Melissa A. Cregger

The study examines how climate gradients affect Populus trichocarpa stress responses and microbial communities across different soil niches.

RAPID provides interactive R/Shiny tools for end-to-end 16S rRNA and ITS amplicon analysis using DADA2, simplifying workflow execution for non-computational researchers.

The paper uses RNA and DNA metabarcoding to study the temporal dynamics of the Populus tremuloides root microbiome, finding that active communities are more dynamic than total communities and that core members are often dormant.

The paper transfers a catabolic pathway for salicyl alcohol in Pseudomonas soil isolates, showing it enables rapid catabolism but does not confer a fitness advantage in rhizosphere competition.

The paper compiles a global soil virus dataset to assess biodiversity and biogeochemical impacts, finding most viral diversity remains unexplored and viruses may influence carbon and nutrient cycling.