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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Carl E. Bauer is affiliated with Indiana University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a notable concentration in molecular biology among subfields. Additional areas of study include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, cell biology, and materials chemistry.

The scientific contributions by Carl E. Bauer span a range of topics. Key research themes include photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, biocrusts and microbial ecology, microbial community ecology and physiology, mitochondrial function and pathology, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, ATP synthase and ATPases research, and protist diversity and phylogeny.

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • "RedB, a Member of the CRP/FNR Family, Functions as a Transcriptional Redox Brake" (2022) published in Microbiology Spectrum
  • "Evidence of defined temporal expression patterns that lead a gram-negative cell out of dormancy" (2020) published in PLoS Genetics
  • "Structural Analyses of CrtJ and Its B12-Binding Co-Regulators SAerR and LAerR from the Purple Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus" (2022) published in Microorganisms
  • "No Light, No Germination: Excitation of the Rhodospirillum centenum Photosynthetic Apparatus Is Necessary and Sufficient for Cyst Germination" (2021) published in mBio
  • "Redox Brake Regulator RedB and FnrL Function as Yin-Yang Regulators of Anaerobic-Aerobic Metabolism in Rhodobacter capsulatus" (2022) published in Microbiology Spectrum

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Microorganisms
  • PLoS Genetics
  • Photosynthesis Research
  • mBio

Frequent co-authors who have contributed significantly to Carl E. Bauer's research outputs are:

  • Nijia Ke
  • Joseph Kumka
  • Mingxu Fang
  • Brian R. Weaver
  • Judith N. Burstyn

Carl E. Bauer has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2011.

Best Publications

  • Anoxygenic photosynthetic bacteria

    Robert E. Blankenship;Michael T. Madigan;Carl E. Bauer

  • Molecular Evidence for the Early Evolution of Photosynthesis

    Jin Xiong;William M. Fischer;Kazuhito Inoue;Masaaki Nakahara

  • AppA Is a Blue Light Photoreceptor that Antirepresses Photosynthesis Gene Expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides

    Shinji Masuda;Carl E. Bauer

  • Mechanisms for Redox Control of Gene Expression

    Carl E. Bauer;Sylvie Elsen;Terry H. Bird

  • Structure of a Novel Photoreceptor, the BLUF Domain of AppA from Rhodobacter sphaeroides†,‡

    Spencer Anderson;Vladimira Dragnea;Shinji Masuda;Joel Ybe

  • Complex evolution of photosynthesis.

    Jin Xiong;Carl E. Bauer

  • Directed Mutational Analysis of Bacteriochlorophyll a Biosynthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus

    David W. Bollivar;Jori Y. Suzuki;J.Thomas Beatty;Janice M. Dobrowolski

  • RegB/RegA, a Highly Conserved Redox-Responding Global Two-Component Regulatory System

    Sylvie Elsen;Lee R. Swem;Danielle L. Swem;Carl E. Bauer

  • Bacterial photoreceptor with similarity to photoactive yellow protein and plant phytochromes.

    ZeYu Jiang;Lee R. Swem;Brenda G. Rushing;Savitha Devanathan

  • Reconstitution of light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase from purified bchl and BchN-BchB subunits. In vitro confirmation of nitrogenase-like features of a bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis enzyme.

    Yuichi Fujita;Carl E. Bauer

  • Regulatory factors controlling photosynthetic reaction center and light-harvesting gene expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus

    Michael W. Sganga;Carl E. Bauer

  • GENETIC ANALYSIS OF CHLOROPHYLL BIOSYNTHESIS

    Jon Y. Suzuki;David W. Bollivar;Carl E. Bauer

  • Crystal structures of the Synechocystis photoreceptor Slr1694 reveal distinct structural states related to signaling.

    Hua Yuan;Spencer Anderson;Shinji Masuda;Vladimira Dragnea

  • Tracking molecular evolution of photosynthesis by characterization of a major photosynthesis gene cluster from Heliobacillus mobilis.

    Jin Xiong;Kazuhito Inoue;Carl E. Bauer

  • Gentic evidence for superoperonal organization of genes for photosynthesis pigments and pigment-binding proteins in Rhodobacter capsulatus

    Debra A. Young;Carl E. Bauer;Jo Ann C. Williams;Barry L. Marrs

  • Spectroscopic and Mutational Analysis of the Blue-Light Photoreceptor AppA: A Novel Photocycle Involving Flavin Stacking with an Aromatic Amino Acid†

    Brian J Kraft;Shinji Masuda;Jun Kikuchi;Vladimira Dragnea

  • Identification and molecular genetic characterization of a sensor kinase responsible for coordinately regulating light harvesting and reaction center gene expression in response to anaerobiosis.

    C S Mosley;J Y Suzuki;C E Bauer

  • Analysis of the Rhodobacter capsulatus puf operon. Location of the oxygen-regulated promoter region and the identification of an additional puf-encoded gene.

    C E Bauer;D A Young;B L Marrs

  • Light-independent chlorophyll biosynthesis: involvement of the chloroplast gene chlL (frxC).

    Jon Y. Suzuki;Carl E. Bauer

  • Characterization of an aerobic repressor that coordinately regulates bacteriochlorophyll, carotenoid, and light harvesting-II expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus.

    S N Ponnampalam;J J Buggy;C E Bauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard Gest
Howard Gest Indiana University
Robert E. Blankenship
Robert E. Blankenship Washington University in St. Louis
David B. Knaff
David B. Knaff Texas Tech University
David P. Giedroc
David P. Giedroc Indiana University
F. Robert Tabita
F. Robert Tabita The Ohio State University
Paul Stothard
Paul Stothard University of Alberta
Kate S. Carroll
Kate S. Carroll Scripps Research Institute
Gordon Tollin
Gordon Tollin University of Arizona
Jun Kikuchi
Jun Kikuchi Yokohama City University
Robert G. Kranz
Robert G. Kranz Washington University in St. Louis

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