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| Mircea PodarSummaryAffiliation: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Country: USA Publications
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The prokaryotic V4R domain is the likely ancestor of a key component of the eukaryotic vesicle transport systemMircea Podar
Biosciences Division and the Bioenergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
Biol Direct 3:2. 2008..This suggests, for the first time, a prokaryotic origin for one of the key eukaryotic trafficking proteins...- A genomic analysis of the archaeal system Ignicoccus hospitalis-Nanoarchaeum equitansMircea Podar
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1 Bethel Valley Rd, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
Genome Biol 9:R158. 2008..Little is known about the mechanisms that enable this relationship... - Characterization of archaeal community in contaminated and uncontaminated surface stream sedimentsIris Porat
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 6342, USA
Microb Ecol 60:784-95. 2010..The uranium-contaminated site also contained a high concentration of nitrate, thus Marine Group I may play a role in nitrogen cycle... - Establishment and metabolic analysis of a model microbial community for understanding trophic and electron accepting interactions of subsurface anaerobic environmentsLance D Miller
Biosciences and Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
BMC Microbiol 10:149. 2010..cellulolyticum, whereas D. vulgaris and G. sulfurreducens derived carbon and energy from the metabolic products of cellobiose fermentation and were provided with sulfate and fumarate respectively as electron acceptors... - Genome sequence of the mercury-methylating and pleomorphic Desulfovibrio africanus Strain Walvis BaySteven D Brown
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
J Bacteriol 193:4037-8. 2011..The mechanism of methylation by this and other organisms is unknown. We present the 4.2-Mb genome sequence to provide further insight into microbial mercury methylation and sulfate-reducing bacteria... - Microbial community succession during lactate amendment and electron acceptor limitation reveals a predominance of metal-reducing Pelosinus sppJennifer J Mosher
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 78:2082-91. 2012..Finally, lab-scale simulations can test new strategies on a smaller scale while facilitating community member isolation, so that a deeper understanding of community metabolism can be revealed... - Complete genome sequence of the cellulolytic thermophile Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis OB47TJames G Elkins
BioEnergy Science Center, Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
J Bacteriol 192:6099-100. 2010..The complete genome sequence reveals a diverse set of carbohydrate-active enzymes and provides further insight into lignocellulosic biomass hydrolysis at high temperatures... - Proteomic characterization of cellular and molecular processes that enable the Nanoarchaeum equitans--Ignicoccus hospitalis relationshipRichard J Giannone
Chemical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e22942. 2011..hospitalis... - Cellulases: ambiguous nonhomologous enzymes in a genomic perspectiveLeonid O Sukharnikov
BioEnergy Science Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
Trends Biotechnol 29:473-9. 2011..Here, we explore the diversity of cellulases and propose a genomic approach to overcome this bottleneck... - Distinct microbial communities within the endosphere and rhizosphere of Populus deltoides roots across contrasting soil typesNeil R Gottel
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 6038, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:5934-44. 2011..Together, these findings demonstrate that root endophytic communities are distinct assemblages rather than opportunistic subsets of the rhizosphere... - Genome sequence of the mercury-methylating strain Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132Steven D Brown
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
J Bacteriol 193:2078-9. 2011..The mechanism of methylation by this and other organisms is unknown. We present the 3.8-Mb genome sequence to provide further insight into microbial mercury methylation... - Mercury and other heavy metals influence bacterial community structure in contaminated Tennessee streamsTatiana A Vishnivetskaya
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 6036, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:302-11. 2011..This study is the first to indicate an influence of MeHg on the in situ microbial community and suggests possible roles of these bacteria in the Hg/MeHg cycle... - Microbial community structure of hydrothermal deposits from geochemically different vent fields along the Mid-Atlantic RidgeGilberto E Flores
Department of Biology, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97201, USA
Environ Microbiol 13:2158-71. 2011..These results demonstrate that biogeographical patterns of hydrothermal vent microorganisms are shaped in part by large scale geological and geochemical processes... - Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis sp. nov., an anaerobic, extremely thermophilic, cellulolytic bacterium isolated from Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National ParkScott D Hamilton-Brehm
Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P O Box 2008 MS6038, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 76:1014-20. 2010..Based on its phylogenetic and phenotypic properties, the isolate is proposed to be designated Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis sp. nov. and OB47 is the type strain (ATCC BAA-2073)...
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- Targeted genomic characterization of uncultured bacteria from the human microbiotMircea Podar; Fiscal Year: 2010....