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Alejandro P. Rooney is a researcher affiliated with the National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in the United States. Their work spans multiple disciplines within the broad areas of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, agricultural, and biological sciences. Rooney's research contributes to understanding biological mechanisms and ecological interactions across diverse organisms and environments.

The scientist has published extensively in several key topics, including:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Insect resistance and genetics
  • Invertebrate immune response mechanisms
  • Insect pest control strategies

Rooney's publications cover interconnected scientific fields, with a focus on molecular biology, insect science, ecology, atmospheric science, and oceanography. This multi-disciplinary approach supports investigations into species interactions, environmental adaptations, and immune responses in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Rooney are:

  • A review of bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) stock identity, 2023, The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Peptidoglycan Recognition Proteins (PGRPs) Modulates Mosquito Resistance to Fungal Entomopathogens in a Fungal-Strain Specific Manner, 2020, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • Repellency and toxicity of a CO2-derived cedarwood oil on hard tick species (Ixodidae), 2022, Experimental and Applied Acarology
  • Describing five new strains in the family Woeseiaceae and emended description of the order Woeseiales with genomic features related to environmental adaptation, 2024, Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Rooney frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Ephantus J. Muturi
  • Lina B. Flor-Weiler
  • David J. Rugh
  • Douglas P. DeMaster
  • Jeff Breiwick

Their contributions appear in specialized venues such as The "journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, Experimental and Applied Acarology, and Systematic and Applied Microbiology. These venues reflect the diversity of Rooney's scientific interests ranging from marine biology to microbial ecology and pest control.

Best Publications

  • Proposed minimal standards for the use of genome data for the taxonomy of prokaryotes

    Jongsik Chun;Aharon Oren;Antonio Ventosa;Henrik Christensen

  • Concerted and birth-and-death evolution of multigene families.

    Masatoshi Nei;Alejandro P. Rooney

  • An adaptive evolutionary shift in Fusarium head blight pathogen populations is driving the rapid spread of more toxigenic Fusarium graminearum in North America

    Todd J. Ward;Randall M. Clear;Alejandro P. Rooney;Kerry O’Donnell

  • Phylogenetic relationships among cetartiodactyls based on insertions of short and long interpersed elements: hippopotamuses are the closest extant relatives of whales.

    Masato Nikaido;Alejandro P. Rooney;Norihiro Okada

  • Phylogenetic analyses of RPB1 and RPB2 support a middle Cretaceous origin for a clade comprising all agriculturally and medically important fusaria

    Kerry O’Donnell;Alejandro P. Rooney;Robert H. Proctor;Daren W. Brown

  • Molecular Evolution and Phylogeny of Elapid Snake Venom Three-Finger Toxins

    Bryan Grieg Fry;W. Wüster;R. M. Kini;V. Brusic

  • Evolution of moth sex pheromones via ancestral genes

    Wendell L. Roelofs;Weitian Liu;Guixia Hao;Hongmei Jiao

  • Identifying the fundamental units of bacterial diversity: a paradigm shift to incorporate ecology into bacterial systematics.

    Alexander Koeppel;Elizabeth B. Perry;Johannes Sikorski;Danny Krizanc

  • Bacillus velezensis is not a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens; Bacillus methylotrophicus, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum and ‘Bacillus oryzicola’ are later heterotypic synonyms of Bacillus velezensis based on phylogenomics

    Christopher A. Dunlap;Soo-Jin Kim;Soo-Jin Kim;Soon-Wo Kwon;Alejandro P. Rooney

  • One Fungus, One Name: Defining the Genus Fusarium in a Scientifically Robust Way That Preserves Longstanding Use

    David M. Geiser;Takayuki Aoki;Charles W. Bacon;Scott E. Baker

  • Phylogeny and molecular taxonomy of the Bacillus subtilis species complex and description of Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum subsp. nov.

    Alejandro P. Rooney;Neil P. J. Price;Christopher Ehrhardt;James L. Swezey

  • Phylogenetic diversity of insecticolous fusaria inferred from multilocus DNA sequence data and their molecular identification via FUSARIUM-ID and Fusarium MLST

    Kerry O’Donnell;Richard A. Humber;David M. Geiser;Seogchan Kang

  • Molecular genetics and evolution of pheromone biosynthesis in Lepidoptera

    Wendell L. Roelofs;Alejandro P. Rooney

  • Evolution of a large ribosomal RNA multigene family in filamentous fungi: Birth and death of a concerted evolution paradigm

    Alejandro P. Rooney;Todd J. Ward

  • Phylogeny and historical biogeography of true morels (Morchella) reveals an early Cretaceous origin and high continental endemism and provincialism in the Holarctic.

    Kerry O’Donnell;Alejandro P. Rooney;Gary L. Mills;Michael Kuo

  • An inordinate fondness for Fusarium: Phylogenetic diversity of fusaria cultivated by ambrosia beetles in the genus Euwallacea on avocado and other plant hosts

    Matthew T. Kasson;Kerry O’Donnell;Alejandro P. Rooney;Stacy Sink

  • Inferring Species Trees from Gene Trees: A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Elapidae (Serpentes) Based on the Amino Acid Sequences of Venom Proteins

    Joseph B Slowinski;Alec Knight;Alejandro P Rooney

  • Draconibacterium orientale gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from two distinct marine environments, and proposal of Draconibacteriaceae fam. nov.

    Zong-Jun Du;Ying Wang;Christopher Dunlap;Alejandro P. Rooney

  • Purification and characterization of a family 5 endoglucanase from a moderately thermophilic strain of Bacillus licheniformis.

    Kenneth M. Bischoff;Alejandro P. Rooney;Xin-Liang Li;Siqing Liu

  • Discordant phylogenies suggest repeated host shifts in the Fusarium-Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualism.

    Kerry O’Donnell;Stacy Sink;Ran Libeskind-Hadas;Jiri Hulcr

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry O'Donnell
Kerry O'Donnell National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
David M. Geiser
David M. Geiser Pennsylvania State University
Wendell L. Roelofs
Wendell L. Roelofs Cornell University
David A. Schisler
David A. Schisler National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
Rodney L. Honeycutt
Rodney L. Honeycutt Pepperdine University
Frederick M. Cohan
Frederick M. Cohan Wesleyan University
Stephen A. Rehner
Stephen A. Rehner Agricultural Research Service
Stanley Freeman
Stanley Freeman Agricultural Research Organization
Randy C. Ploetz
Randy C. Ploetz University of Florida
Masatoshi Nei
Masatoshi Nei Pennsylvania State University

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