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Leslie A. Day

Dartmouth CollegeORCID 0000-0002-6330-3434Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 4 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1

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Adam M. DeutschbaueriD· 3 shared Morgan N. PriceiD· 3 shared Adam P. ArkiniD· 2 shared Hans K. CarlsoniD· 2 shared Kyle C. CostaiD· 2 shared Alesha D. Maxwell· 1 shared Ando Mariot RadanielsoniD· 1 shared Anna Lisa Fear· 1 shared

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Hypophosphite is a naturally-occurring selective inhibitor of syntrophic methanogenesis

Ruiwen Hu, Matt E. Weaver, Leslie A. Day, John Mark Marquez, Heidi S. Aronson, David A. O. Meier, Pedro Romero, Mohd Farid Abdul Halim, Alesha D. Maxwell, Kyle C. Costa, Adam M. Deutschbauer, Morgan N. Price, Matthias Hess, Koushik Singha Roy, Ando Mariot Radanielson, , Hans K. Carlson

This study identifies hypophosphite as a natural inhibitor of syntrophic methanogenesis, offering a potential strategy for methane control in ecosystems.

Environmental Science & Technology · Jun 12, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Terrestrial Organic Matter Amplifies Methane Emissions Across Sediments of the Mississippi River Headwaters

Hailey M. Sauer, Leslie A. Day, Trinity L. Hamilton

The paper investigates how terrestrial organic matter increases methane production in sediments of the Mississippi River headwaters, highlighting microbial interactions driving this effect.

bioRxiv · Dec 31, 2024 · PreprintEcology

Novel enzymes for amino acid biosynthesis in diverse bacteria and archaea: GapMind 2026

Morgan N. Price, Valentine V. Trotter, Markus de Raad, Suzanne M. Kosina, Hira Lesea, Anthony L. Shiver, Leslie A. Day, Surya Tripathi, Marta Torres, Trenton K. Owens, Audrey Liwen Wang, Anna Lisa Fear, Xuanyu Tao, Jizhong Z. Zhou, Adam M. Deutschbauer, Adam P. Arkin

The paper updates GapMind to include novel enzymes for amino acid biosynthesis, reducing pathway gaps in prokaryotes from 1.4 to 0.7 per genome.

bioRxiv · Oct 14, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology

High-throughput genetics enables identification of nutrient utilization and accessory energy metabolism genes in a model methanogen

Leslie A. Day, Hans K. Carlson, Dallas R. Fonseca, Adam P. Arkin, Morgan N. Price, Adam M. Deutschbauer, Kyle C. Costa

This paper uses high-throughput genetics to identify nutrient utilization and accessory energy metabolism genes in the methanogen Methanococcus maripaludis.

mBio · Aug 9, 2024Peer-reviewedMicrobiology