Kathryn R. Fixen

University of Minnesota — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

15h-index836citations26works2.32yr avg
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Research Topics

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(11), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms(10), Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation(10), Metalloenzymes and iron-sulfur proteins(7), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research(5)

Publications26 total

Predicting compatibility between ferredoxins and the Fe protein of nitrogenase using in silico protein modeling.
PubMed·2026Open Access
Predicting compatibility between ferredoxins and the Fe protein of nitrogenase using <i>in silico</i> protein modeling
2025Open Access
Characterization of ferredoxins involved in electron transfer pathways for nitrogen fixation implicates differences in electronic structure in tuning 2[4Fe 4S] Fd activity
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Evolution of <i>Rhodopseudomonas palustris</i> to degrade halogenated aromatic compounds involves changes in pathway regulation and enzyme specificity
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Evolution of <i>Rhodopseudomonas palustris</i> to degrade halogenated aromatic compounds involves changes in pathway regulation and enzyme specificity
2023Open Access
Evolving a New Electron Transfer Pathway for Nitrogen Fixation Uncovers an Electron Bifurcating-Like Enzyme Involved in Anaerobic Aromatic Compound Degradation
mBio·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Selecting a new electron transfer pathway for nitrogen fixation uncovers an electron bifurcating-like enzyme involved in anaerobic aromatic compound degradation
2022Open Access
PioABC-Dependent Fe(II) Oxidation during Photoheterotrophic Growth on an Oxidized Carbon Substrate Increases Growth Yield
Applied and Environmental Microbiology·2022· 5 citedOpen Access
Bacterial communities associated with wood rot fungi that use distinct decomposition mechanisms
ISME Communications·2022· 41 citedOpen Access
Iron oxidation is regulated by the two-component system, RegSR, and plays a role in photolithoheterotrophic growth in <i>Rhodopseudomonas palustris</i>
2021Open Access
Complete Genome Sequence of Rhodopseudomonas palustris RCB100, an Anoxygenic Phototroph That Degrades 3-Chlorobenzoate
Microbiology Resource Announcements·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Redox Regulation of a Light-Harvesting Antenna Complex in an Anoxygenic Phototroph
mBio·2019· 28 citedOpen Access
The path of electron transfer to nitrogenase in a phototrophic alpha‐proteobacterium
Environmental Microbiology·2018· 39 citedOpen Access
Electron Transfer to Nitrogenase in Different Genomic and Metabolic Backgrounds
Journal of Bacteriology·2018· 119 citedOpen Access
A pathway for biological methane production using bacterial iron-only nitrogenase
Nature Microbiology·2018· 162 cited
Defining Electron Bifurcation in the Electron-Transferring Flavoprotein Family
Journal of Bacteriology·2017· 136 citedOpen Access
Genes essential for phototrophic growth by a purple alphaproteobacterium
Environmental Microbiology·2017· 24 citedOpen Access
Genome Sequences of Eight Bacterial Species Found in Coculture with the Haptophyte<i>Chrysochromulina tobin</i>
Genome Announcements·2016· 16 citedOpen Access
Light-driven carbon dioxide reduction to methane by nitrogenase in a photosynthetic bacterium
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2016· 99 citedOpen Access
A polymorphism in the oxygen-responsive repressor PpsR2 confers a growth advantage to Rhodopseudomonas palustris under low light
Photosynthesis Research·2016· 5 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Caroline S. Harwood(11), Saroj Poudel(4), Eric S. Boyd(4), Lance C. Seefeldt(4), Yanning Zheng(3), Rhesa N. Ledbetter(3), Nathan M. Lewis(3), Derek F. Harris(2), Zhi‐Yong Yang(2), John W. Peters(2), Irshad Ul Haq(2), Anuradha Janakiraman(2), Andrew N. Gray(2), Marcia B. Goldberg(2), Yasuhiro Oda(2), Annika Christensen(2), Abigail Sarne(2), Nicholas W. Haas(2), Abhiney Jain(2), Zachary T. Hying(2)