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Overview

Larry J. Forney is affiliated with the University of Idaho in the United States. Their research primarily spans across several interconnected fields of study, including Medicine, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work delves into various subfields such as Microbiology, Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Rheumatology, and Molecular Medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of health-related and microbiological areas. These include:

  • Reproductive tract infections research
  • Urinary Tract Infections Management
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Pelvic floor disorders treatments
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Larry J. Forney are:

  • Insight into the ecology of vaginal bacteria through integrative analyses of metagenomic and metatranscriptomic data, 2022, published in Genome Biology
  • Integrating compositional and functional content to describe vaginal microbiomes in health and disease, 2023, published in Microbiome
  • Evolving Populations in Biofilms Contain More Persistent Plasmids, 2020, published in Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • Changes in the Vaginal Microbiome during the Pregnancy to Postpartum Transition, 2021, published in Reproductive Sciences
  • Biogenic Amines Increase the Odds of Bacterial Vaginosis and Affect the Growth of and Lactic Acid Production by Vaginal Lactobacillus spp., 2021, published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Forney include:

  • Jacques Ravel
  • Michael France
  • Steven S. Witkin
  • Iara M. Linhares
  • Pawel Gajer

Regarding publication venues, Larry J. Forney regularly publishes in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Microbiome
  • Reproductive Sciences
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

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

  • Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women

    Jacques Ravel;Pawel Gajer;Zaid Abdo;G. Maria Schneider

  • Characterization of microbial diversity by determining terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms of genes encoding 16S rRNA.

    Wen-Tso Liu;Terence L. Marsh;Hans Cheng;Larry J. Forney

  • A framework for human microbiome research

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

  • Temporal Dynamics of the Human Vaginal Microbiota

    Pawel Gajer;Rebecca M Brotman;Guoyun Bai;Joyce Sakamoto

  • Distribution of bacterioplankton in meromictic Lake Saelenvannet, as determined by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis of PCR-amplified gene fragments coding for 16S rRNA.

    Lise Øvreås;Larry Forney;Frida Lise Daae;Vigdis Torsvik

  • Characterization of the Diversity and Temporal Stability of Bacterial Communities in Human Milk

    Katherine M. Hunt;James A. Foster;Larry J. Forney;Ursel M. E. Schütte

  • Vaginal microbiome: rethinking health and disease.

    Bing Ma;Larry J. Forney;Jacques Ravel

  • Characterization of vaginal microbial communities in adult healthy women using cultivation-independent methods

    Xia Zhou;Stephen J. Bent;Maria G. Schneider;Catherine C. Davis

  • Differences in the composition of vaginal microbial communities found in healthy Caucasian and black women

    Xia Zhou;Celeste J Brown;Zaid Abdo;Catherine C Davis

  • Evaluation of Methods for the Extraction and Purification of DNA from the Human Microbiome

    Sanqing Yuan;Dora B. Cohen;Jacques Ravel;Zaid Abdo

  • Analysis of BIOLOG GN Substrate Utilization Patterns by Microbial Communities

    Kornelia Smalla;Ute Wachtendorf;Holger Heuer;Wen-tso Liu

  • Analysis of factors affecting the accuracy, reproducibility, and interpretation of microbial community carbon source utilization patterns.

    Sheridan Kidd Haack;H. Garchow;M. J. Klug;L. J. Forney

  • Statistical methods for characterizing diversity of microbial communities by analysis of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphisms of 16S rRNA genes.

    Zaid Abdo;Ursel M.E. Schüette;Stephen J. Bent;Christopher J. Williams

  • Advances in the use of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis of 16S rRNA genes to characterize microbial communities.

    Ursel M. E. Schütte;Zaid Abdo;Stephen J. Bent;Conrad Shyu

  • Accuracy, reproducibility, and interpretation of Fatty Acid methyl ester profiles of model bacterial communities.

    Sheridan Kidd Haack;Helen Garchow;David A. Odelson;David A. Odelson;Larry J. Forney

  • Influence of Vaginal Bacteria and d- and l-Lactic Acid Isomers on Vaginal Extracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase Inducer: Implications for Protection against Upper Genital Tract Infections

    Steven S. Witkin;Helena Mendes-Soares;Iara M. Linhares;Iara M. Linhares;Aswathi Jayaram

  • Molecular microbial ecology: land of the one-eyed king

    Larry J Forney;Xia Zhou;Celeste J Brown

  • CH 4 -consuming microorganisms and the formation of carbonate crusts at cold seeps

    Giovanni Aloisi;Ioanna Bouloubassi;Sander K. Heijs;Richard D. Pancost

  • The tragedy of the uncommon: understanding limitations in the analysis of microbial diversity.

    Stephen J Bent;Larry J Forney

Frequent Co-Authors

Jacques Ravel
Jacques Ravel University of Maryland, Baltimore
Steven S. Witkin
Steven S. Witkin Cornell University
Eva M. Top
Eva M. Top University of Idaho
Celeste J. Brown
Celeste J. Brown University of Idaho
Rebecca M. Brotman
Rebecca M. Brotman University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jan C. Gottschal
Jan C. Gottschal University of Groningen
Wen-Tso Liu
Wen-Tso Liu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ester C. Sabino
Ester C. Sabino Universidade de São Paulo
James M. Tiedje
James M. Tiedje Michigan State University
Patrick S. G. Chain
Patrick S. G. Chain Los Alamos National Laboratory

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