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Stephen Spiro is affiliated with The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States. Their research lies primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Molecular Biology, Pollution, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Spiro's work addresses multiple topics, including Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Algal Biology and Biofuel Production, Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health, and Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "DksA, ppGpp, and RegAB Regulate Nitrate Respiration in Paracoccus denitrificans" (2023) published in Journal of Bacteriology
  • "Carer and staff perceptions of end-of-life care provision: case of a hospice-at-home service" (2020) published in British Journal of Community Nursing
  • "Choline degradation in Paracoccus denitrificans: identification of sources of formaldehyde" (2024) published in Journal of Bacteriology
  • "The Cost of Visit-based Home Care for up to Two Weeks in the Last Three Months of Life: A Pilot Study of Community Care Based at a Hospice-at-home Service in South East of England" (2020) published in Journal of Community Health Nursing
  • "The Flavohemoglobin Hmp and Nitric Oxide Reductase Restrict Initial nir Expression in the Bet-Hedging Denitrifier Paracoccus denitrificans by Curtailing Hypoxic NO Signalling" (2025) published in Environmental Microbiology

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Trusha Parekh
  • Ashvini Ray
  • Alison Ward
  • Judith Sixsmith
  • Anne Graham

Spiro's publications have appeared in various venues, most notably:

  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Journal of Bacteriology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • British Journal of Community Nursing
  • Journal of Community Health Nursing

Best Publications

  • Cell–cell signaling in Xanthomonas campestris involves an HD-GYP domain protein that functions in cyclic di-GMP turnover

    Robert P. Ryan;Yvonne Fouhy;Jean F. Lucey;Lisa C. Crossman

  • FNR and its role in oxygen-regulated gene expression in Escherichia coli

    Stephen Spiro;John R. Guest

  • Functional, biochemical and genetic diversity of prokaryotic nitrate reductases

    David Richardson;B. C. Berks;D. A. Russell;S. Spiro

  • A non-haem iron centre in the transcription factor NorR senses nitric oxide

    Benoît D'Autréaux;Nicholas P Tucker;Ray Dixon;Stephen Spiro

  • The FNR family of transcriptional regulators

    Stephen Spiro

  • The yjeB (nsrR) Gene of Escherichia coli Encodes a Nitric Oxide-Sensitive Transcriptional Regulator

    Diane M. Bodenmiller;Stephen Spiro

  • Adaptive responses to oxygen limitation inEscherichia coli

    Stephen Spiro;John R. Guest

  • Regulators of bacterial responses to nitric oxide

    Stephen Spiro

  • Soil and sediment bacteria capable of aerobic nitrate respiration.

    J P Carter;Y H Hsaio;S Spiro;D J Richardson

  • The FNR Modulon and FNR-Regulated Gene Expression

    John R. Guest;Jeffrey Green;Alistair S. Irvine;Stephen Spiro

  • The purification of ammonia monooxygenase from Paracoccus denitrficans

    James W.B. Moir;Lisa C. Crossman;Stephen Spiro;David J. Richardson

  • FNR and its role in oxygen-regulated gene expression in

    S Spiro;J Guest

  • Regulation and over-expression of the fnr gene of Escherichia coli.

    Stephen Spiro;John R. Guest

  • The NsrR Regulon of Escherichia coli K-12 Includes Genes Encoding the Hybrid Cluster Protein and the Periplasmic, Respiratory Nitrite Reductase

    Nina Filenko;Stephen Spiro;Douglas F. Browning;Derrick Squire

  • Nitric oxide in bacteria: synthesis and consumption.

    Nicholas J. Watmough;Gareth Butland;Myles R. Cheesman;James W.B. Moir

  • FNR-dependent repression of the ndh gene of Escherichia coli and metal ion requirement for FNR-regulated gene expression.

    S. Spiro;R. E. Roberts;J. R. Guest

  • NsrR targets in the Escherichia coli genome: new insights into DNA sequence requirements for binding and a role for NsrR in the regulation of motility.

    Jonathan D. Partridge;Diane M. Bodenmiller;Diane M. Bodenmiller;Michael S. Humphrys;Michael S. Humphrys;Stephen Spiro

  • Purification of hydroxylamine oxidase from Thiosphaera pantotropha. Identification of electron acceptors that couple heterotrophic nitrification to aerobic denitrification.

    Josa Marie Wehrfritz;Ann Reilly;Stephen Spiro;David J. Richardson

  • THE DIVERSITY OF REDOX PROTEINS INVOLVED IN BACTERIAL HETEROTROPHIC NITRIFICATION AND AEROBIC DENITRIFICATION

    D. J. Richardson;J.-M. Wehrfritz;A. Keech;L. C. Crossman

  • The NorR protein of Escherichia coli activates expression of the flavorubredoxin gene norV in response to reactive nitrogen species

    Matthew I. Hutchings;Neeraj Mandhana;Stephen Spiro

Frequent Co-Authors

David J. Richardson
David J. Richardson Microsoft (United States)
John R. Guest
John R. Guest University of Sheffield
Ray Dixon
Ray Dixon John Innes Centre
Myles R. Cheesman
Myles R. Cheesman University of East Anglia
Andrew J. Thomson
Andrew J. Thomson University of East Anglia
Geoffrey R. Moore
Geoffrey R. Moore University of East Anglia
Ben C. Berks
Ben C. Berks University of Oxford
Stuart J. Ferguson
Stuart J. Ferguson University of Oxford
Jeffrey A. Cole
Jeffrey A. Cole University of Birmingham
Jay C. D. Hinton
Jay C. D. Hinton University of Liverpool

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