Publications:

  1. Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., A. Lapidus, N. Ivanova, A. McHardy, A.C. Copeland, D. Suciu, A. Salamov, A. McHardy, E. Szeto, S.R. Levine, K. Barry, S. Green-Tringe, I. Grigoriev, V. Markowitz, I. Rigoutsos, P.M. Richardson, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. High resolution metagenomics targets major functional types in complex microbial communities. Nat. Biotechnol. 2008, 26:1029-1034.

  2. Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., K.R. Hristova, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Characterization of a novel methanol dehydrogenase in representatives of Burkholderiales: implications for environmental detection of methylotrophy and evidence for convergent evolution. J. Bacteriol. 2008, 190:3817-3823.

  3. Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Real-time detection of actively metabolizing microbes via redox sensing as applied to methylotroph populations in Lake Washington. ISME J. 2008, 2:696-706.

  4. Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., V. Khmelenina, B. Eshimaev, D. Sorokin, H. Fuse, M.E. Lidstrom, and Y. Trotsenko. Reclassification and emended description of halo(alkali)philic and halo(alkali)tolerant methanotrophs of genera Methylomicrobium and Methylobacter. Internat. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2008, 58:591-596.

  5. Chistoserdova, L., A. Lapidus, C. Han, L. Goodwin, L. Saunders, T. Brettin, R. Tapia, P. Gilna, S. Lucas, P.M. Richardson, and M.E. Lidstrom. The genome of Methylobacillus flagellatus, the molecular basis for obligate methylotrophy, and the polyphyletic origin of methylotrophy. J. Bacteriol. 2007, 189:4020-4027.

  6. Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., P. De Marco, S. Bowerman, C.C. Pacheco, J.C. Lara, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Methyloversatilis universalis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new taxon within the Betaproteobacteria represented by three methylotrophic isolates. Internat. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006, 56:2517-2522.

  7. Kalyuzhnaya, S. Bowerman, J.C. Lara, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Methylotenera mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately methylamine-utilizing bacterium within the family Methylophilaceae. Internat. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2006, 56:2819-2823.

  8. Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., R. Zabinsky, S. Bowerman, D.R. Baker, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Fluorescence in situ hybridization-flow cytometry- cell sorting-based method for separation and enrichment of Type I and Type II methanotroph populations. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2006, 72:4293-4301.

  9. Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., O. Nercessian, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Environmental genomics of C1 metabolism. In: Manual of Environmental Microbiology. C.J. Hurst, R.L. Crawford, J.L. Garland, D.A. Lipson, A.L. Mills, L.D. Stetzenbach Eds. Pp. 488-496. 2006, ASM Press.

  10. Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., S. Bowerman, O. Nercessian, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Highly divergent genes for methanopterin-linked C1 transfer reactions in Lake Washington, assessed via metagenomic analysis and mRNA detection. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005, 71:8846-8854.

  11. Nercessian O., Kalyuzhnaya M.G., Joye S.B., Lidstrom M.E., and L. Chistoserdova. Analysis of fae and fhcD genes in Mono Lake, California. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005, 71:8949-8953.

  12. Kalyuzhnaya M.G., S.M. Stolyar, A.J. Auman, J.C. Lara, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Methylosarcina lacus sp. nov., a methanotroph from Lake Washington, Seattle, USA, and emended description of the genus Methylosarcina. Internat. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2005, 55:2345-2350.

  13. Nercessian, O., E. Noyes, M.G. Kalyuzhnaya, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Bacterial populations active in metabolism of C1 compounds in the sediment of Lake Washington, a freshwater lake. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 2005, 71:6885-6899.

  14. Vorholt, J.A., M.G. Kalyuzhnaya, C.H. Hagemeier, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. MtdC, a novel class of methylene tetrahydromethanopterin dehydrogenases. J. Bacteriol. 2005, 187:6069-6074.

  15. Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., N. Korotkova, Crowther, C.J. Marx, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Analysis of gene islands involved in methanopterin-linked C1 transfer reactions reveals new functions and provides evolutionary insights. J. Bacteriol. 2005, 187:4607-4614.

  16. Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., O. Nercessian, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Development and application of polymerase chain reaction primers based on fhcD for environmental detection of methanopterin-linked C1 metabolism in bacteria. Environ. Microbiol. 2005, 7:1269-1274.

  17. Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., O. Nercessian, A. Lapidus, and L. Chistoserdova. Fishing for biodibersity: novel methanopterin-linked C1 genes deduced from the Sargasso Sea metagenome. Environ. Microbiol. 2005. 7:1909-1916.

  18. Miller J.A., M.G. Kalyuzhnaya, E. Noyes, J.C. Lara, M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Labrys methylaminiphilus Sp. Nov., a new facultatively methylotrophic bacterium from a freshwater lake sediment. Internat. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2005, 55:1247-1253.

  19. Chistoserdova, L., M.G. Kalyuzhnaya, and M.E. Lidstrom. C1 transfer modules: from genomics to ecology. ASM News 2005, 71:521-528.

  20. Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., and L. Chistoserdova. Community-level analysis: genes encoding methanopterin-dependent enzymes. Meth. Enzymol. 2005, 397:443-454.

  21. Chistoserdova, L., J.A. Vorholt, and M.E. Lidstrom. A genomic view of methane oxidation by aerobic bacteria and anaerobic archaea. Genome Biol. 2005, 6:208.

  22. Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., M.E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. Utility of environmental probes targeting ancient enzymes: methylotroph detection in Lake Washington. Microb. Ecol. 2004, 48:436-472.

  23. Chistoserdova, L., C. Jenkins, M. Kalyuzhnaya, C.J. Marx, A. Lapidus, J.A. Vorholt, J.T. Staley, and M.E. Lidstrom. The enigmatic planctomycetes may hold a key to the origins of methanogenesis and methylotrophy. Mol. Biol. Evol. 2004, 21:1234-1241.

  24. Marx, C.J., J.A. Miller, L. Chistoserdova, and M.E. Lidstrom. Multiple formaldehyde oxidation/detoxification pathways in Burkholderia fungorum LB400. J. Bacteriol. 2004, 186:2173-2178.

  25. Chistoserdova L., and M.E. Lidstrom. The role of genomics in methylotrophic bacteria for understanding biogeochemical cycling. In: Genes in the Environment. 2003. Blackwell Science Ltd., UK. Pp.133-149.