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J. G. Sanders

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Evolutionary Biology· 3 Microbiology· 2 Ecology· 1

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 4 Assay:metagenomics· 4 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:clustering· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 2 Organism:multiple species· 2

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J. A. Russell· 3 shared Y. Hu· 3 shared B. Bechade· 2 shared C. Moreau· 2 shared C. S. Cabuslay· 2 shared P. Łukasik· 2 shared R. Koga· 2 shared A. H. Moeller· 1 shared

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J. A. Russell

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Low-cost genomics enable high-throughput isolate screening and strain-level microbiome profiling

J. G. Sanders, W. Yan, A. H. Moeller

This study develops a low-cost method for high-throughput bacterial isolation and genome sequencing, revealing recombination hotspots and plasmid transmission in chimpanzee gut microbiota.

bioRxiv · Apr 11, 2022Microbiology

The secrets to domestic bliss - Partner fidelity and environmental filtering preserve stage-specific turtle ant gut symbioses for over 40 million years

Y. Hu, C. L. D'Amelio, B. Bechade, C. S. Cabuslay, J. G. Sanders, S. Price, E. Fanwick, S. Powell, C. Moreau, J. A. Russell

bioRxiv · Sep 13, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

In their sister's footsteps: Taxonomic divergence obscures substantial functional overlap among the metabolically diverse symbiotic gut communities of adult and larval turtle ants

B. Bechade, Y. Hu, J. G. Sanders, C. S. Cabuslay, P. Łukasik, B. R. Williams, V. J. Fiers, R. Lu, J. T. Wertz, J. A. Russell

This study compares the metabolic capabilities of gut symbionts in turtle ant larvae and adults, revealing functional overlap despite taxonomic divergence.

bioRxiv · Sep 8, 2021 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology

Social behavior in bees influences the abundance of Sodalis (Enterobacteriaceae) symbionts

B. E. Rubin, J. G. Sanders, K. M. Turner, N. E. Pierce, S. D. Kocher

The paper investigates the relationship between social behavior in bees and the abundance of Sodalis symbionts, finding that Sodalis strains differ in abundance between social and solitary bees.

bioRxiv · Sep 22, 2017Microbiology

The structured diversity of specialized gut symbionts of the New World army ants

P. Lukasik, J. A. Newton, J. G. Sanders, Y. Hu, C. Moreau, D. Kronauer, S. O'Donnell, R. Koga, J. A. Russell

This study investigates the microbial communities of New World army ants, revealing specialized gut symbionts and their evolutionary history across different host species and geographic regions.

Molecular Ecology · Jul 1, 2017Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology

Dramatic differences in gut bacterial densities help to explain the relationship between diet and habitat in rainforest ants

J. G. Sanders, P. Łukasik, M. Frederickson, J. Russell, R. Koga, R. Knight, N. Pierce

The paper uses fluorescence microscopy and quantitative PCR to estimate microbial abundance in ants, showing gut bacterial density varies widely and correlates with herbivory in canopy-dwelling ants.

bioRxiv · Mar 7, 2017Ecology