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Seth R. Bordenstein

Seth R. Bordenstein

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
18915
World Ranking
8541
National Ranking
3840

Overview

Seth R. Bordenstein is affiliated with Vanderbilt University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist has a strong emphasis on subfields including Insect Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Ecology.

The main topics covered in their body of work include:

  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect behavior and control techniques
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation

Recent papers by Seth R. Bordenstein demonstrate a focus on microbial symbiosis and reproductive biology, with notable publications such as:

  • "Living in the endosymbiotic world of Wolbachia: A centennial review" (2021), published in Cell Host & Microbe
  • "An introduction to phylosymbiosis" (2020), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Symbiont-mediated cytoplasmic incompatibility: What have we learned in 50 years?" (2020), published in eLife
  • "Microorganisms in the reproductive tissues of arthropods" (2020), published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • "Human microbiome variation associated with race and ethnicity emerges as early as 3 months of age" (2023), published in PLoS Biology

Collaborations are a significant aspect of their work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Brittany A. Leigh
  • Rupinder Kaur
  • J. Dylan Shropshire
  • Sarah R. Bordenstein
  • Karissa L. Cross

Seth R. Bordenstein's publications are often featured in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), PLoS Biology, mSystems, Preprints.org, and Cell Host & Microbe, reflecting sustained contributions to microbiology and symbiosis research.

Best Publications

  • Host Biology in Light of the Microbiome: Ten Principles of Holobionts and Hologenomes.

    Seth R. Bordenstein;Kevin R. Theis

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing System for the Endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis

    Laura Baldo;Julie C. Dunning Hotopp;Keith A. Jolley;Seth R. Bordenstein

  • Functional and evolutionary insights from the genomes of three parasitoid Nasonia species.

    John H. Werren;Stephen Richards;Christopher A. Desjardins;Oliver Niehuis

  • Mom knows best: the universality of maternal microbial transmission.

    Lisa J. Funkhouser;Seth R. Bordenstein

  • Minimum information about an uncultivated virus genome (MIUVIG)

    Simon Roux;Evelien M. Adriaenssens;Bas E. Dutilh;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Phylosymbiosis: Relationships and Functional Effects of Microbial Communities across Host Evolutionary History.

    Andrew W. Brooks;Kevin D. Kohl;Robert M. Brucker;Robert M. Brucker;Edward J. van Opstal

  • Getting the Hologenome Concept Right: an Eco-Evolutionary Framework for Hosts and Their Microbiomes.

    Kevin R. Theis;Nolwenn M. Dheilly;Jonathan L. Klassen;Robert M. Brucker

  • The Hologenomic Basis of Speciation: Gut Bacteria Cause Hybrid Lethality in the Genus Nasonia

    Robert M. Brucker;Seth R. Bordenstein

  • Prophage WO genes recapitulate and enhance Wolbachia -induced cytoplasmic incompatibility

    Daniel P. LePage;Jason A. Metcalf;Sarah R. Bordenstein;Jungmin On

  • Speciation by symbiosis

    Robert M. Brucker;Seth R. Bordenstein

  • Microbiota and the social brain

    Eoin Sherwin;Seth R. Bordenstein;John L. Quinn;Timothy G. Dinan

  • Gut microbiota diversity across ethnicities in the United States.

    Andrew W. Brooks;Sambhawa Priya;Ran Blekhman;Seth R. Bordenstein

  • Widespread Recombination Throughout Wolbachia Genomes

    Laura Baldo;Seth Bordenstein;Jennifer J. Wernegreen;John H. Werren

  • Living in the endosymbiotic world of Wolbachia: A centennial review.

    Rupinder Kaur;J. Dylan Shropshire;Karissa L. Cross;Brittany Leigh

  • Phylogeny of Wolbachia pipientis based on gltA, groEL and ftsZ gene sequences: clustering of arthropod and nematode symbionts in the F supergroup, and evidence for further diversity in the Wolbachia tree.

    M. Casiraghi;S. R. Bordenstein;L. Baldo;N. Lo

  • Bacteriophage Flux in Endosymbionts (Wolbachia): Infection Frequency, Lateral Transfer, and Recombination Rates

    Seth R. Bordenstein;Jennifer J. Wernegreen

  • Taxonomic status of the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia pipientis.

    Nathan Lo;C Paraskevopoulos;K Bourtzis;Scott Leslie O'Neill

  • An introduction to phylosymbiosis

    Shen Jean Lim;Seth R Bordenstein

  • Mobile DNA in obligate intracellular bacteria

    Seth R. Bordenstein;William S. Reznikoff;William S. Reznikoff

  • The tripartite associations between bacteriophage, Wolbachia, and arthropods

    Seth R Bordenstein;Michelle L Marshall;Adam J Fry;Ulandt Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

John H. Werren
John H. Werren University of Rochester
Kostas Bourtzis
Kostas Bourtzis International Atomic Energy Agency
Jirong Long
Jirong Long Vanderbilt University Medical Center
William S. Reznikoff
William S. Reznikoff Marine Biological Laboratory
Hervé Tettelin
Hervé Tettelin University of Maryland, Baltimore
Timothy L. Cover
Timothy L. Cover Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nicole S. Webster
Nicole S. Webster University of Queensland
Claudio Bandi
Claudio Bandi University of Milan
Xiao-Ou Shu
Xiao-Ou Shu Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nathan Lo
Nathan Lo University of Sydney

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