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Yongtao Zhu

Associate Professor

Minnesota State University--Mankato

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Department Of Biology

Yongtao Zhu is currently serving as a Biology Associate Professor at Minnesota State University--Mankato.

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Yongtao Zhu

Minnesota State University--Mankato

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microbiology microorganisms biology bacteria biochemistry molecular biology applied microbiology environmental microbiology microbial ecology cellulose biomolecular structure hemicelluloses biotechnology microbial pathogenesis molecular plant-microbe interactions polysaccharides molecular microbiology bacteriology prokaryotic system botany bioenergy molecular and cellular biology integrative plant biology algal research applied phycology genome biology biological macromolecules structural molecular biology virulence factors algal biology phycology fungal developmental biology marine systems virus research clinical microbiology systematics plant science marine biota microbial physiology marine biotechnology fish immunology taxonomy (biology) plant taxonomy evolutionary taxonomies algal biomass algal product algal biotechnology algal cultivation soil organisms soil biochemistry soil microbiology energy biotechnology environmental biotechnology biomass conversion biochar carbohydrate-protein interactions glycosylation nanocellulose fungal physiology comparative analysis phylum bacteroidetes carrageenan catabolism complex regulon marine heterotrophic bacteria polysaccharide utilization locus recalcitrant chitin flavobacterium johnsoniae family cytophagaceae obellia galactanivorans genetic analyses alginate lyase cellulose utilization diverse c-terminal sequences crystalline cellulose sole source electron cryo-tomography

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Methylation of Foreign Dna Overcomes the Restriction Barrier of Flavobacterium Psychrophilum and Allows Efficient Genetic Manipulation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2025)

genetic engineeringgenome editingforensic geneticsrestriction barrierefficient genetic manipulationgenetic technologiesnucleic acidsepigeneticsgenomicsgenome biologygenomic mechanismsmicrobiologymolecular geneticsforeign dnamolecular biologygenetics

Unveiling the Molecular Mechanisms of the Type IX Secretion System's Response Regulator: Structural and Functional Insights. PNAS Nexus (2024)

Anshu SaranHey-Min KimIreland ManningMark A HancockClaus SchmitzMariusz MadejJan PotempaMaria SolaJean-François TrempeYongtao ZhuMary Ellen DaveyNatalie Zeytuni

response regulatorfunctional insightsprotein secretionimmunologybiochemistrymolecular mechanismsmolecular cell biologymolecular biologystructural biology

Filamentous Structures in the Cell Envelope Are Associated With Bacteroidetes Gliding Machinery. Communications Biology (2023)

biophysicsbiological macromoleculesmacromolecular machinesunicellular organismfilamentous structuresbiomolecular structuremicroorganismsbiofilmscell envelopemicrobiologybacteriaprokaryotic systemstructural molecular biologyapplied microbiology

A Multi-Rail Structure in the Cell Envelope for the Bacteroidetes Gliding Machinery. Research Square (2022)

biophysicsapplied microbiologybacteroidetes gliding machinerymulti-rail structurebiomolecular structuremicroorganismsbiofilmscell envelopepattern formationmicrobiologybacteriabioenergeticsmolecular motorsprokaryotic systembacteriologyenvironmental microbiology

In Situ Imaging of Bacterial Outer Membrane Projections and Associated Protein Complexes Using Electron Cryo-Tomography. eLife (2021)

Mohammed KaplanGeorges ChreifiLauren Ann MetskasJanine LiedtkeCecily R WoodCatherine M OikonomouWilliam J NicolasPoorna SubramanianLori A ZacharoffYuhang WangYi-Wei ChangMorgan BeebyMegan J DobroYongtao ZhuMark J McBrideAriane BriegelCarrie L ShafferGrant J Jensen

protein complexesbiological imagingsitu imagingmicrobiologyelectron cryo-tomographybacteriology

The Monoheme C Subunit of Respiratory Alternative Complex III is Not Essential for Electron Transfer to Cytochrome Aa 3 in Flavobacterium Johnsoniae. Microbiology Spectrum (2021)

Katarzyna LorencikRobert EkiertYongtao ZhuMark J. McBrideRobert B. GennisMarcin SarewiczArtur Osyczka

enzymesbiomolecular structureredox biologymolecular microbiologyelectron transferbiochemistrymicrobiologybacteriamolecular biologyaciii subunitsalternative complex iiistructural molecular biologymicrobial proteomicsmicrobial pathogenesis

The Carboxy-Terminal Region of Flavobacterium Johnsoniae Sprb Facilitates Its Secretion by the Type IX Secretion System and Propulsion by the Gliding Motility Machinery. Journal of Bacteriology (2019)

carboxy-terminal regionmolecular plant-microbe interactionsmicroorganismsgliding motility machinerymicrobiologybiologyfungal geneticsmolecular biologymicrobial pathogenesis

Carrageenan Catabolism is Encoded by a Complex Regulon in Marine Heterotrophic Bacteria. Nature Communications (2017)

applied microbiologymicroorganismsmicrobial physiologybiochemistrymicrobiologybiologybacteriamarine biotacomplex reguloncarrageenan catabolismmarine systemsmarine biotechnologymarine biologymicrobial ecologyenvironmental microbiologybiosynthesismarine heterotrophic bacteria

Diverse C-Terminal Sequences Involved in Flavobacterium Johnsoniae Protein Secretion. Journal of Bacteriology (2017)

molecular and cellular biologymolecular plant-microbe interactionsmolecular microbiologymicrobiologybacteriavirulence factorsdiverse c-terminal sequencesmolecular biology

Genetic Analyses Unravel the Crucial Role of a Horizontally Acquired Alginate Lyase for Brown Algal Biomass Degradation by Z Obellia Galactanivorans. Environmental Microbiology (2017)

bioenergyharmful algaemetabolic engineeringalgal cultivationalgal biotechnologyalgal productalginate lyasealgal biomassbiologygenetic analysesbiomass (energy)algal biologyintegrative plant biologyobellia galactanivoransmicrobial ecologyapplied phycologymicroorganismsbotanymicrobiologyalgal research

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Yongtao Zhu

Associate Professor

Minnesota State University--Mankato

Affiliations

Department Of Biology

Yongtao Zhu is currently serving as a Biology Associate Professor at Minnesota State University--Mankato.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Yongtao Zhu

Minnesota State University--Mankato

Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Methylation of Foreign Dna Overcomes the Restriction Barrier of Flavobacterium Psychrophilum and Allows Efficient Genetic Manipulation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2025)

Unveiling the Molecular Mechanisms of the Type IX Secretion System's Response Regulator: Structural and Functional Insights. PNAS Nexus (2024)

Anshu SaranHey-Min KimIreland ManningMark A HancockClaus SchmitzMariusz MadejJan PotempaMaria SolaJean-François TrempeYongtao ZhuMary Ellen DaveyNatalie Zeytuni

response regulatorfunctional insightsprotein secretionimmunologybiochemistrymolecular mechanismsmolecular cell biologymolecular biologystructural biology

Filamentous Structures in the Cell Envelope Are Associated With Bacteroidetes Gliding Machinery. Communications Biology (2023)

A Multi-Rail Structure in the Cell Envelope for the Bacteroidetes Gliding Machinery. Research Square (2022)

In Situ Imaging of Bacterial Outer Membrane Projections and Associated Protein Complexes Using Electron Cryo-Tomography. eLife (2021)

protein complexesbiological imagingsitu imagingmicrobiologyelectron cryo-tomographybacteriology

The Monoheme C Subunit of Respiratory Alternative Complex III is Not Essential for Electron Transfer to Cytochrome Aa 3 in Flavobacterium Johnsoniae. Microbiology Spectrum (2021)

Katarzyna LorencikRobert EkiertYongtao ZhuMark J. McBrideRobert B. GennisMarcin SarewiczArtur Osyczka

carboxy-terminal regionmolecular plant-microbe interactionsmicroorganismsgliding motility machinerymicrobiologybiologyfungal geneticsmolecular biologymicrobial pathogenesis

Carrageenan Catabolism is Encoded by a Complex Regulon in Marine Heterotrophic Bacteria. Nature Communications (2017)

Diverse C-Terminal Sequences Involved in Flavobacterium Johnsoniae Protein Secretion. Journal of Bacteriology (2017)

molecular and cellular biologymolecular plant-microbe interactionsmolecular microbiologymicrobiologybacteriavirulence factorsdiverse c-terminal sequencesmolecular biology

Genetic Analyses Unravel the Crucial Role of a Horizontally Acquired Alginate Lyase for Brown Algal Biomass Degradation by Z Obellia Galactanivorans. Environmental Microbiology (2017)

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