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Publications by Jean E. Brenchley

2007

Miteva, V. I., T. A. Sowers, and J. E. Brenchley. Production of N2O by ammonia oxidizing bacteria at subfreezing temperatures as a model for assessing the N2O anomalies in the Vostok ice core. Geomicrobiol. J. 24:451-459.

2006

Biddle, J., J. S. Lipp, M. Lever, K. Lloyd, K. Soerensen, R. Anderson, H. F. Fredricks, M. Elvert, T. J. Kelly, D. P. Schrag, M. L. Sogin, J. E. Brenchley, A. Teske, C. H. House, and K-U. Hinrichs. Novel heterotrophic Archaea dominate sedimentary subsurface ecosystems off Peru. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103:3846-3851.


Biddle, J., C. House, and J. Brenchley. Microbial stratification of deeply buried marine sediment reflects changes in sulfate/methane profiles. Geobiology 3:287-295.


Coker, J. and J. Brenchley. Protein engineering of a cold-active b-galactosidase from Arthrobacter sp. SB to increase lactose hydrolysis reveals new sites affecting low temperature activity. Extremophiles 10:515-524.


Shipkowski, S. and J. Brenchley. Bioinformatic, genetic, and biochemical evidence that some glucoside hydrolase family 42 ß-galactosidases are arabinogalactan type I oligomer hydrolases. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:7730-7738.

2005

Shipkowski, S. and J. Brenchley. Characterization of an unusual cold-active ß-glucosidase belonging to family 3 of the glycoside hydrolases from the psychrophilic isolate Paenibacillus sp. strain C7. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:4225-4232.

 
Miteva, V. and J. Brenchley. Detection and isolation of ultrasmall microorganisms from a 120,000 year old Greenland glacier ice core. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:7806-7818.
 
Biddle, J. F., C. H. House, and J. E. Brenchley. Enrichment and cultivation of microorganisms from sediment from the slope of the Peru Trench (ODP Site 1230). In: Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 201 (B. B. Jørgensen, S. L. D'Hondt, and D. J. Miller, eds.), http://www-odp.tamu.edu/ publications/201_SR/107/107.htm.

2004

Miteva, V.I., P.P. Sheridan, and J.E. Brenchley. Phylogenetic and physiological diversity of microorganisms isolated from a deep Greenland glacier ice core. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:202-213.

2003

Sheridan, P., K.H. Freeman, and J.E. Brenchley. Estimated minimal divergence times of the major bacterial and archaeal phyla. Geomicrobiol. J. 20:1-14.

Sheridan, P.P., J. Loveland-Curtze, V.I. Miteva, and J.E. Brenchley. Rhodoglobus vestilii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic organism isolated from an Antarctic Dry Valley lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53:985-994.

Sheridan, P.P., V.I. Miteva, and J.E. Brenchley. Phylogenetic analysis of anaerobic psychrophilic enrichment cultures obtained from a Greenland glacier ice core. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:2153-2160.

Coker, J.A., P.P. Sheridan, J. Loveland-Curtze, K.R. Gutshall, A.J. Auman, and J.E. Brenchley. Biochemical characterization of a b-galactosidase with a low temperature optimum obtained from an Antarctic Arthrobacter isolate. J. Bacteriol. 185:5473-5482.

2001

Coombs, J., and J. Brenchley. Characterization of two new glycosyl hydrolases from the lactic acid bacterium Carnobacterium piscicola strain BA. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:5094-5099.

2000

Brenchley, J.E. Putting Microorganisms to Work. In: Many Faces Many Microbes: Personal Reflection in Microbiology. (R. Atlas, ed.), pp. 219-225, ASM Press, Washington, DC.

Sheridan, P. and J.E. Brenchley. Characterization of a Salt Tolerant Family 42 b-galactosidase from a Psychrophilic Antarctic Planococcus Isolate. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66:2438-2444.

Sheridan, P., N. Panasik, J. Coombs, and J.E. Brenchley. Approaches to Deciphering the Structural Basis of Low Temperature Enzyme Activity. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 1543:413-429.

Panasik, N., J.E. Brenchley, and G. Farber. Distribution of Structural Features Contributing to Thermostability in Mesophilic and Thermophilic Alpha/Beta Barrel Glycosyl Hydrolases. Biochem. Biophys. Acta 1543:189-201.

Moore, G.L., C.D. Maranas, K.R. Gutshall, and J.E. Brenchley. Modeling and Optimization of DNA Recombination. Comp. Chem. Eng. 24:693-699.

1999

Atlas, R.M. and J. Brenchley. Ecology and Industrial Microbiology: Biotechnology's Expanding Horizons. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 2:233-235.

Coombs, J.M. and J.E. Brenchley. Biochemical and Phylogenetic Analyses of a Cold-active b-galactosidase from the Lactic Acid Bacterium Carnobacterium piscicola BA. Appl. Environ. Microb. 65:5443-5450.

Loveland-Curtze, J., P.P. Sheridan, K.R. Gutshall, and J.E. Brenchley. Biochemical and Phylogenetic Analyses of Psychrophilic Isolates Belonging to the Arthrobacter Subgroup and Description of Arthrobacter psychrolactophilus, sp. nov. Arch. Microbiol. 171:355-363.

1997

DePrada, P. and J. Brenchley. Purification and Characterization of Two Extracellular Alkaline Phosphatases from a Psychrophilic Arthrobacter Isolate. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:2928-2931.

Gutshall, K., K. Wang, and J. Brenchley. A Novel Arthrobacter b-galactosidase with Homology to Eucaryotic b-galactosidases. J. Bacteriol. 179:3064-3067.

1996

Brenchley, J. Psychrophilic Microorganisms and Their Cold-active Enzymes. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 17:432-437.

DePrada, P., J. Loveland-Curtze, and J. Brenchley. Production of Two Extracellular Alkaline Phosphatases by a Psychrophilic Arthrobacter Strain. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:3732-3738.

1995

Gutshall, K., D. Trimbur, J. Kasmir, and J. Brenchley. Analysis of a Novel Gene and b-Galactosidase Isozyme from a Psychrotrophic Arthrobacter Isolate. J. Bacteriol. l77:l98l-l988.

1994

Loveland, J., K. Gutshall, J. Kasmir, P. Prema, and J. Brenchley. Characterization of Psychrotrophic Microorganisms Producing b-Galactosidase Activities. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:12-18.

Trimbur, E., K. Gutshall, P. Prema, and J. Brenchley. Characterization of a Psychrotrophic Arthrobacter Gene and its Cold-active b-Galactosidase. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:4544-4552.

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