Francisco Rodríguez‐Valera

Redundancy relocated: the distributed metaparalog pool of an Arctic Pelagibacterales population

The paper analyzes metaparalog diversity in an Arctic Pelagibacterales population, showing high diversity within a single population and highlighting the importance of pangenome studies for microbiology.

Population dynamics of Pelagibacterales clonal lineages: ecological-consortia and frequency modulation

The paper tracks clonal lineages of Pelagibacterales using O-chain biosynthesis genes across Mediterranean metagenomes, revealing stable diversity and co-varying consortia with ecological significance.

The Type IV Secretion System of Patescibacteria is homologous to the bacterial monoderm conjugation machinery

This paper identifies a distinct Type IV Secretion System (T4SS) in Patescibacteria, showing it evolved from monoderm bacteria via horizontal gene transfer and is adapted for non-conjugative functions.

Microdiversity in marine pelagic ammonia-oxidizing archaeal populations

The paper characterizes microdiversity in marine ammonia-oxidizing archaeal populations using long-read metagenomic sequencing and identifies flexible genomic islands with functional roles.

RaFAH: A superior method for virus-host prediction

RaFAH is a machine-learning method for virus-host prediction that outperforms existing methods with an F1-score of 0.97 at the phylum level, discovering new archaeal virus lineages and auxiliary metabolic genes.