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Fields of interest:

Host-Microbe Interactions; Genomics; Metagenomics; Comparative Microbiomes

Recent publication:

Berg Miller, M., C. J. Yeoman, R. Edwards, S. Tringe, H. J. Flint, R. Lamed, E. A. Bayer, and B. A. White:
Phage-bacteria relationships and CRISPR elements revealed by a metagenomic survey of the rumen microbiome.  
Environ. Microbiol. 2012, 14:207-227.

Gomez, A., C. J. Yeoman, D. Luckey, E. V. Marietta, M. E. Berg Miller, J. A. Murray, B. A. White, and V. Taneja:
Loss of sex and age-Driven Differences in the gut microbiome characterize arthritis-susceptible HLA-DRB1*0401 humanized mice but not arthritis-resistant HLA-DRB1*0402 humanized mice.
PLoSOne., 2012, 7(4): e36095. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0036095.

Berg Miller, M. E., D. A. Antonopoulos, M. T. Rincon, M. Band, A. Bari, T. Akraiko, A, Hernandez, J, Thimmapuram, B. Henrissat, P. M. Coutinho, I. Borovok, S. Jindou, R. Lamed, H. J. Flint, E. A. Bayer, and B. A. White:
Diversity and strain specificity of plant cell wall degrading enzymes revealed by the draft genome of Ruminococcus flavefaciens FD-1.
PlosOne, 2009, 4(8): e6650. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006650.

Brulc, J. M., C. J. Yeoman, M. K. Wilson, M. E. Berg Miller, P. Jeraldo, S. Jindou, N. Goldenfeld, R. Lamed, I. Borovok, H. J. Flint, K. E. Nelson, E. A. Bayer, and B. A. White:
Cellulosomics, a gene-centric approach to investigating the diversity and adaptation of lignocellulose-degrading specialist populations within a microbiome.
PLoS ONE, 2011, 6(10): e25329.

Yeoman, C. Y., S. Yildirim, S. M. Thomas, A. S. Durkin, M. Torralba, G. Sutton, C. J. Buhay, Y. Ding, S. P. Dugan-Rocha, D. M. Muzny, X. Qin, S. R. Leigh, R. Stumpf, B. A. White, S. K. Highlander, K. E. Nelson, and B. A. Wilson:
Comparative genomics of Gardnerella vaginalis strains reveals substantial differences in metabolic and virulence potential. 
PLoSOne, 2010, 5(8): e12411.

Rincon, M., H. J. Flint, A. R Travis, S. Jindou, I. Borovok, R. Lamed, E. A. Bayer, B. Henrissat, P. Coutinho, D. A. Antonopoulos, M. E. Berg Miller and B. A. White:
Abundance and diversity of dockerin-containing proteins in the fiber-degrading rumen bacterium, Ruminococcus flavefaciens FD-1.
PLoSOne, 2010, 5(8): e12476.

Purushe, J., D. E. Fouts, M. Morrison,B. A. White, R. I. Mackie, P. M. Coutinho, B. Henrissatand Karen E. Nelson:
Comparative genome analysis of Prevotella ruminicola and Prevotella bryantii; insights into their environmental niche.
Microb. Ecol. 2010 pp. 1-9.  DOI 10.1007/s00248-010-9692-8

Swanson, K. S., S. E. Dowd, J. S. Suchodolski, I. S. Middelbos, B. M. Vester, K. A. Barry, K. E. Nelson, M.Torralba, B. Henrissat, P. M. Coutinho, B. Cantarel, I. K. O. Cann, B.A. White, and G. C. Fahey, Jr:
Phylogenetic and gene-centric metagenomics of the canine gastrointestinal microbiome reveals similarities with human and mouse gut metagenomes. 
ISME J., 2010, 162:1-11.

Yildirim, S., C. Yeoman, M. Sipos, M. Torralba, B. A. Wilson, T. Goldberg, R. Stumpf, S. Leigh, B. A. White, and K. E. Nelson: 
Characterization of fecal microbiome from non-human wild primates reveals species specific microbial communities. 
PLoSOne,2010, 5(11): e13963. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013963.

Brulc, J. M., D. A. Antonopoulos, M. E. Berg Miller, M. K. Wilson, A. C. Yannarell, E. A. Dinsdale, R. E. Edwards, E. D. Frank, J. B. Emerson, P. Wacklin, P. M. Coutinho, B. Henrissat, K. E. Nelson, and B. A. White:
Gene-centric metagenomics of the fiber-adherent bovine rumen microbiome reveals forage specific glycoside hydrolases. 
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2009, 106:1948-1953.