Herrera, Y. Oda, A. J. Wilson, W. C. Nelson, N. Kumar, A. R. Frank, J. R. Elmore, P. Handakumbura, V. S. Lin, R. G. Egbert
This paper uses a sorgoleone-based photoaffinity probe to identify proteins in Acinetobacter pittii that bind sorgoleone, revealing potential pathways for microbial interaction with this plant metabolite.
bioRxiv · May 31, 2023Biochemistry
Y. Oda, J. R. Elmore, W. C. Nelson, A. Wilson, Y. Farris, R. Shrestha, C. F. Garcia, D. Pettinga, A. J. Ogden, H. Baldino, W. G. Alexander, A. Deutschbauer, C. V. Hurtado, J. E. McDermott, A. M. Guss, , R. Egbert
The paper identifies bacterial strains capable of degrading sorgoleone, a plant exudate, and characterizes the genetic basis for this trait, offering potential for engineering beneficial plant-microbe interactions.
bioRxiv · May 26, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology
A. Bhattacharjee, O. Qafoku, J. A. Richardson, L. N. Anderson, K. Schwarz, L. M. Bramer, G. X. Lomas, D. J. Orton, Z. Zhu, M. H. Engelhard, M. E. Bowden, W. C. Nelson, A. Jumpponen, J. K. Jansson, K. S. Hofmockel, C. R. Anderton
This study visualizes fungal nutrient acquisition and transport through mineral interfaces in a soil micromodel, revealing mechanosensory responses and specific transport mechanisms.
bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology
R. Egbert, A. Chazin-Gray, E. S. Nakayasu, A. Eaton, R. Francis, D. Auberry, N. Munoz, J. Cottam, J. Zucker, N. Kumar, C. Nicora, H. Mitchell, Y.-M. Kim, W. C. Nelson
This study examines the effects of genome reduction in E. coli on proteome expression and stability of a biosynthetic pathway for pigment production, finding that proteome fraction elimination impacts fitness and bioproduction balance.
bioRxiv · Oct 19, 2020 · PreprintBioengineering
D. Zamith-Miranda, H. M. Heyman, M. C. Burnet, S. P. Couvillion, X. Zheng, N. Munoz, W. C. Nelson, J. E. Kyle, E. M. Zink, K. K. Weitz, K. J. Bloodsworth, G. C. Clair, J. D. Zucker, J. R. Teuton, S. H. Payne, , E. S. Nakayasu
This study constructs a lipid metabolic map of Histoplasma capsulatum and identifies potential antifungal drug targets through pathway validation and compound testing.
bioRxiv · Mar 2, 2020Microbiology
W. C. Nelson, E. B. Graham, A. R. Crump, S. J. Fansler, E. V. Arntzen, D. W. Kennedy, J. C. Stegen
The paper examines seasonal changes in within-gene diversity for nitrogen cycling genes in hyporheic zone communities, finding that nitrification genes show low richness while denitrification genes vary in richness and phylotype turnover.
bioRxiv · Aug 2, 2019 · PreprintEcology
D. G. Christensen, J. G. Meyer, J. T. Baumgartner, A. K. D'Souza, W. C. Nelson, S. H. Payne, M. L. Kuhn, B. Schilling, A. J. Wolfe
This study identifies four new Nε-lysine acetyltransferases in E. coli and shows they have distinct substrate specificity and regulatory roles in bacterial motility.
bioRxiv · Sep 5, 2018Microbiology