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  1. Virulence of Two Entomophthoralean Fungi, Pandora neoaphidis and Entomophthora planchoniana, to Their Conspecific (Sitobion avenae) and Heterospecific (Rhopalosiphum padi) Aphid Hosts

    Article • Insects, February 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  2. Genomic Islands Confer Heavy Metal Resistance in Mucilaginibacter Kameinonensis and Mucilaginibacter Rubeus Isolated from a Gold/Copper Mine

    Article • October 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  3. Assessment of tea garden soils at An'xi County in southeast China reveals a mild threat from contamination of potentially harmful elements

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, August 2018, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  4. Two draft genome sequences of Pseudomonas jessenii strains isolated from a copper contaminated site in Denmark

    Article • Standards in Genomic Sciences, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  5. Genome Sequence of Selenium-Solubilizing Bacterium Caulobacter vibrioides T5M6

    Article • Genome Announcements, February 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  6. Draft Genome Sequence of Se(IV)-Reducing Bacterium Pseudomonas migulae ES3-33

    Article • Genome Announcements, May 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  7. Genome Sequences of Three Highly Copper-Resistant Salmonella enterica subsp. I Serovar Typhimurium Strains Isolated from Pigs in Denmark

    Article • Genome Announcements, December 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  8. Genome Sequences of Two Copper-Resistant Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Copper-Fed Pigs

    Article • Genome Announcements, December 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  9. Cyanobacteria-Mediated Arsenic Redox Dynamics Is Regulated by Phosphate in Aquatic Environments

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, January 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  10. Genes Conferring Copper Resistance inSinorhizobium melilotiCCNWSX0020 Also Promote the Growth ofMedicago lupulinain Copper-Contaminated Soil

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  11. Removal of Zinc from Aqueous Solution by Metal Resistant Symbiotic BacteriumMesorhizobium amorphae

    Article • Separation Science and Technology, January 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  12. BacMet: antibacterial biocide and metal resistance genes database

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, December 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  13. Compaction stimulates denitrification in an urban park soil using 15N tracing technique

    Article • Environmental Science and Pollution Research, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  14. External and semi-internal controls for PCR amplification of homologous sequences in mixed templates

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  15. Bacterial killing in macrophages and amoeba: do they all use a brass dagger?

    Article • Future Microbiology, October 2013, Future Medicine

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  16. Phytoremediation of Heavy and Transition Metals Aided by Legume-Rhizobia Symbiosis

    Article • International Journal of Phytoremediation, September 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  17. Biomethylation and volatilization of arsenic by the marine microalgae Ostreococcus tauri

    Article • Chemosphere, September 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  18. Ludger Rensing (1932–2013)

    Article • Chronobiology International, June 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  19. In silico analysis of bacterial arsenic islands reveals remarkable synteny and functional relatedness between arsenate and phosphate

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  20. The Copper Metallome in Prokaryotic Cells

    Article • December 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  21. Integrated co-regulation of bacterial arsenic and phosphorus metabolisms

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, October 2012, Wiley

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  22. Genome Sequence of the Moderately Halotolerant, Arsenite-Oxidizing Bacterium Pseudomonas stutzeri TS44

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  23. NasT-Mediated Antitermination Plays an Essential Role in the Regulation of the Assimilatory Nitrate Reductase Operon in Azotobacter vinelandii

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  24. CADMIUM ACCUMULATION IN THE ROOTLESS MACROPHYTE WOLFFIA GLOBOSA AND ITS POTENTIAL FOR PHYTOREMEDIATION

    Article • International Journal of Phytoremediation, July 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  25. Involvement of RpoN in Regulating Bacterial Arsenite Oxidation

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  26. Genome Sequence and Mutational Analysis of Plant-Growth-Promoting Bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens CCNWGS0286 Isolated from a Zinc-Lead Mine Tailing

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  27. Antimicrobial activity of different copper alloy surfaces against copper resistant and sensitive Salmonella enterica

    Article • Food Microbiology, May 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  28. Regulation of Cu(I)/Ag(I) efflux genes in Escherichia coli by the sensor kinase CusS

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  29. Arsenic biomethylation by photosynthetic organisms

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, March 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  30. Draft Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas psychrotolerans L19, Isolated from Copper Alloy Coins

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  31. Genome Sequence of the Facultative Anaerobic Arsenite-Oxidizing and Nitrate-Reducing Bacterium Acidovorax sp. Strain NO1

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  32. Genome Sequence of the Highly Efficient Arsenite-Oxidizing Bacterium Achromobacter arsenitoxydans SY8

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  33. Genome Sequence of the Arsenite-Oxidizing Strain Agrobacterium tumefaciens 5A

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  34. Genome Sequence of Deep-Sea Manganese-Oxidizing Bacterium Marinobacter manganoxydans MnI7-9

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  35. Genome of Halomonas Strain GFAJ-1, a Blueprint for Fame or Business as Usual

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  36. Draft Genome Sequence of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobium Mesorhizobium amorphae, Isolated from Zinc-Lead Mine Tailings

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2012, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  37. A periplasmic arsenite-binding protein involved in regulating arsenite oxidation

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, December 2011, Wiley

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  38. Draft Genome Sequence of Halomonas sp. Strain HAL1, a Moderately Halophilic Arsenite-Oxidizing Bacterium Isolated from Gold-Mine Soil

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  39. Rapid inactivation of Cronobacter sakazakii on copper alloys following periods of desiccation stress

    Article • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  40. Draft Genome of Streptomyces zinciresistens K42, a Novel Metal-Resistant Species Isolated from Copper-Zinc Mine Tailings

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  41. Nucleotide sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa conjugative plasmid pUM505 containing virulence and heavy-metal resistance genes

    Article • Plasmid, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  42. The ChrA homologue from a sulfur-regulated gene cluster in cyanobacterial plasmid pANL confers chromate resistance

    Article • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  43. Crystal Structures of Multicopper Oxidase CueO Bound to Copper(I) and Silver(I): FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF A METHIONINE-RICH SEQUENCE

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2011, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  44. Genome analysis and characterization of zinc efflux systems of a highly zinc-resistant bacterium, Comamonas testosteroni S44

    Article • Research in Microbiology, September 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  45. Advantages and challenges of increased antimicrobial copper use and copper mining

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  46. Interactions between CusF and CusB Identified by NMR Spectroscopy and Chemical Cross-Linking Coupled to Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Biochemistry, April 2011, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  47. Switch or Funnel: How RND-Type Transport Systems Control Periplasmic Metal Homeostasis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2011, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  48. Biometals 2010 (Tucson, Arizona, USA)

    Article • BioMetals, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  49. Copper toxicity and the origin of bacterial resistance—new insights and applications

    Article • Metallomics, January 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  50. Metal toxicity

    Article • Metallomics, January 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  51. Characterization and genomic analysis of a highly chromate resistant and reducing bacterial strain Lysinibacillus fusiformis ZC1

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, January 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  52. Metallic Copper as an Antimicrobial Surface

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  53. Metallic copper corrosion rates, moisture content, and growth medium influence survival of copper ion-resistant bacteria

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  54. Characterization and genomic analysis of chromate resistant and reducing Bacillus cereus strain SJ1

    Article • BMC Microbiology, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  55. Differing ability to transport nonmetal substrates by two RND-type metal exporters

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  56. Chaperone-mediated copper handling in the periplasm

    Article • Natural Product Reports, January 2010, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  57. The metal efflux island of Legionella pneumophila is not required for survival in macrophages and amoebas

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, December 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  58. The Genome of Nectria haematococca: Contribution of Supernumerary Chromosomes to Gene Expansion

    Article • PLoS Genetics, August 2009, PLOS

    Professor Christopher Rensing, Dr Bridget Marie Barker

  59. Site-Directed Mutagenesis Identifies a Molecular Switch Involved in Copper Sensing by the Histidine Kinase CinS in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2009, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  60. Novel gene clusters involved in arsenite oxidation and resistance in two arsenite oxidizers: Achromobacter sp. SY8 and Pseudomonas sp. TS44

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, June 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  61. Genes involved in copper resistance influence survival ofPseudomonas aeruginosaon copper surfaces

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, May 2009, Wiley

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  62. Genes involved in arsenic transformation and resistance associated with different levels of arsenic-contaminated soils

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  63. Direct Metal Transfer between Periplasmic Proteins Identifies a Bacterial Copper Chaperone †

    Article • Biochemistry, November 2008, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  64. Expression of chromate resistance genes from Shewanella sp. strain ANA-3 in Escherichia coli

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  65. Solute Carrier 11 Cation Symport Requires Distinct Residues in Transmembrane Helices 1 and 6

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, January 2008, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  66. Substrate-linked Conformational Change in the Periplasmic Component of a Cu(I)/Ag(I) Efflux System

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, September 2007, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  67. The Copper-Inducible cin Operon Encodes an Unusual Methionine-Rich Azurin-Like Protein and a Pre-Q0 Reductase in Pseudomonas putida KT2440

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2007, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  68. Occurrence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and endotoxin associated with the land application of biosolids

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, May 2007, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  69. Intracellular Copper Does Not Catalyze the Formation of Oxidative DNA Damage in Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2006, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  70. Periplasmic Metal-Resistance Protein CusF Exhibits High Affinity and Specificity for Both Cu I and Ag I †

    Article • Biochemistry, September 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  71. Expression of gentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (gdoA) genes involved in aromatic degradation in two haloarchaeal genera

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, June 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  72. Arsenic detoxification and evolution of trimethylarsine gas by a microbial arsenite S -adenosylmethionine methyltransferase

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  73. A Novel Copper-Binding Fold for the Periplasmic Copper Resistance Protein CusF † , ‡

    Article • Biochemistry, August 2005, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  74. Form and Function in Metal-Dependent Transcriptional Regulation: Dawn of the Enlightenment

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2005, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  75. New developments in the understanding of the cation diffusion facilitator family

    Article • Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, May 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  76. Characterization of the copper(II) binding site in the pink copper binding protein CusF by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy

    Article • JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, March 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  77. The Metal Permease ZupT from Escherichia coli Is a Transporter with a Broad Substrate Spectrum

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2005, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  78. Characteristics of Zinc Transport by Two Bacterial Cation Diffusion Facilitators from Ralstonia metallidurans CH34 and Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  79. Cuprous Oxidase Activity of CueO from Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  80. FieF (YiiP) from Escherichia coli mediates decreased cellular accumulation of iron and relieves iron stress

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, November 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Dietrich H. Nies, Professor Christopher Rensing

  81. Linkage between Catecholate Siderophores and the Multicopper Oxidase CueO in Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  82. New Approaches for Bioaugmentation as a Remediation Technology

    Article • Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, September 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  83. Arsenic Resistance in Halobacterium sp. Strain NRC-1 Examined by Using an Improved Gene Knockout System

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  84. Chlorobenzoate-Degrading Bacteria in Similar Pristine Soils Exhibit Different Community Structures and Population Dynamics in Response to Anthropogenic 2-, 3-, and 4-Chlorobenzoate Levels

    Article • Microbial Ecology, April 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  85. Real-time PCR quantification of a green fluorescent protein-labeled, genetically engineered Pseudomonas putida strain during 2-chlorobenzoate degradation in soil

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  86. Underlying issues including approaches and information needs in risk assessment

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, September 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  87. Issues underlying use of biosensors to measure metal bioavailability

    Article • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, September 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  88. Interplay of the Czc System and Two P-Type ATPases in Conferring Metal Resistance to Ralstonia metallidurans

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2003, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  89. Molecular Analysis of the Copper-Transporting Efflux System CusCFBA of Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2003, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  90. Of oxidases and peroxidases: new studies using protein film voltammetry

    Article • Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, July 2003, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  91. A Labile Regulatory Copper Ion Lies Near the T1 Copper Site in the Multicopper Oxidase CueO

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, June 2003, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  92. Escherichia coli mechanisms of copper homeostasis in a changing environment

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, June 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  93. Confirmation of the ATP6B1 gene as responsible for distal renal tubular acidosis

    Article • Pediatric Nephrology, December 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Christopher Rensing, Professor Guido Filler

  94. AAA: a survey and a policy-based architecture and framework

    Article • IEEE Network, November 2002, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  95. Functional analysis of the Escherichia coli zinc transporter ZitB

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, October 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  96. The Pco proteins are involved in periplasmic copper handling in Escherichia coli

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, July 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  97. The role of selective pressure and selfish DNA in horizontal gene transfer and soil microbial community adaptation

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, March 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  98. Crystal structure and electron transfer kinetics of CueO, a multicopper oxidase required for copper homeostasis in Escherichia coli

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2002, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  99. CueO Is a Multi-copper Oxidase That Confers Copper Tolerance in Escherichia coli

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, September 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  100. ZitB (YbgR), a Member of the Cation Diffusion Facilitator Family, Is an Additional Zinc Transporter inEscherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2001, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  101. Escherichia coli CopA N-Terminal Cys(X)2Cys Motifs Are Not Required for Copper Resistance or Transport

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, August 2001, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  102. NreB from Achromobacter xylosoxidans 31A Is a Nickel-Induced Transporter Conferring Nickel Resistance

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2001, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  103. Genes Involved in Copper Homeostasis inEscherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2001, ASM Journals

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  104. The ATP Hydrolytic Activity of Purified ZntA, a Pb(II)/Cd(II)/Zn(II)-translocating ATPase from Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, February 2000, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  105. CopA: An Escherichia coli Cu(I)-translocating P-type ATPase

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2000, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  106. Pb(II)-translocating P-type ATPases

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, December 1998, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  107. Identification of a Novel Ran Binding Protein 2 Related Gene (RANBP2L1) and Detection of a Gene Cluster on Human Chromosome 2q11–q12

    Article • Genomics, February 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  108. A Zn(II)-translocating P-type ATPase from Proteus mirabilis

    Article • Biochemistry and Cell Biology, January 1998, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor Christopher Rensing

  109. The zntA gene of Escherichia coli encodes a Zn(II)-translocating P-type ATPase

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 1997, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Professor Christopher Rensing