Revisiting the precursors of the most abundant natural products on Earth: A look back at 30+ years of bacteriohopanepolyol (BHP) research and ahead to new …

S Kusch, D Rush - Organic Geochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
In this review we look back on 30+ years of bacteriohopanepolyol (BHP) research within the
field of organic geochemistry. BHPs are ubiquitous, intact polar lipids in modern …

Analytical and computational advances, opportunities, and challenges in marine organic biogeochemistry in an era of “omics”

AD Steen, S Kusch, HA Abdulla, N Cakić… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Advances in sampling tools, analytical methods, and data handling capabilities have been
fundamental to the growth of marine organic biogeochemistry over the past four decades …

Metabolomic profiling of Burkholderia cenocepacia in synthetic cystic fibrosis sputum medium reveals nutrient environment-specific production of virulence factors

OA Jaiyesimi, AC McAvoy, DN Fogg, N Garg - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Infections by Burkholderia cenocepacia lead to life-threatening disease in
immunocompromised individuals, including those living with cystic fibrosis (CF). While …

Biomarker evidence for the occurrence of anaerobic ammonium oxidation in the eastern Mediterranean Sea during Quaternary and Pliocene sapropel formation

D Rush, HM Talbot, MTJ van der Meer… - …, 2019 - bg.copernicus.org
Abstract The eastern Mediterranean Sea sedimentary record is characterised by intervals of
organic-rich sapropel sediments, indicating periods of severe anoxia triggered by …

Biomarkers: molecular tools to study life, environment, and climate

S Naeher, X Cui, RE Summons - Elements: An …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Life on Earth produces innumerable structurally diverse biomolecules. Biomarkers, a subset
of these compounds, are sufficiently specific in the structure that they serve as tracers of …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of non-derivatized bacteriohopanepolyols using UHPLC-HRMS reveals great structural diversity in environmental lipid assemblages

EC Hopmans, NT Smit, R Schwartz-Narbonne… - Organic …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacteriohopanepolyols (BHPs) are lipids with great chemotaxonomic potential for microbial
populations and biogeochemical processes in the environment. The most commonly used …

Reconstructing oxygen deficiency in the glacial Gulf of Alaska: Combining biomarkers and trace metals as paleo-redox proxies

M Zindorf, D Rush, J Jaeger, A Mix, ML Penkrot… - Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Marine anaerobic oxidation of ammonium (anammox) plays a central role in the nitrogen
cycle of modern Oxygen Deficient Zones (ODZs). The newly developed bacteriohopanetetrol …

Metabolic Footprints of Burkholderia Sensu Lato Rhizosphere Bacteria Active against Maize Fusarium Pathogens

GC Barrera-Galicia, HA Peniche-Pavía… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Consistent with their reported abundance in soils, several Burkholderia sensu lato strains
were isolated from the rhizosphere of maize plants cultivated at different sites in central …

Diverse origins of “soil marker” bacteriohopanepolyols in marine oxygen deficient zones

S Kusch, SG Wakeham, J Sepúlveda - Organic Geochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Bacteriohopanepolyols (BHPs) that are commonly associated with soil and peat
environments (“soil marker” BHPs), were analyzed along redox gradients in marine oxygen …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing the nutritional value and functional properties of mango pulp via lactic acid bacteria fermentation

A Laophongphit, S Wichiansri, S Siripornadulsil… - LWT, 2024 - Elsevier
The probiotic properties of four lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains, Lacticaseibacillus
paracasei OR1 and PP1 and Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus MA3 and PP3, were evaluated …