List of works - Christopher A Francis

Activity, abundance and diversity of nitrifying archaea and bacteria in the central California Current

scientific article

Ammonium uptake by phytoplankton regulates nitrification in the sunlit ocean

scientific article

Benthic ammonia oxidizers differ in community structure and biogeochemical potential across a riverine delta.

scientific article

Changes in bacterial and archaeal community structure and functional diversity along a geochemically variable soil profile.

scientific article

Combined niche and neutral effects in a microbial wastewater treatment community.

scientific article

Controls of nitrogen cycling evaluated along a well-characterized climate gradient.

scientific article published on 28 January 2017

Convergence and contrast in the community structure of Bacteria, Fungi and Archaea along a tropical elevation-climate gradient.

scientific article

Core and intact polar glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids of ammonia-oxidizing archaea enriched from marine and estuarine sediments

scientific article (publication date: May 2011)

Deep nirS amplicon sequencing of San Francisco Bay sediments enables prediction of geography and environmental conditions from denitrifying community composition.

scientific article

Denitrifier abundance and activity across the San Francisco Bay estuary

scientific article published on 01 October 2010

Depth distributions of nitrite reductase (nirK) gene variants reveal spatial dynamics of thaumarchaeal ecotype populations in coastal Monterey Bay

scientific article published on 09 August 2019

Determining the distribution of marine and coastal ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria using a quantitative approach.

scientific article published in January 2011

Differential contributions of archaeal ammonia oxidizer ecotypes to nitrification in coastal surface waters

scientific article

Dissimilatory metal reduction by the facultative anaerobe Pantoea agglomerans SP1.

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Distribution and diversity of archaeal ammonia monooxygenase genes associated with corals

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Diverse Thaumarchaeota Dominate Subsurface Ammonia-oxidizing Communities in Semi-arid Floodplains in the Western United States

scientific article published on 13 June 2020

Diverse ecophysiological adaptations of subsurface Thaumarchaeota in floodplain sediments revealed through genome-resolved metagenomics

scientific article published in 2021

Diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in the sediments of a hypernutrified subtropical estuary: Bahía del Tóbari, Mexico.

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Diversity, abundance and expression of nitrite reductase (nirK)-like genes in marine thaumarchaea

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Ecophysiology of an Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaeon Adapted to Low-Salinity Habitats ⬇️

scientific article published on May 30, 2012

Genome of a low-salinity ammonia-oxidizing archaeon determined by single-cell and metagenomic analysis

scientific article

Genome sequence of "Candidatus Nitrosoarchaeum limnia" BG20, a low-salinity ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from the San Francisco Bay estuary

scientific article published in April 2012

Genome sequence of "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus salaria" BD31, an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from the San Francisco Bay estuary

scientific article published in April 2012

Global Biodiversity of Aquatic Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea is Partitioned by Habitat ⬇️

scientific article published on July 18, 2012

In-depth Spatiotemporal Characterization of Planktonic Archaeal and Bacterial Communities in North and South San Francisco Bay

scientific article published on 05 November 2020

Indigenous arsenic(V)-reducing microbial communities in redox-fluctuating near-surface sediments of the Mekong Delta.

scientific article published on 17 July 2015

Integrated structural biology and molecular ecology of N-cycling enzymes from ammonia-oxidizing archaea.

scientific article published on 5 July 2017

Metagenome-assembled genomes reveal unique metabolic adaptations of a basal marine Thaumarchaeota lineage

scientific article published on 13 May 2020

Microbial biogeography across a full-scale wastewater treatment plant transect: evidence for immigration between coupled processes

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Microbial community biofabrics in a geothermal mine adit

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Molecular and biogeochemical evidence for ammonia oxidation by marine Crenarchaeota in the Gulf of California.

scientific article published on 17 January 2008

New processes and players in the nitrogen cycle: the microbial ecology of anaerobic and archaeal ammonia oxidation.

scientific article

Nutrient transport suggests an evolutionary basis for charged archaeal surface layer proteins

scientific article published on 13 June 2018

Occurrence of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in wastewater treatment plant bioreactors.

scientific article published on August 2006

Oligonucleotide microarray for the study of functional gene diversity in the nitrogen cycle in the environment.

scientific article

Relative abundance and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in the San Francisco Bay estuary

scientific article

Responses of ammonia-oxidizing bacterial and archaeal populations to organic nitrogen amendments in low-nutrient groundwater

scientific article

Seasonal Synechococcus and Thaumarchaeal population dynamics examined with high resolution with remote in situ instrumentation

scientific article published on 6 October 2011

Sediment denitrifier community composition and nirS gene expression investigated with functional gene microarrays

scientific article

Spatial variability in nitrification rates and ammonia-oxidizing microbial communities in the agriculturally impacted Elkhorn Slough estuary, California

scientific article

Spatiotemporal Characterization of San Francisco Bay Denitrifying Communities: a Comparison of nirK and nirS Diversity and Abundance

scientific article

Spatiotemporal relationships between the abundance, distribution, and potential activities of ammonia-oxidizing and denitrifying microorganisms in intertidal sediments

scientific article published on 20 July 2014

Thousands of small, novel genes predicted in global phage genomes

scientific article published in 2022

Ubiquity and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in water columns and sediments of the ocean.

scientific article

List of works by Christopher A Francis

Activity, abundance and diversity of nitrifying archaea and bacteria in the central California Current

Ammonium uptake by phytoplankton regulates nitrification in the sunlit ocean

Benthic ammonia oxidizers differ in community structure and biogeochemical potential across a riverine delta.

Changes in bacterial and archaeal community structure and functional diversity along a geochemically variable soil profile.

Combined niche and neutral effects in a microbial wastewater treatment community.

Controls of nitrogen cycling evaluated along a well-characterized climate gradient.

Convergence and contrast in the community structure of Bacteria, Fungi and Archaea along a tropical elevation-climate gradient.

Core and intact polar glycerol dibiphytanyl glycerol tetraether lipids of ammonia-oxidizing archaea enriched from marine and estuarine sediments

Deep nirS amplicon sequencing of San Francisco Bay sediments enables prediction of geography and environmental conditions from denitrifying community composition.

Denitrifier abundance and activity across the San Francisco Bay estuary

Depth distributions of nitrite reductase (nirK) gene variants reveal spatial dynamics of thaumarchaeal ecotype populations in coastal Monterey Bay

Determining the distribution of marine and coastal ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria using a quantitative approach.

Differential contributions of archaeal ammonia oxidizer ecotypes to nitrification in coastal surface waters

Dissimilatory metal reduction by the facultative anaerobe Pantoea agglomerans SP1.

Distribution and diversity of archaeal ammonia monooxygenase genes associated with corals

Diverse Thaumarchaeota Dominate Subsurface Ammonia-oxidizing Communities in Semi-arid Floodplains in the Western United States

Diverse ecophysiological adaptations of subsurface Thaumarchaeota in floodplain sediments revealed through genome-resolved metagenomics

Diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in the sediments of a hypernutrified subtropical estuary: Bahía del Tóbari, Mexico.

Diversity, abundance and expression of nitrite reductase (nirK)-like genes in marine thaumarchaea

Ecophysiology of an Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaeon Adapted to Low-Salinity Habitats ⬇️

Genome of a low-salinity ammonia-oxidizing archaeon determined by single-cell and metagenomic analysis

Genome sequence of "Candidatus Nitrosoarchaeum limnia" BG20, a low-salinity ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from the San Francisco Bay estuary

Genome sequence of "Candidatus Nitrosopumilus salaria" BD31, an ammonia-oxidizing archaeon from the San Francisco Bay estuary

Global Biodiversity of Aquatic Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea is Partitioned by Habitat ⬇️

In-depth Spatiotemporal Characterization of Planktonic Archaeal and Bacterial Communities in North and South San Francisco Bay

Indigenous arsenic(V)-reducing microbial communities in redox-fluctuating near-surface sediments of the Mekong Delta.

Integrated structural biology and molecular ecology of N-cycling enzymes from ammonia-oxidizing archaea.

Metagenome-assembled genomes reveal unique metabolic adaptations of a basal marine Thaumarchaeota lineage

Microbial biogeography across a full-scale wastewater treatment plant transect: evidence for immigration between coupled processes

Microbial community biofabrics in a geothermal mine adit

Molecular and biogeochemical evidence for ammonia oxidation by marine Crenarchaeota in the Gulf of California.

New processes and players in the nitrogen cycle: the microbial ecology of anaerobic and archaeal ammonia oxidation.

Nutrient transport suggests an evolutionary basis for charged archaeal surface layer proteins

Occurrence of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in wastewater treatment plant bioreactors.

Oligonucleotide microarray for the study of functional gene diversity in the nitrogen cycle in the environment.

Relative abundance and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria in the San Francisco Bay estuary

Responses of ammonia-oxidizing bacterial and archaeal populations to organic nitrogen amendments in low-nutrient groundwater

Seasonal Synechococcus and Thaumarchaeal population dynamics examined with high resolution with remote in situ instrumentation

Sediment denitrifier community composition and nirS gene expression investigated with functional gene microarrays

Spatial variability in nitrification rates and ammonia-oxidizing microbial communities in the agriculturally impacted Elkhorn Slough estuary, California

Spatiotemporal Characterization of San Francisco Bay Denitrifying Communities: a Comparison of nirK and nirS Diversity and Abundance

Spatiotemporal relationships between the abundance, distribution, and potential activities of ammonia-oxidizing and denitrifying microorganisms in intertidal sediments

Thousands of small, novel genes predicted in global phage genomes

Ubiquity and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in water columns and sediments of the ocean.