Kenneth Bruno

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Projects

Comparative Analysis of Growth and Morphology among Citric Acid Producing and Non-Producing Strains of Aspergillus niger

Lead Institution

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Principal Investigator

Kenneth Bruno

Project type

Exploratory Research

The primary source of commercial citric acid production is the fermentation of sugars by the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger. Empirical determinations of process conditions and strain…

Comparative metaproteomics and metametabolomics of the biomass-degrading microbial community that inhabits the cow rumen

Lead Institution

University of California, Davis

Principal Investigator

Matthias Hess

Project type

Large-Scale EMSL Research

Lignocellulosic plant material is one of the most promising sources of sustainable liquid transportation fuels but the recalcitrant nature of the plant cell wall and the cost of biomass-degrading…

Systems Biology of the Rumen Microbiome: Towards a Multi-Scalar Understanding of Biomass Degradation

Lead Institution

University of California, Davis

Principal Investigator

Matthias Hess

Project type

Exploratory Research

We have shown recently that the composition of the microbial community in the cow rumen is substrate driven, changes its composition during biomass-degradation and that it possesses a large…