Sanjay Antony‐Babu

Aerobic GenX Defluorination by a Wastewater Cladosporium halotolerans Strain with a Genomically Expanded Haloacid Dehalogenase Repertoire

This paper identifies a wastewater Cladosporium halotolerans strain capable of aerobically degrading GenX, a PFAS, through a genomically expanded haloacid dehalogenase repertoire and a phased transcriptional program.

Reconstructing the hyphosphere using a hyphal release-capture soil microcosm

This study introduces a soil microcosm to reconstruct and analyze hyphosphere bacterial communities in plant-associated soils, revealing distinct microbial composition and structure.

Machine Learning-Guided Synthetic Microbial Communities Enable Functional and Sustainable Degradation of Persistent Environmental Pollutants

The paper develops GENIA, a machine learning framework for designing synthetic microbial communities that degrade multiple persistent pollutants more effectively than existing methods.

Domestication Compromised Microbiome-Mediated Resistance to Western Corn Rootworm in Maize

This study identifies microbiome-mediated resistance to Western corn rootworm in maize, showing that domestication reduces plant-microbiome interactions critical for defense.

Microbiome differentiation between micro-sympatric maize and teosinte reveals domestication-driven functional erosion of the microbiome across plant compartments

This study compares microbiomes of domesticated maize and its wild ancestor teosinte across plant compartments, finding reduced diversity and functional capacity in maize due to domestication.