Publications

Levine, U.Y., Teal, T.K., Robertson, P. & Schmidt, T.M. "Agriculture’s impact on microbial diversity and associated fluxes of carbon dioxide and methane." The International Society for Microbial Ecology Journal 5, 1683–1691+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.40]

Li, C., Cheng, G., Balan, V., Kent, M.S., Ong, M., Chundawat, S.P.S., Sousa, L. daCosta, Melnichenko, Y.B., Dale, B.E., Simmons, B.A., et al. "Influence of physico-chemical changes on enzymatic digestibility of ionic liquid and AFEX pretreated corn stover." Bioresource Technology 102,13, 6928–6936+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.04.005]

Li, L.-L., Taghavi, S., McCorkle, S., Zhang, Y.-B., Blewitt, M., Brunecky, R., Adney, W., Himmel, M., Brumm, P., Drinkwater, C., et al. "Bioprospecting metagenomics of decaying wood: mining for new glycoside hydrolases." Biotechnology for Biofuels 4,23, 23+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-4-23]

Liang, C. & Balser, T.C. "Microbial production of recalcitrant organic matter in global soils: implications for productivity and climate policy." Nature Reviews Microbiology 9, 75+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2386-c1]

Liang, C., Sanford, G.R., Jackson, R.D. & Balser, T.C. "Potential legacy effects of biofuel cropping systems on soil microbial communities in southern Wisconsin." Agricultural Sciences 2,2, 131–137+ (2011). [DOI: 10.4236/as.2011.22019]

Liang, C., Zhang, X., Wei, L., He, H., Higbee, A.J. & Balser, T.C. "Investigation of the molecular ion structure for aldononitrile acetate derivatized muramic acid." Journal of Microbiological Methods 86,2, 224–230+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.05.007]

Liu, J. & Wolk, P. "Mutations in genes patA and patL of Anabaena sp strain PCC 7120 result in similar phenotypes, and the proteins encoded by those genes may interact." Journal of Bacteriology 193,21, 6070–6074+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1128/Jb.05523-11]

Lu, F. & Ralph, J. "Solution-state NMR of lignocellulosic biomass." Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy 5,2, 169–180+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1166/jbmb.2011.1131]

Malmstrom, C.M., Melcher, U. & Bosque-Pérez, N.A. "The expanding field of plant virus ecology: historical foundations, knowledge gaps, and research directions." Virus Research 159,2, 84–94+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2011.05.010]

Meehan, T.D., Werling, B.P., Landis, D.A. & Gratton, C. "Agricultural landscape simplification and insecticide use in the Midwestern United States." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108,28, 11500–11505+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1100751108]

Mendez-Perez, D., Begemann, M.B. & Pfleger, B.F. "Modular synthase-encoding gene involved in α-olefin biosynthesis in Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77,12, 4264–4267+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00467-11]

Miller, D.A., Suen, G., Bruce, D., Copeland, A., Cheng, J.-F., Detter, C., Goodwin, L.A., Han, C.S., Hauser, L.J., Land, M.L., et al. "Complete genome sequence of the cellulose-degrading bacterium Cellulosilyticum lentocellum." Journal of Bacteriology 193,9, 2357–2358+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1128/JB.00239.11]

Mukherjee, A. & Ané, J.-M. "Germinating spore exudates from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: molecular and developmental responses in plants and their regulation by ethylene." Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 24,2, 260–270+ (2011). [DOI: 10.109/MPMI-06-10-0146]

Mukherjee, A. & Ané, J.-M. "Plant hormones and initiation of legume nodulation and arbuscular mycorrhization." in Ecological Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants. 354–396+ (Wiley Blackwell Press, 2011). [DOI: 10.1002/9780470959404.ch16]

Muñoz, J.D. & Kravchenko, A. "Soil carbon mapping using on-the-go near infrared spectroscopy, topography and aerial photographs." Geoderma 166,1, 102–110+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.07.017]

Nichols, J., Kang, S., Post, W., Wang, D., Bandaru, V., Manowitz, D., Zhang, X. & Izaurralde, R.C. "HPC-EPIC for high resolution simulations of environmental and sustainability assessment." Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 79,2, 112–115+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2011.08.012]

Ohlrogge, J.B. & Chapman, K. "The seeds of green energy: expanding the contribution of plant oils as biofuels." The Biochemist 33, 34–38+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1042/BIO03302034]

Parthasarathi, R., Bellesia, G., Chundawat, S.P., Dale, B.E., Langan, P. & Gnanakaran, S. "Insights into hydrogen bonding and stacking interactions in cellulose." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 115,49, 14191–202+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1021/jp203620x]

Peckham, S.D. & Gower, S.T. "Simulated long-term effects of harvest and biomass residue removal on soil carbon and nitrogen content and productivity for two Upper Great Lakes forest ecosystems." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 3,2, 135–147+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01067.x]

Rencoret, J., Gutierrez, A., Nieto, L., Jimenez-Barbero, J., Faulds, C.B., Kim, H., Ralph, J., Martinez, A.T. & del Rio, J.C. "Lignin composition and structure in young versus adult Eucalyptus globulus plants." Plant Physiology 155,2, 667–682+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.167254]

Riederer, A., Takasuka, T.E., Makino, S.- ichi, Stevenson, D.M., Bukhman, Y.V., Elsen, N.L. & Fox, B.G. "Global gene expression patterns in Clostridium thermocellum from microarray analysis of chemostat culture on cellulose or cellobiose." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77,4, 1243–1253+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02008-10]

Robertson, B.A., Doran, P.J., Loomis, E.R., Robertson, R. & Schemske, D.W. "Avian use of perennial biomass feedstocks as post-breeding and migratory stopover habitat." PLOS ONE 6,3, e16941+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016941]

Robertson, B.A., Doran, P.J., Loomis, L.R., Robertson, R. & Schemske, D.W. "Perennial biomass feedstocks enhance avian diversity." Global Change Biology – Bioenergy 3,3, 235–246+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01080.x]

Robertson, G., Hamilton, S.K., Del Grosso, S.J. & Parton, W.J. "The biogeochemistry of bioenergy landscapes: carbon, nitrogen, and water considerations." Ecological Applications 21,4, 1055–1067+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1890/09-0456.1]

, Durrett, T.P., Weise, S.E. & Benning, C. "Increasing the energy density of vegetative tissues by diverting carbon from starch to oil biosynthesis in transgenic Arabidopsis." Plant Biotechnology Journal 9,8, 874–883+ (2011). [DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7652.2011.00599.x]