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
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]
2025
Oliveira, D.M., Saleme, M. de L.S., Smith, R.A., Vangeel, T., Lima, M. de F., Chanoca, A.A., Mota, T.R., Vanhevel, Y., Coussens, G., Van Aelst, K., et al. "CRISPR/Cas9 editing of p-COUMAROYL-CoA:MONOLIGNOL TRANSFERASE 1 in maize alters phenolic metabolism, lignin structure, and lignin-first biomass processing." Trends in Biotechnology 43,5, 1166–1195+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2025.01.006]
2025
Pandeya, P.R., Black, I.M., Karlen, S.D., Heiss, C., Tseng, Y.-C., Downie, B., Azadi, P. & Schendel, R.R. "Hempseed cell wall polysaccharides are dominated by linear xylans and cellulose: comprehensive structural profiling of ten cultivars of industrial hemp, Cannabis sativa L." Carbohydrate Polymers 361, 123635+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2025.123635]
2025
Rajbangshi, J., Sener, C. & Van Lehn, R.C. "Effect of solvents on lignin-surface interactions via molecular dynamics." Journal of Physical Chemistry B 129,36, 9175–9189+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c02943]
2025
Reed, D.E., Chu, H., Peter, B.G., Chen, J., Abraha, M., Amiro, B., Anderson, R.G., Arain, A., Arruda, P., Barron-Gafford, G.A., et al. "Network of networks: time series clustering of AmeriFlux sites." Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 372, 110686+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110686]
Sustainability
2025
Rencoret, J., Ralph, J. & del Rio, J.C. "cis-p-Coumarates acylate the lignin sidechain in grasses and other plants." Industrial Crops & Products 236, 121903+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.121903]
2025
Vazquez, J.R., Trujillo, E., Wenger, Z., Botts, M., Coon, J.J. & Amador-Noguez, D. "Physiological and metabolic responses of Zymomonas mobilis to lignocellulosic hydrolysate." Microbiology Spectrum 13,10, e00610–25+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00610-25]
2025
Rivett, E.D., Finders, C.M., Haslun, J.A., Gandhi, H., Kahle, M., Ädelroth P., Ostrom, P.H., Ostrom, N.E. & Hegg, E.L. "Isoptopic fractionation and kinetic isotope effects of a purified bacterial nitric oxide reductase (NOR)." Biochemistry 64,20, 4327–4340+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5c00417]
2025
Rodriguez-Castro, L., Myers, K.S., Linz, A.M., Mettert, E.L., Camp, W., Kiley, P.J., Noguera, D.R. & Donohue, T.J. "Novosphingobium aromaticivorans LigR coordinates transcription of genes involved in metabolism of multiple types of aromatics." mSystems 10,12, e01469–25+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01469-25]
2025
Rodriguez-Castro, L., Myers, K.S., Noguera, D.R. & Donohue, T.J. "Transcriptomic data sets for Novosphingobium aromaticivorans DSM12444 and a ΔSARO_RS14285 mutant grown in the presence of glucose and either protocatechuic, vanillic, syringic, or 4-coumaric acid." Microbiology Resource Announcements 14,9, e00264–25+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1128/mra.00264-25]
2025
Sener, C., Timokhin, V.I., Hellinger, J., Ralph, J. & Karlen, S.D. "Pd/C promotes C–H bond activation and oxidation of p-hydroxybenzoate during hydrogenolysis of poplar." Nature Communications 16,1, 5259+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60270-x]
2025
Serrano, L.R., Mellors, S., Thompson, W., Lancaster, N.M., Robinson, M.L., Overmyer, K.A., Quarmby, S.T. & Coon, J.J. "SPE-CZE-MS quantifies zeptomole amounts of phosphorylated peptides." Journal of Proteome Research 24,6, 3049–3061+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5c00194]
2025
Shen, G., Guber, A., Khosrozadeh, S., Ghaderi, N., Kravchenko, A. & Bladgodatskaya, E. "Plant-microbial interplay for organic nitrogen mediated by functional specificity of root compartments." Rhizosphere 33, 101024+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1016/j.rhisph.2025.101024]
2025
Silva, M.R., Paraíso F., Al-Oboudi, J., Abegg, M.A., Aires, A., Barros, K.O., Brito, P.H., Jarzyna, M., Sylvester, K., Langdon, Q.K., et al. "A taxogenomic view of the genus Torulaspora: an expansion from ten to twenty-two species." Persoonia 54,1, 265–283+ (2025). [DOI: 10.3114/persoonia.2025.54.08]
2025
Singhal, R., Izquierdo, P., Ranaweera, T., Abá, K.S., Brown, B.N.I., Lehti-Shiu, M.D. & Shiu, S.-H. "Using supervised machine-learning approaches to understand abiotic stress tolerance and design resilient crops." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 380, 20240252+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2024.0252]
2025
Tejera-Nieves, M.D., Cordova, C., Sears, M., Thelen, K.D., Robertson, P. & Walker, B.J. "Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) and miscanthus (Miscanthus × Giganteus) long-term yield patterns reveal consistent productivity declines." Global Change Biology Bioenergy 17,12, e70088+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.70088]
2025
Tian, Y., Kim, B., Pamukçu, I., Turumtay, E.A., Tan, A.H., Saini, V., Chavez, A.I., Tang, A., Su, A.Z., Baidoo, E.E.K., et al. "Engineered accumulation of protocatechuate in corn biomass to enhance biomanufacturing." ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 13,46, 20204–20214+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c09025]
2025
Tran, P.M., O’Neill, E.G. & Maravelias, C.T. "Complexity reduction methods for large-scale spatially explicit biofuels network design." Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 64, 12724–12736+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5c00439]
2025
VanWallendael, A., Wijewardana, C., Bonnette, J., Vormwald, L., Fritschi, F.B., Boe, A., Chambers, S., Mitchell, R.B., Rouquette, F.M., Jr., Wu, Y., et al. "Local adaptation of both plant and pathogen: an arms-race compromise in switchgrass rust." New Phytologist 248,3, 1527–1541+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1111/nph.70313]
2025
Venkataraman, M., Infante, V., Sabat, G., Sanos-Giles, K., Ané, J.-M. & Pfleger, B.F. "A novel membrane-associated protein aids bacterial colonization of maize." ACS Synthetic Biology 14,1, 206–215+ (2025). [DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.4c00489]
2025
Wang, N., Takada, M., Sakamoto, S., Vanholme, R., Goeminne, G., Kim, H., Nagano, S., Takata, N., Kamimura, N., Uesugi, M., et al. "Effects of feruloyl-CoA 6’-hydroxylase 1 overexpression on lignin and cell wall characteristics in transgenic hybrid aspen." Frontiers in Plant Science 16, 1543168+ (2025). [DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2025.1543168]