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P. T. West

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Assay:metagenomics· 4 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:human· 3 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:metabolomics· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1

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J. F. Banfield· 3 shared M. R. Olm· 3 shared A. S. Bhatt· 2 shared B. A. Firek· 2 shared M. J. Morowitz· 2 shared R. Baker· 2 shared A. D. Johnson· 1 shared A. Garcia De Las Bayonas· 1 shared

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Intragenic DNA inversions expand bacterial coding capacity

R. B. Chanin, P. T. West, R. M. Park, J. Wirbel, G. Z. M. Green, A. M. Miklos, M. O. Gill, A. S. Hickey, E. F. Brooks, A. S. Bhatt

The paper identifies intragenic DNA inversions in prokaryotes using long-read sequencing, showing they allow genes to encode multiple protein versions without increasing genome size.

bioRxiv · Mar 11, 2023Microbiology

Metabolic diversity in commensal protists regulates intestinal immunity and trans-kingdom competition

E. R. Gerrick, S. Zlitni, P. T. West, M. M. Carter, C. M. Mechler, M. R. Olm, E. B. Caffrey, J. A. Li, S. K. Higginbottom, C. J. Severyn, F. Kracke, A. M. Spormann, J. L. Sonnenburg, A. S. Bhatt, M. R. Howitt

The paper identifies metabolic diversity in commensal protists and shows how it influences intestinal immunity and trans-kingdom competition with bacteria.

bioRxiv · Aug 26, 2022Microbiology

Genetic and behavioral adaptation of Candida parapsilosis to the microbiome of hospitalized infants revealed by in situ genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics

P. T. West, S. L. Peters, M. R. Olm, F. B. Yu, Y. C. Lou, B. A. Firek, R. Baker, A. D. Johnson, M. J. Morowitz, R. L. Hettich, J. F. Banfield

This study identifies genetic and behavioral adaptations of C. parapsilosis in the gut microbiome of hospitalized infants using in situ genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics.

Microbiome · Jun 21, 2021Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Colonial choanoflagellate isolated from Mono Lake harbors a microbiome

K. Hake, P. T. West, K. L. McDonald, D. Laundon, A. Garcia De Las Bayonas, C. Feng, P. Burkhardt, D. J. Richter, J. Banfield, N. King

The paper isolates and characterizes a new colonial choanoflagellate species, Barroeca monosierra, from Mono Lake that hosts a microbiome, offering a model for studying eukaryote-bacteria interactions.

bioRxiv · Mar 30, 2021Microbiology

Patterns of gene content and co-occurrence constrain the evolutionary path toward animal association in CPR bacteria

A. L. Jaffe, C. He, R. Keren, L. E. Valentin-Alvarado, P. L. Munk, K. Bouma-Gregson, I. F. Farag, Y. Amano, R. Sachdeva, P. T. West, J. F. Banfield

This study examines gene content and co-occurrence patterns in CPR bacteria to understand their evolutionary transitions between environmental and animal-associated habitats.

bioRxiv · Mar 3, 2021Microbiology

Strain-level overlap between infant and hospital fungal microbiomes revealed through de novo assembly of eukaryotic genomes from metagenomes

M. R. Olm, P. T. West, B. Brooks, B. A. Firek, R. Baker, M. J. Morowitz, J. F. Banfield

The paper analyzes metagenomic data from premature infants and NICUs to identify fungal strains and their genetic diversity, revealing high similarity between infant and hospital-associated fungi.

bioRxiv · May 17, 2018Microbiology