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Biochemistry of Catabolic Reductive Dehalogenation by Fincker, Maeva, Spormann, Alfred M

“…A wide range of phylogenetically diverse microorganisms couple the reductive dehalogenation of organohalides to energy conservation. Key enzymes of such…”
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Extracellular enzymes facilitate electron uptake in biocorrosion and bioelectrosynthesis by Deutzmann, Jörg S, Sahin, Merve, Spormann, Alfred M

“…Direct, mediator-free transfer of electrons between a microbial cell and a solid phase in its surrounding environment has been suggested to be a widespread and…”
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Enhanced microbial electrosynthesis by using defined co-cultures by Deutzmann, Jörg S, Spormann, Alfred M

“…Microbial uptake of free cathodic electrons presents a poorly understood aspect of microbial physiology. Uptake of cathodic electrons is particularly important…”
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Improved reactor design enables productivity of microbial electrosynthesis on par with classical biotechnology by Deutzmann, Jörg S., Callander, Grace, Spormann, Alfred M.

“…[Display omitted] •Plate reactor design enables high-rate microbial electrosynthesis (MES).•High-rate electromethanogenesis obtained by M. maripaludis and…”
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Dehalococcoides mccartyi gen. nov., sp. nov., obligately organohalide-respiring anaerobic bacteria relevant to halogen cycling and bioremediation, belong to a novel bacterial class, Dehalococcoidia classis nov., order Dehalococcoidales ord. nov. and family Dehalococcoidaceae fam. nov., within the phylum Chloroflexi by Löffler, Frank E, Yan, Jun, Ritalahti, Kirsti M, Adrian, Lorenz, Edwards, Elizabeth A, Konstantinidis, Konstantinos T, Müller, Jochen A, Fullerton, Heather, Zinder, Stephen H, Spormann, Alfred M

“…Six obligately anaerobic bacterial isolates (195T, CBDB1, BAV1, VS, FL2 and GT) with strictly organohalide-respiring metabolisms were obtained from chlorinated…”
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Direct cathodic electron uptake coupled to sulfate reduction by Desulfovibrio ferrophilus IS5 biofilms by McCully, Alexandra L., Spormann, Alfred M.

“…Summary Direct electron uptake is emerging as a key process for electron transfer in anaerobic microbial communities, both between species and from…”
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Microbial Electrosynthesis of Acetate Powered by Intermittent Electricity by Deutzmann, Jörg S., Kracke, Frauke, Gu, Wenyu, Spormann, Alfred M.

“…Microbial electrosynthesis (MES) of acetate is a process using electrical energy to reduce CO2 to acetic acid in an integrated bioelectrochemical system. MES…”
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Hydrogenase-independent uptake and metabolism of electrons by the archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis by Lohner, Svenja T, Deutzmann, Jörg S, Logan, Bruce E, Leigh, John, Spormann, Alfred M

“…Direct, shuttle-free uptake of extracellular, cathode-derived electrons has been postulated as a novel mechanism of electron metabolism in some prokaryotes…”
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Enhanced Electrosynthetic Hydrogen Evolution by Hydrogenases Embedded in a Redox‐Active Hydrogel by Ruth, John C., Milton, Ross D., Gu, Wenyu, Spormann, Alfred M.

“…Molecular hydrogen is a major high‐energy carrier for future energy technologies, if produced from renewable electrical energy. Hydrogenase enzymes offer a…”
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Bacteria from Diverse Habitats Colonize and Compete in the Mouse Gut by Seedorf, Henning, Griffin, Nicholas W., Ridaura, Vanessa K., Reyes, Alejandro, Cheng, Jiye, Rey, Federico E., Smith, Michelle I., Simon, Gabriel M., Scheffrahn, Rudolf H., Woebken, Dagmar, Spormann, Alfred M., Van Treuren, William, Ursell, Luke K., Pirrung, Megan, Robbins-Pianka, Adam, Cantarel, Brandi L., Lombard, Vincent, Henrissat, Bernard, Knight, Rob, Gordon, Jeffrey I.

“…To study how microbes establish themselves in a mammalian gut environment, we colonized germ-free mice with microbial communities from human, zebrafish, and…”
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Metabolic strategies of marine subseafloor Chloroflexi inferred from genome reconstructions by Fincker, Maeva, Huber, Julie A., Orphan, Victoria J., Rappé, Michael S., Teske, Andreas, Spormann, Alfred M.

“…Summary Uncultured members of the Chloroflexi phylum are highly enriched in numerous subseafloor environments. Their metabolic potential was evaluated by…”
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Designing a Zn–Ag Catalyst Matrix and Electrolyzer System for CO2 Conversion to CO and Beyond by Lamaison, Sarah, Wakerley, David, Kracke, Frauke, Moore, Thomas, Zhou, Lan, Lee, Dong Un, Wang, Lei, Hubert, McKenzie A., Aviles Acosta, Jaime E., Gregoire, John M., Duoss, Eric B., Baker, Sarah, Beck, Victor A., Spormann, Alfred M., Fontecave, Marc, Hahn, Christopher, Jaramillo, Thomas F.

“…CO2 emissions can be transformed into high‐added‐value commodities through CO2 electrocatalysis; however, efficient low‐cost electrocatalysts are needed for…”
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Single cell genomic study of Dehalococcoidetes species from deep-sea sediments of the Peruvian Margin by Kaster, Anne-Kristin, Mayer-Blackwell, Koshlan, Pasarelli, Ben, Spormann, Alfred M

“…The phylum Chloroflexi is one of the most frequently detected phyla in the subseafloor of the Pacific Ocean margins. Dehalogenating Chloroflexi (…”
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Inhibition of Aspergillus fumigatus and Its Biofilm by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Is Dependent on the Source, Phenotype and Growth Conditions of the Bacterium by Ferreira, Jose A G, Penner, John C, Moss, Richard B, Haagensen, Janus A J, Clemons, Karl V, Spormann, Alfred M, Nazik, Hasan, Cohen, Kevin, Banaei, Niaz, Carolino, Elisabete, Stevens, David A

“…Aspergillus fumigatus (Af) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Pa) are leading fungal and bacterial pathogens, respectively, in many clinical situations. Relevant to…”
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Spatiotemporal pharmacodynamics of meropenem- and tobramycin-treated Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms by Haagensen, Janus, Verotta, Davide, Huang, Liusheng, Engel, Joanne, Spormann, Alfred M, Yang, Katherine

“…The selection and dose of antibiotic therapy for biofilm-related infections are based on traditional pharmacokinetic studies using planktonic bacteria. The…”
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Periplasmic Electron Transfer via the c-Type Cytochromes MtrA and FccA of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 by Schuetz, Bjoern, Schicklberger, Marcus, Kuermann, Johannes, Spormann, Alfred M, Gescher, Johannes

“…Dissimilatory microbial reduction of insoluble Fe(III) oxides is a geochemically and ecologically important process which involves the transfer of cellular,…”
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An alternative resource allocation strategy in the chemolithoautotrophic archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis by Müller, Albert L., Gu, Wenyu, Patsalo, Vadim, Deutzmann, Jörg S., Williamson, James R., Spormann, Alfred M.

“…Most microorganisms in nature spend the majority of time in a state of slow or zero growth and slow metabolism under limited energy or nutrient flux rather…”
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Methanobacterium Dominates Biocathodic Archaeal Communities in Methanogenic Microbial Electrolysis Cells by Siegert, Michael, Yates, Matthew D, Spormann, Alfred M, Logan, Bruce E

“…Methane is the primary end product from cathodic current in microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) in the absence of methanogenic inhibitors, but little is known…”
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Biochemical and EPR-Spectroscopic Investigation into Heterologously Expressed Vinyl Chloride Reductive Dehalogenase (VcrA) from Dehalococcoides mccartyi Strain VS by Parthasarathy, Anutthaman, Stich, Troy A, Lohner, Svenja T, Lesnefsky, Ann, Britt, R. David, Spormann, Alfred M

“…Reductive dehalogenases play a critical role in the microbial detoxification of aquifers contaminated with chloroethenes and chlorethanes by catalyzing the…”
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Localized plasticity in the streamlined genomes of vinyl chloride respiring Dehalococcoides by McMurdie, Paul J, Behrens, Sebastian F, Müller, Jochen A, Göke, Jonathan, Ritalahti, Kirsti M, Wagner, Ryan, Goltsman, Eugene, Lapidus, Alla, Holmes, Susan, Löffler, Frank E, Spormann, Alfred M

“…Vinyl chloride (VC) is a human carcinogen and widespread priority pollutant. Here we report the first, to our knowledge, complete genome sequences of…”
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