M. Mars Brisbin

Urbanization of a subtropical island (Okinawa, Japan) alters physicochemical characteristics and disrupts microbial community dynamics in nearshore ecosystems

The paper examines how urbanization on Okinawa, Japan, affects nearshore ecosystems by altering physicochemical conditions and microbial communities, with implications for coral reef health.

Missing microbial eukaryotes and misleading meta-omic conclusions

The paper highlights issues with taxonomic annotation in microbial eukaryote meta-omic datasets and proposes clustering as a more accurate approach than alignment-based methods.

Cytoklepty in the plankton: a host strategy to optimize the bioenergetic machinery of endosymbiotic algae

The paper shows that host cells manipulate algal endosymbionts to enhance their bioenergetic machinery, leading to increased carbon uptake and photosynthetic efficiency.

Extreme storms cause rapid, context-dependent shifts in nearshore subtropical bacterial communities

This study examines how extreme storms impact bacterial communities in nearshore subtropical waters, finding rapid shifts and context-dependent responses.

Paired high-throughput, in-situ imaging and high-throughput sequencing illuminate acantharian abundance and vertical distribution

This study uses paired in-situ imaging and sequencing to analyze acantharian abundance, distribution, and life history in the western North Pacific, revealing new insights into their morphology, life cycles, and behavior.

The microbiome wants what it wants: microbial evolution overtakes experimental host-mediated indirect selection

This study shows that microbial evolution outcompetes host-mediated selection in shaping host phenotype, highlighting the challenges of microbiome engineering.

Differential gene expression supports a resource-intensive, defensive role for colony production in the bloom-forming haptophyte, Phaeocystis globosa

This study identifies gene expression changes in Phaeocystis globosa colonial vs. solitary cells, suggesting colony production is resource-intensive and defensive.

Intra-host symbiont diversity and extended symbiont maintenance in photosymbiotic Acantharea (clade F)

This study investigates host-symbiont dynamics in clade F acantharians using single-cell sequencing and microscopy, finding they host multiple symbiont species and maintain them for extended periods.