Breah LaSarre

This study identifies the unique association of the CYVD pathogen with the extrafascicular phloem in cucurbits, showing its colonization of all four EFP sieve tube types and supporting rapid pathogen growth in EFP exudates.

The paper introduces the ACT pipeline for classifying long-read amplicons, showing improved performance in identifying novel and low-abundance taxa compared to existing methods.

This study evolved Rhodopseudomonas palustris to use formate as a carbon source, identifying mutations that enhance formate assimilation through potential CO2 concentrating mechanisms.