Andrew J. Tanentzap

Rewriting the history of the invasive spiny water flea in North America

Introduced species cause significant environmental impacts, making timely detection key for mitigation. The spiny water flea, Bythotrephes longimanus , is considered one of the most ecologically and economically destructive species in North American freshwaters. For decades, mana...

The biogeography of giant viruses and interactions with Eukaryotes across European lakes

Abstract Advances in genomics have revealed a diversity of nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (phylum Nucleocytoviricota) that infect eukaryotes, but their ecology beyond the oceans remains poorly understood. We recover 208 Nucleocytoviricota genomes, including 205 putative new...