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Successive passaging of a plant-associated microbiome reveals robust habitat and host genotype-dependent selection by Morella, Norma M., Weng, Francis Cheng-Hsuan, Joubert, Pierre M., Metcalf, C. Jessica E., Lindow, Steven, Koskella, Britt

“…There is increasing interest in the plant microbiome as it relates to both plant health and agricultural sustainability. One key unanswered question is whether…”
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Variability in digestive and respiratory tract Ace2 expression is associated with the microbiome by Koester, Sean T, Li, Naisi, Lachance, Daniel M, Morella, Norma M, Dey, Neelendu

“…COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) patients exhibiting gastrointestinal symptoms are reported to have worse prognosis. Ace2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2),…”
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The Value of a Comparative Approach to Understand the Complex Interplay between Microbiota and Host Immunity by Morella, Norma M, Koskella, Britt

“…The eukaryote immune system evolved and continues to evolve within a microbial world, and as such is critically shaped by-and in some cases even reliant…”
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Ontogenetic variation in epibiont community structure in the deep‐sea yeti crab, Kiwa puravida: convergence among crustaceans by Goffredi, Shana K, Gregory, Ann, Jones, William J, Morella, Norma M, Sakamoto, Reid I

“…Recent investigations have demonstrated that unusually ‘hairy’ yeti crabs within the family Kiwaidae associate with two predominant filamentous bacterial…”
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Investigation of Bar-seq as a method to study population dynamics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae deletion library during bioreactor cultivation by Wehrs, Maren, Thompson, Mitchell G, Banerjee, Deepanwita, Prahl, Jan-Philip, Morella, Norma M, Barcelos, Carolina A, Moon, Jadie, Costello, Zak, Keasling, Jay D, Shih, Patrick M, Tanjore, Deepti, Mukhopadhyay, Aindrila

“…Abstract Background Despite the latest advancements in metabolic engineering for genome editing and characterization of host performance, the successful…”
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The impact of bacteriophages on phyllosphere bacterial abundance and composition by Morella, Norma M., Gomez, Annika L., Wang, Grant, Leung, Michelle S., Koskella, Britt

“…Interactions between bacteria and bacteriophage viruses (phages) are known to influence pathogen growth and virulence, microbial diversity and even…”
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Rapid quantification of bacteriophages and their bacterial hosts in vitro and in vivo using droplet digital PCR by Morella, Norma M., Yang, Shangyang Christopher, Hernandez, Catherine A., Koskella, Britt

“…•Droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) is a fast, high-throughput method that can be used to quantify viral DNA and particles statically and over time.•dPCR is strongly…”
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Tomato Seed-Associated Bacteria Confer Protection of Seedlings Against Foliar Disease Caused by Pseudomonas syringae by Morella, Norma M., Zhang, Xuening, Koskella, Britt

“…The plant microbiome is known to benefit host health in numerous ways, including providing protection against pathogens. Here, we provide evidence that tomato…”
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A Selection for Assembly Reveals That a Single Amino Acid Mutant of the Bacteriophage MS2 Coat Protein Forms a Smaller Virus-like Particle by Asensio, Michael A, Morella, Norma M, Jakobson, Christopher M, Hartman, Emily C, Glasgow, Jeff E, Sankaran, Banumathi, Zwart, Peter H, Tullman-Ercek, Danielle

“…Virus-like particles are used to encapsulate drugs, imaging agents, enzymes, and other biologically active molecules in order to enhance their function…”
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Complete Genome Sequences of Two Bacteroides uniformis Bacteriophages by Bean, Elsa M., Morella, Norma M., Dey, Neelendu

“…Here, we describe the isolation and genomic annotation of two novel siphovirus species of bacteriophages that infect Bacteroides uniformis: Bacteroides phage…”
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Correction to A Selection for Assembly Reveals That a Single Amino Acid Mutant of the Bacteriophage MS2 Coat Protein Forms a Smaller Virus-like Particle by Asensio, Michael A, Morella, Norma M, Jakobson, Christopher M, Hartman, Emily C, Glasgow, Jeff E, Sankaran, Banumathi, Zwart, Peter H, Tullman-Ercek, Danielle

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