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Kevin R. Sowers
Researcher at University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Publications - 100
Citations - 6945
Kevin R. Sowers is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The author has contributed to research in topics: Reductive dechlorination & Methanosarcina acetivorans. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 99 publications receiving 6454 citations. Previous affiliations of Kevin R. Sowers include University of California, Los Angeles & Medical University of South Carolina.
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The Genome of M. Acetivorans Reveals Extensive Metabolic and Physiological Diversity
James E. Galagan,Chad Nusbaum,Alice Roy,Matthew G. Endrizzi,Matthew G. Endrizzi,Matthew G. Endrizzi,Pendexter Macdonald,Pendexter Macdonald,Pendexter Macdonald,William Fitzhugh,Sarah E. Calvo,Reinhard Engels,Serge Smirnov,Deven Atnoor,Adam Brown,Nicole R. Allen,Nicole R. Allen,Nicole R. Allen,Jerome Naylor,Nicole Stange-Thomann,Kurt DeArellano,Robin Johnson,Lauren Linton,Paul A. McEwan,Kevin McKernan,Jessica A. Talamas,Andrea Tirrell,Andrea Tirrell,Wenjuan Ye,Wenjuan Ye,Andrew Zimmer,Robert D. Barber,Isaac K. O. Cann,David E. Graham,David A. Grahame,Adam M. Guss,Reiner Hedderich,Cheryl Ingram-Smith,Cheryl Ingram-Smith,Cheryl Ingram-Smith,H. Craig Kuettner,Joseph A. Krzycki,Joseph A. Krzycki,John A. Leigh,Weixi Li,Jinfeng Liu,Biswarup Mukhopadhyay,John N. Reeve,Kerry S. Smith,Timothy A. Springer,Timothy A. Springer,Timothy A. Springer,Lowell Umayam,Owen White,Robert H. White,Everly Conway de Macario,Everly Conway de Macario,James G. Ferry,Ken F. Jarrell,Ken F. Jarrell,Hua Jing,Hua Jing,Hua Jing,Alberto J.L. Macario,Ian T. Paulsen,Ian T. Paulsen,Ian T. Paulsen,Matthew A. Pritchett,Kevin R. Sowers,Ronald V. Swanson,Steven H. Zinder,Steven H. Zinder,Eric S. Lander,Eric S. Lander,Eric S. Lander,William W. Metcalf,Bruce W. Birren +76 more
TL;DR: The complete genome sequence of an acetate-utilizing methanogen, Methanosarcina acetivorans C2A, is reported, which indicates the likelihood of undiscovered natural energy sources for methanogenesis, whereas the presence of single-subunit carbon monoxide dehydrogenases raises the possibility of nonmethanogenic growth.
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Low-temperature extremophiles and their applications.
TL;DR: Psychrophilic (cold-adapted) organisms and their products have potential applications in a broad range of industrial, agricultural and medical processes; however, recent advances, particularly with cold-active enzymes, herald rapid growth for this burgeoning field.
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Methanosarcina acetivorans sp. nov. , an acetotrophic methane-producing bacterium isolated from marine sediments
TL;DR: A new acetotrophic marine methane-producing bacterium that was isolated from the methane-evolving sediments of a marine canyon is described, and Methanosarcina acetivorans is the proposed species.
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Mechanisms of Thermal Adaptation Revealed From the Genomes of the Antarctic Archaea Methanogenium frigidum and Methanococcoides burtonii
Neil F. W. Saunders,Torsten Thomas,Paul M. G. Curmi,John S. Mattick,Elizabeth Kuczek,Rob Slade,John Davis,Peter D. Franzmann,David Boone,Karl Rusterholtz,Robert A. Feldman,Chris Gates,Shellie R. Bench,Kevin R. Sowers,Kristen Kadner,Andrea Aerts,Paramvir S. Dehal,Chris Detter,Tijana Glavina,Susan Lucas,Paul G. Richardson,Frank W. Larimer,Loren Hauser,Miriam Land,Ricardo Cavicchioli +24 more
TL;DR: Comparative genomics revealed trends in amino acid and tRNA composition, and structural features of proteins from cold-adapted Archaea, and indicated that GC content is the major factor influencing tRNA stability in hyperthermophiles, but not in the psychrophiles, mesophiles or moderate thermophiles
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A genetic system for Archaea of the genus Methanosarcina: Liposome-mediated transformation and construction of shuttle vectors
TL;DR: New methods that allow, for the first time, genetic analysis in Archaea of the genus Methanosarcina are presented and the complete 5467-bp DNA sequence of pC2A was determined.