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Overview

Gary L. Andersen is affiliated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions in the subfields of Molecular Biology, Ecology, Immunology, Genetics, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Gary L. Andersen has coauthored multiple papers with frequent collaborators such as Stephen Nayfach, Simon Roux, R. Seshadri, Daniel Udwary, and Neha Varghese.

Key recent publications include:

  • "A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes" (2020) published in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Publisher Correction: A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes" (2020) published in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Penicillium oxalicum XD-3.1 removes pharmaceutical compounds from hospital wastewater and outcompetes native bacterial and fungal communities in fluidised batch bioreactors" (2021) published in International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation
  • "Author Correction: A genomic catalog of Earth's microbiomes" (2021) published in Nature Biotechnology
  • "Bacterial community and environmental factors associated to rivers runoff and their possible impacts on coral reef conservation" (2020) published in Marine Pollution Bulletin

Their work appears most frequently in Nature Biotechnology, followed by UNC Libraries, International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, Molecular Cell, and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Best Publications

  • Greengenes, a Chimera-Checked 16S rRNA Gene Database and Workbench Compatible with ARB

    Todd Z. DeSantis;Philip Hugenholtz;Neils Larsen;Mark Rojas

  • Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

    Curtis Huttenhower;Curtis Huttenhower;Dirk Gevers;Rob Knight;Rob Knight;Sahar Abubucker

  • An improved Greengenes taxonomy with explicit ranks for ecological and evolutionary analyses of bacteria and archaea

    Daniel McDonald;Morgan N Price;Julia Goodrich;Julia Goodrich;Eric P Nawrocki

  • PyNAST: a flexible tool for aligning sequences to a template alignment

    J. Gregory Caporaso;Kyle Bittinger;Frederic D. Bushman;Todd Z. DeSantis

  • Deciphering the Rhizosphere Microbiome for Disease-Suppressive Bacteria

    Rodrigo Mendes;Marco Kruijt;Irene de Bruijn;Ester Dekkers

  • A framework for human microbiome research

    Barbara A. Methé;Karen E. Nelson;Mihai Pop;Heather H. Creasy

  • Deep-sea oil plume enriches indigenous oil-degrading bacteria.

    Terry C. Hazen;Eric A. Dubinsky;Todd Z. DeSantis;Gary L. Andersen

  • NAST: a multiple sequence alignment server for comparative analysis of 16S rRNA genes

    T. Z. DeSantis;Philip Hugenholtz;K. Keller;Eoin L. Brodie

  • Chronic kidney disease alters intestinal microbial flora

    Nosratola D. Vaziri;Jakk Wong;Madeleine Pahl;Yvette M. Piceno

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • Urban aerosols harbor diverse and dynamic bacterial populations

    Eoin L. Brodie;Todd Z. DeSantis;Jordan P. Moberg Parker;Ingrid X. Zubietta

  • Accurate taxonomy assignments from 16S rRNA sequences produced by highly parallel pyrosequencers

    Zongzhi Liu;Todd Z. DeSantis;Gary L. Andersen;Rob Knight

  • Environmental genomics reveals a single-species ecosystem deep within Earth.

    Dylan Chivian;Eoin L. Brodie;Eric J. Alm;David E. Culley

  • Expansion of urease- and uricase-containing, indole- and p-cresol-forming and contraction of short-chain fatty acid-producing intestinal microbiota in ESRD.

    Jakk Wong;Yvette M. Piceno;Todd Z. DeSantis;Madeleine Pahl

  • High-Density Universal 16S rRNA Microarray Analysis Reveals Broader Diversity than Typical Clone Library When Sampling the Environment

    Todd Z. DeSantis;Eoin L. Brodie;Jordan P. Moberg;Ingrid X. Zubieta

  • Application of a High-Density Oligonucleotide Microarray Approach To Study Bacterial Population Dynamics during Uranium Reduction and Reoxidation

    Eoin L. Brodie;Eoin L. Brodie;Todd Z. DeSantis;Dominique C. Joyner;Seung M. Baek

  • Airway Microbiota and Pathogen Abundance in Age-Stratified Cystic Fibrosis Patients

    Michael Cox;Martin Allgaier;Byron Taylor;Marshall S. Baek

  • Selective progressive response of soil microbial community to wild oat roots.

    Kristen M DeAngelis;Eoin L Brodie;Todd Z DeSantis;Gary L Andersen

  • Bacterial diversity and White Plague Disease-associated community changes in the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata.

    Shinichi Sunagawa;Todd Z DeSantis;Yvette M Piceno;Eoin L Brodie

  • Greengenes: Chimera-checked 16S rRNA gene database and workbench compatible in ARB

    T.Z. DeSantis;P. Hugenholtz;N. Larsen;M. Rojas

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd Z. DeSantis
Todd Z. DeSantis Second Genome (United States)
Eoin L. Brodie
Eoin L. Brodie Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Terry C. Hazen
Terry C. Hazen University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen University of California, Berkeley
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Jillian F. Banfield
Jillian F. Banfield University of California, Berkeley
Mary K. Firestone
Mary K. Firestone University of California, Berkeley
Mark E. Conrad
Mark E. Conrad Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kasthuri Venkateswaran
Kasthuri Venkateswaran Jet Propulsion Lab
Rob Knight
Rob Knight University of California, San Diego

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