Recent Herr Lab Publications (2020-2022)


Improving Taxonomic Delimitation of Fungal Species in the Age of Genomics and Phenomics

Stengel A, Stanke KM, Quattrone AC, Herr JR. 2022. Frontiers In Microbiology



The Application of the Skin Virome for Human Identification

Graham EH, Fernando F, Clarke J, Herr JR, Adamowicz M. 2022. Forensic Science International: Genetics Volume 57, March 2022, 102662



Re-Thinking the Roles of Pathogens and Mutualists: Exploring the Continuum of Symbiosis in the Context of Microbial Ecology and Evolution

Stengel A, Drijber R, Carr E, Egreja T, Hillman E, Krause T, Reese S, Herr JR. 2022. Phytobiomes Journal



Poplar Allene Oxide Synthase 1 Gene Promoter Drives Rapid and Localized Expression by Wounding

Lei B, Frost CJ, Xu T, Herr JR, Carlson JE, Liang H. 2021. Biotechnology Journal International, Volume 25, Issue 5, pages 16-28; Article no. BJI.75776



Global Distribution and Richness of Armillaria and Related Species Inferred From Public Databases and Amplicon Sequencing Datasets

Koch RA, Herr JR. 2021. Frontiers in Microbiology, Volume 12, Article 733159



Transcriptomics reveals the putative mycoparasitic strategy of the mushroom Entoloma abortivum on species of the mushroom genus Armillaria

Koch RA, Herr JR. 2021. Transcriptomics Reveals the Putative Mycoparasitic Strategy of the Mushroom Entoloma abortivum on Species of the Mushroom Genus Armillaria. mSystems 00544-21



Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the reproductive structures of a basidiomycete fungus

Koch RA, MeeYoon GM, Aryal UK, Lail K, Amirebrahimi M, LaButti K, Lipzen A,Riley R, Barry K, Henrissat B, Grigoriev IV, Herr JR, Aime MC. 2021. Current Biology 31, 1–10



Rhizosphere Microbiomes in a Historical Maize-Soybean Rotation System Respond to Host Species and Nitrogen Fertilization at the Genus and Subgenus Levels

Meier MA, Lopez-Guerrero MG, Guo M, Schmer MR, Herr JR, Schnable JC, Alfano JA, and Yang J. 2021. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 03132-20



Lichens and biofilms - Common collective growth imparts similar developmental strategies

Carr EC, Harris SD, Herr JH, Riekhof W. 2021. Algal Research 2021-102217

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Root and crown rot pathogens found on dry beans grown in Mozambique

Fernandes S, Godoy-Lutz G, Jochua C, Urrea C, Eskridge K, Steadman JR, Herr JR. 2021. Tropical Plant Pathology s40858-021-00422-8

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Complete Genome Sequence of Geobacter sp. Strain FeAm09, a Moderately Acidophilic Soil Bacterium

Yadav P, Antony-Babu S, Hayes E, Healy OM, Pan D, Yang WH, Silver WL, Anderson CL, Voshall A, Fernando SC, Moriyama EN, Herr JR, Weber KA. 2021. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10:e00979-20

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Community-Driven Metadata Standards for Agricultural Microbiome Research

Dundore-Arias JP, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Schriml LM, Beattie GA, Brennan FP, Busby PE, Calderon RB, Castle SC, Emerson JE, Everhart SE, Eversole K, Frost KE, Herr JR, Huerta AI, Iyer-Pascuzzi AS, Kalil AK, Leach JE, Leonard J, Maul JE, Prithiviraj B, Potrykus M, Redekar NR, Rojas JA, Silverstein KAT, Tomso DJ, Tringe SG, Vinatzer BA, Kinkel LL. 2020. Phytobiomes 4 (2): 115-121

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Recent population changes of Fusarium head blight pathogens - drivers and implications

Valverde-Bogantes E, Bianchini A, Herr JR, Rose DJ, Wegulo SW, Hallen-Adams HE. 2020. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology: 1-15

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