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Recent Publications
Cytoplasmic incompatibility factor proteins from Wolbachia prophage are costly to sperm development in Drosophila melanogaster
Kaur, R. & Bordenstein, S. R., Feb 12 2025, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292, 2040, 20243016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prophage proteins alter long noncoding RNA and DNA of developing sperm to induce a paternal-effect lethality
Kaur, R., McGarry, A., Dylan Shropshire, J., Leigh, B. A. & Bordenstein, S. R., Mar 8 2024, In: Science. 383, 6687, p. 1111-1117 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The mechanism of cytoplasmic incompatibility is conserved in Wolbachia-bearing Aedes aegypti mosquitoes deployed for arbovirus control
Kaur, R., Meier, C. J., McGraw, E. A., Hillyer, J. F. & Bordenstein, S. R., Mar 2024, In: PLoS biology. 22, 3, e3002573.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The disciplinary matrix of holobiont biology Uniting life’s seen and unseen realms guides a conceptual advance in research
The Holobiont Biology Network, Nov 15 2024, In: Science. 386, 6723, p. 731-732 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Low Gut Microbial Diversity Augments Estrogen-Driven Pulmonary Fibrosis in Female-Predominant Interstitial Lung Disease
Chioma, O. S., Mallott, E., Shah-Gandhi, B., Wiggins, Z. D., Langford, M., Lancaster, A. W., Gelbard, A., Wu, H., Johnson, J. E., Lancaster, L., Wilfong, E. M., Crofford, L. J., Montgomery, C. G., Van Kaer, L., Bordenstein, S., Newcomb, D. C. & Drake, W. P., Mar 2023, In: Cells. 12, 5, 766.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
It is time to authenticate the Microbiome Sciences with accredited educational programs and departments
Ginnan, N. & Bordenstein, S. R., Dec 2023, In: PLoS biology. 21, 12, e3002420.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Human microbiome variation associated with race and ethnicity emerges as early as 3 months of age
Mallott, E. K., Sitarik, A. R., Leve, L. D., Cioffi, C., Camargo, C. A., Hasegawa, K. & Bordenstein, S. R., Aug 2023, In: PLoS biology. 21, 8 August, e3002230.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Margulian View of Symbiosis and Speciation: the Nasonia Wasp System
Bell, K. & Bordenstein, S. R., May 2022, In: Symbiosis. 87, 1, p. 3-10 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Widespread phages of endosymbionts: Phage WO genomics and the proposed taxonomic classification of Symbioviridae
Bordenstein, S. R. & Bordenstein, S. R., Jun 6 2022, In: PLoS genetics. 18, 6, e1010227.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Gut microbiota modulates lung fibrosis severity following acute lung injury in mice
Chioma, O. S., Mallott, E. K., Chapman, A., Van Amburg, J. C., Wu, H., Shah-Gandhi, B., Dey, N., Kirkland, M. E., Blanca Piazuelo, M., Johnson, J., Bernard, G. R., Bodduluri, S. R., Davison, S., Haribabu, B., Bordenstein, S. R. & Drake, W. P., Dec 2022, In: Communications Biology. 5, 1, 1401.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Cif proteins from Wolbachia prophage WO modify sperm genome integrity to establish cytoplasmic incompatibility
Kaur, R., Leigh, B. A., Ritchie, I. T. & Bordenstein, S. R., May 2022, In: PLoS biology. 20, 5, e3001584.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Individuality and ethnicity eclipse a short-term dietary intervention in shaping microbiomes and viromes
Li, J., Markowitz, R. H. G., Brooks, A. W., Mallott, E. K., Leigh, B. A., Olszewski, T., Zare, H., Bagheri, M., Smith, H. M., Friese, K. A., Habibi, I., Lawrence, W. M., Rost, C. L., Lédeczi, Á., Eeds, A. M., Ferguson, J. F., Silver, H. J. & Bordenstein, S. R., Aug 2022, In: PLoS biology. 20, 8, e3001758.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Microbiome-associated human genetic variants impact phenome-wide disease risk
Markowitz, R. H. G., LaBella, A. L., Shi, M., Rokas, A., Capra, J. A., Ferguson, J. F., Mosley, J. D. & Bordenstein, S. R., Jun 28 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 26, e2200551119.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transgenic cytoplasmic incompatibility persists across age and temperature variation in Drosophila melanogaster
Ritchie, I. T., Needles, K. T., Leigh, B. A., Kaur, R. & Bordenstein, S. R., Nov 18 2022, In: iScience. 25, 11, 105327.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Microbiome reduction and endosymbiont gain from a switch in sea urchin life history
Carrier, T. J., Leigh, B. A., Deaker, D. J., Devens, H. R., Wray, G. A., Bordenstein, S. R., Byrne, M. & Reitzel, A. M., Apr 20 2021, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118, 16, e2022023118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review