Kenneth E. Hammel
Associate Professor of Bacteriology
34/13 Forest Products Laboratory
1 Gifford Pinchot Drive
(608) 231-9528
kehammel@wisc.edu
Select Publications
- Shary S, Kapich AN, Panisko EA, Magnuson JK, Cullen D, Hammel KE. Differential expression in Phanerochaete chrysosporium of membrane-associated proteins relevant to lignin degradation. 2008. Appl Environ Microbiol. Dec;74(23):7252-7. Epub 2008 Oct 10.
Yelle DJ, Ralph J, Lu F, Hammel KE. Evidence for cleavage of lignin by a brown rot basidiomycete. Environ Microbiol. 2008 10:1844-9.
- Hammel KE, Cullen D. Role of fungal peroxidases in biological ligninolysis. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2008 11:349-55.
- Shary S, Ralph SA, Hammel KE. New insights into the ligninolytic capability of a wood decay ascomycete. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 73:6691-4.
- Ortiz-Bermúdez P, Hirth KC, Srebotnik E, Hammel KE. Chlorination of lignin by ubiquitous fungi has a likely role in global organochlorine production. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 104:3895-900.
- Suzuki MR, Hunt CG, Houtman CJ, Dalebroux ZD, Hammel KE. Fungal hydroquinones contribute to brown rot of wood. Environ Microbiol. 2006 8:2214-23.
- Cohen R, Suzuki MR, Hammel KE. Processive endoglucanase active in crystalline cellulose hydrolysis by the brown rot basidiomycete Gloeophyllum trabeum. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2005 71:2412-7.
- Cohen R, Suzuki MR, Hammel KE. Differential stress-induced regulation of two quinone reductases in the brown rot basidiomycete Gloeophyllum trabeum. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2004 70:324-31.