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Floyd E. Dewhirst

Harvard UniversityORCID 0000-0003-4427-7928Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 3 Systems Biology· 1

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Organism:human· 3 Assay:metagenomics· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Research Focus:benchmarking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1

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Jessica L. Mark WelchiD· 2 shared Kathryn M. KauffmaniD· 2 shared Ashley K. MilesiD· 1 shared Christopher D. JohnstoniD· 1 shared Christopher R. HandelmanniD· 1 shared Daniel SegrèiD· 1 shared David B. BernsteiniD· 1 shared Falk PonathiD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintAug 10, 2026

maniFasta and the AllOralsDB: simplifying construction of comprehensive reference databases for metaproteomics

Christopher R. Handelmann, Ashley K. Miles, Yinyin Ye…·Kathryn M. Kauffman

maniFasta and AllOralsDB provide a tool and resource for creating standardized, comprehensive protein reference databases for metaproteomics.

DOI 10.64898/2026.08.08.739415

humanbacteria (other)

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintJun 3, 2026

Site-specialization of human oral Porphyromonas species

Julian Torres‐Morales, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Kathryn M. Kauffman…·Gary G. Borisy

The paper analyzes oral microbiome metagenomes to identify site-specific distribution and metabolic specialization of Porphyromonas species across health and disease.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.02.729646

humanmetagenomics

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintMar 25, 2025

Complete genome sequences of Fusobacterium watanabei sp. isolates

Martha A. Zepeda‐Rivera, Falk Ponath, Kaitlyn N. Lewis…·Christopher D. Johnston

The paper reports the complete genome sequences of eight clinical isolates of Fusobacterium watanabei and classifies them within the 'Fusobacterium nucleatum_J' group.

2 citations

bacteria (other)whole-genome sequencing

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Systems BiologyeLifePeer-reviewedJun 13, 2019

Quantifying biosynthetic network robustness across the human oral microbiome

David B. Bernstein, Floyd E. Dewhirst, Daniel Segrè

The paper quantifies biosynthetic network robustness in the human oral microbiome using a probabilistic metric to identify metabolic interdependences and uncultivated taxa.

44 citations

humanmetagenomics

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