Recent publications by research topic:

1) Genomics and Proteomics of the Syntrophic Bacteria

Gunsalus, R.P., L.E. Cook, B. Crable, L. Rohlin, E. McDonald, H. Mouttaki, J.R. Sieber, N. Poweleit, Z.H. Zhou, A.L. Lapidus H.E. Daligault, M. Land, P. Gilna, N. Ivanova, N. Kyrpides, D.E. Culley and M.J. McInerney. Complete genome sequence of Methanospirillum hungatei type strain JF1. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 2016; 11(4): 2.

Crable, B.R. J.R. Sieber, X. Mao, L. Alvarez-Cohen, R.P. Gunsalus, R.R. Ogorzalek Loo, H. Nguyen, and M.J. McInerney. 2016. Membrane complexes in Syntrophomonas wolfei involved in syntrophic butyrate degradation and hydrogen production. Frontiers of Microbiology. Nov 9;7:1795. PMID: 27881975

Rabus, R., M. Boll, J. Heider, R.U. Meckenstock, W. Buckel, O. Einsle, U. Ermler, B.T. Golding,  R.P. Gunsalus, P.M.H. Kroneck, M. Krüger, T. Lueders, B.M. Martins, F. Musat, H.H. Richnow, B. Schink, J. Seifert, T. Treude, G. M. Ullmann, C. Vogt, M. von Bergen, and H. Wilkes. 2016.  Anaerobic Microbial Degradation of Hydrocarbons:  From Reactions and Enzymes to the Environment. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol. 26:5-28.PMID: 26960061

James, K. L., L.A, Ra­os-Hernandez, N.Q. Wofford, H. Mouttaki, J.R. Sieber, C.S. Sheik, H.H. Nguyen, Y. Yang, Y. Xie, J. Erde, L. Rohlin, E. Karr J.A. Loo, R.R. Ogorzalek Loo, G.B. Hurst, R.P. Gunsalus, L.I. Szweda,and M.J. McInerney. Pyrophosphate-Dependent ATP Formation from Acetyl Coenzyme A in Syntrophus aciditrophicus, a New Twist on ATP Formation. mBio. 2016; 7(4): 16222.

Sieber J.R., B.R. Crable, C.S. Sheik, G.B. Hurst, L. Rohlin, R.P. Gunsalus and M.J. McInerney. Proteomic analysis reveals metabolic and regulatory systems involved in the syntrophic and axenic lifestyle of Syntrophomonas wolfei. Frontiers in microbiology. 2015; 6(3): 115.

Sieber, J.R. M.J. McInerney and R.P. Gunsalus. Genomic Insights into Syntrophy: The Paradigm for Anaerobic Metabolic Cooperation. Annual Review of Microbiology. 2012; 109(29): .

Plugge, C.M., A.M. Henstra, P. Worm, D.C. Swarts, A.H. Paulitsch-Fuchs, J.C.M. Scholten, A. Lykidis, A.L. Lapidus, E. Goltsman, E. Kim, E. McDonald, L. Rohlin, B.R. Crable, R.P. Gunsalus, A.J.M. Stams, and M.J. McInerney. 2012. Complete genome sequence of Syntrophobacter fumaroxidans strain (MPOBT). Stand. Genomic Sci. SIGS 7:1. PMID: 23450070

McInerney M.J., C.G. Struchtemeyer, J. Sieber, H. Mouttaki, A.J.M. Stams, B. Schink, L. Rohlin and R.P. Gunsalus.  Physiology, ecology, phylogeny, and genomics of microorganisms capable of syntrophic metabolism. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 2008; 1125(Database issue): 58-72.

McInerney, M.J. L. Rohlin, H. Mouttaki, U.M. Kim. R.S. Krupp, L. Rios-Hernandez, J.R. Sieber, C.G. Struchtemeyer, A. Bhattacharyya, J.W. Campbell, and R.P. Gunsalus. The genome of Syntrophus aciditrophicus: life at the thermodynamic limit of microbial growth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2007; 104(18): 7600-5.

Plugge, C.M., A.M. Henstra, P. Worm, D.C. Swarts, A.H. Paulitsch-Fuchs, J.C. Scholten. N. Lykidis,  A.L. Lapidus, E. Goltsman, E. Kim, E. McDonald, L. Rohlin, B.R. Crable, R.P. Gunsalus, A.J.M. Stams and M.J. McInerney. Complete genome sequence of Syntrophobacter fumaroxidans strain (MPOB(T)). Standards in Genomic Sciences. 2012; 7(1): 91-106.

McInerney, M.J.. J.R. Sieber, and R.P. Gunsalus. Syntrophy in anaerobic global carbon cycles. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 2009; 20(6): 623-32.

2) Structure and Function of Microbial Cell Envelopes

Briege, A., C.M. Oikonomou, Y-W Chang, Kjaer, A., A.N. Huang, K.W. Kim, D. Ghosal, D. Kenney, R.O.O. Loo, R.P. Gunsalus, and Grant J. Jensen. 2017. “Morphology of the archaellar motor and associated cytoplasmic cone in Thermococcus kodakaraensis. EMBO Reports.  In press 07 03 17.

Poweleit, N., P. Ge, H.H. Nguyen, R.R. Ogorzalek Loo,  R. Gunsalus, and Z.H. Zhou. CryoEM structure of the Methanospirillum hungatei archaellum reveals structural features distinct from the bacterial flagellum and type IV pilus. Nature Microbiology. 2016; 2: 16264.

Toso D.B, M.J. Javed, E. Czornyj, R.P. Gunsalus, and Z.H. Zhou. Discovery and Characterization of Iron Sulfide and Polyphosphate Bodies Coexisting in Archaeoglobus fulgidus Cells. Archaea. 2016; 2016(4): 4706532.

Leon. D.R., J.A. Ytterberg, P. Boontheung, U.M. Kim, J.A. Loo, R.P. Gunsalus, and R.R.Ogorzalek Loo. Mining proteomic data to expose protein modifications in Methanosarcina mazei strain Goe1. Frontiers in microbiology. 2015; 6(3): 149.

Briegel, A., D.R. Ortega, A.N. Huang, C.M. Oikonomou, R.P. Gunsalus  and G.J. Jensen. Structural conservation of chemotaxis machinery across Archaea and Bacteria. Environmental microbiology reports. 2015; 7(3): 414-9.

Leon D.R., X. Yu, C. Lin, N. Leymarie, R.O.O, Loo, J.A. Loo, R.P. Gunsalus and C.E. Costello. 2013. The N-linked Octasaccharide of Methanosarcina mazei Does Not Resemble the Eukaryotic or Bacterial N-linked Counterparts. Glycobiology 23:1352-53

Arbing, M.A., S. Chan, A. Shin, T. Phan, C.J. Ahn, L. Rohlin, and R.P. Gunsalus. Structure of the surface layer of the methanogenic archaean Methanosarcina acetivorans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2012; 109(29): 11812-7.

Toso, D.B., A.M. Henstra, R.P. Gunsalus, and Z.H. Zhou. Structural, mass and elemental analyses of storage granules in methanogenic archaeal cells. Environmental microbiology. 2011; 13(9): 2587-99.

Rohlin, L., D.R. Leon, U.M. Kim, J.A. Loo, R.R. Ogorzalek Loo and R.P.Gunsalus. Identification of the major expressed S-layer and cell surface-layer-related proteins in the model methanogenic archaea: Methanosarcina barkeri Fusaro and Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A. Archaea. 2012; 2012(29): 873589.

Francoleon D.R., P. Boontheung, Y. Yang, U.M. Kim, J.A. Ytterberg, P.A. Denny, P.C. Denny, J.A. Loo, R.P. Gunsalus and R.O. Ogorzalek Loo. S-layer, surface-accessible, and concanavalin A binding proteins of Methanosarcina acetivorans and Methanosarcina mazei. Journal of Proteome Research. 2009; 8(4): 1972-82.

3) Gene Regulation in Methanogenic Archaea and Bacteria

Katsir, G., M. Jarvis, M. Phillips, Z. Ma, and R.P. Gunsalus. The Escherichia coli NarL receiver domain regulates transcription through promoter specific functions. BMC microbiology. 2015; 15(1): 174.

Org, E., B.W. Parks, J. Wha, J Joo, B. Emert, E. Y. Kang, , M. Mehrabian, C. Pan, R. Knight, R.P. Gunsalus, T.A. Drake, . Eskin, and A.J. Lusis.  2015. Genetic and environmental control of host-gut microbiota interactions.  Genome Research. 25(10):1558-1569. PMID 26260972

Rohlin, L., and R.P. Gunsalus. Carbon-dependent control of electron transfer and central carbon pathway genes for methane biosynthesis in the Archaean, Methanosarcina acetivorans strain C2A. BMC Microbiology. 2010; 10(Pt 3): 62.

4) Web-Assisted Undergraduate Microbiology Education

Keseler, I.,  A. Mackie, M. Peralta-Gil, A. Santos-Zavaleta, S. Gama-Castro, C. Bonavides-Martínez, C. Fulcher, A. Kothari, M, Krummenacker, M. Latendresse, L. Muñiz-Rascado, Q. Ong, S. Paley, I. Schröder, A. Shearer, P. Subhraveti, M. Travers, D. Weerasinghe, V. Weiss, J. Collado-Vides, R.P. Gunsalus, I. Paulsen, and P.D. Karp.  2013. EcoCyc: Fusing Model-Organism Databases with Systems Biology.  NAR 41 NAR Database Issue D605-12. PMID 23143106

Karp, P.D., D. Weaver, C. Fulcher, A. Kothari, M. Krummenacker, S. Paley, P. Subhraveti, D. Weerasinghe, M. Peralta-Gil, A. Santos-Zavaleta, S. Gama-Castro, C. Bonavides-Martinez, A.  M. Huerta, L. Muniz-Rascado, V. Weiss, I. Schroeder, A.  Mackie, R. Gunsalus, J. Collado-Vides, I. Keseler, and I. Paulsen. 2014. The EcoCyc Database.  In EcoSal (control number ESP-0009-2013R)

Keseler, I.M., J. Collado-Vides, A. Santos-Zavaleta, M. Peralta-Gil, S. Gama-Castro, C. Bonavides-Martínez, L. Munoz-Rascado, S. Paley, M. Krummenacker, T. Altman, P. Kaipa, A. Spaulding, J. Pacheco, M. Latendresse, C. Fulcher, M. Sarker, A.G. Shearer, A. Mackie, I. Paulsen, R.P. Gunsalus and P.D. Karp. EcoCyc: a comprehensive database of Escherichia coli biology. Nucleic Acids Research. 2011; 39(Database issue): D583-90.

Keseler, I.M, A. Mackie, M. Peralta-Gil, A. Santos-Zavaleta, S. Gama-Castro, C. Bonavides-Martínez, C. Fulcher, A.M. Huerta, A. Kothari, M. Krummenacker, M. Latendresse, L. Munoz-Rascado, Q. Ong, S. Paley, I. Schroeder, A.G. Shearer, P. Subhraveti, M. Travers, D. Weerasinghe, V. Weiss, J. Collado-Vides, R.P. Gunsalus, I. Paulsen, and P.D. Karp. EcoCyc: fusing model organism databases with systems biology. Nucleic acids research. 2013; 41(Database issue): D605-12.