2024
Baine Q, Casares EE, Hughes D, Martinson VG, Martinson EO (2024) Arthropod communities associated with gall-inducing Aciurina bigeloviae and Aciurina trixa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in New Mexico. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 117(2)107–117. doi:10.1093/aesa/saad037. [PDF - too big, email me for a copy] [Link to article]
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Kang Z*, Martinson VG*, Wang Y, Coon KL, Valzania L, Strand MR (2024) Increased environmental microbial diversity reduces disease risk of a mosquitocidal pathogen. mBio 15(1). doi:10.1128/mbio.02726-23. [PDF] [Link to article]
2023
Harrison RE, Yang X, Eum JH, Martinson VG, Dou X, Valzania L, Wang Y, Boyd BM, Brown MR, Strand MR (2023) The mosquito Aedes aegypti requires a gut microbiota for normal egg production, longevity and vector competence. Communications Biology 6:1154. doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05545-z. [PDF] [Link to article]
Baine Q, Casares EE, Carabotta E, Martinson VG, Martinson EO (2023) Galls on galls: A hypergall-inducing midge and its parasitoid community. Ecology 104(5)e4018. doi:10.1002/ecy.4018. [PDF] [Link to article]
2021
Martinson VG & Strand MR. (2021) Diet-microbiota interactions alter mosquito development. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:650743. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.650743. [PDF] [Link to article]
2020
Martinson VG, Gawryluk RMR, Gowen BE, Curtis CI, Jaenike J, Perlman SJ. (2020) Multiple origins of obligate nematode and insect symbionts by a clade of bacteria closely related to plant pathogens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(50):31979-31986. [PDF] [Link to article] [Highlighted in UNM Press]
Martinson VG. (2020) Rediscovering a forgotten system of symbiosis: historical perspective and future potential. Genes: Special Issue Evolutionary Genetics of Microbial Symbiosis 11(9):1063: doi:10.3390/genes11091063. [PDF] [Link to article] [Cover image selected]
Adair KL, Bost A, Bueno E, Kaunisto S, Kortet R, Peters-Schulze G, Martinson VG, Douglas AE. (2020) Host determinants of among-species variation in microbiome composition in drosophilid flies. The ISME Journal 14:217-229. doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0532-7. [PDF] [Link to article]
2018
Valzania L, Martinson VG, Harrison R, Boyd BM, Coon KL, Brown MR, Strand MR. (2018) Both living bacteria and eukaryotes in the mosquito gut promote growth of larvae. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12(7): e0006638. [PDF] [Link to article]
Bost A, Martinson VG, Franzenburg S, Adair KL, Albasi A, Wells MT, Douglas AE. (2018) Functional variation in the gut microbiome of wild Drosophila populations. Molecular Ecology 27:2834-2845. [PDF] [Link to article]
Bost A, Franzenburg S, Adair K, Martinson VG, Loeb G, Douglas A (2018) How gut transcriptional function of Drosophila melanogaster varies with the presence and composition of the gut microbiota. Molecular Ecology 27:1848-1859. [PDF] [Link to article]
2017
Martinson VG*, Carpinteyro-Ponce J*, Moran NA, Markow TA (2017) A distinctive and host-restricted bacterial gut microbiota in populations of a cactophilic Drosophila species. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 83:e01551-17. [PDF] [Link to article]
Martinson VG, Douglas AE, and Jaenike J (2017) Community structure of gut microbiotas within and among sympatric species of wild Drosophila. Ecology Letters 20:629-639. [PDF] [Link to article] [Highlighted in UR Press] [Cover image selected]
2016
Engel P, Kwong W, McFrederick Q, Anderson KE, Barribeau S, Chandler JA, Cornman S, Dainat J, de Miranda J, Doublet V, Emery O, Evans J, Farinelli L, Flenniken M, Granberg F, Grasis J, Gauthier L, Hayer J, Koch H, Kocher S, Martinson VG, Moran NA, Munoz-Torres M, Newton I, Paxton R, Powell JE, Sadd B, Schmid‐Hempel P, Schmid‐Hempel R, Song SJ, Schwarz R, vanEngelsdorp D, Dainat B (2016) The bee microbiome: impact on bee health and model for evolution and ecology of host-microbe interactions. mBio 2:e02164-15. [PDF] [Link to article]
2015
Martinson EO*, Martinson VG*, Edwards R, Mrinalini, Werren JH (2015) Laterally transferred gene recruited as a venom in parasitoid wasps. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33:1042-1052. [PDF] [Link to article] [Highlighted by Susan Milius in Science News]
2014
Powell JE, Martinson VG, Urban-Mead K, Moran NA (2014) Routes of acquisition of the gut microbiota of Apis mellifera. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80:7378-7387. [PDF] [Link to article] [Highlighted as a “Spotlight” of the issue] [Cover image selected]
Martinson VG, Magoc T, Koch H, Salzberg SL, Moran NA (2014) Genomic features of a bumble bee symbiont reflect its host environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80:3793-3803. [PDF] [Link to article] [Highlighted by Gemma Langridge in Nature Reviews Microbiology] [Cover image selected]
2012
Andrew DR, Fitak R, Munguia-Vega A, Racolta A, Martinson VG, Dontsova K (2012) Abiotic factors shape microbial diversity in Sonoran Desert soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78:7527-7537. [PDF] [Link to article]
Engel P, Martinson VG, Moran NA (2012) Functional diversity within the simple gut microbiota of the honey bee. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 27:11002-11007. [PDF] [Link to article]
Martinson VG, Moy J, Moran NA (2012) Establishment of characteristic gut bacteria during development of the honeybee worker. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78:2830-2840. [PDF] [Link to article] [Cover image selected]
2011
Martinson VG, Minckley R, Danforth B, Rueppell O, Tingek S, Moran NA (2011) A simple and distinct microbiota associated with honey bees and bumble bees. Molecular Ecology 20:619-628. [PDF] [Link to article] [Highlighted by Martin Kaltenpoth in Molecular Ecology] [Cover image selected]
2007
Cox-Foster DL, Conlan S, Holmes EC, Palacios G, Evans JD, Moran NA, Quan P, Briese T, Hornig M, Geiser DM, Martinson V, vanEnngelsdorp D, Kalkstein AL, Drysdale A, Hui J, Zhai J, Cui L, Hutchison SK, Simons JF, Egholm M, Pettis JS, Lipkin WI (2007) A metagenomic survey of microbes in honey bee colony collapse disorder. Science 318:283-287. [PDF] [Link to article]
Baine Q, Casares EE, Hughes D, Martinson VG, Martinson EO (2024) Arthropod communities associated with gall-inducing Aciurina bigeloviae and Aciurina trixa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in New Mexico. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 117(2)107–117. doi:10.1093/aesa/saad037. [PDF - too big, email me for a copy] [Link to article]
[Cover image selected]
Kang Z*, Martinson VG*, Wang Y, Coon KL, Valzania L, Strand MR (2024) Increased environmental microbial diversity reduces disease risk of a mosquitocidal pathogen. mBio 15(1). doi:10.1128/mbio.02726-23. [PDF] [Link to article]
2023
Harrison RE, Yang X, Eum JH, Martinson VG, Dou X, Valzania L, Wang Y, Boyd BM, Brown MR, Strand MR (2023) The mosquito Aedes aegypti requires a gut microbiota for normal egg production, longevity and vector competence. Communications Biology 6:1154. doi:10.1038/s42003-023-05545-z. [PDF] [Link to article]
Baine Q, Casares EE, Carabotta E, Martinson VG, Martinson EO (2023) Galls on galls: A hypergall-inducing midge and its parasitoid community. Ecology 104(5)e4018. doi:10.1002/ecy.4018. [PDF] [Link to article]
2021
Martinson VG & Strand MR. (2021) Diet-microbiota interactions alter mosquito development. Frontiers in Microbiology 12:650743. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.650743. [PDF] [Link to article]
2020
Martinson VG, Gawryluk RMR, Gowen BE, Curtis CI, Jaenike J, Perlman SJ. (2020) Multiple origins of obligate nematode and insect symbionts by a clade of bacteria closely related to plant pathogens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(50):31979-31986. [PDF] [Link to article] [Highlighted in UNM Press]
Martinson VG. (2020) Rediscovering a forgotten system of symbiosis: historical perspective and future potential. Genes: Special Issue Evolutionary Genetics of Microbial Symbiosis 11(9):1063: doi:10.3390/genes11091063. [PDF] [Link to article] [Cover image selected]
Adair KL, Bost A, Bueno E, Kaunisto S, Kortet R, Peters-Schulze G, Martinson VG, Douglas AE. (2020) Host determinants of among-species variation in microbiome composition in drosophilid flies. The ISME Journal 14:217-229. doi:10.1038/s41396-019-0532-7. [PDF] [Link to article]
2018
Valzania L, Martinson VG, Harrison R, Boyd BM, Coon KL, Brown MR, Strand MR. (2018) Both living bacteria and eukaryotes in the mosquito gut promote growth of larvae. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 12(7): e0006638. [PDF] [Link to article]
Bost A, Martinson VG, Franzenburg S, Adair KL, Albasi A, Wells MT, Douglas AE. (2018) Functional variation in the gut microbiome of wild Drosophila populations. Molecular Ecology 27:2834-2845. [PDF] [Link to article]
Bost A, Franzenburg S, Adair K, Martinson VG, Loeb G, Douglas A (2018) How gut transcriptional function of Drosophila melanogaster varies with the presence and composition of the gut microbiota. Molecular Ecology 27:1848-1859. [PDF] [Link to article]
2017
Martinson VG*, Carpinteyro-Ponce J*, Moran NA, Markow TA (2017) A distinctive and host-restricted bacterial gut microbiota in populations of a cactophilic Drosophila species. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 83:e01551-17. [PDF] [Link to article]
Martinson VG, Douglas AE, and Jaenike J (2017) Community structure of gut microbiotas within and among sympatric species of wild Drosophila. Ecology Letters 20:629-639. [PDF] [Link to article] [Highlighted in UR Press] [Cover image selected]
2016
Engel P, Kwong W, McFrederick Q, Anderson KE, Barribeau S, Chandler JA, Cornman S, Dainat J, de Miranda J, Doublet V, Emery O, Evans J, Farinelli L, Flenniken M, Granberg F, Grasis J, Gauthier L, Hayer J, Koch H, Kocher S, Martinson VG, Moran NA, Munoz-Torres M, Newton I, Paxton R, Powell JE, Sadd B, Schmid‐Hempel P, Schmid‐Hempel R, Song SJ, Schwarz R, vanEngelsdorp D, Dainat B (2016) The bee microbiome: impact on bee health and model for evolution and ecology of host-microbe interactions. mBio 2:e02164-15. [PDF] [Link to article]
2015
Martinson EO*, Martinson VG*, Edwards R, Mrinalini, Werren JH (2015) Laterally transferred gene recruited as a venom in parasitoid wasps. Molecular Biology and Evolution 33:1042-1052. [PDF] [Link to article] [Highlighted by Susan Milius in Science News]
2014
Powell JE, Martinson VG, Urban-Mead K, Moran NA (2014) Routes of acquisition of the gut microbiota of Apis mellifera. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80:7378-7387. [PDF] [Link to article] [Highlighted as a “Spotlight” of the issue] [Cover image selected]
Martinson VG, Magoc T, Koch H, Salzberg SL, Moran NA (2014) Genomic features of a bumble bee symbiont reflect its host environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80:3793-3803. [PDF] [Link to article] [Highlighted by Gemma Langridge in Nature Reviews Microbiology] [Cover image selected]
2012
Andrew DR, Fitak R, Munguia-Vega A, Racolta A, Martinson VG, Dontsova K (2012) Abiotic factors shape microbial diversity in Sonoran Desert soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78:7527-7537. [PDF] [Link to article]
Engel P, Martinson VG, Moran NA (2012) Functional diversity within the simple gut microbiota of the honey bee. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 27:11002-11007. [PDF] [Link to article]
Martinson VG, Moy J, Moran NA (2012) Establishment of characteristic gut bacteria during development of the honeybee worker. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78:2830-2840. [PDF] [Link to article] [Cover image selected]
2011
Martinson VG, Minckley R, Danforth B, Rueppell O, Tingek S, Moran NA (2011) A simple and distinct microbiota associated with honey bees and bumble bees. Molecular Ecology 20:619-628. [PDF] [Link to article] [Highlighted by Martin Kaltenpoth in Molecular Ecology] [Cover image selected]
2007
Cox-Foster DL, Conlan S, Holmes EC, Palacios G, Evans JD, Moran NA, Quan P, Briese T, Hornig M, Geiser DM, Martinson V, vanEnngelsdorp D, Kalkstein AL, Drysdale A, Hui J, Zhai J, Cui L, Hutchison SK, Simons JF, Egholm M, Pettis JS, Lipkin WI (2007) A metagenomic survey of microbes in honey bee colony collapse disorder. Science 318:283-287. [PDF] [Link to article]
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