U. G. Mueller

This paper develops an artificial microbiome-selection method to engineer salt-tolerant microbiomes for the plant Brachypodium distachyon, showing significant fitness improvements under sodium- and aluminum-sulfate stress.

This study examines landscape genomics of a leafcutter ant and its fungal cultivars, finding discordant population structures between the host and symbiont due to differences in genetic drift and gene flow.

The paper analyzes the gut microbiome structure of the Mormon cricket, identifying key bacterial phylotypes and their distribution across gut regions, and suggests environmental exchange of microbes.