G. Suen

Sensitivity of dairy calf Salmonella enterica serotype Cerro isolates to infection-relevant stressors

This study characterizes infection-relevant phenotypes of S. Cerro isolates from dairy calves, finding variation in stressor resistance and in vivo competitiveness.

Disturbance-Diversity Relationships of Microbial Communities Change Based on Growth Substrate

This study shows microbial community diversity responses to disturbance frequency vary by substrate, with cellulose supporting a unimodal relationship and glucose a monotonically increasing one.

Determinants of Gastrointestinal Group B Streptococcus Carriage in Adults

This study identifies risk factors for gastrointestinal Group B Streptococcus (GBS) carriage in adults by analyzing stool samples and survey data, finding associations with iron consumption and dental hygiene.

Urea nitrogen recycling via gut symbionts increases in hibernators over the winter fast

This study shows that hibernating ground squirrels recycle urea nitrogen through their gut microbiome to maintain protein balance during winter fasting.

Multiplexed competition in a synthetic squid light organ microbiome using barcode-tagged gene deletions

The paper develops a method to rapidly generate barcode-tagged gene deletions in Vibrio fischeri and uses high-throughput competition experiments to identify colonization factors in the squid microbiome.

Validating the use of bovine buccal sampling as a proxy for the rumen microbiota using a time course and random forest classification approach

This paper validates buccal swab sampling as a non-invasive proxy for rumen microbiota by optimizing sampling timing and using random forest classification to identify discriminatory taxa.

Biogeography and Microscale Diversity Shape the Biosynthetic Potential of Fungus-growing Ant-associated Pseudonocardia

The paper analyzes genetic diversity and biosynthetic potential in Pseudonocardia bacteria associated with fungus-growing ants across a 20km transect, revealing geographic and phylogenetic patterns of microbial diversity.

Assignment of virus and antimicrobial resistance genes to microbial hosts in a complex microbial community by combined long-read assembly and proximity ligation

This study uses long-read sequencing and proximity ligation to improve the characterization of a complex cattle rumen microbial community, identifying novel viral-host associations and more antimicrobial resistance genes.

Diet influences early microbiota development in dairy calves without long-term impacts on milk production

The paper examines how early-life diets affect microbiota development in dairy calves and finds no long-term impact on milk production.