A. Kakouridis

Arbuscular mycorrhiza convey significant plant carbon to a diverse hyphosphere microbial food web and mineral-associated organic matter

This study quantifies how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi transfer plant carbon to soil microbial communities and mineral-associated organic matter.

Desiccated cyanobacteria serve as efficient plasmid DNA carrier in space flight

The paper demonstrates that desiccated cyanobacteria can safely transport plasmid DNA to and from space without cryogenic storage, preserving DNA integrity for use in synthetic biology.

HT-SIP: A semi-automated Stable Isotope Probing pipeline identifies interactions in the hyphosphere of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

The paper introduces a semi-automated DNA-SIP pipeline to improve efficiency and reproducibility in microbial community studies, demonstrating its application in analyzing the hyphosphere of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

Pseudomonas response regulators produced in an E. coli heterologous expression host exhibit host-derived post-translational phosphorylation

This study examines post-translational phosphorylation of Pseudomonas response regulators expressed in E. coli, finding that phosphorylation states are influenced by host factors rather than exogenous phospho-donors.

Routes to Roots: Direct Evidence of Water Transport by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi to Host Plants

The paper directly tracks and quantifies water transport by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to host plants using isotopically-labeled water and a fluorescent dye in a greenhouse experiment.