J. West-Roberts

The paper reconstructs genomes of soil-associated Asgard archaea and uses metatranscriptomics to show their role in carbon compound metabolism relevant to methane production in wetlands.

The paper identifies and characterizes diverse extrachromosomal elements in Methanoperedens archaea, including mini-Borgs and viruses, and shows their genetic exchange and potential impact on archaeal activity.

The paper identifies conserved genetic repertoires in Borg extrachromosomal elements of methane-oxidizing archaea and shows their higher expression than host genes.

The paper identifies CPR bacteria in sulfide-rich biofilms, linking them to sulfur and hydrogen metabolism through genomic and spectroscopic analyses.

The paper analyzes Borg genomes to show tandem repeats evolve rapidly and create intrinsically disordered regions in proteins, contributing to functional diversity and host associations.

This study identifies contamination in metagenomics data using strain-resolved analysis, finding that contamination is more common in low-biomass samples and adjacent extraction plate positions.

The paper identifies Borgs, large extrachromosomal elements in Methanoperedens archaea, which enhance methane oxidation capacity and may influence greenhouse gas emissions.

This study identifies BriC as a competence-induced gene in Streptococcus pneumoniae that promotes biofilm development and colonization, with its expression regulated by the ComE master regulator and showing genomic plasticity in some isolates.