Dr. Jared Leadbetter / ESE / Caltech

2008

Murphy, G. E., E. G. Matson, J. R. Leadbetter, H. C. Berg, and G. J. Jensen (2008). Novel ultrastructures of Treponema primitia and their implications for motility. Mol Microbiol 67:1184-95.

2007

Warnecke, F., P. Luginbuhl, N. Ivanova, M. Ghassemian, T. H. Richardson, J. T. Stege, M. Cayouette, A. C. McHardy, G. Djordjevic, N. Aboushadi, R. Sorek, S. G. Tringe, M. Podar, H. G. Martin, V. Kunin, D. Dalevi, J. Madejska, E. Kirton, D. Platt, E. Szeto, A. Salamov, K. Barry, N. Mikhailova, N. C. Kyrpides, E. G. Matson, E. A. Ottesen, X. Zhang, M. Hernandez, C. Murillo, L. G. Acosta, I. Rigoutsos, G. Tamayo, B. D. Green, C. Chang, E. M. Rubin, E. J. Mathur, D. E. Robertson, P. Hugenholtz, and J. R. Leadbetter (2007). Metagenomic and functional analysis of hindgut microbiota of a wood-feeding higher termite. Nature 450:560-5.

Hawkins, A. C., F. H. Arnold, R. Stuermer, B. Hauer, and J. R. Leadbetter (2007). Directed evolution of Vibrio fischeri LuxR for improved response to butanoyl-homoserine lactone. Appl Environ Microbiol 73: 5775-81.

Wang, Y. J., J. J. Huang, and J. R. Leadbetter (2007). Acyl-HSL signal decay: intrinsic to bacterial cell-cell communications. Adv Appl Microbiol 61:27-58.

2006

Ottesen, E. A., J. W. Hong, S. R. Quake, and J. R. Leadbetter (2006). Microfluidic digital PCR enables multigene analysis of individual environmental bacteria. Science 314:1464-7.

Murphy, G. E., J. R. Leadbetter, and G. J. Jensen (2006). In situ structure of the complete Treponema primitia flagellar motor. Nature 442:1062-4.

Collins, C. H., J. R. Leadbetter, and F. H. Arnold (2006). Dual selection enhances the signaling specificity of a variant of the quorum-sensing transcriptional activator LuxR. Nat. Biotechnol. 24:708-12.

Yang, W. W., J.-I. Han, and J. R. Leadbetter (2006). Utilization of homoserine lactone as a sole source of carbon and energy by soil Arthrobacter and Burkholderia species. Arch. Microbiol. 185:47-54.

Flagan, S. F., and J. R. Leadbetter (2006). Utilization of capsaicin and vanillylamine as growth substrates by Capsicum (hot pepper)-associated bacteria. Environ. Microbiol. 8:560-5.

Huang, J. J., A. Petersen, A., M. Whiteley, and J. R. Leadbetter (2006). Identification of QuiP, the product of gene PA1032, as the second acyl-homoserine lactone acylase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:1190-1197.

Salmassi, T. M., J. J. Walker, D. K. Newman, J. R. Leadbetter, N. R. Pace, and J. G. Hering. (2006). Community and cultivation analysis of arsenite oxidizing biofilms at Hot Creek. Environ. Microbiol. 8:50-59.

2005

Leadbetter, J. R., Volume Editor. (2005). Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 397. In "Methods in ENZYMOLOGY" (J. N. Abelson and M. I. Simon, Editors). Elsevier - Academic Press. [Weblink to TOC and Abtracts].

Wang, Y.-J., and J. R. Leadbetter. (2005). Rapid acyl-homoserine lactone quorum signal decomposition by diverse soils. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:1291-1299 (Cover).

Collins, C. H., F. H. Arnold, and J. R. Leadbetter. (2005). Directed evolution of Vibrio fischeri LuxR for increased sensitivity to a broad spectrum of acyl-homoserine lactones. Mol. Microbiol. 55:712-723.

2004

Vu, A. T., N. C. Nguyen, and J. R. Leadbetter. (2004). Iron reduction in the metal-rich guts of wood-feeding termites. Geobiology 2:239-247.

Graber, J. R., J. R. Leadbetter, and J.A. Breznak. (2004). Description of Treponema azotonutricium sp. nov. and Treponema primitia sp. nov., the first spirochetes isolated from termite guts. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70:1315-1320.

Huang, J. J., J.-I. Han, L.-H. Zhang, and J. R. Leadbetter. (2003). Utilization of acyl-homoserine lactone quorum signals for growth by a soil pseudomonad and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:5941-5949.

Salmassi, T. M. & J. R. Leadbetter. (2003). Analysis of genes of tetrahydrofolate-dependent metabolism from cultivated spirochaetes and the gut community of the termite Zootermopsis angusticollis. Microbiology-UK 149:2529-2537. (Cover illustration).

Leadbetter, J. R. (2003). Cultivation of recalcitrant microbes: cells are alive, well, and revealing their secrets in the 21st century laboratory. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 6:274-281.

Yokobayashi, Y., C. H. Collins, J. R. Leadbetter, R. Weiss, and F. H. Arnold. (2003). Evolutionary design strategies for synthetic genetic circuits. Adv. Complex Syst. 6:1-9

Flagan, S., W.-K. Ching, and J. R. Leadbetter (2003). Arthrobacter strain VAI-A utilizes acyl-homoserine lactone inactivation products and stimulates quorum signal biodegradation by Variovorax paradoxus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:909-916.

Lin, Y.-H., J.-L. Xu, J. Hu, L.-H. Wang, S. L. Ong, J. R. Leadbetter, and L.-H. Zhang. (2003). Acyl-homoserine lactone acylase from Ralstonia str. XJ12B represents a novel and potent class of quorum quenching enzymes. Mol. Microbiol. 47:849-860.

Lilburn, T. G., K. S. Kim, N. E. Ostrom, K. R. Byzek, J. R. Leadbetter, and J. A. Breznak. (2001). Nitrogen fixation by symbiotic and free-living spirochetes. Science 292:2495-2498.

Leadbetter, J. R. (2001). Plant microbiology - quieting the raucous crowd. Nature 411:748-749.

Leadbetter, J. R. and E. P. Greenberg. (2000). Metabolism of acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing signals by Variovorax paradoxus. J. Bacteriol. 182:6921-6926.

Leadbetter, J. R., T. M. Schmidt, J. R. Graber, and J. A. Breznak. (1999). Acetogenesis from H₂ plus CO₂ by spirochetes from termite guts. Science 283:686-689.

Lie, T. J., J. R. Leadbetter, and E. R. Leadbetter. (1998). Metabolism of sulfonic acids and other organosulfur compounds by sulfate-reducing bacteria. Geomicrobiol. J. 15:135-149.

Leadbetter, J. R., L. D. Crosby, and J. A. Breznak. (1998). Methanobrevibacter filiformis sp. nov., a filamentous methanogen from termite hindguts. Arch. Microbiol. 169:287-292.

Lie, T. J., T. Pitta, W. Godchaux, E. R. Leadbetter, and J. R. Leadbetter. (1996). Sulfonates: novel participants in anaerobic respiration. Arch. Microbiol. 166:204-209.

Leadbetter, J. R. and J. A. Breznak. (1996). Physiological ecology of Methanobrevibacter cuticularis sp. nov. and Methanobrevibacter curvatus sp. nov., isolated from the hindgut of the termite Reticulitermes flavipes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:3620-3631.

Smith, J. J., J. S. Scott-Craig, J. R. Leadbetter, G. L. Bush, D. L. Roberts & D. W. Fulbright. (1994). Characterization of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) products from Xanthomonas campestris and some comments on the use of RAPD products in phylogenetic analysis. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 3:135-145.