Search Results - "Sousa, Diana Z."
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Innovations to culturing the uncultured microbial majority
Published in Nature reviews. Microbiology (01-04-2021)“…Despite the surge of microbial genome data, experimental testing is important to confirm inferences about the cell biology, ecological roles and evolution of…”
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The reductive glycine pathway allows autotrophic growth of Desulfovibrio desulfuricans
Published in Nature communications (09-10-2020)“…Six CO 2 fixation pathways are known to operate in photoautotrophic and chemoautotrophic microorganisms. Here, we describe chemolithoautotrophic growth of the…”
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A Narrow pH Range Supports Butanol, Hexanol, and Octanol Production from Syngas in a Continuous Co-culture of Clostridium ljungdahlii and Clostridium kluyveri with In-Line Product Extraction
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (08-11-2016)“…Carboxydotrophic bacteria (CTB) have received attention due to their ability to synthesize commodity chemicals from producer gas and synthesis gas (syngas)…”
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Harnessing the power of microbial autotrophy
Published in Nature reviews. Microbiology (01-11-2016)“…Key Points Autotrophic microorganisms have the potential to efficiently convert CO 2 into a wide range of chemicals and biofuels, which is a promising…”
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Pathways and Bioenergetics of Anaerobic Carbon Monoxide Fermentation
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (19-11-2015)“…Carbon monoxide can act as a substrate for different modes of fermentative anaerobic metabolism. The trait of utilizing CO is spread among a diverse group of…”
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Physiological and stoichiometric characterization of ethanol-based chain elongation in the absence of short-chain carboxylic acids
Published in Scientific reports (13-10-2023)“…Hexanoate is a valuable chemical that can be produced by microorganisms that convert short-chain- to medium-chain carboxylic acids through a process called…”
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Upgrading dilute ethanol to odd-chain carboxylic acids by a synthetic co-culture of Anaerotignum neopropionicum and Clostridium kluyveri
Published in Biotechnology for biofuels (17-05-2023)“…Dilute ethanol streams generated during fermentation of biomass or syngas can be used as feedstocks for the production of higher value products. In this study,…”
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Overflow metabolism at the thermodynamic limit of life: How carboxydotrophic acetogens mitigate carbon monoxide toxicity
Published in Microbial biotechnology (01-04-2023)“…Carboxydotrophic metabolism is gaining interest due to its applications in gas fermentation technology, enabling the conversion of carbon monoxide to fuels and…”
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Metabolic engineering of Clostridium autoethanogenum for ethyl acetate production from CO
Published in Microbial cell factories (23-11-2022)“…Abstract Background Ethyl acetate is a bulk chemical traditionally produced via energy intensive chemical esterification. Microbial production of this compound…”
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Exploiting the potential of gas fermentation
Published in Industrial crops and products (01-11-2017)“…[Display omitted] •Overview of conversion of gasified biomass and industrial gases into chemicals.•Review of industrial waste gases and gasification of biomass…”
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Role of syntrophic microbial communities in high-rate methanogenic bioreactors
Published in Water science and technology (01-01-2012)“…Anaerobic purification is a cost-effective way to treat high strength industrial wastewater. Through anaerobic treatment of wastewaters energy is conserved as…”
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A genomic view on syntrophic versus non-syntrophic lifestyle in anaerobic fatty acid degrading communities
Published in Biochimica et biophysica acta (01-12-2014)“…In sulfate-reducing and methanogenic environments complex biopolymers are hydrolyzed and degraded by fermentative micro-organisms that produce hydrogen, carbon…”
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Genome-guided analysis allows the identification of novel physiological traits in Trichococcus species
Published in BMC genomics (08-01-2020)“…The genus Trichococcus currently contains nine species: T. flocculiformis, T. pasteurii, T. palustris, T. collinsii, T. patagoniensis, T. ilyis, T. paludicola,…”
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Genome-scale metabolic modelling enables deciphering ethanol metabolism via the acrylate pathway in the propionate-producer Anaerotignum neopropionicum
Published in Microbial cell factories (16-06-2022)“…Abstract Background Microbial production of propionate from diluted streams of ethanol (e.g., deriving from syngas fermentation) is a sustainable alternative…”
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Product Inhibition and pH Affect Stoichiometry and Kinetics of Chain Elongating Microbial Communities in Sequencing Batch Bioreactors
Published in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology (21-06-2021)“…Anaerobic microbial communities can produce carboxylic acids of medium chain length (e.g., caproate, caprylate) by elongating short chain fatty acids through…”
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The deep-subsurface sulfate reducer Desulfotomaculum kuznetsovii employs two methanol-degrading pathways
Published in Nature communications (16-01-2018)“…Methanol is generally metabolized through a pathway initiated by a cobalamine-containing methanol methyltransferase by anaerobic methylotrophs (such as…”
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Waste lipids to energy: how to optimize methane production from long-chain fatty acids (LCFA)
Published in Microbial biotechnology (01-09-2009)“…Summary The position of high‐rate anaerobic technology (HR‐AnWT) in the wastewater treatment and bioenergy market can be enhanced if the range of suitable…”
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Acetate Degradation at Low pH by the Moderately Acidophilic Sulfate Reducer Acididesulfobacillus acetoxydans gen. nov. sp. nov
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (04-03-2022)“…In acid drainage environments, biosulfidogenesis by sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) attenuates the extreme conditions by enabling the precipitation of metals…”
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Activity and Viability of Methanogens in Anaerobic Digestion of Unsaturated and Saturated Long-Chain Fatty Acids
Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (01-07-2013)“…Classifications Services AEM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
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