F. Robert Tabita
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University
Publications
254
Citations
12,369
Est. group size
~3
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
54
Publishing since 1972
F. Robert Tabita studies the enzyme RubisCO, which many photosynthetic and other microorganisms use to capture carbon dioxide, focusing on how bacterial versions of this enzyme function and how they can be engineered or selected for improved CO2-fixing properties. This work uses photosynthetic and metabolically versatile bacteria as model systems to understand carbon fixation pathways relevant to photosynthesis and microbial metabolism.
Publication output was modest and fairly steady from 2017-2020 (2-3 papers/year) but has slowed considerably since 2021, with only single papers in some recent years and none in others.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Selection of Cyanobacterial ( <i>Synechococcus</i> sp. Strain PCC 6301) RubisCO Variants with Improved Functional Properties That Confer Enhanced CO <sub>2</sub> -Dependent Growth of Rhodobacter capsulatus, a Photosynthetic Bacterium
mBio · 2019
- Isotope discrimination by form IC RubisCO from <i>Ralstonia eutropha</i> and <i>Rhodobacter sphaeroides</i> , metabolically versatile members of ‘ <i>Proteobacteria</i> ’ from aquatic and soil habitats
Environmental Microbiology · 2018
- The Arnon–Buchanan cycle: a retrospective, 1966–2016
Photosynthesis Research · 2017
- Rubis<scp>CO</scp> selection using the vigorously aerobic and metabolically versatile bacterium <i>Ralstonia eutropha</i>
FEBS Journal · 2016
- Polypyrrole membranes as scaffolds for biomolecule immobilization
Smart Materials and Structures · 2016
- Structure function studies of R. palustris RubisCO (R. palustris/R. rubrum chimera)
2016
- mBio×3
- The ISME Journal×1
- Science×1
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences×1
- Environmental Microbiology×1
- Louis A. Sherman
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Mingxu Fang
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · The Ohio State University
- Amit Srivastava
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette
- David M. Kehoe
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University
- Alizée Malnoë
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Indiana University
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