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Read BA*, Kegel^ J, Klute^ MJ, Kuo^ A, Lefebvre^ SC, Maumus^ F, Mayer^ C, Miller^ J, Monier^ A, Salamov^ A, Emiliania huxleyi Annotation Consortium, Dacks* JB, Delwiche* CF, Dyhrman* ST, Glockner* G, John* U, Richards* TA, Worden* AZ, Zhang* X & IV Grigoriev* (in press). Emiliania's pan genome drives the phytoplankton's global distribution. Nature. ^Equal contributions as co-second authors; *Co-senior authors.
Monier A, Sudek S, Fast N & AZ Worden (2013). Gene invasion in distant eukaryotic lineages: discovery of mutually exclusive genetic elements reveals marine biodiversity. ISME Journal. doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.70
Vergin KL, Beszteri B, Monier A, Thrash JC, Treusch AH, Kilpert F, Worden AZ & SJ Giovannoni (2013). High resolution SAR11 ecotype dynamics at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study site as determined by phylogenetic placement of pyrosequences. ISME Journal. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2013.32
Curtis BA, et al. (2012). Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs. Nature. Vol. 492: 59-65. doi:10.1038/nature11681
Worden AZ, Janouskovec J, McRose D, Engman A, Welsh RM, Malfatti S, Tringe SG & PJ Keeling (2012). Global distribution of a wild alga revealed by targeted metagenomics. Current Biology.Topic: wild Pelagomonas plastid genome and ecology
See the highlight article by John Raven on our above pelagophyte research/publication
Lin YC, Campbell T, Chung CC, Gong G, Chiang KP & AZ Worden (2012). Distribution patterns and phylogeny of novel marine stramenopiles (MAST) in the North Pacific Ocean. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 78: 3387-3399.
Monier A, Welsh RM, Gentemann C, Weinstock G, Sodergren E, Armbrust EV, Eisen JA & AZ Worden (2012). Phosphate transporters in marine phytoplankton and their viruses: cross-domain commonalities in viral-host gene exchanges. Environmental Microbiology. 'Omics Driven Microbial Ecology' Special Issue. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02576.x. Epub Sept 2011 Topic: Bathycoccus genome (targeted metagenome sequence) and viral ecology pdf
Treusch AH, Demir-Hilton E, Vergin KL, Worden AZ, Carlson CA, Donatz MG, Burton RM & SJ Giovannoni (2012). Phytoplankton distribution patterns in the northwestern Sargasso Sea revealed by small subunit rRNA genes from plastids. ISME Journal. Vol. 6:481-492. doi: 10.1038/ismej.2011.117
Worden AZ, Dupont C & AE Allen (2011). Genomics of uncultured eukaryotes: sorting FACS from fiction. Genome Biology. Vol. 12: 117. Invited Research Highlight
Paerl RW, Johnson KS, Welsh RM, Worden AZ, Chavez FP & JP Zehr (2011). Differential distributions of Synechococcus subgroups across the California Current System. Frontiers in Microbiology. pdf
Demir-Hilton E, Sudek S, Cuvelier ML, Gentemann C, Zehr JP & AZ Worden (2011). Global distribution patterns of distinct clades of the photosynthetic picoeukaryote Ostreococcus. The ISME Journal. Vol. 5: 1095-1107
Kim^ E, Harrison^ J, Sudek^ S, Jones MDM, Wilcox HM, Richards* T, Worden* AZ & JM Archibald* (2011). Newly identified and diverse plastid-bearing branch on the eukaryotic tree of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. Vol. 108: 1496-1500. ^These authors contributed equally as co-first authors. *co-corresponding. pdf correction, important but not published by PNAS because does not alter conclusions
Worden AZ & AE Allen (2010). The voyage of the microbial eukaryote. Current Opinion in Microbiology. Vol. 13: 652-660.
Cuvelier ML, Allen^ AE, Monier^ A, McCrow JP, Messie M, Tringe SG, Woyke T, Welsh RM, Ishoey T, Lee JH, Binder BJ, DuPont CL, Latasa M, Guigand C, Buck KR, Hilton J, Thiagarajan M, Caler E, Read B, Lasken RS, Chavez FP & AZ Worden (2010). Targeted metagenomics and ecology of globally important uncultured eukaryotic phytoplankton. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. ^These authors contributed equally as co-second authors. Genomes, Diversity & Production by Uncultured Pico-prymnesiophytes pdf
McDonald SM, Plant JN & AZ Worden (2010). The mixed lineage nature of nitrogen transport and assimilation in marine eukaryotic phytoplankton: a case study of Micromonas. Molecular Biology and Evolution. Vol. 27: 2268-2283. pdf
Worden AZ & D McRose (2009). The otherness of the oceans. Nature. Vol. 459:166-167. Book Review & Commentary pdf
Worden* AZ, Lee^ JH, Mock^ T, Rouze^ P, Simmons^ MP, Aerts AL, Allen AE, Cuvelier ML, Derelle E, Everett MV, Foulon E, Grimwood J, Gundlach H, Henrissat B, Napoli C, McDonald SM, Parker MS, Rombauts S, Salamov A, Von Dassow P, Badger JH, Coutinho PM, Demir E, Dubchak I, Gentemann C, Eikrem W, Gready JE, John U, Lanier W, Lindquist EA, Lucas S, Mayer KFX, Moreau H, Not F, Otillar R, Panaud O, Pangilinan J, Paulsen I, Piegu B, Poliakov S, Robbens S, Schmutz J, Toulza E, Wyss T, Zelensky A, Zhou K, Armbrust EV, Bhattacharya D, Goodenough UW, Van de Peer Y & IV Grigoriev (2009). Green evolution and dynamic adaptations revealed by genomes of the marine picoeukaryotes Micromonas. Science. Vol. 324: 268-272; DOI: 10.1126/science.1167222 ^these authors contributed equally as second authors; *corresponding author.
See the highlight perspective in Science on our above Micromonas genome publication
Caron DA, Worden AZ, Countway PD, Demir E & KB Heidelberg (2009). Protists are microbes too: a perspective. The ISME Journal. Vol. 3:4-12; doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.101
Guillou L, Viprey M, Chambouvet A, Welsh RM, Kirkham AR, Massana R, Scanlan DJ & AZ Worden (2008). Widespread occurrence and genetic diversity of marine parasitoids belonging to Syndiniales (Alveolata). Environmental Microbiology. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01731.x
Worden AZ & F Not (2008). Ecology and Diversity of Picoeukaryotes. Book Chapter in: Microbial Ecology of the Ocean, 2nd Edition. Ed. D. Kirchman. Wiley.Cuvelier ML, Ortiz A, Kim E, Moehlig H, Richardson DE, Heidelberg JF, Archibald JM, Worden AZ (2008). Widespread distribution of a unique marine protistan lineage. Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 10:1621-1634. Topic: Biliphytes - a Novel Protistan Lineage pdf
Deschamps P, Moreau H, Worden AZ, Dauvillée D & S. Ball S (2008). Early
Gene Duplication within Chloroplastida and its correspondence with Relocation
of Starch Metabolism to Chloroplasts. Genetics. Vol. 178:2373-2387.Topic: Evolution of Photosynthesis
Robbens S, Rouzé P, Cock JM, Spring J, Worden AZ & YJ Van de Peer (2008). The FTO gene, implicated in human obesity, is found only in vertebrates and marine algae. Journal of Molecular Evolution. Vol. 66:80-84. Topic: Obesity/Evolution
Sherr BF, Sherr EB, Caron DA, Vaulot D & AZ Worden (2007). Oceanic Protists. Oceanography. Vol 20:130-134. Topic: General Review
Not F, Gausling R, Azam F, Heidelberg JF & AZ Worden (2007). Vertical distribution of picoeukaryotic diversity in the Sargasso Sea. Environmental Microbiology. Vol 9:1233-1252. Topic: Diversity/Ecology
Derelle E*, Ferraz C*, Rombauts S*, Rouzé P*, Worden AZ, Partensky F, Degroeve S, Echeynié S, Cooke R, Robbens S, Wuyts J, Saeys Y, Jabbari K, Bowler C, Ball S, Ral JP, Bouget FY, Piganeau G, De Baets B, Picard A, Delseny M, Demaille J, Van de Peer Y & H Moreau (2006). Genome analysis of the smallest free-living eukaryote Ostreococcus tauri unveils unique genome heterogeneity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. Vol 103:11647-11652. *Equal contribution, co-first authors. Topic: Genomics/Evolution
Worden AZ (2006). Picoeukaryote diversity in coastal waters of the Pacific Ocean. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. Vol. 43:165-175. Topic: Diversity/Ecology pdf
Worden AZ, Cuvelier ML & DH Bartlett (2006). In-depth marine microbial community genomics. Trends in Microbiology. Vol. 14:331-336. Topic: Environmental Metagenomics pdf
Worden AZ, Seidel M, Smriga S, Wick A, Malfatti F, Bartlett D & F Azam (2006). Trophic regulation of Vibrio cholerae in coastal marine waters. Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 8:21-29. Topic: Pathogen Proliferation
Six C*, Worden AZ*, Rodriguez F, Moreau H and F Partensky (2005). New insights into the nature and phylogeny of prasinophyte antennae proteins: Ostreococcus tauri, a case study. Molecular Biology and Evolution. Vol. 22:2217-2230. Topic: Light Harvesting/Photosynthesis *Equal contribution, co-first authors. pdf
Azam F and Worden AZ (2004). Microbes, molecules and marine ecosystems. Science. Vol. 303:1622-24. Topic: Integrating New Approaches to Marine Ecology pdf
Worden AZ, Nolan JK and B Palenik (2004). Assessing the dynamics and ecology of marine picophytoplankton: the importance of the eukaryotic component. Limnology and Oceanography. Vol. 49:168-179. Topic: Picoplankton Ecology/Carbon Contributions pdf
Mouriño RR, Worden AZ and F Azam (2003). Growth of Vibrio cholerae in Red Tide waters off California. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 69:6923-6931. Topic: Pathogen Proliferation pdf
Worden AZ and BJ Binder (2003). Growth regulation of rRNA content of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus (marine cyanobacteria) measured by whole-cell hybridization of rRNA targeted peptide nucleic acids. Journal of Phycology. Vol. 39:527-534. Topic: Physiology - rRNA Content in Marine Cyanos pdf
Worden AZ and BJ Binder (2003). Application of dilution experiments for measuring growth and mortality rates among Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus populations in oligotrophic environments. Aquatic Microbial Ecology. Vol. 30:159-174. Topic: Picoplankton Ecology pdf
Worden AZ, Chisholm SW and BJ Binder (2000). In situ hybridization of Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus (marine cyanobacteria) with rRNA-targeted Peptide Nucleic Acid Probes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Vol. 66:284-289. Topic: Methods - rRNA Probing in Marine Cyanos pdf
Binder BJ, Chisholm SW, Olson RJ, Frankel SL, and AZ Worden (1996). Dynamics of pico-phytoplankton, ultra-phytoplankton, and bacteria in the central equatorial Pacific. Deep-Sea Research Part II. Vol. 43:907-931. Topic: Picoplankton Ecology pdf