Sarah K. Lucas

This study shows that repeated prescribed burns lead to long-term changes in soil nitrogen cycling and microbial function, not just short-term effects.

This study shows that microbial degradation of mucins provides more nutrients and triggers gene expression changes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa than host-mediated mucin breakdown.

This paper uses genomics and synthetic community experiments to show that acetic acid bacteria (AAB) significantly influence sourdough starter function through metabolic diversity and strain-specific effects.