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Christopher J. Marx

Christopher J. Marx

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
8473
World Ranking
18917
National Ranking
7726

Overview

Christopher J. Marx is affiliated with the University of Idaho in the United States and specializes in the broad field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Food Science, Biotechnology, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their research primarily addresses topics related to microbial systems, with particular emphasis on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Microbial metabolism and enzyme function, Fermentation and Sensory Analysis, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, Biochemical processes, Gut microbiota and health, and studies involving Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites.

Christopher J. Marx has contributed to numerous scientific publications, with frequent appearances in platforms such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genome Biology and Evolution, Frontiers in Microbiology, Microorganisms, and PLoS Biology.

  • Comprehensive Phylogenomics of Methylobacterium Reveals Four Evolutionary Distinct Groups and Underappreciated Phyllosphere Diversity (2022, Genome Biology and Evolution)
  • EfgA is a conserved formaldehyde sensor that leads to bacterial growth arrest in response to elevated formaldehyde (2021, PLoS Biology)
  • Aerobic Methoxydotrophy: Growth on Methoxylated Aromatic Compounds by Methylobacteriaceae (2022, Frontiers in Microbiology)
  • Cross-Feeding of a Toxic Metabolite in a Synthetic Lignocellulose-Degrading Microbial Community (2021, Microorganisms)
  • Fine-Scale Adaptations to Environmental Variation and Growth Strategies Drive Phyllosphere Methylobacterium Diversity (2022, mBio)

These publications reflect collaboration with several frequent co-authors, among whom are Jessica A. Lee, Jean-Baptiste Leducq, Sergey Stolyar, Jannell V. Bazurto, and Eric L. Bruger.

  • Jessica A. Lee
  • Jean-Baptiste Leducq
  • Sergey Stolyar
  • Jannell V. Bazurto
  • Eric L. Bruger

Their body of work reflects involvement in various strains of microbial research, including detailed genetic and molecular biological analyses of microbes, investigation of microbial metabolic pathways, and exploration of microbial interactions within complex communities.

Best Publications

  • Diminishing returns epistasis among beneficial mutations decelerates adaptation

    Hsin-Hung Chou;Hsuan-Chao Chiu;Nigel F. Delaney;Daniel Segrè

  • Metabolic Resource Allocation in Individual Microbes Determines Ecosystem Interactions and Spatial Dynamics

    William R. Harcombe;William J. Riehl;Ilija Dukovski;Brian R. Granger

  • Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 harbors a multi-replicon, 9.73-Mbp genome shaped for versatility

    Patrick S. G. Chain;Vincent J. Denef;Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis;Konstantinos T. Konstantinidis;Lisa M. Vergez;Lisa M. Vergez

  • Broad-host-range cre-lox system for antibiotic marker recycling in gram-negative bacteria.

    Christopher J. Marx;Mary E. Lidstrom

  • Development of improved versatile broad-host-range vectors for use in methylotrophs and other Gram-negative bacteria

    Christopher J Marx;Mary E Lidstrom

  • Methylobacterium Genome Sequences: A Reference Blueprint to Investigate Microbial Metabolism of C1 Compounds from Natural and Industrial Sources

    Stéphane Vuilleumier;Ludmila Chistoserdova;Ming-Chun Lee;Françoise Bringel

  • Novel formaldehyde-activating enzyme in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 required for growth on methanol.

    Julia A. Vorholt;Christopher J. Marx;Mary E. Lidstrom;Rudolf K. Thauer

  • Development of a broad-host-range sacB -based vector for unmarked allelic exchange

    Christopher J Marx

  • Repeated, Selection-Driven Genome Reduction of Accessory Genes in Experimental Populations

    Ming-Chun Lee;Christopher J. Marx

  • Ultrafast evolution and loss of CRISPRs following a host shift in a novel wildlife pathogen, Mycoplasma gallisepticum.

    Nigel F. Delaney;Susan Balenger;Camille Bonneaud;Christopher J Marx

  • Good codons, bad transcript: large reductions in gene expression and fitness arising from synonymous mutations in a key enzyme

    Deepa Agashe;N. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez;D. Allan Drummond;Christopher J. Marx

  • Epistasis and Allele Specificity in the Emergence of a Stable Polymorphism in Escherichia coli

    Jessica Plucain;Jessica Plucain;Thomas Hindré;Thomas Hindré;Mickaël Le Gac;Mickaël Le Gac;Olivier Tenaillon;Olivier Tenaillon

  • Metabolic Erosion Primarily Through Mutation Accumulation, and Not Tradeoffs, Drives Limited Evolution of Substrate Specificity in Escherichia coli

    Nicholas Leiby;Christopher J. Marx

  • Galactose metabolic genes in yeast respond to a ratio of galactose and glucose

    Renan Escalante-Chong;Yonatan Savir;Sean M. Carroll;John B. Ingraham

  • Massive Mitochondrial Gene Transfer in a Parasitic Flowering Plant Clade

    Zhenxiang Xi;Yuguo Wang;Robert K. Bradley;M. Sugumaran

  • Development of an optimized medium, strain and high-throughput culturing methods for Methylobacterium extorquens.

    Nigel Francis Delaney;Maria E. Kaczmarek;Lewis M. Ward;Paige Kathleen Swanson

  • The Enigmatic Planctomycetes May Hold a Key to the Origins of Methanogenesis and Methylotrophy

    Ludmila Chistoserdova;Cheryl Jenkins;Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya;Christopher J. Marx

  • Evolution of bidirectional costly mutualism from byproduct consumption.

    William R. Harcombe;Jeremy M. Chacón;Elizabeth M. Adamowicz;Lon M. Chubiz

  • Formaldehyde-Detoxifying Role of the Tetrahydromethanopterin-Linked Pathway in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1

    Christopher J. Marx;Ludmila Chistoserdova;Mary E. Lidstrom

  • Multiplex Genome Editing by Natural Transformation (MuGENT) for Synthetic Biology in Vibrio natriegens

    Triana N. Dalia;Chelsea A. Hayes;Sergey Stolyar;Christopher J. Marx

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary E. Lidstrom
Mary E. Lidstrom University of Washington
Ludmila Chistoserdova
Ludmila Chistoserdova University of Washington
Jeffrey E. Barrick
Jeffrey E. Barrick The University of Texas at Austin
Claudine Médigue
Claudine Médigue University of Paris-Saclay
Claus O. Wilke
Claus O. Wilke The University of Texas at Austin
Miriam Land
Miriam Land Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Edward M. Marcotte
Edward M. Marcotte The University of Texas at Austin
Ann Pearson
Ann Pearson Harvard University
Jean Weissenbach
Jean Weissenbach Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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