Kenneth E. Hammel
Former Employee
Research Chemist
Treesearch Publications
- Alexander N. Kapich, Hideki Suzuki, Kolby Hirth, Elena Fernández-Fueyo, Angel T. Martínez, Carl J. Houtman, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2024. The white rot basidiomycete Gelatoporia subvermispora produces fatty aldehydes that enable fungal manganese peroxidases to degrade recalcitrant lignin structures
- Wenjuan Huang, Wenjuan Yu, Bo Yi, Erik Raman, Jihoon Yang, Kenneth E. Hammel, Vitaliy I Timokhin, Chaoqun Lu, Adina Howe, Samantha R. Weintraub-Leff, Steven J. Hall. 2023. Contrasting geochemical and fungal controls on decomposition of lignin and soil carbon at continental scale
- Steven J. Hall, Wenjuan Huang, Vitaliy I Timokhin, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2020. Lignin lags, leads, or limits the decomposition of litter and soil organic carbon
- Wenjuan Huang, Kenneth E. Hammel, Jialong Hao, Aaron Thompson, Vitaliy I Timokhin, Steven J. Hall. 2019. Enrichment of lignin-derived carbon in mineral-associated soil organic matter
- Carl J. Houtman, Eranda Maligaspe, Christopher G. Hunt, Elena Fernández-Fueyo, Angel T. Martínez, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2018. Fungal lignin peroxidase does not produce the veratryl alcohol cation radical as a diffusible ligninolytic oxidant
- Christopher G. Hunt, Steven Lacher, Kolby Hirth, Linda F. Lorenz, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2017. Exploring the hypothesis that limiting diffusion of fungal oxidants underlies decay resistance in acetylated wood
- Steven J. Hall, Wenjuan Huang, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2017. An optical method for carbon dioxide isotopes and mole fractions in small gas samples: tracing microbial respiration from soil, litter, and lignin.
- Carl J. Houtman, Peter Kitin, Jon C. D. Houtman, Kenneth E. Hammel, Christopher G. Hunt. 2016. Acridine Orange Indicates Early Oxidation of Wood Cell Walls by Fungi
- Jiwei Zhang, Gerald N. Presley, Kenneth E. Hammel, Jae-San Ryu, Jon R. Menke, Melania Figueroa, Dehong Hu, Galya Orr, Jonathan S. Schilling. 2016. Localizing gene regulation reveals a staggered wood decay mechanism for the brown rot fungus Postia placenta
- Chak Han Im, Young-Hoon Park, Kenneth E. Hammel, Bokyung Park, Soon Wook Kwon, Hojin Ryu, Jae-San Ryu. 2016. Construction of a genetic linkage map and analysis of quantitative trait loci associated with the agronomically important traits of Pleurotus eryngii
- Steven J. Hall, Whendee L. Silver, Vitaliy I. Timokhin, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2016. Iron addition to soil specifically stabilized lignin
- Premsagar Korripally, Christopher G. Hunt, Carl J. Houtman, Don C. Jones, Peter Kitin, Dan Cullen, Kenneth E. Hammel, A. A. Brakhage. 2015. Regulation of Gene Expression during the Onset of Ligninolytic Oxidation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium on Spruce Wood
- Dolores Linde, Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas, Elena Fernández-Fueyo, Victor Guallar, Kenneth E. Hammel, Rebecca Pogni, Angel T. Martínez. 2015. Basidiomycete DyPs: Genomic diversity, structural-functional aspects, reaction mechanism and environmental significance
- Steven J. Hall, Whendee L. Silver, Vitaliy I. Timokhin, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2015. Lignin decomposition is sustained under fluctuating redox conditions in humid tropical forest soils
- Daniel J. Yelle, Alexander N. Kapich, Carl J. Houtman, Fachuang Lu, Vitaliy I. Timokhin, Raymond C. Fort Jr., John Ralph, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2014. A Highly Diastereoselective Oxidant Contributes to Ligninolysis by the White Rot Basidiomycete Ceriporiopsis subvermispora
- Elena Fernández-Fueyo, Francisco J Ruiz-Dueñas, María Jesús Martinez, Antonio Romero, Kenneth E. Hammel, Francisco Javier Medrano, Angel T. Martínez. 2014. Ligninolytic peroxidase genes in the oyster mushroom genome: heterologous expression, molecular structure, catalytic and stability properties, and lignin-degrading ability
- Christopher G. Hunt, Carl J. Houtman, Don C. Jones, Peter Kitin, Premsagar Korripally, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2013. Spatial mapping of extracellular oxidant production by a white rot basidiomycete on wood reveals details of ligninolytic mechanism
- Yuta Miki, Rebecca Pogni, Sandra Acebes, Fatima Lucas, Elena Fernandez-Fueyo, Maria Camilla Baratto, Maria I. Fernandez, Vivian De Los Rios, Francisco J. Ruiz-duenas, Adalgisa Sinicropi, Riccardo Basosi, Kenneth E. Hammel, Victor Guallar, Angel T. Martinez. 2013. Formation of a tyrosine adduct involved in lignin degradation by Trametopsis cervina lignin peroxidase: a novel peroxidase activation mechanism
- Premsagar Korripally, Vitaliy I. Timokhin, Carl J. Houtman, Michael Mozuch, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2013. Evidence from Serpula lacrymans that 2,5-Dimethoxyhydroquinone Is a Lignocellulolytic Agent of Divergent Brown Rot Basidiomycetes
- Elena Fernandez-Fueyo, Francisco J. Ruiz-Duenas, Yuta Miki, Marta Jesus Martinez, Kenneth E. Hammel, Angel T. Martinez. 2012. Lignin-degrading Peroxidases from Genome of Selective Ligninolytic Fungus Ceriporiopsis subverispora
- Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas, Patricia Ferreira, Dimitrios Floudas, David S. Hibbett, Paulo Canessa, Elena Fernandez-Fueyo, Luis F. Larrondo, Tim Y. James, Daniela Seelenfreund, Sergio Lobos, Rubén Polanco, Mario Tello, Yoichi Honda, Takahito Watanabe, Takashi Watanabe, Jae San Ryu, Christian P. Kubicek, Monika Schmoll, Jill Gaskell, Kenneth E. Hammel, Franz St. John, Amber Vanden Wymelenberg, Grzegorz Sabat, Sandra Splinter BonDurant, Khajamohiddin Syed, Jagjit S. Yadav, Harshavardhan Dodapaneni, Venkataramanan Subramanian, José L. Lavin, José A. Oguiza, Gumer Perez, Antonio G. Pisabarro, Lucia Ramirez, Francisco Santoyo, Emma Master, Pedro M. Coutinho, Bernard Henrissat, Vincent Lombard, Jon Karl Magnuson, Ursula Kües, Chiaki Hori, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Masahiro Samejima, Benjamin W. Held, Kerrie W. Barry, Kurt M. LaButti, Alla Lapidus, Erika A. Lindquist, Susan M. Lucas, Robert Riley, Asaf A. Salamov, Dirk Hoffmeister, Daniel Schwenk, Yitzhak Hadar, Oded Yarden, Ronald P. de Vries, Ad Wiebenga, Jan Stenlid, Daniel Eastwood, Igor V. Grigoriev, Randy M. Berka, Robert A. Blanchette, Phil Kersten, Angel T. Martinez, Rafael Vicuna, Daniel Cullen. 2012. Comparative genomics of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and Phanerochaete chrysosporium provide insight into selective ligninolysis
- Marzena Poraj-Kobielska, Matthias Kinne, René Ullrich, Katrin Scheibner, Gernot Kayser, Kenneth E. Hammel, Martin Hofrichter. 2011. Preparation of human drug metabolites using fungal peroxygenases
- Paul Langan, S. Gnankaran, Kirk D. Rector, Norma Pawley, David T. Fox, Dae Won Cho, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2011. Exploring new strategies for cellulosic biofuels production
- Semarjit Shary, Carl J. Houtman, Ellen A. Panisko, Premsagar Korripally, Jae San Ryu, Franz St. John, Casey Crooks, Matti Siika-aho, Jon K. Magnuson, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2011. Proteomic and functional analysis of the cellulase system expressed by Postia placenta during brown rot of solid wood
- Matthias Kinne, Marzena Poraj-Kobielska, Rene Ullrich, Paula Nousiainen, Jussi Sipilä, Katrin Scheibner, Kenneth E. Hammel, Martin Hofrichter. 2011. Oxidative cleavage of non-phenolic β-O-4 lignin model dimers by an extracellular aromatic peroxygenase
- Tatyana V. Korneichik, Alexander N. Kapich, Kenneth E. Hammel, Annele Hatakka. 2011. Comparative evaluation of manganese peroxidase- and Mn(III)-initiated peroxidation of C18 unsaturated fatty acids by different methods
- Daniel J. Yelle, Dongsheng Wei, John Ralph, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2011. Multidimensional NMR analysis reveals truncated lignin structures in wood decayed by the brown rot basidiomycete Postia placenta
- Annele Hatakka, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2010. Fungal biodegradation of lignocelluloses
- Matthias Kinne, Christian Zeisig, Rene Ullrich, Gernot Kayser, Kenneth E. Hammel, Martin Hofrichter. 2010. Stepwise oxygenations of toluene and 4-nitrotoluene by a fungal peroxygenase
- Alexander N. Kapich, Tatyana V. Korneichik, Annele Hatakka, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2010. Oxidizability of unsaturated fatty acids and of a non-phenolic lignin structure in the manganese peroxidase-dependent lipid peroxidation system
- Dongsheng Wei, Carl J. Houtman, Alexander N. Kapich, Christopher G. Hunt, Daniel Cullen, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2010. Laccase and its role in production of extracellular reactive oxygen species during wood decay by the brown rot basidiomycete Postia placenta
- Matthias Kinne, Marzena Poraj-Kobielska, Sally Ralph, Rene Ullrich, Martin Hofrichter, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2009. Oxidative cleavage of diverse ethers by an extracellular fungal peroxygenase
- Diego Martinez, Jean Challacombe, Ingo Morgenstern, David Hibbett, Monika Schmoll, Christian P. Kubicek, Patricia Ferreira, Francisco J. Ruiz-Duenas, Angel T. Martinez, Philip J. Kersten, Kenneth E. Hammel, Jill Gaskell, Daniel Cullen. 2009. Genome, transcriptome, and secretome analysis of wood decay fungus Postia placenta supports unique mechanisms of lignocellulose conversion
- Matthias Kinne, Marzena Poraj-Kobielska, Elisabet Aranda, Rene Ullrich, Kenneth E. Hammel, Katrin Scheibner, Martin Hofrichter. 2009. Regioselective preparation of 5-hydroxypropranolol and 4´-hydroxydiclofenac with a fungal peroxygenase
- John Ralph, Fachuang Lu, Hoon Kim, Dino Ress, Daniel J. Yelle, Kenneth E. Hammel, Sally Ralph, Bernadette Nanayakkara, Armin Wagner, Takuya Akiyama, Paul F. Schatz, Shawn D. Mansfield, Noritsugu Terashima, Wout Boerjan, Bjorn Sundberg, Mattias Hedenstrom. 2009. High-resolution solution-state NMR of unfractionated plant cell walls
- Matthias Kinne, Rene Ullrich, Kenneth E. Hammel, Katrin Scheibner, Martin Hofrichter. 2008. Regioselective preparation of (R)-2-(4-hydroxyphenoxy)propionic acid with a fungal peroxygenase
- Semarjit Shary, Alexander N. Kapich, Ellen A. Panisko, Jon K. Magnuson, Daniel Cullen, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2008. Differential expression in Phanerochaete chrysosporium of membrane- associated proteins relevant to lignin degradation
- Kenneth E. Hammel, Dan Cullen. 2008. Role of fungal peroxidases in biological ligninolysis
- Daniel J. Yelle, John Ralph, Fachuang Lu, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2008. Evidence for cleavage of lignin by a brown rot basidiomycete
- Semarjit Shary, Sally Ralph, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2007. New insights into the ligninolytic capability of a wood decay ascomycete
- Patricia Ortiz-Bermudez, Kolby Hirth, Ewald Srebotnik, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2007. Chlorination of lignin by ubiquitous fungi has a likely role in global organochlorine production
- Melissa R. Suzuki, Christopher G. Hunt, Carl J. Houtman, Zachary D. Dalebroux, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2006. Fungal hydroquinones contribute to brown rot of wood
- Roni Cohen, Melissa R. Suzuki, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2005. Processive endoglucanase active in crystalline cellulose hydrolysis by the brown rot Basidiomycete Gloeophyllum trabeum
- Roni Cohen, Melissa R. Suzuki, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2004. Differential stress-induced regulation of two quinone reductases in the brown rot Basidiomycete Gloeophyllum trabeum
- Patricia Ortiz-Bermudez, Ewald Srebotnik, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2003. Chlorination and cleavage of lignin structures by fungal chloroperoxidases
- Roni Cohen, Kenneth A. Jensen, Carl J. Houtman, Kenneth E. Hammel. 2002. Significant levels of extracellular reactive oxygen species produced by brown rot basidiomycetes on cellulose
- Alexander N. Kapich, Kenneth A. Jensen, Kenneth E. Hammel. 1999. Peroxyl radicals are potential agents of lignin biodegradation
Last updated March 10, 2026