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Nutrient factories: metabolic function of beneficial microorganisms associated with insects by Ankrah, Nana Y. D., Douglas, Angela E.

“…Summary Many symbiotic microorganisms in animals, including insects, have parallels to microbial nutrient factories of biotechnology: just as the metabolism of…”
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The Cost of Metabolic Interactions in Symbioses between Insects and Bacteria with Reduced Genomes by Ankrah, Nana Y D, Chouaia, Bessem, Douglas, Angela E

“…Various intracellular bacterial symbionts that provide their host with essential nutrients have much-reduced genomes, attributed largely to genomic decay and…”
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The Metabolome of Associations between Xylem-Feeding Insects and their Bacterial Symbionts by Ankrah, Nana Y. D., Wilkes, Rebecca A., Zhang, Freya Q., Aristilde, Ludmilla, Douglas, Angela E.

“…Metabolomics has increasingly led to important insights in chemical ecology by identifying environmentally relevant small molecules that mediate…”
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Genetically similar temperate phages form coalitions with their shared host that lead to niche-specific fitness effects by Basso, Jonelle T. R., Ankrah, Nana Y. D., Tuttle, Matthew J., Grossman, Alex S., Sandaa, Ruth-Anne, Buchan, Alison

“…Temperate phages engage in long-term associations with their hosts that may lead to mutually beneficial interactions, of which the full extent is presently…”
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Syntrophic splitting of central carbon metabolism in host cells bearing functionally different symbiotic bacteria by Ankrah, Nana Y. D., Wilkes, Rebecca A., Zhang, Freya Q., Zhu, Dantong, Kaweesi, Tadeo, Aristilde, Ludmilla, Douglas, Angela E.

“…Insects feeding on the nutrient-poor diet of xylem plant sap generally bear two microbial symbionts that are localized to different organs (bacteriomes) and…”
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Impact of Facultative Bacteria on the Metabolic Function of an Obligate Insect-Bacterial Symbiosis by Blow, Frances, Ankrah, Nana Y. D., Clark, Noah, Koo, Imhoi, Allman, Erik L., Liu, Qing, Anitha, Mallappa, Patterson, Andrew D., Douglas, Angela E.

“…Although microbial colonization of the internal tissues of animals generally causes septicemia and death, various animals are persistently associated with…”
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Succinate: A microbial product that modulates Drosophila nutritional physiology by Zhang, Freya Q., McMullen, John G., Douglas, Angela E., Ankrah, Nana Y.D.

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Enhancing Microbiome Research through Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling by Ankrah, Nana Y D, Bernstein, David B, Biggs, Matthew, Carey, Maureen, Engevik, Melinda, García-Jiménez, Beatriz, Lakshmanan, Meiyappan, Pacheco, Alan R, Sulheim, Snorre, Medlock, Gregory L

“…Construction and analysis of genome-scale metabolic models (GEMs) is a well-established systems biology approach that can be used to predict metabolic and…”
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Predicted Metabolic Function of the Gut Microbiota of Drosophila melanogaster by Ankrah, Nana Y D, Barker, Brandon E, Song, Joan, Wu, Cindy, McMullen, 2nd, John G, Douglas, Angela E

“…An important goal for many nutrition-based microbiome studies is to identify the metabolic function of microbes in complex microbial communities and their…”
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Draft Genome Sequence of Sulfitobacter sp. CB2047, a Member of the Roseobacter Clade of Marine Bacteria, Isolated from an Emiliania huxleyi Bloom by Ankrah, Nana Y D, Lane, Thomas, Budinoff, Charles R, Hadden, Mary K, Buchan, Alison

“…We announce the draft genome sequence of Sulfitobacter sp. strain CB2047, a marine bacterium of the Roseobacter clade, isolated from a phytoplankton bloom. The…”
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Genome Sequences of Two Temperate Phages, ΦCB2047-A and ΦCB2047-C, Infecting Sulfitobacter sp. Strain 2047 by Ankrah, Nana Y D, Budinoff, Charles R, Wilson, William H, Wilhelm, Steven W, Buchan, Alison

“…We announce the complete genome sequences of two temperate Podoviridae, Sulfitobacter phages ΦCB2047-A and ΦCB2047-C, which infect Sulfitobacter sp. strain…”
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