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  1. Methanobactin and the Link between Copper and Bacterial Methane Oxidation

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, March 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  2. A TonB-Dependent Transporter Is Responsible for Methanobactin Uptake by Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Jeremy D. Semrau, Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  3. Marker Exchange Mutagenesis ofmxaF, Encoding the Large Subunit of the Mxa Methanol Dehydrogenase, in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Jeremy D. Semrau, Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  4. Cerium Regulates Expression of Alternative Methanol Dehydrogenases in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Jeremy D. Semrau, Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  5. Methanobactin from Methylocystis sp. Strain SB2 Affects Gene Expression and Methane Monooxygenase Activity in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Jeremy D. Semrau, Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  6. Mercury binding by methanobactin from Methylocystis strain SB2

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, December 2014, Elsevier

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  7. Competition between Metals for Binding to Methanobactin Enables Expression of Soluble Methane Monooxygenase in the Presence of Copper

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Jeremy D. Semrau, Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  8. Methanobactin and MmoD work in concert to act as the ‘copper‐switch’ in methanotrophs

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, May 2013, Wiley

    Stéphane Vuilleumier, Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  9. Chemolithotrophy

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  10. Hydroxylamine Reduction to Ammonium by Plant and Cyanobacterial Hemoglobins

    Article • Biochemistry, December 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  11. Facultative methanotrophy: false leads, true results, and suggestions for future research

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, June 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Stéphane Vuilleumier, Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  12. Crystal Structures of Parasponia and Trema Hemoglobins: Differential Heme Coordination Is Linked to Quaternary Structure

    Article • Biochemistry, May 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  13. Plant and Cyanobacterial Hemoglobins Reduce Nitrite to Nitric Oxide under Anoxic Conditions

    Article • Biochemistry, May 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  14. Crystal structure of non-symbiotic plant hemoglobin from Trema tomentosa

    Article • April 2011, Protein Data Bank, Rutgers University

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  15. Liver mitochondrial membrane crosslinking and destruction in a rat model of Wilson disease

    Article • Journal of Clinical Investigation, April 2011, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  16. Hybrid Processing

    Article • March 2011, Wiley

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  17. A Simple Assay for Screening Microorganisms for Chalkophore Production

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  18. Isolation of Methanobactin from the Spent Media of Methane-Oxidizing Bacteria

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  19. The biogenic methanobactin is an effective chelator for copper in a rat model for Wilson disease

    Article • Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  20. Spectral and thermodynamic properties of methanobactin from γ-proteobacterial methane oxidizing bacteria: A case for copper competition on a molecular level

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, December 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  21. A Comparison of Methanobactins from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b and Methylocystis Strain SB2 Predicts Methanobactins Are Synthesized from Diverse Peptide Precursors Modified To Create a Common Core for Binding and Reducing Copper Ions

    Article • Biochemistry, November 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  22. Characterization of a novel facultative Methylocystis species capable of growth on methane, acetate and ethanol

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, August 2010, Wiley

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  23. Constitutive expression of pMMO by Methylocystis strain SB2 when grown on multi-carbon substrates: implications for biodegradation of chlorinated ethenes

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, August 2010, Wiley

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  24. Methanotrophs and copper

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, July 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  25. An assay for screening microbial cultures for chalkophore production

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, April 2010, Wiley

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  26. Membrane-Associated Methane Monooygenase from Type X and Type I Methanotrophs

    Article • November 2009, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  27. Effect of nutrient and selective inhibitor amendments on methane oxidation, nitrous oxide production, and key gene presence and expression in landfill cover soils: characterization of the role of methanotrophs, nitrifiers, and denitrifiers

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  28. NMR, Mass Spectrometry and Chemical Evidence Reveal a Different Chemical Structure for Methanobactin That Contains Oxazolone Rings

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, August 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  29. Life in the extreme: thermoacidophilic methanotrophy

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  30. In Memoriam: Professor Sir Howard Dalton, FRS (1944 – 2008)

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, May 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  31. Mössbauer Studies of the Membrane-Associated Methane Monooxygenase from Methylococcus capsulatus Bath:  Evidence for a Diiron Center

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, December 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  32. Growth ofRhodospirillum rubrum on synthesis gas: Conversion of CO to H2 and poly-β-hydroxyalkanoate

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioengineering, January 2007, Wiley

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  33. Spectral, Kinetic, and Thermodynamic Properties of Cu(I) and Cu(II) Binding by Methanobactin from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b †

    Article • Biochemistry, February 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  34. Evaluation of succinic acid continuous and repeat-batch biofilm fermentation by Actinobacillus succinogenes using plastic composite support bioreactors

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, June 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  35. Chapter 7: Respiration in Methanotrophs

    Article • January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  36. Medium Evaluation and Plastic Composite Support Ingredient Selection for Biofilm Formation and Succinic Acid Production byActinobacillus succinogenes

    Article • Food Biotechnology, January 2003, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  37. Differential inhibitionin vivoof ammonia monooxygenase, soluble methane monooxygenase and membrane-associated methane monooxygenase by phenylacetylene

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, October 2000, Wiley

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  38. Identification of intermediates of in vivo trichloroethylene oxidation by the membrane-associated methane monooxygenase

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, May 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  39. CORRELATION OF HUMAN ODOR RESPONSE MAGNITUDES TO AIR CONCENTRATIONS OF MALODOROUS VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ASSOCIATED WITH SWINE MANURE ODOR

    Article • Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, January 2000, Water Environment Federation

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  40. AIR POLLUTION FROM SWINE PRODUCTION FACILITIES DIFFERING IN WASTE MANAGEMENT PRACTICE

    Article • Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, January 2000, Water Environment Federation

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  41. Dichloromethane and trichloroethylene inhibition of methane oxidation by the membrane-associated methane monooxygenase of Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, April 1999, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  42. Characteristics of a nitropropanol-metabolizing bacterium isolated from the rumen

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, July 1997, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  43. Evidence for an iron center in the ammonia monooxygenase fromNitrosomonas europaea

    Article • FEBS Letters, November 1996, Wiley

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  44. Cytochrome c' of Methylococcus Capsulatus Bath

    Article • FEBS Journal, September 1996, Wiley

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  45. Cytochrome aa 3 from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath)

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, March 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  46. Cytochrome aa 3 from Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath)

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, March 1994, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  47. Trichloroethylene oxidation by the membrane-associated methane monooxygenase in type I, type II and type X methanotrophs

    Article • Biodegradation, January 1992, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  48. Methane monooxygenase: Copper content and spectroscopic properties of the membrane-bound form.

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, August 1991, Elsevier

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  49. Spectral characterization of c-type cytochromes purified from Beggiatoa alba

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, October 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito, Professor Thomas M Schmidt

  50. [43] Soluble Cytochromes c from methylomonas A4

    Article • January 1990, Elsevier

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  51. Production of nitrite and N2O by the ammonia-oxidizing nitrifiers

    Article • January 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  52. Conformational change accompanies redox reactions of the tetraheme cytochrome c-554 of Nitrosomonas europaea

    Article • FEBS Journal, January 1987, Wiley

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  53. A ‘blue’ copper oxidase from Nitrosomonas europaea

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure and Molecular Enzymology, March 1985, Elsevier

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  54. Localization and concentration of hydroxylamine oxidoreductase and cytochromes c-552, c-554, cm-553, cm-552 and a in Nitrosomonas europaea

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, February 1985, Elsevier

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  55. Accumulation and cellular distribution of uranium in Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, September 1983, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  56. Uranous ion oxidation and carbon dioxide fixation by thiobacillus ferrooxidans

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, June 1983, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  57. Kinetics of uranous iron and ferrous iron oxidation by thiobacillus ferrooxidans

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, June 1983, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  58. Sorption ofThiobacillus ferrooxidans to particulate material

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioengineering, April 1983, Wiley

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  59. A novel method for the isolation of bacterial quinones and its application to appraise the ubiquinone composition of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, January 1983, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  60. Uranous ion oxidation and carbon dioxide fixation byThiobacillus ferrooxidans

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, November 1982, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  61. Kinetics of uranous ion and ferrous iron oxidation byThiobacillus ferrooxidans

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, November 1982, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  62. Inhibitory effects of particulate materials in growing cultures ofThiobacillus ferrooxidans

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioengineering, December 1981, Wiley

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito

  63. Oxygen uptake coupled with uranous sulfate oxidation bythiobacillus ferrooxidansandT. Acidophilus

    Article • Geomicrobiology Journal, January 1981, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Alan A DiSpirito