2024
Payne, P., Knobbe, L., Chanton, P., Zaugg, J., Mortazavi, B., & Mason, O. (2024). Uncovering novel functions of the enigmatic, abundant, and active Anaerolineae in a salt marsh ecosystem. mSystems, 0:e01162-24. doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.01162-24
Howe, K. L., Zaugg, J., & Mason, O. (2024). Novel, active, and uncultured hydrocarbon degrading microbes in the ocean. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 90(9), e01224-24. doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.01224-24
2023
Pérez Castro S, Peredo EL, Mason OU, Vineis J, Bowen JL, Mortazavi B, Ganesh A, Ruff SE, Paul BG, Giblin AE, & Cardon ZG. (2023). Diversity at single nucleotide to pangenome scales among sulfur cycling bacteria in salt marshes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 89. doi:https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.00988-23
Howe, Kathryn L. (Mason Graduate Student), Seitz, K. W., Campbell, Lauren G. (Mason Graduate Student), Baker, B. J., Thrash, J. C., Rabalais, N. N., Rogener, Mary-Kate, Joye, S. B., & Mason, O. U. (2023). Metagenomics and metatranscriptomics reveal broadly distributed, active, novel methanotrophs in the Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone and in the marine water column. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 99, fiac153. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac153
2022
Scherer, B., Mason, O. U., & Mast, A. (2022). Bacterial communities vary across populations and tissue type in red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle, Rhizophoraceae) along an expanding front. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 98, fiac139. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiac139
Cuellar-Gempeler, Catalina (Mason Postdoc), terHorst, C. P., Mason, O. U., & Miller, T. (2022). Predator dispersal influences predator distribution but not prey diversity in pitcher plant microbial metacommunities. Ecology, e3912. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3912
Neri, U., Wolf, Y. I., Roux, S., Camargo, A. P., Lee, B., Kazlauskas, D., Chen, I. M., Ivanova, N., Allen, L. Z., Paez-Espino, D., Bryant, D. A., Bhaya, D., RNA Virus Discovery Consortium, Krupovic, M., Dolja, V. V., Kyrpides, N. C., Koonin, E. V., & Gophna, U. (2022). Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages. Cell, 185, 4023-4037.e18. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2022.08.023
Jurelevicius, D., Pereira, R. S., da Mota, F. F., Cury, J. C., de Oliveira, I. C., Rosado, A. S., Mason, O. U., Jansson, J. K., & Seldin, L. (2022). Metagenomic analysis of microbial communities across a transect from low to highly hydrocarbon‐contaminated soils in King George Island, Maritime Antarctica. Geobiology, 20, 98-111. doi: 10.1111/gbi.12472
Fremin B.J., Bhatt A.S., Kyrpides N.C., Global Phage Small Open Reading Frame (GP-SmORF) Consortium. Thousands of small, novel genes predicted in global phage genomes Cell Reports Volume 39, Issue 12, June 2022 doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110984
Miller T.E., Pastore A, Cuellar-Gempeler C., Canter E., Mason O.U. Effects of community richness and competitive asymmetry on protozoa evolution in Sarracenia purpurea leaves The American Naturalist Volume 200, Number 1 July 2022 doi.org/10.1086/721010
2021
Vogel M.A., Mason O.U., Miller T.E. Environmental stressors alter the composition of seagrass phyllosphere microbial communities Climate Change Ecology Volume 2 December 2021 doi.org/10.1016/j.ecochg.2021.100042
Jurelevicius D., de Silva Pereira R., Faria de Mota F., Curry J.C., Cardoso de Oliveria I., Rosado A.S., Mason O.U., Jansson J.K., Seldin L. Metagenomic analysis of microbial communities across a transect from low to highly hydrocarbon-contaminated soils in King George Island, Maritime Antarctica Geobiology Volume 20 Issue 1 2021 September doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12472
Corianne T., Behzad M., Mason O.U. Ditching Nutrients: Roadside Drainage Networks are Hotspots for Microbial Nitrogen Removal. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 126:e2020JG006115. doi.org/10.1029/2020JG006115
#Vogel M.A., Mason O.U., Miller T.E. Composition of seagrass phyllosphere microbial communities suggests rapid environmental regulation of community structure. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 2021 March; 97(3):fiab013. doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab013
Mason O.U., Chanton P., ##Knobbe L.N., Zaugg J., Mortazavi B. New Insights Into the Influence of Plant and Microbial Diversity on Denitrification Rates in a Salt Marsh. Wetlands, 41,33. doi.org/10.1007/s13157-021-01423-8
2020
Jurelevicius, D., Cotta, S. R., Montezzi, L. F., Dias, A. C. F., Mason, O. U., Picão, R. C., Jansson, J. K., & Seldin, L. Enrichment of potential pathogens in marine microbiomes with different degrees of anthropogenic activity. Environmental Pollution, 268, Part A, 2021, 115757. doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115757
#Vogel, M. A., Mason, O. U., & Miller, T. E. Host and environmental determinants of microbial community structure in the marine phyllosphere. PLoS ONE, 15, (7): e0235441. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235441
Ledford, T., Mortazavia, B., Tatariw, C., & Mason, O.U. Elevated nutrient inputs to marshes differentially impact carbon and nitrogen cycling in two Northern Gulf of Mexico saltmarsh plants. Biogeochemistry, 149, 1-16. doi.org/10.1007/s10533-020-00656-9
Xiong, Y., Mason, O. U., ##Lowe, A., Zhang, Z., Zhou, C., Chen, G., Villalonga, M. J., & Tang, Y. Investigating promising substrates for promoting 1,4-dioxane biodegradation: effects of ethane and tetrahydrofuran on microbial consortia. Biodegradation, 31, 171–182. doi.org/10.1007/s10532-020-09901-2
2019
Smith, A., Kieft, B., Mueller, R., Fisk, M., Mason, O. U., Popa, R., & Colwell, F. Carbon fixation and energy metabolisms of a subseafloor olivine biofilm. ISME J, 13, 1737–1749. doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0385-0
#Gillies, LE, Thrash, J., Rabalais, N., & Mason, O. U. Extent of the annual Gulf of Mexico hypoxic zone influences microbial community structure. PLoS ONE, 14, e0209055. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209055
Xong, Y., Mason, O. U., ##Lowe, A., Zhou, C., Chen, G., & Youneng, T. Microbial community analysis provides insights into the effects of tetrahydrofuran on 1,4-dioxane biodegradation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 85(11), e00244-19.doi:10.1128/AEM.00244-19
2018
Thrash, C., Baker, B., Seitz, K., Temperton, B., #Campbell, L., Rabalais, N., Henrissat, B., & Mason, O. U. Metagenomic Assembly and Prokaryotic Metagenome-Assembled Genome Sequences from the Northern Gulf of Mexico "Dead Zone". Microbiology Resource Announcements, 7, e01033-18. doi:10.1128/MRA.01033-18
#Canter, EJ, *Cuellar-Gempeler, C, Pastore, A., Miller, T., & Mason, O.U. Predator identity more than predator richness structures aquatic microbial assemblages in Sarracenia purpurea leaves. Ecology, 99, 652-660. doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2128
2017
Thompson, L. R., & The Earth Microbiome Project Consortium. A communal catalogue reveals Earth's multiscale microbial diversity. Nature, 551, 457-463. doi:10.1038/nature24621
Handley KM, Piceno YM, Hu P, Tom LM, Mason OU, Andersen GL, Jansson, JK, Gilbert, JA. (2017). Metabolic and spatio-taxono response of uncultivated seafloor bacteria following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. ISMEJ 11:2569-2583. doi:10.1038/ismej.2017.110
Thrash JC, Seitz KW, Baker BJ, Temperton B, Gillies LE, Rabalais NN, Henrissat, B. Mason, OU. (2017). Metabolic Roles of Uncultivated Bacterioplankton Lineages in the Northern Gulf of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’. MBio 8:1–20. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01017-17
2016
Mackelprang, R. and Mason, O.U. Marine microbiology: Community clean up. Nature Microbiology.
Smith, A.R., Fisk, M.R., Thurber, A.R., Flores, G.E., Mason, O.U., Popa, R. Deep Crustal Communities of the Juan de Fuca Ridge Are Governed by Mineralogy. Geomicrobiology Journal, 00-00
Mason, O.U., Canter, E.J., #Gillies, L.E., Paisie, T.K., and Roberts, B.J. Mississippi River plume enriches microbial diversity in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Front. Microbiol. 7:1048. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2016.01048
2015
Stevens, E. W. N., Bailey, J. V., Flood, B. E., Jones, D. S., Gilhooly III, W. P., Joye, S. B., Teske, A., & Mason, O. U. Barite encrustation of benthic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria at a marine cold seep. Geobiology, 13, 588-603. doi:10.1111/gbi.12154
#Gillies, L.E., Thrash, J. C., deRada, S., Rabalais, N. N., & Mason, O. U. Archaeal enrichment in the hypoxic zone in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Microbiology, 10, 3847-56. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12853
Mason, O. U., Case, D. H., Naehr, T. H., Lee, R. W., Thomas, R. B., Bailey, J. V., & Orphan, V. J. Comparison of Archaeal and Bacterial Diversity in Methane Seep Carbonate Nodules and Host Sediments, Eel River Basin and Hydrate Ridge, USA. Microb Ecol, 70, 766-784. doi:10.​1007/​s00248-015-0615-6
#Rakowski, C.V., Magen, C., Bosman, S., Rogers, K. L., #Gillies, L. E., Chanton, J. P., & Mason, O. U. Methane and microbial dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico water column. Frontiers Marine Science, 2, 69. doi:10.3389/fmars.2015.00069
2014
##Paisie, T.K., Miller, T. E., & Mason, O. U. Effects of a Ciliate Protozoa Predator on Microbial Communities in Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Leaves. PLoS ONE, 9, e113384. doi:doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113384
Trexler, R., Solomon, C., Brislawn, C. J., Wright, J. R., Rosenberger, A., McClure, E. E., Grube, A. M., Peterson, M. P., Keddache, M., Mason, O. U., Hazen, T. C., Grant, C. J., & Lamendella, R. Assessing impacts of unconventional natural gas extraction on microbial communities in headwater stream ecosystems in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Front. Microbiol, 5, 522. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00522
Mason, O. U., Han, J., Woyke, T., & Jansson, J. K. Single-cell genomics reveals features of a Colwellia species that was dominant during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Front. Microbiol, 5, 332. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00332
Lamendella, R., Strutt, S., Borglin, S. E., Chakraborty, R., Tas, N., Mason, O. U., Hultman, J., Prestat, E., Hazen, T. C., & Jansson, J. K. Assessment of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impact on Gulf coast microbial communities. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5, 130. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00130
Scott, N. M., Hess, M., Bouskill, N. J., Mason, O. U., Jansson, J. K., & Gilbert, J. A. The microbial nitrogen cycling potential in marine sediments is impacted by polyaromatic hydrocarbon pollution. Front. Microbiol, 1-1. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2014.00108
Mason, O. U., Scott, N. M., Gonzalez, A., Robbins-Pianka, A., Bælum, J., Kimbrel, J., Bouskill, N. J., Prestat, E., Borglin, S., Joyner, D. C., Fortney, J. L., Jurelevicius, D., Stringfellow, W. T., Alvarez-Cohen, L., Hazen, T. C., Knight, R., Gilbert, J. A., & Jansson, J. K. Metagenomics reveals sediment microbial community response to Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The ISME Journal, 8, 1464–1475. doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.2
2013
Nicora, C. D., Anderson, B. J., Callister, S. J., Norbeck, A. D., Purvine, S. O., Jansson, J. K., Mason, O. U., David, M. M., Jurelevicius, D., Smith, R. D., & Lipton, M. S. Amino acid treatment enhances protein recovery from sediment and soils for metaproteomic studies. Proteomics, 13, 2776-85. doi:doi:10.1002/pmic.201300003
Dubinsky, E. A., Conrad, M. E., Chakraborty, R., Bill, M., Borglin, S. E., Hollibaugh, J. T., Mason, O. U., Piceno, Y. M., Reid, F. C., Stringfellow, W. T., Tom, L. M., Hazen, T. C., & Andersen, G. L. Succession of Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacteria in the Aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmental Science & Technology, 47, 10860-10867. doi:10.1021/es401676y
2012
Baelum, J., Borglin, S., Chakraborty, R., Fortney, J. L., Lamendella, R., Mason, O. U., Auer, M., Zemla, M., Bill, M., Conrad, M. E., Malfatti, S.A., Tringe, S. G., Holman, Hoi-Ying, Hazen, T. C., & Jansson, J. K. Deep-sea bacteria enriched by oil and dispersant from the Deepwater Horizon spill. Environmental Microbiology, 14(9, SI), 2405-2416. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02780.x
Mason, O. U., Hazen, T. C., Borglin, S., Chain, P. S. G., Dubinsky, E. A., Fortney, J. L., Han, J., Holman, Hoi-Ying N., Hultman, J., Lamendella, R., Mackelprang, R., Malfatti, S., Tom, L. M., Tringe, S. G., Woyke, T., Zhou, J., Rubin, E. M., & Jansson, J. K. Metagenome, metatranscriptome and single-cell sequencing reveal microbial response to Deepwater Horizon oil spill. ISME J, 6(9), 1715-1727.doi:10.1038/ismej.2012.59
Lu, Z., Deng, Y., Van Nostrand, J. D., He, Z., Voordeckers, J., Zhou, A., Lee, Yong-Jin, Mason, O. U., Dubinsky, E. A., Chavarria, K. L., Tom, L. M., Fortney, J. L., Lamendella, R., Jansson, J. K., D'haeseleer, P., Hazen, T. C., & Zhou, J. Microbial gene functions enriched in the Deepwater Horizon deep-sea oil plume. ISME J, 6(2), 451-460. doi:10.1038/ismej.2011.91
2011
Blackman, D. K., & IODP Expeditions 304/305 Science Team. Drilling constraints on lithospheric accretion and evolution at Atlantis Massif, Mid-Atlantic Ridge 30°N.Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(B7), 1-x. doi:10.1029/2010JB007931
Bertagnolli, A. D., Treusch, A. H., Mason, O. U., Stingl, U., Vergin, K. L., Chan, F., Beszteri, B., & Giovannoni, S. J. Bacterial diversity in the bottom boundary layer of the inner continental shelf of Oregon, USA. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 64(1), 15-25.
2010
Mason, O. U., Nakagawa, T., Rosner, M., Van Nostrand, J. D., Zhou, J., Maruyama, A., Fisk, M. R., & Giovannoni, S. J. First Investigation of the Microbiology of the Deepest Layer of Ocean Crust. PLOS ONE, 5(11), 1-x. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0015399
Hazen, T., Dubinsky, E., DeSantis, T., Andersen, G., Piceno, Y., Singh, N., Jansson, J., Probst, A., Borglin, S., Fortney, J., Stringfellow, W., Bill, M., Conrad, M., Tom, L., Chavarria, K., Alusi, T., Lamendella, R., Joyner, D., Spier, C., Baelum, J., Auer, M., Zemla, M., Chakraborty, R., Sonnenthal, E., D'Haeseleer, P., Holman, H., Osman, S., Lu, Z., Van Nostrand, J., Deng, Y., Zhou, J., & Mason, O. U. Deep-Sea Oil Plume Enriches Indigenous Oil-Degrading Bacteria. SCIENCE, 330(6001), 204-208. doi:10.1126/science.1195979
2009
Mason, O. U., Di Meo-Savoie, C. A., Van Nostrand, J. D., Zhou, J., Fisk, M. R., & Giovannoni, S. J. Prokaryotic diversity, distribution, and insights into their role in biogeochemical cycling in marine basalts. ISME J, 3(2), 231-242. doi:10.1038/ismej.2008.92
2007
Mason, O. U., Stingl, U., Wilhelm, L. J., Moeseneder, M. M., Di Meo-Savoie, C. A., Fisk, M. R., & Giovannoni, S. J. The phylogeny of endolithic microbes associated with marine basalts. Environmental Microbiology, 9(10), 2539-2550. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01372.x
Ildefonse, B., & IODP Expeditions 304/305 Science Team. Oceanic core complexes and crustal accretion at slow-spreading ridges. Geology, 35(7), 623-626.
2006
Fisk, M., Popa, R., Mason, O., Storrie-Lombardi, M., & Vicenzi, E. Iron-magnesium silicate bioweathering on Earth (and Mars?). Astrobiology, 6(1), 48-68. doi:10.1089/ast.2006.6.48
2005
Amaral Zettler, L. A., Laatsch, A. D., Zettler, E., Nerad, T. A., Cole, J., Diaz, F. C., Diaz, J., Janzen, D. H., Sittenfeld, A. N. A., Mason, O., & Reysenbach, Anna-Louise. A Microbial Observatory of Caterpillars: Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Protists Associated with the Saturniid Moth Caterpillar Rothschildia lebeau.Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 52(2), 107-115. doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.05202008.x
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