Britt Koskella

This study examines the role of the mobilome, particularly prophages, in shaping biotic interactions in Pseudomonas syringae by analyzing 590 genomes and identifying defense mechanisms and effectors.

The paper predicts phage receptor specificity from genome data using large-scale genetic screens and machine learning, achieving high accuracy for E. coli phages.

The paper investigates microbial interactions in a synthetic tomato phyllosphere community, showing that pathogen suppression is an emergent community property, not due to individual strains.

This paper examines whether viromes can serve as signatures of microbiome health by analyzing published studies on phage and bacterial diversity in healthy and dysbiotic states.

This study demonstrates that retron-mediated recombineering can be applied across multiple bacterial species, achieving high editing efficiencies in several phyla.

The paper shows that phages enhance plant resistance to pathogens by modulating the microbiome, with allopatric phages providing stronger protection than sympatric ones.