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Rob J.M. van Spanning
Researcher at VU University Amsterdam
Publications - 70
Citations - 3213
Rob J.M. van Spanning is an academic researcher from VU University Amsterdam. The author has contributed to research in topics: Paracoccus denitrificans & Nitrite reductase. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 61 publications receiving 2886 citations. Previous affiliations of Rob J.M. van Spanning include University of Amsterdam & Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam.
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A benzene-degrading nitrate-reducing microbial consortium displays aerobic and anaerobic benzene degradation pathways.
Siavash Atashgahi,Bastian Hornung,Marcelle J. van der Waals,Ulisses Nunes da Rocha,Ulisses Nunes da Rocha,Floor Hugenholtz,Bart Nijsse,Douwe Molenaar,Rob J.M. van Spanning,Alfons J. M. Stams,Alfons J. M. Stams,Jan Gerritse,Hauke Smidt +12 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors report transcription of genes involved in aerobic and anaerobic benzene degradation pathways in a benzene-degrading denitrifying continuous culture.
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Expression of nitrite reductase in Nitrosomonas europaea involves NsrR, a novel nitrite-sensitive transcription repressor.
Hubertus J. E. Beaumont,Sylvia I. Lens,Willem Reijnders,Hans V. Westerhoff,Rob J.M. van Spanning +4 more
TL;DR: The identified a gene, nsrR, which encodes a novel nitrite (NO2–)‐sensitive transcription repressor that plays a pivotal role in the regulation of NirK expression in N. europaea, consistent with the hypothesis that N.Europaea expresses NirK as a defence against the toxic NO2– that is produced during nitrification.
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Denitrification and ammonia oxidation by Nitrosomonas europaea wild-type, and NirK- and NorB-deficient mutants.
TL;DR: The phenotypes of three different Nitrosomonas europaea strains were characterized in chemostat cell cultures, and the effect of nitric oxide (NO) on metabolic activities was evaluated, revealing similar aerobic ammonia oxidation activities, but the growth rates and yields of the knock-out mutants were significantly reduced.
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The organisation of proton motive and non-proton motive redox loops in prokaryotic respiratory systems
TL;DR: In this paper, a conceptual classification of different operational organisations of redox loops and uses this as a platform from which to explore the biodiversity of quinone/quinol-cycling redox systems.
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Microbial Communities in Sediments From Four Mildly Acidic Ephemeral Salt Lakes in the Yilgarn Craton (Australia) - Terrestrial Analogs to Ancient Mars.
Joost W. Aerts,Rob J.M. van Spanning,Jessica Flahaut,Douwe Molenaar,Phil A. Bland,M. J. Genge,Pascale Ehrenfreund,Pascale Ehrenfreund,Zita Martins +8 more
TL;DR: Sediment samples of four lake environments in Australia found that most of the communities were dominated by extremely halophilic Archaea of the Halobacteriaceae family, and the dynamic nature of these lakes appears to influence the biological, biochemical, and geological components of the ecosystem to a large effect.