Martin G. Klotz

Adaptations to submarine hydrothermal environments exemplified by the genome of Nautilia profundicola (2009)

Campbell, Barbara J., Smith, Julie L., Hanson, Thomas E., Klotz, Martin G., Stein, Lisa Y., Lee, Charles K., ...

Submarine hydrothermal vents are model systems for the Archaean Earth environment, and some sites maintain conditions that may have favored the formation and evolution of cellular life. Vents are...

Adaptations to submarine hydrothermal environments exemplified by the genome of Nautilia profundicola (2009)

Campbell, Barbara J., Smith, Julie L., Hanson, Thomas E., Klotz, Martin G., Stein, Lisa Y., Lee, Charles K., ...

Submarine hydrothermal vents are model systems for the Archaean Earth environment, and some sites maintain conditions that may have favored the formation and evolution of cellular life. Vents are...

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Martin G. Klotz, Martin G. Klotz, Ph. D

El Sheikh et al.: The amoRCABD operon in nitrosococci 1 Submitted for publication as a NOTE in Applied and Environmental Microbiology Title: Characterization of two new genes, amoR and amoD, in the...

Genome of the epsilonproteobacterial chemolithoautotroph Sulfurimonas denitrificans (2007)

Sievert, Stefan M., Scott, Kathleen M., Klotz, Martin G., Chain, Patrick S. G., Hauser, Loren J., Hemp, James, ...

Author Posting. © American Society for Microbiology, 2008. This article is posted here by permission of American Society for Microbiology for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive...

The Genome of Deep-Sea Vent Chemolithoautotroph Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2 (2006)

Kathleen M. Scott, Stefan M. Sievert, Fereniki N. Abril, Lois A. Ball, Chantell J. Barrett, Rodrigo A. Blake, ...

Presented here is the complete genome sequence of Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2, representative of ubiquitous chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal...

The genome of deep-sea vent chemolithoautotroph Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2 (2006)

Scott, Kathleen M., Sievert, Stefan M., Abril, Fereniki N., Ball, Lois A., Barrett, Chantell J., Blake, Rodrigo A., ...

© 2006 Scott et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any...

The genome of deep-sea vent chemolithoautotroph Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2 (2006)

Scott, Kathleen M., Sievert, Stefan M., Abril, Fereniki N., Ball, Lois A., Barrett, Chantell J., Blake, Rodrigo A., ...

© 2006 Scott et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any...

The Genome of Deep-Sea Vent Chemolithoautotroph Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2 (2006)

Scott, Kathleen M., Sievert, Stefan M., Abril, Fereniki N., Ball, Lois A., Barrett, Chantell J., Blake, Rodrigo A., ...

Presented here is the complete genome sequence of Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2, representative of ubiquitous chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal...

The Molecular Evolution of Catalatic Hydroperoxidases: Evidence for Multiple Lateral Transfer of Genes between Prokaryota and from Bacteria into Eukaryota (2003)

Klotz, Martin G., Loewen, Peter C.

The last decade has produced an increasing number of reports on horizontal gene transfer between prokaryotic organisms. Only recently, with the flood of available whole genome sequence data and a...

The Molecular Evolution of Catalatic Hydroperoxidases: Evidence for Multiple Lateral Transfer of Genes Between Prokaryota and from Bacteria into Eukaryota (2003)

Klotz, Martin G., Loewen, Peter C.

The past decade has produced an increasing number of reports on horizontal gene transfer between prokaryotic organisms. Only recently, with the flood of available whole genome sequence data and a...

The Molecular Evolution of Catalatic Hydroperoxidases: Evidence for Multiple Lateral Transfer of Genes between Prokaryota and from Bacteria into Eukaryota (2003)

Klotz, Martin G., Loewen, Peter C.

The last decade has produced an increasing number of reports on horizontal gene transfer between prokaryotic organisms. Only recently, with the flood of available whole genome sequence data and a...

Bacterioferritin A Modulates Catalase A (KatA) Activity and Resistance to Hydrogen Peroxide in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Ma, Ju-Fang, Ochsner, Urs A., Klotz, Martin G., Nanayakkara, Vagira K., Howell, Michael L., Johnson, Zaiga, ...

We have cloned a 3.6-kb genomic DNA fragment from Pseudomonas aeruginosa harboring the rpoA, rplQ, katA, and bfrA genes. These loci are predicted to encode, respectively, (i) the α subunit of RNA...

AnkB, a Periplasmic Ankyrin-Like Protein in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Is Required for Optimal Catalase B (KatB) Activity and Resistance to Hydrogen Peroxide

Howell, Michael L., Alsabbagh, Eyad, Ma, Ju-Fang, Ochsner, Urs A., Klotz, Martin G., Beveridge, Terry J., ...

In this study, we have cloned the ankB gene, encoding an ankyrin-like protein in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The ankB gene is composed of 549 bp encoding a protein of 183 amino acids that possesses four...

Urease-Encoding Genes in Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria†

Koper, Teresa E., El-Sheikh, Amal F., Norton, Jeanette M., Klotz, Martin G.

Many but not all ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) produce urease (urea amidohydrolase, EC 3.5.1.5) and are capable of using urea for chemolithotrophic growth. We sequenced the urease operons from two...

Structure and Sequence Conservation of hao Cluster Genes of Autotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria: Evidence for Their Evolutionary History

Bergmann, David J., Hooper, Alan B., Klotz, Martin G.

Comparison of the organization and sequence of the hao (hydroxylamine oxidoreductase) gene clusters from the gammaproteobacterial autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacterium (aAOB) Nitrosococcus oceani...

Genome Sequence of the Chemolithoautotrophic Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacterium Nitrobacter winogradskyi Nb-255

Starkenburg, Shawn R., Chain, Patrick S. G., Sayavedra-Soto, Luis A., Hauser, Loren, Land, Miriam L., Larimer, Frank W., ...

The alphaproteobacterium Nitrobacter winogradskyi (ATCC 25391) is a gram-negative facultative chemolithoautotroph capable of extracting energy from the oxidation of nitrite to nitrate. Sequencing and...

Bacterioferritin A Modulates Catalase A (KatA) Activity and Resistance to Hydrogen Peroxide in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Ma, Ju-Fang, Ochsner, Urs A., Klotz, Martin G., Nanayakkara, Vagira K., Howell, Michael L., Johnson, Zaiga, ...

We have cloned a 3.6-kb genomic DNA fragment from Pseudomonas aeruginosa harboring the rpoA, rplQ, katA, and bfrA genes. These loci are predicted to encode, respectively, (i) the α subunit of RNA...

AnkB, a Periplasmic Ankyrin-Like Protein in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Is Required for Optimal Catalase B (KatB) Activity and Resistance to Hydrogen Peroxide

Howell, Michael L., Alsabbagh, Eyad, Ma, Ju-Fang, Ochsner, Urs A., Klotz, Martin G., Beveridge, Terry J., ...

In this study, we have cloned the ankB gene, encoding an ankyrin-like protein in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The ankB gene is composed of 549 bp encoding a protein of 183 amino acids that possesses four...

Urease-Encoding Genes in Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria†

Koper, Teresa E., El-Sheikh, Amal F., Norton, Jeanette M., Klotz, Martin G.

Many but not all ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) produce urease (urea amidohydrolase, EC 3.5.1.5) and are capable of using urea for chemolithotrophic growth. We sequenced the urease operons from two...

Structure and Sequence Conservation of hao Cluster Genes of Autotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria: Evidence for Their Evolutionary History

Bergmann, David J., Hooper, Alan B., Klotz, Martin G.

Comparison of the organization and sequence of the hao (hydroxylamine oxidoreductase) gene clusters from the gammaproteobacterial autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacterium (aAOB) Nitrosococcus oceani...

Genome Sequence of the Chemolithoautotrophic Nitrite-Oxidizing Bacterium Nitrobacter winogradskyi Nb-255

Starkenburg, Shawn R., Chain, Patrick S. G., Sayavedra-Soto, Luis A., Hauser, Loren, Land, Miriam L., Larimer, Frank W., ...

The alphaproteobacterium Nitrobacter winogradskyi (ATCC 25391) is a gram-negative facultative chemolithoautotroph capable of extracting energy from the oxidation of nitrite to nitrate. Sequencing and...

Complete Genome Sequence of the Marine, Chemolithoautotrophic, Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium Nitrosococcus oceani ATCC 19707†

Klotz, Martin G., Arp, Daniel J., Chain, Patrick S. G., El-Sheikh, Amal F., Hauser, Loren J., Hommes, Norman G., ...

The gammaproteobacterium Nitrosococcus oceani (ATCC 19707) is a gram-negative obligate chemolithoautotroph capable of extracting energy and reducing power from the oxidation of ammonia to nitrite....

The Genome of Deep-Sea Vent Chemolithoautotroph Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2

Scott, Kathleen M, Sievert, Stefan M, Abril, Fereniki N, Ball, Lois A, Barrett, Chantell J, Blake, Rodrigo A, ...

Presented here is the complete genome sequence of Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2, representative of ubiquitous chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal...

Characterization of Two New Genes, amoR and amoD, in the amo Operon of the Marine Ammonia Oxidizer Nitrosococcus oceani ATCC 19707▿

El Sheikh, Amal F., Poret-Peterson, Amisha T., Klotz, Martin G.

Molecular analysis of the amo gene cluster in Nitrosococcus oceani revealed that it consists of five genes, instead of the three known genes, amoCAB. The two additional genes, orf1 and orf5, were...

Genome of the Epsilonproteobacterial Chemolithoautotroph Sulfurimonas denitrificans▿ †

Sievert, Stefan M., Scott, Kathleen M., Klotz, Martin G., Chain, Patrick S. G., Hauser, Loren J., Hemp, James, ...

Sulfur-oxidizing epsilonproteobacteria are common in a variety of sulfidogenic environments. These autotrophic and mixotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria are believed to contribute substantially to...

Complete Genome Sequence of Nitrobacter hamburgensis X14 and Comparative Genomic Analysis of Species within the Genus Nitrobacter▿ †

Starkenburg, Shawn R., Larimer, Frank W., Stein, Lisa Y., Klotz, Martin G., Chain, Patrick S. G., Sayavedra-Soto, Luis A., ...

The alphaproteobacterium Nitrobacter hamburgensis X14 is a gram-negative facultative chemolithoautotroph that conserves energy from the oxidation of nitrite to nitrate. Sequencing and analysis of the...

Complete Genome Sequence of Nitrosospira multiformis, an Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacterium from the Soil Environment▿ †

Norton, Jeanette M., Klotz, Martin G., Stein, Lisa Y., Arp, Daniel J., Bottomley, Peter J., Chain, Patrick S. G., ...

The complete genome of the ammonia-oxidizing bacterium Nitrosospira multiformis (ATCC 25196T) consists of a circular chromosome and three small plasmids totaling 3,234,309 bp and encoding 2,827...

Adaptations to Submarine Hydrothermal Environments Exemplified by the Genome of Nautilia profundicola

Campbell, Barbara J., Smith, Julie L., Hanson, Thomas E., Klotz, Martin G., Stein, Lisa Y., Lee, Charles K., ...

Submarine hydrothermal vents are model systems for the Archaean Earth environment, and some sites maintain conditions that may have favored the formation and evolution of cellular life. Vents are...