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Overview

Lisa Y. Stein is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and molecular biological aspects of microbial ecology, with a significant emphasis on microbial metabolism and its interactions with global environmental processes.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The scientist's contributions extend into several subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Environmental Chemistry

They address multiple topics in their publications related to microbial functions and their environmental impact including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Microbial Metabolism and Enzyme Function
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Biofuel Production and Bioconversion

Frequent co-authors collaborating with the scientist include:

  • Jay T. Lennon
  • Raquel S. Peixoto
  • Max M. Häggblom
  • Thulani P. Makhalanyane
  • Fengping Wang

The scientist has published repeatedly in several venues, with the most common being:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The ISME Journal
  • Scientific Reports
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Nature Microbiology

Recent published papers by Lisa Y. Stein include:

  • The Long-Term Relationship between Microbial Metabolism and Greenhouse Gases (2020, Trends in Microbiology)
  • An altered microbiome in urban coyotes mediates relationships between anthropogenic diet and poor health (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Scientists' call to action: Microbes, planetary health, and the Sustainable Development Goals (2024, Cell)
  • Visualizing the invisible: class excursions to ignite children's enthusiasm for microbes (2020, Microbial Biotechnology)
  • Enigmatic persistence of aerobic methanotrophs in oxygen-limiting freshwater habitats (2024, The ISME Journal)

Best Publications

  • Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change

    Ricardo Cavicchioli;William J. Ripple;Kenneth N. Timmis;Farooq Azam

  • Kinetic analysis of a complete nitrifier reveals an oligotrophic lifestyle

    K. Dimitri Kits;Christopher J. Sedlacek;Elena V. Lebedeva;Ping Han

  • The nitrogen cycle

    Lisa Y. Stein;Martin G. Klotz;Martin G. Klotz

  • Metabolism of Inorganic N Compounds by Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria

    Daniel J. Arp;Lisa Y. Stein

  • Pathways and key intermediates required for obligate aerobic ammonia-dependent chemolithotrophy in bacteria and Thaumarchaeota.

    Jessica A Kozlowski;Michaela Stieglmeier;Michaela Stieglmeier;Christa Schleper;Martin G Klotz

  • Methane oxidation coupled to nitrate reduction under hypoxia by the Gammaproteobacterium Methylomonas denitrificans, sp. nov. type strain FJG1

    K. Dimitri Kits;Martin G. Klotz;Martin G. Klotz;Lisa Y. Stein

  • PRODUCTION, ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION, AND ATMOSPHERIC FATE OF BIOLOGICALLY PRODUCED NITROUS OXIDE

    Lisa Y. Stein;Yuk L. Yung

  • Bacterial and archaeal populations associated with freshwater ferromanganous micronodules and sediments.

    Lisa Y. Stein;Myron T. La Duc;Timothy J. Grundl;Kenneth H. Nealson

  • Nitrifier genomics and evolution of the nitrogen cycle

    Martin G. Klotz;Lisa Y. Stein

  • Complete genome sequence of Nitrosospira multiformis, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from the soil environment.

    Jeanette M. Norton;Martin G. Klotz;Lisa Y. Stein;Daniel J. Arp

  • Loss of Ammonia Monooxygenase Activity in Nitrosomonas europaea upon Exposure to Nitrite

    Lisa Y. Stein;Daniel J. Arp

  • Surveying N2O-Producing Pathways in Bacteria

    Lisa Y. Stein

  • Low yield and abiotic origin of N2O formed by the complete nitrifier Nitrospira inopinata.

    K. Dimitri Kits;Man-Young Jung;Julia Vierheilig;Julia Vierheilig;Petra Pjevac

  • Purification and characterization of a template-associated protein kinase that phosphorylates RNA polymerase II.

    Arik Dvir;L. Y. Stein;B. L. Calore;W. S. Dynan

  • Nitrous oxide production by lithotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and implications for engineered nitrogen-removal systems.

    Kartik Chandran;Lisa Y. Stein;Martin G. Klotz;Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • Whole‐genome analysis of the ammonia‐oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosomonas eutropha C91: implications for niche adaptation

    Lisa Y. Stein;Daniel J. Arp;Paul M. Berube;Patrick S. G. Chain;Patrick S. G. Chain;Patrick S. G. Chain

  • Insights into the physiology of ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms.

    Lisa Y Stein

  • Nitrifying and denitrifying pathways of methanotrophic bacteria

    Lisa Y. Stein;Martin G. Klotz

  • The Family Nitrosomonadaceae

    James I. Prosser;Ian M. Head;Lisa Y. Stein

  • Ammonia cometabolism and product inhibition vary considerably among species of methanotrophic bacteria.

    Györgyi Nyerges;Lisa Y. Stein

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin G. Klotz
Martin G. Klotz City University of New York
Mike S. M. Jetten
Mike S. M. Jetten Radboud University
Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya
Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya San Diego State University
Patrick S. G. Chain
Patrick S. G. Chain Los Alamos National Laboratory
Lynne Goodwin
Lynne Goodwin Los Alamos National Laboratory
Huub J. M. Op den Camp
Huub J. M. Op den Camp Radboud University
Daniel J. Arp
Daniel J. Arp Oregon State University
Jeanette M. Norton
Jeanette M. Norton Utah State University
Miriam Land
Miriam Land Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Tanja Woyke
Tanja Woyke Joint Genome Institute

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