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J. West-Roberts

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 5 Approach:experimental assay· 5 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 4 Assay:metagenomics· 4 Assay:DNA methylation· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2

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Asgard archaea modulate potential methanogenesis substrates in wetland soil

L. E. Valentin-Alvarado, K. E. Appler, V. De Anda, M. C. Schoelmerich, J. West-Roberts, V. Kivenson, A. Crits-Christoph, L. Ly, R. Sachdeva, D. F. Savage, B. J. Baker, J. F. Banfield

The paper reconstructs genomes of soil-associated Asgard archaea and uses metatranscriptomics to show their role in carbon compound metabolism relevant to methane production in wetlands.

bioRxiv · Nov 21, 2023Microbiology

Methanotrophic Methanoperedens archaea host diverse and interacting extrachromosomal elements

L.-D. Shi, J. West-Roberts, M. C. Schoelmerich, P. I. Penev, L. Chen, Y. Amano, S. Lei, R. Sachdeva, J. F. Banfield

The paper identifies and characterizes diverse extrachromosomal elements in Methanoperedens archaea, including mini-Borgs and viruses, and shows their genetic exchange and potential impact on archaeal activity.

bioRxiv · Aug 2, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Borg extrachromosomal elements of methane-oxidizing archaea have conserved and expressed genetic repertoires

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

Autotrophic biofilms sustained by deeply-sourced groundwater host diverse CPR bacteria implicated in sulfur and hydrogen metabolism

L. E. V. Alvarado, S. C. Fakra, A. J. Probst, J. R. Giska, A. L. Jaffe, L. M. Oltrogge, J. West-Roberts, J. Rowland, M. Manga, D. F. Savage, C. Greening, B. J. Baker, J. F. Banfield

The paper identifies CPR bacteria in sulfide-rich biofilms, linking them to sulfur and hydrogen metabolism through genomic and spectroscopic analyses.

bioRxiv · Nov 17, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

Borg tandem repeats undergo rapid evolution and are under strong selection to create new intrinsically disordered regions in proteins

M. C. Schoelmerich, R. Sachdeva, L. Waldburger, J. West-Roberts, J. Banfield

The paper analyzes Borg genomes to show tandem repeats evolve rapidly and create intrinsically disordered regions in proteins, contributing to functional diversity and host associations.

bioRxiv · May 18, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

Using strain-resolved analysis to identify contamination in metagenomics data

Y. C. Lou, J. Hoff, M. R. Olm, J. West-Roberts, S. Diamond, B. A. Firek, M. J. Morowitz, J. F. Banfield

This study identifies contamination in metagenomics data using strain-resolved analysis, finding that contamination is more common in low-biomass samples and adjacent extraction plate positions.

bioRxiv · Jan 16, 2022Microbiology

Borgs are giant extrachromosomal elements with the potential to augment methane oxidation

B. Al-Shayeb, M. C. Schoelmerich, J. West-Roberts, L. E. Valentin-Alvarado, R. Sachdeva, S. Mullen, A. Crits-Christoph, M. J. Wilkins, K. H. Williams, J. A. Doudna, J. F. Banfield

The paper identifies Borgs, large extrachromosomal elements in Methanoperedens archaea, which enhance methane oxidation capacity and may influence greenhouse gas emissions.

bioRxiv · Jul 10, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology

Function of BriC Peptide in the Pneumococcal Competence and Virulence Portfolio

S. D. Aggarwal, R. Eutsey, J. West-Roberts, A. Domenech, W. Xu, I. T. Abdullah, A. P. Mitchell, J.-W. Veening, H. Yesilkaya, N. L. Hiller

This study identifies BriC as a competence-induced gene in Streptococcus pneumoniae that promotes biofilm development and colonization, with its expression regulated by the ComE master regulator and showing genomic plasticity in some isolates.

bioRxiv · Jul 10, 2018Microbiology