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Margo G. Haygood is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research portfolio encompasses work at the intersection of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, environmental science, and medicine. The main fields of study for Haygood include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Environmental Science, and Medicine, supported by a significant number of publications in each area.

The scientist's subfields of specialization highlight Molecular Biology, Ecology, Pharmacology, Molecular Medicine, and Immunology. Haygood's work addresses several core topics such as Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing, and Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota.

Publications by Haygood have appeared in various scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • mSystems
  • Journal of Natural Products
  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Recent notable papers authored or coauthored include:

  • "Secondary Metabolism in the Gill Microbiota of Shipworms (Teredinidae) as Revealed by Comparison of Metagenomes and Nearly Complete Symbiont Genomes," 2020, mSystems
  • "Teredinibacter waterburyi sp. nov., a marine, cellulolytic endosymbiotic bacterium isolated from the gills of the wood-boring mollusc Bankia setacea (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) and emended description of the genus Teredinibacter," 2020, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • "Shipworm symbiosis ecology-guided discovery of an antibiotic that kills colistin-resistant Acinetobacter," 2021, Cell chemical biology
  • "Teredinibacter haidensis sp. nov., Teredinibacter purpureus sp. nov. and Teredinibacter franksiae sp. nov., marine, cellulolytic endosymbiotic bacteria isolated from the gills of the wood-boring mollusc Bankia setacea (Bivalvia: Teredinidae) and emended description of the genus Teredinibacter," 2021, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • "Synergistic anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) activity and absolute stereochemistry of 7,8-dideoxygriseorhodin C," 2020, The Journal of Antibiotics

Frequent collaborators in Haygood's research include Eric W. Schmidt, Gisela P. Concepción, Bailey W. Miller, Marvin A. Altamia, and Zhenjian Lin. This collaboration network suggests a strong interdisciplinary approach within the microbial and biochemical research communities.

Best Publications

  • Patellamide A and C biosynthesis by a microcin-like pathway in Prochloron didemni, the cyanobacterial symbiont of Lissoclinum patella.

    Eric W. Schmidt;James T. Nelson;David A. Rasko;Sebastian Sudek

  • Identification of the putative bryostatin polyketide synthase gene cluster from "Candidatus Endobugula sertula", the uncultivated microbial symbiont of the marine bryozoan Bugula neritina

    Sebastian Sudek;Nicole B. Lopanik;Laura E. Waggoner;Mark Hildebrand

  • Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Siderophores from Marine Bacteria

    J. S. Martinez;G. P. Zhang;P. D. Holt;H.-T. Jung

  • Evidence for the Biosynthesis of Bryostatins by the Bacterial Symbiont “Candidatus Endobugula sertula” of the Bryozoan Bugula neritina

    S. K. Davidson;S. K. Davidson;S. W. Allen;G. E. Lim;G. E. Lim;C. M. Anderson;C. M. Anderson

  • Identification of the antifungal peptide-containing symbiont of the marine sponge Theonella swinhoei as a novel δ-proteobacterium, "Candidatus Entotheonella palauensis"

    E. W. Schmidt;A. Y. Obraztsova;S. K. Davidson;D. J. Faulkner

  • Natural combinatorial peptide libraries in cyanobacterial symbionts of marine ascidians.

    Mohamed S. Abou Donia;Brian J. Hathaway;Sebastian Sudek;Margo G. Haygood

  • Microbial symbionts of marine invertebrates: opportunities for microbial biotechnology.

    Margo G. Haygood;Eric W. Schmidt;Seana K. Davidson;D. John Faulkner

  • Vertical Transmission of Diverse Microbes in the Tropical Sponge Corticium sp.

    Koty H. Sharp;Boreth Eam;D. John Faulkner;Margo G. Haygood

  • Structure and membrane affinity of a suite of amphiphilic siderophores produced by a marine bacterium.

    Jennifer S. Martinez;Jayme N. Carter-Franklin;Elizabeth L. Mann;Jessica D. Martin

  • Identification of sibling species of the bryozoan Bugula neritina that produce different anticancer bryostatins and harbor distinct strains of the bacterial symbiont "Candidatus Endobugula sertula".

    Seana K. Davidson;Margo G. Haygood

  • Phylogenetic analysis of the South American electric fishes (order Gymnotiformes) and the evolution of their electrogenic system: a synthesis based on morphology, electrophysiology, and mitochondrial sequence data.

    José A. Alves-Gomes;Guillermo Ortí;Margo Haygood;Walter Heiligenberg

  • Phylogenetic relationships among the true porpoises (Cetacea:Phocoenidae).

    Patricia E. Rosel;Margo G. Haygood;William F. Perrin

  • Aerobactin production by a planktonic marine Vibrio sp

    Margo G. Haygood;Pamela D. Holt;Alison Butler

  • Complex microbiome underlying secondary and primary metabolism in the tunicate-Prochloron symbiosis

    Mohamed S. Abou Donia;W. Florian Fricke;Frédéric Partensky;James Cox

  • Genome streamlining and chemical defense in a coral reef symbiosis

    Jason C. Kwan;Mohamed S. Donia;Andrew W. Han;Euichi Hirose

  • bryA: An Unusual Modular Polyketide Synthase Gene from the Uncultivated Bacterial Symbiont of the Marine Bryozoan Bugula neritina

    Mark Hildebrand;Laura E. Waggoner;Haibin Liu;Sebastian Sudek

  • Small-subunit rRNA genes and in situ hybridization with oligonucleotides specific for the bacterial symbionts in the larvae of the bryozoan Bugula neritina and proposal of "Candidatus endobugula sertula".

    Margo G. Haygood;Seana K. Davidson

  • Enhanced DNA Extraction and PCR Amplification of Mitochondrial Genes from Formalin-Fixed Museum Specimens

    Andrew M. Shedlock;Andrew M. Shedlock;Margo G. Haygood;Theodore W. Pietsch;Paul Bentzen

  • Structure of Trichamide, a Cyclic Peptide from the Bloom-Forming Cyanobacterium Trichodesmium erythraeum, Predicted from the Genome Sequence

    Sebastian Sudek;Margo G. Haygood;Margo G. Haygood;Diaa T. A. Youssef;Eric W. Schmidt

  • Bryostatins: biological context and biotechnological prospects

    Amaro E Trindade-Silva;Grace E Lim-Fong;Koty H Sharp;Margo G Haygood

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric W. Schmidt
Eric W. Schmidt University of Utah
Alison Butler
Alison Butler University of California, Santa Barbara
Baldomero M. Olivera
Baldomero M. Olivera University of Utah
Kenneth H. Nealson
Kenneth H. Nealson University of Southern California
David H. Sherman
David H. Sherman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jacques Ravel
Jacques Ravel University of Maryland, Baltimore
Jonathan A. Eisen
Jonathan A. Eisen University of California, Davis
Bradley M. Tebo
Bradley M. Tebo Oregon Health & Science University
D. John Faulkner
D. John Faulkner University of California, San Diego
Michael C. Schatz
Michael C. Schatz Johns Hopkins University

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