Publications since 1987

Amal F. El Sheikh and Martin G. Klotz. 2008. Ammonia-dependent differential regulation of the gene cluster that encodes ammonia monooxygenase in Nitrosococcus oceani ATCC 19707. Environmental Microbiology 10: (In revision).

Amisha T. Poret-Peterson, James E. Graham, Jay Gulledge, and Martin G. Klotz. 2008. Transcription of nitrification genes in the methane-oxidizing Gammaproteobacterium, Methylococcus capsulatus Bath. The ISME Journal(npg) 2:(In Press).

Markus C. Schmid, Alan B. Hooper, Martin G. Klotz, Dagmar Woebken, Phyllis Lam, Marcel M. M. Kuypers, Andreas Pommerening-Roeser, Huub J.M. op den Camp, Mike S. M. Jetten. 2008. Environmental detection of the octaheme cyctochrome c hydroxylamine/hydrazine oxidoreductase genes of aerobic and anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria. Environmental Microbiology 10:(In Press).

Martin G. Klotz, Markus C. Schmid, Marc Strous, Huub J.M. op den Camp, Mike S.M. Jetten, and Alan B. Hooper.2008. Evolution of an octaheme cytochrome c protein family that is key to aerobic and anaerobic ammonia oxidation by bacteria. Environmental Microbiology 10:(In Press).

Jeanette M. Norton, Martin G. Klotz, Lisa Y.Stein, Daniel J. Arp, Peter J. Bottomley, Patrick S.G. Chain, Loren J. Hauser, John F. Heidelberg, Miriam L. Land, Frank W. Larimer, Maria W. Shin, and Shawn R. Starkenburg. 2008. Complete genome sequence of Nitrosospira multiformis, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from the soil environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74:3559-3572.

Shawn R. Starkenburg, Frank W. Larimer, Lisa Y. Stein, Martin G. Klotz, Patrick S.G. Chain, Luis A. Sayavedra-Soto, Amisha Poret-peterson, Mira E. Gentry, Daniel J. Arp, Bess Ward, and Peter J. Bottomley. 2008. The complete genome sequence Nitrobacter hamburgensis X14 and a comparative genomic analysis of species within the Genus Nitrobacter. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74:2852-2863.

Amal F. El-Sheikh, Amisha T. Poret-Peterson, and Martin G. Klotz. 2008. Characterization of two new genes, amoR and amoD, in the amo operon of the marine ammonia oxidizer Nitrosococcus oceani ATCC 19707. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74:312-318.

Stefan M. Sievert, Kathleen M. Scott, Martin G. Klotz, Patrick S. G. Chain, Loren J. Hauser, James Hemp, Michael Hugler, Miriam Land, Alla Lapidus, Frank W. Larimer, Susan Lucas, Stephanie A. Malfatti, Folker Meyer, Ian T. Paulsen, Qinghu Ren, Jorg Simon, and the USF Genomics Class. 2008. The genome of epsilonproteobacterial chemolithoautotroph Sulfurimonas denitrificans. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74:1145-1156.

Martin G. Klotz and Lisa Y. Stein. 2008. Nitrifier genomics and evolution of the N-cycle. FEMS Microbiology Letters 278:146-156.

Lisa Y. Stein, Daniel J. Arp, Paul M. Berube, Patrick S.G. Chain, Loren Hauser, Mike S.M. Jetten, Martin G. Klotz, Frank W. Larimer, Jeanette M. Norton, Huub J.M. Op den Camp, Maria Shin, Xueming Wei. 2007. Comparison of the Complete Genome Sequence of Nitrosomonas eutropha C91 to Genome Sequences of Other Aerobic and Anaerobic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria. Environmental Microbiology 9:2993-3007.

Daniel J. Arp, Patrick S.G. Chain, Martin G. Klotz. 2007. The Impact of Genome Analyses on Our Understanding of Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria. Annual Review of Microbiology 61:503-528.

Elmore, B.O., D.J. Bergmann, M.G. Klotz, and A.B. Hooper. 2007. Cytochromes P460 and c'-beta; a New Family of High-Spin Cytochromes c" FEBS Letters 581:911-916.

Scott, Kathleen M., Stefan M. Sievert, Fereniki N. Abril, Lois A. Ball, Chantell J. Barrett, Rodrigo A. Blake, Amanda J. Boller, Patrick S. G. Chain, Justine A. Clark, Carisa R. Davis, Chris Detter, Kimberly F. Do, Kimberly P. Dobrinski, Brandon I. Faza, Kelly A. Fitzpatrick, Sharyn K. Freyermuth, Tara L. Harmer, Loren J. Hauser, Michael HŸgler, Cheryl A. Kerfeld, Martin G. Klotz, William W. Kong, Miriam Land, Alla Lapidus, Frank W. Larimer, Dana L. Longo, Susan Lucas, Stephanie A. Malfatti, Steven E. Massey, Darlene D. Martin, Zoe McCuddin, Folker Meyer, Jessica L. Moore, Luis H. Ocampo Jr., John H. Paul, Ian T. Paulsen, Douglas K. Reep, Rachel L. Ross, Priscila Y. Sato, Phaedra Thomas, Lance E. Tinkham, and Gary T. Zeruth. 2006. The Genome of Deep-Sea vent Chemolithoautotroph Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2. PLoS Biology 4(12):2196-2212.

Klotz, Martin G., Daniel J. Arp, Patrick C.S. Chain, Amal F. El-Sheikh, Loren Hauser, Norman G. Hommes, Frank W. Larimer, Stephanie Malfatti, Jeanette M. Norton, Amisha T. Poret-Peterson, Lisa Vergez, and Bess B. Ward. 2006. The complete genome sequence of the marine, nitrifying purple sulfur bacterium, Nitrosococcus oceani ATTC19707. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:6299-6315

Xueming Wei, Tingfen Yan, Norman G. Hommes, Xiuduan Liu, Liyou Wu, Crystal McAlvin, Martin G. Klotz, Luis A. Sayavedra-Soto, Jizhong Zhou, and Daniel J. Arp. 2006. Transcript profiles of Nitrosomonas europaea during growth and upon deprivation of ammonia and carbonate. FEMS Microbiol Letters 257:76-83. Abstract

Starkenburg, Shawn R., Patrick C.S. Chain, Luis Sayavedra-Soto, Loren Hauser, Miriam L. Land, Frank W. Larimer, Stephanie A. Malfatti, Martin G. Klotz, Peter Bottomley, Daniel J. Arp, and William J. Hickey. 2006. The genome sequence of the chemolithoautotrophic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium Nitrobacter winogradskyi Nb-255. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:2050-2063. Abstract

Martin G. Klotz. 2005. Bacterial Genetics. Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, A1417. http://www.els.net. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

David J. Bergmann, Alan B. Hooper, and Martin G. Klotz. 2005. Structure and Sequence Conservation of Genes in the hao cluster of Autotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria: Evidence for their Evolutionary History. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71:5371-5382. Abstract

Teresa E. Koper, Amal F. El-Sheikh, Jeanette M. Norton, and Martin G. Klotz. 2004. Urease-Encoding Genes in Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70:2342-2348. Abstract

Martin G. Klotz and Peter C. Loewen. 2003. The molecular evolution of catalatic hydroperoxidases: Evidence for multiple lateral transfer of genes between prokaryota and from bacteria in eukaryota. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20:1098-1112. Abstract

Patrick Chain, Jane Lamerdin, Frank Larimer, Warren Regala, Miriam Land, Loren Hauser, Alan Hooper, Martin Klotz, Jeanette Norton, Luis Sayavedra-Soto, Dave Arciero, Norman Hommes, Mark Whittaker, Daniel Arp. 2003. Complete genome sequence of the ammonia oxidizing bacterium and obligate chemolithoautotroph Nitrosomonas europaea. Journal of Bacteriology 185:2759-2773. Journal of Bacteriology 185:2759-2773. Abstract

Xavi Carpena, Manuel Soriano, Martin G. Klotz, Lynda Donald, Ignacio Fita, and Peter C. Loewen. 2003. Structure of the clade I catalase, CatF of Pseudomonas syringae, at 1.8 \'89 resolution. Proteins 50:423-436. Abstract

Clayton H. Johnson, Martin G. Klotz, J. Lyndal York, Volker Kruft, and Joan E. McEwen. 2002. Redundancy, phylogeny and differential expression of Histoplasma capsulatum catalases. Microbiology 148: 1129-1142. Abstract

Jeanette M. Norton, J. Javier Alzerreca, Yuichi Suwa, and Martin G. Klotz. 2002. Diversity of ammonia monooxygenase operon in autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Archives of Microbiology 177:139-149. Abstract
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Carpena X, Perez R, Ochoa WF, Verdaguer N, Klotz MG, Switala J, Melik-Adamyan W, Fita I, Loewen PC. 2001. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of clade I catalases from Pseudomonas syringae and Listeria seeligeri. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 57 (Aug):1184-1186. Abstract

Howell, M.L., E. Alsabbagh, J.-F. Ma, U.A. Ochsner, M.G. Klotz, T.J. Beveridge, K.M. Blumenthal, E.C. Niederhoffer, R.E. Morris, D. Neeham, G.E. Dean, M.A. Wani, and D.J. Hassett. 2000. AnkB, a Periplasmic Ankyrin-Like Protein in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Is Required for Optimal Catalase B (KatB) Activity and Resistance to Hydrogen Peroxide. J. Bacteriology 182: 4545-4556. Abstract

P.C. Loewen, M.G. Klotz, and D.J. Hassett. 2000. Catalase - an "old" enzyme that continues to surprize us. ASM News 66: 76-82. Abstract

Alzerreca, J.J., J.M. Norton, and M.G. Klotz. 1999. The amo operon in marine ammonia-oxidizing Gammaproteobacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters 180:21-28. Abstract

Ma, J.-F., U.A. Ochsner, M.G. Klotz, V.K. Nanayakkara, M.L. Howell, Z. Johnson, J.E. Posey, M.L. Vasil, J.J. Monaco, and D.J. Hassett. 1999. Bacterioferritin A Modulates Catalase A (KatA) Activity and Resistance to Hydrogen Peroxide in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology 181:3730-3742. Abstract

Klotz, M.G., and J.M. Norton. 1998. Ammonia monooxygenase has evolved by operon duplication under biased AT/GC mutational pressure in ammonia-oxidizing autotrophic bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters 168:303-311. Abstract

Sayavedra-Soto, L.A., N.G. Hommes, J. Alzerreca, D.J. Arp, J.M. Norton, and M.G. Klotz. 1998. Transcription of the amoC, amoA and amoB genes in Nitrosomonas europaea and Nitrosospira sp. NpAV. FEMS Microbiology Letters 167: 81-88. Abstract

Klotz, M.G., G.R. Klassen, and P.C. Loewen. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships between prokaryotic and eukaryotic catalases. Molecular Biology and Evolution 14: 951-958. Abstract

Klotz, M.G., J. Alzerreca, and J.M. Norton. 1997. A gene encoding a membrane protein exists upstream of the amoA/amoB genes in ammonia-oxidizing bacteria; a third member of the amo operon? FEMS Microbiology Letters 150:65-73. Abstract

Norton, J.M., J.M. Low, and M.G. Klotz. 1996. The gene encoding ammonia monooxygenase subunit A exists in three nearly identical copies in Nitrosospira sp. NpAV. FEMS Microbiology Letters 139:181-188. Abstract

Klotz, M.G., and J.M. Norton. 1995. Sequence of an ammonia monooxygenase subunit A-encoding gene from Nitrosospira sp. NpAV. Gene 163:159-160. Abstract

Klotz, M.G., Y.C. Kim, J. Katsuwon, and A.J. Anderson. 1995. Cloning, characterization and phenotypic expression in Escherichia coli of catF, which encodes the catalytic subunit of catalase isozyme CatF in Pseudomonas syringae. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 43 (4):656-666.

Klotz, M.G., and A.J. Anderson. 1995. Sequence of a gene encoding periplasmic Pseudomonas syringae ankyrin. Gene 164:187-188.

Klotz, M.G., and A.J. Anderson. 1994. The role of catalase isozymes in the culturability of the root colonizer Pseudomonas putida after exposure to hydrogen peroxide and antibiotics. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 40:382-387.

Klotz, M.G. 1993. The importance of bacterial growth phase for in planta virulence and pathogenicity testing: coordinated stress response regulation in fluorescent pseudomonads? Canadian Journal of Microbiology 39:948-957.

Klotz, M.G., and Hutcheson, S.W. 1992. Multiple periplasmic catalases in plant pathogenic strains of Pseudomonas syringae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58: 2468-2473.

Klotz, M.G., Berczi, A., Erdei, L. & Liebermann, B. 1989. Picomolar concentrations of tentoxin affect Mg2+- and Ca2+- ATPase activities of plasma membrane vesicles from roots of winter wheat seedlings. Physiologia Plantarum 75:405-410.

Klotz, M.G. 1988. The action of tentoxin on membrane processes in plants (Minireview). Physiologia Plantarum 74:575-582.

Klotz, M.G. & Erdei, L. 1988. Effect of tentoxin on K+ transport in winter wheat seedlings of different K+ status. Physiologia Plantarum 72:298-304.

Erdei, L. & Klotz, M.G. 1988. Growth and internal ion concentrations in seedlings of winter wheat are affected by 1 pM tentoxin. Physiologia Plantarum 73:295-298.

Klotz, M.G., Muller, E. & Liebermann, B. 1987. Potassium transport through lipid bilayer membranes facilitated by tentoxin dimers. A new mechanism of ion transport? Biophysical Chemistry 27:183-189.