Jerald Ensign

Professor of Bacteriology, Emeritus

jcensign@wisc.edu

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The insect pathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus innexi has attenuated virulence in multiple insect model hosts yet encodes a potent mosquitocidal toxin
December 2, 2017
Il-Hwan Kim, Sudarshan K Aryal, Dariush T Aghai, Ángel M Casanova-Torres, Kai Hillman, Michael P Kozuch, Erin J Mans, Terra J Mauer, Jean-Claude Ogier, Jerald C Ensign, Sophie Gaudriault, Walter G Goodman, Heidi Goodrich-Blair, Adler R Dillman BMC genomics
Impact of imaging room environment: staff job stress and satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and willingness to recommend
November 17, 2012
Xiaobo Quan, Anjali Joseph, Janet C Ensign HERD
Photobactin: a catechol siderophore produced by Photorhabdus luminescens, an entomopathogen mutually associated with Heterorhabditis bacteriophora NC1 nematodes
August 7, 2003
Todd A Ciche, Michael Blackburn, John R Carney, Jerald C Ensign Applied and environmental microbiology
For the insect pathogen Photorhabdus luminescens, which end of a nematode is out?
April 5, 2003
Todd A Ciche, Jerald C Ensign Applied and environmental microbiology
Isolation and characterization of intracellular protein inclusions produced by the entomopathogenic bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens
September 26, 2001
D J Bowen, J C Ensign Applied and environmental microbiology
A Phosphopantetheinyl transferase homolog is essential for Photorhabdus luminescens to support growth and reproduction of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis bacteriophora
April 28, 2001
T A Ciche, S B Bintrim, A R Horswill, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Purification and characterization of a high-molecular-weight insecticidal protein complex produced by the entomopathogenic bacterium photorhabdus luminescens
August 4, 1998
DJ Bowen, JC Ensign Applied and environmental microbiology
Insertional inactivation of genes encoding the crystalline inclusion proteins of Photorhabdus luminescens results in mutants with pleiotropic phenotypes
March 12, 1998
S B Bintrim, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Expression analysis of the ssgA gene product, associated with sporulation and cell division in Streptomyces griseus
April 1, 1997
Shinichi Kawamoto, Hajime Watanabe, Andrew Hesketh, Jerald C Ensign, Kozo Ochi Microbiology (Reading, England)
Endogenous ADP-ribosylation of proteins in Mycobacterium smegmatis
October 1, 1996
M H Serres, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Flagellar proteins of motile spores of Actinomycetes
June 1, 1996
N I Vesselinova, J C Ensign Journal of industrial microbiology
Modification of glutamine synthetase in Streptomyces griseus by ADP-ribosylation and adenylylation
October 28, 1994
A Penyige, A Kálmánczhelyi, A Sipos, J C Ensign, G Barabás Biochemical and biophysical research communications
Physiology of some actinomycete genera
October 1, 1993
J C Ensign, P Normand, J P Burden, C A Yallop Research in microbiology
The possible role of ADP ribosylation in physiological regulation of sporulation in Streptomyces griseus
June 15, 1992
A Penyige, G Vargha, J C Ensign, G Barabás Gene
Regulation of trehalose metabolism by Streptomyces griseus spores
July 1, 1990
M J McBride, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
ADP-ribosylation of membrane proteins of Streptomyces griseus strain 52-1
June 1, 1990
A Penyige, G Barabás, I Szabó, J C Ensign FEMS microbiology letters
Evidence for adenylate nucleotide transport (ATP-ADP translocation) in vesicles of Frankia sp. strain EAN1pec
July 1, 1988
L S Tisa, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Effects of intracellular trehalose content on Streptomyces griseus spores
November 1, 1987
M J McBride, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Metabolism of endogenous trehalose by Streptomyces griseus spores and by spores or cells of other actinomycetes
November 1, 1987
M J McBride, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Isolation and nitrogenase activity of vesicles from Frankia sp. strain EAN1pec
November 1, 1987
L S Tisa, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Formation and regeneration of protoplasts of the actinorhizal nitrogen-fixing actinomycete frankia
January 1, 1987
L S Tisa, J C Ensign Applied and environmental microbiology
Properties of the germination inhibitor of Streptomyces viridochromogenes spores
April 1, 1985
A D Grund, J C Ensign Journal of general microbiology
Microcycle sporulation of Streptomyces viridochromogenes
November 1, 1984
R Koepsel, J C Ensign Archives of microbiology
Sporulation of Streptomyces griseus in submerged culture
July 1, 1983
K E Kendrick, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Regulation of formation of aerial mycelia and spores of Streptomyces viridochromogenes
March 1, 1982
R H Coleman, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Streptomyces viridochromogenes spore germination initiated by calcium ions
July 1, 1980
D Eaton, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Adenosine triphosphate pool levels and endogenous metabolism in Arthrobacter crystallopoietes during growth and starvation
July 1, 1979
W T Leps, J C Ensign Archives of microbiology
Adenylate nucleotide levels and energy charge in Arthrobacter crystallopoietes during growth and starvation
July 1, 1979
W T Leps, J C Ensign Archives of microbiology
Role of carbon dioxide in germination of spores of Streptomyces viridochromogenes
September 1, 1978
A D Grund, J C Ensign Archives of microbiology
Some properties of Streptomyces viridochromogenes spores
June 1, 1978
C F Hirsch, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Viability and endogenous substrates used during starvation survival of Rhodospirillum rubrum
May 1, 1978
J A Breznak, C J Potrikus, N Pfennig, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Formation, properties, and germination of actinomycete spores
January 1, 1978
J C Ensign Annual review of microbiology
Macromolecular synthesis and cell division during morphogenesis of Arthrobacter crystallopoietes
December 1, 1976
A C St John, J C Ensign Archives of microbiology
Growth and pigment production by Arthrobacter pyridinolis n. sp
November 2, 1976
P E Kolenbrander, N Lotong, J C Ensign Archives of microbiology
Stability of enzymes in starving Arthrobacter crystallopoietes
May 1, 1976
R Meganathan, J C Ensign Journal of general microbiology
Nutritionally defined conditions for germination of Streptomyces viridochromogenes spores
April 1, 1976
C F Hirsch, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Heat activation of Streptomyces viridochromogenes spores
April 1, 1976
C F Hirsch, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Effect of growth substrates on morphology of Nocardia corallina
May 5, 1975
R J Heinzen, J C Ensign Archives of microbiology
A new species of Arthrobacter which degrades picolinic acid
May 1, 1974
R L Tate, J C Ensign Canadian journal of microbiology
Picolinic acid hydroxylase of Arthrobacter picolinophilus
May 1, 1974
R L Tate, J C Ensign Canadian journal of microbiology
Oxidation of nicotinic acid by a Bacillus species: regulation of nicotinic acid and 6-hydroxynicotinic acid hydroxylases
October 1, 1972
R Hirschberg, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Oxidation of nicotinic acid by a Bacillus species: purification and properties of nicotinic acid and 6-hydroxynicotinic acid hydroxylases
November 1, 1971
R Hirschberg, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Oxidation of nicotinic acid by a Bacillus species: source of oxygen atoms for the hydroxylation of nicotinic acid and 6-hydroxynicotinic acid
November 1, 1971
R Hirschberg, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Long-term starvation survival of rod and spherical cells of Arthrobacter crystallopoietes
September 1, 1970
J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Intracellular substrates for endogenous metabolism during long-term starvation of rod and spherical cells of Arthrobacter crystallopoietes
September 1, 1970
C W Boylen, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Alteration of glucose metabolism of Arthrobacter crystallopoietes by compounds which induce sphere to rod morphogenesis
February 1, 1969
T A Krulwich, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Isolation and characterization of three autolytic enzymes associated with sporulation of Bacillus thuringiensis var. thuringiensis
September 1, 1968
S L Kingan, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Activity of an autolytic N-acetylmuramidase during sphere-rod morphogenesis in Arthrobacter crystallopoietes
September 1, 1968
T A Krulwich, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Ratio of teichoic acid and peptidoglycan in cell walls of Bacillus subtilis following spire germination and during vegetative growth
August 1, 1968
C W Boylen, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Chemical composition of the cell wall of Bacillus thuringiensis var. thuringiensis
February 1, 1968
S L Kingan, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Isolation and chemical structure of the peptidoglycan of Spirillum serpens cell walls
January 1, 1968
P E Kolenbrander, J C Ensign Journal of bacteriology
Sphere-rod morphogenesis in Arthrobacter crystallopoietes. I. Cell wall composition and polysaccharides of the peptidoglycan
September 1, 1967
T A Krulwich, J C Ensign, D J Tipper, J L Strominger Journal of bacteriology
Sphere-rod morphogenesis in Arthrobacter crystallopoietes. II. Peptides of the cell wall peptidoglycan
September 1, 1967
T A Krulwich, J C Ensign, D J Tipper, J L Strominger Journal of bacteriology
Structure of the cell wall of Staphylococcus aureus, strain Copenhagen. VII. Mode of action of the bacteriolytic peptidase from Myxobacter and the isolation of intact cell wall polysaccharides
March 1, 1967
D J Tipper, J L Strominger, J C Ensign Biochemistry
Characterization of a small proteolytic enzyme which lyses bacterial cell walls
February 1, 1966
J C Ensign, R S Wolfe Journal of bacteriology
The formation of a blue pigment in the bacterial oxidation of isonicotinic acid
August 17, 1965
J C Ensign, S C Rittenberg Archiv fur Mikrobiologie
LYSIS OF BACTERIAL CELL WALLS BY AN ENZYME ISOLATED FROM A MYXOBACTER
August 1, 1965
J C ENSIGN, R S WOLFE Journal of bacteriology
THE PATHWAY OF NICOTINIC ACID OXIDATION BY A BACILLUS SPECIES
July 1, 1964
J C ENSIGN, S C RITTENBERG The Journal of biological chemistry
NUTRITIONAL CONTROL OF MORPHOGENESIS IN ARTHROBACTER CRYSTALLOPIETES
April 1, 1964
J C ENSIGN, R S WOLFE Journal of bacteriology
A CRYSTALLINE PIGMENT PRODUCED FROM 2-HYDROXYPYRIDINE BY ARTHROBACTER CRYSTALLOPOIETES N.SP
December 10, 1963
J C ENSIGN, S C RITTENBERG Archiv fur Mikrobiologie