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Scott Gifford

University of North Carolina at Chapel HillORCID 0000-0002-3222-9681Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:statistical model· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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Liang Zhao· 2 shared Melanie Cohn· 1 shared Nathaniel P. CurtisiD· 1 shared Ryan W. PaerliD· 1 shared Samantha Kimberly Cerda· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 2/yr

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintJun 26, 2026

Transcriptional Markers of Organic Substrate Utilization in a Marine Bacterium

Samantha Kimberly Cerda, Melanie Cohn, Liang Zhao, Scott Gifford

This study evaluates the reliability of using bacterial transcriptomes to identify organic substrate utilization in a marine bacterium exposed to single or mixed substrates.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.26.734754

bacteria (other)bulk RNA-seq

GenomicsbioRxivPreprintMay 29, 2026

Quantitative metagenomics reveals fine-scale population dynamics across bacteria, archaea, and microbial eukaryotes in an estuarine-coastal continuum

Liang Zhao, Nathaniel P. Curtis, Ryan W. Paerl, Scott Gifford

This study uses quantitative metagenomics to track microbial population dynamics across estuarine and coastal waters, revealing niche partitioning and ecological interactions.

DOI 10.64898/2026.05.28.728481

metagenomicsstatistical model