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B. J. Woodcroft, S. T. N. Aroney, R. Zhao, M. Cunningham, J. A. M. Mitchell, L. Blackall, G. W. Tyson
SingleM and Sandpiper improve microbial taxonomic profiling in metagenomic data by detecting novel species and showing most environments are dominated by unrepresented taxa.
bioRxiv · Jan 30, 2024Microbiology
J. B. Ellenbogen, M. A. Borton, B. B. McGivern, D. R. Cronin, D. W. Hoyt, V. Freire-Zapata, C. K. McCalley, R. K. Varner, P. M. Crill, R. A. Wehr, J. P. Chanton, B. J. Woodcroft, M. M. Tfaily, G. W. Tyson, V. I. Rich, K. C. Wrighton
This study identifies methylotrophic methanogenesis and bacterial methylotrophy as significant contributors to methane production in thawing permafrost.
mSystems · Jan 23, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology
A. A. Davin, B. J. Woodcroft, R. M. Soo, R. Murali, D. Schrempf, J. Clark, B. Boussau, E. R. R. Moody, L. L. Szantho, E. Richy, D. Pisani, J. Hemp, W. W. Fischer, P. Donoghue, A. Spang, , G. J. Szöllosi
This paper uses machine learning and phylogenetic reconciliation to estimate the evolutionary timeline of Bacteria, linking transitions to aerobic lifestyles to the Great Oxidation Event.
bioRxiv · Aug 8, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology
M. C. Schoelmerich, L. Ly, J. West-Roberts, L.-D. Shi, C. Shen, N. Malvankar, N. Taib, S. Gribaldo, B. J. Woodcroft, B. Al-Shayeb, X. Dai, C. Mozsary, S. Hickey, C. He, J. A. Beaulaurier, , J. Banfield
The paper identifies conserved genetic repertoires in Borg extrachromosomal elements of methane-oxidizing archaea and shows their higher expression than host genes.
bioRxiv · Aug 1, 2023Microbiology
M. A. Borton, B. B. McGivern, K. R. Willi, B. J. Woodcroft, A. C. Mosier, D. M. Singleton, T. Bambakidis, A. C. Pelly, F. Liu, J. N. Edirisinghe, J. P. Faria, I. Leleiwi, R. A. Daly, A. E. Goldman, M. J. Wilkins, , K. C. Wrighton
The paper creates GROWdb, a microbiome database from North American rivers, revealing microbial community structures and functional traits across watersheds.
bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology
G. Trubl, S. Roux, M. A. Borton, A. Varsani, Y.-F. Li, C. Sun, H. B. Jang, B. J. Woodcroft, G. W. Tyson, K. C. Wrighton, S. R. Saleska, E. A. Eloe-Fadrosh, M. B. Sullivan, V. I. Rich
The paper analyzes ssDNA and dsDNA soil viruses along a permafrost thaw gradient to assess their ecological roles and biogeochemical impacts on carbon processing.
bioRxiv · Jun 13, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology
J. B. Emerson, R. K. Varner, M. Wik, D. H. Parks, R. B. Neumann, J. E. Johnson, C. M. Singleton, B. J. Woodcroft, R. Tollerson, A. Owusu-Dommey, M. Binder, N. L. Freitas, P. M. Crill, S. R. Saleska, G. W. Tyson, V. I. Rich
This study shows that spatial variations in sediment microbiota influence methane emission temperature sensitivity in Arctic lakes.
Nature Communications · Oct 5, 2021Peer-reviewedMicrobiology
J. Sun, P. N. Evans, E. J. Gagen, B. J. Woodcroft, B. P. Hedlund, T. Woyke, P. Hugenholtz, C. Rinke
This study identifies two new Asgardarchaeota lineages with methylotrophic metabolism enhanced by genetic code expansions, including selenocysteine and pyrrolysine recoding.
bioRxiv · Feb 19, 2021Microbiology
N. Dombrowski, T. A. Williams, J. Sun, B. J. Woodcroft, J.-H. Lee, B. Q. Minh, C. Rinke, A. Spang
The paper reconstructs genomes of Undinarchaeota, a new DPANN archaeal lineage, and analyzes their phylogenetic placement and potential gene exchange with hosts.
bioRxiv · Mar 5, 2020 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology
G. Trubl, H. B. Jang, S. Roux, J. B. Emerson, N. Solonenko, D. R. Vik, L. Solden, J. Ellenbogen, A. T. Runyon, B. Bolduc, B. J. Woodcroft, S. R. Saleska, G. W. Tyson, K. C. Wrighton, M. B. Sullivan, V. I. Rich
This study identifies 53 viral populations in permafrost thawing soils, revealing their ecological diversity and potential role in carbon cycling through host infection and auxiliary metabolic genes.
bioRxiv · Jun 15, 2018Microbiology