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Michael J. Morowitz

University of PittsburghORCID 0000-0001-8172-637XUnclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:human· 3 Assay:metagenomics· 3 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:C. elegans· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1

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Jillian F. BanfieldiD· 4 shared Allison K. GuitoriD· 2 shared Rohan SachdevaiD· 2 shared Adair L. BorgesiD· 1 shared Agata H DziegieliD· 1 shared Alison E. MatheriD· 1 shared Anu KanteleiD· 1 shared April A. JauhaliD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintMar 28, 2026

Metagenomic strain-resolved DNA modification patterns link extrachromosomal genetic elements to host strains

Shuai Wang, Allison K. Guitor, Luis E. Valentin-Alvarado…·Rohan Sachdeva

The paper introduces MODIFI, a tool for detecting DNA modifications in metagenomes, and identifies ECE-host linkages in environmental and human samples.

1 citation

humanmetagenomics

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintSep 30, 2025

Megaplasmids associate with Escherichia coli and other Enterobacteriaceae

Allison K. Guitor, Shuai Wang, Owen T. Tuck…·Jillian F. Banfield

The paper identifies megaplasmids in Enterobacteriaceae species, showing they are self-transmissible, encode drug resistance, and may enhance bacterial competitiveness.

DOI 10.1101/2025.09.30.679422

E. coliC. elegans

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Systems BiologybioRxivPreprintJan 6, 2022

Validation that human microbiome phages use alternative genetic coding with TAG stop read as Q

Samantha L. Peters, Adair L. Borges, Richard J. Giannone…·Robert L. Hettich

The paper confirms that phages in the human gut microbiome use an alternative genetic code where TAG stop codon is read as glutamine.

2 citations

humanmetagenomics

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintJan 24, 2019

Functional potential of bacterial strains in the premature infant gut microbiome is associated with gestational age

Sumayah F. Rahman, Matthew R. Olm, Michael J. Morowitz, Jillian F. Banfield

This study investigates how gestational age affects the functional potential and species richness of the gut microbiome in premature infants using genome-resolved metagenomics.

DOI 10.1101/530139

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