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Molybdenum threshold for ecosystem scale alternative vanadium nitrogenase activity in boreal forests

N. Magain, M. Renaudin, F. Lutzoni, J.-P. Bellenger, X. Zhang

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 116, 24682-24688

Biological nitrogen fixation by alternative nitrogenases in boreal cyanolichens: importance of molybdenum availability and implications for current biological nitrogen fixation estimates

X. Zhang, D.L. McRose, J. Miadlikowska, F. Lutzoni, J.-P. Bellenger

New Phytologist, Vol. 213, 680-689

Ammonium Sensitivity of Biological Nitrogen Fixation by Anaerobic Diazotrophsin Cultures and Benthic Marine Sediments

R. *Darnajoux, L. *Reji, X.R. *Zhang, K.E. *Luxem, X. Zhang

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, Vol. 127, Jul 2022

A diazotrophy-ammoniotrophy dual growth model for the sulfate reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris var. Hildenborough

R. *Darnajoux, K. Inomura, X. Zhang

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, Vol. 21, 3136-3148

Nitrogen stable isotope fractionation by biological nitrogen fixation reveals cellular nitrogenase is diffusion limited

E. *Han, S.H. Kopf, A.E. Maloney, X.E. Ai, D.M. Sigman, X. Zhang

PNAS Nexus, Vol. 4, Mar 2025, pgaf061

Quantification of biological nitrogen fixation by Mo-independent complementary nitrogenases in environmental samples with low nitrogen fixation activity.

S. J. *Haynes, R. *Darnajoux, E. *Han, S. Oleynik, E. Zimble, X. Zhang

Scientific Reports, Dec 2022

Biohydrogen production relationship to biomass composition, growth, temperature and nitrogenase isoform in the anaerobic photoheterotrophic diazotroph Rhodopseudomonas palustris

K.E. *Luxem, A. *Nguyen, X. Zhang

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 47, Jul 2022, 28399-28409

The role of nitrogenase isoform and carbon metabolism in biological nitrogen fixation and diazotrophic growth across a temperature gradient.

K.E. *Luxem, A. *Nguyen, X. Zhang

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Corrigendum to: Carbon substrate re-orders relative growth of a bacterium using Mo-, V-, or Fe-nitrogenase for nitrogen fixation (Environmental Microbiology, (2020), 22, 4, (1397-1408), 10.1111/1462-2920.14955)

K.E. *Luxem, L. Zhang, J.R. Waldbauer, X. Zhang

Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 24, 2170-2176

Large hydrogen isotope fractionation distinguishes nitrogenase-derived methane from other methane sources

K.E. *Luxem, W.D. Leavitt, X. Zhang

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 86

Carbon substrate re-orders relative growth of a bacterium using Mo-, V-, or Fe-nitrogenase for nitrogen fixation

K.E. *Luxem, L. Zhang, J.R. Waldbauer, X. Zhang

Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 22, 1397-1408

Genome-Resolved Metagenomics Informs the Functional Ecology of Uncultured Acidobacteria in Redox Oscillated Sphagnum Peat

L. *Reji, X. Zhang

mSystems, Aug 2022

The role of oxygen in stimulating methane production in wetlands

J.L. *Wilmoth, J.K. Schaefer, D.R. Schlesinger, S.W. Roth, P.G. Hatcher, J.K. Shoemaker, X. Zhang

Global Change Biology, Vol. 27, 5831-5847

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The purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris produces novel petrobactin-related siderophores under aerobic and anaerobic conditions

O. Baars, F.M.M. Morel, X. Zhang

Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 20, 1667-1676

Crochelins: Siderophores with an Unprecedented Iron-Chelating Moiety from the Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Azotobacter chroococcum

O. Baars, X. Zhang, M.I. Gibson, A.T. Stone, F.M.M. Morel, M.R. Seyedsayamdost

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, Vol. 57, 536-541

The siderophore metabolome of Azotobacter vinelandii

O. Baars, X. Zhang, F.M.M. Morel, M.R. Seyedsayamdost

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 82, 27-39

Biological nitrogen fixation by alternative nitrogenases in terrestrial ecosystems: a review

J.-P. Bellenger, X. Zhang

Biogeochemistry, Vol. 149, 53-73

Possible contribution of alternative nitrogenases to nitrogen fixation by asymbiotic N2-fixing bacteria in soils

J.-P. Bellenger, Y. Xu, X. Zhang, F.M.M. Morel

Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Vol. 69, 413-420

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Critical inundation level for methane emissions from wetlands

S. Calabrese, A. Garcia, J.L. *Wilmoth, X. Zhang, A. Porporato

Environmental Research Letters, Vol. 16

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Large enrichments in fatty acid ²H/¹H ratios distinguish respiration from aerobic fermentation in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

A.E. Maloney, S.H. Kopf, Zhaoyue Zhang, Jamie McFarlin, Daniel Nelson, Andrew Masterson, X. Zhang

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 121, e2310771121

Genome-wide effects of selenium and translational uncoupling on transcription in the termite gut symbiont Treponema primitia

E.G. Matson, A.Z. Rosenthal, X. Zhang, J.R. Leadbetter

mBio, Vol. 4

Selenium controls transcription of paralogous formate dehydrogenase genes in the termite gut acetogen, Treponema primitia

E.G. Matson, X. Zhang, J.R. Leadbetter

Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 12, 2245-2258

Effect of iron limitation on the isotopic composition of cellular and released fixed nitrogen in Azotobacter vinelandii

D.L. McRose, A. Lee, S.H. Kopf, O. Baars, D.M. Sigman, F.M.M. Morel, X. Zhang

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 244, 12-23

Diversity and activity of alternative nitrogenases in sequenced genomes and coastal environments

D.L. McRose, X. Zhang, F.M.M. Morel

Frontiers in Microbiology, Vol. 8

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A genomic view of environmental and life history controls on microbial nitrogen acquisition strategies

Linta Reji, Romain Darnajoux, X. Zhang

Environmental Microbiology Reports, Dec 2023, 1–10

Localizing transcripts to single cells suggests an important role of uncultured deltaproteobacteria in the termite gut hydrogen economy

A.Z. Rosenthal, X. Zhang, K.S. Lucey, E.A. Ottesen, V. Trivedi, H.M.T. Choi, N.A. Pierce, J.R. Leadbetter

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 110, 16163-16168

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Fate of DTPA, EDTA, and EDDS in hydroponic media and effects on plant mineral nutrition

T.M. Vadas, X. Zhang, A.M. Curran, B.A. Ahner

Journal of Plant Nutrition, Vol. 30, 1229-1246

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Metagenomic and functional analysis of hindgut microbiota of a wood-feeding higher termite

F. Warnecke, P. Luginbühl, 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. Hernández, 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, J.R. Leadbetter

Nature, Vol. 450, 560-565

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4D imaging reveals mechanisms of clay-carbon protection and release

J.Q. Yang, X. Zhang, I.C. Bourg, H.A. Stone

Nature Communications, Vol. 12

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Erratum: Global nitrogen cycle: Critical enzymes, organisms, and processes for nitrogen budgets and dynamics (Chemical Reviews (2020) 120:12 (5308-5351) DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00613)

X. Zhang, B.B. Ward, D.M. Sigman

Chemical Reviews, Vol. 120, 9834

Global Nitrogen Cycle: Critical Enzymes, Organisms, and Processes for Nitrogen Budgets and Dynamics

X. Zhang, B.B. Ward, D.M. Sigman

Chemical Reviews, Vol. 120, 5308-5351

Genetic, structural, and functional diversity of low and high-affinity siderophores in strains of nitrogen fixing: Azotobacter chroococcum

X. Zhang, O. Baars, F.M.M. Morel

Metallomics, Vol. 11, 201-212

Alternative nitrogenase activity in the environment and nitrogen cycle implications

X. Zhang, D.L. McRose, J.-P. Bellenger, F.M.M. Morel

Biogeochemistry, Vol. 127, 189-198

Nitrogen isotope fractionation by alternative nitrogenases and past ocean anoxia

X. Zhang, D.M. Sigman, F.M.M. Morel

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 111, 4782-4787

Evidence for cascades of perturbation and adaptation in the metabolic genes of higher termite gut symbionts

X. Zhang, J.R. Leadbetter

mBio, Vol. 3

Genes for selenium dependent and independent formate dehydrogenase in the gut microbial communities of three lower, wood-feeding termites and a wood-feeding roach

X. Zhang, E.G. Matson, J.R. Leadbetter

Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 13, 307-323

Large D/H variations in bacterial lipids reflect central metabolic pathways

X. Zhang, A.L. Gillespie, A.L. Sessions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 106, 12580-12586