Russell J. S. Orr

This study examines how chlorine-based antiseptic use affects the hand microbiome during a military exercise, finding greater post-treatment microbiome differences with the antiseptic compared to alcohol-based alternatives.

This study examines spatial and temporal patterns in public transit aerobiomes across six global cities using shotgun metagenomics, revealing city-specific microbial signatures and the importance of bioinformatics pipelines for contaminant removal.

This study examines how a military field exercise affects the bacterial communities on soldiers' hands and forearms, finding site-specific changes in diversity and composition.

This study estimates the root of the eukaryote Tree of Life using mitochondrial proteins, finding it between Opimoda+ and Diphoda+ supergroups.

The paper investigates mitochondrial reduction in free-living metamonads, finding extreme reduction in some species, including loss of mitochondrial functions and pathways.

The paper presents the genome of the great gerbil, identifying a duplicated MHCII DRB gene associated with resistance to plague.