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A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil by Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Oliverio, Angela M, Brewer, Tess E, Benavent-González, Alberto, Eldridge, David J, Bardgett, Richard D, Maestre, Fernando T, Singh, Brajesh K, Fierer, Noah

“…The immense diversity of soil bacterial communities has stymied efforts to characterize individual taxa and document their global distributions. We analyzed…”
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Effects of Spatial Variability and Relic DNA Removal on the Detection of Temporal Dynamics in Soil Microbial Communities by Carini, Paul, Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel, Hinckley, Eve-Lyn S, Holland-Moritz, Hannah, Brewer, Tess E, Rue, Garrett, Vanderburgh, Caihong, McKnight, Diane, Fierer, Noah

“…Few studies have comprehensively investigated the temporal variability in soil microbial communities despite widespread recognition that the belowground…”
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Genome reduction in an abundant and ubiquitous soil bacterium ‘Candidatus Udaeobacter copiosus’ by Brewer, Tess E., Handley, Kim M., Carini, Paul, Gilbert, Jack A., Fierer, Noah

“…Although bacteria within the Verrucomicrobia phylum are pervasive in soils around the world, they are under-represented in both isolate collections and genomic…”
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Ecological and Genomic Attributes of Novel Bacterial Taxa That Thrive in Subsurface Soil Horizons by Brewer, Tess E, Aronson, Emma L, Arogyaswamy, Keshav, Billings, Sharon A, Botthoff, Jon K, Campbell, Ashley N, Dove, Nicholas C, Fairbanks, Dawson, Gallery, Rachel E, Hart, Stephen C, Kaye, Jason, King, Gary, Logan, Geoffrey, Lohse, Kathleen A, Maltz, Mia R, Mayorga, Emilio, O'Neill, Caitlin, Owens, Sarah M, Packman, Aaron, Pett-Ridge, Jennifer, Plante, Alain F, Richter, Daniel D, Silver, Whendee L, Yang, Wendy H, Fierer, Noah

“…While most bacterial and archaeal taxa living in surface soils remain undescribed, this problem is exacerbated in deeper soils, owing to the unique…”
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Unlinked rRNA genes are widespread among bacteria and archaea by Brewer, Tess E., Albertsen, Mads, Edwards, Arwyn, Kirkegaard, Rasmus H., Rocha, Eduardo P. C., Fierer, Noah

“…Ribosomes are essential to cellular life and the genes for their RNA components are the most conserved and transcribed genes in bacteria and archaea. Ribosomal…”
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Horizontal Gene Transfer of a key Translation Factor and its Role in Polyproline Proteome Evolution by Brewer, Tess E, Wagner, Andreas

“…Abstract Prolines cause ribosomes to stall during translation due to their rigid structure. This phenomenon occurs in all domains of life and is exacerbated at…”
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Tales from the tomb: the microbial ecology of exposed rock surfaces by Brewer, Tess E., Fierer, Noah

“…Summary Although a broad diversity of eukaryotic and bacterial taxa reside on rock surfaces where they can influence the weathering of rocks and minerals,…”
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Translation stalling proline motifs are enriched in slow-growing, thermophilic, and multicellular bacteria by Brewer, Tess E., Wagner, Andreas

“…Rapid bacterial growth depends on the speed at which ribosomes can translate mRNA into proteins. mRNAs that encode successive stretches of proline can cause…”
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A comparative genomics screen identifies a Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 sodM-like gene strongly expressed within host plant nodules by Queiroux, Clothilde, Washburn, Brian K, Davis, Olivia M, Stewart, Jamie, Brewer, Tess E, Lyons, Michael R, Jones, Kathryn M

“…We have used the genomic data in the Integrated Microbial Genomes system of the Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute to make predictions about…”
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The Succinoglycan Endoglycanase Encoded by exoK Is Required for Efficient Symbiosis of Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 with the Host Plants Medicago truncatula and Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) by MENDIS, Hajeewaka C, QUEIROUX, Clothilde, BREWER, Tess E, DAVIS, Olivia M, WASHBURN, Brian K, JONES, Kathryn M

“…The acidic polysaccharide succinoglycan produced by the nitrogen-fixing rhizobial symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 is required for this bacterium to invade…”
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Impacts of Flood Damage on Airborne Bacteria and Fungi in Homes after the 2013 Colorado Front Range Flood by Emerson, Joanne B, Keady, Patricia B, Brewer, Tess E, Clements, Nicholas, Morgan, Emily E, Awerbuch, Jonathan, Miller, Shelly L, Fierer, Noah

“…Flood-damaged homes typically have elevated microbial loads, and their occupants have an increased incidence of allergies, asthma, and other respiratory…”
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The genome, proteome and phylogenetic analysis of Sinorhizobium meliloti phage ΦM12, the founder of a new group of T4-superfamily phages by Brewer, Tess E, Elizabeth Stroupe, M, Jones, Kathryn M

“…Abstract Phage ΦM12 is an important transducing phage of the nitrogen-fixing rhizobial bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti . Here we report the genome,…”
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Structure, proteome and genome of Sinorhizobium meliloti phage ΦM5: A virus with LUZ24-like morphology and a highly mosaic genome by Johnson, Matthew C., Sena-Velez, Marta, Washburn, Brian K., Platt, Georgia N., Lu, Stephen, Brewer, Tess E., Lynn, Jason S., Stroupe, M. Elizabeth, Jones, Kathryn M.

“…Bacteriophages of nitrogen-fixing rhizobial bacteria are revealing a wealth of novel structures, diverse enzyme combinations and genomic features. Here we…”
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The structure of Sinorhizobium meliloti phage ΦM12, which has a novel T =19l triangulation number and is the founder of a new group of T4-superfamily phages by Stroupe, M. Elizabeth, Brewer, Tess E, Sousa, Duncan R, Jones, Kathryn M

“…Abstract ΦM12 is the first example of a T =19l geometry capsid, encapsulating the recently sequenced genome. Here, we present structures determined by cryo-EM…”
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Sinorhizobium meliloti Phage ΦM9 Defines a New Group of T4 Superfamily Phages with Unusual Genomic Features but a Common T=16 Capsid by Johnson, Matthew C, Tatum, Kelsey B, Lynn, Jason S, Brewer, Tess E, Lu, Stephen, Washburn, Brian K, Stroupe, M Elizabeth, Jones, Kathryn M

“…Relatively little is known about the phages that infect agriculturally important nitrogen-fixing rhizobial bacteria. Here we report the genome and…”
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Complete Genome Sequence of Sinorhizobium Phage ΦM6, the First Terrestrial Phage of a Marine Phage Group by Brewer, Tess E, Washburn, Brian K, Lynn, Jason S, Jones, Kathryn M

“…Sinorhizobium phage ΦM6 infects the nitrogen-fixing rhizobial bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti. ΦM6 most closely resembles marine phages, such as…”
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