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Mineralogy influences structure and diversity of bacterial communities associated with geological substrata in a pristine aquiferEric S Boyd
Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
Microb Ecol 54:170-82. 2007..The results suggest that mineralogical heterogeneity influences microbial community structure and diversity in pristine aquifers...
Involvement of Intermediate Sulfur Species in Biological Reduction of Elemental Sulfur under Acidic, Hydrothermal ConditionsEric S Boyd
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 79:2061-8. 2013..Thus, S(8)(0) particles formed through abiological hydrolysis of polysulfide under acidic conditions appeared to serve as a growth-promoting TEA for A. sulfurireducens...
Temperature and pH controls on glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipid composition in the hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon Acidilobus sulfurireducensEric S Boyd
Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, 109 Lewis Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Extremophiles 15:59-65. 2011..sulfurireducens responds to increasing temperature and acidity by increasing the number of cyclopentyl rings in GDGT core membrane lipids...- Diversity, abundance, and potential activity of nitrifying and nitrate-reducing microbial assemblages in a subglacial ecosystemEric S Boyd
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 77:4778-87. 2011.... - Isolation, characterization, and ecology of sulfur-respiring crenarchaea inhabiting acid-sulfate-chloride-containing geothermal springs in Yellowstone National ParkEric S Boyd
Department of Microbiology, Montana State University, 109 Lewis Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:6669-77. 2007..Based on phenotypic and genetic characterization, the designations Caldisphaera draconis sp. nov. and Acidilobus sulfurireducens sp. nov. are proposed for isolates 18U65 and 18D70, respectively... - Biological nitrogen fixation in acidic high-temperature geothermal springs in Yellowstone National Park, WyomingTrinity L Hamilton
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Environ Microbiol 13:2204-15. 2011..Collectively, these results for the first time demonstrate thermoacidiphilic N(2) fixation in the natural environment and extend the upper temperature for biological N(2) fixation in terrestrial systems... - Radical AdoMet enzymes in complex metal cluster biosynthesisBenjamin R Duffus
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Biochim Biophys Acta 1824:1254-63. 2012..This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Radical SAM enzymes and Radical Enzymology... - [FeFe]-hydrogenase in Yellowstone National Park: evidence for dispersal limitation and phylogenetic niche conservatismEric S Boyd
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, 59717, USA
ISME J 4:1485-95. 2010..Collectively, these results indicate that pH has imposed strong niche conservatism on fermentative bacteria and that, within a narrow pH realm, YNP springs are dispersal limited with respect to fermentative bacterial communities... - Stepwise [FeFe]-hydrogenase H-cluster assembly revealed in the structure of HydA(DeltaEFG)David W Mulder
Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
Nature 465:248-51. 2010.... - CO(2) uptake and fixation by a thermoacidophilic microbial community attached to precipitated sulfur in a geothermal springEric S Boyd
Department of Microbiology and Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, 59717, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 75:4289-96. 2009..These microorganisms likely contributed to the uptake and fixation of CO(2) in this geothermal habitat... - Differential accumulation of nif structural gene mRNA in Azotobacter vinelandiiTrinity L Hamilton
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
J Bacteriol 193:4534-6. 2011..The results indicate that intergenic RNA secondary structures effect the differential accumulation of transcripts, supporting the high Fe protein-to-MoFe protein ratio required for optimal diazotrophic growth... - Environmental constraints underpin the distribution and phylogenetic diversity of nifH in the Yellowstone geothermal complexTrinity L Hamilton
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Microb Ecol 61:860-70. 2011..In summary, these results indicate a widespread distribution of nifH in YNP springs, and suggest a role for geographical and ecological factors in constraining the distribution of nifH lineages in the YNP geothermal complex... - [FeFe] hydrogenase genetic diversity provides insight into molecular adaptation in a saline microbial mat communityEric S Boyd
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Astrobiology, Montana State University, Bozeman, 59717, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 75:4620-3. 2009..A diversity of deduced HydA was discovered that revealed unique variants, which may reflect adaptation to the environmental conditions present in GN... - Metagenomes from high-temperature chemotrophic systems reveal geochemical controls on microbial community structure and functionWilliam P Inskeep
Thermal Biology Institute and Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America
PLoS ONE 5:e9773. 2010..The distribution of functional genes involved in electron transport is consistent with the hypothesis that geochemical parameters (e.g., pH, sulfide, Fe, O2) control microbial community structure and function in YNP geothermal springs... - Biosynthesis of complex iron-sulfur enzymesEric M Shepard
The Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center and the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, United States
Curr Opin Chem Biol 15:319-27. 2011..The transfer of the modified clusters to a cofactor-less structural apo-protein completes maturation. Together these features provide the basis for establishing unifying paradigms for complex Fe-S cluster biosynthesis for these enzymes... - Role of Rhodobacter sp. strain PS9, a purple non-sulfur photosynthetic bacterium isolated from an anaerobic swine waste lagoon, in odor remediationYoung S Do
Department of Microbiology, Iowa State University, 205 Science Building, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 69:1710-20. 2003..In addition, the photosynthetic blooms of Rhodobacter sp. strain PS9 were inversely correlated with the concentrations of protein and fluoride... - Identification and characterization of a novel member of the radical AdoMet enzyme superfamily and implications for the biosynthesis of the Hmd hydrogenase active site cofactorShawn E McGlynn
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
J Bacteriol 192:595-8. 2010..In contrast to the characteristic CX(3)CX(2)C or CX(2)CX(4)C motif defining this family, HmdB contains a unique CX(5)CX(2)C motif... - Modeling the habitat range of phototrophs in yellowstone national park: toward the development of a comprehensive fitness landscapeEric S Boyd
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center, Montana State University Bozeman, MT, USA
Front Microbiol 3:221. 2012.... - The role of tetraether lipid composition in the adaptation of thermophilic archaea to acidityEric S Boyd
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University Bozeman, MT, USA
Front Microbiol 4:62. 2013.... - Transcriptional profiling of nitrogen fixation in Azotobacter vinelandiiTrinity L Hamilton
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
J Bacteriol 193:4477-86. 2011..The results underscored significant differences between Mo-dependent and Mo-independent diazotrophic growth that highlight the significant advantages of diazotrophic growth in the presence of Mo... - Methylmercury enters an aquatic food web through acidophilic microbial mats in Yellowstone National Park, WyomingEric S Boyd
Departments of Microbiology and Thermal Biology Institute, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Environ Microbiol 11:950-9. 2009..The Zygogonium mat community and stratiomyid larvae may also play a role in the transfer of MeHg(+) to species in the food web whose range extends beyond a particular geothermal feature of YNP... - An alternative path for the evolution of biological nitrogen fixationEric S Boyd
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Astrobiology Biogeocatalysis Research Center, Montana State University Bozeman, MT, USA
Front Microbiol 2:205. 2011.... - The mercury resistance operon: from an origin in a geothermal environment to an efficient detoxification machineEric S Boyd
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University Bozeman, MT, USA
Front Microbiol 3:349. 2012.... - Getting a handle on the role of coenzyme M in alkene metabolismArathi M Krishnakumar
Chemistry and Biochemistry Building, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 72:445-56. 2008..These studies provide the structural basis for understanding the efficacy of CoM as a handle to direct organic substrate transformations at the active sites of enzymes... - Hydrogen enhances nickel tolerance in the purple sulfur bacterium Thiocapsa roseopersicinaOleg A Zadvornyy
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana 59717, USA
Environ Sci Technol 44:834-40. 2010..Collectively, these results suggest a link among H(2) metabolism, Ni(II) tolerance, and Ni(II) reduction in T. roseopersicina ...