Kelly Ireland

Lake size is associated with the relationship between body mass and gut microbiota alpha diversity in threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Lake size is associated with ecological conditions that can affect the microbiome of hosts, such as diet and habitat characteristics. However, whether host-microbe interactions are affected by lake size remains poorly understood. We characterized the gut microbiota of 191 wild th...

Cold-water gut isolate from threespine stickleback ( Gasterosteus aculeatus ) reveals polypropylene surface oxidation and co-culture inhibition

ABSTRACT Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and polypropylene (PP), two of the most widely produced plastics in the United States, persist in diverse environments worldwide and may persist longer in cold-water environments where plastic-degrading microbial taxa have been poorly cha...