Donald M. Walker

This study investigates the fungal diversity and community structure in the gut of Testudines reptiles, revealing high diversity and identifying new fungal taxa and community patterns.

This study examines how zoo management and diet affect the gut microbiome of eastern hellbenders, finding that wild diets and release into natural habitats can restore microbial communities closer to wild-type patterns.

This paper introduces DspikeIn, a tool for absolute abundance quantification in microbiomes, showing it improves resolution and reduces false discoveries compared to relative abundance methods.