Saria A. McKeithen-Mead

The paper tracks gene flow in the gut microbiome, showing diet and community ecology influence phage activation and horizontal gene transfer.

The paper tracks lineage evolution and transmission of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron across hosts and ecological scales using genomic barcoding and whole-genome sequencing.

This study uses phage-based manipulation to reveal ecological interactions in gut microbiomes by targeting Escherichia fergusonii and analyzing its role in community dynamics.

The paper investigates how the integrative and conjugative element ICEBs1 modulates the host SOS response to DNA damage in Bacillus subtilis.

The paper estimates phage population dynamics and lifestyle in the human gut using integrated data, finding a low lysis rate and high genome-to-genome ratio suggesting temperate phage dominance.