Publications

Ng, TFF, W Suedmeyer, E Wheeler, F Gulland, M Breitbart (2009) Novel anellovirus discovered from a mortality event of captive California sea lions.  Journal of General Virology. In press.

Vega Thurber, R, M Breitbart, L Wegley, M Haynes, F Rohwer (2009). Laboratory Procedures to Generate Viral Metagenomes. Nature Protocols. In press.

Ng, TFF, C Manire, K Borrowman, T Langer, L Ehrhart, M Breitbart (2009). Discovery of a novel single-stranded DNA virus from a sea turtle fibropapilloma using viral metagenomics. Journal of Virology. 83: 2500-2509.

Symonds, EM, DW Griffin, M Breitbart (2009). Eukaryotic viruses in wastewater samples from the United States. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75: 1402-1409.

McDaniel, L, M Breitbart, J Mobberley, A Long, M Haynes, F Rohwer, J Paul (2008). Metagenomic analysis of lysogeny in Tampa Bay: implications for prophage gene expression. PLoS One. 3: e3263.

Breitbart, M , A Hoare, A Nitti, M Haynes, L Dinsdale, R Edwards, J Siefert, V Souza, F Rohwer, D Hollander (2008).  Metagenomic and Stable Isotopic Analyses of Modern Freshwater Microbialites in Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico.  Environmental Microbiology.

Breitbart, M, M Haynes, S Kelley, F Angly, RA Edwards, B Felts, JM Mahaffy, J Mueller, J Nulton, S Rayhawk, B Rodriguez-Brito, P Salamon, F Rohwer (2008).  Viral diversity and dynamics in an infant’s gut.  Research in Microbiology. 159: 367-373.

Breitbart, M, M Middelboe, F Rohwer (2008). Marine viruses: Community dynamics, diversity, and impact on microbial processes.  In: Kirchman, D [ed]. Microbial Ecology of the Oceans, 2^nd edition.  John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Hoboken, New Jersey.  pp. 443-479. 

Dinsdale, EA, RA Edwards, D Hall, F Angly, M Breitbart, JM Brulc, M Furlan, C Desnues, M Haynes, L Li, L McDaniel, MA Moran, KE Nelson, C Nilsson, R Olson, J Paul, B Rodriguez-Brito, Y Ruan, BK Swan, R Stevens, DL Valentine, R Vega-Thurber, L Wegley, BA White, F Rohwer (2008).  Functional metagenomic profiling of nine biomes.  Nature. 452: 629-633.

Desnues, C, B Rodriguez-Brito, S Rayhawk, S Kelley, T Tran, M Haynes, H Liu, M Furlan, L Wegley, B Chau, Y Ruan, D Hall, FE Angly, RA Edwards, L Li, R Vega Thurber, RP Reid, J Siefert, V Souza, DL Valentine, BK Swan, M Breitbart, F Rohwer (2008).  Biodiversity and biogeography of phages in modern stromatolites and thrombolites.  Nature.  452: 340-343.

Kunin, V, S He, F Warnecke, SB Peterson, H Garcia Martin, M Haynes, N Ivanova, LL Blackall, M Breitbart, F Rohwer, KD McMahon, P Hugenholtz (2008).  A bacterial metapopulation adapts locally to phage predation despite global dispersal.  Genome Research. 18: 293-297.

Fierer, N, M Breitbart, J Nulton, P Salamon, C Lozupone, R Jones, M Robeson, RA Edwards, B Felts, S Rayhawk, R Knight, F Rohwer, RB Jackson (2007).  Metagenomic and small-subunit rRNA analyses reveal the genetic diversity of bacteria, archaea, fungi, and viruses in soil.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology.  73: 7059-7066.

Heinz Hoffmann, K, B Rodriguez-Brito, M Breitbart, D Bangor, F Angly, B Felts, J Nulton, F Rohwer, P Salamon (2007).  Power law rank-abundance models for marine phage communities.  FEMS Microbiology Letters.  273: 224-228.

Breitbart, M, LR Thompson, CA Suttle, MB Sullivan (2007).  Exploring the vast diversity of marine viruses.  Oceanography.  20: 135-139.

Angly, FE, B Felts, M Breitbart, P Salamon, RA Edwards, C Carlson, AM Chan, M Haynes, S Kelley, H Liu, J Mahaffy, JE Mueller, J Nulton, R Olson, R Parsons, S Rayhawk, CA Suttle, F Rohwer (2006).  The marine viromes of four oceanic regions.  PLoS Biology.  4: e368. view pdf

Casas, V, J Miyake, H Balsley, J Roark, S Telles, S Leeds, I Zurita, M Breitbart, D Bartlett, F Azam, F Rohwer (2006)  Widespread occurrence of phage-encoded exotoxin genes in terrestrial and aquatic environments in Southern California.  FEMS Microbiology Letters.  261: 141-149. view pdf

Edwards, RA, B Rodriguez-Brito, L Wegley, M Haynes, M Breitbart, DM Peterson, MO Saar, S Alexander, EC Alexander Jr., F Rohwer (2006)  Using pyrosequencing to shed light on deep mine microbial ecology under extreme hydrogeologic conditions.  BMC Genomics.  7: 57.  view pdf

Zhang, T, M Breitbart, WH Lee, J-Q Run, CL Wei, SWL Soh, ML Hibberd, E Liu, F Rohwer, Y Ruan (2006) RNA viral community in human feces: Prevalence of plant pathogenic viruses.  PLoS Biology.  4: e3. view pdf

Yu, Y, M Breitbart, P McNairnie, F Rohwer (2006) FastGroupII: A web-based bioinformatics platform for analyses of large 16S rDNA libraries.  BMC Bioinformatics.  7:57. view pdf

Kline, D, NM Kuntz, M Breitbart, N Knowlton, F Rohwer (2006) Role of elevated organic carbon levels and microbial activity in coral mortality.  Marine Ecology Progress Series. 314: 119-125.

Breitbart, M, and F Rohwer (2005) Method for discovering novel DNA viruses in blood using viral particle selection and shotgun sequencing.  Biotechniques.  39: 729-736.  view pdf

Breitbart, M, and F Rohwer (2005) Here a virus, there a virus, everywhere the same virus?  Trends in Microbiology. 13: 278-284. view pdf

Breitbart, M, F Rohwer, ST Abedon (2005) Bacteriophage Patho-Ecology. In: M Waldor, D Freedman, S Adhya (eds). Bacteriophages and Bacterial Pathogens.

Angly, F, B Rodriguez-Brito, D Bangor, P McNairnie, M Breitbart, P Salamon, B Felts, J Nulton, J Mahaffy, F Rohwer (2005) PHACCS, an online tool for estimating the structure and diversity of uncultured viral communities using metagenomic information.  BMC Bioinformatics. 6:41. view pdf

Breitbart, M, R Bhagooli, S Griffin, I Johnston, F Rohwer (2005) Microbial communities associated with skeletal tumors on Porites compressa.  FEMS Microbiology Letters.  243: 431-436. view pdf

Casas, V, D Kline, L Wegley, Y Yu, M Breitbart, F Rohwer (2004) Bacterial communities associated with healthy and white band type I diseased Acroporid corals.  Environmental Microbiology.  6: 1137-1148. view pdf

Breitbart, M, JH Miyake, F Rohwer (2004) Global distribution of nearly identical phage-encoded DNA sequences.  FEMS Microbiology Letters.  236 (2). 245-252. view pdf

Breitbart, M, B Felts, S Kelley, JM Mahaffy, J Nulton, P Salamon, F Rohwer (2004) Diversity and population structure of a nearshore marine sediment viral community.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 271. 565-574. view pdf

Breitbart, M, L Wegley, S Leeds, T Schoenfeld, F Rohwer (2004) Phage community dynamics in hot springs. Applied and Environmental Microbiology.  70 (30). 1633-1640. view pdf

Wegley, L, Y Yu, M Breitbart, V Casas, D Kline, F Rohwer (2004) Coral-associated Archaea.  Marine Ecology Progress Series. 273. 89-96. view pdf

Breitbart, M, I Hewson, B Felts, JM Mahaffy, J Nulton, P Salamon, F Rohwer. (2003) Metagenomic analyses of an uncultured viral community from human feces. Journal of Bacteriology.  185 (20). 6220-6223. view pdf

Mosier-Boss, PA, Lieberman, SH, Andrews, JM, Rohwer, F, Wegley, LE, and M Breitbart (2003) Use of fluorescently-labeled phage in the detection/identification of bacterial species. Applied Spectroscopy.  57 (9). 1138-1144. view pdf

Breitbart, M, P Salamon, B Andresen, J Mahaffy, A Segall, D Mead, F Azam, F Rohwer (2002) Genomic analysis of uncultured marine viral communities. Proceedings of the National Academy USA. 99:14250-14255. view pdf

Rohwer, F, M Breitbart, J Jara, F Azam, N Knowlton (2001) Microbial diversity of scleractinian corals. Coral Reefs. 20 (1). 85-95. view pdf

Rohwer, F, AM Segall, G Steward, V Seguritan, M Breitbart, F Wolven, F Azam (2000) The complete genomic sequence of the marine phage Roseophage SIO1 shares homology with non-marine phages.  Limnology and Oceanography. 45(2).  408-418.  view pdf