Agricultural soils, pesticides and microbial diversity

CS Jacobsen, MH Hjelmsø - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Pesticide effects on key soil functions assessed using microbial mRNA
quantification.•16S amplicon sequencing can accurately describe changes in bacterial …

A veritable menagerie of heritable bacteria from ants, butterflies, and beyond: broad molecular surveys and a systematic review

JA Russell, CF Funaro, YM Giraldo… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Maternally transmitted bacteria have been important players in the evolution of insects and
other arthropods, affecting their nutrition, defense, development, and reproduction …

Hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria and the bacterial community response in Gulf of Mexico beach sands impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

JE Kostka, O Prakash, WA Overholt… - Applied and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A significant portion of oil from the recent Deepwater Horizon (DH) oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico was transported to the shoreline, where it may have severe ecological and …

Circadian disorganization alters intestinal microbiota

RM Voigt, CB Forsyth, SJ Green, E Mutlu, P Engen… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Intestinal dysbiosis and circadian rhythm disruption are associated with similar diseases
including obesity, metabolic syndrome, and inflammatory bowel disease. Despite the …

Inhalational exposure to particulate matter air pollution alters the composition of the gut microbiome

EA Mutlu, IY Comba, T Cho, PA Engen, C Yazıcı… - Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent studies suggest an association between particulate matter (PM) air pollution and
gastrointestinal (GI) disease. In addition to direct deposition, PM can be indirectly deposited …

A compositional look at the human gastrointestinal microbiome and immune activation parameters in HIV infected subjects

EA Mutlu, A Keshavarzian, J Losurdo… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
HIV progression is characterized by immune activation and microbial translocation. One
factor that may be contributing to HIV progression could be a dysbiotic microbiome. We …

The potential use of bacterial community succession in forensics as described by high throughput metagenomic sequencing

JL Pechal, TL Crippen, ME Benbow, AM Tarone… - International journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Decomposition studies of vertebrate remains primarily focus on data that can be seen with
the naked eye, such as arthropod or vertebrate scavenger activity, with little regard for what …

Pyrosequencing and mid-infrared spectroscopy reveal distinct aggregate stratification of soil bacterial communities and organic matter composition

M Davinic, LM Fultz, V Acosta-Martinez… - Soil Biology and …, 2012 - Elsevier
This study integrated physical, chemical, and molecular techniques to assess relationships
between soil bacterial community structures and the quantity and quality of soil organic …

Cover cropping frequency is the main driver of soil microbial changes during six years of organic vegetable production

EB Brennan, V Acosta-Martinez - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Soil microbes play a key role in soil health, and understanding the functional role of this
living component of soil organic matter is critical to developing sustainable systems in major …

Direct sampling of cystic fibrosis lungs indicates that DNA-based analyses of upper-airway specimens can misrepresent lung microbiota

AF Goddard, BJ Staudinger, SE Dowd… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - National Acad Sciences
Recent work using culture-independent methods suggests that the lungs of cystic fibrosis
(CF) patients harbor a vast array of bacteria not conventionally implicated in CF lung …