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Sampling Microbial Dynamics in the Salish Sea Estuary: Evaluating Methods to Capture Cyanobacteria and Cyanophage Open

Owen P. Leiser, Kristin Jones, Mahala Peter-Frank, Ruonan Wu, Margaret S. Cheung , et al. · 2025

Picocyanobacteria from the genera Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus thrive across the globe in aqueous environments, have relatively small genomes, and have growth dynamics regulated by both viral interactions and abiotic conditions, makin…

Beneath the surface: Unsolved questions in soil virus ecology Open

Christina Hazard, Karthik Anantharaman, Luke S. Hillary, Uri Neri, Simon Roux , et al. · 2025

Soil virus ecology is an exciting but still nascent field of research in soil microbiology. While there has been a recent surge in soil virus research studies, many fundamental questions remain unanswered, and a range of technical and bioi…

Advanced multi-modal mass spectrometry imaging reveals functional differences of placental villous compartments at microscale resolution Open

Marija Veličković, Leena Kadam, Joonhoon Kim, Kevin Zemaitis, Dušan Veličković , et al. · 2025

Meeting report: International soil virus conference 2024 Open

María Touceda‐Suárez, Melissa Perry, Riccardo Frizzo, John Henry Lotz-McMillen, Reid Gilmore , et al. · 2025

The research field of soil viral ecology continues to advance rapidly as the roles of viruses in the functioning of soil ecosystems are increasingly recognized. To address recent developments in the field, the second International Soil Vir…

Adaptive modification of antiviral defense systems in microbial community under Cr-induced stress Open

Dan Huang, Jingqiu Liao, José Luís Balcázar, Mao Ye, Ruonan Wu , et al. · 2025

Synergy and antagonism in a genome-scale model of metabolic hijacking by bacteriophages Open

Jordan C. Rozum, William Sineath, Doo Nam Kim, Pavlo Bohutskyi, Connah Johnson , et al. · 2024

Bacteriophage auxiliary metabolic genes (AMGs) alter host metabolism by hijacking reactions. Previous studies used functional annotations to infer AMG impacts but neglected propagation effects on global metabolism and phage production. We …

Infection‐responsive polysaccharide‐based drug‐loaded nano‐assembly for dual‐modal treatment against drug‐resistant bacterial lung infection (3/2024) Open

Lin Han, Zhonghua Yuan, Hui‐Min Ren, Weizhuo Song, Ruonan Wu , et al. · 2024

From single cell to spatial multi-omics: unveiling molecular mechanisms in dynamic and heterogeneous systems Open

Ruonan Wu, Marija Veličković, Kristin Burnum-Johnson · 2024

The direct and indirect drivers shaping RNA viral communities in grassland soils Open

Ruonan Wu, Amy Zimmerman, Kirsten Hofmockel · 2024

Recent studies have revealed diverse RNA viral communities in soils. Yet, how environmental factors influence soil RNA viruses remains largely unknown. Here, we recovered RNA viral communities from bulk metatranscriptomes sequenced from gr…

A global atlas of soil viruses reveals unexplored biodiversity and potential biogeochemical impacts Open

Emily Graham, Antônio Pedro Camargo, Ruonan Wu, Russell Y. Neches, Matt Nolan , et al. · 2024

Historically neglected by microbial ecologists, soil viruses are now thought to be critical to global biogeochemical cycles. However, our understanding of their global distribution, activities and interactions with the soil microbiome rema…

Symbiotic bacteriophages exhibit multiple adaptive strategies in activated sludge flocs and contribute to floc stability Open

Huiyuan Qi, Ruonan Wu, Mao Ye, Dan Huang, Luokai Wang , et al. · 2024

Genomic fingerprints of the world’s soil ecosystems Open

Emily Graham, Vanessa Garayburu‐Caruso, Ruonan Wu, Jianqiu Zheng, Ryan McClure , et al. · 2024

Despite the explosion of soil metagenomic data, we lack a synthesized understanding of patterns in the distribution and functions of soil microorganisms. These patterns are critical to predictions of soil microbiome responses to climate ch…

Infection‐responsive polysaccharide‐based drug‐loaded nano‐assembly for dual‐modal treatment against drug‐resistant bacterial lung infection Open

Lin Han, Zhonghua Yuan, Hui‐Min Ren, Weizhuo Song, Ruonan Wu , et al. · 2024

The escalating issue of lung infections induced by multi‐drug resistant (MDR) bacteria is threatening human health. Thus, the development of efficient drug delivery systems is essential to eliminate MDR bacterial lung infections effectivel…

Mapping Microhabitats: Metabolome Informed Proteome Imaging of Lignocellulose Decomposition by a Naturally Evolved Microbial Consortium Open

Marija Veličković, Ruonan Wu, Yuqian Gao, Margaret W. Thairu, Dušan Veličković , et al. · 2024

The annotated protein database was curated to annotate MS/MS data in the manuscript titled 'Mapping Microhabitats: Metabolome Informed Proteome Imaging of Lignocellulose Decomposition by a Naturally Evolved Microbial Consortium'.

Polysaccharide-based antibacterial nanocomposite hydrogels with Janus structure for treatment of infected extraction socket Open

Tailong Shi, Yan‐Hua Xiong, Weizhuo Song, Meizhou Sun, Ruonan Wu , et al. · 2024

Mapping microhabitats of lignocellulose decomposition by a microbial consortium Open

Marija Veličković, Ruonan Wu, Yuqian Gao, Margaret W. Thairu, Dušan Veličković , et al. · 2024

The leaf-cutter ant fungal garden ecosystem is a naturally evolved model system for efficient plant biomass degradation. Degradation processes mediated by the symbiotic fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus are difficult to characterize due t…