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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Lawrence P. Wackett is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research spans mainly across the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Their work is frequently published in journals such as Environmental Microbiology, Microbial Biotechnology, Environmental Microbiology Reports, Journal of Biological Chemistry, and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

Wackett's research encompasses a range of specialized topics, including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

They have contributed to several recent scientific papers, including:

  • Nothing lasts forever: understanding microbial biodegradation of polyfluorinated compounds and perfluorinated alkyl substances (2021), published in Microbial Biotechnology
  • The ever-expanding limits of enzyme catalysis and biodegradation: polyaromatic, polychlorinated, polyfluorinated, and polymeric compounds (2020), published in Biochemical Journal
  • Why Is the Biodegradation of Polyfluorinated Compounds So Rare? (2021), published in mSphere

Other recent relevant works, coauthored by frequent collaborators, include:

  • Methodological Advances to Study Contaminant Biotransformation: New Prospects for Understanding and Reducing Environmental Persistence? (2021), published in ACS ES&T Water
  • Machine learning-based prediction of activity and substrate specificity for OleA enzymes in the thiolase superfamily (2020), published in Synthetic Biology

Frequent coauthors in their work are Lambros J. Tassoulas, Serina L. Robinson, Kelly G. Aukema, Jack E. Richman, and Anthony G. Dodge.

Their research often intersects various subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Epidemiology, and Pollution.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Lawrence P. Wackett was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Melamine Deaminase and Atrazine Chlorohydrolase: 98 Percent Identical but Functionally Different

    J. L. Seffernick;M. L. De Souza;Michael J Sadowsky;Lawrence P Wackett

  • Isolation and Characterization of a Pseudomonas sp. That Mineralizes the s-Triazine Herbicide Atrazine

    R T Mandelbaum;D L Allan;L P Wackett

  • Expression of naphthalene oxidation genes in Escherichia coli results in the biosynthesis of indigo

    Burt D. Ensley;Barry J. Ratzkin;Timothy D. Osslund;Mary J. Simon

  • Accumulation of Mn(II) in Deinococcus radiodurans facilitates gamma-radiation resistance.

    M. J. Daly;E. K. Gaidamakova;V. Y. Matrosova;A. Vasilenko

  • Haloalkene oxidation by the soluble methane monooxygenase from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b: Mechanistic and environmental implications

    Brian G. Fox;James G. Borneman;Lawrence P. Wackett;John D. Lipscomb

  • Engineering Deinococcus radiodurans for metal remediation in radioactive mixed waste environments.

    Hassan Brim;Sara C. McFarlan;James K. Fredrickson;Kenneth W. Minton

  • Reductive dechlorination catalyzed by bacterial transition-metal coenzymes

    Charles J. Gantzer;Lawrence P. Wackett

  • Degradation of trichloroethylene by toluene dioxygenase in whole-cell studies with Pseudomonas putida F1.

    Lawrence P Wackett;D. T. Gibson

  • Biodegradation of atrazine and related s -triazine compounds: from enzymes to field studies

    Wackett Lp;Sadowsky Mj;Martinez B;Shapir N

  • Complete Nucleotide Sequence and Organization of the Atrazine Catabolic Plasmid pADP-1 from Pseudomonas sp. Strain ADP

    Betsy Martinez;Jeffrey Tomkins;Lawrence P. Wackett;Rod Wing

  • Survey of microbial oxygenases: trichloroethylene degradation by propane-oxidizing bacteria.

    Lawrence P. Wackett;Gregory A. Brusseau;Steven R. Householder;Richard S. Hanson

  • Mineralization of the s-triazine ring of atrazine by stable bacterial mixed cultures.

    R T Mandelbaum;L P Wackett;D L Allan

  • The University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database: improving public access

    Junfeng Gao;Lynda B. M. Ellis;Lawrence P. Wackett

  • The Atrazine Catabolism Genes atzABC Are Widespread and Highly Conserved

    Mervyn L. de Souza;Jennifer Seffernick;Betsy Martinez;Michael J. Sadowsky

  • Atrazine chlorohydrolase from Pseudomonas sp. strain ADP: gene sequence, enzyme purification, and protein characterization.

    M L de Souza;M J Sadowsky;L P Wackett

  • How radiation kills cells: Survival of Deinococcus radiodurans and Shewanella oneidensis under oxidative stress

    Debabrota Ghosal;Marina V. Omelchenko;Marina V. Omelchenko;Elena K. Gaidamakova;Vera Y. Matrosova

  • Secrets of soil survival revealed by the genome sequence of Arthrobacter aurescens TC1.

    Emmanuel F Mongodin;Nir Shapir;Sean C Daugherty;Robert T DeBoy

  • Arthrobacter aurescens TC1 Metabolizes Diverse s-Triazine Ring Compounds

    Lisa C. Strong;Charlotte Rosendahl;Gilbert Johnson;Michael J. Sadowsky;Michael J. Sadowsky

  • Optimization of trichloroethylene oxidation by methanotrophs and the use of a colorimetric assay to detect soluble methane monooxygenase activity

    Gregory A. Brusseau;Hsien Chyang Tsien;Richard S. Hanson;Lawrence P Wackett

  • Bacterial carbon-phosphorus lyase: products, rates, and regulation of phosphonic and phosphinic acid metabolism.

    Lawrence P. Wackett;Spencer L. Shames;Charles P. Venditti;Christopher T. Walsh

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Sadowsky
Michael J. Sadowsky University of Minnesota
James K. Fredrickson
James K. Fredrickson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Jeroen Hugenholtz
Jeroen Hugenholtz University of Groningen
Jim M. Dunwell
Jim M. Dunwell University of Reading
Gianfranco Gilardi
Gianfranco Gilardi University of Turin
Lawrence Que
Lawrence Que University of Minnesota
Christopher T. Walsh
Christopher T. Walsh Stanford University
Kira S. Makarova
Kira S. Makarova National Institutes of Health
Deborah L. Allan
Deborah L. Allan University of Minnesota
David T. Gibson
David T. Gibson The University of Texas at Austin

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