Project description:Our goal is to convert methane efficiently into liquid fuels that may be more readily transported. Since aerobic oxidation of methane is less efficient, we focused on anaerobic processes to capture methane, which are accomplished by anaerobic methanotrophic archaea (ANME) in consortia. However, no pure culture capable of oxidizing and growing on methane anaerobically has been isolated. In this study, Methanosarcina acetivorans, an archaeal methanogen, was metabolically engineered to take up methane, rather than to generate it. To capture methane, we cloned the DNA coding for the enzyme methyl-coenzyme M reductase (Mcr) from an unculturable archaeal organism from a Black Sea mat into M. acetivorans to effectively run methanogenesis in reverse. The engineered strain produces primarily acetate, and our results demonstrate that pure cultures can grow anaerobically on methane.
Project description:We found many binding sites for ArcA under glucose fermentative anaerobic growth conditions. Descirbed in the manuscript "The response regulator ArcA uses a diverse binding site architechture to globally regulate carbon oxidation in E. coli" Examination of occupancy of ArcA under anaerobic growth conditions.
Project description:We found many binding sites for ArcA under glucose fermentative anaerobic growth conditions. Descirbed in the manuscript "The response regulator ArcA uses a diverse binding site architechture to globally regulate carbon oxidation in E. coli"
Project description:Transcriptional profiling of methanotrophic bacteria (pmoA gene) in methane oxidation biocover soil by depth Three-different depth condition in methane oxidation biocover soil: top, middle and botton layer soil: genomic DNA extract. Three replicate per array.
Project description:Investigating the role of carbon monoxide and a CO sensor protein CooA in the physiology of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough using whole genome expression analysis Comparison of whole genome expression changes in the wild type and a strain deleted for CooA (DVU2097) in the presence and absence of carbon monoxide
Project description:Mapping the occupancy of ArcA throughout the genome of Escherchia coli MG1655 K-12 using an affinity purified antibody under anaerobic and aerobic growth conditions. As a control, we also performed ChIP-chip onArcA in a ∆arcA mutant strain of Escherchia coli MG1655 K-12. Described in the manuscript The response regulator ArcA uses a diverse binding site architechture to globally regulate carbon oxidation in E. coli
