Alexander J. Probst

Research interests

Publications

• SeqCode: a nomenclatural code for prokaryotes described from sequence data

  Nature Microbiology · 2022 · 10.1038/s41564-022-01214-9

• Expansion of the global RNA virome reveals diverse clades of bacteriophages

  Cell · 2022 · 10.1016/j.cell.2022.08.023

• Roadmap for naming uncultivated Archaea and Bacteria

  Nature Microbiology · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-0733-x

• Clades of huge phages from across Earth’s ecosystems

  Nature · 2020 · 10.1038/s41586-020-2007-4

• Stable isotope informed genome-resolved metagenomics reveals that Saccharibacteria utilize microbially-processed plant-derived carbon

  Microbiome · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0499-z

• Recovery of genomes from metagenomes via a dereplication, aggregation and scoring strategy

  Nature Microbiology · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0171-1

• Genome-reconstruction for eukaryotes from complex natural microbial communities

  Genome Research · 2018 · 10.1101/gr.228429.117

• Insights into the ecology, evolution, and metabolism of the widespread Woesearchaeotal lineages

  Microbiome · 2018 · 10.1186/s40168-018-0488-2

• Biosynthetic capacity, metabolic variety and unusual biology in the CPR and DPANN radiations

  Nature Reviews Microbiology · 2018 · 10.1038/s41579-018-0076-2

• Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 10.1073/pnas.1714341115

• Differential depth distribution of microbial function and putative symbionts through sediment-hosted aquifers in the deep terrestrial subsurface

  Nature Microbiology · 2018 · 10.1038/s41564-017-0098-y

• Potential for microbial H2 and metal transformations associated with novel bacteria and archaea in deep terrestrial subsurface sediments

  The ISME Journal · 2017 · 10.1038/ismej.2017.39

• Recovery of genomes from metagenomes via a dereplication, aggregation, and scoring strategy

  bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2017 · 10.1101/107789

• A new view of the tree of life

  Nature Microbiology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.48

• Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer system

  Nature Communications · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13219

• New CRISPR–Cas systems from uncultivated microbes

  Nature · 2016 · 10.1038/nature21059

• Major bacterial lineages are essentially devoid of CRISPR-Cas viral defence systems

  Nature Communications · 2016 · 10.1038/ncomms10613

• Genomic resolution of a cold subsurface aquifer community provides metabolic insights for novel microbes adapted to high CO 2 concentrations

  Environmental Microbiology · 2016 · 10.1111/1462-2920.13362

• Fungal and Bacterial Communities in Indoor Dust Follow Different Environmental Determinants

  PLoS ONE · 2016 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0154131

• Microbiomes of the dust particles collected from the International Space Station and Spacecraft Assembly Facilities

  Microbiome · 2015 · 10.1186/s40168-015-0116-3

• Biology of a widespread uncultivated archaeon that contributes to carbon fixation in the subsurface

  Nature Communications · 2014 · 10.1038/ncomms6497

• Archaea on Human Skin

  PLoS ONE · 2013 · 10.1371/journal.pone.0065388

• New perspectives on viable microbial communities in low-biomass cleanroom environments

  The ISME Journal · 2012 · 10.1038/ismej.2012.114

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

  The ISME Journal · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.139

• Deep-Sea Oil Plume Enriches Indigenous Oil-Degrading Bacteria

  Science · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1195979

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