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Paul Dijkstra

Northern Arizona UniversityORCID 0000-0002-4483-0116Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Assay:metagenomics· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 2 Assay:metabolomics· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1

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Peter F. ChuckraniD· 4 shared Jennifer Pett‐RidgeiD· 3 shared Steven J. BlazewicziD· 3 shared Bruce A. HungateiD· 2 shared Egbert SchwartziD· 2 shared Ella Tali SieradzkiiD· 2 shared Jillian F. BanfieldiD· 2 shared Katerina Estera‐MolinaiD· 2 shared

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Rapid Changes in Transcription During a Feast-Famine Event

Paul Dijkstra, Bruce A. Hungate, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Steven J. Blazewicz, Javier A. Ceja-Navarro, Ember M. Morrissey, Peter F. Chuckran, Egbert Schwartz

This study examines how soil microbial gene transcription changes during a feast-famine event, showing shifts in metabolic and regulatory pathways over time.

Soil Biology and Biochemistry · Jun 11, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology

Quantitative stable isotope probing to measure in situ growth of protist populations

Rebecca L. Mau, Michaela Hayer, Paul Dijkstra, Stefan Geisen, Bruce A. Hungate, Egbert Schwartz

This study uses quantitative stable isotope probing (qSIP) to measure in situ growth rates of soil protists across a moisture gradient, revealing significant differences in growth rates and taxa abundance.

bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

Reduced legacy precipitation decreases microbial community growth efficiency and alters soil organic carbon in a California grassland

Linnea K. Hernandez, Nicole DiDonato, Ljiljana Paša‐Tolić, Peter F. Chuckran, Mary K. Firestone, Ella Tali Sieradzki, Mengting Yuan, Katerina Estera‐Molina, Jeffrey A. Kimbrel, Paul Dijkstra, Jillian F. Banfield, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Steven J. Blazewicz

This study shows that reduced winter precipitation lowers microbial growth efficiency and shifts soil organic carbon composition in a California grassland.

Microbiome · Apr 11, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Codon bias, nucleotide selection, and genome size predict in situ bacterial growth rate and transcription in rewetted soil

Peter F. Chuckran, Katerina Estera‐Molina, Alexa M. Nicolas, Ella T. Sieradzki, Paul Dijkstra, Mary K. Firestone, Jennifer Pett‐Ridge, Steven J. Blazewicz

The paper links genomic traits like codon bias and genome size to bacterial growth and transcription rates in rewetted soil using metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jan 13, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

A five-fold expansion of the global RNA virome reveals multiple new clades of RNA bacteriophages

Uri Neri, Yuri I. Wolf, Simon Roux, Antônio Pedro Camargo, Benjamin Lee, Darius Kazlauskas, I. Min Chen, Natalia Ivanova, Lisa Zeigler Allen, David Páez-Espino, Donald A. Bryant, Devaki Bhaya, Adrienne B. Narrowe, Alexander J. Probst, Alexander Sczyrba, , Vincent J. Denef

The paper expands the global RNA virome by five-fold, identifying new clades of RNA bacteriophages and revealing novel virus-host interactions.

Cell · Sep 28, 2022Peer-reviewedGenomics