Thomas Jeffries

About

Thomas Jeffries is a Professor of Bacteriology and is currently listed as Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is associated with the Department of Bacteriology within the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences. His office is located in the Microbial Sciences Building at 1550 Linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706. As a faculty member, he has contributed to the academic and research activities of the department, and his contact email is twjeffri@wisc.edu. Further details about his research focus, background, and key contributions are not provided on the page.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Bioinformatics
• Pathology
• Biology
• Internal medicine

Selected publications

• Comparative genomics of biotechnologically important yeasts

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2016-08-17 · 395 citations

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  Ascomycete yeasts are metabolically diverse, with great potential for biotechnology. Here, we report the comparative genome analysis of 29 taxonomically and biotechnologically important yeasts, including 16 newly sequenced. We identify a genetic code change, CUG-Ala, in Pachysolen tannophilus in the clade sister to the known CUG-Ser clade. Our well-resolved yeast phylogeny shows that some traits, such as methylotrophy, are restricted to single clades, whereas others, such as l-rhamnose utilizati…

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• Nitrogen limitation, oxygen limitation, and lipid accumulation in Lipomyces starkeyi

  Bioresource Technology · 2015-11-05 · 176 citations

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• Genomics and the making of yeast biodiversity

  Current Opinion in Genetics & Development · 2015-11-30 · 127 citations

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• Effects of aeration on growth, ethanol and polyol accumulation by <i>Spathaspora passalidarum</i> NRRL Y‐27907 and <i>Scheffersomyces stipitis</i> NRRL Y‐7124

  Biotechnology and Bioengineering · 2014-08-28 · 84 citations

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  Spathaspora passalidarum NN245 (NRRL-Y27907) is an ascomycetous yeast that displays a higher specific fermentation rate with xylose than with glucose. Previous studies have shown that its capacity for xylose fermentation increases while cell yield decreases with decreasing aeration. Aeration optimization plays a crucial role in maximizing bioethanol production from lignocellulosic hydrolysates. Here, we compared the kinetics of S. passalidarum NN245 and Scheffersomyces (Pichia) stipitis NRRL Y-7…

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• Ethanol production from non-detoxified whole slurry of sulfite-pretreated empty fruit bunches at a low cellulase loading

  Bioresource Technology · 2014-05-09 · 31 citations

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Recent grants

• NIH Grant R01GM067933

  NIH · $513k · 2007

Frequent coauthors

• Laura B. Willis

  Hospital for Sick Children

  41 shared

• Yi‐Kai Su

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

  30 shared

• Yong‐Su Jin

  University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  20 shared

• Soyoung Lee

  18 shared

• Hassan K. Sreenath

  University of Wisconsin–Madison

  18 shared

• Danilo Scordia

  University of Messina

  16 shared

• Jae‐Won Lee

  Chonnam National University

  16 shared

• Michael A. Alexander

  NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory

  16 shared

Labs

• Jeffries LabPI

Education

• PhD, Biochemistry and Microbiology

  Rutgers University New Brunswick

  1975

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