Vertebrate host phylogeny influences gut archaeal diversity. Youngblut ND, Reischer GH, Dauser S, Maisch S, Walzer C, Stalder G, Farnleitner AH and Ley RE. Nature Microbiology. 6:1443–1454. (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-021-00980-2
Blowing hot and cold: body temperature and the microbiome. Huus KE and Ley RE. mSystems. 6:e00707-21. (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00707-21
Struo2: efficient metagenome profiling database construction for ever-expanding microbial genome datasets. Youngblut ND and Ley RE. PeerJ. 9:e12198. (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12198
MicroRNAs and extracellular vesicles in the gut: new host modulators of the microbiome. Du X, Ley R and Buck AH. Microlife. 2:uqab010. (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/femsml/uqab010
Informative regions in viral genomes. Moreno-Gallego JL and Reyes A. Viruses. 13:1164. (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/v13061164
The microbiome affects liver sphingolipids and plasma fatty acids in a murine model of the Western diet based on soybean oil. Di Rienzi S, Johnson E, Waters JL, Kennedy EA, Jacobson J, Lawrence P, Wang DH, Worgall TS, Brenna JT and Ley RE. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 97:108808. (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnutbio.2021.108808
Reclassification of Catabacter hongkongensis as Christensenella hongkongensis comb.nov. based on whole genome analysis. Liu X, Sutter JS, de la Cuesta-Zuluaga J, Waters JL, Youngblut ND and Ley RE. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 71:004774. (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.004774
Free-living psychrophilic bacteria of the genus Psychrobacter are descendents of pathobionts. Welter DK, Ruaud A, Henseler ZM, de Jong HN, van Coerverden de Groot P, Michaux J, Goermezano L, Waters JL, Youngblut ND and Ley RE. mSystems. 6:e00258-21. (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00258-21
Genomic insights into adaptations of trimethylamine-utilizing methanogens to diverse habitats, including the human gut. de la Cuesta-Zuluaga J, Spector TD, Youngblut ND and Ley RE. mSystems. 6:e00939-20. (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00939-20
