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Mara J W Schwiesow

Howard Hughes Medical InstituteORCID 0000-0003-1245-1354Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Ecology· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Organism:fungi (other)· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1

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E. Maggie SoginiD· 1 shared Hailey Hatch-WestiD· 1 shared Jake T. Leinas· 1 shared Kaden McKenzie MuffettiD· 1 shared Leah A. Farinella· 1 shared Marina Ruzic· 1 shared Nels C. EldeiD· 1 shared Salma Arechiga Mendoza· 1 shared

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EcologyNature CommunicationsPeer-reviewedOct 29, 2026

Low-abundance taxa drive host microbiome response to temperature stress

Kaden McKenzie Muffett, Stephen John Williams, Sophia MacVittie…·E. Maggie Sogin

The paper identifies temperature-sensitive microbial taxa in the cnidarian Exaiptasia diaphana that signal early thermal stress before host fitness declines.

DOI 10.1038/s41467-026-79034-2

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MicrobiologyGeneticsPeer-reviewedAug 21, 2025

Distinct routes to thermotolerance in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Mara J W Schwiesow, Leah A. Farinella, Marina Ruzic…·Zoë A. Hilbert

This study identifies multiple genetic routes to thermotolerance in Cryptococcus neoformans through experimental evolution under increasing temperatures.

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fungi (other)experimental assay

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