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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology,Biochemistry,Cell Biology |
| Keywords | Bacterial Diversity, Bacterial Metabolism, Biological Nitrogen Fixation, Symbiosis, Bioremediation |
| Honours and awards | 2022: Curators Distinguished Professor 2021: Missouri S&T College of Arts, Sciences, and Business Dean's Medal 2020: American Society for Microbiology Carski Award 2020: University of Missouri System President's Award for Community Engagement |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Rolla |
| Institution | Missouri University of Science and Technology |
| Institute | Biological Sciences |
| Homepage | http://sites.mst.edu/djwesten/ |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Gerhard Gottschalk | Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen |
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| Dr. Peter Müller | Fachbereich Biologie, Fachgebiet Zellbiologie und Angewandte Botanik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/12/1991 |
Programme(s)
| 1991 | Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2024 | Xu, Lei and Sigler, Austin and Chernatynskaya, Anna and Rasmussen, Lindsey and Lu, Jingrang and Sahle-Demessie, Endalkachew and Westenberg, David and Yang, Hu and Shi, Honglan: Study of Legionella pneumophila treatment with copper in drinking water by single cell-ICP-MS. In: Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 416, 2024, 419--430 |
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| 2024 | Fakher, Sarah and Westenberg, David: The anti-biofilm efficacy of copper and zinc doped borate bioactive glasses. In: Future Microbiology, 2024, 1--14 |
| 2023 | Lamba, Aruna and Kopel, Jonathan and Westenberg, David and Kapila, Shubhender: A Qualitative Investigation of Volatile Organic Components of Antimicrobial Oil Smoke Vapors. In: Advances in Microbiology, 13, 2023, 76--87 |
| 2023 | Lamba, Aruna and Kopel, Jonathan and Westenberg, David and Kapila, Shubhender: Fatty acids, esters, and biogenic oil disinfectants: novel agents against bacteria. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings. 2023. 375--379 |
| 2022 | Ramamurthy, Sangeetha and Kopel, Jonathan and Westenberg, David and Kapila, Shubhender: An initial report of the antimicrobial activities of volatiles produced during rapid volatilization of oils. In: Antibiotics, 11, 2022, 1742 |
| 2022 | Han, Shuo and Thapa, Krishna and Liu, Wenyan and Westenberg, David and Wang, Risheng: Enhancement of electricity production of microbial fuel cells by using DNA nanostructures as electron mediator carriers. In: ACS Sustainable Chemistry \& Engineering, 10, 2022, 16189--16196 |
| 2021 | Westenberg, David and Kopel, Jonathan: A Food Microbiology Classroom Activity to Draw Connections between Microbes and Students’ Lives. In: Journal of Microbiology \& Biology Education, 22, 2021, ev22i1--2119 |
| 2021 | Westenberg, David and Viswanathan, Ravi and Kadyk, Deana L and Hibbs, Suzanne and Kopel, Jonathan and Day, Delbert: Evaluation of three borate-bioactive glass compositions for antibacterial applications. In: Advances in Microbiology, 11, 2021, 646--656 |
| 2021 | Khanjani, Maryam and Westenberg, David J and Kumar, Aditya and Ma, Hongyan: Tuning Polymorphs and Morphology of Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate: Controlling Factors and Underlying Mechanisms. In: ACS omega, 2021, |
| 2020 | Vega Hurtado, Catalina: Evaluation of the symbiotic relation between endophyte and poplar trees exposed to landfill leachate. 2020, |
| 2020 | Gheni, Nadia and Westenberg, David and others: Quantitative real-time PCR assay with immunohistochemical evaluation of HER2/neu oncogene in breast cancer patients and its correlation with clinicopathological findings. In: Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 63, 2020, 123 |
| 2019 | Cecchini, Gary and Ackrell, Brian AC and Johnson, Michael K and Werth, Mark T and Schröder, Imke and Westenberg, David J and Gunsalus, Robert P: Fumarate Reductase From Escherichia coli: Molecular Approaches to the Understanding of the Function of Its Prosthetic Groups. In: B. Curti, S. Ronchi, G. Zanetti, Flavins and Flavoproteins 1990. De Gruyter, 2019. 711--718 |
| 2018 | Mohtashami, Elieh and Westenberg, David and Deng, Wen: Influence of Essential Nutrient Component Distribution on Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation Distribution. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. NS13C--0606 |
| 2018 | Mangan, Dennis F and Cloyd, Emily T and Romo, Jesus A and Wessner, David R and Westenberg, David J and Adukwu, Emmanuel and Menninger, Holly and Gardy, Jennifer: Introducing the JMBE themed issue on science communication. In: Journal of microbiology \& biology education, 19, 2018, |
| 2018 | Limmer, Matt A and Wilson, Jordan and Westenberg, David and Lee, Amy and Siegman, Mark and Burken, Joel G: Phytoremediation removal rates of benzene, toluene, and chlorobenzene. In: International journal of phytoremediation, 20, 2018, 666--674 |
| 2016 | Ottomeyer, Megan and Mohammadkah, Ali and Day, Delbert and Westenberg, David: Broad-spectrum antibacterial characteristics of four novel borate-based bioactive glasses. In: Advances in Microbiology, 6, 2016, 776--787 |
| 2016 | Yucelen, G Ipek and Connell, Rachel E and Terbush, Jessica R and Westenberg, David J and Dogan, Fatih: Synthesis and immobilization of silver nanoparticles on aluminosilicate nanotubes and their antibacterial properties. In: Applied Nanoscience, 6, 2016, 607--614 |
| 2016 | Westenberg, David J: The Engaged Microbiologist: Bringing the Microbiological Sciences to the K--12 Community. In: Journal of microbiology \& biology education, 17, 2016, 29 |
| 2015 | Westenberg, David J: Microbial Diversity: A Journey through Carl Woese's Tree of Life. 2015, |
| 2015 | Westenberg, David J and Chang, Amy L: The Unseen Microbial World as a Tool for Learning Biology. In: The American Biology Teacher, 77, 2015, 320--321 |
| 2013 | Ottomeyer, Megan: Broad-spectrum antibacterial properties of metal-ion doped borate bioactive glasses for clinical applications. Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2013 |
| 2012 | Foster, Amanda: The Effect of Education on the Public Opinion of Synthetic Biology. 2012, |
| 2011 | Fumeaux, Coralie and Bakkou, Nadia and Kopci{\'n}ska, Joanna and Golinowski, Wladyslav and Westenberg, David J and Müller, Peter and Perret, Xavier: Functional analysis of the nifQdctA1y4vGHIJ operon of Sinorhizobium fredii strain NGR234 using a transposon with a NifA-dependent read-out promoter. In: Microbiology, 157, 2011, 2745--2758 |
| 2011 | Rocha, April Lyn: Isolation and characterization of bacterial symbionts from Crotalaria spectabilis grown on trichloroethene contaminated soil. 2011, |
| 2009 | Braaten, Karissa: Antimicrobial activity of the volatile oxidized by-products of biogenic oil. 2009, |
| 2007 | Lamba, Aruna: Antimicrobial activities of aldehydes and ketones produced during rapid volatilization of biogenic oils. 2007, |
| 2007 | Westenberg, D: B. japonicum, Agriculture and the Bacterium. In: BIOForum Europe, 11, 2007, 16 |
| 2006 | Ramamurthy, Sangeetha: Evaluation of antimicrobial activities of volatiles produced during rapid volatilization of oils. 2006, |
| 2005 | Park, Jiyeon: Iron, heme, and oxygen regulation of the hemA and sdh genes from the soybean symbiont Bradyrhizobium japonicum. 2005, |
| 2004 | Elrod, Jason C: Identification and characterization of acyl-homoserine lactone signaling molecules produced by varying strains of Bradyrhizobium japonicum. 2004, |
| 2002 | Westenberg, David J: Evidence for AHL autoinducer production by the soybean symbiont Bradyrhizobium japonicum. In: Finan, et al Nitrogen Fixation: Global Perspectives. CABI Publishing, 2002. |
| 2002 | Gulley, V and Westenberg, David J: Regulation of the Bradyrhizobium japonicum sdh operon encoding succinate dehydrogenase. In: Finan, et al Nitrogen Fixation: Global Perspectives. CABI Publishing, 2002. |
| 2000 | Schneiderheinze, JM and Armstrong, DW and Schulte, G and Westenberg, DJ: High efficiency separation of microbial aggregates using capillary electrophoresis. In: FEMS microbiology letters, 189, 2000, 39--44 |
| 1999 | Armstrong, Daniel W and Schulte, Georg and Schneiderheinze, Jeffrey M and Westenberg, David J: Separating microbes in the manner of molecules. 1. Capillary electrokinetic approaches. In: Analytical Chemistry, 71, 1999, 5465--5469 |
| 1999 | Westenberg, David J and Guerinot, Mary Lou: Succinate dehydrogenase (Sdh) from Bradyrhizobium japonicum is closely related to mitochondrial Sdh. In: Journal of bacteriology, 181, 1999, 4676--4679 |
| 1999 | Westenberg, David J and Braune, Annett and Ruppert, Claudia and Müller, Volker and Herzberg, Christina and Gottschalk, Gerhard and Blaut, Michael: The F420H2-dehydrogenase from Methanolobus tindarius: cloning of the ffd operon and expression of the genes in Escherichia coli. In: FEMS microbiology letters, 170, 1999, 389--398 |
| 1998 | Ozcengiz, GÜLAY and Kim, JH and Lin, WR and Ozcengiz, E and Westenberg, D and Lynd, LR and Demain, Arnold L: Superiority of the PCR-based approach for cloning the acetate kinase gene of Clostridium thermocellum. In: Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, 21, 1998, 145--149 |
| 1997 | Westenberg, David J and Guerinot, Mary Lou: Regulation of bacterial gene expression by metals. In: Advances in genetics, 36, 1997, 187--238 |
| 1993 | Westenberg, David J and Gunsalus, Robert P and Ackrell, BA and Sices, H and Cecchini, Gary: Escherichia coli fumarate reductase frdC and frdD mutants. Identification of amino acid residues involved in catalytic activity with quinones.. In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, 268, 1993, 815--822 |
| 1992 | Westenberg, David J: Structure and function of the quinone-binding subunits of Escherichia coli fumarate reductase.. 1992, |
| 1990 | Westenberg, David J and Gunsalus, Robert P and Ackrell, BA and Cecchini, Gary: Electron transfer from menaquinol to fumarate. Fumarate reductase anchor polypeptide mutants of Escherichia coli.. In: Journal of Biological Chemistry, 265, 1990, 19560--19567 |
| 1990 | Cecchini, G., Westenberg, D.J., Ackrell, B.A.C. and Gunsalus, R.P. Mutants of Escherichia coli fumarate reductase anchor peptides which affect electron transfer with quinones. In: Lenaz, G. Barnabei, O., Rabbi, A. and Battino, M. Highlights in Ubiquinone Research. Taylor and Francis, Philadelphia, 1990. 150-153 |
| 1987 | Gunsalus, Robert P and Westenberg, David J and Ackrell, Brian A C and Cecchini, Gary: The Essential Role of the Escherichia coli Fumarate Reductase Frd D Polypeptide in Electron Transport Function. In: Steven C. Goheen, Membrane Proteins: Proceedings of the Membrane Protein Symposium. Bio-Rad Laboratories, 1987. 225-233 |
| 1986 | Cecchini, Gary and Thompson, Charles R and Ackrell, BA and Westenberg, David J and Dean, Neta and Gunsalus, Robert P: Oxidation of reduced menaquinone by the fumarate reductase complex in Escherichia coli requires the hydrophobic FrdD peptide. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 83, 1986, 8898--8902 |