Philip J. Kersten, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Justin O.P. Waters, Elnaz Jamalzade, Hussein T. Abdulrazzaq, Nathaniel Kuch, Sampath R. Gunukula, James A. Dumesic, Philip J. Kersten, Thomas J. Schwartz. 2025. Production of biorenewable, enantiopure (S)-3-hydroxy-γ-butyrolactone for pharmaceutical applications
• Michael Mozuch, Kolby Hirth, Thomas J. Schwartz, Philip J. Kersten. 2021. Repurposing Inflatable Packaging Pillows as Bioreactors: a Convenient Synthesis of Glucosone by Whole-Cell Catalysis Under Oxygen
• Mana Iwata, Ana Gutiérrez, Gisela Marques, Grzegorz Sabat, Philip J. Kersten, Daniel Cullen, Jennifer M. Bhatnagar, Jagjit Yadav, Anna Lipzen, Yuko Yoshinaga, Aditi Sharma, Catherine Adam, Christopher Daum, Vivian Ng, Igor V Grigoriev, Chiaki Hori. 2021. Omics analyses and biochemical study of Phlebiopsis gigantea elucidate its degradation strategy of wood extractives
• Jill Gaskell, Philip J. Kersten, Luis F. Larrondo, Paulo Canessa, Diego Martinez, David Hibbett, Monika Schmoll, Christian P. Kubicek, Angel T. Martinez, Jagjit Yadav, Emma Master, Jon Karl Magnuson, Debbie Yaver, Randy Berka, Kathleen Lail, Cindy Chen, Kurt LaButti, Matt Nolan, Anna Lipzen, Andrea Aerts, Robert Riley, Kerrie Barry, Bernard Henrissat, Robert Blanchette, Igor V. Grigoriev, Daniel Cullen. 2017. Draft genome sequence of a monokaryotic model brown-rot fungus Postia (Rhodonia) placenta SB12
• Jill Gaskell, Robert A. Blanchette, Philip E. Stewart, Sandra Splinter BonDurant, Marie Adams, Grzegorz Sabat, Philip J. Kersten, Daniel Cullen. 2016. Transcriptome and secretome analyses of the wood decay fungus Wolfiporia cocos support alternative mechanisms of lignocellulose conversion
• Wangxia Wang, Michael Mozuch, Ronald C. Sabo, Philip J. Kersten, Junyong Zhu, Yongcan Jin. 2016. Endoglucanase post-milling treatment for producing cellulose nanofibers from bleached eucalyptus fibers by a supermasscolloider
• Wangxia Wang, Ronald C. Sabo, Michael Mozuch, Philip J. Kersten, Junyong Zhu, Yongcan Jin. 2015. Physical and Mechanical Properties of Cellulose Nanofibril Films from Bleached Eucalyptus Pulp by Endoglucanase Treatment and Microfluidization
• Charles J. Mason, Kier D. Klepzig, Brian J. Kopper, Philip J. Kersten, Barbara L. Illman, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2015. Contrasting Patterns of Diterpene Acid Induction by Red Pine and White Spruce to Simulated Bark Beetle Attack, and Interspecific Differences in Sensitivity Among Fungal Associates
• Wangxia Wang, Michael Mozuch, Ronald C. Sabo, Philip J. Kersten, Junyong Zhu, Yongcan Jin. 2015. Production of cellulose nanofibrils from bleached eucalyptus fibers by hyperthermostable endoglucanase treatment and subsequent microfluidization
• Chiaki Hori, Takuya Ishida, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Masahiro Samejima, Hitoshi Suzuki, Emma Master, Patricia Ferreira, Francisco J. Ruiz-Duenas, Benjamin Held, Paulo Canessa, Luis F. Larrondo, Monika Schmoll, Irina S. Druzhinina, Christian P. Kubicek, Jill Gaskell, Philip J. Kersten, Franz St. John, Jeremy Glasner, Grzegorz Sabat, Sandra Splinter Bondurant, Khajamohiddin Syed, Jagjit Yadav, Anthony C. Mgbeahuruike, Andriy Kovalchuk, Fred O. Asiegbu, Gerald Lackner, Dirk Hoffmeister, Jorge Recoret, Ana Gutierrez, Hui Sun, Erika Lindquist, Kerrie Barry, Robert Riley, Igor V. Grigoriev, Bernard Henrissat, Ursula Kues, Randy M. Berka, Angel T. Martinez, Sarah F. Covert, Robert A. Blanchette, Daniel Cullen. 2014. Analysis of the Phlebiopsis gigantea Genome, Transcriptome and Secretome Provides Insight into Its Pioneer Colonization Strategies of Wood
• Philip J. Kersten, Daniel Cullen. 2014. Copper radical oxidases and related extracellular oxidoreductases of wood-decay Agaricomycetes
• Chiaki Hori, Jill Gaskell, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Philip J. Kersten, Michael Mozuch, Masahiro Samejima, Daniel Cullen. 2014. Temporal Alterations in the Secretome of the Selective Ligninolytic Fungus Ceriporiopsis subvermispora during growth on Aspen Wood Reveal this Organism's Strategy for Degrading Lignocellulose
• Jill Gaskell, Amber Marty, Michael Mozuch, Philip J. Kersten, Sandra Splinter Bondurant, Grzegorz Sabat, Ali Azarpira, John Ralph, Oleksandr Skyba, Shawn D. Mansfield, Robert A. Blanchette, Daniel Cullen. 2014. Influence of Populus Genotype on Gene Expression by the Wood Decay Fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium
• Thomas J. Schwartz, Samuel M. Goodman, Christian M. Osmundsen, Esben Taarning, Michael Mozuch, Jill Gaskell, Daniel Cullen, Philip J. Kersten, James A. Dumesic. 2013. Integration of Chemical and Biological Catalysis: Production of Furylglycolic Acid from Glucose via Cortalcerone
• Philip J. Kersten, Daniel Cullen. 2013. Chapter 13: Recent Advances on the Genomics of Litter- and Soil-Inhabiting Agaricomycetes
• Dimitrios Floudas, Manfred Binder, Robert Riely, Kerrie Barry, Robert A. Blanchette, Bernard Henrissat, Angel T. Martínez, Robert Otillar, Joseph W. Spatafora, Jagjit S. Yadav, Andrea Aerts, Isabelle Benoit, Alex Boyd, Alexis Carlson, Alex Copeland, Pedro M. Coutinho, Ronald P. deVries, Patricia Ferreira, Keisha Findley, Brian Foster, Jill Gaskell, Dylan Glotzer, Pawe³ Górecki, Joseph Heitman, Cedar Hesse, Chiaki Hori, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Joel A. Jurgens, Nathan Kallen, Philip J. Kersten, Annegret Kohler, Ursula Kües, T. K. ArunKumar, Alan Kuo, Kurt LaButti, Luis F. Larrondo, Erika Lindquist, Albee Ling, Vincent Lombard, Susan Lucas, Taina Lundell, Rachael Martin, David J. McLaughlin, Ingo Morgenstern, Emanuelle Morin, Claude Murat, Laszlo G. Nagy, Matt Nolan, Robin A. Ohm, Aleksandrina Patyshakuliyeva, Antonis Rokas, Francisco J. Ruiz-Dueñas, Grzegorz Sabat, Asaf Salamov, Masahiro Samejima, Jeremy Schmutz, Jason C. Slot, Franz St. John, Jan Stenlid, Hui Sun, Sheng Sun, Khajamohiddin Syed, Adrian Tsang, Ad Wiebenga, Darcy Young, Antonio Pisabarro, Daniel C. Eastwood, Francis Martin, Daniel Cullen, Igor V. Grigoriev, David S. Hibbett. 2012. The Paleozoic Origin of Enzymatic Lignin Decomposition Reconstructed from 31 Fungal Genomes
• Amber Vanden Wymelenberg, Jill Gaskell, Michael Mozuch, Sandra Splinter BonDurant, Grzegorz Sabat, John Ralph, Oleksandr Skyba, Shawn D. Mansfield, Robert A. Blanchette, Igor Grigoriev, Philip J. Kersten, Daniel Cullen. 2011. Significant alteration of gene expression in wood decay fungi Postia placenta and Phanerochaete chrysosporium by plant species
• Jill Gaskell, Amber J. Vanden Wymelenberg, Michael Mozuch, Grzegorz Sabat, John Ralph, Oleksandr Skyba, Shawn D Mansfield, Robert A. Blanchette, Diego Martinez, Igor Grigoriev, Philip J. Kersten, Daniel Cullen. 2010. Comparative transcriptome and secretome analysis of wood decay fungi Postia placenta and Phanerochaete chrysosporium
• Ines Pisanelli, Magdalena Kujawa, Oliver Spadiut, Roman Kittl, Petr Halada, Jindrich Volc, Michael Mozuch, Philip J. Kersten, Dietmar Haltrich, Clemens Peterbauer. 2009. Pyranose 2-oxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium : expression in E. coli and biochemical characterization
• 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
• Amber J. Vanden Wymelenberg, Jill Gaskell, Michael Mozuch, Philip J. Kersten, Grzegorz Sabat, Diego Martinez, Daniel Cullen. 2009. Transcriptome and secretome analyses of Phanerochaete chrysosporium reveal complex patterns of gene expression
• Amber Vanden Wymelenberg, Grzegorz Sabat, Michael Mozuch, Philip J. Kersten, Dan Cullen, Robert A. Blanchette. 2006. Structure, organization, and transcriptional regulation of a family of copper radical oxidase genes in the lignin-degrading basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium
• Brian J. Kopper, Barbara L. Illman, Philip J. Kersten, Kier D. Klepzig, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2005. Effects of diterpene acids on components of a conifer bark beetle-fungal interaction : tolerance by Ips pini and sensitivity by its associate Ophiostoma ips
• Brian J. Kopper, Barbara L. Illman, Philip J. Kersten, Kier D. Klepzig, Kenneth F. Raffa. 2005. Effects of diterpene acids on components of a conifer bark beetle–fungal interaction: tolerance by Ips pini and sensitivity by its associate Ophiostoma ips
• Amber J. Vanden Wymelenberg, Grzegorz Sabat, Diego Martinez, Alex S. Rajangam, Tuula T. Teeri, Jill Gaskell, Philip J. Kersten, Daniel Cullen. 2005. The Phanerochaete chrysosporium secretome : database predictions and initial mass spectrometry peptide identifications in cellulose-grown medium
• Theodorus H. de Koker, Michael Mozuch, Daniel Cullen, Jill Gaskell, Philip J. Kersten. 2004. Isolation and purification of pyranose 2-oxidase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium and characterization of gene structure and regulation
• Michael Mozuch, Philip J. Kersten. 2003. Identification of phanerosporic acid in birch degraded by Phanerochaete chrysosporium
• Theodorus H. de Koker, Michael Mozuch, Philip J. Kersten. 2003. Analysis of D-glucose metabolism of wood decay fungi using 13C-NMR and 13C-labeled substrates
• Theodorus H. de Koker, Philip J. Kersten. 2002. Characterization of wood decay enzymes by MALDI-MS for post-translational modification and gene identification.
• Ulises Urzua, Claudio Aguilar, Philip J. Kersten, Rafael Vicuna. 1998. Oxalate metabolism in liquid cultures of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora : a possible pathway for extracellular H2O2 production
• Ulises Urzua, Philip J. Kersten, Rafael Vicuna. 1998. Kinetics of Mn3+-oxalate formation and decay in reactions catalyzed by manganese peroxidase of Ceriporiopsis subvermispora
• Philip Stewart, Philip J. Kersten, Amber J. Vanden Wymelenberg, Jill Gaskell, Daniel Cullen. 1992. Lignin peroxidase gene family of Phanerochaete chrysosporium : complex regulation by carbon and nitrogen limitation and identification of a second dimorphic chromosome

• University of Wisconsin, Madison, Ph.D.
• University of Wisconsin, Madison, B.S.