Manuscripts under review

  1. Alker A.T.P*., Song L.C.T*, Swartz S., Aurora J., Oromi-Bosch A., Martinson J., Cress B., Doudna J.A., Rubin B.E. Identifying Proteins Influencing CRISPR-Associated Transposases for Enhanced Genome Editing. Submitted to BioRxiv DOI: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.11.612086v2​ and for peer review in September 2024​.

​​Publications

  1. Lima L.F.O, Alker A.T., Morris M.M., Edwards R.A., De Putron S.J., Dinsdale E.A. Pre-bleaching coral microbiome is enriched in beneficial taxa and functions. Microorganisms. May 2024. 12(5), 1005. DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms12051005
  2. ​Alker A.T., Demko A.M., Moore B.S., Paul V.J., Purdy T.N., Sneed J.M., Shikuma N.J. Bacterial genetics links chemical biosynthesis genes to coral metamorphosis. ISME Communications. August 2023. 3; 98 DOI: 10.1038/s43705-023-00309-6.
  3. Alker A.T., Apiras A, Dunbar T.L., Malter K,E., Fedoriouk A, Farrell M., Jones J.E., Mikhail S., Shikuma N.J. A modular genetic toolkit applied in marine Proteobacteria provides functional insights during bacteria-stimulated metamorphosis. mBio. August 2023. 31;14(4):e0150223. DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01502-23.
  4. Lima L.F.O., Alker A.T., Papudeshi B., Morris M., Edwards R., de Putron S., Dinsdale E. Coral and seawater metagenomes reveal key microbial functions to coral health and ecosystem functioning shaped at reef scale. Microbial Ecology. August 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s00248-022-02094-6
  5. Alker A.T. et al. Draft Genome Sequence of Nereida sp. MMG025 Isolated from Giant Kelp. Microbiology Resource Announcements. May 2022. 11(6):e0012222. DOI: 10.1128/mra.00122-22.
  6. Malter KE, Esmerode M, Damba M, Alker AT, Forsberg EM, Shikuma NJ. Lipidomics of Tubeworm Metamorphosis in Response to Bacteria Reveals a Role of Diacylglycerol, Protein Kinase C and MAPK Signaling. Developmental Biology. April 2022, 487: 99-109. DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2022.04.009.
  7. Alker A.T. et al. Draft genome sequences of ten bacteria from the marine Pseudoalteromonas group. Microbiology Resource Announcement. August 2021, 10 (32) e00404-21 DOI: 10.1128/MRA.00404-21
  8. Alker A.T., Delherbe N., Purdy T.N., Moore B.S., Shikuma N.J. Genetic examination of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas luteoviolacea and effects of its metamorphosis-inducing factors. Environmental Microbiology. August 2020; DOI: 10.1111/1462‐2920.15211
  9. Cavalcanti G.S., Alker A.T., Delherbe N., Malter K., Shikuma N.J. The Influence of Bacteria on Animal Metamorphosis. Annual Reviews of Microbiology. September 2020, 74:1, 137-158; DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-011320-012753 
  10. Rojas* M.I., Cavalcanti* G.S., McNair K., Benler S., Alker A.T., Cobián-Güemes A.G., Giluso M., Levi K., Rohwer F.L., Bailey B.A., Beyhan S., Edwards R.A., Shikuma N.J. A Distinct Contractile Injection System Found in a Majority of Adult Human Microbiomes. mSystems. July 2020, 5 (4) e00648-20; DOI:10.1128/mSystems.00648-20
  11. Lima, L.F.O., Weissman, M., Reed, M., Bhavya, N.P., Alker, A.T., Morris, M.M., Edwards, R.A., de Putron, S., Vaidya, N.K., Dinsdale, E.A. Modeling of the Coral Microbiome: the Influence of Temperature and Microbial Network. mBio. March 2020, 11 (2) e02691-19; DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02691-19​