A5021908628- Gut microbiota and health
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Plant and Fungal Interactions Research
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Fungal Infections and Studies
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
University of New Mexico
2022-2025
Los Alamos National Laboratory
2021-2023
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
2023
To date, the potential impact of viral communities on biogeochemical cycles in soil has largely been inferred from correlational evidence, such as virus-driven changes microbial abundances, auxiliary metabolic genes, and links with physiochemical properties. more directly test viruses carbon cycling during plant litter decomposition, we added concentrated community suspensions to complex decomposer 40-day microcosm experiments. Microbial two New Mexico alpine soils, Pajarito (PJ) Santa Fe...
Vertebrate lungs contain diverse microbial communities, but little is known about the drivers of community composition or consequences for health. Microbiome assembly by processes such as dispersal, coevolution, and host-switching can be probed with comparative surveys; however, few studies exist lung microbiomes, particularly fungal component, mycobiome. Distinguishing among taxa that are generalist specialist symbionts, potential pathogens, incidentally inhaled spores urgent because...
Human lung mycobiome studies typically sample bronchoalveolar lavage or sputum, potentially overlooking fungi embedded in tissues. Employing ultra-frozen tissues from biorepositories, we obtained fungal ribosomal RNA ITS2 sequences 199 small mammals across 39 species. We documented diverse fungi, including common environmental such as Penicillium and Aspergillus, associates of the human Malassezia Candida, others specifically adapted for lungs (Coccidioides, Blastomyces, Pneumocystis)....
Abstract To date, the potential impact of viral communities on biogeochemical cycles in soil has largely been inferred from indirect evidence, such as virus-driven changes microbial abundances, auxiliary metabolic genes, and correlations with physiochemical properties. more directly test viruses carbon cycling during plant litter decomposition, we added concentrated community suspensions to complex decomposer 40-day microcosm experiments. Microbial two New Mexico alpine soils, Pajarito (PJ)...
<title>Abstract</title> Vertebrate lungs contain diverse microbial communities, but little is known the causes of community composition or its consequences for health. Lung microbiome assembly by processes such as dispersal, coevolution, and host-switching can be elucidated with comparative surveys. However, few surveys exist lung microbiomes, particularly fungal component, mycobiome. Distinguishing taxa that are generalist specialist symbionts, potential pathogens, incidentally inhaled...
Biotic factors that influence the temporal stability of microbial community functioning are an emerging research focus for control natural and engineered systems. The discovery common features within ensembles differ in functional over time is a starting point to explore biotic factors. We serially propagated suite soil communities through five generations 28-day microcosm incubations examine compositional during plant litter decomposition. Using dissolved organic carbon (DOC) abundance as...
ABSTRACT Biotic factors that influence the temporal stability of microbial community functioning are an emerging research focus for control natural and engineered systems. Discovery common features within ensembles differ in functional over time is a starting point to explore biotic factors. We serially propagated suite soil communities through five generations 28 d microcosm incubations examine compositional during plant-litter decomposition. Using DOC abundance as target function, we...
Abstract Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) threaten human wildlife health, but their movement through food webs remains poorly understood. Contamination of the physical environment is widespread, particularly concentrated at military installations. Here we measured 17 PFAS in wild, free-living mammals migratory birds Holloman Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico, USA, where wastewater catchment lakes form biodiverse oases. concentrations were among highest ever reported animal tissues,...