Daniel J. Lessner Source Confirmed

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Professor

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

16 h-index 39 pubs 1,303 cited

Research Areas

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Protein Structure and Dynamics Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biogenesis Archaea Physiology

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Daniel J. Lessner, a Professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, investigates microbial nitrogen metabolism and greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural systems. His research on nitrogenases, the enzymes responsible for biological nitrogen fixation, explores the expression and control of both V-nitrogenase and Fe-nitrogenase in archaea, as evidenced by his work on *Methanosarcina acetivorans*. Lessner also studies the environmental factors influencing nitrous oxide and other greenhouse gas emissions from rice cultivation, examining the effects of site position, tillage, water regimes, and phosphorus fertilizer sources. His work includes collaborations with Melissa Chanderban, Diego Della Lunga, Kristofor R. Brye, and Thomas M. Deere, all at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Lessner has published 39 papers, with 1,303 citations, and maintains an h-index of 16. His recent publications span topics from microbial metalloenzyme structures to agronomic impacts on soil gas emissions.

Metrics

  • h-index: 16
  • Publications: 39
  • Citations: 1,303

Selected Publications

  • Cryo-EM structure of a methanogen nitrogenase-PII protein supercomplex (2025) DOI
  • <scp>ModE</scp> Regulates Alternative Nitrogenase Expression in the Methanogen <scp><i>Methanosarcina acetivorans</i></scp> (2025) DOI
  • Water regime and fertilizer‐phosphorus source effects on greenhouse gas emissions from rice (2024) DOI
  • Struvite-phosphorus effects on greenhouse gas emissions and plant and soil response in a furrow-irrigated rice production system in eastern Arkansas (2024) DOI
  • The nitrogenase cofactor biogenesis enzyme NifB is essential for the viability of methanogens (2023) DOI
  • The minimal SUF system is not required for Fe–S cluster biogenesis in the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans (2023) DOI
  • Expression of V-nitrogenase and Fe-nitrogenase in <i>Methanosarcina acetivorans</i> is controlled by molybdenum, fixed nitrogen, and the expression of Mo-nitrogenase (2023) DOI
  • The minimal SUF system is not required for Fe-S cluster biogenesis in the methanogenic archaeon Methanosarcina acetivorans (2023) DOI
  • Struvite Effects on Rice Growth and Productivity under Flood-Irrigation in the Greenhouse (2023) DOI
  • Methanosarcina acetivorans (2022) DOI
  • Site position and tillage treatment effects on nitrous oxide emissions from furrow-irrigated rice on a silt-loam Alfisol in the Mid-south, USA (2022) DOI
  • Vht hydrogenase is required for hydrogen cycling during nitrogen fixation by the non-hydrogenotrophic methanogen <i>Methanosarcina acetivorans</i> (2021) DOI
  • <i>Methanosarcina acetivorans</i> simultaneously produces molybdenum, vanadium, and iron-only nitrogenases in response to fixed nitrogen and molybdenum depletion (2021) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Melissa Chanderban University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 6 shared publications Diego Della Lunga University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 4 shared publications Kristofor R. Brye University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 4 shared publications Thomas M. Deere University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 4 shared publications Trenton L. Roberts University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 3 shared publications Michelle A. Evans‐White University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 3 shared publications Jasleen Saini University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 3 shared publications Jonathan Brye University of Arkansas at Fayetteville 2 shared publications

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