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W. D. Leavitt

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Assay:metabolomics· 4 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Assay:proteomics· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1

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A. Pearson· 3 shared A. Zhou· 3 shared Y. Weber· 3 shared J. H. Rhim· 2 shared X. Feng· 2 shared A. Cobban· 1 shared A. M. Piasecki· 1 shared A. Maloney· 1 shared

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2020-2023 · peak 4/yr

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Metabolic imprints in the hydrogen isotopes of Archaeoglobus fulgidus tetraether lipids

J. H. Rhim, S. Kopf, J. McFarlin, A. Maloney, H. Batther, C. M. Harris, A. Zhou, X. Feng, Y. Weber, S. Hoeft-McCann, A. Pearson, W. D. Leavitt

This study investigates how metabolism and growth conditions affect hydrogen isotope signatures in archaeal lipids, supporting their use as paleohydrological proxies.

bioRxiv · Nov 29, 2023Microbiology

The evolution of multiply substituted isotopologues of methane during microbial aerobic oxidation

J. Li, B. K. Chiu, A. M. Piasecki, X. Feng, J. D. Landis, S. Marcum, E. D. Young, W. D. Leavitt

This study quantifies how temperature and methane monooxygenase enzymes affect clumped isotope signatures in aerobic methane oxidation by Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath).

bioRxiv · Nov 2, 2023Microbiology

Energy flux couples sulfur isotope fractionation to proteomic and metabolite profiles in Desulfovibrio vulgaris

W. D. Leavitt, J. Waldbauer, S. S. Venceslau, M. S. Sim, L. Zhang, F. J. Boidi, S. Plummer, J. M. Diaz, I. A. C. Pereira, A. S. Bradley

The paper links sulfur isotope fractionation to proteomic and metabolite profiles in Desulfovibrio vulgaris under different energy regimes, showing how energy flux affects protein abundance and isotopic composition.

bioRxiv · Aug 27, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Mode of carbon and energy metabolism shifts lipid composition in the thermoacidophile Acidianus

J. H. Rhim, A. Zhou, M. J. Amenabar, F. J. Elling, Y. Weber, A. Pearson, E. Boyd, W. D. Leavitt

This study shows that changes in energy and carbon metabolism in Acidianus sp. DS80 significantly affect the ring index of its membrane lipids, indicating a link between cellular energy state and lipid composition.

bioRxiv · Aug 10, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Distribution and abundance of tetraether lipid cyclization genes in terrestrial hot springs reflects pH

L. N. Blum, D. R. Colman, E. A. Eloe-Fadrosh, M. Kellom, E. S. Boyd, O. Zhaxybayeva, W. D. Leavitt

The paper examines the distribution and abundance of grs homologs in microbial communities from terrestrial hot springs, finding a strong negative correlation with pH and weak positive correlation with temperature.

bioRxiv · Aug 15, 2022Microbiology

Multiple environmental parameters impact core lipid cyclization in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius

A. Cobban, Y. Zhang, A. Zhou, Y. Weber, A. Pearson, W. D. Leavitt

This study investigates how environmental factors affect lipid cyclization in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, finding that growth rate correlates with cyclization and suggesting energy availability as a universal driver.

bioRxiv · Apr 23, 2020Microbiology

Large hydrogen isotope fractionations distinguish nitrogenase-derived methane from other sources

K. E. Luxem, W. D. Leavitt, X. Zhang

The paper identifies distinct hydrogen isotope fractionations in methane produced by vanadium and iron-only nitrogenases, distinguishing it from other methane sources.

bioRxiv · Apr 10, 2020Microbiology