Publications

When it comes to interdisciplinary collaboration, the titles of GLBRC publications speak for themselves. Each new year of operation has seen more publications from multiple labs that span our research themes, accelerating the Center's production of the basic research that generates technology to convert cellulosic biomass to advanced biofuels and bioproducts.
Year Publication Keywords
2026
Chavez, C.M., Harrison, M.-C., Danis, T., Groenewald, M., Hittinger, C.T. & Rokas, A. "The macroevolution of filamentation morphology across the Saccharomycotina yeast subphylum." FEMS Yeast Research DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foag001, (2026). [DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foag001]
2026
Dietrich, J.J., Dziedzic, M., Sun, J., Adusumilli, S.H., Goncalves, C., Hittinger, C.T. & Pfleger, B.F. "Engineering of 2-ketoacid decarboxylases for production of isobutanol and other fusel alcohols in Saccharomyces cerevisiae." Biotechnology and Bioengineering DOI:10.1002/bit.70150, (2026). [DOI: 10.1002/bit.70150]
2026
Geers-Lucas, M., Guber, A. & Kravchenko, A. "Root-pore interactions, the underestimated driver for rhizosphere structure and rhizosheath development." Plant, Cell & Environment 49,1, 295–308+ (2026). [DOI: 10.1111/pce.70215]
2025
Adhikari, B., Verchot, J., Brandizzi, F. & Ko, D.K. "ER stress and viral defense: advances and future perspectives on plant unfolded protein response in pathogenesis." Journal of Biological Chemistry 301,4, 108354+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2025.108354]
2025
Aljohani, M., Lan, L., Daly, H., Barbara, P.V., Hu, M., Nisar, S., Ding, S., Hallett, J., Watkins, N., Macalpine, W.J., et al. "Enhancing hydrogen production from bioenergy crops via photoreforming." Journal of the American Chemical Society 147,33, 29679–29686+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c01871]
2025
Allemann, M.N., Lu, F., Presley, G.N., Valentino, H.R., Bedgar, D.L., Costa, M.A., Moinuddin, S.G., Azubuike, C.C., Vasileva, D.P., Klingeman, D.M., et al. "Elucidation of a bacterial pathways for catabolism of the β–β-linked dilignol pinoresinol." mBio 16,11, e02010–25+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02010-25]
2025
Alvarenga, F.B.M., Barros, K.O., Batista, T.M., Souza, G.F.L., Santos, A.R.O., Abegg, M.A., Sato, T.K., Hittinger, C.T., Lachance, M.-A. & Rosa, C.A. "Vanderwaltozyma urihicola sp. nov., a yeast species isolated from rotting wood and beetles in a Brazilian Amazonian rainforest biome." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 75,3, 006718+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006718]
2025
Andersen, T.B., Braun, E., Brown, B.N.I., Hamberger, B., Knoor, L., Korkmaz, I., Reist, L., Sharpe, L., McKinley, B.A., Suggitt, J.O., et al. "Combining biotechnology with sustainability: feasibility of bioenergy sorghum in generating high-value bioproducts." Biotechnology Letters 47,4, 85+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-025-03623-2]
2025
Aranguiz, K., Horianopoulos, L.C., Elkin, L., Aba, K.S., Jordahl, D., Overmyer, K.A., Wrobel, R.L., Coon, J.J., Shiu, S.-H., Rokas, A., et al. "Machine learning reveals genes impacting oxidative stress resistance across yeasts." Nature Communications 16,1, 5866+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60189-3]
2025
Bacon, E.E., Myers, K.S., Iruegas-Lopez, R., Banta, A.B., Place, M., Ebersberger, I. & Peters, J.M. "Physiological roles of an Acinetobacter-specific sigma factor." mBio 16,6, e00968–25+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00968-25]
2025
Baek, D., Abdulghani, A.J.A., Walsh, D.J., Hofsommer, D.T., Gerken, J.B., Shi, C., Chen, E.Y.-X., Hermans, I. & Stahl, S.S. "Can the Hock process be used to produce phenol from polystyrene?" Journal of the American Chemical Society 147,10, 8687–8694+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c18143]
2025
Baek, D., Walsh, D.J., Gerken, J.B., Frank, M.G., Hermans, I. & Stahl, S.S. "Conversion of polystyrene to terephthalic acid via sequential acetylation and Mn/Br-catalyzed autoxidation." ACS Catalysis 15,18, 16421–16426+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c04744]
2025
Bajgain, Y., Langdon, Q.K., Krien, C.M., Jarzyna, M., Buh, K.V., Haase, M.A.B., Pasles, A., Wolters, J.F., Groenewald, M., Hittinger, C.T., et al. "Taxogenomic analysis of a novel yeast species, Lachancea rosae Sp. Nov. F.A., isolated from the wild rose Rosa californica." Yeast 42,11, 213–221+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1002/yea.70000]
2025
Banta, A.B., Cuellar, R.A., Nadig, N., Davis, B.C. & Peters, J.M. "The promise of CRISPR-associated transposons for bacterial functional genomics." Current Opinion in Microbiology 83, 102563+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2024.102563]
2025
Barros, K.O., Al-Oboudi, J., Freitas, L.F., Sousa, F.M., Batista, T.M., Santos, A.R.O., Morais, P.B., Sampaio, J.P., Lachance, M.-A., Hittinger, C.T., et al. "Taxogenomic analysis of Pichia senei sp. nov. and new insights into hybridization events in the Pichia cactophila species complex." FEMS Yeast Research 25, foaf037+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1093/femsyr/foaf037]
2025
Barten, L.M., Crandall, J.G., Xie, D., Serate, J., Handowski, E., Jen, A., Overmyer, K.A., Coon, J.J., Hittinger, C.T., Landick, R., et al. "pH adjustment increases biofuel production from inhibitory switchgrass hydrolysates." Bioresource Technology 432, 132651+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2025.132651]
2025
Basso, B., Tadiello, T., Millar, N., Robertson, P., Paustian, K., Maureira, F.S., Albarenque, S., Baer, B., Price, L., Sharma, P., et al. "A multi model ensemble reveals net climate benefits from regenerative practices in US Midwest croplands." Scientific Reports 15,1, 24881+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-08419-y]
2025
Basyal, B., Li, X., Pargulski, V., Fu, X., Nightingale, N.M., Overmyer, K.A., Coon, J.J., Zhang, Y., Benucci, G.M.N., Last, R.L., et al. "Developmentally-specific physiological and metabolic responses support drought resilience in switchgrass and constrains biofuel yield." Journal of Experimental Botany DOI:10.1093/jxb/eraf533, (2025). [DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eraf533]
2025
Benucci, G.M.N., Myers, K.L., Wijewardana, C., Bergstrom, G.C., Mondo, S., Riley, R., Lipzen, A., Del Rosario, J., Yan, M., Ng, V., et al. "Draft genome of the switchgrass head smut pathogen Tilletia maclaganii." Microbiology Resource Announcements 14,12, e00991–25+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1128/mra.00991-25]
2025
Bhandari, D.D., Kim, S.-J. & Brandizzi, F. "Fortifying the frontier: cell wall modifications during plant immunity." Current Opinion in Plant Biology 88, 102816+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2025.102816]
2025
Boismier, E.C., Aboulnaga, E.A. & TerAvest, M.A. "Zymomonas mobilis: bringing an ancient human tool into the genomic era." Current Opinion in Biotechnology 92, 103257+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2025.103257]
2025
Bozek, A., Mathis, F., Guillaumat, L., Mussig, J., Boizot, N., Ismael, A., Ralph, J., Lu, F., Sibout, R. & Beaugrand, J. "Determination of a suitable molar absorption coefficient (epsilon) for lignin analysis of fibrous plants using the CASA method." International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 308,Part 1, 142324+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2025.142324]
2025
Bryson, A.E., Childs, K.L., Schlecht, N., Mathieu, D., Hamilton, J.P., Xin, H., Jiang, J., Buell, R. & Hamberger, B. "A high-quality genome assembly of the tetraploid Teucrium chamaedrys unveils a recent whole genome duplication and a large biosynthetic gene cluster for diterpenoid metabolism." Plant Communications 6,8, 101393+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2025.101393]
2025
Chakraborty, P., Falvo, G., Robertson, P. & Kravchenko, A. "Agricultural management legacy effects on switchgrass growth and soil carbon gains." Global Change Biology Bioenergy 17, e70051+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.70051]
2025
Chakraborty, P., Guber, A. & Kravchenko, A. "Microbial O2 consumption as a function of pore structure in soils of sorghum, switchgrass, and prairie vegetation systems." Vadose Zone Journal 24,1, e70001+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1002/vzj2.70001]