How do soil bacteria balance energy metabolism with carbon #metabolism in using #lignin carbons? Check out our @commsbio.nature.com article on how we figure out the "traffic jams" and "stoplights" in Pseudomonas metabolic reactions in lignin #carbon conversion.
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s42...

Curious about how certain soils can retain moisture for a long time? Check out our article in @pnasnexus.org on how organic matter facilitates trapping of water in soil mineral nanopores. Funded by @iinanonu.bsky.social and National Science Foundation. Article link: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Pseudomonas putida preprint alert: We provide a quantitative blueprint of #carbon and #energy fluxes for the native metabolism of #lignin aromatics: ferulate, coumarate, vanillate, and hydroxybenzoate.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Aristilde Lab....Fall 2024 Group Picture