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Publications

C.R. Voolstra, J.B. Raina, M. Dörr, A. Cárdenas, C. Pogoreutz, C.B. Silveira, A.R. Mohamed, D.G. Bourne, H. Luo, S.A. Amin, R.S. Peixoto (2024). The coral microbiome in sickness, in health and in a changing world. Nature Rev. Microbiol., https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-024-01015-3

L.S.Y. Coe, C. Fei, J. Weston, S.A. Amin (2023). Phycobacter azelaicus gen. nov. sp. nov., a diatom symbiont isolated from the phycosphere of Asterionellopsis glacialis. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 73, 006104.

T. Venit, O. Sapkota, W.S. Abdrabou, P. Loganathan, R. Parischa, S.R. Mahmood, N.H. El Said, S. Sherif, S. Thomas, S. Abdelrazig, S.A. Amin, D. Bedognetti, Y. Idaghdour, M. Magzoub, P. Percipalle (2023). Positive regulation of oxidative phosphorylation by nuclear myosin 1 protects cells from metabolic reprogramming and tumorigenesis in mice. Nature Commun., 14, 6328.

A.A. Shibl, M.A. Ochenkühn, A.R. Mohamed, L. Coe, Y. Yun, S.A. Amin (2023). Molecular mechanisms of microbiome modulation by the eukaryotic secondary metabolite azelaic acid. eLife, doi.org/10.7554/eLife.88525.3

H. Mahmoud, W. Ismail, R.M.M. Abed, S.A. Amin (2023). Editorial: Microbial ecology of the Arabian/Persian Gulf. Front. Mar. Sci. 10, 1216257.

A.R. Amin, M.A. Ochsenkühn, A.M. Kazlak, A. Moustafa, S.A. Amin (2023). The coral microbiome: Towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral-microbiota interactions. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 47, fuad005. Highlighted as the most read article in this issue.

X.H. Chen, M.K. Yang, Y.Y. Li, Z.X. Xie, S.F. Zhang, M. Töpel, S.A. Amin, L. Lin, F. Ge, D.Z. Wang (2023). Improving the genome and proteome annotations of the marine model diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana. Mar. Life Sci. Technol. 5, 102-115.

T. Allegue, R. Rafay. S. Chandran, S.A. Amin, S. Jane Fowler, J. Rodriguez (2022). Lactate addition boosts valerate yields in granular mixed culture carbohydrate fermentation. J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 10, 108869.

K.E. Helliwell, A.A. Shibl, S.A. Amin (2022). The diatom microbiome: New perspectives for diatom-bacteria symbioses. In The Molecular Life of Diatoms, Eds. A. Falciatore & T. Mock, Springer Nature Swizterland AG.

M.A. Moran, E.B. Kujawinski, W.F. Schroer, S.A. Amin, N.R. Bates, E.M. Bertrand, R. Braakman, C. Titus Brown, M.W. Covert, S.C. Doney, S.T. Dyhrman, A.S. Edison, A. Murat Eren, N.M. Levine, L. Li, A.C. Ross, M.A. Saito, A.E. Santoro, D. Segrè, A. Shade, M.B. Sullivan, A. Vardi (2022). Microbial metabolites in the marine carbon cycle. Nature Microbiol. 7, 508-523.

M. Daou, N.A. Elnaker, M.A. Ochsenkühn, S.A. Amin, A.F. Yousef, L.F. Yousef (2022). In vitro α-glucosidase inhibitory activity of Tamarix nilotica shoot extracts and fractions. PLoS One. 17, e0264969.

H. Zhang, H. Xu, S. Zhang, Y. Zhou, Y. He, S.A. Amin, J. Chen, K. Yan, L. Lin, S. Liu, D. Wang (2021). Metaproteomics reveals the molecular mechanism underlying bloom maintenance of a marine dinoflagellate under low ambient CO2 and inorganic nutrients. Sci. Total Environ. 768, 144515.

N.A. ElNaker, M. Daou, M.A. Ochsenkühn, S.A. Amin, A.F. Yousef, L.F. Yousef (2021). A metabolomics approach to evaluate the effect of lyophilization versus oven drying on the chemical composition of plant extracts. Sci. Rep. 11, 1-11.

M.A. Ochsenkühn, C. Fei, O. Bayaara, E. Romeo, P. Amosa, Y. Idaghdour, G. Goldstein, T.G. Bromage, S.A. Amin (2021). Microbial contamination survey of environmental fresh and saltwater resources of Upolu Island, Samoa. Environments. 8, 112.

A.A. Shibl, A. Isaac, M.A. Ochsenkühn,A. Cardenas, C. Fei, G. Behringer, M. Arnoux, N. Drou, M.P. Santos, K.C. Gunsalus, C.R. Voolstra, S.A. Amin (2020). Diatom modulation of select bacteria through use of two unique secondary metabolites. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 17, 27445-27455.

C. Fei, M.A. Ochsenkühn, A.A. Shibl, S.A. Amin (2020). Quorum sensing regulates ‘swim-or-stick’ lifestyle in the phycosphere. Environ. Microbiol. 22, 4761-4778.

W. Qin, Y. Zheng, F. Zhao, Y. Wang, H. Urakawa, W. Martens-Habbena, H. Liu, X. Huang, X. Zhang, T. Nakagawa, D.R. Mende, A. Bollmann, B. Wang, Y. Zhang, S.A. Amin, J.L. Nielsen, K. Mori, R. Takahashi, E.V. Armbrust, M. Winkler, E.F. DeLong, M. Li, P. Lee, J. Zhou, C. Zhang, T. Zhang, D.A. Stahl, A.E. Ingalls (2020). Alternative strategies of nutrient acquisition and energy conservation map to the biogeography of marine ammonia oxidizing-archaea. ISME J. 14, 2595-2609.

S. Rabieh, O. Bayaraa, E. Romeo, P. Amosa, K. Calnek, Y. Idaghdour, M.A. Ochsenkühn, S.A. Amin, G. Goldstein, T.G. Bromage (2020). MH-ICP-MS analysis of the freshwater and saltwater environmental resources of Upolu Island, Samoa. Molecules. 25, 4871.

C. Fei, S. Zou, T. Wang, C. Wang, N.D. Kemuma, M. He, S.A. Amin, C. Wang (2020). A quick method for obtaining high-quality DNA barcodes without DNA extraction in microalgae. J. Appl. Phycol. 32, 1165-1175.

K.M. Solntsev, S. Schramm, S. Kremb, K.C. Gunsalus, S.A. Amin (2019). Isolation of biologically active compounds from mangrove sediments. Analyt. Bioanalyt. Chem. 411, 6521-6529.

M.A. Ochsenkühn, M. Harir, P. Schmitt-Kopplin, S.A. Amin (2018). Coral metabolite gradients affect microbial community structures and act as a disease cue. Commun. Biol. 1, 184.

G. Behringer, M. Ochsenkühn, C. Fei, J. Fanning, J.A. Koester, S.A. Amin (2018). Bacterial communities of diatoms display strong conservation across strains and time. Front. Microbiol. 9, 659.

W. Qin, S.A. Amin, R.A. Lundeen, K.R. Heal, W. Martens-Habbena, S. Turkarslan, H. Urakawa, K.C. Costa, E.L. Hendrickson, T. Wang, D.A.C. Beck, S.M. Tequia-Arashiro, F. Taub, A.D. Holmes, N. Vajrala, P.M. Berube, T.M. Lowe, J.W. Moffett, A.H. Devol, N.S. Baliga, D.J. Arp, L.A. Sayavedra-Soto, M. Hackett, E.V. Armbrust, A.E. Ingalls, D.A. Stahl (2018). Stress response of a marine ammonia-oxidizing archaeon informs physiological status of environmental populations. ISME J., 12, 508-519.

K.R. Heal, W. Qin, S.A. Amin, A.H. Devol, J.W. Moffett, E.V. Armbrust, D.A. Stahl, A.E. Ingalls (2018). Accumulation of NO2-cobalamin in nutrient-stressed ammonia-oxidizing archaea and in the oxygen deficient zone of the eastern tropical North Pacific. Environ. Microbiol. Rep. 10, 453-457.

S. Al Jitan, S. AlKhoori, M.A. Ochsenkühn, S.A. Amin, L.F. Yousef (2018). Ethanol/water extracts from halophyte species Arthrocnemum macrostachyum and Tetraena qatarensis. Cogent Chem. 4, 1536311.

J. Seymour, S.A. Amin, J.B. Raina, R. Stocker (2017). Zooming in on the phycosphere: The ecological interface for phytoplankton-bacteria relationships. Nature Microbiol. 2, 17065.

W. Qin, K.R. Heal, R. Ramdasi, J.N. Kobelt, W. Martens-Habbena, A.D. Bertagnolli, S.A. Amin, C.B. Walker, H. Urakawa, M. Könneke, A.H. Devol, J.W. Moffett, E.V. Armbrust, G.J. Jensen, A.E. Ingalls, D.A. Stahl (2017). Nitrosopumilus maritimus nov., sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus cobalaminogenes gen. nov., sp. nov., Nitrosopumilus oxyclinae gen. nov., sp. nov., and Nitrosopumilus ureaphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., four marine ammonia-oxidizing archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 67, 5067-5079.

B.P. Durham, S.P. Dearth, S. Sharma, S.A. Amin, C.B. Smith, S.R. Campagna, E.V. Armbrust, M.A. Moran (2017). Recognition cascade and metabolite transfer in a marine bacteria-phytoplankton model system. Environ. Microbiol. 21, 2104-2114.

V.H.M. Van Tol, S.A. Amin, E.V. Armbrust (2017). Ubiquitous marine bacterium inhibits diatom cell division. ISME J. 11, 31-42.

S.A. Amin, L.R. Hmelo, H.M. Van Tol, B.P. Durham, L.T. Carlson, K.R. Heal, R.L. Morales, C.T. Berthiaume, M.S. Parker, B. Djunaedi, A.E. Ingalls, M.R. Parsek, M.A. Moran, E.V. Armbrust (2015). Interactions and signaling between a cosmopolitan phytoplankton and associated bacteria. Nature, 522, 98-101. Recommended as a F1000Prime article. Highlighted in Nature Rev. Microbiol. 2015, 13, 400.

B.P. Durham, S. Sharma, H. Luo, C.B. Smith, S.A. Amin, S.J. Bender, S.P. Dearth, B.A.S. Van Mooy, S.R. Campagna, E.B. Kujwaniski, E.V. Armbrust, M.A. Moran (2015). Cryptic carbon and sulfur cycling between surface ocean plankton. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 112, 453-457.

W. Qin, S.A. Amin, W. Martens-Habbena, C.B. Walker, H. Urakawa, A.H. Devol, A.E. Ingalls, J.W. Moffett, E.V. Armbrust, D.A. Stahl (2014). Marine ammonia-oxidizing archaeal isolates display obligate mixotrophy and wide ecotypic variation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 111, 12504-12509.

J.T. Goodwin, D.G. Lynn, C. Burrows, S. Walker, S.A. Amin, E.V. Armbrust (2014). Alternative chemistries of life: Empirical Approaches. NSF and NASA Joint Workshop Report. 1-56.

J. Jacquot, R.E. Horak, S.A. Amin, A.H. Devol, A.E. Ingalls, E.V. Armbrust, D.A. Stahl, J.W. Moffett (2014). Assessment of the potential for copper limitation of ammonia oxidation by Archaea in a dynamic estuary. Mar. Chem. 162, 37-49.

S.A. Amin, J.W. Moffett, W. Martens-Habbena, A.H. Devol, A.E. Ingalls, D.A. Stahl, E.V. Armbrust (2013). Copper requirements of the ammonia-oxidizing archaeon Nitrosopumilus maritimus SCM1 and implications to nitrification in the marine environment. Limnol. Oceanogr. 58, 2037-2045.

A.J. Weerasinghe, S.A. Amin, R.A. Baker, T. Othman, A.N. Romano, C.P. Siburt, J. Tisnado, L.A. Lambert, T. Huxford, C.J. Carrano, A.L. Crumbliss (2013). Borate as a synergistic anion for Marinobacter algicola ferric binding protein, FbpA: A role for boron in iron transport in marine life. J.  Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 14504-14507. Highlighted in Nature Chem. Biol. 2013, 9, 665.

A.N. Romano, L. Trimble, A. Hobusch, K. Schroeder, S.A. Amin, A. Hartnett, R.A. Baker, A.L. Crubmliss, C.J. Carrano (2013). Regulation of iron transport related genes by boron in the marine bacterium Marinobacter algicola. Metallomics, 5, 1025-1030.

A. Gärdes, C. Triana, S.A. Amin, D.H. Green, L. Trimble, A.N. Romano, C.J. Carrano (2013). Detection of a photoactive siderophore biosynthetic genes in the marine environment. BioMetals, 26, 507-516.

S.A. Amin, M.S. Parker, E.V. Armbrust (2012). Interactions between diatoms and bacteria. Microbial. Mol. Biol. Rev. 76, 667-684. Featured on the issue cover.

S.A. Amin, D.H. Green, A.N. Romano, L. Trimble, C.J. Carrano (2012). Siderophore-mediated iron uptake in two clades of Marinobacter associated with phytoplankton: The role of light. BioMetals, 25, 181-192.

S.A. Amin, D.H. Green, A.N. Romano, L. Trimble, C.J. Carrano (2012). Iron transport in the genus Marinobacter. BioMetals, 25, 135-147.

S.A. Amin, D.H. Green, M.C. Hart, F.C. Küpper, W.G. Sunda, C.J. Carrano (2009). Photolysis of iron-siderophore chelates promotes bacterial-algal mutualism. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 106, 17071-17076. Highlighted in Nature Rev. Microbiol. 2009, 7, 760.

S.A. Amin, D.H. Green, F.C. Küpper, C.J. Carrano (2009). Vibrioferrin, an unusual marine siderophore: Iron binding, photochemistry and biological implications. Inorg. Chem. 48, 11451-11458.

G. Zhang, S.A. Amin, F.C. Küpper, P.D. Holt, C.J. Carrano, A. Butler (2009). Ferric stability constants of representative marine siderophores: marinobactins, aquachelins, and petrobactin. Inorg. Chem. 48, 11466-11473.

C.J. Carrano, S. Schellenberg, S.A. Amin, D.H. Green, F.C. Küpper (2009). Boron and marine life: A new look at an enigmatic bioelement. Mar. Biotechnol. 2009, 11, 431-440.

W.R. Harris, S.A. Amin, F.C. Küpper, D.H. Green, C.J. Carrano (2007). Borate binding to siderophores: structure and stability. J.  Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 12263-12271. Highlighted in Science 2007, 317, 1835.

S.A. Amin, F.C. Küpper, D.H. Green, W.R. Harris, C.J. Carrano (2007). Boron binding by a siderophore isolated from marine bacteria associated with the toxic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 129, 478-479.

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