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Z. E. Havlena, L. D. Hose, H. R. DuChene, G. M. Baker, D. Powell, A. L. Labrado, B. Brunner, D. S. Jones
The paper analyzes mineral deposits and microbial communities in Lehman Caves to determine if biogenic minerals formed during sulfuric acid corrosion and explores microbial diversity in the cave.
bioRxiv · Aug 15, 2023Microbiology
E. R. Moore-Pollard, D. S. Jones, J. R. Mandel
The paper introduces a new Hyb-Seq probe set, Compositae-ParaLoss-1272, which improves resolution and reduces paralogous sequence issues in sunflower family phylogenomic studies.
bioRxiv · Jul 19, 2023 · PreprintPlant Biology
M. A. Zepeda-Rivera, Y. Eisele, A. Baryiames, H. Wu, C. Mengoni, G. Piccinno, E. McMahon, K. D. LaCourse, D. S. Jones, H. Hauner, S. S. Minot, N. Segata, F. E. Dewhirst, C. D. Johnston, S. Bullman
The paper isolates and characterizes a novel Fusobacterium species from a human colon tumor, showing its adherence to epithelial cells and IL-8 induction.
bioRxiv · Jun 16, 2023Microbiology
K. K. Hobart, Z. Greensky, K. Hernandez, J. M. Feinberg, J. V. Bailey, D. S. Jones
The paper characterizes microbial communities from naturally-weathered Duluth Complex outcrops and seeps, showing distinct communities compared to experimentally-weathered samples and implications for mine waste management.
bioRxiv · Oct 3, 2022Microbiology
D. S. Jones, I. Schaperdoth, D. E. Northup, R. Gomez-Cruz, J. L. Macalady
The paper investigates microbial community assembly in acidic cave biofilms across continents, finding convergent communities shaped by geographic isolation and selection for acid tolerance.
bioRxiv · Sep 13, 2022Microbiology
V. P. O'Brien, L. K. Jackson, J. Frick, A. E. Rodriguez Martinez, D. S. Jones, C. D. Johnston, N. R. Salama
The paper shows that H. pylori strains from later stages of infection are better at colonizing metaplastic gastric tissue, linked to genetic variation in the sabB gene.
bioRxiv · Jun 13, 2022Microbiology
A. John, E. S. Smith, D. S. Jones, C. Soyars, Z. L. Nimchuk
The paper shows CLV3 signaling interacts with auxin to regulate meristem maintenance and floral primordia formation, with temperature and auxin levels affecting this interaction.
bioRxiv · May 27, 2022Plant Biology
E. Capo, B. D. Peterson, M. Kim, D. S. Jones, S. G. Acinas, M. Amyot, S. Bertilsson, E. Bjorn, M. Buck, C. Cosio, D. Elias, C. Gilmour, M. Goni, B. Gu, H. Lin, , C. M. Gionfriddo
The paper presents a standardized protocol and bioinformatic pipeline for detecting and quantifying mercury methylation genes (hgcAB) in metagenomes, showing comparable efficiency between single and co-assembly approaches.
bioRxiv · Mar 14, 2022Microbiology
F. Rosconi, E. Rudmann, J. Li, D. Surujon, J. Anthony, M. Frank, D. S. Jones, C. Rock, J. W. Rosch, C. D. Johnston, T. van Opijnen
The paper investigates how a bacterial pan-genome affects gene essentiality and shows that essential genes can evolve to become non-essential through genetic changes and mechanisms like functional redundancy and pathway rewiring.
bioRxiv · Feb 8, 2022Microbiology
S. Flores Ramos, S. D. Brugger, I. Fernandez Escapa, C. A. Skeete, S. L. Cotton, S. M. Eslami, W. Gao, L. Bomar, T. H. Tran, D. S. Jones, S. Minot, R. J. Roberts, C. D. Johnston, K. P. Lemon
This study analyzes the genomic stability and defense mechanisms of Dolosigranulum pigrum, a beneficial human nasal bacterium, using 28 genomes to reveal its chromosomal structure, MGEs, and defense systems.
bioRxiv · Apr 16, 2021Microbiology
J. Yuan, Y. Ju, D. S. Jones, W. Zhang, N. Lucca, C. J. Staiger, S. A. Kessler
The paper shows that NORTIA accumulation at the filiform apparatus is essential for pollen tube reception in Arabidopsis thaliana.
bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2020 · PreprintPlant Biology