Improved Processing Publications

Bioprospecting metagenomics of decaying wood: mining for new glycoside hydrolases
2011. Biotechnology for Biofuels. Li, Luen-Luen; Taghavi, Safiyh; McCorkle, Sean; Zhang, Yian-Biao; Blewitt, Michael; Brunecky, Roman; Adney, William; Himmel, Michael; Brumm, Phillip; Drinkwater, Colleen; Mead, David; Tringe, Susannah; van der Lelie, Daniel

Identification, Cloning and Characterization of Dictyoglomus turgidum CelA, an Endoglucanase with Cellulase and Mannanase Activity
2011. Journal of Life Sciences. Brumm, P. J.; Hermanson, Spencer; Luedtke, Joshua; Mead, D. A.

Reactions of Dehydrodiferulates with Ammonia
2011. Org Biomol Chem. Azarpira, Ali; Lu, Fachuang; Ralph, J.

Proteomics-based Compositional Analysis of Complex Cellulase–Hemicellulase Mixtures
2011. Journal of Proteome Research. Chundawat, Shishir P. S.; Lipton, Mary S.; Purvine, Samuel O.; Uppugundla, Nirmal; Gao, Dahai; Balan, Venkatesh; Dale, Bruce E.

Restructuring the Crystalline Cellulose Hydrogen Bond Network Enhances Its Depolymerization Rate
2011. American Chemical Society. Chundawat, Shishir P. S.; Bellesia, Giovanni; Uppugundla, Nirmal; da Costa Sousa, Leonardo; Gao, Dahai; Cheh, Albert M.; Agarwal, Umesh P.; Bianchetti, Christopher M.; Phillips, George N.; Langan, Paul; Balan, Venkatesh; Gnanakaran, S.; Dale, Bruce E.

Alkaline peroxide pretreatment of corn stover: effects of biomass, peroxide, and enzyme loading and composition on yields of glucose and xylose
2011. Biotechnology for Biofuels. Banerjee, Goutami; Car, Suzana; Scott-Craig, John; Hodge, D.B.; Walton, J. D.

Conversion for Avicel and AFEX pretreated corn stover by Clostridium thermocellum and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation: Insights into microbial conversion of pretreated cellulosic biomass
2011. Bioresource Technology. Shao, Xiongjun; Jin, Mingjie; Guseva, Anna; Liu, Chaogang; Balan, Venkatesh; Hogsett, David; Dale, Bruce E.; Lynd, Lee

The Complete Genome Sequence of the Fibrobacter succinogenes S85 reveals a Cellulolytic and Metabolic Specialist
2011. Public Library of Science. Suen, Garret; Weimer, P.J.; Stevenson, D.M.; Aylward, F.O.; Boyum, J.; Deneke, J.; Drinkwater, C.; Ivanova, N.N.; Mikhailova, N.; Chertkov, O.; Goodwin, L.A.; Currie, C. R.; Mead, D.; Brumm, P. J.

Influence of Physico-Chemical Changes on Enzymatic Digestibility of Ionic Liquid and AFEX pretreated Corn Stover
2011. Bioresource Technology. Li, Chenlin; Cheng, Gang; Balan, Venkatesh; Kent, Michael S.; Ong, Markus; Chundawat, Shishir P. S.; daCosta Sousa, Leonardo; Melnichenko, Yuri B.; Dale, Bruce E.; Simmons, Blake A.; Singh, Seema

Binding characteristics of Trichoderma reesei cellulases on untreated, ammonia fiber expansion (AFEX), and dilute-acid pretreated lignocellulosic biomass
2011. Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company. Gao, Dahai; Chundawat, Shishir P. S.; Uppugundla, Nirmal; Balan, Venkatesh; Dale, Bruce E.

The Complete Genome Sequence of Streptomyces cf. griseus (XyelbKG-1), an Ambrosia Beetle-Associated Actinomycete
2011. Journal of Bacteriology. Grubbs, Kirk J.; Biedermann, Peter H.W.; Suen, Garret; Adams, Sandra M.; Moeller, Joseph A.; Klassen, Jonathan L.; Goodwin, Lynne A.; Woyke, Tanja; Munk, A. Christine; Bruce, David; Detter, Chris; Tapia, Roxanne; Han, Cliff S.; Currie, Cameron R.

Complete Genome Sequence of the Cellulose-Degrading Bacterium Cellulosilyticum lentocellum
2011. Journal of Bacteriology. Miller, D. A., G. Suen, et al.

Rapid quantification of major reaction products formed during thermochemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass using GC-MS
2011. Journal of Chromatography B. Humpula, James F.; Chundawat, Shishir P. S.; Vismeh, Ramin; Jones, A. Daniel; Balan, Venkatesh; Dale, Bruce E.

Hemicellulases and auxiliary enzymes for improved conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to monosaccharides
2011. Biotechnology for Biofuels. Gao, Dahai Uppaguntala, Nirmal Chundawat, Shishir P.S. Liu, Tongjun Hermanson, Spencer Gowda, Krishne Brumm, Phillip Balan, Venkatesh Dale, Bruce E.

The genome sequence of the leaf-cutter ant atta cephalotes reveals insights into its obligate symbiotic lifestyle
2011. Public Library of Science Genetics. Suen, Garret. Teiling, C. Li, L. Holt, C. Abouheif, E. Bornberg-Bauer, E. Bouffard, P. Caldera, E.J. Cash, E. Cavanaugh, A. Denas, O. Elhaik, E. Favé, M-J. Gadau, J. Gibson, J.D. Graur, D. Grubbs, K.J. Hagen, D.E. Helmkampf, M. Hu, H. Johnson, B.R. Kim,

Deconstruction of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals
2011. Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Chundawat, Shishir P. S. Beckham, Gregg T. Himmel, Michael E. Dale, Bruce E.

Consolidated bioprocessing (CBP) performance of Clostridium phytofermentans on AFEX-treated corn stover for ethanol production
2011. Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company. Jin, Mingjie Balan, Venkatesh Gunawan, Christa Dale, Bruce E.

The genome of the globally widespread and invasive Argentine ant (Linepithema humile)
2011. Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences. Smith, C.D. Zimin, A. Holt, C. Abouheif, E. Benton, R. Cash, E. Croset, V. Currie, C. R. Elhaik, E. Elsik, C.G. Favé, M-J. Fernandes, V. Gadau, J. Gibson, J.D. Graur, D. Grubbs, K.J. Hagen, D.E. Helmkampf, M. Holley, J-A. Hu, H. Ibarraran Viniegra, A.S. J

From genetics to genomics
2010. American Society for Microbiology Press. Suen, Garret; Aylward, F.O.; Slater, Steven C.; Goldman, B.S.

Thermochemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass
2010. Woodhead Publishing Ltd., (CRC Press). Chundawat, Shishir P. S. Balan, Venkatesh da Costa Sousa, Leonardo Dale, Bruce E.

Global gene expression patterns in Clostridium thermocellum from microarray analysis of chemostat culture on cellulose or cellobiose
2010. American Society for Microbiology. Riederer, Allison; Takasuka, Taichi E.; Makino, Shin-ichi; Stevenson, David M.; Bukhman, Yury V.; Elsen, Nathaniel L.; Fox, Brian G.

Site-directed mutagenesis of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 nitrogenase active site to increase photobiological hydrogen production
2010. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Masukawa, H; Inoue, K; Sakurai, H; Wolk, C. Peter; Hausinger RP

An Insect Herbivore Microbiome with High Plant Biomass-Degrading Capacity
2010. Public Library of Science Genetics. Suen, G., Scott, J. J., Aylward, F. O., Adams, S. M., et.al.

Exploiting Natural Variation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to Identify Genes for Increased Ethanol Resistance
2010. Genetics. Lewis, Jeffrey A. Elkon, Isaac M. McGee, Mick A. Higbee, Alan J. Gasch, Audrey P.

Synthesis of Furfural from Xylose and Xylan
2010. ChemSusChem. Binder, Joseph B. Blank, Jacqueline J. Cefali, Anthony V. Raines, Ronald T.

Functional Annotation of Fibrobacter succinogenes S85 Carbohydrate Active Enzymes
2010. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Brumm, P.; Mead, D.; Boyum, J.; Drinkwater, C.; Gowda, K.; Stevenson, D.; Weimer, P.

Alkali-based AFEX pretreatment for the conversion of sugarcane bagasse and cane leaf residues to ethanol
2010. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. Chandraraj Krishnan, Leonardo da Costa Sousa, Mingjie Jin, Linpei Chang, Bruce E. Dale, Venkatesh Balan

Two stage SSCF to convert AFEX-treated switchgrass to ethanol using commercial enzymes and Saccharomyces cerevisiae 424A (LNH-ST).
2010. Bioresource Technology. Jin, M., Lau, Ming, Balan, V., Dale, B.

Benchmarking the Performance of Current Leading Non Cellulase Secreting Strains for Cellulosic Ethanol Production
2010. Biotechnol Biofules. Lau, M.W., Gunawan, C. ,Balan, V., Dale, B.

The Tangled Banks of Ants and Microbes
2010. ASM Press. Currie, Cameron R.

Effect of Primary Degradation-Reaction Products from Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX)-treated Corn Stover on the Growth and Fermentation of Escherichia coli KO11
2010. Bioresour Technol. Lau, Ming, Dale, B.

Multifaceted characterization of cell wall decomposition products formed during ammonia fiber expansion (AFEX) and dilute-acid based pretreatments
2010. Bioresource Technology. Chundawat, S. P. S. Vismeh, R. Sharma, L. N. Humpula, J. F. daCosta Sousa, L. Chambliss, C. K. Ones, A.D. Balan, Venkatesh Dale, Bruce E.

Enzymatic digestibility and ethanol fermentability of AFEX treated starch-rich lignocellulosics like corn silage and whole corn plant
2010. Biotechnology for Biofuels. Shao, Q. Chundawat, S. P. S. Krishnan, C. Bals, B. daCosta Sousa, L. Thelen, K. D.

Mechanistic insights on the conversion of sugars into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural
2010. Energy Environmental Science. Binder, Joseph B. Cefali, Anthony V. Blank, Jacqueline J. Raines, Ronald T.

Evaluation of Ammonia Fiber Expansion (AFEX) pretreatment for enzymatic hydrolysis of switchgrass harvested in different seasons and locations
2010. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. Lau, M.J, Lau, M.W., Gunawan, C., Dale, B.

Geographic variation in bacterial communities associated with the red turpentine beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
2010. Environmental Entomologist. Adams, A.S., Adams, S.M., Currie, C.R., Gillette, N.E., and Raffa, K.F.

Microbial Community Structure of Leaf-cutter Ant Fungus Gardens and Refuse Dumps
2010. Public Library of Science ONE. Scott, J.J., Budsberg, K.J., Suen, G., Wixon, D., Balser, T.C. & C.R. Currie.

Synthetic Enzyme Mixtures for Biomass Deconstruction: Production and Optimization of a Core Set
2010. Biotechnol. Bioeng.. Goutami Banerjee, Suzana Car, John S. Scott-Craig, Melissa S. Borrusch, Nighat Aslam, Jonathan D. Walton

Mixture optimization of six core glycosyl hydrolases for maximizing saccharification of ammonia fiber expansion (AFEX) pretreated corn stover
2010. Bioresource Technology. Gao, D., Chundawat, S. P. S., Krishnanc, C., Balana, V. & Dale, B. E.

Strategy for Identification of Novel Fungal and Bacterial Glycosyl Hydrolase Hybrid Mixtures that can Efficiently Saccharify Pretreated Lignocellulosic Biomass
2010. BioEnergy Research. Gao, Dahai Chundawat, Shishir P. S. Liu, Tongjun Hermanson, Spencer Gowda, Krishne Brumm, Phillip Dale, Bruce E. Balan, Venkatesh

The US Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center: Midwestern Biomass as a Resource for Renewable Fuels
2010. BioEnergy Research. Slater, S., Keegstra, K., and T. J. Donohue.

A High-Throughput Platform for Screening Milligram Quantities of Plant Biomass for Lignocellulose Digestibility
2010. BioEnergy Research. SANTORO, N., CANTU, S. L., TORNQVIST, C.-E., FALBEL, T. G., BOLIVAR, J. L., PATTERSON, S. E., PAULY, M. & WALTON, J. D.

Improving Enzymes for Biomass Conversion: A Basic Research Perspective
2010. BioEnergy Research. Banerjee, Goutami Scott-Craig, John S. Walton, Jonathan D.

Optimization of enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol fermentation from AFEX-treated rice straw
2009. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol . Zhong, C., Lau, M.W., Balan, V., Dale, B., Yuan, Y. J.

'Cradle-to-grave' assessment of existing lignocellulose pretreatment technologies
2009. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. da Costa Sousa, Leonardo Chundawat, Shishir P. S. Balan, Venkatesh Dale, Bruce E.

Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in the Fungus Gardens of Leaf-Cutter Ants
2009. Science. Pinto-Tomas, Adrian A. Anderson, Mark A. Suen, Garret Stevenson, David M. Chu, Fiona S. T. Cleland, W. Wallace Weimer, Paul J. Currie, Cameron R.

Reduced genomic potential for secreted plant cell-wall-degrading enzymes in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Amanita bisporigera, based on the secretome of Trichoderma reesei
2009. Fungal Genetics and Biology. Nagendran, S.; Hallen-Adams, H. E.; Paper, J. M.; Aslam, N.; Walton, J. D.

Enzymatic digestibility and pretreatment degradation products for AFEX treated hardwoods (Populus nigra)
2009. Biotechnology Progress. Balan, V., da Costa Sousa, L., Chundawat, S.P.S., Marshall, D., Sharma, L.N., Chambliss, C.K. and Dale, B.E.

Sessions 3 and 8: Pretreatment and Biomass Recalcitrance: Fundamentals and Progress
2009. Applied Biochem Biotechnol. Zhang, Y. H.; Berson, E.; Sarkanen, S.; Dale, Bruce E.