Dr. David Westenberg

Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Missouri University of Science and Technology
United States of America

Professor General Science
Biography

S Microbiology, Michigan State University, 1982; PhD Microbiology, University of California - Los Angeles, 1991.

Research Intrest

Respiratory Enzymes, Quorum Sensing, Respiratory Genes, and Antibacterial Glass

List of Publications
Cecchini, G. Thompson, C.R., Ackrell, B.A.C. , Westenberg, D.J., Dean, N. and Gunsalus, R. P. 1986. Oxidation of reduced menaquinone by the fumarate reductase complex of Escherichia coli requires the hydrophobic FrdD peptide. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 83:8898-8902.
Westenberg, D.J., Gunsalus, R.P., Ackrell, B.A.C. and Cecchini, G. 1990. Electron transfer from menaquinol to fumarate: Fumarate reductase anchor polypeptide mutants of Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 265:19560-19567.
Westenberg, D.J., Gunsalus, R.P., Ackrell, B.A.C., Sices, H. and Cecchini, G. 1993. Escherichia coli fumarate reductase frdC and frdD mutants: Identification of amino acid residues involved in catalytic activity w ith quinones. J. Biol. Chem. 268:815-822.
Ozcengiz, G., Kim, J-H, Lin, W. R., Ozcengiz, E., Westenberg, D., Lynd, L. R. and Demain, A. L. 1998. Superiority of the PCR-based approach for cloning the acetate kinase gene of Clostridium thermocellumJ. Industr. Microbiol. Biotech. 21:145-149.
Westenberg, D. J., Braune, A., Müller, V., Herzberg, C., Gottschalk, G., and Blaut, M. 1999. The F420H2 dehydrogenase from Methanolobus tindarius: Cloning of the ffd operon and expression of the genes in Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 170:389-398
Westenberg. D. J. and M. L. Guerinot. 1999 . Succinate dehydrogenase (Sdh) from Bradyrhizobium japonicum is closely related to mitochondrial Sdh. J. Bacteriol. 181:4676-4679
Armstrong, D.W., Schulte, G., Schneiderheinze, J.M., and D.J. Westenberg. 1999. Separating microbes in the manner of molecules: I. Capillary electrokinetic approaches.. Anal. Chem. 71:5465-5469
Schneiderheinze J.M., Armstrong D.W., Schulte G. and D.J. Westenberg. 2000. High efficiency separation of microbial aggregates using capillary electrophoresis. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 189:39-44.

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