Marcy J. Balunas

This study shows that bacterial metabolites alter C. albicans cell wall composition, affecting antifungal resistance and immune recognition.

This paper identifies Pseudomonas isolates from trout aquaculture biofilms that inhibit fish and human pathogens and disrupt biofilms, suggesting potential for probiotic or antimicrobial applications.

The paper investigates the interactions between metals, metabolites, and microbes in Botryllus schlosseri using multi-omics analysis.

This study identifies non-redundant roles of ClsA and ClsB in shaping lipid composition and stress resilience in Bacteroides fragilis.

The paper maps chemical modifications in an ant fungus garden as plant material passes through, revealing its role in nutrient uptake.

MASST enables querying of public small-molecule tandem MS data to discover molecular relationships in metabolomics and natural product datasets.