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85
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2005 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Microbial Physiology and Metabolism

Overview

Robert P. Gunsalus is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Materials Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Ecology.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Enzyme Structure and Function
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Biochemical and Molecular Research
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gunsalus are Ethan Humm, Sung Min Ha, Matteo Pellegrini, Z. Hong Zhou, and Neil Q. Wofford. Their publications have appeared in several venues, with the most recurrent being Microbiology Resource Announcements, followed by Biophysical Journal, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, and Molecular & Cellular Proteomics.

Selected recent publications cover a range of microbiological and biochemical research topics, including:

  • "Hierarchical organization and assembly of the archaeal cell sheath from an amyloid-like protein" (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • "The Acyl-Proteome of Syntrophus aciditrophicus Reveals Metabolic Relationships in Benzoate Degradation" (2022), published in Molecular & Cellular Proteomics
  • "Composition and in situ structure of the Methanospirillum hungatei cell envelope and surface layer" (2024), published in Science Advances
  • "Dynamic acylome reveals metabolite driven modifications in Syntrophomonas wolfei" (2022), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Complete genome of Variovorax sp. EBFNA2, isolated from a surface-sterilized fava bean nodule" (2024), published in Microbiology Resource Announcements

Gunsalus holds the distinction of being a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, awarded in 2005 with a citation recognizing work in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism.

Best Publications

  • EcoCyc: fusing model organism databases with systems biology

    Ingrid M. Keseler;Amanda Mackie;Martín Peralta-Gil;Alberto Santos-Zavaleta

  • EcoCyc: a comprehensive database of Escherichia coli biology

    Ingrid M. Keseler;Julio Collado-Vides;Alberto Santos-Zavaleta;Martín Peralta-Gil

  • Genomic Insights into Syntrophy: The Paradigm for Anaerobic Metabolic Cooperation

    Jessica R. Sieber;Michael J. McInerney;Robert P. Gunsalus

  • Global Gene Expression Profiling in Escherichia coli K12 EFFECTS OF OXYGEN AVAILABILITY AND ArcA

    Kirsty A. Salmon;She-pin Hung;Nicholas R. Steffen;Rebecca Krupp

  • Syntrophy in anaerobic global carbon cycles.

    Michael J McInerney;Jessica R Sieber;Robert P Gunsalus

  • Anaerobic Microbial Degradation of Hydrocarbons : from Enzymatic Reactions to the Environment

    Ralf Rabus;Matthias Boll;Johann Heider;Rainer U. Meckenstock

  • Physiology, Ecology, Phylogeny, and Genomics of Microorganisms Capable of Syntrophic Metabolism

    Michael J. McInerney;Christopher G. Struchtemeyer;Jessica R Sieber;Housna Mouttaki

  • EcoCyc: A comprehensive view of Escherichia coli biology

    Ingrid M. Keseler;César Bonavides-Martínez;Julio Collado-Vides;Socorro Gama-Castro

  • Structure of the Escherichia coli response regulator NarL.

    Igor Baikalov;Imke Schröder;Maria Kaczor-Grzeskowiak;Kazimierz Grzeskowiak

  • Preparation of coenzyme M analogues and their activity in the methyl coenzyme M reductase system of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum.

    Robert P. Gunsalus;James A. Romesser;Ralph S. Wolfe

  • Complete genome sequence of Vibrio fischeri: A symbiotic bacterium with pathogenic congeners

    E. G. Ruby;M. Urbanowski;J. Campbell;A. Dunn

  • Succinate dehydrogenase and fumarate reductase from Escherichia coli.

    Gary Cecchini;Imke Schröder;Robert P Gunsalus;Elena Maklashina;Elena Maklashina

  • Genetic and environmental control of host-gut microbiota interactions

    Elin Org;Brian W W Parks;Jong Wha J Joo;Benjamin Emert

  • Nucleotide sequence and expression of Escherichia coli trpR, the structural gene for the trp aporepressor.

    Robert P. Gunsalus;Charles Yanofsky

  • Cytochrome o (cyoABCDE) and d (cydAB) oxidase gene expression in Escherichia coli is regulated by oxygen, pH, and the fnr gene product.

    P A Cotter;V Chepuri;R B Gennis;Robert P Gunsalus

  • The genome of Syntrophus aciditrophicus: Life at the thermodynamic limit of microbial growth

    Michael J. McInerney;Lars Rohlin;Housna Mouttaki;UnMi Kim

  • Effect of microaerophilic cell growth conditions on expression of the aerobic (cyoABCDE and cydAB) and anaerobic (narGHJI, frdABCD, and dmsABC) respiratory pathway genes in Escherichia coli.

    Ching-Ping Tseng;Jeffery Albrecht;Robert P. Gunsalus

  • Control of electron flow in Escherichia coli: coordinated transcription of respiratory pathway genes.

    R P Gunsalus

  • Disaggregation of Methanosarcina spp. and Growth as Single Cells at Elevated Osmolarity.

    Kevin R. Sowers;Jane E. Boone;Robert P. Gunsalus

  • Aerobic-anaerobic gene regulation in Escherichia coli: control by the ArcAB and Fnr regulons.

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  • Regulation of succinate dehydrogenase (sdhCDAB) operon expression in Escherichia coli in response to carbon supply and anaerobiosis: role of ArcA and Fnr

    Soon‐Jung ‐J Park;Ching-Ping Tseng;Robert P. Gunsalus

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. McInerney
Michael J. McInerney University of Oklahoma
Gary Cecchini
Gary Cecchini University of California, San Francisco
Peggy A. Cotter
Peggy A. Cotter University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Joseph A. Loo
Joseph A. Loo University of California, Los Angeles
Ricardo Cavicchioli
Ricardo Cavicchioli University of New South Wales
Kevin R. Sowers
Kevin R. Sowers University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Z. Hong Zhou
Z. Hong Zhou University of California, Los Angeles
Grant J. Jensen
Grant J. Jensen California Institute of Technology
Charles Yanofsky
Charles Yanofsky Stanford University
Alla Lapidus
Alla Lapidus Saint Petersburg State University

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