Publications

Books

Articles

2017

150. Malinich, E. & C. E. Bauer (2017) The Rhizosphere Nitrogen Fixing Bacterium Azospirillum brasilense Is Vertically Transmitted by Plant Seeds. Submitted for review

149. Kumka Y. E., H. Schindel, M. Fang, S. Zappa & C. E. Bauer (2017) Transcriptomic analysis of aerobic and photosynthetic states in Rhodobacter capsulatus and their modulation by global regulators RegA, FnrL and CrtJ. Microbial Genomics. 10.1099/mgen.0.000125

148. Zappa, S., & C. E. Bauer (2017) The Maintenance of Iron Homeostasis Among Prokaryotic Phototrophs. In Modern topics in the Phototrophic Prokaryotes: Metabolism, Bioenergetics and Omics. Edt. P. Hallenbeck. pp 123-162. Springer Press, Cham, Switzerland

147. Fang M, & C. E. Bauer (2017) The vitamin B12-dependent photoreceptor AerR relieves photosystem gene repression by extending the interaction of CrtJ with photosystem promoters. mBio 8:e00261-17. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00261-17.

146. Shimizu, T., Shen, J., Fang, M., Zhang, Y., Horie,K., Trinidad, J. C. Bauer, C. E., Giedroc, D. P. & Masuda, S. (2017) The sulfide-responsive transcriptional repressor SqrR functions as a master regulator of sulfide-dependent photosynthesis. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 114:2355-2360

2016

145. Shindel, H. & C. E. Bauer (2016) The RegA regulon exhibits variability in response to altered growth conditions and differs markedly between Rhodobacter species. Microbial Genomics 2. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000081

2015

142. Vermeulen, A., & C. E. Bauer. 2015. Members of the PpaA/AerR antirepressor family bind cobalamin. J. Bacteriol. 197:2694-2703. PMCID: PMC4507344

141. Kumka, Y. & C. E. Bauer. 2015. Analysis of the FnrL regulon in Rhodobacter capsulatus reveals limited regulon overlap with orthologues from Rhodobacter sphaeroides and Escherichia coli. BMC Genomics 16:895 doi:10.1186/s12864-015-2162-4

140. Shimizu T., Cheng Z., Matsuura K., Masuda S. & C. E. Bauer. 2015. The purple bacterium Rubrivivax gelatinosus utilizes altered cis element spacing to promote redox sensing by the photosynthesis gene-specific transcription factor PpsR. PLOS ONE 10.1371/journal.pone.0128446

139. Roychowdhury, R. S., Q. Dong & C. E. Bauer. 2015. DNA binding properties of a cGMP binding CRP homolog that controls development of metabolically dormant cysts of Rhodospirillum centenum. Microbiology. 161: 2256-2264.

138. Dong, Q., Roychowdhury, S., & C. E. Bauer. 2015. Mapping the CgrA regulon of Rhodospirillum centenum reveals a hierarchal network controlling cyst development. BMC Genomics. 16:1066.

137. He, K., V. Dragnea, & C. E. Bauer. 2015. Adenylate charge regulates sensor kinase CheS₃ to control cyst formation in Rhodospirillum centenum mBio, 6:e00546-15.

136. Dong, Q., & C. E. Bauer. 2015. Transcriptome analysis of cyst formation in Rhodospirillum centenum reveals large global changes in expression during cyst development. BMC Genomics. 16:68 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1250-9.

2014

135. He, K. & C. E. Bauer. 2014. Regulation of alternative cellular functions by chemotaxis-like signal transduction systems. Trends in Microbiology. 22:389-393 PMCID: PMC4273944.

134. Cheng, Z., K. Li, L. A. Hammond, J. A. Karty & C. E. Bauer. 2014. B₁₂ controls photosystem gene expression by light regulated binding to the antirepressor AerR. Mol. Microbiol. 91:649-664. PMCID: PMC3946051 (This work was highlighted in a companion commentary in the same issue by G. Klug; Mol Microbiol. 91:635-640.). NIHMSID 550433 (This manuscript was highlighted in a companion commentary in the same issue by G. Klug.)

2013

133. Zappa, S. & C. E. Bauer. 2013. Iron homeostasis in the Rhodobacter genus. In Genome Evolution of Photosynthetic Bacteria. Edt. T. J. Beatty. Advances in Botanical Research, 66:289-326. NIHMSID # 442638

132. Yin, L, & C. E. Bauer. 2013. Controlling the delicate balance of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis. Phil. Trans. Royal. Soc. B. 368 no. 162220120253. NIHMSID # 442635

131. Wu J, Cheng Z, Reddie K, Carroll K, Hammad LA, Karty JA, & C. E. Bauer. 2013. RegB kinase activity is repressed by oxidative formation of cysteine sulfenic acid. J. Biol. Chem. 288:4755-4762. PMID: 23306201

130. Zappa, S. & C. E. Bauer. 2013. The LysR-type transcription factor HbrL is a global regulator of iron homeostasis and porphyrin synthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Mol Microbiology. 90:1277-1292 NIHMSID #533249

129. He, K., J. M. Marden, E. M. Quardokus & C. E. Bauer. 2013. Phosphate flow between hybrid histidine kinases CheA₃ and CheS₃ controls Rhodospirillum centenum cyst formation. PLOS Genetics, DOI:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004002 (This work was highlighted by Nature Reviews Microbiology https://twitter.com/NatureRevMicro/status/414059234586656768)

128. Yin, L., V. Dragnea, G. Fieldman, L. A. Hammand, J. A. Karty, C. Dann & C. E. Bauer. 2013. Redox and light control of the heme sensing activity of AppA. mBio 4: e00563-13

2012

127. Wu, J, V Dragnea & CE Bauer . 2012. Redox responding sensor kinases. In Two Component Systems in Bacteria. Ed. R Gross and D Beier. pp 41-56. Horizon Scientific Press.

126. Bauer, C., T. Gest, & C. Fuqua. 2012. Obituary of Dr. Howard Gest. Photosynthesis Research 112:151-152.

125. Yin, L., V. Dragnea, & C. E. Bauer. 2012. PpsR, a regulator of heme and bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis, is a heme-sensing protein. J. Biol Chem. 287:13850-13858. PMID: 22378778

124. Cheng, Z, J Wu, A Setterdahl, K Reddie, K Carroll, L A. Hammad, J A Karty & CE Bauer. 2012. Activity of the tetrapyrrole regulator CrtJ is controlled by oxidation of a redox active cysteine located in the DNA binding domain. Mol. Micro. 85:734-746 PMID: 22715852

2011

123. Marden, JN, JE Berleman, & CE Bauer. 2011. Cyclic GMP controls Rhodospirillum centenum cyst development. Mol. Micro. 79:600-615 (Commentary of this study in Mol. Micro 79:562-565). PMID: 21214648

122. Yuan H., V. Dragnea, Q. Wu, K.H. Garner, & C. E. Bauer. 2011. Mutational and structural studies of the PixD BLUF output signal that affects light- regulated interactions with PixE. Biochemistry 50:6365-6375 PMID:21688827

2010

121. Zappa, S., K. Li, & C. E. Bauer. 2010. The tetrapyrrole biosynthetic pathway and its regulation in Rhodobacter capsulatus. P. Hallenbeck, edt. In Recent Advances in Phototrophic Prokaryotes. Advances in Experimental Medicine & Biology Series. Springer Press. 675:229-50. PMID: 2053274

120. Lu YK, Marden J, Han M, Swingley WD, Mastrian SD, Chowdhury SR, Hao J, Helmy T, Kim S, Kurdoglu AA, Matthies HJ, Rollo D, Stothard P, Blankenship RE, Bauer CE, & Touchman JW. 2010. Metabolic flexibility revealed in the genome of the cyst-forming alpha-1 proteobacterium Rhodospirillum centenum. BMC Genomics. 11:325.

119. Dragnea V., Arunkumar A.I., Lee C.W., Giedroc D.P., & C. E. Bauer. 2010. A Q63E Rhodobacter sphaeroides AppA BLUF domain mutant is locked in a pseudo-light-excited signaling state. Biochemistry. 49:10682-90. PMID:2108279

118. Wu J., & C. E. Bauer. 2010. RegB kinase activity is controlled in part by monitoring the ratio of oxidized to reduced ubiquinones in the ubiquinone pool. MBio. 1. pii: e00272-10.

2009

117. Dragnea V, Arunkumar AI, Yuan H, Giedroc DP, & C. E. Bauer. 2009. Spectroscopic studies of the AppA BLUF domain from Rhodobacter sphaeroides: addressing movement of tryptophan 104 in the signaling state. Biochemistry. 48:9969-79. PMID: 19746968

2008

116. Bauer, C. E., A. Setterdahl, J. Wu & B. R. Robinson. 2008. Regulation of gene expression in response to oxygen tension. In Purple Photosynthetic Bacteria. pp 707-725. C. N. Hunter, F. Daldal, M. C. Thurnauer and J. T. Beatty (eds) Kluwer Academic Press.

115. Yuan, H. & C. E. Bauer. 2008. PixD promotes dark oligomerization of the BLUF photoreceptor PixD. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 11715-11719.

114. Masuda, S., J. Berleman, B. M. Hasselbring, & C. E. Bauer. 2008. Regulation of aerobic photosystem synthesis in the purple bacterium Rhodospirillum centenum by CrtJ and AerR. Photochem. Photobiol. Sci. 7, 1267–1272

113. Wu, J., & C. E. Bauer. 2008. RegB/RegA, a global redox-responding two-component regulatory system. In, Bacterial Signal Transduction: network and drug targets. Ryutaro Utsumi edt. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology vol 631 pp 131-148, Landes Bioscience Eurekah, Georgetown, TX

2007

112. Chung, Y.-H. Masuda, S., & C. E. Bauer. 2007. Purification and reconstitution of PYP-phytochrome (Ppr) with biliverdin and 4-hydroxycinnamic acid. In Two-Component Signaling Systems" edited by Mel Simon, Brian Crane and Alexandrine Bilwes Crane. Methods in Enzymology. 422:184-189

111. Swem L. R., Swem, D. L., Wu, J.. & C. E. Bauer. 2007. Purification and assays of Rhodobacter capsulatus RegB-RegA two component signal transduction system. In Two-Component Signaling Systems" edited by Mel Simon, Brian Crane and Alexandrine Bilwes Crane. Methods in Enzymology. 422: 173-183

110. Willett, J., J. L. Smart & C. E. Bauer 2007. RegA control of bacteriochlorophyll and carotenoid synthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Bacteriol. 189, 7765-7773.

109. Xiong, J., C. E. Bauer & A. Pancholy. 2007. Insight into the heme d1 biosynthesis pathway in heliobacteria through bioinformatics analysis. Microbiology, 153, 3548-3562

2006

108. Smart, J. L., & C. E. Bauer. 2006. Tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus is transcriptionally regulated by a novel heme-binding regulatory protein, HbrL. J. Bacteriol. 188: 1567-1576.

107. Swem, L. R., X. Gong, C.-A. Yu & C. E Bauer. 2006. RegB controls a diverse array of metabolic processes by monitoring the redox state of the ubiquinone pool. J. Biol. Chem. 281: 6768-6775

106. Yuan, H., S. Masuda, V, Dragnea, S. Anderson, K. Moffat, & C. E. Bauer. 2006. Structure of the blue light photoreceptor, BluP (Slr1694) from Synechocystis PCC6803 reveals photoinduced alterations of a hydrogen bond network to FAD. Biochemistry, 45: 12687-12694

105. Kim, S.-K., J. T. Mason, D. B. Knaff, C. E. Bauer & A. T. Setterdahl. 2006. Redox properties of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides transcriptional regulatory proteins PpsR and AppA. Photosynthesis Research. 89: 89-98

2005

104. Masuda, S. & C. E. Bauer 2005 The antirepressor AppA uses the novel flavin-binding BLUF domain as blue-light-absorbing photoreceptor to control photosystem synthesis. In Handbook of Photosensory Receptors. (W. Briggs and J. Spudich edt). Wiley-VCH publishing, Weinheim, Germany. pp. 433-446

103. Berleman, J., & C. E. Bauer 2005. A chemotaxis like signal transduction cascade is involved in controlling flagella biosynthesis in Rhodospirillum centenum, Mol. Microbio. 55, 1390-1402

102. Berleman, J., & C. E. Bauer 2005. Involvement of a Che-like signal transduction cascade in regulating cyst cell developmental Rhodospirillum centenum. Mol. Microbiol. 56, 1457-1466.

101. Nomata, J., K. Inoue, M. Kitashima, L. Swem, C. E. Bauer & Y. Fujita, 2005. Characterization of Two Separable Components, L-protein (BchL) and NB-protein (BchN-BchB), of Dark-operative Protochlorophyllide Reductase from Rhodobacter capsulatus. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. 1708, 229-237.

100. Anderson, S., V. Dragnea, V., S. Masuda, J. Ybe, K. Moffat & C. E. Bauer. 2005. Structure of a novel photoreceptor: the BLUF domain of AppA from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. Biochemistry. 44, 7998-8005

99. Dragnea, V., M. Waegele, S. Balascuta, C. E. Bauer & B. Dragnea. 2005. Spectroscopic studies of the AppA blue-light receptor BLUF domain from Rb. sphaeroides in solution and in a crystal lattice with time-resolved spectroscopy. Biochemistry. 44:15978-15985.

98. Swem, D. L., L. R. Swem, A. Setterdahl & C. E. Bauer. 2005. Involvement of SenC in assembly of cytochrome c oxidase in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Bacteriol. 87: 8081-8087.

2004

97. Bauer, C. E. 2004. Regulation of photosystem synthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Photosynth. Res. 80, 353-360

96. Masuda, S. and C. E. Bauer. 2004. Null mutation of HvrA compensates for loss of an essential relA/spoT -like gene in Rhodobacter capsulatus J. Bacteriol. 186, 235-239

95. Berelman, J. & C. E. Bauer 2004 Characterization of the cyst cell formation in the purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum centenum. Microbiology 150, 383-390 (Featured on cover)

94. Elsen, S., L. Swem, D. Swem, & C. E. Bauer. 2004. RegB/RegA, a highly conserved redox-responding global regulatory system. Microbio. and Mol. Biol. Rev. 68, 263-279

93. Berleman, J., B. Hasselbring, & C. E. Bauer 2004. Hypercyst Mutants in Rhodospirillum centenum Identify Regulatory Loci Involved in Cyst Cell Differentiation. J. Bacteriol. 186, 5834-5841 (Featured on cover).

92. Smart, J. L., Willet, J., & C. E. Bauer. 2004. Identification of multiple regulators controlling heme biosynthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus J. Mol. Biol. 342, 1171-1186

2003

91. Bauer, C. E., S. Elsen, L. R. Swem, D. L. Swem & S. Masuda. 2003. Redox and light regulation of gene expression in photosynthetic prokaryotes. Royal Soc. Phil. Trans. 358, 147-154.

90. Fujita, Y., & C. E. Bauer. 2003. The light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase: a nitrogenase-like enzyme catalyzing a key reaction for greening in the dark. In. The Porphyrin Handbook. K. Smith, K. Kadish, and R. Guilard edt. Vol 13, pp 109-156. Academic Press.

89. Kraft, B., J. Kikuchi, Masuda, S., V. Dragnea, G. Tollin, J. M. Zaleski, & C.E. Bauer. 2003. Spectroscopic and mutational analysis of the blue-light photoreceptor, AppA: A novel photocycle involving flavin stacking with aromatic amino acids. Biochemistry, 42: 6726-6734

88. Swem, L., B. J. Kraft, D. L. Swem, A. T. Setterdahl, S. J. Masuda, D. B. Knaff, J. M. Zaleski & C, E, Bauer. 2003. Signal transduction by the global regulator RegB is mediated by a redox active cysteine. EMBO J. 22, 4699-4780

2002

87. Masuda, S., Dong, C., D. Swem, A. T. Setterdahl, D. B. Knaff, & C. E. Bauer. 2002. Aerobic repression of photosystem synthesis through formation of an intramolecular disulfide bond in CrtJ. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 7078-7083

86. Dong, C., S. Elsen L. Swem & C. E. Bauer. 2002. AerR, a second aerobic repressor of photosynthesis gene expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Bacteriol. 184, 2805-2814.

85. McClain, J., D. Rollo, B. Rushing & C. E. Bauer. 2002. Rhodospirillum centenum swim and swarm cells utilize separate motor/switch components to control lateral and polar flagella rotation. J. Bacteriol. 184, 2429-2438.

84. Swem, D., & C. E. Bauer. 2002. Coordination of ubiquinol oxidase and cytochrome cbb₃ oxidase expression by multiple regulators in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Bacteriol. 184, 2815-2820.

83. Xiong, J., & C. E. Bauer. 2002. Complex evolution of photosynthesis. Ann. Rev. Plant Physiol. 53, 503-521.

82. Masuda, S. & C. E. Bauer. 2002. AppA is a blue-light photoreceptor that anti-represses photosynthesis gene expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides Cell 110, 613-623. (Featured on cover)

81. Xiong, J. & C. E. Bauer. 2002. A cytochrome b origin of photosynthetic reaction centers. J. Mol. Biol. 322, 1025-1037.

2001

80. Jiang, Z-Y, & C. E. Bauer. 2001. A component of the Rhodospirillum centenum photosensory apparatus with structural and functional similarity to methyl accepting chemotaxis proteins. J. Bacteriol. 183:171-177. (Featured on cover)

79. Bauer, C. E. 2001. Regulating synthesis of the purple bacterial photosystem. In Regulatory Aspects on Photosynthesis. (E.-M. Aro and B. Andersson edt.). Kluwer Academic publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. pp. 67-83

78. Swem, L., S. Elsen, T. H. Bird, H. Myllykallio, F. Daldal, & C. E. Bauer.2001. The RegB/RegA two-component regulatory system controls synthesis of photosynthesis and Respiratory electron transfer components in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Mol. Biol. 309, 121-138.

2000

77. Rushing, B. G., Z. Jiang, H. Gest & C. E. Bauer. 2000. Photosensory behavior. In Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 2nd Edition. J. Lederberg edt., Academic Press, Inc., New York, New York. Volume 3, pp. 618-624

76. Elsen, S., W. Dischert, A. Colbeau, & C. E. Bauer. 2000. Uptake hydrogenase and molybdenum nitrogenase expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus are coregulated by the RegB/RegA two-component regulatory system J. Bacteriol. 182, 2831-2837.

75. Xiong J., K. Inoue, M. Nakahara & C. E. Bauer. 2000. Molecular evidence for the early evolution of photosynthesis. Science. 289, 1724-1730 (Featured on cover) {discussed in Science Perspective in same issue pp1703; in Trends in Plant Sciences 6, 4 (2001); in The Scientist, 14, 1 (2001)}

74. Dubbs, J. M., T. H. Bird, C. E. Bauer & F. R. Tabita. 2000. Binding of CbbR and a constitutively active mutant form of the activator RegA with the Rhodobacter sphaeroides cbb1 promoter-operator region. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 19224-19230.

73. Fujita, Y & C. E. Bauer. 2000. Reconstitution of light-independent protochlorophyllide reductase from purified BchL and BchN-BchB subunits. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 23583-23588.

72. Vichivanives, P., T. H. Bird, C. E. Bauer & F. R. Tabita. 2000. Multiple regulators and their interactions in vivo and in vitro with the cbb regulons of Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Mol. Biol. 300, 1079-99.

1999

71. Nickens, D. G., J. J. Buggy, & C E. Bauer. 1999. A mutation that affects isoprenoid biosynthesis results in altered expression of photosynthesis genes and synthesis of the photosynthetic apparatus in Rhodobacter capsulatus. In The Photosynthetic Prokaryotes (G. A. Peschek, W. Löffelhardt and G. Schmetterer eds.). pp 149-157. Plenum Publishing Corp. New York, NY

70. Bird, T. H., S. Du & C. E. Bauer. 1999. Autophosphorylation, phosphotransfer and DNA binding characteristics of the RegB-RegA two component regulon involved in controlling anaerobic gene expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 16343-16348.

69. Masuda, S., Y. Matsumoto, K. V. P. Nagashima, K. Shimada, K. Inoue, C.E. Bauer & K. Matsuura. 1999. Structural and functional analysis of photosynthetic regulatory genes regA and regB from Rhodovulum sulfidophilum, Roseobacter denitrificans and Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Bacteriol. 181, 4205-4215

68. Du, S. J.-L. Kouadio & C. E. Bauer. 1999. Low level regulated expression of a highly conserved regulatory gene cluster is necessary for controlling gene expression in response to anaerobiosis in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Bacteriol. 181, 4334-4341

67. Bauer, C. E., S. Elsen, & T. Bird. 1999. Mechanisms that control gene expression by redox. Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 53, 495-523 (Invited Review)

66. Jiang, Z-Y, L. Swem, B. Rushing, S. Devanathan, G. Tollin & C. E. Bauer. 1999. Bacterial photoreceptor with similarity to both photoactive yellow protein and plant phytochromes. Science, 285, 406-409.

65. Bowman, W. C., S. Du, C. E. Bauer, & R. G. Kranz. 1999. In vitro activation and repression of photosynthesis gene transcription in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Mol. Microbiol. 33, 429-437.

1998

64. Jiang, Z-Y, B. G. Rushing, Y. Bai, H. Gest & C. E. Bauer. 1998. Isolation of Rhodospirillum centenum mutants defective in phototactic colony motility by transposon mutagenesis. J. Bacteriol. 180, 1248-1255.

63. Bauer, C & N. Pace. 1998. Interdisciplinary programs have a beneficial role for microbiology. ASM NEWS 64,2-3.

62. Du, S., T. H. Bird & C. E. Bauer. 1998. DNA binding properties of RegA*: A constitutively active anaerobic activator of photosynthesis gene expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 18509-18513.

61. Nickens, D. G. & C. E. Bauer. 1998. Transcription analysis of the puc operon from Rhodobacter capsulatus J. Bacteriol. 180, 4270-4277.

60. Xiong, J., K. Inoue & C. E. Bauer. 1998. Characterization of a major photosynthesis gene cluster from the heliobacterium Heliobacillus mobilis. In Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects, (G. Garab edt.), Kluwer Academic publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Vol. IV: pp 2835-2840

59. Masuda, S., Y. Matsumoto, K. V. P. Nagashima, K. Shimada, K. Inoue, C.E. Bauer & K. Matsuura. 1998. Characterization of photosynthetic regulatory genes RegA and RegB; Studies among different species. In Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects, (G. Garab edt.) Kluwer Academic publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Vol. IV: pp. 2881-2884

58. Nakahara, M., A. Hattori, C. E. Bauer & K. Inoue. 1998. Functional complementation of protochlorophyllide reductase activity in mutants of Rhodobacter capsulatus by introduction of a genomic library from the green nonsulfur bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus. In Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects. (G. Garab edt.), Kluwer Academic publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Vol. IV: pp. 2873-2876

57. Inoue, K., E. Murayama, C. E. Bauer, J. Xiong, S. Akutsu and M. Kobayashi. 1998. Properties of a novel pigment synthesized by a Rhodobacter capsulatus strain containing an integrated photosynthesis gene cluster from Heliobacillus mobilis. In Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects. (G. Garab edt.), Kluwer Academic publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Vol. IV: pp. 3237-3240

56. Ponnampalam, S. N., S. Elsen & C. E. Bauer. 1998. Aerobic repression of the Rhodobacter capsulatus bchC promoter involves cooperative interactions between neighboring palindromes. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 30757-30761.

55. Elsen, S., S. N. Ponnampalam & C. E. Bauer. 1998. Cooperative interactions among distant CrtJ-binding sites are involved in controlling bacteriochlorophyll, carotenoid and light-harvesting-II gene expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 30762-30769.

54. Xiong, J., K. Inoue & C. E. Bauer. 1998. Tracking molecular evolution of photosynthesis by characterization of a major photosynthesis gene cluster from Heliobacillus mobilis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 95, 14851-14856.

1997

53. Ulrike Oster, C. E. Bauer & W. Rüdiger. 1997. Characterization of chlorophyll a and bacteriochlorophyll a synthetases by heterologous expression in E. coli. J. Biol. Chem. 272, 9671-9676.

52. Suzuki J. Y., Bollivar D. W., & Bauer, C. E. 1997. Genetic analysis of the chlorophyll biosynthesis. Ann. Review of Genetics 31, 61-89 (Invited review).

51. Ponnampalam, S. N., & C. E. Bauer. 1997. DNA Binding characteristics of CrtJ: A redox-responding repressor of bacteriochlorophyll, carotenoid and light harvesting-II gene expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Biol. Chem. 272, 9671-9676.

50. Jiang, Z-Y, H. Gest & C. Bauer. 1997. Analysis of a chemotaxis operon from Rhodospirillum centenum. J. Bacteriol. 179, 5712-5719.

49. Jiang, Z-Y, H. Gest & C. Bauer. 1997. Chemosensory and photosensory perception in purple photosynthetic bacteria utilize common signal transduction components. J. Bacteriol. 179, 5720-5727.

1996

48. Nickens, D., C. J. Fry, L. R. Ragatz, C. E. Bauer & H. Gest. 1996. Biotype of the nonsulfur purple photosynthetic bacterium, Rhodospirillum centenum. Archives for Microbiol. 165, 91-96.

47. Smith, C., J. Y. Suzuki & C. E. Bauer. 1996. Cloning and characterization of the chlorophyll biosynthesis gene chlM from Synechocystis PCC 6803 by complementation of a bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis mutant of Rhodobacter capsulatus. Plant Mol. Biol. 30, 1307-1314.

46. Bauer, C. E. & T. H. Bird. 1996. Minireview - Regulatory circuits controlling photosynthesis gene expression. Cell 85, 5-8 (Invited review). {Figure from this review is used in the text book Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 7 and 8th additions}

1995

45. Ragatz, L., Z-Y. Jiang, C. Bauer & H. Gest. 1995. Macroscopic phototactic behavior of the purple photosynthetic bacterium Rhodospirillum centenum. Archives for Microbiol. 163, 1-6.

44. Inoue, K., Mosley, C., Kouadio J-L. & C. Bauer. 1995. Isolation and in vitro phosphorylation of sensory transduction components controlling anaerobic induction of light harvesting and reaction center gene expression in R. capsulatus. Biochemistry 34, 391-396.

43. Suzuki, J. Y. & C. E. Bauer. 1995. Altered monovinyl and divinyl protochlorophyllide pools in the bchJ mutant of Rhodobacter capsulatus: Possible monovinyl substrate discrimination of light independent protochlorophyllide reductase. J. Biol. Chem. 270, 3732-3740.

42. Bauer, C. B. 1995. Regulation of photosystem gene expression. In Anoxygenic Photosynthetic Bacteria (R. E. Blankenship, M. Madigan and C. Bauer edt.). pp 1221-1234. Kluwer Academic Publishing.

41. Suzuki, J. Y. & C. E. Bauer. 1995. A prokaryotic origin for light-dependent chlorophyll biosynthesis of plants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 92, 3749-3753.

40. Aksamit, R. R., Buggy, J. J., & Bauer C. E. 1995. Expression of rat liver AdoHcy hydrolase in a Rhodobacter capsulatus ahcY mutant restores pigment formation and photosynthetic growth. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com. 207, 265-272.

39. Ponnampalam, S. N., J. J. Buggy & C. E. Bauer. 1995. Characterization of an aerobic repressor that coordinately regulate bacteriochlorophyll, carotenoid and light harvesting-II expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Bacteriol. 177, 2990-2997.

38. Buggy, J. J. & C. E. Bauer. 1995. SenC, a homolog of the yeast cytochrome c oxidase assembly factor SCO1, is involved in both aerobic respiration and anaerobic photosynthesis gene expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Bacteriol. 177, 6958-6965.

37. Bauer, C. E. 1995. Evolutionary relatedness of the bacteriochlorophyll and chlorophyll biosynthetic pathways. In Photosynthesis: From Light to Biosphere (P. Mathis ed.). Kluwer Press. Academic Publishers. pp 899-904.

1994

36. Buggy, J. J., M. W. Sganga & C.E. Bauer. 1994. Nucleotide sequence and characterization of the Rhodobacter capsulatus hvrB gene: HvrB is an activator of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase expression and is a member of the LysR family. J. Bacteriol. 176: 61-69.

35. Bollivar, D. W., J. Y. Suzuki, J. T. Beatty, J. Dobrowlski & C. E. Bauer. 1994. Directed mutational analysis of bacteriochlorophyll a biosynthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J. Mol. Biol. 237: 622-640.

34. Ragatz, L., Z-Y. Jiang, C. Bauer & H. Gest. 1994. Phototactic purple bacteria. Nature 370:104. {Figure from this manuscript is used in the text book Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 7 and 8th additions}

33. Bollivar, D. W., Z-Y. Jiang, C. E. Bauer & S. I. Beale. 1994. Heterologous overexpression of the bchM gene product from Rhodobacter capsulatus and demonstration that it encodes for S-adenosyl-L-methionine:Mg- protoporphyrin methyltransferase. J. Bacteriol. 176: 5290-5296.

32. Bollivar, D. W., S. Wang, J. P. Allen & C. E. Bauer. 1994. Molecular genetic analysis of terminal steps in bacteriochlorophyll a biosynthesis: Characterization of a Rhodobacter capsulatus strain that synthesizes geranylgeraniol esterified bacteriochlorophyll a. Biochemistry 33, 12, 763-12, 768.

31. Buggy, J. J., M. W. Sganga & C.E. Bauer. 1994. Characterization of a light responding trans-activator responsible for differentially controlling reaction center and light harvesting-I gene expression in R. capsulatus. J. Bacteriol. 176, 6936-6943.

30. Mosley, C., J. Suzuki & C. Bauer. 1994. Identification and molecular genetic characterization of a sensor kinase responsible for coordinately regulating light harvesting and reaction center gene expression in response to anaerobiosis. J. Bacteriol. 176, 7566-7573.

1993

29. Bauer, C. E., J. J. Buggy & C. Mosely. 1993. Control of photosystem genes in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Trends in Genet. 9:56-60. (Invited review)

28. Bauer, C. E., D. W. Bollivar & J. Y. Suzuki. 1993. Minireview - Genetic analysis of photopigment biosynthesis in eubacteria: A guiding light for algae and plants. J. Bacteriol. 175:3919-3925.

1992

27. Sganga, M. & C.E. Bauer. 1992. Regulatory events controlling light harvesting and reaction center structural gene expression in R. capsulatus. Cell 68:945-954

26. Bollivar, D.W. & C.E. Bauer. 1992. Association of tetrapyrrole intermediates in the bacteriochlorophyll a biosynthetic pathway with the major outer membrane porin protein from Rhodobacter capsulatus. Biochem. J. 282:471-476

25. Wellington, C.L., C.E. Bauer & J.T. Beatty. 1992. Minireview - Superoperons in purple non-sulfur bacteria: The tip of the iceberg? Can. J. Microbiol. 38:20-27

24. Bollivar, D.W. & C.E. Bauer. 1992. Nucleotide sequence of S-adenosyl methionine magnesium protoporphyrin methyltransferase from Rhodobacter capsulatus. Plant Physiol. 98:408-410

23. Sganga, M. W, R. R. Aksamit, G.L. Cantoni & C.E Bauer. 1992. Mutational and nucleotide sequence analysis of S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine hydrolase from Rhodobacter capsulatus. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 89:6328-6332

22. Suzuki, J.Y. & C.E. Bauer. 1992. Light-independent chlorophyll biosynthesis: Involvement of the chloroplast gene chlL (frxC). The Plant Cell, 4:929-940

21. Yildiz, F.H., C.E. Bauer & H. Gest. 1992. Conservation of the photosynthesis gene cluster in Rhodospirillum centenum. Mol. Microbiol. 6:2683-2691

20. Yildiz, F.H., C.E. Bauer & H. Gest. 1992. Characterization of light harvesting and reaction center complexes from Rhodospirillum centenum. In Research in Photosynthesis, (N. Murata ed.) Vol. III, 19-26. Kluwer Press. Academic Publishers

19. Bauer, C. E., D. Bollivar, J. Dobrowlski & J. Suzuki. 1992. Molecular-genetic analysis of Mg-tetrapyrrole biosynthesis in bacteria and algae. In Frontiers of Photobiology, (Shima, A., M. Ichahashi, Y. Fujiwara and H. Takebe edt.) pp 41-42. Elsevier Science Publishers.

1991

18. Bauer, C.E., J. Buggy, Z. Yang & B.L. Marrs. 1991. The "superoperonal" organization of genes for pigment biosynthesis and reaction center proteins is a conserved feature in R. capsulatus: Analysis of overlapping bchB and puhA transcripts. Mol. Gen. Genet. 228:433-444

17. Yildiz, F.H., H. Gest & C.E. Bauer. 1991. Genetic analysis of photosynthesis in Rhodospirillum centenum. J. Bacteriol. 173:4163-4170

16. Yildiz, F.H., H. Gest & C.E. Bauer. 1991. Attenuated effect of oxygen on photopigment synthesis in Rhodospirillum centenum. J. Bacteriol. 173:5502-5506

1990

15. Yang, Z. & C.E. Bauer. 1990. Rhodobacter capsulatus genes involved in early steps of the bacteriochlorophyll biosynthetic pathway. J. Bacteriol.172:5000-5010

14. Marrs, B.L., D.A. Young, C.E. Bauer, & J.C. Williams. 1990. The regulation of bacteriochlorophyll synthesis in Rhodobacter capsulatus. In Molecular biology of membrane-bound complexes in phototrophic bacteria. (G. Drews and E.A. Dawes eds.) pp. 47-48. Plenum Press, NY

1989 

13. Young, D.A., C.E. Bauer & B.L. Marrs. 1989. Genetic evidence for superoperonal organization of genes for photosynthetic pigments and pigment-binding proteins in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Mol. Gen. Genet. 218:1-12

12. Bauer, C.E., J.F. Gardne, R.I. Gumport & R.I. Weisberg. 1989. The effect of attachment site mutations on strand exchange in bacteriophage lambda site-specific recombination. Genetics 122:727-735

1988

11. Pollock, D., C.E. Bauer & P.A. Scolnick. 1988. I. Transcription of the Rhodobacter capsulatus nifHDK operon is modulated by the nitrogen source. II. Construction of plasmid expression vectors based on the nifHDK promoter. Gene 65:269-275

10. Bauer, C.E., D.A. Young & B.L. Marrs. 1988. Analysis of the Rhodobacter capsulatus puf operon: Location of the oxygen regulated promoter region and the identification of an additional puf encoded gene. J. Biol. Chem. 263:4820-4827.

9. Bauer, C.E. & B.L. Marrs. 1988. The oxygen and light regulated Rhodobacter capsulatus puf operon encodes a regulatory protein for bacteriochlorophyll biosynthesis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 85:7047-7087

1987

8. Nash, H.A., C.E. Bauer & J. F. Gardner. 1987. The role of homology in site-specific recombination of bacteriophage lambda: Evidence against annealing of cohesive ends. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 84:4049-4053

7. Bauer, C.E., M. Eleuterio, D.A. Young & B. L. Marrs. 1987. Analysis of transcription through the Rhodobacter capsulatus puf operon using a translational fusion of pufM to the E. coli lacZ gene. In Progress in Photosynthesis Research. (J. Biggins, ed.) vol. 4, pp. 699-705, Martinus Nijhoff Pub., Dordrecht, Netherlands

1986

6. Bauer, C.E., S.D. Hesse , R.I. Gumport & J. F. Gardner. 1986. A mutational analysis of integrase arm-type binding sites of bacteriophage lambda: Integration and excision involve distinct interactions of integrase with arm-type sites. J. Mol. Biol. 192:513-527

1985

5. Bauer, C.E., J.F. Gardner & R.I. Gumport. 1985. The extent of sequence homology required for bacteriophage lambda site-specific recombination. J. Mol. Biol. 181:187-197

4. Bauer, C.E., S.D. Hesse, D.A. Waechter-Brulla, S.P. Lynn, R.I. Gumport & J. F. Gardner. 1985. A genetic enrichment for mutations constructed by oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis. Gene 37:73-81

3. Lynn , S.P., C.E. Bauer, K. Chapman & J. F. Gardner. 1985. Identification and characterization of mutants affecting transcription termination at the threonine operon attenuator. J. Mol. Biol. 183:529-541

1984

2. Bauer, C.E., S. Hesse, J.F. Gardner & R.I. Gumport. 1984. DNA interactions during bacteriophage lambda site-specific recombination. Cold Spring Harbor Symp. Quant. Biol. 49:699-705

1983

1. Bauer, C.E., J. Carey, L.M. Kasper, S.P. Lynn, D.A. Waechter & J.F. Gardner. 1983. Attenuation in bacterial operons. In Gene Function in Prokaryotes. (eds. J. Beckwith, Davies, and J.A. Gallant), pp. 65-89. Cold Spring Harbor Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY