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Michael Robeson

TitleAssistant Professor
InstitutionUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
DepartmentBiomedical Informatics, College of Medicine
Address501 Jack Stephens Drive
Mail Slot # 782
Little Rock AR 72205
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0001-7119-6301 Additional info
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    American Society for Microbiology
    American Association for the Advancement of Science
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    Dr. Mayumi Nakagawa
    Dr. Ruud Dings
    Dr. Stephanie Byrum
    Dr. V. Laxmi Yeruva
    Dr. Brian Piccolo
    Dr. Antiño Allen
    Dr. David Ussery
    Dr. Se-ran Jun
    Dr. Intawat Nookaew
    Dr. Reza Hakkak

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    Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) Admissions Committee (2023)

    Vice Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) Admissions Committee (2019-2022)


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    R01CA245083     (DINGS, RUUD P.M.)Sep 15, 2021 - Aug 31, 2026
    NIH
    Improvement of cellular immunotherapy during dysbiosis- Resubmission
    Role: Co-Investigator
    UG1HD090876-01     (Timothy Onarecker)Dec 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2020
    NIH, ISPCTN Pilot
    Rapid Genomic Sequencing of Pneumococcal Meningitis Isolates
    Role Description: Goal: To evaluate the feasibility of a rapid sequencing approach to identifying pneumococcal patterns of resistance in pediatric meningitis and blood stream isolates.
    Role: Co-Investigator
    FP00053429     (David Ussery)Mar 1, 2019 - Feb 29, 2020
    Arkansas Research Alliance
    Obstructive Sleep Apnea
    Role Description: To identify shifts in microbiome signatures before and after continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment.
    Role: Co-Investigator
    P20GM121293     (Tackett, Alan J)Jul 11, 2017 - Jun 30, 2027
    NIH/NIGMS
    Center for Translational Pediatric Research (CTPR)
    Role Description: This is an NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence grant focusing on systems biology. Funding supports research programs of four junior investigators, an extensive mentoring program, and infrastructure through core facility support.
    Role: Other Key Personnel
    P20GM121293     (ZYBAYLOV, BORIS)Jul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2022
    NIH/National Institutes of Health - Pass Through: Arkansas Children's Hospital
    Microbiome-Derived Therapeutic Targets for Chronic Kidney Disease - Continuation
    Role: Co-Investigator
    R01CA143130     (NAKAGAWA, MAYUMI)Jul 1, 2010 - Jun 30, 2026
    NIH
    Understanding and Enhancing T-Cell Responses to High Risk Human Papillomaviruses
    Role: Co-Investigator

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    1. Ippolito JR, Piccolo BD, Robeson MS, Barney DE, Ali J, Singh P, Hennigar SR. Iron deficient diets modify the gut microbiome and reduce the severity of enteric infection in a mouse model of S. Typhimurium-induced enterocolitis. J Nutr Biochem. 2022 09; 107:109065. PMID: 35609848.
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    2. Robeson MS, Manna K, Randolph C, Byrum S, Hakkak R. Short-Term Metformin Treatment Enriches Bacteroides dorei in an Obese Liver Steatosis Zucker Rat Model. Front Microbiol. 2022; 13:834776. PMID: 35432282.
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    3. Elolimy A, Rosa F, Tripp P, Zeineldin M, Bowlin AK, Randolph C, Robeson MS, Yeruva L. Bacterial and Fungal Adaptations in Cecum and Distal Colon of Piglets Fed With Dairy-Based Milk Formula in Comparison With Human Milk. Front Microbiol. 2022; 13:801854. PMID: 35401465.
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    4. Robeson MS, O'Rourke DR, Kaehler BD, Ziemski M, Dillon MR, Foster JT, Bokulich NA. RESCRIPt: Reproducible sequence taxonomy reference database management. PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 11; 17(11):e1009581. PMID: 34748542.
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    5. Piccolo BD, Graham JL, Kang P, Randolph CE, Shankar K, Yeruva L, Fox R, Robeson MS, Moody B, LeRoith T, Stanhope KL, Adams SH, Havel PJ. Progression of diabetes is associated with changes in the ileal transcriptome and ileal-colon morphology in the UC Davis Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus rat. Physiol Rep. 2021 11; 9(22):e15102. PMID: 34806320.
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    6. Shibata T, Nakagawa M, Coleman HN, Owens SM, Greenfield WW, Sasagawa T, Robeson MS. Evaluation of DNA extraction protocols from liquid-based cytology specimens for studying cervical microbiota. PLoS One. 2021; 16(8):e0237556. PMID: 34460815.
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    7. Dillon MR, Bolyen E, Adamov A, Belk A, Borsom E, Burcham Z, Debelius JW, Deel H, Emmons A, Estaki M, Herman C, Keefe CR, Morton JT, Oliveira RRM, Sanchez A, Simard A, Vázquez-Baeza Y, Ziemski M, Miwa HE, Kerere TA, Coote C, Bonneau R, Knight R, Oliveira G, Gopalasingam P, Kaehler BD, Cope EK, Metcalf JL, Robeson Ii MS, Bokulich NA, Caporaso JG. Experiences and lessons learned from two virtual, hands-on microbiome bioinformatics workshops. PLoS Comput Biol. 2021 06; 17(6):e1009056. PMID: 34166363.
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    8. Carper DL, Weston DJ, Barde A, Timm CM, Lu TY, Burdick LH, Jawdy SS, Klingeman DM, Robeson MS, Veach AM, Cregger MA, Kalluri UC, Schadt CW, Podar M, Doktycz MJ, Pelletier DA. Cultivating the Bacterial Microbiota of Populus Roots. mSystems. 2021 Jun 29; 6(3):e0130620. PMID: 34156297.
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    9. Graw S, Chappell K, Washam CL, Gies A, Bird J, Robeson MS, Byrum SD. Multi-omics data integration considerations and study design for biological systems and disease. Mol Omics. 2021 04 19; 17(2):170-185. PMID: 33347526.
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    10. Abram K, Udaondo Z, Bleker C, Wanchai V, Wassenaar TM, Robeson MS, Ussery DW. Mash-based analyses of Escherichia coli genomes reveal 14 distinct phylogroups. Commun Biol. 2021 01 26; 4(1):117. PMID: 33500552.
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    11. Bokulich NA, Ziemski M, Robeson MS, Kaehler BD. Measuring the microbiome: Best practices for developing and benchmarking microbiomics methods. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2020; 18:4048-4062. PMID: 33363701.
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    12. Sallinger E, Robeson MS, Haselkorn TS. Characterization of the bacterial microbiomes of social amoebae and exploration of the roles of host and environment on microbiome composition. Environ Microbiol. 2021 01; 23(1):126-142. PMID: 33063404.
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    13. Kandel S, Sripiboon S, Jenjaroenpun P, Ussery DW, Nookaew I, Robeson MS, Wongsurawat T. 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Profiling of Baby and Adult Captive Elephants in Thailand. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Jun 11; 9(24). PMID: 32527771.
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    14. Smyser TJ, Tabak MA, Slootmaker C, Robeson MS, Miller RS, Bosse M, Megens HJ, Groenen MAM, Paiva SR, de Faria DA, Blackburn HD, Schmit BS, Piaggio AJ. Mixed ancestry from wild and domestic lineages contributes to the rapid expansion of invasive feral swine. Mol Ecol. 2020 03; 29(6):1103-1119. PMID: 32080922.
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    15. Darcy JL, Washburne AD, Robeson MS, Prest T, Schmidt SK, Lozupone CA. A phylogenetic model for the recruitment of species into microbial communities and application to studies of the human microbiome. ISME J. 2020 06; 14(6):1359-1368. PMID: 32076128.
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    16. Wassenaar TM, Jun SR, Robeson M, Ussery DW. Comparative genomics of hepatitis A virus, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis E virus provides insights into the evolutionary history of Hepatovirus species. Microbiologyopen. 2020 02; 9(2):e973. PMID: 31742930.
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    17. Jenkins SV, Robeson MS, Griffin RJ, Quick CM, Siegel ER, Cannon MJ, Vang KB, Dings RPM. Gastrointestinal Tract Dysbiosis Enhances Distal Tumor Progression through Suppression of Leukocyte Trafficking. Cancer Res. 2019 12 01; 79(23):5999-6009. PMID: 31591154.
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    18. Bolyen E, Rideout JR, Dillon MR, Bokulich NA, Abnet CC, Al-Ghalith GA, Alexander H, Alm EJ, Arumugam M, Asnicar F, Bai Y, Bisanz JE, Bittinger K, Brejnrod A, Brislawn CJ, Brown CT, Callahan BJ, Caraballo-Rodríguez AM, Chase J, Cope EK, Da Silva R, Diener C, Dorrestein PC, Douglas GM, Durall DM, Duvallet C, Edwardson CF, Ernst M, Estaki M, Fouquier J, Gauglitz JM, Gibbons SM, Gibson DL, Gonzalez A, Gorlick K, Guo J, Hillmann B, Holmes S, Holste H, Huttenhower C, Huttley GA, Janssen S, Jarmusch AK, Jiang L, Kaehler BD, Kang KB, Keefe CR, Keim P, Kelley ST, Knights D, Koester I, Kosciolek T, Kreps J, Langille MGI, Lee J, Ley R, Liu YX, Loftfield E, Lozupone C, Maher M, Marotz C, Martin BD, McDonald D, McIver LJ, Melnik AV, Metcalf JL, Morgan SC, Morton JT, Naimey AT, Navas-Molina JA, Nothias LF, Orchanian SB, Pearson T, Peoples SL, Petras D, Preuss ML, Pruesse E, Rasmussen LB, Rivers A, Robeson MS, Rosenthal P, Segata N, Shaffer M, Shiffer A, Sinha R, Song SJ, Spear JR, Swafford AD, Thompson LR, Torres PJ, Trinh P, Tripathi A, Turnbaugh PJ, Ul-Hasan S, van der Hooft JJJ, Vargas F, Vázquez-Baeza Y, Vogtmann E, von Hippel M, Walters W, Wan Y, Wang M, Warren J, Weber KC, Williamson CHD, Willis AD, Xu ZZ, Zaneveld JR, Zhang Y, Zhu Q, Knight R, Caporaso JG. Author Correction: Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2. Nat Biotechnol. 2019 Sep; 37(9):1091. PMID: 31399723.
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    19. Bolyen E, Rideout JR, Dillon MR, Bokulich NA, Abnet CC, Al-Ghalith GA, Alexander H, Alm EJ, Arumugam M, Asnicar F, Bai Y, Bisanz JE, Bittinger K, Brejnrod A, Brislawn CJ, Brown CT, Callahan BJ, Caraballo-Rodríguez AM, Chase J, Cope EK, Da Silva R, Diener C, Dorrestein PC, Douglas GM, Durall DM, Duvallet C, Edwardson CF, Ernst M, Estaki M, Fouquier J, Gauglitz JM, Gibbons SM, Gibson DL, Gonzalez A, Gorlick K, Guo J, Hillmann B, Holmes S, Holste H, Huttenhower C, Huttley GA, Janssen S, Jarmusch AK, Jiang L, Kaehler BD, Kang KB, Keefe CR, Keim P, Kelley ST, Knights D, Koester I, Kosciolek T, Kreps J, Langille MGI, Lee J, Ley R, Liu YX, Loftfield E, Lozupone C, Maher M, Marotz C, Martin BD, McDonald D, McIver LJ, Melnik AV, Metcalf JL, Morgan SC, Morton JT, Naimey AT, Navas-Molina JA, Nothias LF, Orchanian SB, Pearson T, Peoples SL, Petras D, Preuss ML, Pruesse E, Rasmussen LB, Rivers A, Robeson MS, Rosenthal P, Segata N, Shaffer M, Shiffer A, Sinha R, Song SJ, Spear JR, Swafford AD, Thompson LR, Torres PJ, Trinh P, Tripathi A, Turnbaugh PJ, Ul-Hasan S, van der Hooft JJJ, Vargas F, Vázquez-Baeza Y, Vogtmann E, von Hippel M, Walters W, Wan Y, Wang M, Warren J, Weber KC, Williamson CHD, Willis AD, Xu ZZ, Zaneveld JR, Zhang Y, Zhu Q, Knight R, Caporaso JG. Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2. Nat Biotechnol. 2019 08; 37(8):852-857. PMID: 31341288.
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    20. Alkam D, Jenjaroenpun P, Wongsurawat T, Udaondo Z, Patumcharoenpol P, Robeson M, Haselow D, Mason W, Nookaew I, Ussery D, Jun SR. Genomic characterization of mumps viruses from a large-scale mumps outbreak in Arkansas, 2016. Infect Genet Evol. 2019 11; 75:103965. PMID: 31319177.
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    21. Ravilla R, Coleman HN, Chow CE, Chan L, Fuhrman BJ, Greenfield WW, Robeson MS, Iverson K, Spencer H, Nakagawa M. Cervical Microbiome and Response to a Human Papillomavirus Therapeutic Vaccine for Treating High-Grade Cervical Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion. Integr Cancer Ther. 2019 Jan-Dec; 18:1534735419893063. PMID: 31833799.
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    22. Kennedy RC, Fling RR, Robeson MS, Saxton AM, Schneider LG, Darcy JL, Bemis DA, Zhao L, Chen J. Temporal dynamics of gut microbiota in triclocarban-exposed weaned rats. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2018 May; 25(15):14743-14751. PMID: 29536423.
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    23. Knelman JE, Graham EB, Prevéy JS, Robeson MS, Kelly P, Hood E, Schmidt SK. Interspecific Plant Interactions Reflected in Soil Bacterial Community Structure and Nitrogen Cycling in Primary Succession. Front Microbiol. 2018; 9:128. PMID: 29467741.
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    24. Robeson MS, Khanipov K, Golovko G, Wisely SM, White MD, Bodenchuck M, Smyser TJ, Fofanov Y, Fierer N, Piaggio AJ. Assessing the utility of metabarcoding for diet analyses of the omnivorous wild pig (Sus scrofa). Ecol Evol. 2018 01; 8(1):185-196. PMID: 29321862.
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    25. Andrei AS, Baricz A, Robeson MS, Pausan MR, Tamas T, Chiriac C, Szekeres E, Barbu-Tudoran L, Levei EA, Coman C, Podar M, Banciu HL. Hypersaline sapropels act as hotspots for microbial dark matter. Sci Rep. 2017 07 21; 7(1):6150. PMID: 28733590.
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    26. King AJ, Preheim SP, Bailey KL, Robeson MS, Roy Chowdhury T, Crable BR, Hurt RA, Mehlhorn T, Lowe KA, Phelps TJ, Palumbo AV, Brandt CC, Brown SD, Podar M, Zhang P, Lancaster WA, Poole F, Watson DB, W Fields M, Chandonia JM, Alm EJ, Zhou J, Adams MW, Hazen TC, Arkin AP, Elias DA. Temporal Dynamics of In-Field Bioreactor Populations Reflect the Groundwater System and Respond Predictably to Perturbation. Environ Sci Technol. 2017 03 07; 51(5):2879-2889. PMID: 28112946.
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    27. Kennedy RC, Fling RR, Robeson MS, Saxton AM, Donnell RL, Darcy JL, Bemis DA, Liu J, Zhao L, Chen J. Temporal Development of Gut Microbiota in Triclocarban Exposed Pregnant and Neonatal Rats. Sci Rep. 2016 09 20; 6:33430. PMID: 27646684.
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    28. Utturkar SM, Cude WN, Robeson MS, Yang ZK, Klingeman DM, Land ML, Allman SL, Lu TY, Brown SD, Schadt CW, Podar M, Doktycz MJ, Pelletier DA. Enrichment of Root Endophytic Bacteria from Populus deltoides and Single-Cell-Genomics Analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2016 09 15; 82(18):5698-708. PMID: 27422831.
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    29. Bergmann GT, Craine JM, Robeson MS, Fierer N. Seasonal Shifts in Diet and Gut Microbiota of the American Bison (Bison bison). PLoS One. 2015; 10(11):e0142409. PMID: 26562019.
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    30. Timm CM, Campbell AG, Utturkar SM, Jun SR, Parales RE, Tan WA, Robeson MS, Lu TY, Jawdy S, Brown SD, Ussery DW, Schadt CW, Tuskan GA, Doktycz MJ, Weston DJ, Pelletier DA. Metabolic functions of Pseudomonas fluorescens strains from Populus deltoides depend on rhizosphere or endosphere isolation compartment. Front Microbiol. 2015; 6:1118. PMID: 26528266.
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    31. Jun SR, Robeson MS, Hauser LJ, Schadt CW, Gorin AA. PanFP: pangenome-based functional profiles for microbial communities. BMC Res Notes. 2015 Sep 26; 8:479. PMID: 26409790.
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    32. Andrei AS, Robeson MS, Baricz A, Coman C, Muntean V, Ionescu A, Etiope G, Alexe M, Sicora CI, Podar M, Banciu HL. Contrasting taxonomic stratification of microbial communities in two hypersaline meromictic lakes. ISME J. 2015 Dec; 9(12):2642-56. PMID: 25932617.
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    33. Coman C, Chiriac CM, Robeson MS, Ionescu C, Dragos N, Barbu-Tudoran L, Andrei AS, Banciu HL, Sicora C, Podar M. Structure, mineralogy, and microbial diversity of geothermal spring microbialites associated with a deep oil drilling in Romania. Front Microbiol. 2015; 6:253. PMID: 25870594.
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    34. Mahmoudi N, Robeson MS, Castro HF, Fortney JL, Techtmann SM, Joyner DC, Paradis CJ, Pfiffner SM, Hazen TC. Microbial community composition and diversity in Caspian Sea sediments. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. 2015 Jan; 91(1):1-11. PMID: 25764536.
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    35. Bonito G, Reynolds H, Robeson MS, Nelson J, Hodkinson BP, Tuskan G, Schadt CW, Vilgalys R. Plant host and soil origin influence fungal and bacterial assemblages in the roots of woody plants. Mol Ecol. 2014 07; 23(13):3356-70. PMID: 24894495.
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    36. McCauley SJ, Davis CJ, Werner EE, Robeson MS. Dispersal, niche breadth and population extinction: colonization ratios predict range size in North American dragonflies. J Anim Ecol. 2014 Jul; 83(4):858-65. PMID: 24237364.
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    37. Gonzalez A, King A, Robeson MS, Song S, Shade A, Metcalf JL, Knight R. Characterizing microbial communities through space and time. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2012 Jun; 23(3):431-6. PMID: 22154467.
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    38. Darcy JL, Lynch RC, King AJ, Robeson MS, Schmidt SK. Global distribution of Polaromonas phylotypes--evidence for a highly successful dispersal capacity. PLoS One. 2011; 6(8):e23742. PMID: 21897856.
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    39. Robeson MS, King AJ, Freeman KR, Birky CW, Martin AP, Schmidt SK. Soil rotifer communities are extremely diverse globally but spatially autocorrelated locally. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Mar 15; 108(11):4406-10. PMID: 21368117.
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    40. Schmidt SK, Lynch RC, King AJ, Karki D, Robeson MS, Nagy L, Williams MW, Mitter MS, Freeman KR. Phylogeography of microbial phototrophs in the dry valleys of the high Himalayas and Antarctica. Proc Biol Sci. 2011 Mar 07; 278(1706):702-8. PMID: 20826485.
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    41. Sattin SR, Cleveland CC, Hood E, Reed SC, King AJ, Schmidt SK, Robeson MS, Ascarrunz N, Nemergut DR. Functional shifts in unvegetated, perhumid, recently-deglaciated soils do not correlate with shifts in soil bacterial community composition. J Microbiol. 2009 Dec; 47(6):673-81. PMID: 20127458.
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    42. Robeson MS, Costello EK, Freeman KR, Whiting J, Adams B, Martin AP, Schmidt SK. Environmental DNA sequencing primers for eutardigrades and bdelloid rotifers. BMC Ecol. 2009 Dec 11; 9:25. PMID: 20003362.
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    43. Freeman KR, Pescador MY, Reed SC, Costello EK, Robeson MS, Schmidt SK. Soil CO2 flux and photoautotrophic community composition in high-elevation, 'barren' soil. Environ Microbiol. 2009 Mar; 11(3):674-86. PMID: 19187281.
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    44. Jones RT, Robeson MS, Lauber CL, Hamady M, Knight R, Fierer N. A comprehensive survey of soil acidobacterial diversity using pyrosequencing and clone library analyses. ISME J. 2009 Apr; 3(4):442-53. PMID: 19129864.
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    45. Nemergut DR, Robeson MS, Kysela RF, Martin AP, Schmidt SK, Knight R. Insights and inferences about integron evolution from genomic data. BMC Genomics. 2008 May 31; 9:261. PMID: 18513439.
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    46. Fierer N, Breitbart M, Nulton J, Salamon P, Lozupone C, Jones R, Robeson M, Edwards RA, Felts B, Rayhawk S, Knight R, Rohwer F, Jackson RB. Metagenomic and small-subunit rRNA analyses reveal the genetic diversity of bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses in soil. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Nov; 73(21):7059-66. PMID: 17827313.
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    47. Knight R, Maxwell P, Birmingham A, Carnes J, Caporaso JG, Easton BC, Eaton M, Hamady M, Lindsay H, Liu Z, Lozupone C, McDonald D, Robeson M, Sammut R, Smit S, Wakefield MJ, Widmann J, Wikman S, Wilson S, Ying H, Huttley GA. PyCogent: a toolkit for making sense from sequence. Genome Biol. 2007; 8(8):R171. PMID: 17708774.
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