List of works - Alejandro P Rooney

Acinetobacter dijkshoorniae is a later heterotypic synonym of Acinetobacter lactucae

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Acinetobacter lactucae sp. nov., isolated from iceberg lettuce (Asteraceae: Lactuca sativa).

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Agarivorans gilvus sp. nov. isolated from seaweed

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An adaptive evolutionary shift in Fusarium head blight pathogen populations is driving the rapid spread of more toxigenic Fusarium graminearum in North America.

scientific article published on 16 October 2007

An inordinate fondness for Fusarium: phylogenetic diversity of fusaria cultivated by ambrosia beetles in the genus Euwallacea on avocado and other plant hosts.

scientific article

An unusual form of purifying selection in a sperm protein

scientific article published on 01 February 2000

Analysis of core housekeeping and virulence genes reveals cryptic lineages of Clostridium perfringens that are associated with distinct disease presentations.

scientific article

Assessing the potential for Burkholderia pseudomallei in the southeastern United States.

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Association between fertilizer-mediated changes in microbial communities and Aedes albopictus growth and survival.

scientific article

Bacillus glycinifermentans sp. nov., isolated from fermented soybean paste.

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Bacillus nakamurai sp. nov., a black-pigment-producing strain.

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Bacillus paralicheniformis sp. nov., isolated from fermented soybean paste.

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Bacillus swezeyi sp. nov. and Bacillus haynesii sp. nov., isolated from desert soil

scientific article

Bacillus velezensis is not a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens; Bacillus methylotrophicus, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum and 'Bacillus oryzicola' are later heterotypic synonyms of Bacillus velezensis based on [...]

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Birth-and-death evolution of the internalin multigene family in Listeria

scientific article published on 18 September 2008

Characterization of Tolypocladium cylindrosporum (Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae) and Its Impact Against Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus Eggs at Low Temperature.

scientific article published on September 2017

Characterization of a novel gene for strain typing reveals substructuring of Aspergillus fumigatus across North America

scientific article

Chengkuizengella sediminis gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from sediment.

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Colwellia agarivorans sp. nov., an agar-digesting marine bacterium isolated from coastal seawater

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Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota of Culex restuans (Diptera: Culicidae) Females From Different Parents

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

Comparative analysis of gut microbiota of mosquito communities in central Illinois

scientific article

Corrigendum: Paraliobacillus sediminis sp. nov., isolated from East China sea sediment.

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Corynebacterium marinum sp. nov. isolated from coastal sediment

scientific article published on 25 September 2009

Description of Rummeliibacillus stabekisii gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of Bacillus pycnus Nakamura et al. 2002 as Rummeliibacillus pycnus comb. nov.

scientific article

Discordant phylogenies suggest repeated host shifts in the Fusarium-Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualism

scientific article

Diversity of Clostridium perfringens isolates from various sources and prevalence of conjugative plasmids

scientific article published on 19 November 2015

Draconibacterium orientale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from two distinct marine environments, and proposal of Draconibacteriaceae fam. nov.

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Ecology of speciation in the genus Bacillus

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Entomopathogenic fungal infection leads to temporospatial modulation of the mosquito immune system

scientific article published on 23 April 2018

Evaluation of microbial strains for linoleic acid hydroxylation and reclassification of strain ALA2.

scientific article published in August 2005

Evolution of moth sex pheromones via ancestral genes

scientific article

Expression and evolution of delta9 and delta11 desaturase genes in the moth Spodoptera littoralis

scientific article published on December 2004

Genetic architecture and evolution of the mating type locus in fusaria that cause soybean sudden death syndrome and bean root rot.

scientific article published on 2 June 2014

Genetic consequences of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) restoration in Mississippi

scientific article published on 01 December 2003

Genome analysis shows Bacillus axarquiensis is not a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus mojavensis; reclassification of Bacillus malacitensis and Brevibacterium halotolerans as heterotypic synonyms of Bacillus axarquiensis.

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Gracilimonas halophila sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern.

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Historical population size change of bowhead whales inferred from DNA sequence polymorphism data.

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How well do ITS rDNA sequences differentiate species of true morels (Morchella)? ⬇️

scientific article published on July 16, 2012

Identification, biochemical characterization, and evolution of the Rhizopus oryzae 99-880 polygalacturonase gene family

scientific article published on 04 October 2008

Identifying the Fundamental Units of Diversity AmongBacillusIsolates From "Evolution Canyon" III

scientific article published in 2006

Inferring species trees from gene trees: a phylogenetic analysis of the Elapidae (Serpentes) based on the amino acid sequences of venom proteins

scientific article published in December 1997

Isolation and characterization of rhamnolipid-producing bacterial strains from a biodiesel facility

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Longibacter salinarum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern.

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Marinicella sediminis sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment

scientific article published on 21 May 2018

Mass spectrometric analysis of lipopeptides from Bacillus strains isolated from diverse geographical locations.

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Mechanisms underlying the evolution and maintenance of functionally heterogeneous 18S rRNA genes in Apicomplexans.

scientific article published on 2 June 2004

Microbial diversity in chronic open wounds

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Microsatellite diversity in captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).

scientific article

Microsatellites from the South American coruro, Spalacopus cyanus.

scientific article published in September 2000

Midgut fungal and bacterial microbiota of Aedes triseriatus and Aedes japonicus shift in response to La Crosse virus infection.

scientific article published on 30 June 2016

Molecular and Morphological Analyses of the Sportive Lemurs (Family Megaladapidae: Genus Lepilemur) Reveals 11 Previously Unrecognized Species ⬇️

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Molecular evolution and phylogeny of elapid snake venom three-finger toxins

scientific article (publication date: July 2003)

Molecular evolution of the nontandemly repeated genes of the histone 3 multigene family

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Molecular genetics and evolution of pheromone biosynthesis in Lepidoptera

scholarly article by Wendell L Roelofs & Alejandro P Rooney published 22 July 2003 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Molecular genetics and evolution of pheromone biosynthesis in Lepidoptera.

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Mosquito microbiota cluster by host sampling location

scholarly article published by Christopher J Fields in 2018

Multigene molecular phylogenetics reveals true morels (Morchella) are especially species-rich in China.

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Neiella marina gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus

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Novel sex pheromone desaturases in the genomes of corn borers generated through gene duplication and retroposon fusion.

scholarly article

One fungus, one name: defining the genus Fusarium in a scientifically robust way that preserves longstanding use.

scientific article published in May 2013

Origins and divergence times of mammalian class II MHC gene clusters

scientific article published on 01 May 2000

Ovicidal and Larvicidal Effects of Garlic and Asafoetida Essential Oils Against West Nile Virus Vectors

scientific article

Paraliobacillus sediminis sp. nov., isolated from East China sea sediment.

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Pheromone emergencies and drifting moth genomes.

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Phylogenetic analyses of RPB1 and RPB2 support a middle Cretaceous origin for a clade comprising all agriculturally and medically important fusaria.

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Phylogenetic analysis of Bacillus subtilis strains applicable to natto (fermented soybean) production.

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Phylogenetic diversity of insecticolous fusaria inferred from multilocus DNA sequence data and their molecular identification via FUSARIUM-ID and Fusarium MLST.

scientific article

Phylogenomic analysis shows that Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum is a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus methylotrophicus

scientific article published on 2 April 2015

Phylogeny and historical biogeography of true morels (Morchella) reveals an early Cretaceous origin and high continental endemism and provincialism in the Holarctic.

scientific article

Phylogeny and molecular taxonomy of the Bacillus subtilis species complex and description of Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum subsp. nov.

scientific article published on 21 July 2009

Prion protein gene (PRNP) variants and evidence for strong purifying selection in functionally important regions of bovine exon 3.

scholarly article

Proposed minimal standards for the use of genome data for the taxonomy of prokaryotes

scientific article published in January 2018

Psychroflexus saliphilus sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern.

scientific article

Purification and characterization of a family 5 endoglucanase from a moderately thermophilic strain of Bacillus licheniformis.

scientific article published on 10 August 2006

Rapid evolution of a primate sperm protein: relaxation of functional constraint or positive Darwinian selection?

scientific article published on 01 May 1999

Rhodohalobacter halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic member of the family Balneolaceae.

scientific article

Salibacter halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a saltern.

scientific article

Selection for highly biased amino acid frequency in the TolA cell envelope protein of Proteobacteria.

scientific article published in December 2003

Strain-specific pathogenicity and subversion of phenoloxidase activity in the mosquito Aedes aegypti by members of the fungal entomopathogenic genus Isaria.

scientific article published on 2 July 2018

Tangfeifania diversioriginum gen. nov., sp. nov., a representative of the family Draconibacteriaceae

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Wenzhouxiangella sediminis sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment.

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List of works by Alejandro P Rooney

Acinetobacter dijkshoorniae is a later heterotypic synonym of Acinetobacter lactucae

Acinetobacter lactucae sp. nov., isolated from iceberg lettuce (Asteraceae: Lactuca sativa).

Agarivorans gilvus sp. nov. isolated from seaweed

An adaptive evolutionary shift in Fusarium head blight pathogen populations is driving the rapid spread of more toxigenic Fusarium graminearum in North America.

An inordinate fondness for Fusarium: phylogenetic diversity of fusaria cultivated by ambrosia beetles in the genus Euwallacea on avocado and other plant hosts.

An unusual form of purifying selection in a sperm protein

Analysis of core housekeeping and virulence genes reveals cryptic lineages of Clostridium perfringens that are associated with distinct disease presentations.

Assessing the potential for Burkholderia pseudomallei in the southeastern United States.

Association between fertilizer-mediated changes in microbial communities and Aedes albopictus growth and survival.

Bacillus glycinifermentans sp. nov., isolated from fermented soybean paste.

Bacillus nakamurai sp. nov., a black-pigment-producing strain.

Bacillus paralicheniformis sp. nov., isolated from fermented soybean paste.

Bacillus swezeyi sp. nov. and Bacillus haynesii sp. nov., isolated from desert soil

Bacillus velezensis is not a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens; Bacillus methylotrophicus, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum and 'Bacillus oryzicola' are later heterotypic synonyms of Bacillus velezensis based on [...]

Birth-and-death evolution of the internalin multigene family in Listeria

Characterization of Tolypocladium cylindrosporum (Hypocreales: Ophiocordycipitaceae) and Its Impact Against Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus Eggs at Low Temperature.

Characterization of a novel gene for strain typing reveals substructuring of Aspergillus fumigatus across North America

Chengkuizengella sediminis gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from sediment.

Colwellia agarivorans sp. nov., an agar-digesting marine bacterium isolated from coastal seawater

Comparative Analysis of Gut Microbiota of Culex restuans (Diptera: Culicidae) Females From Different Parents

Comparative analysis of gut microbiota of mosquito communities in central Illinois

Corrigendum: Paraliobacillus sediminis sp. nov., isolated from East China sea sediment.

Corynebacterium marinum sp. nov. isolated from coastal sediment

Description of Rummeliibacillus stabekisii gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of Bacillus pycnus Nakamura et al. 2002 as Rummeliibacillus pycnus comb. nov.

Discordant phylogenies suggest repeated host shifts in the Fusarium-Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualism

Diversity of Clostridium perfringens isolates from various sources and prevalence of conjugative plasmids

Draconibacterium orientale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from two distinct marine environments, and proposal of Draconibacteriaceae fam. nov.

Ecology of speciation in the genus Bacillus

Entomopathogenic fungal infection leads to temporospatial modulation of the mosquito immune system

Evaluation of microbial strains for linoleic acid hydroxylation and reclassification of strain ALA2.

Evolution of moth sex pheromones via ancestral genes

Expression and evolution of delta9 and delta11 desaturase genes in the moth Spodoptera littoralis

Genetic architecture and evolution of the mating type locus in fusaria that cause soybean sudden death syndrome and bean root rot.

Genetic consequences of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) restoration in Mississippi

Genome analysis shows Bacillus axarquiensis is not a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus mojavensis; reclassification of Bacillus malacitensis and Brevibacterium halotolerans as heterotypic synonyms of Bacillus axarquiensis.

Gracilimonas halophila sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern.

Historical population size change of bowhead whales inferred from DNA sequence polymorphism data.

How well do ITS rDNA sequences differentiate species of true morels (Morchella)? ⬇️

Identification, biochemical characterization, and evolution of the Rhizopus oryzae 99-880 polygalacturonase gene family

Identifying the Fundamental Units of Diversity AmongBacillusIsolates From "Evolution Canyon" III

Inferring species trees from gene trees: a phylogenetic analysis of the Elapidae (Serpentes) based on the amino acid sequences of venom proteins

Isolation and characterization of rhamnolipid-producing bacterial strains from a biodiesel facility

Longibacter salinarum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern.

Marinicella sediminis sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment

Mass spectrometric analysis of lipopeptides from Bacillus strains isolated from diverse geographical locations.

Mechanisms underlying the evolution and maintenance of functionally heterogeneous 18S rRNA genes in Apicomplexans.

Microbial diversity in chronic open wounds

Microsatellite diversity in captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).

Microsatellites from the South American coruro, Spalacopus cyanus.

Midgut fungal and bacterial microbiota of Aedes triseriatus and Aedes japonicus shift in response to La Crosse virus infection.

Molecular and Morphological Analyses of the Sportive Lemurs (Family Megaladapidae: Genus Lepilemur) Reveals 11 Previously Unrecognized Species ⬇️

Molecular evolution and phylogeny of elapid snake venom three-finger toxins

Molecular evolution of the nontandemly repeated genes of the histone 3 multigene family

Molecular genetics and evolution of pheromone biosynthesis in Lepidoptera

Molecular genetics and evolution of pheromone biosynthesis in Lepidoptera.

Mosquito microbiota cluster by host sampling location

Multigene molecular phylogenetics reveals true morels (Morchella) are especially species-rich in China.

Neiella marina gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus

Novel sex pheromone desaturases in the genomes of corn borers generated through gene duplication and retroposon fusion.

One fungus, one name: defining the genus Fusarium in a scientifically robust way that preserves longstanding use.

Origins and divergence times of mammalian class II MHC gene clusters

Ovicidal and Larvicidal Effects of Garlic and Asafoetida Essential Oils Against West Nile Virus Vectors

Paraliobacillus sediminis sp. nov., isolated from East China sea sediment.

Pheromone emergencies and drifting moth genomes.

Phylogenetic analyses of RPB1 and RPB2 support a middle Cretaceous origin for a clade comprising all agriculturally and medically important fusaria.

Phylogenetic analysis of Bacillus subtilis strains applicable to natto (fermented soybean) production.

Phylogenetic diversity of insecticolous fusaria inferred from multilocus DNA sequence data and their molecular identification via FUSARIUM-ID and Fusarium MLST.

Phylogenomic analysis shows that Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum is a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus methylotrophicus

Phylogeny and historical biogeography of true morels (Morchella) reveals an early Cretaceous origin and high continental endemism and provincialism in the Holarctic.

Phylogeny and molecular taxonomy of the Bacillus subtilis species complex and description of Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum subsp. nov.

Prion protein gene (PRNP) variants and evidence for strong purifying selection in functionally important regions of bovine exon 3.

Proposed minimal standards for the use of genome data for the taxonomy of prokaryotes

Psychroflexus saliphilus sp. nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern.

Purification and characterization of a family 5 endoglucanase from a moderately thermophilic strain of Bacillus licheniformis.

Rapid evolution of a primate sperm protein: relaxation of functional constraint or positive Darwinian selection?

Rhodohalobacter halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic member of the family Balneolaceae.

Salibacter halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a saltern.

Selection for highly biased amino acid frequency in the TolA cell envelope protein of Proteobacteria.

Strain-specific pathogenicity and subversion of phenoloxidase activity in the mosquito Aedes aegypti by members of the fungal entomopathogenic genus Isaria.