Donald Bryant
Ernest C. Pollard Professor of Biotechnology; Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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403C Althouse Lab
University Park, PA - dab14@psu.edu
- 814-865-1992
Research Summary
Photosynthesis, structure-function relationships of proteins, gene regulation, and microbial physiology. Cyanobacteria and green sulfur bacteria. Genomics of photosynthetic bacteria.
Huck Affiliations
Publication Tags
Genes Proteins Cyanobacteria Chlorophyll Synechococcus Light Earth (Planet) Biotechnology Photosynthesis Genome Protein Photosystem I Protein Complex Microbiota Wavelength Far Red Light Chlorobi Catalogs Microbiology Viruses Genomics Microorganisms Infection Ecology Color FluorescenceMost Recent Papers
Genomic and Phenotypic Characterization of Chloracidobacterium Isolates Provides Evidence for Multiple Species
Mohit Kumar Saini, Aswathy Sebastian, Yoshiki Shirotori, Nathan T. Soulier, Amaya M. Garcia Costas, Daniela I. Drautz-Moses, Stephan C. Schuster, Istvan Albert, Shin Haruta, Satoshi Hanada, Vera Thiel, Marcus Tank, Donald A. Bryant, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
Host population diversity as a driver of viral infection cycle in wild populations of green sulfur bacteria with long standing virus-host interactions
Maureen Berg, Danielle Goudeau, Charles Olmsted, Katherine D. McMahon, Senay Yitbarek, Jennifer L. Thweatt, Donald A. Bryant, Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh, Rex R. Malmstrom, Simon Roux, 2021, ISME Journal on p. 1569-1584
A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes
Stephen Nayfach, Simon Roux, Rekha Seshadri, Daniel Udwary, Neha Varghese, Frederik Schulz, Dongying Wu, David Paez-Espino, I. Min Chen, Marcel Huntemann, Krishna Palaniappan, Joshua Ladau, Supratim Mukherjee, T. B.K. Reddy, Torben Nielsen, Edward Kirton, José P. Faria, Janaka N. Edirisinghe, Christopher S. Henry, Sean P. Jungbluth, Dylan Chivian, Paramvir Dehal, Elisha M. Wood-Charlson, Adam P. Arkin, Susannah G. Tringe, Axel Visel, Helena Abreu, Silvia G. Acinas, Eric Allen, Michelle A. Allen, Lauren V. Alteio, Gary Andersen, Alexandre M. Anesio, Graeme Attwood, Viridiana Avila-Magaña, Yacine Badis, Jake Bailey, Brett Baker, Petr Baldrian, Hazel A. Barton, David A.C. Beck, Eric D. Becraft, Harry R. Beller, J. Michael Beman, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Timothy D. Berry, Anthony Bertagnolli, Stefan Bertilsson, Donald A. Bryant, Mónica Medina, 2021, Nature Biotechnology on p. 499-509
Publisher Correction
Stephen Nayfach, Simon Roux, Rekha Seshadri, Daniel Udwary, Neha Varghese, Frederik Schulz, Dongying Wu, David Paez-Espino, I. Min Chen, Marcel Huntemann, Krishna Palaniappan, Joshua Ladau, Supratim Mukherjee, T. B.K. Reddy, Torben Nielsen, Edward Kirton, José P. Faria, Janaka N. Edirisinghe, Christopher S. Henry, Sean P. Jungbluth, Dylan Chivian, Paramvir Dehal, Elisha M. Wood-Charlson, Adam P. Arkin, Susannah G. Tringe, Axel Visel, Helena Abreu, Silvia G. Acinas, Eric Allen, Michelle A. Allen, Gary Andersen, Alexandre M. Anesio, Graeme Attwood, Viridiana Avila-Magaña, Yacine Badis, Jake Bailey, Brett Baker, Petr Baldrian, Hazel A. Barton, David A.C. Beck, Eric D. Becraft, Harry R. Beller, J. Michael Beman, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Timothy D. Berry, Anthony Bertagnolli, Stefan Bertilsson, Jennifer M. Bhatnagar, Donald A. Bryant, Mónica Medina, 2021, Nature Biotechnology on p. 520
Author Correction
Stephen Nayfach, Simon Roux, Rekha Seshadri, Daniel Udwary, Neha Varghese, Frederik Schulz, Dongying Wu, David Paez-Espino, I. Min Chen, Marcel Huntemann, Krishna Palaniappan, Joshua Ladau, Supratim Mukherjee, T. B.K. Reddy, Torben Nielsen, Edward Kirton, José P. Faria, Janaka N. Edirisinghe, Christopher S. Henry, Sean P. Jungbluth, Dylan Chivian, Paramvir Dehal, Elisha M. Wood-Charlson, Adam P. Arkin, Susannah G. Tringe, Axel Visel, Helena Abreu, Silvia G. Acinas, Eric Allen, Michelle A. Allen, Lauren V. Alteio, Gary Andersen, Alexandre M. Anesio, Graeme Attwood, Viridiana Avila-Magaña, Yacine Badis, Jake Bailey, Brett Baker, Petr Baldrian, Hazel A. Barton, David A.C. Beck, Eric D. Becraft, Harry R. Beller, J. Michael Beman, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Timothy D. Berry, Anthony Bertagnolli, Stefan Bertilsson, Donald A. Bryant, Mónica Medina, 2021, Nature Biotechnology on p. 521
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Nathan Soulier, Tatiana N. Laremore, Donald A. Bryant, 2021, Photosynthesis Research on p. 239-240
The structural basis of far-red light absorbance by allophycocyanins
Nathan Soulier, Donald A. Bryant, 2021, Photosynthesis Research on p. 11-26
Opportunities and challenges for assigning cofactors in cryo-EM density maps of chlorophyll-containing proteins
Christopher J. Gisriel, Jimin Wang, Gary W. Brudvig, Donald A. Bryant, 2020, Communications Biology
Breaking the red-limit: efficient trapping of long-wavelength excitations in chlorophyll f-containing Photosystem I.
Martijn Tros, Vincenzo Mascoli, Gaozhong Shen, Ming Yang Ho, Luca Bersanini, Christopher J. Gisriel, Donald A. Bryant, Roberta Croce, 2020, Chem
Characterization of cyanobacterial allophycocyanins absorbing far-red light
Nathan Soulier, Tatiana N. Laremore, Donald A. Bryant, 2020, Photosynthesis Research on p. 189-207
Most-Cited Papers
The tricarboxylic acid cycle in cyanobacteria
Shuyi Zhang, Donald Ashley Bryant, 2011, Science on p. 1551-1553
Extensive remodeling of a cyanobacterial photosynthetic apparatus in far-red light
Fei Gan, Shuyi Zhang, Nathan C. Rockwell, Shelley S. Martin, J. Clark Lagarias, Donald A. Bryant, 2014, Science on p. 1312-1317
Mechanisms and evolution of oxidative sulfur metabolism in green sulfur bacteria
Lea H. Gregersen, Donald A. Bryant, Niels Ulrik Frigaard, 2011, Frontiers in Microbiology
Solar hydrogen-producing bionanodevice outperforms natural photosynthesis
Carolyn E. Lubner, Amanda M. Applegate, Philipp Knörzer, Alexander Ganago, Donald A. Bryant, Thomas Happe, John H. Golbeck, 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 20988-20991
Complete genome of Ignavibacterium album, a metabolically versatile, flagellated, facultative anaerobe from the phylum Chlorobi
Zhenfeng Liu, Niels Ulrik Frigaard, Kajetan Vogl, Takao Iino, Moriya Ohkuma, Jörg Overmann, Donald A. Bryant, 2012, Frontiers in Microbiology
Community ecology of hot spring cyanobacterial mats
Christian G. Klatt, Jason M. Wood, Douglas B. Rusch, Mary M. Bateson, Natsuko Hamamura, John F. Heidelberg, Arthur R. Grossman, Devaki Bhaya, Frederick M. Cohan, Michael Kühl, Donald A. Bryant, David M. Ward, 2011, ISME Journal on p. 1262-1278
Transcription profiling of the model cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002 by next-gen (SOLiD™) sequencing of cDNA
Marcus Ludwig, Donald A. Bryant, 2011, Frontiers in Microbiology
Synechococcus sp. Strain PCC 7002 transcriptome
Marcus Ludwig, Donald A. Bryant, 2012, Frontiers in Microbiology on p. 1-14
Acclimation of the global transcriptome of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 to nutrient limitations and different nitrogen sources
Marcus Ludwig, Donald A. Bryant, 2012, Frontiers in Microbiology
Expression of genes in cyanobacteria
Y. Xu, Richard M. Alvey, Patrick O. Byrne, Joel E. Graham, Gaozhong Shen, Donald A. Bryant, 2011, Methods in Molecular Biology on p. 273-293
News Articles Featuring Donald Bryant
Apr 09, 2020
Bryant honored with Kettering Award for excellence in photosynthesis research
Donald A. Bryant, Ernest C. Pollard Professor of Biotechnology and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State, has been awarded the Charles F. Kettering Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists. The award was established by an endowment from the Kettering Foundation in 1962 and recognizes meritorious work in photosynthesis.
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Feb 05, 2020
Scientists solve structure enabling cyanobacteria to thrive in low light
Scientists have determined the structure of the protein complex that gives cyanobacteria their unique ability to convert weak, filtered sunlight into useable energy. Their findings could one day be used to engineer crops that thrive under low-light conditions.
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