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Overview

John A. Leigh is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States and conducts research spanning several scientific disciplines. Their work encompasses fields such as Energy, Environmental Science, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's primary research topics include metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, as well as RNA modifications and cancer. These subjects reflect an interdisciplinary approach that integrates molecular biology with environmental and energy-related applications.

John A. Leigh's publication record includes contributions to well-regarded scientific venues. One of the recent papers is titled "A Genetic Study of Nif-Associated Genes in a Hyperthermophilic Methanogen," published in 2022 in Microbiology Spectrum. This paper is a part of their portfolio that engages with microbial metabolic pathways and gene function under extreme environmental conditions.

Their work has involved collaboration with multiple coauthors, indicating a network of scientific partnerships. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Thomas J. Lie
  • Yang P. Kuo
  • Mara Leite
  • Kyle C. Costa
  • Caroline S. Harwood

John A. Leigh has published primarily in the journal Microbiology Spectrum, which aligns with their focus on microbiology and molecular biology research themes.

Their subfields of research include:

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Molecular Biology

This scientist's work explores the interface of molecular mechanisms and environmental applications, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach to energy and sustainability challenges as well as biomedical topics.

Best Publications

  • Methanococcus jannaschii sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic methanogen from a submarine hydrothermal vent

    W. J. Jones;J. A. Leigh;F. Mayer;C. R. Woese

  • The Genome of M. Acetivorans Reveals Extensive Metabolic and Physiological Diversity

    James E. Galagan;Chad Nusbaum;Alice Roy;Matthew G. Endrizzi;Matthew G. Endrizzi;Matthew G. Endrizzi

  • Exopolysaccharide-deficient mutants of Rhizobium meliloti that form ineffective nodules

    John A. Leigh;Ethan R. Signer;Graham C. Walker

  • Metabolic modeling of a mutualistic microbial community

    Sergey Stolyar;Steve Van Dien;Kristina Linnea Hillesland;Nicolas Pinel

  • Exopolysaccharides in Plant-Bacterial Interactions

    John A. Leigh;David L. Coplin

  • Nitrogen regulation in bacteria and archaea.

    John A. Leigh;Jeremy A. Dodsworth

  • Symbiotic mutants of rhizobium meliloti that uncouple plant from bacterial differentiation

    Turlough M. Finan;Ann M. Hirsch;John A. Leigh;Eric Johansen

  • Model organisms for genetics in the domain Archaea: methanogens, halophiles, Thermococcales and Sulfolobales.

    John A. Leigh;Sonja Verena Albers;Haruyuki Atomi;Thorsten Allers

  • Rhizobium meliloti mutants that fail to succinylate their Calcofluor-binding exopolysaccharide are defective in nodule invasion

    John A. Leigh;Jason W. Reed;Joanna F. Hanks;Ann M. Hirsch

  • Specific oligosaccharide form of the Rhizobium meliloti exopolysaccharide promotes nodule invasion in alfalfa.

    Laurie Battisti;Jimmie C. Lara;John A. Leigh

  • Complete Genome Sequence of the Genetically Tractable Hydrogenotrophic Methanogen Methanococcus maripaludis

    E. L. Hendrickson;R. Kaul;Y. Zhou;D. Bovee

  • Common loci for Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Rhizobium meliloti exopolysaccharide synthesis and their roles in plant interactions.

    G. A. Cangelosi;Lynn Hung;V. Puvanesarajah;G. Stacey

  • Hydrogenase-independent uptake and metabolism of electrons by the archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis.

    Svenja T Lohner;Jörg S Deutzmann;Bruce E Logan;John Leigh

  • Exopolysaccharides of Rhizobium: synthesis, regulation and symbiotic function.

    John A. Leigh;Graham C. Walker

  • Metabolic versatility in methanogens.

    Kyle C Costa;John A Leigh

  • Role for [corrected] Agrobacterium tumefaciens ChvA protein in export of beta-1,2-glucan.

    G A Cangelosi;G Martinetti;J A Leigh;C C Lee

  • Acetogenium kivui, a new thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing acetogenic bacterium

    J. A. Leigh;F. Mayer;R. S. Wolfe

  • Markerless Mutagenesis in Methanococcus maripaludis Demonstrates Roles for Alanine Dehydrogenase, Alanine Racemase, and Alanine Permease

    Brian C. Moore;John A. Leigh

  • Protein complexing in a methanogen suggests electron bifurcation and electron delivery from formate to heterodisulfide reductase

    Kyle C. Costa;Phoebe M. Wong;Tiansong Wang;Thomas J. Lie

  • Nitrogen fixation in methanogens: the archaeal perspective.

    John A. Leigh

Frequent Co-Authors

William B. Whitman
William B. Whitman University of Georgia
Eugene W. Nester
Eugene W. Nester University of Washington
Ralph S. Wolfe
Ralph S. Wolfe University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Eric S. Lander
Eric S. Lander Broad Institute
Timothy A. Springer
Timothy A. Springer Boston Children's Hospital
Nitin S. Baliga
Nitin S. Baliga University of Washington
Ian T. Paulsen
Ian T. Paulsen Macquarie University
Steven B. Levery
Steven B. Levery University of Copenhagen
Kenneth L. Rinehart
Kenneth L. Rinehart University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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