Microbiology, Parasitology and Biotechnology: Key Publications

Del Pozo, M.V., Fernández-Arrojo, L., Gil-Martínez, J., Montesinos, A., Chernikova, T.N., Nechitaylo, T.Y., Waliszek, A., Tortajada, M., Rojas, A., Huws, S.A., Golyshina, O.V., Newbold C.J., Polaina J., Ferrer M., Golyshin P.N. (2012). Microbial β-glucosidases from cow rumen metagenome enhance the saccharification of lignocellulose in combination with commercial cellulase cocktail. Biotechnology for Biofuels. 5:73.

Ferrer, M., Werner, J., Chernikova, T.N., Bargiela, R., Fernández, L., La Cono, V., Waldmann, J., Teeling, H., Golyshina, O.V., Glöckner F.O., Yakimov M.M., Golyshin P.N.; MAMBA Scientific Consortium. (2012). Unveiling microbial life in the new deep-sea hypersaline Lake Thetis. Part II: a metagenomic study. Environmental Microbiology 14:268-281.

Johnson, D.B. (2013) Development and application of biotechnologies in the metal mining industry. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI 10.1007/s11356-013-1482-7.

Johnson, D.B. (2012) Geomicrobiology of extremely acidic subsurface environments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 81:2-12. DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01293.x

Johnson, D.B., Kanao, T. and Hedrich, S. (2012). Redox transformations of iron at extremely low pH: fundamental and applied aspects. Frontiers in Microbiology 3:article 96 (DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00096).

McDonald, J.E., Rooks, D.J. and McCarthy A.J. (2012) Methods for the isolation of cellulose degrading microorganisms. Methods in Enzymology. 510:375-394.

Ransom-Jones, E., Jones, D.L., McCarthy, A.J. and McDonald J.E. (2012) The Fibrobacteres: an important Phylum of cellulose-degrading bacteria. Microbial Ecology 63:271-281.

Rooks, D.J., McDonald, J.E. and McCarthy A.J. (2012) Metagenomic approaches to the discovery of cellulases. Methods in Enzymology. 510:349-374.

Kube, M., Chernikova, T.N., Al-Ramahi, Y., Beloqui, A., Lopez-Cortez, N., Guazzaroni, M.E., Heipieper, H.J., Klages, S., Kotsyurbenko, O.R., Langer, I., Nechitaylo, T.Y., Fernández, M., Juárez, S., Ciordia, S., Singer, A., Kagan, O., Egorova, O., Petit, P.A., Stogios, P., Kim, Y., Tchigvintsev, A., Flick, R., Denaro, R., Genovese, M., Albar, J.P., Reva, O.N., Tran, H., Ferrer, M., Savchenko, A., Yakunin, A.F., Yakimov, M.M., Golyshina, O.V., Reinhardt, R. and Golyshin, P.N. (2013) Functional genome analysis of Oleispira antarctica RB-8, a key oil-degrading bacterium in cold and deep marine environments. Nature Communications (in press).

Kirkness, E.F., Haas, B.J., Sun, W., Braig, H.R. et al. (2010) Genome sequences of the human body louse and its primary endosymbiont provide insights into the permanent parasitic lifestyle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107:12168-12173.

Klasson, L., Westberg, J., Sapountzis, P., Naesiund, K., Lutnaes, Y., Darby, A.C., Veneti, Z., Chen, L., Braig, H.R., Garrett, R., Bourtzis, K. and Andersson, S.G.E. (2009) The mosaic genome structure of the Wolbachia wRi strain infecting Drosophila simulans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 106:5725-5730.

Perotti, M.A., Clarke, H.K., Turner, B.D., Braig, H.R. (2006) Rickettsia as obligate and mycetomic bacteria. FASEB Journal 20: 2372-2374 and E1646-E1656.