Borgs are giant extrachromosomal elements with the potential to augment methane oxidation B Al-Shayeb, MC Schoelmerich, J West-Roberts, LE Valentin-Alvarado, ... BioRxiv, 2021.07. 10.451761, 2021 | 52 | 2021 |
Borgs are giant genetic elements with potential to expand metabolic capacity B Al-Shayeb, MC Schoelmerich, J West-Roberts, LE Valentin-Alvarado, ... Nature 610 (7933), 731-736, 2022 | 48 | 2022 |
A novel streptococcal cell–cell communication peptide promotes pneumococcal virulence and biofilm formation RA Cuevas, R Eutsey, A Kadam, JA West‐Roberts, CA Woolford, ... Molecular microbiology 105 (4), 554-571, 2017 | 47 | 2017 |
Function of BriC peptide in the pneumococcal competence and virulence portfolio SD Aggarwal, R Eutsey, J West-Roberts, A Domenech, W Xu, IT Abdullah, ... PLoS pathogens 14 (10), e1007328, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
The Chloroflexi supergroup is metabolically diverse and representatives have novel genes for non-photosynthesis based CO2 fixation JA West-Roberts, PB Matheus-Carnevali, MC Schoelmerich, B Al-Shayeb, ... BioRxiv, 2021.08. 23.457424, 2021 | 27 | 2021 |
Using strain-resolved analysis to identify contamination in metagenomics data YC Lou, J Hoff, MR Olm, J West-Roberts, S Diamond, BA Firek, ... Microbiome 11 (1), 36, 2023 | 21 | 2023 |
Minimal and hybrid hydrogenases are active from archaea C Greening, PR Cabotaje, LEV Alvarado, PM Leung, H Land, ... Cell 187 (13), 3357-3372. e19, 2024 | 17 | 2024 |
Infant gut DNA bacteriophage strain persistence during the first 3 years of life YC Lou, LX Chen, AL Borges, J West-Roberts, BA Firek, MJ Morowitz, ... Cell Host & Microbe 32 (1), 35-47. e6, 2024 | 17 | 2024 |
A widespread group of large plasmids in methanotrophic Methanoperedens archaea MC Schoelmerich, HT Ouboter, R Sachdeva, PI Penev, Y Amano, ... Nature communications 13 (1), 7085, 2022 | 17 | 2022 |
Little genetic structure in a Bornean endemic small mammal across a steep ecological gradient LD Parker, MTR Hawkins, M Camacho‐Sanchez, MG Campana, ... Molecular Ecology 29 (21), 4074-4090, 2020 | 13 | 2020 |
Asgard archaea modulate potential methanogenesis substrates in wetland soil LE Valentin-Alvarado, KE Appler, V De Anda, MC Schoelmerich, ... Nature Communications 15 (1), 6384, 2024 | 11 | 2024 |
Global genomic analysis of microbial biotransformation of arsenic highlights the importance of arsenic methylation in environmental and human microbiomes R Keren, R Méheust, JM Santini, A Thomas, J West-Roberts, JF Banfield, ... Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 20, 559-572, 2022 | 10 | 2022 |
Borg extrachromosomal elements of methane-oxidizing archaea have conserved and expressed genetic repertoires MC Schoelmerich, L Ly, J West-Roberts, LD Shi, C Shen, NS Malvankar, ... Nature Communications 15 (1), 5414, 2024 | 7 | 2024 |
Deep-branching evolutionary intermediates reveal structural origins of form I rubisco AK Liu, B Kaeser, LX Chen, J West-Roberts, LJ Taylor-Kearney, A Lavy, ... Current Biology 33 (24), 5316-5325. e3, 2023 | 7 | 2023 |
Tandem repeats in giant archaeal Borg elements undergo rapid evolution and create new intrinsically disordered regions in proteins MC Schoelmerich, R Sachdeva, J West-Roberts, L Waldburger, ... PLoS biology 21 (1), e3001980, 2023 | 7 | 2023 |
Autotrophic biofilms sustained by deeply sourced groundwater host diverse bacteria implicated in sulfur and hydrogen metabolism LE Valentin-Alvarado, SC Fakra, AJ Probst, JR Giska, AL Jaffe, ... Microbiome 12 (1), 15, 2024 | 6 | 2024 |
Giant genes are rare but implicated in cell wall degradation by predatory bacteria J West-Roberts, L Valentin-Alvarado, S Mullen, R Sachdeva, J Smith, ... BioRxiv, 2023.11. 21.568195, 2023 | 6 | 2023 |
Weathered granites and soils harbour microbes with lanthanide-dependent methylotrophic enzymes MY Voutsinos, JA West-Roberts, R Sachdeva, JW Moreau, JF Banfield BMC biology 22 (1), 41, 2024 | 5 | 2024 |
Autotrophic biofilms sustained by deeply-sourced groundwater host diverse CPR bacteria implicated in sulfur and hydrogen metabolism LEV Alvarado, SC Fakra, AJ Probst, JR Giska, AL Jaffe, LM Oltrogge, ... bioRxiv, 2022.11. 17.516901, 2022 | 5 | 2022 |
Do lanthanide-dependent microbial metabolisms drive the release of REEs from weathered granites? MY Voutsinos, JA West-Roberts, R Sachdeva, JW Moreau, JF Banfield bioRxiv, 2022.03. 08.483559, 2022 | 5 | 2022 |