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Brendan J. M. Bohannan

Brendan J. M. Bohannan

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
71
Citations
31910
World Ranking
1276
National Ranking
469

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology Microbial Ecology

Overview

Brendan J. M. Bohannan is affiliated with the University of Oregon in the United States. Their research spans several intersecting fields, including Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these broader domains, their work focuses on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Soil Science, Insect Science, and Genetics.

The scientist has contributed to various main topics, emphasizing Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Gut microbiota and health, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, and Aquaculture disease management and microbiota.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Brendan J. M. Bohannan include:

  • A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • The Nidobiome: A Framework for Understanding Microbiome Assembly in Neonates, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Host and microbiome jointly contribute to environmental adaptation, 2023, The ISME Journal
  • Linking microbial communities to ecosystem functions: what we can learn from genotype-phenotype mapping in organisms, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • A Landscape of Opportunities for Microbial Ecology Research, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

They frequently publish in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Biotechnology, Molecular Ecology, Research Square, and UNC Libraries.

Brendan J. M. Bohannan collaborates regularly with several co-authors, notably Jorge L. Mazza Rodrigues, Klaus Nüsslein, Siu Mui Tsai, Kyle Meyer, and Andressa M. Venturini.

Their professional recognition includes being named a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America in 2021 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2017 for contributions to Microbial Ecology.

Best Publications

  • Microbial biogeography : putting microorganisms on the map

    Jennifer B.Hughes Martiny;Brendan J.M. Bohannan;James H. Brown;Robert K. Colwell

  • Local dispersal promotes biodiversity in a real-life game of rock–paper–scissors

    Benjamin Kerr;Margaret A. Riley;Marcus W. Feldman;Brendan J. M. Bohannan

  • Counting the Uncountable: Statistical Approaches to Estimating Microbial Diversity.

    Jennifer B. Hughes;Jessica J. Hellmann;Taylor H. Ricketts;Brendan J. M. Bohannan

  • The Application of Ecological Theory Toward an Understanding of the Human Microbiome

    Elizabeth K. Costello;Keaton Stagaman;Les Dethlefsen;Brendan J. M. Bohannan

  • The role of ecological theory in microbial ecology

    James I. Prosser;Brendan J. M. Bohannan;Tom P. Curtis;Richard J. Ellis

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • Contribution of neutral processes to the assembly of gut microbial communities in the zebrafish over host development.

    Adam R Burns;W Zac Stephens;Keaton Stagaman;Sandi Wong;Sandi Wong

  • A taxa-area relationship for bacteria.

    M. Claire Horner-Devine;Melissa Lage;Jennifer B. Hughes;Brendan J. M. Bohannan

  • The competitive cost of antibiotic resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Sebastien Gagneux;Clara Davis Long;Peter M. Small;Peter M. Small;Tran Van

  • Spatial scaling of microbial biodiversity.

    Jessica L. Green;Brendan J. M. Bohannan

  • Microbial biogeography: from taxonomy to traits.

    Jessica L. Green;Brendan J. M. Bohannan;Rachel J. Whitaker

  • Linking genetic change to community evolution: insights from studies of bacteria and bacteriophage

    Brendan J M Bohannan;Richard E. Lenski

  • The composition of the zebrafish intestinal microbial community varies across development

    W Zac Stephens;W Zac Stephens;Adam R Burns;Keaton Stagaman;Sandi Wong;Sandi Wong

  • Conversion of the Amazon rainforest to agriculture results in biotic homogenization of soil bacterial communities.

    Jorge L. M. Rodrigues;Vivian H. Pellizari;Rebecca Mueller;Kyunghwa Baek

  • Architectural design influences the diversity and structure of the built environment microbiome

    Steven W Kembel;Evan Jones;Jeff Kline;Dale Northcutt

  • An ecological perspective on bacterial biodiversity.

    M. Claire Horner-Devine;Karen M. Carney;Brendan J. M. Bohannan

  • Big questions, small worlds: microbial model systems in ecology

    Christine M. Jessup;Rees Kassen;Samantha E. Forde;Ben Kerr

  • Identifying personal microbiomes using metagenomic codes

    Eric A. Franzosa;Eric A. Franzosa;Katherine Huang;James F. Meadow;Dirk Gevers

  • From Structure to Function: the Ecology of Host-Associated Microbial Communities

    Courtney Jaime Robinson;Brendan J M Bohannan;Vincent Bensan Young

  • Indoor airborne bacterial communities are influenced by ventilation, occupancy, and outdoor air source

    J. F. Meadow;A. E. Altrichter;S. W. Kembel;S. W. Kembel;J. Kline

  • Phylogenetic clustering and overdispersion in bacterial communities.

    M. Claire Horner-Devine;Brendan J. M. Bohannan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jessica L. Green
Jessica L. Green University of Oregon
Karen Guillemin
Karen Guillemin University of Oregon
Scott D. Bridgham
Scott D. Bridgham University of Oregon
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
Siu Mui Tsai
Siu Mui Tsai Universidade de São Paulo
Steven W. Kembel
Steven W. Kembel University of Quebec at Montreal
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego
Richard E. Lenski
Richard E. Lenski Michigan State University
Scott R. Saleska
Scott R. Saleska University of Arizona
John F. Rawls
John F. Rawls Duke University

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