M. J. Pallen

This study uses hybrid metagenome assemblies to analyze how structurally distinct carbohydrates affect gut microbiome composition and function by identifying carbohydrate-degrading microbes and their enzymatic capabilities.

This study sequenced E. coli isolates from healthy children in rural Gambia, finding most diversity comes from immigration rather than within-host evolution.

The paper investigates GBS transmission from mothers to infants, finding vertical transmission and within-host diversity in one dyad.

The paper assembles 469 draft bacterial genomes from chicken caecal samples, identifying 460 novel strains, 283 novel species, and 42 novel genera, and shows breed- and diet-specific microbiomes in European chickens.

This study restores wild-type motility to flagellin-knockout E. coli by optimizing promoter, plasmid copy number, and induction strength.

The paper uses metagenomic sequencing to identify novel rickettsial genomes and detect tick-borne canine parvovirus in ticks collected from Palestine.

The paper shows that two marine γ-proteobacteria produce thick flagellar filaments made from giant flagellins, revealing evolutionary mechanisms for their formation.