Scott A. Banta

This study investigates metal release from plants using biophytometallurgy, showing that microbial activity influences rare earth element redistribution without requiring thermal processing.

This study shows that overexpressing magA in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans increases magnetosome production and enhances pyrite bioleaching.

The paper attempts to engineer Candida boidinii formate dehydrogenase to use NMN+ as a cofactor but finds that designed mutations either fail to enhance activity or disrupt enzyme function entirely.

The paper presents a computational model of the Cyc2 protein from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, proposing a mechanism for ferrous iron electron transfer.