Forest L. Rohwer

This study presents the first global survey of coral-associated microbial eukaryotes, revealing greater diversity than the coral bacterial microbiome and identifying new lineages and potential pathogens.

The paper examines viral metabolism in coral reefs, finding that lytic viruses consume central carbon intermediates for virion production, while temperate viruses build them, leading to distinct ecosystem states.

The paper investigates the evolutionary relationship between HK97-fold viruses and encapsulins, finding bidirectional transitions through procapsids.

The paper analyzes viral and bacterial communities in red and white snow to show increased microbial densities and temperate virus-bacteria interactions during snowmelt.

This paper introduces a theoretical framework to predict tipping points in dynamic systems by considering finite observations, validated through a predator-prey case study.

This study examines how coral geometry, including fractal dimension, surface area, and perimeter, influences outcomes in coral-algal competition, finding that geometric features explain a significant portion of variability in winning and losing regions.