Taylor Priest

The paper identifies genomically discrete and ecologically cohesive subspecies in the global ocean microbiome, showing they are biologically meaningful units driven by environmental factors.

The paper introduces the Ocean Microbiomics Database (OMDB) to analyze microbial thermal niches and predict their response to ocean warming, showing richness declines faster than abundance.

The paper examines latitudinal diversity gradients in the ocean microbiome, finding they are not universal but vary by taxa and environmental factors.

The paper identifies conserved extracellular electron transfer machinery in peatland microorganisms across depth profiles, showing transcriptional activity and potential role in carbon cycling.

This study assesses the microbial biosynthetic potential of reef-building corals using genome-resolved metagenomics, revealing host-specific microbiomes with high biotechnological value.

The paper identifies active microbial communities and extrachromosomal elements in anoxic sediments, linking organic matter degradation to methane cycling through fermentation and methanogenesis.

The paper introduces the JEDI marker as a universal biodiversity measure, demonstrating its applicability across ecological scales and providing an automated bioinformatic workflow for standardized analysis.

The paper studies Arctic Ocean virus communities over four years, revealing seasonality, bipolar distribution, and interactions with prokaryotes.

The paper examines seasonal dynamics of an Arctic pelagic microbiome, revealing modular patterns in taxonomic and functional composition across four years.