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Role of an archaeal PitA transporter in the copper and arsenic resistance of Metallosphaera sedula, an extreme thermoacidophile.
- Samuel McCarthy, Chenbing Ai, +4 authors P. Blum
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of bacteriology
- 15 October 2014
Thermoacidophilic archaea, such as Metallosphaera sedula, are lithoautotrophs that occupy metal-rich environments. In previous studies, an M. sedula mutant lacking the primary copper efflux… Expand
Evolution of copper arsenate resistance for enhanced enargite bioleaching using the extreme thermoacidophile Metallosphaera sedula
- Chenbing Ai, Samuel McCarthy, Y. Liang, D. Rudrappa, G. Qiu, P. Blum
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of Industrial Microbiology…
- 2 August 2017
Adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) was employed to isolate arsenate and copper cross-resistant strains, from the copper-resistant M. sedula CuR1. The evolved strains, M. sedula ARS50-1 and M. sedula… Expand
Increased acid resistance of the archaeon, Metallosphaera sedula by adaptive laboratory evolution
- Chenbing Ai, Samuel McCarthy, Valerie Eckrich, D. Rudrappa, G. Qiu, P. Blum
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of Industrial Microbiology…
- 12 August 2016
Extremely thermoacidophilic members of the Archaea such as the lithoautotroph, Metallosphaera sedula, are among the most acid resistant forms of life and are of great relevance in bioleaching. Here,… Expand
Expression, Purification and Molecular Structure Modeling of Thioredoxin (Trx) and Thioredoxin Reductase (TrxR) from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
- Y. Wang, X. Zhang, Q. Liu, Chenbing Ai, Hongyu Mo, J. Zeng
- Biology, Medicine
- Current Microbiology
- 25 March 2009
The thioredoxin system consists of thioredoxin (Trx), thioredoxin reductase (TrxR) and NADPH, which plays several key roles in maintaining the redox environment of the cell. In Acidithiobacillus… Expand
Glu43 is an essential residue for coordinating the [Fe2S2] cluster of IscR from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
- J. Zeng, X. Zhang, Y. Wang, Chenbing Ai, Q. Liu, G. Qiu
- Chemistry, Medicine
- FEBS letters
- 26 November 2008
The iron–sulfur cluster regulator (IscR) was reported to be a repressor of the iscRSUA operon. In vitro transcription reactions revealed that the IscR had a repression effect on the iscR promoter.… Expand
Complete Genome Sequences of Evolved Arsenate-Resistant Metallosphaera sedula Strains
- Chenbing Ai, Samuel McCarthy, W. Schackwitz, J. Martin, A. Lipzen, P. Blum
- Biology, Medicine
- Genome Announcements
- 1 October 2015
ABSTRACT Metallosphaera sedula is a thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote with a 2.19-Mb genome. Here, we report the genome sequences of several evolved derivatives of M. sedula generated through adaptive… Expand
Expression, Purification, and Characterization of an Iron Chaperon Protein CyaY from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
- Chenbing Ai, Hongyu Mo, +4 authors J. Zeng
- Biology, Medicine
- Current Microbiology
- 1 March 2011
CyaY is the bacterial homolog of frataxin, proposed to be involved in the assembly of iron–sulfur clusters. While, the physiological iron donor for the iron–sulfur clusters assembly remains… Expand
Identification and Analysis of a Novel Gene Cluster Involves in Fe2+ Oxidation in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270, a Typical Biomining Acidophile
- Chenbing Ai, Y. Liang, Bo Miao, M. Chen, Weimin Zeng, G. Qiu
- Biology, Medicine
- Current Microbiology
- 20 February 2018
Iron-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus spp. are applied worldwide in biomining industry to extract metals from sulfide minerals. They derive energy for survival through Fe2+ oxidation and generate Fe3+ for… Expand
Increased chalcopyrite bioleaching capabilities of extremely thermoacidophilic Metallosphaera sedula inocula by mixotrophic propagation
- Chenbing Ai, Zhang Yan, +5 authors Weimin Zeng
- Chemistry, Medicine
- Journal of Industrial Microbiology…
- 5 June 2019
Extremely thermoacidophilic Crenarchaeota belonging to the order Sulfolobales, such as Metallosphaera sedula, are metabolically versatile and of great relevance in bioleaching. However, the impacts… Expand
Enhancement of Metallosphaera sedula Bioleaching by Targeted Recombination and Adaptive Laboratory Evolution.
- Samuel McCarthy, Chenbing Ai, P. Blum
- Biology, Medicine
- Advances in applied microbiology
- 2018
Thermophilic and lithoautotrophic archaea such as Metallosphaera sedula occupy acidic, metal-rich environments and are used in biomining processes. Biotechnological approaches could accelerate these… Expand