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List of works by Michael A. Cotta

A mannanase, ManA, of the polycentric anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces sp. strain PC-2 has carbohydrate binding and docking modules.

scientific article published in July 2005

A new β-glucosidase producing yeast for lower-cost cellulosic ethanol production from xylose-extracted corncob residues by simultaneous saccharification and fermentation

scientific article published on 10 November 2011

AeratedShewanella oneidensisin continuously fed bioelectrochemical systems for power and hydrogen production

scientific article published in 2010

Application of group specific amplified rDNA restriction analysis to characterize swine fecal and manure storage pit samples

scientific article published on 01 August 2004

Atopostipes suicloacale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an underground swine manure storage pit.

scientific article published in June 2004

Bacteria engineered for fuel ethanol production: current status

scientific article (publication date: December 2003)

Bacteroides coprosuis sp. nov., isolated from swine-manure storage pits.

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Beta-D-xylosidase from Selenomonas ruminantium of glycoside hydrolase family 43.

scientific article published in April 2007

Butanol production by Clostridium beijerinckii. Part I: use of acid and enzyme hydrolyzed corn fiber

scientific article published on 3 December 2007

Butanol production from corn fiber xylan using Clostridium acetobutylicum

scientific article published on 01 May 2006

Butanol production from wheat straw hydrolysate using Clostridium beijerinckii

scientific article published on 3 July 2007

Carbon dioxide addition to microbial fuel cell cathodes maintains sustainable catholyte pH and improves anolyte pH, alkalinity, and conductivity

scientific article published in April 2010

Catabolic pathway for the production of skatole and indoleacetic acid by the acetogen Clostridium drakei, Clostridium scatologenes, and swine manure

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Cellulose conversion in dry grind ethanol plants

scientific article published in August 2008

Cloning, sequence, and expression of the L-(+) lactate dehydrogenase of Streptococcus bovis

scientific article published on June 1997

Coexpression of pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase genes in Lactobacillus brevis

scientific article published on 25 July 2007

Comparison of microbial populations in model and natural rumens using 16S ribosomal RNA-targeted probes

scientific article published on 01 December 2000

Comparison of pretreatment strategies for enzymatic saccharification and fermentation of barley straw to ethanol

scientific article published on 27 October 2009

Comparison of separate hydrolysis and fermentation and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation processes for ethanol production from wheat straw by recombinant Escherichia coli strain FBR5.

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Composition of corn dry-grind ethanol by-products: DDGS, wet cake, and thin stillage

scientific article published on 7 November 2007

Continuous ethanol production from wheat straw hydrolysate by recombinant ethanologenic Escherichia coli strain FBR5

scientific article published on January 14, 2011

Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of the glucuronoyl esterase catalytic domain from Hypocrea jecorina.

scientific article published on 21 March 2008

Cyclic AMP in ruminal and other anaerobic bacteria.

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Development and comparison of SYBR Green quantitative real-time PCR assays for detection and enumeration of sulfate-reducing bacteria in stored swine manure

scientific article published in December 2008

Development of molecular methods for identification of Streptococcus bovis from human and ruminal origins

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Dilute acid pretreatment, enzymatic saccharification, and fermentation of rice hulls to ethanol

scientific article published in May 2005

Dilute sulfuric acid pretreatment of corn stover for enzymatic hydrolysis and efficient ethanol production by recombinant Escherichia coli FBR5 without detoxification.

scientific article published on 10 May 2013

Effect of compositional variability of distillers' grains on cellulosic ethanol production

scientific article published on 12 March 2010

Effect of dietary inorganic sulfur level on growth performance, fecal composition, and measures of inflammation and sulfate-reducing bacteria in the intestine of growing pigs

scientific article published on 15 October 2010

Energy-efficient recovery of butanol from model solutions and fermentation broth by adsorption

scientific article published on 3 March 2005

Engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain for improved xylose utilization with a three-plasmid SUMO yeast expression system

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Engineering industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for xylose fermentation and comparison for switchgrass conversion

scientific article published on 25 November 2010

Enhancing alfalfa conversion efficiencies for sugar recovery and ethanol production by altering lignin composition

scientific article published on 15 March 2011

Enzyme characterization for hydrolysis of AFEX and liquid hot-water pretreated distillers' grains and their conversion to ethanol

scientific article published on 8 November 2007

Enzyme production by industrially relevant fungi cultured on coproduct from corn dry grind ethanol plants

scientific article published in April 2007

Ethanol production from alkaline peroxide pretreated enzymatically saccharified wheat straw

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Ethanol production from wheat straw by recombinant Escherichia coli strain FBR5 at high solid loading.

scientific article

Evaluation of the sulfate-reducing bacterial population associated with stored swine slurry

scientific article published on 28 March 2008

Expression of a heterologous xylose transporter in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain engineered to utilize xylose improves aerobic xylose consumption

scientific article published on 16 July 2008

Expression of an AT-rich xylanase gene from the anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces sp. strain PC-2 in and secretion of the heterologous enzyme by Hypocrea jecorina

scientific article published on 16 January 2007

Fermentation of bioenergy crops into ethanol using biological abatement for removal of inhibitors

scientific article published on 26 May 2010

Functional expression of bacterial Zymobacter palmae pyruvate decarboxylase gene in Lactococcus lactis

scientific article published on 13 June 2005

Genetically engineered Escherichia coli FBR5: part I. Comparison of high cell density bioreactors for enhanced ethanol production from xylose.

scientific article published on 20 July 2012

Genetically engineered Escherichia coli FBR5: part II. Ethanol production from xylose and simultaneous product recovery.

scientific article published on 20 July 2012

Growth and fermentation of D-xylose by Saccharomyces cerevisiae expressing a novel D-xylose isomerase originating from the bacterium Prevotella ruminicola TC2-24.

scientific article published on 30 May 2013

Hespellia stercorisuis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Hespellia porcina sp. nov., isolated from swine manure storage pits.

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High-productivity continuous biofilm reactor for butanol production: effect of acetate, butyrate, and corn steep liquor on bioreactor performance

scientific article published in January 2004

High-throughput screening of cellulase F mutants from multiplexed plasmid sets using an automated plate assay on a functional proteomic robotic workcell

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Hydrothermal pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse using response surface methodology improves digestibility and ethanol production by SSF

scientific article published on 12 November 2011

Identification of a broad-specificity xylosidase/arabinosidase important for xylooligosaccharide fermentation by the ruminal anaerobe Selenomonas ruminantium GA192.

scientific article published on October 2001

Identification of a new ribosomal protection type of tetracycline resistance gene, tet(36), from swine manure pits

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Identification of intracellular amylase activity in Streptococcus bovis and Streptococcus salivarius

scientific article published on 01 March 1995

Inhibition of hydrogen sulfide, methane, and total gas production and sulfate-reducing bacteria in in vitro swine manure by tannins, with focus on condensed quebracho tannins

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Isolation and identification of hyper-ammonia producing bacteria from swine manure storage pits

scientific article published in January 2004

Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry investigation of enzyme-resistant xylooligosaccharide structures of switchgrass associated with ammonia pretreatment, enzymatic saccharification, and fermentation.

scientific article published on 28 January 2012

Lycotoxin-1 insecticidal peptide optimized by amino acid scanning mutagenesis and expressed as a coproduct in an ethanologenic Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain

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Metabolic engineering of a Lactobacillus plantarum double ldh knockout strain for enhanced ethanol production

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Microbial fuel cell performance with a pressurized cathode chamber

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Microbial production of volatile sulphur compounds in the large intestine of pigs fed two different diets

scientific article published on 08 May 2012

Novel family of carbohydrate esterases, based on identification of the Hypocrea jecorina acetyl esterase gene

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Phenylacetic and phenylpropionic acids do not affect xylan degradation by Ruminococcus albus

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Production of D-arabitol by a newly isolated Zygosaccharomyces rouxii

scientific article published on 15 March 2007

Prolonged conversion of n-butyrate to n-butanol with Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum in a two-stage continuous culture with in-situ product removal

scientific article published on 7 December 2011

Properties of a recombinant beta-glucosidase from polycentric anaerobic fungus Orpinomyces PC-2 and its application for cellulose hydrolysis

scientific article published in January 2004

Random UV-C mutagenesis of Scheffersomyces (formerly Pichia) stipitis NRRL Y-7124 to improve anaerobic growth on lignocellulosic sugars

scientific article published on 12 July 2011

Response surface optimization of corn stover pretreatment using dilute phosphoric acid for enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol production

scientific article published on 22 December 2012

Robinsoniella peoriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a swine-manure storage pit and a human clinical source

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae engineered for xylose metabolism requires gluconeogenesis and the oxidative branch of the pentose phosphate pathway for aerobic xylose assimilation

scientific article published on 01 August 2011

Selective chemical oxidation and depolymerization of switchgrass [corrected] (Panicum virgatum L.) xylan with [corrected] oligosaccharide product analysis by mass spectrometry

scientific article published on 14 March 2011

Sequence analyses of a broad host-range plasmid containing ermT from a tylosin-resistant Lactobacillus sp. Isolated from swine feces

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Shaping reactor microbiomes to produce the fuel precursor n-butyrate from pretreated cellulosic hydrolysates.

scientific article published on 29 August 2012

Shewanella oneidensis in a lactate-fed pure-culture and a glucose-fed co-culture with Lactococcus lactis with an electrode as electron acceptor

scientific article published in February 2011

Stored swine manure and swine faeces as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance genes

scientific article published on 4 February 2013

Structural studies of the extracellular polysaccharide from Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens strain 49

scientific article published on 01 November 1995

Structural studies of the extracellular polysaccharide from Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens strain CF3

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

Structural studies of the extracellular polysaccharide produced by Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens strain H10b

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Structure of the catalytic domain of glucuronoyl esterase Cip2 from Hypocrea jecorina

scientific article published on June 9, 2011

Structure-function relationships of a catalytically efficient beta-D-xylosidase

scientific article published on 01 April 2007

Synthetic resin-bound truncated Candida antarctica lipase B for production of fatty acid alkyl esters by transesterification of corn and soybean oils with ethanol or butanol.

scientific article published on 11 February 2012

The Saccharomyces cerevisiae YMR315W gene encodes an NADP(H)-specific oxidoreductase regulated by the transcription factor Stb5p in response to NADPH limitation.

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Transcriptional analysis of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 with an electrode compared to Fe(III)citrate or oxygen as terminal electron acceptor

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Two novel species Enterococcus lemanii sp. nov. and Enterococcus eurekensis sp. nov., isolated from a swine-manure storage pit.

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Vagococcus elongatus sp. nov., isolated from a swine-manure storage pit.

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Xylooligosaccharide utilization by the ruminal anaerobic bacterium Selenomonas ruminantium

scientific article published on 01 April 1998