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Publications:

Meshulam-Simon G, Behrens SF, Choo, A, and Spormann AM. 2006. Hydrogen metabolism of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. in press.

 

Thormann KM, Duttler S, Saville RM, Hyodo M, Shukla S, Hayakawa Y, Spormann AM.

Control of formation and cellular detachment from Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 biofilms by cyclic di-GMP.

J Bacteriol. 2006 Apr;188(7):2681-91.

Mrazek J, Spormann AM, Karlin S.
Genomic comparisons among gamma-proteobacteria.

Environ Microbiol. 2006 Feb;8(2):273-88.
 

Shi J, Romero PR, Schoolnik GK, Spormann AM, Karp PD.
Evidence supporting predicted metabolic pathways for Vibrio cholerae: gene expression data and clinical tests.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2006 May 8;34(8):2438-44.
 

Benzerara K, Yoon TH, Tyliszczak T, Constantz B, Spormann AM, and Brown, Jr G E. 2005.

Scanning transmission X-ray microscopy study of microbial calcification
Geobiology, October 2004.  2(4):249-259.

 

Thormann KM, Saville R, Shukla, Spormannn AM. 2005.

Induction of Rapid Detachment in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Biofilms
J. Bacteriol. 187:1014-1021.

 

Entcheva P, Spormann AM.

Dynamics and Control of Caulobacter crescentus Biofilms
J. Bacteriol. 2004. 186(24):8254-8266.

 

Thormann KM, Saville R, Shukla S, Pelletier DA, Spormannn AM.

 Initial Phases of Biofilm Formation in Shewanella oneidensis MR1
J. Bacteriol. 2004.  186(23), 8096-104.

 

Müller JA, Rosner BM, von Abendroth G., Meshulam-Simon G, McCarty PL, Spormann AM

Molecular identification of the catabolic vinyl chloride reductase from Dehalococcoides sp. strain VS and its environmental distribution
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2004. 70(8):4880-8

 

Cupples AM, Spormann AM, McCarty PL

Comparative Evaluation of Chloroethene Dechlorination to Ethene by Dehalococcoides-like Microorganisms

Environ Sci Technol.  2004. 38(18)4768-74.

 

Cupples AM, Spormann AM, McCarty PL

Vinyl chloride and cis-dichloroethene dechlorination kinetics and microorganism growth under substrate limiting conditions
Environ Sci Technol. 2004. 38(4):1102-7.

 

Ward MJ, Fu QS, Rhoads KR, Yeung CH, Spormann AM, Criddle CS. 2003:

A derivative of the menaquinone precursor 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoate is involved in the reductive transformation of carbon tetrachloride by aerobically grown Shewanella oneidensis MR-1
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2004 63(5):571-7

 

Templeton AS, Spormann AM, Brown GE Jr. 2003

Speciation of Pb(II) sorbed by Burkholderia cepacia/goethite composites.
Environ Sci Technol.37(10):2166-72.

 

Cupples AM, Spormann AM, McCarty PL 2003:

Growth of a Dehalococcoides-like Microorganism on Vinyl Chloride and cis-Dichloroethene as Electron Acceptors as Determined by Competitive PCR.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69: 953-9.

 

Templeton AS, Trainor TP, Spormann AM, Newville M, Sutton SR, Dohnalkova A, Gorby Y, Brown, GE Jr. 2003:

Sorption versus Biomineralization of Pb(II) within Burkholderia cepacia Biofilms.
Environ. Sci. & Technol. 37(2):300-7

 

Templeton AS, Trainor TP, Traina SJ, Brown, GE Jr. 2001:
Pb(II) Distribution at Biofilm-Metal Oxide Interfaces.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 98 21 11897-11902.

 

Achong, GR, Rodriguez A, Spormann AM 2001:

Role of benzylsuccinate synthase in anaerobic toluene and m-xylene mineralization in Azoarcus sp. strain T: Transcriptional organization of the structural genes and analysis of a bssa mutant.
J. Bacteriol. 183 23:6763-6770.

 

Johnson HA, Pelletier, DA, SpormannAM 2001:
Isolation and Purification of Anaerobic Ethylbenzene Dehydrogenase, a Novel Mo-Fe-S Enzyme.
J. Bacteriol.;183 4536-4542.

 

Krieger CJ, Roseboom W, Albracht SP, Spormann AM 2001:
A Stable Organic Free Radical in Anaerobic Benzylsuccinate Synthase in Azoarcus sp. StrainT. J Biol Chemistry 276: 12924-12927.

 

Spormann AM and F Widdel 2001:
Metabolism of Alkylbenzenes, Alkanes and other Hydrocarbons in Anaerobic Bacteria.
Biodegradation, in press

 

Templeton AS, Ostergren JD, Trainor TP, Foster AL, Traina SJ, Spormann A. M., Brown GE. 1999:
XAFS and XSW study of the distribution of Pb(II) sorbed to biofilms on alpha-Al2O3 and alpha-FeOOH surfaces.
Journal of Synchroton Radiation 6:642-644

 

Karlin S., L. Brocchieri, J. Mrazek, A. Campbell, Spormann A.M. 1999:
A chimeric prokaryotic ancestry of mitochondria and primitive eukaryotes.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96: 9190-9195

 

Spormann AM 1999:
Gliding Motility in Bacteria: Insights for Studies in Myxocoxccus xanthus.
Microbiol Mol Biol Review 63:621-641.

 

Beller HR, Spormann AM 1999:
Substrate Range of Benzylsuccinate Synthase from Azoarcus Strain T,
FEMS Microbiol. Letters, 178:147-153.

 

Krieger CJ, Beller HR, Reinhard M, Spormann AM 1999:
Initial Reactions in Anaerobic Oxidation of m-Xylene by Denitrifying Bacterium Azoarcus sp. Strain T,
J. Bacteriol. 181:6403-6410

 

Johnson HA, Spormann AM, 1999:
In vitro Studies on the Initial Reactions of Anaerobic Ethylbenzene Mineralization,
J. Bacteriol. 181:5662-5668.

 

Rodriguez A, Spormann AM, 1999:
Genetic and molecular analysis of cglB, a gene essential for single cell gliding in Myxococcus xanthus,
J. Bacteriol. 131:4381:4390.

 

Spormann AM, Kaiser AD, 1999:
Gliding mutants of Myxococcus xanthus with high reversal frequencies and small displacements.
J. Bacteriol. 181:2593-2601.

 

Wackett, L.P., L.B.M. Ellis, S.M. Speedie, C.D. Hershberger, H-J. Knackmuss, A.M. Spormann, C.T. Walsh, L.J. Forney, W.F. Punch, T. Kazic, M.Kanehisa, and D.J. Berndt (1999)
Predicting microbial biodegradation pathways. ASM News 65:87-93.

 

Heider J, Spormann AM, Beller HB, Widdel F 1998:
Anaerobic bacterial metabolism of hydrocarbons.
FEMS Microbiol. Review, 22:459-473.

 

Beller HR, Spormann AM 1998:
Analysis of the novel benzylsuccinate synthase reaction for anaerobic toluene activation based on structural studies of the product.
J. Bacteriol., 180 (20):5454-57

 

Rosner B, McCarty PL, Spormann AM 1997:
In vitro studies on reductive vinyl chloride dehalogenation by an anaerobic mixed culture.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 63 (11):4139-4144.

 

Beller HR, Spormann AM 1997:
Benzylsuccinate formation as a means of anaerobic toluene activation by sulfate-reducing strain PRTOL1.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 63 (9):3729-3731.

 

Beller HR, Spormann AM 1997:
Anaerobic activation of toluene and o-xylene by addition to fumarate in denitrifying strain T.
J. Bacteriol., 179, (3):670-676.

 

Ball HA, Johnson HA, Reinhard M, Spormann AM 1996:
Initial reactions in anaerobic ethylbenzene oxidation by a denitrifying bacterium, strain EB1.
J. Bacteriol. 178 (19):5755-5761

 

Beller HR, Spormann AM, Sharma PK, Cole JR, Reinhard M 1996:
Isolation and characterization of a novel toluene-degrading, sulfate-reducing bacterium.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62 (4), 1188-1196.

 

Spormann AM, Kaiser AD, 1995:
Gliding movements in Myxococcus xanthus.
J. Bacteriol. 177 (20): 5846- 5852.

 

Sze ISY, McFarlan SC, Spormann AM, Hogenkamp HPC 1992:
A possible new class of ribonucleotide reductase from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum.
BBRC 184, 2: 1101-1107.

 

Thauer RK, Möller-Zinkhan D, Spormann AM, 1989:
Biochemistry of catabolic acetate oxidation in anaerobic chemotrophic bacteria.
Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 43:43-67.

 

Spormann AM, Thauer RK, 1989:
Anaerobic acetate oxidation to CO2 in Desulfotomaculum acetoxidans:: Isotopic exchange between CO2 and the carbonyl group of acetyl-CoA and topology of enzymes involved.
Arch Microbiol. 152: 189-195.

 

Spormann AM, Thauer RK, 1988:
Anaerobic acetate oxidation to CO2 in Desulfotomaculum acetoxidans: Demonstration of enzymes required for the operation of an oxidative acetylCoA/carbon monoxide dehydrogenase pathway.
Arch Microbiol. 150: 374-380.

 

Pankhania IP, Spormann AM, Hamilton WA, Thauer RK, 1988:
Lactate oxidation to acetate, CO2 and H2 in cell suspension of Desulfovibrio gigas: Indications for the involvement of an energy driven reaction.
Arch. Microbiol. 150: 26-31.

 

Spormann AM, 1987:

Unusual swimming behavior of a magnetotactic bacterium.
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 45:37-45

 

Spormann AM, Wolfe RS 1984:
Chemotactic, magnetotactic, and tactile behavior in a magnetic spirillum.
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 22: 171-177.