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List of works by Jillian Banfield

A subset of viruses thrives following microbial resuscitation during rewetting of a seasonally dry California grassland soil

Autotrophic biofilms sustained by deeply-sourced groundwater host diverse CPR bacteria implicated in sulfur and hydrogen metabolism

Brockarchaeota, a novel archaeal lineage capable of methylotrophy

COBRA improves the quality of viral genomes assembled from metagenomes

CandidatusNealsonbacteria (OD1) are biomass recycling ectosymbionts of methanogenic archaea in a stable benzene-degrading enrichment culture

Circular 23S rRNA within archaeal ribosomes

Clades of huge phage from across Earth’s ecosystems

Convergent evolution of viral-like Borg archaeal extrachromosomal elements and giant eukaryotic viruses

Diversity-driven biochemical survey reveals dimeric structural origin of rubisco

Early acquisition of conserved, lineage-specific proteins currently lacking functional predictions were central to the rise and diversification of archaea

Engineered orthogonal translation systems from metagenomic libraries expand the genetic code

Functional succession of actively growing soil microorganisms during rewetting is shaped by precipitation history

Increased Replication of Dissimilatory Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria Leads to Decreased Anammox Bioreactor Performance

Infant gut strain persistence is associated with maternal origin, phylogeny, and functional potential including surface adhesion and iron acquisition

Lateral gene transfer shapes the distribution of RuBisCO among Candidate Phyla Radiation bacteria and DPANN archaea

Megaphage infect Prevotella and variants are widespread in gut microbiomes

MethanotrophicMethanoperedensarchaea host diverse and interacting extrachromosomal elements

Model cyanobacterial consortia reveal a consistent core microbiome independent of inoculation source or cyanobacterial host species

Phage-encoded ribosomal protein S21 expression is linked to late stage phage replication

Protein family content uncovers lineage relationships and bacterial pathway maintenance mechanisms in DPANN archaea

RNA-targeting CRISPR-Cas13 Provides Broad-spectrum Phage Immunity

RNA-targeting CRISPR-Cas13 Provides Broad-spectrum Phage Immunity

Rare Ribosomal RNA Sequences from Archaea Stabilize the Bacterial Ribosome

Structural coordination between active sites of a Cas6-reverse transcriptase-Cas1—Cas2 CRISPR integrase complex

Structure of an Archaeal Ribosome with a Divergent Active Site

Syntrophic H2 production enhances the performance of primarily acetate-supplemented reactors treating sulphate contaminated solutions

The active subset of grassland soil microbiomes changes with soil depth, water availability and prominently features predatory bacteria and episymbionts

Unexpected diversity of CPR bacteria and nanoarchaea in the rare biosphere of rhizosphere-associated grassland soil

Unusual metabolism and hypervariation in the genome of a Gracilibacteria (BD1-5) from an oil degrading community

Wide distribution of alternatively coded Lak megaphages in animal microbiomes