Jared R. Leadbetter
Professor of Environmental Microbiology
B.S., Goucher College, 1991; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1997. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 2000-06; Associate Professor, 2006-10; Professor, 2010-.
Research Overview
Leadbetter's research program at Caltech focuses on interspecies microbial interactions and has two distinct thrusts. One is lignocellulose conversion by the complex microbial communities present in the guts of termites. The other is the biodegradation of (and related research on) an important class of bacterial signaling molecules, acyl-homoserine lactones.
Research Summary:
lignocellulose conversion, biological hydrogen, microbial interactions, fermentation, microbial diversity
Publications
- Perl, Scott M.;Cockell, Charles S. et al. (2024) The Biology of Biosignature Detection: Rationale and Experimental Frameworks for Biological Validation
- Yu, Hang;Chadwick, Grayson L. et al. (2022) Comparative Genomics on Cultivated and Uncultivated Freshwater and Marine "Candidatus Manganitrophaceae" Species Implies Their Worldwide Reach in Manganese ChemolithoautotrophymBio
- Ne Ville, Christopher J.;Leadbetter, Jared R. et al. (2021) Hybrid Assembly of the Quorum-Quenching Isolate Variovorax paradoxus VAI-C Genome SequenceMicrobiology Resource Announcements
- Mickol, Rebecca L.;Louyakis, Artemis S. et al. (2021) Draft Genome Sequence of the Free-Living, Iridescent Bacterium Tenacibaculum mesophilum Strain ECRMicrobiology Resource Announcements
- Tsypin, Lev M.;Saunders, Scott H. et al. (2020) Draft Genome Sequence of the Redox-Active Enteric Bacterium Citrobacter portucalensis Strain MBLMicrobiology Resource Announcements
- Yu, Hang;Leadbetter, Jared R. (2020) Bacterial chemolithoautotrophy via manganese oxidationNature
- Kee, H. Lynn;Mikheyeva, Irina V. et al. (2019) Draft Genome Sequence of the Iridescent Marine Bacterium Tenacibaculum discolor Strain IMLK18Microbiology Resource Announcements
- Choi, Harry M. T.;Calvert, Colby R. et al. (2016) Mapping a multiplexed zoo of mRNA expressionDevelopment
- Mariita, Richard M.;Bhatnagar, Srijak et al. (2015) Complete Genome Sequence of Streptomyces sp. Strain CCM_MD2014, Isolated from Topsoil in Woods Hole, MassachusettsGenome Announcements
- Mariita, Richard M.;Bhatnagar, Srijak et al. (2015) Complete Genome Sequence of Curtobacterium sp. Strain MR_MD2014, Isolated from Topsoil in Woods Hole, MassachusettsGenome Announcements