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  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gerben J. Zylstra is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with notable contributions across pollution, molecular biology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pharmacology, and environmental engineering.

Their work covers key topics such as microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, genomics and phylogenetic studies, toxic organic pollutants impact, pesticide and herbicide environmental studies, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, and antibiotic resistance in bacteria.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Gerben J. Zylstra include:

  • Separate Upper Pathway Ring Cleavage Dioxygenases Are Required for Growth of Sphingomonas wittichii Strain RW1 on Dibenzofuran and Dibenzo-p-Dioxin (2021), Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Differential Roles of Three Different Upper Pathway meta Ring Cleavage Product Hydrolases in the Degradation of Dibenzo-p-Dioxin and Dibenzofuran by Sphingomonas wittichii Strain RW1 (2021), Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Identification, characterization, and distribution of novel amidase gene aphA in sphingomonads conferring resistance to amphenicol antibiotics (2024), Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • ChlOR, a GMC family oxidoreductase that evolved independently from the actinomycete, confers resistance to amphenicol antibiotics (2023), Environmental Microbiology
  • Agromyces and Arthrobacter isolates from surficial sediments of the Passaic River degrade dibenzofuran, dibenzo-p-dioxin and 2-monochlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (2021), Bioremediation Journal

Frequent coauthors with whom Gerben J. Zylstra has collaborated include Thamer Y. Mutter, Xing Huang, Yingying Qian, Minggen Cheng, and Donna E. Fennell.

Their research has been published in several venues, most notably Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Bioremediation Journal, and Journal of University of Anbar for Pure Science.

Among recognized honors, Gerben J. Zylstra was awarded the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Toluene degradation by Pseudomonas putida F1. Nucleotide sequence of the todC1C2BADE genes and their expression in Escherichia coli.

    Gerben J. Zylstra;David T. Gibson

  • Plasposons : Modular self-cloning minitransposon derivatives for rapid genetic analysis of gram-negative bacterial genomes

    Jonathan J. Dennis;Gerben J. Zylstra

  • Isolation and Characterization of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria Associated with the Rhizosphere of Salt Marsh Plants

    L. L. Daane;I. Harjono;Gerben Zylstra;Max Haggblom

  • Sequences of genes encoding naphthalene dioxygenase in Pseudomonas putida strains G7 and NCIB 9816-4

    Mary J. Simon;Timothy D. Osslund;Roger Saunders;Burt D. Ensley

  • Identification and molecular characterization of an efflux pump involved in Pseudomonas putida S12 solvent tolerance.

    J. Kieboom;J.J. Dennis;J.A.M. de Bont;G.J. Zylstra

  • Toluene degradation by Pseudomonas putida F1: genetic organization of the tod operon.

    G J Zylstra;W R McCombie;D T Gibson;B A Finette

  • Molecular cloning of novel genes for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation from Comamonas testosteroni GZ39.

    A K Goyal;G J Zylstra

  • Biodegradation of ether pollutants by Pseudonocardia sp. strain ENV478

    Simon Vainberg;Kevin McClay;Hisako Masuda;Duane Root

  • Oxidation of polychlorinated biphenyls by Pseudomonas sp. strain LB400 and Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707.

    D T Gibson;D L Cruden;J D Haddock;G J Zylstra

  • Complete sequence and genetic organization of pDTG1, the 83 kilobase naphthalene degradation plasmid from Pseudomonas putida strain NCIB 9816-4.

    Jonathan J. Dennis;Gerben J. Zylstra

  • Novel Organization of the Genes for Phthalate Degradation from Burkholderia cepacia DBO1

    Hung-Kuang Chang;Gerben J. Zylstra

  • Aromatic hydrocarbon degradation by Sphingomonas yanoikuyae B1.

    G J Zylstra;E Kim

  • Identification of unique type II polyketide synthase genes in soil.

    Boris Wawrik;Lee Kerkhof;Gerben J. Zylstra;Jerome J. Kukor

  • Active Efflux of Organic Solvents by Pseudomonas putida S12 Is Induced by Solvents

    Jasper Kieboom;Jonathan J. Dennis;Gerben J. Zylstra;Jan A. M. de Bont

  • Identification of a New Class of 5′-Adenylylsulfate (APS) Reductases from Sulfate-Assimilating Bacteria

    Julie Ann Bick;Jonathan J. Dennis;Gerben J. Zylstra;Jason Nowack

  • Microbial Dioxygenase Gene Population Shifts during Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Biodegradation

    Sinéad M. Ní Chadhain;R. Sean Norman;Karen V. Pesce;Jerome J. Kukor;Jerome J. Kukor

  • The genome sequence of Desulfatibacillum alkenivorans AK-01: a blueprint for anaerobic alkane oxidation.

    A. V. Callaghan;B.E.L. Morris;I.A.C. Pereira;M.J. McInerney

  • Taxonomic positioning of two biological control agents for plant diseases as Lysobacter enzymogenes based on phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNA, fatty acid composition and phenotypic characteristics

    R.F. Sullivan;M.A. Holtman;G.J. Zylstra;J.F. White

  • The arsenite oxidase genes (aroAB) in novel chemoautotrophic arsenite oxidizers.

    E.D. Rhine;S.M. Ní Chadhain;G.J. Zylstra;L.Y. Young

  • Trichloroethylene degradation by Escherichia coli containing the cloned Pseudomonas putida F1 toluene dioxygenase genes

    G. J. Zylstra;Lawrence P Wackett;D. T. Gibson

Frequent Co-Authors

David T. Gibson
David T. Gibson University of Iowa
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
Spiros N. Agathos
Spiros N. Agathos Université Catholique de Louvain
John T. Groves
John T. Groves Princeton University
James R. Cole
James R. Cole Michigan State University
Pascal Hols
Pascal Hols Université Catholique de Louvain
Tamar Barkay
Tamar Barkay Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Carl E. Cerniglia
Carl E. Cerniglia United States Food and Drug Administration
Max M. Häggblom
Max M. Häggblom Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Faith C. Belanger
Faith C. Belanger Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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