Featured Publications
A selection of publications that highlight my primary research interests.
Symbiosis & Host-Associated Microbiomes
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Intestinal microbes: an axis of functional diversity among large marine consumers.
Jarrod J. Scott, Thomas C. Adam, Alain Duran, Deron E. Burkepile, and Douglas B. Rasher.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(2020).
Microbes are ubiquitous throughout the world's oceans, yet the manner and extent of their influence on the …
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Baleen whales host a unique gut microbiome with similarities to both carnivores and herbivores.
Jon G. Sanders, Annabel C. Beichman, Joe Roman, Jarrod J. Scott, David Emerson, James J. McCarthy, and Peter R. Girguis.
Nature Communications
(2015).
Mammals host gut microbiomes of immense physiological consequence, but the determinants of diversity in these …
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Monoculture of leafcutter ant gardens.
Ulrich G. Mueller, Jarrod J. Scott, Heather D. Ishak, Michael Cooper, and Andre Rodrigues.
PloS One
(2010).
Leafcutter ants depend on the cultivation of symbiotic Attamyces fungi for food, which are thought to be grown …
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Microbial community structure of leaf-cutter ant fungus gardens and refuse dumps.
Jarrod J. Scott, Kevin J. Budsberg, Garret Suen, Devin L. Wixon, Teri C. Balser, and Cameron R. Currie.
PloS One
(2010).
Leaf-cutter ants use fresh plant material to grow a mutualistic fungus that serves as the ants' primary food …
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Mycangimycin, a polyene peroxide from a mutualist Streptomyces sp.
Dong-Chan Oh, Jarrod J. Scott, Cameron R. Currie, and Jon Clardy.
Organic Letters
(2009).
A mutualist actinomycete of the southern pine beetle, Dendroctonus frontalis, produces a polyene peroxide with …
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Bacterial protection of beetle-fungus mutualism.
Jarrod J. Scott, Dong-Chan Oh, M. Cetin Yuceer, Kier D. Klepzig, Jon Clardy, and Cameron R. Currie.
Science
(2008).
Host-microbe symbioses play a critical role in the evolution of biological diversity and complexity. In a …
Biogeochmical Cycling & Microbial Response to Environmental Change
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Contrasting drivers of abundant phage and prokaryotic communities revealed in diverse coastal ecosystems.
Alaina R. Weinheimer, Frank O. Aylward, Matthieu Leray, and Jarrod J. Scott.
ISME Communications
(2023).
Phages (viruses of bacteria and archaea) are a ubiquitous top-down control on microbial communities by …
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Microbial diversity declines in warmed tropical soil and respiration rise exceed predictions as communities adapt.
Andrew T. Nottingham, Jarrod J. Scott, Kristin Saltonstall, Kirk Broders, Maria Montero-Sanchez, Johann Püspök, Erland Bååth, and Patrick Meir.
Nature Microbiology
(2022).
Perturbation of soil microbial communities by rising temperatures could have important consequences for …
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Rapid ecosystem-scale consequences of acute deoxygenation on a Caribbean coral reef.
Maggie D. Johnson, Jarrod J. Scott, Matthieu Leray, Noelle Lucey, Lucia M. Rodriguez Bravo, William L. Wied, and Andrew H. Altieri.
Nature Communications
(2021).
Loss of oxygen in the global ocean is accelerating due to climate change and eutrophication, but how acute …
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Biological rejuvenation of iron oxides in bioturbated marine sediments.
Jacob P. Beam, Jarrod J. Scott, Sean M. McAllister, Clara S. Chan, James McManus, Filip J. R. Meysman, and David Emerson.
The ISME Journal
(2018).
The biogeochemical cycle of iron is intricately linked to numerous element cycles. Although biological …
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Bringing microbial diversity into focus: high-resolution analysis of iron mats from the Lō'ihi Seamount.
Jarrod J. Scott, Brian T. Glazer, and David Emerson.
Environmental Microbiology
(2017).
Thirty kilometers south of the island of Hawai'i lies the Lō'ihi Seamount, an active submarine volcano that …
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Microbial iron mats at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and evidence that Zetaproteobacteria may be restricted to iron-oxidizing marine systems.
Jarrod J. Scott, John A. Breier, George W. Luther III, and David Emerson.
PloS One
(2015).
Chemolithoautotrophic iron-oxidizing bacteria play an essential role in the global iron cycle. Thus far, the …