Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Endosymbionts of Herbivorous Insects Reveals Eco-Environmental Adaptations: Biotechnology Applications

Draft Genome Sequences for Clostridium thermocellum Wild-Type Strain YS and Derived Cellulose Adhesion-Defective Mutant Strain AD2

(2012) S. D. Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Sustainable ethanol fermentation from synthesis gas by Clostridium ljungdahlii in a continuous stirred tank bioreactor

(2012) Maedeh Mohammadi et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Site-directed mutagenesis of aromatic residues in the carbohydrate-binding module of Bacillus endoglucanase EGA decreases enzyme thermostability

(2011) Qiuyu Yin et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Hydrophilic Aromatic Residue and in silico Structure for Carbohydrate Binding Module

(2011) Wei-Yao Chou et al.   PLoS One

Aphid genome expression reveals host-symbiont cooperation in the production of amino acids

(2011) A. K. Hansen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Metagenomic Discovery of Biomass-Degrading Genes and Genomes from Cow Rumen

(2011) M. Hess et al.   SCIENCE

Chromosome Stability and Gene Loss in Cockroach Endosymbionts

(2010) Z. L. Sabree et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Production and characterization of a recombinant beta-1,4-endoglucanase (glycohydrolase family 9) from the termite Reticulitermes flavipes

(2010) Xuguo Zhou et al.   ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Comparison of Insect Gut Cellulase and Xylanase Activity Across Different Insect Species with Distinct Food Sources

(2010) Weibing Shi et al.   BioEnergy Research

Diversity and Genomes of Uncultured Microbial Symbionts in the Termite Gut

(2010) Yuichi HONGOH   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Characterization of a new β-glucosidase/β-xylosidase from the gut microbiota of the termite (Reticulitermes santonensis)

(2010) Christel Mattéotti et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Molecular approaches to study the insect gut symbiotic microbiota at the ‘omics’ age

(2010) Weibing Shi et al.   Insect Science

Clostridium ljungdahlii represents a microbial production platform based on syngas

(2010) M. Kopke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Nutrient provisioning facilitates homeostasis between tsetse fly (Diptera: Glossinidae) symbionts

(2010) A. K. Snyder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Sources of variation in dietary requirements in an obligate nutritional symbiosis

(2010) K. J. Vogel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Symbiotic Bacterium Modifies Aphid Body Color

(2010) T. Tsuchida et al.   SCIENCE

Bacterial Genes in the Aphid Genome: Absence of Functional Gene Transfer from Buchnera to Its Host

(2010) Naruo Nikoh et al.   PLoS Genetics

Facultative Symbionts in Aphids and the Horizontal Transfer of Ecologically Important Traits

(2009) Kerry M. Oliver et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Purification and Molecular Cloning of Xylanases from the Wood-Feeding Termite,Coptotermes formosanusShiraki

(2009) Gaku ARAKAWA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Parallel metatranscriptome analyses of host and symbiont gene expression in the gut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes

(2009) Aurélien Tartar et al.   Biotechnology for Biofuels

What is microbial community ecology?

(2009) Allan Konopka   ISME Journal

Nitrogen recycling and nutritional provisioning by Blattabacterium, the cockroach endosymbiont

(2009) Z. L. Sabree et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Hamiltonella defensa, genome evolution of protective bacterial endosymbiont from pathogenic ancestors

(2009) P. H. Degnan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Convergent evolution of metabolic roles in bacterial co-symbionts of insects

(2009) J. P. McCutcheon et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Metagenomics as a new technological tool to gain scientific knowledge

(2009) María-Eugenia Guazzaroni et al.   WORLD JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Origin of an Alternative Genetic Code in the Extremely Small and GC–Rich Genome of a Bacterial Symbiont

(2009) John P. McCutcheon et al.   PLoS Genetics

Genomics and Evolution of Heritable Bacterial Symbionts

(2008) Nancy A. Moran et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Termite digestomes as sources for novel lignocellulases

(2008) Michael E. Scharf et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

Computational analysis of glycoside hydrolase family 1 specificities

(2008) Anthony D. Hill et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

The metagenome of a biogas-producing microbial community of a production-scale biogas plant fermenter analysed by the 454-pyrosequencing technology

(2008) Andreas Schlüter et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Genome of an Endosymbiont Coupling N2 Fixation to Cellulolysis Within Protist Cells in Termite Gut

(2008) Y. Hongoh et al.   SCIENCE

Innate Immune Homeostasis by the Homeobox Gene Caudal and Commensal-Gut Mutualism in Drosophila

(2008) J.-H. Ryu et al.   SCIENCE

Composition of Acridid gut bacterial communities as revealed by 16S rRNA gene analysis

(2007) R.J. Dillon et al.   JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY

Population dynamics of defensive symbionts in aphids

(2007) K. M Oliver et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES