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
2016	Adkins, A. & Thelen, K. "Switchgrass ash content response to harvest timing and two harvest/storage methods of a bioenergy cropping system in the Great Lakes Region." American Journal of Biomass and Bioenergy 5,2, 98-110+ (2016). [DOI: 10.7726/ajbb.2016.1008] DOI Google Scholar	Sustainability
2016	Alexander, W.G., Peris, D., Pfannenstiel, B.T., Opulente, D.A., Kuang, M. & Hittinger, C.T. "Efficient engineering of marker-free synthetic allotetraploids of Saccharomyces." Fungal Genetics and Biology 89, 10-17+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1016/j.fgb.2015.11.002] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Alexander, W.G., Wisecaver, J.H., Rokas, A. & Hittinger, C.T. "Horizontally acquired genes in early-diverging pathogenic fungi enable the use of host nucleosides and nucleotides." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113,15, 4116-4121+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1517242113] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Badalyan, A. & Stahl, S.S. "Cooperative electrocatalytic alcohol oxidation with electron-proton-transfer mediators." Nature 535,7612, 406-410+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1038/nature18008] DOI Google Scholar	Deconstruction
2016	Bahlai, C.A. & Landis, D.A. "Predicting plant attractiveness to pollinators with passive crowdsourcing." Royal Society Open Science 3, 150677+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150677] DOI Google Scholar	Sustainability
2016	Barham, B.L., Mooney, D.F. & Swinton, S.M. "Inconvenient truths about landowner (un)willingness to grow dedicated bioenergy crops." Choices 31,4, (2016). [DOI: in journal] DOI Google Scholar	Sustainability
2016	Bellora, N., Moline, M., David-Palma, M., Coelho, M.A., Hittinger, C.T., Sampaio, J.P., Goncalves, P. & Libkind, D. "Comparative genomics provides new insights into the diversity, physiology, and sexuality of the only industrially exploited tremellomycete: Phaffia rhodozyma." BMC Genomics 17,1, 901+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-3244-7] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Bewg, W.P., Poovaiah, C., Lan, W., Ralph, J. & Coleman, H.D. "RNAi downregulation of three key lignin genes in sugarcane improves glucose release without reduction in sugar production." Biotechnology for Biofuels 9, 270+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0683-y] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks
2016	Bhalla, A., Bansal, N., Stoklosa, R.J., Fountain, M., Ralph, J., Hodge, D.B. & Hegg, E.L. "Effective alkaline metal-catalyzed oxidative delignification of hybrid poplar." Biotechnology for Biofuels 9, 34+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0442-0] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks, Deconstruction
2016	Blaser, M.J., Cardon, Z.G., Cho, M.K., Dangl, J.L., Donohue, T.J., Green, J.L., Knight, R., Maxon, M.E., Northen, T.R., Pollard, K.S., et al. "Toward a predictive understanding of Earth's microbiomes to address 21st century challenges." mBio 7,3, (2016). [DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00714-16] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Book, A.J., Lewin, G.R., McDonald, B.R., Takasuka, T.E., Wendt-Pienkowski, E., Doering, D.T., Suh, S., Raffa, K.F., Fox, B.G. & Currie, C.R. "Evolution of high cellulolytic activity in symbiotic Streptomyces through selection of expanded gene content and coordinated gene expression." PLOS Biology 14,6, (2016). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002475] DOI Google Scholar	Deconstruction
2016	Brumm, P.J., Gowda, K., Robb, F.T. & Mead, D.A. "The complete genome sequence of hyperthermophile Dictyoglomus turgidum DSM 6724™ reveals a specialized carbohydrate fermentor." Frontiers in Microbiology 7, 1979+ (2016). [DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01979] DOI Google Scholar	Deconstruction
2016	Cai, Y., Zhang, K., Kim, H., Hou, G., Zhang, X., Yang, H., Feng, H., Miller, L., Ralph, J. & Liu, C.-J. "Enhancing digestibility and ethanol yield of Populus wood via expression of an engineered monolignol 4-O-methyltransferase." Nature Communications 7, 11989+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11989] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks
2016	Cass, C.L., Lavell, A.A., Santoro, N., Foster, C.E., Karlen, S.D., Smith, R.A., Ralph, J., Garvin, D.F. & Sedbrook, J.C. "Cell wall composition and biomass recalcitrance differences within a genotypically diverse set of Brachypodium distachyon inbred lines." Frontiers in Plant Science 7, 708+ (2016). [DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00708] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks
2016	Chen, S., Kaeppler, S.M., Vogel, K.P. & Casler, M.D. "Selection signatures in four lignin genes from switchgrass populations divergently selected for in vitro dry matter digestibility." PLOS ONE 11,11, (2016). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167005] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks
2016	Chen, W., McClelland, D.J., Azarpira, A., Ralph, J., Luo, Z. & Huber, G.W. "Low temperature hydrogenation of pyrolytic lignin over Ru/TiO2: 2D HSQC and 13C NMR study of reactants and products." Green Chemistry 18,1, 271-281+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1039/c5gc02286j] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks
2016	Chundawat, S.P.S., Paavola, C.D., Raman, B., Nouailler, M., Chan, S.L., Mielenz, J.R., Receveur-Brechot, V., Trent, J.D. & Dale, B.E. "Saccharification of thermochemically pretreated cellulosic biomass using native and engineered cellulosomal enzyme systems." Reaction Chemistry & Engineering 1,6, 616-628+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1039/C6RE00172F] DOI Google Scholar	Deconstruction
2016	Collier, S.M., Dean, A.P., Oates, L.G., Ruark, M.D. & Jackson, R.D. "Does plant biomass manipulation in static chambers affect nitrous oxide emissions from soils?" Journal of Environmental Quality 45,2, 751-756+ (2016). [DOI: 10.2134/jeq2015.07.0377] DOI Google Scholar	Sustainability
2016	Cornish, A.J., Ginovska, B., Thelen, A., da Silva, J.C.S., Soares, T.A., Raugei, S., Dupuis, M., Shaw, W.J. & Hegg, E.L. "Single-amino acid modifications reveal additional controls on the proton pathway of [FeFe]-hydrogenase." Biochemistry 55,22, 3165-3173+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b01044] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Cotten, C. & Reed, J.L. "Applications of constraint-based models for biochemical production." in Biotechnology for Biofuel Production and Optimization. 201-226+ (Elsevier, 2016). [DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63475-7.00008-X] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Jesus, E. da C., Liang, C., Quensen, J.F., Susilawati, E., Jackson, R.D., Balser, T.C. & Tiedje, J.M. "Influence of corn, switchgrass, and prairie cropping systems on soil microbial communities in the upper Midwest of the United States." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 8, 481-494+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12289] DOI Google Scholar	Sustainability
2016	Sousa, L. da C., Foston, M., Bokade, V., Azarpira, A., Lu, F., Ragauskas, A.J., Ralph, J., Dale, B. & Balan, V. "Isolation and characterization of new lignin streams derived from extractive-ammonia (EA) pretreatment." Green Chemistry 18,15, 4205-4215+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1039/c6gc00298f] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks, Deconstruction
2016	Sousa, L. da C., Jin, M., Chundawat, S.P.S., Bokade, V., Tang, X., Azarpira, A., Lu, F., Avci, U., Humpula, J., Uppugundla, N., et al. "Next-generation ammonia pretreatment enhances cellulosic biofuel production." Energy & Environmental Science 9,4, 1215-1223+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1039/c5ee03051j] DOI Google Scholar	Feedstocks, Deconstruction
2016	Dickinson, Q., Bottoms, S., Hinchman, L., McIlwain, S., Li, S., Myers, C.L., Boone, C., Coon, J.J., Hebert, A., Sato, T.K., et al. "Mechanism of imidazolium ionic liquids toxicity in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and rational engineering of a tolerant, xylose-fermenting strain." Microbial Cell Factories 15, 17+ (2016). [DOI: 10.1186/s12934-016-0417-7] DOI Google Scholar	Conversion
2016	Ding, S.-Y. "Nanoscale structure of biomass." in Reaction Pathways and Mechanisms in Thermocatalytic Biomass Conversion I, Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology. 1-14+ (Springer Singapore, 2016). [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-287-688-1_1] DOI Google Scholar	Deconstruction