Publication list (in reverse chronological order):

19. Chou, H.-H., J. Berthet, and C. J. Marx. 2009. Fast Growth Increases the Selective Advantage of a Mutation Arising Recurrently during Evolution under Metal Limitation. PLoS Genetics (in press)
18. Lee, M.-C., H.-H. Chou, and C. J. Marx. 2009. Assymetric, bi-modal tradeoffs during adaptation of Methylobacterium to distinct substrates. Evolution (in press)
17. Marx, C.J. 2009. Getting in Touch with Your Friends. Science 324: 1150-1151 [summary] or [full text] on Science website
16. Vuilleumier S, Chistoserdova L, Lee M-C, Bringel F, Lajus A, Zhou Y, Gourion B, Barbe V, Chang J, Cruveiller S, Dossat C, Gillett W, Gruffaz C, Haugen E, Hourcade E, Levy R, Mangenot S, Muller E, Nadalig T, Pangi M, Penny C, Peyraud R, Robinson D, Roche D, Rouy Z, Saenampechek C, Salvignol G, Vallenet D, Wu Z, Marx CJ, Vorholt JA, Olson MV, Kaul R, Weissenbach J, Medigue C, and Lidstrom ME. 2009. Methylobacterium Genome Sequences: A Reference Blueprint to Investigate Microbial Metabolism of C1 Compounds from Natural and Industrial Sources. PLoS ONE 4(5): e5584. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005584 [pdf]
15. Marx, C.J. 2008. Development of a broad-host-range sacB-based vector for unmarked allelic exchange. BMC Research Notes 1:1. doi:10.1186/1756-0500-1-1 [pdf] [link]
14. Chain, P. S. G., V. J. Denef, K. Konstantinidis, L. M Vergez, L. Agulló, V. Latorre Reyes, L. Hauser, M. Córdova, L. Gómez, M. González, M. Land, V. Lao, F. Larimer, J. J. LiPuma, E. Mahenthiralingam, S. A. Malfatti, C. J. Marx , J. J. Parnell, A. Ramette, P. Richardson, M. Seeger, D. Smith, T. Spilker, W. J. Sul, T. V. Tsoi, L. E. Ulrich, I. B. Zhulin, and J. M. Tiedje. 2006. Burkholderia xenovorans LB400 harbors a multi-replicon, 9.73 Mbp genome shaped for versatility. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103:15280-15287. [pdf]
13. Kalyuzhnaya, M. G., N. Korotkova, G. Crowther, C. J. Marx , M. E. Lidstrom, and L. Chistoserdova. 2005. Analysis of gene islands involved in methanopterin-linked C 1 transfer reactions, deduction of novel C 1 transfer genes, and new insights into the evolution of "archaeal" genes in bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 187:4607-4614. [pdf]
12. Marx, C. J., S. J. Van Dien, and M. E. Lidstrom. 2005. Flux analysis uncovers key role of functional redundancy in formaldehyde pathways. PLoS Biol. 3:e16. [abstract] [pdf] [Highlighted in Nature Reviews Microbiology 3:103]
11. Marx, C. J., J. A. Miller, L. Chistoserdova, and M. E. Lidstrom. 2004. Multiple formaldehyde oxidation pathways in Burkholderia fungorum LB400. J. Bacteriol. 186:2173-2178. [pdf] [link]
10. Chistoserdova, L., C. Jenkins, M. G. Kalyuzhnaya, C. J. Marx, A. Lapidus, J. T. Staley, and M.E. Lidstrom. 2004. The enigmatic Planctomyces may hold a key to the origins of methanogenesis and methylotrophy. Mol. Biol. Evol. 21:1234-1241. [pdf] [link]
9. Marx, C. J., and M. E. Lidstrom. 2004. Development of an insertional vector system for Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 and generation of null mutants lacking mtdA and/or fch. Microbiology 150:9-19. [pdf] [link]
8. Van Dien, S. J., C. J. Marx, B. N. O’Brien, and M. E. Lidstrom. 2003. Genetic characterization of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 and isolation of a colorless mutant. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:7563-7566. [pdf] [link]
7. Marx, C. J., L. Chistoserdova, and M. E. Lidstrom. 2003. The formaldehyde detoxifying role of the tetrahydromethanopterin-linked pathway in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1. J. Bacteriol. 185:7160-7168. [pdf] [link]
6. Marx, C. J., M. Laukel, J. A. Vorholt, and M. E. Lidstrom. 2003. Purification of the formate-tetrahydrofolate ligase from Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 and demonstration of its requirement for methylotrophic growth. J. Bacteriol. 185:7169-7175. [pdf] [link]
5. Marx, C. J., B. N. O’Brien, J. Breezee, and M. E. Lidstrom. 2003. Novel methylotrophy genes of Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 identified by using transposon mutagenesis including a putative dihydromethanopterin reductase. J. Bacteriol. 185:669-673. [pdf] [link]
4. Marx, C. J., and M. E. Lidstrom. 2002. Broad-host-range cre-lox system for antibiotic marker recycling in Gram-negative bacteria. BioTechniques. 33:1062-1067. [pdf] [link]
3. Marx, C. J., and M. E. Lidstrom. 2001. Development of improved versatile broad-host-range vectors for use in methylotrophs and other Gram-negative bacteria. Microbiology 147:2065-2075. [pdf] [link]
2. Vorholt, J. A., C. J. Marx, M. E. Lidstrom, and R. K. Thauer. 2000. Novel formaldehyde-activating enzyme in Methylobacterium extorquens AM1 required for growth on methanol. J. Bacteriol. 182:6645-6650. [pdf] [link]
1. Cohen-Kupiec, R., C. J. Marx, and J. A. Leigh. 1999. Function and regulation of glnA in the methanogenic archaeon Methanococcus maripaludis. J. Bacteriol. 181:256-261. [pdf] [link]