Matthew Kellom

This study uses SIP-viromics to distinguish newly produced from persistent virions in soil, revealing that most virions persist without replication, linked to dominant bacterial groups.

The paper investigates the distribution and ecological role of MCR-encoding Thermoproteota in anoxic ecosystems and highlights the need for experimental studies to understand their contribution to methane production.

The paper proposes a roadmap for fair reuse of public microbiome data by introducing a Data Reuse Information tag (DRI) to facilitate communication between data creators and consumers.

The paper develops a tool to analyze tetranucleotide frequencies in metagenomes, revealing environmental-specific microbial community patterns and metabolic trends across 12,000 samples.

The paper compares whole genome sequencing and 16S rRNA gene amplicon metagenomics to study enhanced reductive dechlorination at a tetrachloroethene-contaminated site, showing WGS detects more microbial diversity and functional genes.

The paper analyzes a two-decade freshwater lake metagenome dataset to show that ecological and evolutionary processes in microbial communities operate on seasonal and decadal scales.

The paper introduces a data standard (MISIP) to improve reproducibility and reuse of stable isotope probing (SIP) sequencing data by defining essential metadata fields.