Micrbiol
nicholnn@ncaur.usda.gov
Phone: (309) 681-6271
Fax: (309) 681-6427
Room 3304
1815 N UNIVERSITY ST
PEORIA, IL, 61604-3999

Project List

	Industrially Robust Enzymes and Microorganisms for Production of Sugars and Ethanol from Agricultural Biomass
	Inhibitor Abatement of Lignocellulosic Hydrolysates

Publications

	A BIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO REMOVING INHIBITORY COMPOUNDS FROM BIOMASS SUGARS TO BE USED FOR FERMENTATION.- (20-Oct-04)
	USE OF THE ASCOMYCETE CONIOCHAETA LIGNIARIA TO REMOVE INHIBITORS FROM BIOMASS-DERIVED SUGARS- (12-May-04)
	ENGINEERING LACTIC ACID BACTERIA WITH PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE AND ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE GENES FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM ZYMOMONAS MOBILIS- (13-Mar-03)
	IDENTIFICATION OF PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA GENES INVOLVED IN DEGRADATION OF FURFURAL AND 2-FUROIC ACID- (23-May-02)
	CONSTRUCTION OF AN OPERON FOR PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL IN LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS- (02-Aug-01)
	USE OF CATABOLITE REPRESSION MUTANTS FOR THE FERMENTATION OF SUGAR MIXTURES TO ETHANOL- (29-Dec-00)
	FERMENTATION OF SUGAR MIXTURES TO ETHANOL USING E. COLI CATABOLITE REPRESSION MUTANTS- (25-May-00)
	AN AEROTAXIS TRANSDUCER GENE FROM PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA- (05-Nov-99)
	MOLECULAR STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED ETHANOL PRODUCING BACTERIA- (06-Aug-99)
	EXPRESSION ANALYSIS OF PYRUVATE DECARBOXYLASE GENES FROM ZYMOBACTER PALMAE AND SARCINA VENTRICULI IN GRAM-POSITIVE LACTIC ACID BACTERIA- (27-May-04)
	FERMENTATION OF HEXOSE AND PENTOSE SUGAR MIXTURES TO LACTIC ACID BY RECOMBINANT BACTERIA- (21-Nov-03)
	DEVELOPMENT OF MICROBIAL BIOCATALYSTS TO PRODUCE FUELS FROM AGRICULTURAL BIOMASS- (15-Nov-03)
	CONVERSION OF CORN FIBROUS MATERIAL INTO ETHANOL- (07-May-03)
	ENHANCEMENT OF ETHANOL YIELD FROM THE CORN DRY GRIND PROCESS BY FERMENTATION OF THE KERNEL FIBER FRACTION- (15-Mar-03)
	BIOCATALYSTS FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOETHANOL- (15-Aug-02)
	SCREENING AND DISCOVERY OF MICROORGANISMS FOR INHIBITOR ABATEMENT IN TOXIC FERMENTATION SUBSTRATES- (15-Aug-02)
	FERMENTATION OF SUGAR MIXTURES USING ESCHERICHIA COLI CATABOLITE REPRESSION MUTANTS ENGINEERED FOR PRODUCTION OF L-LACTIC ACID- (22-Jul-02)
	SCREENING FOR MICROORGANISMS USEFUL IN DETOXIFICATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC HYDROLYSATES- (23-May-02)
	PRODUCTION OF L-LACTIC ACID USING RECOMBINANT ESCHERICHIA COLI- (02-Aug-01)
	RECOMBINANT ESCHERICHIA COLI ENGINEERED FOR PRODUCTION OF L-LACTIC ACID FROM HEXOSE AND PENTOSE SUGARS- (13-Jul-01)
	BENR, A XY1S HOMOLOGUE, REGULATES THREE DIFFERENT PATHWAYS OF AROMATIC ACID DEGRADATION IN PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA- (29-Aug-00)
	GENETIC CONTROL OF METABOLIC FUNCTIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF FUELS AND CHEMICALS- (31-Mar-00)
	PRODUCTION OF LACTATE AND ETHANOL FROM HEXOSE AND PENTOSE SUGARS USING RECOMBINANT ESCHERICHIA COLI- (31-Mar-00)
	DEVELOPMENT OF NEW ETHANOLOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI STRAINS FOR FERMENTATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS- (20-Sep-99)
	BENR, A XYLS HOMOLOGUE FROM PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA FUNCTIONS AS BOTH A POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE REGULATOR OF AROMATIC COMPOUND DEGRADATION- (03-Jun-99)
	THE FUTURE OF FERMENTATIVE MICROORGANISMS- (15-May-99)
	RECOMBINANT BIOCATALYSTS FOR CONVERTING SUGAR MIXTURES TO LACTIC ACID- (20-Oct-04)
	THE SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PENTOSE PHOSPHATE PATHWAY GENE, RPE1, FUNCTIONS IN FURFURAL TOLERANCE DURING FERMENTATION- (20-Aug-04)
	GENETICALLY ENGINEERED ESCHERICHIA COLI FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM PENTOSE SUGARS: SUBSTRATE AND PRODUCT INHIBITION AND KINETIC PARAMETERS- (12-May-04)
	ENGINEERING KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA FOR PRODUCTION OF LACTIC ACID FROM HEXOSE AND PENTOSE- (12-May-04)
	INCREASING THE ETHANOL YIELD FROM A BUSHEL OF CORN; PROSPECTS FOR BIOMASS CONVERSION- (04-Jun-03)
	THE U.S. CORN ETHANOL INDUSTRY: AN OVERVIEW OF CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND FUTURE PROSPECTS- (15-Apr-02)
	IMPROVED BIOCATALYST FOR PRODUCTION OF BIOETHANOL AND LACTIC ACID- (11-Apr-02)
	METABOLIC ENGINEERING OF ESCHERICHIA COLI FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL AND LACTIC ACID- (09-May-01)
	METABOLIC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL AND LACTIC ACID- (19-Dec-00)
	CONVERSION OF CORN FIBER TO FUEL ETHANOL: APPLICATIONS OF METABOLIC ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES- (26-Aug-99)
	IDENTIFICATION OF SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE GENES INVOLVED IN FURFURAL TOLERANCE DURING FERMENTATION.- (01-Aug-04)
	CONVERSION OF LIGNOCELLULOSE TO ETHANOL USING A RECOMBINANT E. COLI STRAIN- (14-Aug-03)
	ADSORBED CELL DYNAMIC BIOFILM REACTOR FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION FROM XYLOSE AND CORN FIBER HYDROLYSATE- (20-Oct-04)
	FERMENTATION OF "QUICK FIBER" PRODUCED FROM A MODIFIED CORN MILLING PROCESS INTO ETHANOL AND RECOVERY OF CORN FIBER OIL- (03-Oct-03)