James I Mullet

Biofilm formation and dynamics in the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus

This study shows Prochlorococcus forms biofilms, transitions between planktonic and biofilm states, and exudes more organic carbon, suggesting a role in deep-sea carbon export.

The distribution of particle-associated Prochlorococcus across the global oceans

This study quantifies the particle-associated Prochlorococcus population globally and finds it correlates with productivity and carbon export.

Influence of heterotrophs on phage infection of marine picocyanobacteria

This study investigates how heterotrophic bacteria affect phage infection of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus, finding that heterotrophs enable host recovery and confer resistance through non-genetic metabolic changes.

The shared and distinct roles of Prochlorococcus and co-occurring heterotrophic bacteria in regulating community dynamics

This study examines the interactions between Prochlorococcus and co-occurring heterotrophic bacteria in synthetic communities, revealing distinct metabolic roles and crossfeeding interactions.

ProSynTax: A curated protein dataset for taxonomic classification of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus in metagenomes

ProSynTax provides a curated protein dataset and workflow to improve taxonomic classification of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus in metagenomes with high phylogenetic resolution.

Phage-plasmid hybrids are found throughout diverse environments and encode niche-specific functional traits

The paper identifies and characterizes phage-plasmid hybrids across diverse environments, revealing their niche-specific functional traits and ecological roles.

mobileOG-db: a manually curated database of protein families mediating the life cycle of bacterial mobile genetic elements

The paper introduces mobileOG-db, a manually curated database of protein families involved in bacterial mobile genetic element life cycles, enabling improved MGE annotation and analysis.