Debbie Lindell

The paper identifies genetic traits of low-light adapted Prochlorococcus in the Equatorial Pacific, showing loss of nitrite assimilation and use of an iron-independent HemG isoform.

The paper compares implicit and explicit representations of viral dynamics in marine ecosystem models, finding that explicit models better capture virus-induced mortality effects on phytoplankton blooms.

The paper infers single-cell heterogeneity in bacteriophage lysis-associated traits from population-scale dynamics, showing that burst size variability is largely explained by latent period differences.

The paper investigates how virus-grazer interactions affect Prochlorococcus mortality, virus production, and organic matter aggregation in a simplified marine ecosystem.

The paper models viral impacts on ocean productivity and biogeochemistry, showing that high viral shunt efficiency enhances productivity across much of the global ocean.

This paper develops a community model to investigate mechanisms enabling coexistence of viruses, grazers, and phytoplankton in marine ecosystems, finding that viral life history traits and predator mortality terms are critical for stability.

The paper identifies viral shunt activity as a driver of seasonal subsurface oxygen maxima in the Sargasso Sea by linking elevated cyanophage activity and bacterial catabolism.

This study shows that cyanophage NblA proteins negatively affect oceanic cyanobacterial photosynthesis by accelerating infection, degrading the phycobilisome, and reducing light harvesting efficiency.

This study investigates the functional roles of thioredoxin and cve genes in marine cyanophages, showing thioredoxin enhances phage fitness and virulence, while cve improves virulence despite reducing progeny production.

The paper identifies a mechanism of phage resistance in Synechococcus involving tRNA gene expression loss, showing that reduced LeuTAA tRNA levels prevent phage gene translation.