Jay T. Lennon

The paper examines how dissolved organic matter (DOM) responds to temperature changes in the ocean and predicts increased diversity of thermal responses at deeper depths, potentially enhancing the deep-ocean carbon sink.

The paper quantifies metabolic activity in microbial communities and shows a long-tailed distribution where a small subset of cells contributes disproportionately to community metabolism.

The study tests if microbial communities can help or harm maize plants during drought in agricultural soils, finding that mal-acclimation is common.

The paper quantifies the energetic cost of sporulation in bacteria, showing it requires nearly 10^10 ATP and becomes optimal under prolonged harsh conditions.

The paper shows that sporulation in B. subtilis reduces phage plaque size by creating spore-rich rings that block phage access to susceptible cells.

The paper introduces the Enterostat, a 3D-printed bioreactor that simulates gut microbiome dynamics across scales, showing it supports microbial community stability and responds to antibiotic perturbations.

The paper introduces a rapid, sensitive, and cost-effective spectrophotometric assay for quantifying total polysaccharides in soil to estimate extracellular polymeric substances.

This study identifies Rpf's role in terminating dormancy in soil bacteria and links its effects to phylogenetic and functional traits.

This study shows that residence time affects microbial community structure by promoting niche partitioning, with short- and long-residence-time specialists forming distinct clusters.

The paper identifies a bacterial secondary metabolite that sensitizes competitors to phage infection, providing a fitness advantage to the producer.

The paper investigates how nitrogen enrichment affects gene fitness in rhizobia during symbiosis with alfalfa, identifying specific gene functions and pathways impacted by elevated nitrogen levels.