Alexander J. Probst

Phagocytosis without mitochondria is a lineage trait of planctomycetal bacteria of prey

The paper shows that some mitochondria-lacking planctomycetal bacteria can engulf prey, challenging mitochondria-first eukaryogenesis models.

The origin and evolution of archaeal Borg extrachromosomal elements

The paper identifies and characterizes Borgs and mini-Borgs in Methanoperedens archaea, revealing their evolutionary origins and genomic relationships.

Automated refinement of metagenomic bins and estimation of binning success using itBins

itBins refines metagenomic bins and estimates binning success using %GC content, coverage, and taxonomy, outperforming existing tools in speed and accuracy.

Microbial Diversity and Community Shifts in a Petroleum Reservoir under Production: Effects of Water Breakthrough and Anthropogenic Alterations

The paper examines microbial diversity and community shifts in an oil reservoir under production, finding that water breakthrough alters community structure through sulfate-reducing bacteria rather than injected microbes.

Novel Extended Tetraether Lipids Found in a High-CO2 Geyser

The paper identifies novel extended tetraether lipids in a high-CO2 geyser, suggesting their role in membrane adaptation to extreme conditions.

Methanotrophic acetogenesis drives a novel pathway of arsenic mobilization in reducing groundwaters

The paper identifies a microbial pathway where methane oxidation produces acetate, which then drives Fe(III) and As(V) reduction, leading to arsenic mobilization in groundwater.

Uranium mining fuels evolution in deep groundwater microbiomes

This study shows that uranium mining alters deep groundwater microbiomes, causing genetic and functional changes through increased radiation and uranium exposure.

Microbial Worlds Apart: Distinct Communities in Crude Oil and Production Waters

The paper compares microbial communities in crude oil and production water from oil fields, finding that crude oil samples better represent reservoir microbiomes than production water.

Complex compositional and cellular response of river sediment microbiomes to multiple anthropogenic stressors

This study shows river sediment microbiomes are highly sensitive to reduced flow velocity, leading to altered community compositions and stress responses that recover after two weeks.

A uniform stress response of stream microbiomes in the hyporheic zone across North America

The paper analyzes hyporheic zone microbiomes across North America to show conserved stress responses and distinct metabolic activity in sediments versus surface water.

Inferring replication states of bacteria and viruses in enrichment cultures via long-read sequencing

This paper uses long-read sequencing to infer replication states of bacteria and viruses in enrichment cultures by detecting non-canonical base incorporation.

A global atlas of subsurface microbiomes reveals phylogenetic novelty, large scale biodiversity gradients, and a marine-terrestrial divide

The paper analyzes subsurface microbiomes globally, finding a marine-terrestrial phylogenetic divide and revealing that marine subsurface environments host significant microbial diversity.

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

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

MuDoGeR: Multi-Domain Genome Recovery from metagenomes made easy

MuDoGeR simplifies genome recovery from metagenomes for non-experts, demonstrating effectiveness across various sample sizes.

Leave no stone unturned: The hidden potential of carbon and nitrogen cycling by novel, highly adapted Thaumarchaeota in the Atacama Desert hyperarid core

The paper identifies a novel Thaumarchaeota genus in the Atacama Desert hyperarid core, revealing its role in carbon and nitrogen cycling through genomic analysis.

uBin - a manual refining tool for metagenomic bins designed for educational purposes

uBin is a manual bin refinement tool for metagenomics designed for education, improving bin quality by reducing contamination in public datasets.

Microbial diversity and metabolic potential in cyanotoxin producing cyanobacterial mats throughout a river network

The paper analyzes microbial diversity and metabolic potential in cyanotoxin-producing cyanobacterial mats across a river network using metagenomic sequencing.

Genome-reconstruction for eukaryotes from complex natural microbial communities

The paper introduces EukRep, a method to recover eukaryotic genomes from metagenomic samples, demonstrating its utility in analyzing microbial community responses to environmental changes.