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
2025
Kelliher, J.M., Mirzayi, C., Bordenstein, S.R., Oliver, A., Kellogg, C.A., Hatcher, E.L., Berg, M., Baldrian, P., Aljumaah, M., Miller, C.M.L., et al. "STREAMS guidelines: standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies." Nature Microbiology 10,12, 3059–3068+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1038/s41564-025-02186-2]
2025
Khana, D.B., Jen, A., Shishkova, E., Fisher, K., Thusoo, E., Williams, J., Henkel, A., Stevenson, D.M., Coon, J.J. & Amador-Noguez, D. "Thermodynamics shapes the in vivo enzyme burden on glycolytic pathways." mBio 16,10, e01837–25+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01837-25]
2025
Khanna, M., Basso, B., O’Hara, J., Zilberman, D. & Hochman, G. "Climate-smart biofuel policy as a pathway to decarbonize agriculture." Science 389,6761, 687–689+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1126/science.adw6739]
2025
Kim, K., Geers-Lucas, M., Robertson, P. & Kravchenko, A. "Soil carbon accrual and biopore formation across a plant diversity gradient." Soil 11, 1029–1040+ (2025). [DOI: 10.5194/soil-11-1029-2025]
2025
Ko, D.K. & Brandizzi, F. "A network-enabled pipeline for gene discovery and validation in non-model plant species." Cell Reports Methods 5,1, 100963+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.crmeth.2024.100963]
2025
Koester, F., Myers, K.S., Donohue, T.J. & Noguera, D.R. "Metagenome-assembled genomes from microbial communities producing lactic acid from dairy residues." Microbiology Resource Announcements 14,6, e00179–25+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1128/mra.00179-25]
2025
Koleva, D.T., Liu, M., Dusak, B., Ghosh, S., Krogh, C.T., Hellebek, I.R., Cortsen, M.T., Motawie, M.S., Jørgensen, F.S., McKinley, B.A., et al. "Amino acid substrate specificities and tissue expression profiles of the nine CYP79A encoding genes in Sorghum bicolor." Physiologia Plantarum 177,1, e70029+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1111/ppl.70029]
2025
Kristy, B., Davidson, J., Evans, S.E. & Tiemann, L.K. "Reduced soil diazotroph diversity decreases nitrogen fixation rates but depends on land management." Applied Soil Ecology 211, 106152+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.106152]
2025
Lee, J.H., Kim, K., Guber, A.K., Oerther, M., Kuzyakov, Y. & Kravchenko, A.N. "Direct root contact among neighboring plants influences activity of soil extracellular enzymes." Applied Soil Ecology 215, 106422+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2025.106422]
2025
Lee, J.H., Ulbrich, T.C., Maxwell, O., Kuzyakov, Y., Guber, A.K. & Kravchenko, A.N. "Belowground plant carbon and nitrogen exchange: plant-derived carbon inputs and pore structure formation." Soil Biology and Biochemistry 207, 109833+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2025.109833]
2025
Lee, S., West, C., Opulente, D.A., Harrison, M.-C., Wolters, J.F., Shen, X.-X., Zhou, X., Groenewald, M., Hittinger, C.T., Rokas, A., et al. "Genomic factors limiting the diversity of Saccharomycotina plant pathogens." G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics 15,10, jkaf184+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaf184]
2025
Liu, S., Chou, M.-Y., Benucci, G.M.N., Eudes, A. & Bonito, G. "Genetic modification of the shikimate pathway to reduce lignin content in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) significantly impacts plant microbiomes." Microbiology Spectrum 13,1, e01546–24+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01546-24]
2025
Lucas, M., Gil, J., Robertson, G.P., Ostrom, N.E. & Kravchenko, A. "Changes in soil pore structure generated by the root systems of maize, sorghum and switchgrass affect in situ N2O emissions and bacterial denitrification." Biology and Fertility of Soils 61,3, 367–383+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1007/s00374-023-01761-1]
2025
Mandalika, A., Runge, T. & Ragauskas, A. "Membrane separations in biomass processing." ChemPlusChem 90,2, e202400497+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202400497]
2025
Martin, G., Austin, K., Lark, T., Lee, S. & Clark, C.M. "Tracking cropland transitions: a comparative analysis of U.S. land cover change data." PLOS ONE 20,3, e0313880+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313880]
2025
McDonald, M.A., Larson, E.D., Greig, C. & Maravelias, C.T. "A control-inspired approach for energy transition planning under uncertainty." Computers & Chemical Engineering 200, 109176+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2025.109176]
2025
Metz, F., Allemann, M.N., Michener, J.K., Myers, K.S., Lu, F., Noguera, D.R. & Donohue, T.J. "RB-TnSeq barcode abundance data sets for Novosphingobium aromaticivorans grown on the β-5-linked aromatic dimer dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol." Microbiology Resource Announcements 14,1, e00844–24+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1128/mra.00844-24]
2025
Miao, G., Li, H., Zhu, Y., Chen, S., Lu, F., Ralph, J. & Xu, F. "Deep eutectic solvents for efficient fractionation of lignocellulose to produce uncondensed lignin and high-quality cellulose." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 13, 2197–2209+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c09673]
2025
Miller, S.T., Henzler-Wildman, K.A. & Raman, S. "Energetic and structural control of polyspecificity in a multidrug transporter." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122,52, e2511892122+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2511892122]
2025
Miller, S.T., Macdonald, C.B. & Raman, S. "Understanding, inhibiting, and engineering membrane transporters with high-throughput mutational screens." Cell Chemical Biology 32,4, 529–542+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2025.03.003]
2025
Min, K., Nuccio, E., Slessarev, E., Kan, M., McFarlane, K.J., Oerter, E., Jurusik, A., Sanford, G., Thelen, K.D., Pett-Ridge, J., et al. "Deep-rooted perennials alter microbial respiration and chemical composition of carbon in density fractions along soil depth profiles." Geoderma 455, 117202+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2025.117202]
2025
Mishra, S., Kumar, V., Misra, J., P., A.K., Sah, B. & Lal, P.B. "Genetic tools for engineering Zymomonas mobilis, Cereibacter sphaeroides and Novosphingobium aromaticivorans to improve production of bioenergy compounds." Microbial Cell Factories 24,1, 239+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1186/s12934-025-02845-3]
2025
Mottiar, Y., Tschaplinski, T.J., Ralph, J. & Mansfield, S.D. "Suppression of chorismate mutase 1 in hybrid poplar to investigate potential redundancy in the supply of lignin precursors." Plant Direct 9,3, e70053+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1002/pld3.70053]
2025
Myers, K.S., Linz, A.M., Baumgart, L.A., Zhang, Y., Blaby, I., Mewalal, R., Ng, V., Noguera, D.R. & Donohue, T.J. "Using DNA affinity purification sequencing (DAP-seq) to identify in vitro binding sites of potential Novosphingobium aromaticivorans DSM12444 transcription factors." Microbiology Resource Announcements 14,8, e00260–25+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1128/mra.00260-25]
2025
O’Neill, E.G., Lark, T.J., Xie, Y., Kim, S., Dale, B.E., Robertson, G.P., Basso, B. & Maravelias, C.T. "Available land for cellulosic biofuel production: a supply chain centered comparison." Environmental Research Letters 20,1, 014067+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ada301]