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M. J. Wilkins

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Assay:metagenomics· 5 Approach:experimental assay· 4 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Assay:metabolomics· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1

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A. R. Nelson· 2 shared J. Stegen· 2 shared K. C. Wrighton· 2 shared K. K. Amundson· 2 shared M. A. Borton· 2 shared R. A. Daly· 2 shared R. K. Chu· 2 shared S. Roux· 2 shared

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6 papers

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Metabolic interactions underpinning high methane fluxes across terrestrial freshwater wetlands

E. K. Bechtold, J. B. Ellenbogen, J. A. Villa, D. K. de Melo Ferreira, A. M. Oliverio, J. E. Kostka, V. I. Rich, R. K. Varner, S. Bansal, E. J. Ward, G. Bohrer, M. A. Borton, K. C. Wrighton, M. J. Wilkins

The paper integrates multi-omics data from wetlands to link microbial communities to methane fluxes, identifying conserved genera and metabolic interactions that influence emissions.

Nature Communications · Jan 22, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

A functional microbiome catalog crowdsourced from North American rivers

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

Long-term CRISPR array dynamics and stable host-virus co-existence in subsurface fractured shales

K. K. Amundson, S. Roux, J. L. Shelton, M. J. Wilkins

The paper studies long-term host-virus dynamics in subsurface fractured shales, finding that CRISPR arrays shrink over time as microbial communities stabilize.

bioRxiv · Feb 3, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Implications of sample treatment on characterization of the riverine environmental metabolome

A. R. Nelson, J. Toyoda, R. K. Chu, N. Tolic, V. Garayburu-Caruso, C. M. Saup, L. Renteria, J. R. Wells, J. Stegen, M. J. Wilkins, R. E. Danczak

The paper evaluates how sample treatment and ionization mode affect the characterization of riverine environmental metabolomes using high-resolution mass spectrometry.

bioRxiv · Sep 2, 2021 · PreprintEcology

Playing with FiRE: A genome resolved view of the soil microbiome responses to high severity forest wildfire

A. R. Nelson, A. B. Narrowe, C. C. Rhoades, T. S. Fegel, R. A. Daly, H. K. Roth, R. K. Chu, K. K. Amundson, S. E. Geonczy, J. B. Emerson, R. B. Young, A. S. Steindorff, S. J. Mondo, I. V. Grigoriev, A. Salamov, , M. J. Wilkins

The paper analyzes soil microbiome responses to high severity wildfires using genome-resolved data, finding Actinobacteria dominance and microbial traits enhancing post-fire survival.

bioRxiv · Aug 17, 2021 · PreprintMicrobiology

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