2024

• Liao H, C Liu, S Zhou,  C Liu, DJ Eldridge, C Ai, SW Wilhelm, BK Singh, X Liang, M Radosevich, Q Yang, X Tang, Z Wei, V-Pi Friman, M Gillings, M Delgado-Baquerizo, and Y Zhu. 2024.  Prophage-encoded antibiotic resistance genes are enriched in human-impacted environments. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/s41467-024052450-y

• Muratore DJ, NE Gilbert, GR LeCleir,  SW Wilhelm, and JS Weitz. 2024. Diel partitioning in microbial phosphorus acquisition in the Sargasso Sea. bioRxiv.  doi:10.1101/2024.03.28.587236.

• Zepernick BN, LN Hart, EE Chase, KE Natwora, JA Obuya, M Olokotum, K Houghton, EA Kiledal, NSF-IRES 2022 Lake Victoria Research Consortium, CS Sheik, DH Sherman, GJ Dick, SW Wilhelm, L Sitoki, KM Otiso, RML McKay, GS Bullerjahn. 2024. Molecular investigation of harmful cyanobacteria reveals hidden risks and niche partitioning in Kenyan Lakes. Harmful Algae (in press)

• Hart LN,  BN Zepernick, KE Natwora, KM Brown, JA Obuya, D Lomeod, MA Barnard, EO Okechl, EAnders Kiledal, PA Den Uyl, D Achieng, KB Barker, GM Basweti, M Beal, A Byrne, WR Cody, LI Kiteresi, T Lawrence, JB Miruka, S Mohney, P Okutoyi, D Otieno, OA Owino, W Owoko, B Owuor, A Shitandi, J Stoll, MN Swaleh, EJ Tebbs, E Varga, J Abibo Adem, A Adhikarid, T Alland, M Chepkirui, N Nasrin Khan, M Moseti, T Achieng, L Radock, M Olokotumd,, SW Wilhelm RM McKay, KG Drouillard, DH Sherman, L Sitoki, J Achiya, A Getabu, KM Otiso, GS Bullerjahn, and GJ Dick.  2024.  Metagenomics Reveals Spatial Variation in Cyanobacterial Composition, Function, and Biosynthetic Potential in the Winam Gulf, Lake Victoria, Kenya. Applied and Environmental Microbiology (in press).

• Zepernick BN, LN Hart, KE Natwora, KM Brown, JA Obuya, M Olokotum, E Okech, N Keating, D Lomeo, E Tebbs, CS Sheik, DH Sherman, GJ Dick, SW Wilhelm, KG Drouilard, T Lawrence, A Getabu, B Owuor, A Shitandi, R Omondi, J Njiru, L Sitoki, K Otiso, RML McKay, and GS Bullerjahn. Metagenomic sequencing of cyanobacterial-dominated Lake Victoria - an African Great Lake. Microbiology Resource Announcement doi: 10.1128/mra.00659-24.

• Stark GF, AR Truchon and SW Wilhelm. Mobilome impacts on physiology in the widely used non-toxic mutant Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806 ΔmcyB and toxic wildtype. BMC Genomics  doi:10.1186/s12864-024-10839-5

• Zepernick BN, AG Boegehold, EA Kiledal, EE Chase, LN Hart, KA Houghton, RM Martin, PA Williams, CE Johnson, P Schofield, RM Cory, S Rao C, CM Godwin, TL Spanbauer, GJ Dick, RM Errera, and Steven W. Wilhelm. 2024. Diel metatranscriptomes capture cyanobacteria-dominated Lake Erie community response to episodic events. Microbiology Resource Announcements doi: 10.1128/mra.00659-24.

• Chase EE, AR Truchon, B Creasey and SW Wilhelm. 2024. Time of day of infection shapes development of a eukaryotic algal-Nucleocytoviricota virocell. FEMS Microbiology Ecology doi:10.1093/femsec/fiae123.

• Truchon AR, EE Chase, AR Stark and SW Wilhelm. 2024. The diel disconnect between cell growth and division in Aureococcus is interrupted by giant virus infection. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1426193.

• Chase EE, AR Truchon, WW Schepens and SW Wilhelm. 2024.  Aureococcus anophagefferens strain CCMP1851: Draft genome of a second Kratosvirus quantuckense susceptible host strain for this host-giant virus model system. Microbiology Resource Announcements. doi:10.1128/mra.00292-24

• Denison ER, BN Zepernick, RML McKay and SW Wilhelm. 2024. Metatranscriptomic analysis reveals dissimilarity in viral community activity between an ice-free and ice-covered winter in Lake Erie. mSystems doi: 10.1128/msystems.00753-24

• Zepernick BN, RML McKay, RM Martin, GS Bullerjahn, HW Paerl, and SW Wilhelm. 2024.  A tale of two blooms: do ecological paradigms for algal bloom success and succession require revisiting? Journal of Great Lakes Research doi:10.1016/j/jglr.2024.102336.

• Liang X, M Radosevich, JM DeBruyn, SW Wilhelm, R McDearis and J. Zhuang. 2024. Incorporating viruses into soil ecology: A new dimension to understand biogeochemical cycling. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 54: 117-137.  doi: 10.1080/10643389.2023.2223123.

• Zepernick BN, EE Chase, ER Denison, NE Gilbert, RM Martin, AR Truchon, T Frenken, WR Cody, JD Chaffin, GS Bullerjahn, RML McKay and SW Wilhelm 2024, Declines in ice cover are accompanied by light limitation responses and community change in freshwater diatoms. The ISME Journal.  18 (1): wrad015.    doi:10.1093/ismejo/wrad015.

2023

• LeCleir GR, J Bassett and SW Willhelm. 2023. Effects of iron concentration and DFB (Desferrioxamine-B) on transcriptional profiles of an ecologically relevant marine bacterium. PLoS ONE 18(12):: e0295257   doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0295257. 

• Truchon AR, EE Chase, ER Gann M Moniruzzaman, BA Creasey, FO Aylward, C Xiao, CJ Gobler, and SW Wilhelm. 2023. Kratosvirus quantuckense: the history and novelty of an algal bloom disrupting virus and a model for giant virus research. Frontiers in Microbiology 14:1284617  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1284617

• Stark GF, RM Martin, LE Smith, B. Wei, FL Hellweger, GS Bullerjahn, RML McKay, GL Boyer  and SW Wilhelm, 2023. Microcystin aids in cold temperature acclimation:  differences between a toxic Microcystis wildtype and non-toxic mutant. Harmful Algae 129:102351   doi: 0.1016/j.hal.2023.102531 .

• Stark GF, AR Truchon, E Dittmann and SW Wilhelm. 2023.  Closed circular genome sequence of a Microcystis aeruginosa PCC7806 ΔmcyB (UTK) nontoxic mutant. Microbiology Resource Announcements  doi:10.1128/MRA.00700-23

• Wieczynski DJ, KM Yoshimura, ER Denison, S Geisen, JM DeBruyn, AJ Shaw, DJ Weston, DA Pelletier, SW Wilhelm and JP Gibert.  2023. Viral infections mediate microbial controls on ecosystem responses to global warming. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 99: fiad016  doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiad016.

• Gilbert NG, GR LeCleir, HL Pound, RF Strzepek, MJ Ellwood, BS Twining, S Roux, PW Boyd, and SW Wilhelm.  2023.  Giant virus infection signatures are modulated by euphotic zone depth strata and iron regimes of the subantarctic Southern Ocean.  mSystems  doi: 10.1128/msystems.01260-22

• Martin RM, MK Denney, HL Pound, JD Chaffin, GS Bullerjahn, RML McKay, A Zastepa, KA Jones, HF Castro, SR Campagna and SW Wilhelm.  2023.  Sulfolipid substitution ratios of Microcystis aeruginosa and planktonic communities as an indicator of phosphorus limitation in Lake Erie. Limnology & Oceanography   doi: 10.1002/lno.12333

• Zepernick BN, SW Wilhelm, GS Bullerjahn and HW Paerl. 2023.   Climate change and the aquatic continuum: a cyanobacterial comeback story. Environmental Microbiology Reports 15:3-12  doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.13122

2022

• Zepernick BN, DJ Niknejad, GF Stark, AR Truchon, RM Martin, KL Rossignol, HW Paerl, and SW Wilhelm.  2023.  Morphological, physiological, and transcriptional responses of the freshwater diatom Fragilaria crotonensis to elevated pH conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology 13: 1044464  doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.1044464

• Hellweger FL, C Schampera, RM Martin, F Eigemann, DJ Smith, GJ Dick and SW Wilhelm. 2022. Response to comment on "Models predict planned phosphorus load reduction will make Lake Erie more toxic". SCIENCE 378:eade2277   doi: 10.1126/science.ade2277

• Wilhelm SW, FL Hellweger, RM Martin, C Schampera, F Eigemann, DR Smith and CJ Dick.  2022.  Response to “Model assumptions limit implications for nitrogen and phosphorus management”: the need to move beyond the phosphorus = biomass – toxin doctrine. Journal of Great Lakes Research  48 doi: 10.1016/j.jglr.2022.10.001

• Zepernick BN, ER Gann, AR Truchon,  GL Boyer and SW Wilhelm. 2022. Draft genome sequence of the freshwater diatom Fragilaria crotonensis SAG 28.96.  Microbiology Resource Announcements.  doi:10.1128/mra00289-22

• Martin RM,  AR Truchon, ER Gann and SW Wilhelm.  2022. Metagenome-Assembled Genome of a Pseudanabaena sp. from a Crimson Cyanobacterial Bloom in Lake Salubria, New York, USA. Microbiology Resource Announcements.  doi:10.1128/mra00494-22

• Gilbert NE, GR LeCLeir, RF Strzepek, MJ Ellwood, BS Twining,  S Roux, C Pennachhio, PW Boyd and SW Wilhelm.  2022. Bioavailable iron titrations reveal oceanic Synechococcus ecotypes optimized for different iron availabilities. ISME Communications 2: 1-12.   doi:10.1038/s43705-022-00132-5

• Hellweger FL, RM Martin, F Eigmann, DJ Smith, GJ Dick, and SW Wilhelm. 2022. Models predict planned phosphorus load reduction will make Lake Erie more toxic.   SCIENCE  doi: 10.1126/science.abm6791

• Truchon AR, ER Gann and SW Wilhelm.  2022. A closed, circular genome of Aureococcus anophagefferens Virus, the lytic virus of brown tide forming algae.  Microbiology Resource Announcements. doi: 10.1128/mra.00282-22

• Zepernick BN^Ɨ, ER Denison^Ɨ, JD Chaffin, GS Bullerjahn, CP Pennacchio, T Frenken, DH Peck, JT Anderson, D Niles, A Zastepa, RML McKay and SW Wilhelm. 2022.  Metatranscriptomic sequencing of winter and spring planktonic communities from Lake Erie - a Laurentian Great Lake. Microbiology Resource Announcements doi:10.1128/mra.00351-22  (^Ɨco-lead authors)

• Sofen LE, OA Antipova, MJ Ellwood, NE Gilert, MC Lohan, C Mahaffey, EL Mann, DC Onemus, #GR LeCleir, SW Wilhelm, and BS Twining. 2022. Trace metal contents of autotrophic flagellates from contrasting open-ocean ecosystems Limnology & Oceanography Letters   doi:10.1002/lol2.10258.

• Pound HL, RM Martin, BN Zepernick, CJ Christopher, SM Howard, HF Castro, SR Campagna, GL Boyer, GS Bullerjahn, JD Chaffin and SW Wilhelm. 2022. Changes in microbiome activity and sporadic viral infections help explain observed variability in microcosm studies. Frontiers in Microbiology  13:809989     doi:10.3389/fmicb.2022.809989  

• Gann ER, AR Truchon, SE Papoulis, DT Dyhrman, CJ Gobler and SW Wilhelm. 2022.  Aureococcus anophagefferens (Pelagophyceae) genomes improve evaluation of nutrient acquisition strategies involved in brown tide dynamics. Journal of Phycology   58: 146-160   doi:10.1111/jpy/13221

2021

• Pound HL, ER Gann and SW Wilhelm. 2021. A comparative study of metatranscriptomic assessment methods to characterize Microcystis blooms. Limnology & Oceanography: Methods  doi: 10.1002/lom3.10465

• R Corchis-Scott, Q Geng, RSeth, R Ray, M Beg, N Biswas, L Charron, K Drouillard, R D'Souza, D Heath, C Houser, F Lawal, J McGinlay, S Menard, L Porter, D Rawlings, M Scholl, K Siu, Y Tong, C Weisener, SW Wilhelm, and RM McKay.  2021. Averting an outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in a university residence hall through wastewater surveillance. Microbiology Spectrum 9:e00792-21     doi: 10.1128/Spectrum.00792-21.

• Hoke, AK, G Reynoso, MR Smith, MI Gardner, DJ Lockwood, NE Gilbert, SW Wilhelm, IR Becker, GJ Brennan, LK Utz, KE Crider, SR Farnon, V Mendoza, ZP Zimmerman, AC Poole, LL Wurch and MM Steffen. 2021. Genomic signatures of Lake Erie bacteria suggest interaction in the Microcystis phycosphere.  PLoS ONE. 16(9): e0257017   doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0257017

• Pound HL, RM Martin, CS Sheik, MM Steffen, SE Newell, GJ Dick, RML McKay, GS Bullerjahn and SW Wilhelm. 2021. Environmental studies of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms should include interactions with the dynamic microbiome. Environmental Science & Technology. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c04207

• Papoulis SE, SW Wilhelm, D Talmy and ER Zinser. 2021. Nutrient loading and viral memory drive accumulation of restriction modification systems in bloom-forming cyanobacteria.  mBio https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00873-21

• Gann ER, Y. Kang, ST Dyhrman, CJ Gobler and SW Wilhelm. 2021. Metatranscriptome library preparation influences analyses of viral community activity during a brown tide bloom. Frontiers in Microbiology 10.3389/fmicb.2021.664189

• Kang Y, MJ Harke, DL Berry, JL Collier, SW Wilhelm, ST Dyhrman, CJ Gobler. 2021. Transcriptomic responses of four pelagophytes to nutrient and light limitation. Frontiers in Marine Science doi: 10.3389/fmars.2021.636699.

• Zepernick BN, ER Gann, HL Pound, RM Martin, LE Krausfeldt, JD Chaffin and SW Wilhelm.  2021. Elevated pH conditions associated with Microcystis spp. blooms decrease viability of the cultured diatom Fragilaria crotonensis and natural diatoms in Lake Erie.  Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 188   10.3389/fmicb.2021.598736.

• Pound HL and SW Wilhelm (2021) Emerging insights into the role of cyanophages. In Chorus I and M Welker (eds) Toxic cyanobacteria in water: a guide to their public health consequences, monitoring, and management. CRC Press, New York. p224. ISBN 9781003081449 (ebook).

• Barnard MA, JD Chaffin, HE Plaas, GL Boyer, B Wei, SW Wilhelm, KL Rossignol, JS Braddy, GS Bullerjahn, TB Bridgeman, TW Davis, J Wei, M Bu and HW Paerl.  2021. Roles of nutrient limitation on Western Lake Erie CyanoHAB toxin production.  Toxins 13: 47.  doi: 10.3390/toxins13010047

• Martin RM, M Kausch, K Yap, J Wehr, GL Boyer and SW Wilhelm. 2021. Metagenome-assembled genome sequences of Raphidiopsis raciborskii and Planktothrix agardhii from a cyanobacterial bloom in Kissena Lake, New York, USA. Microbiology Resource Announcements  10:e01380-20.  doi: 10.1128/MRA.01380-20.

2020

• Pound HL and SW Wilhelm. 2020. Tracing the active genetic diversity of Microcystis and Microcystis phage through a temporal survey of Taihu.  PLoS ONE  15: e0244482  doi:0.1371/journal.pone.0244482

• Martin RM,  M Moniruzzaman, GF Stark, ER Gann, DS Derminio, Bofan Wei, FL Hellweger, A Pinto, GL Boyer, and SW Wilhelm. 2020. Episodic decrease in temperature increases mcy gene transcription and cellular microcystin in continuous cultures of Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:601864    doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.601864

• Yang G, X Tang, SW Wilhelm, W Pan, Z Rui, L Xu, C Zhong and X Hu.  2020. Intermittent disturbance benefits colony size, growth and dominance of Microcystis in Lake Taihu under field simulation conditions.  Harmful Algae 99:101909. doi:10.1016/j.hal.2020.101909

• Gann ER, Y Xian, P Abraham, R Hettich, TB Reynolds, C Xiao and SW Wilhelm. 2020. Structural and proteomic studies of the Aureococcus anophagefferens Virus demonstrate a global distribution of virus-encoded carbohydrate processing. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: 2047   doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.02047

• Wilhelm SW, GS Bullerjahn and RML McKay.  2020. The complicated and confusing ecology of Microcystis blooms. 2020.  mBio  11: e00529-20 10.1128/mBio.00529-20).

• Jenny J-P., O Anneville, F Arnaud, Y Baulaz, D Bouffard, I Domaizon,  SA Bocaniov, N Chere, M Dittrich, J-M Dorioz, ES Dunlap, G Dur, J Guillard, T Guinaldo, S Jacquet, A Jamoneau, Z Jawed, E Jeppesen, G Krantzberg, J Lenters, B Leoni, M Meybeck, V Nava, T Noges, P Noges, M Patelli, V Pebbles, M-E Perga, S Rasconi, CR Ruetz III, L Rudstam, N Salmaso, S Sapna, D Straile, O Tammeorg, MT Twiss, DG Uzarski, A-M Ventela, WF Vincent, SW Wilhelm, S-A Wanberg. GA Weyhenmeyer.  2020.   Scientists warning to humanity: rapid degradation of the world’s large lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research doi:10.1016/j.jglr.2020.05.006.

• Krausfeldt LE, AT Farmer, HF Castro, GL Boyer, SR Campagna and SW Wilhelm. 2020. Nitrogen flux into metabolites and microcystins changes in response to different nitrogen sources in Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843.  Environmental Microbiology 22 (6): 2419 - 2431   doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.15032.

• Coy SR, ER Gann, SE Papoulis, M Holder, N Ajami, J Petrosino, ER Zinser, JL Van Etten and SW Wilhelm. 2020. SMRT sequencing of Paramecium bursaria Chlorella Virus-1 reveals diverse methylation stability in adenines targeted by restriction modification systems. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:887  doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00887.

• Liang X, Y Zhang, KE Wommack, SW Wilhelm, JM DeBruyn, AC Sherfy, J Zhuang, M Radosevich. 2020.  Lysogenic reproductive strategies of viral communities vary with soil depth and are correlated with bacterial diversity, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 107767.   doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107767

• Gann ER, BJ Hughes, TB Reynolds and SW Wilhelm. 2020. Internal nitrogen pools shape the infection of Aureococcus anophagefferens CCMP 1984 by a giant virus. Frontiers in Microbiology.   11: 492  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00492

• Zepernick BN, LE Krausfeldt and SW Wilhelm. 2020. Flaming as part of aseptic technique increases CO_{2 (g)} and decreases pH in freshwater culture media.  Limnology & Oceanography: Methods.   18:211-219  doi: 10.1002/lom3.10355

• Gann ER, PG Gainer, TB Reynolds and SW Wilhelm. 2020. Influence of light on the infection of Aureococcus anophagefferens CCMP 1984 by a "giant virus”. PLoS ONE  15: e0226758   doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0226758.

• Pound HL, ER Gann, X Tang, LE Krausfeldt, M Huff, M Staton, D Talmy and SW Wilhelm. 2020. The "neglected viruses" of Taihu: abundant transcripts for viruses infecting eukaryotes and their potential role in phytoplankton succession. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11:338.    doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00338

• Newell S.E., Wilhelm S.W., McCarthy M.J. (2020) Nutrient Cycling. In: Gargaud M. et al. (eds) Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

   

2019

• Krausfeldt LE, MM Steffen, RM McKay, GS Bullerjahn, GL Boyer and SW Wilhelm. 2019. Insight into the molecular mechanisms for microcystin biodegradation in Lake Erie and Lake Taihu. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10:2741  doi:  10.3389/fmicb.2019.02741

• Davenport EJ, MJ Neudeck, PG Matson, GS Bullerjahn, TW Davis, SW Wilhelm, MK Denny, LE Krausfeldt, JM Stough, KA Meyer, GJ Dick, TH Johengen, E Lindquist, SG Tringe and RM McKay. 2019. Metatranscriptomic analyses of diel metabolic functions during a Microcystis bloom in western Lake Erie (USA). Frontiers in Microbiology. 10: 2081   doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02081.

• Jackson JW, TJ Hancock, E LaPrade, P Dogra, ER Gann, TJ Masi, R Panchanathan, WE Miller, SW Wilhelm and TE Sparer.  2019. Human cytomegalovirus chemokine, vCXCL-1, modulates normal dissemination kinetics of murine cytomegalovirus in vivo.  mBio  10(3): e01289-19  doi: 10.1128/mBio.01289-19.

• Liang X, RE Wagner, J Zhuang, JM DeBruyn, SW Wilhelm, F Liu, L Yang, ME Staton, AC Sherfy, and M Radosevich. 2019. Viral abundance and diversity vary with depth in a southeastern United States agricultural ultisol. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 107546. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.107546

• Chen H, ZK Yang, D Yip, RH Morris, SJ Lebreux, MA Cregger, DM Klingeman, D Hui, RL Hettich, SW Wilhelm, G Wang, FE Loeffler and CW Schadt. 2019. One-time nitrogen fertilization shifts switchgrass soil microbiomes within a context of larger sparial and temporal variation. PLoS ONE  14(6):e0211310 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0211310

• Zhong C, G Yang, B Qin, SW Wilhelm, L Yu, L Han, Z Rui, H Yang and Z Zhang. 2019. Effects of mixing intensity on colony size and growth of Microcystis aeruginosa. Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology  55:12  doi:10.1051/limn/2019011

• Krausfeldt LE, AT Farmer, HF Castro Gonzalez, BN Zepernick, SR Campagna and SW Wilhelm. 2019. Urea is both a carbon and nitrogen source for Microcystis aeruginosa: tracking ¹³C incorporation at bloom pH conditions. Frontiers in Microbiology  10:1064  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01064.

• Stough JMA, N Yutin, YV Chaban, M Moniruzzaman, ER Gann, HL Pound, MM Steffen, JN Black, EV Koonin, SW Wilhelm and SM Short. Genome and environmental activity of a Chrysochromulina parva virus and its virophage.   Frontiers in Microbiology.  10:703   doi:10.3389/fmicb.2019.00703

• Liang X, J Zhuang, FE Loeffler, Y Zhang, JM DeBruyn, SW Wilhelm, SM Schaeffer and M Radosevich. 2019. Viral and bacterial community responses to stimulated Fe(III)-bioreduction during simulated subsurface bioremediation 2019. Environmental Microbiology. 21: 2043-2055 doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14566

• Larsen ML, SW Wilhelm and JT Lennon. 2019. Nutrient stoichiometry shapes microbial evolution. Ecological Letters.  22:1009-1018 doi:10.1111/ele.13252

• Coy SR, AN Alsante, JL Van Etten, and SW Wilhelm. Cryopreservation of Paramecium bursaria Chlorella Virus-1 during an active infection cycle of its host.  PLoS ONE  14(3) e0211755. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211755

• Smith ZJ, RM Martin, B Wei, SW Wilhelm and GL Boyer.  2019. Sparial and temporal variation in paralytic shellfish toxin production by benthic Microseira (Lyngbya) wollei in a freshwater New York lake.  Toxins. 11(1) doi: 10.3390/toxins11010044

• Martin RM, M Moniruzzaman, NC Mucci, A Willis, JN Woodhouse, Y Xian, C Xiao, CPD Brussaard and SW Wilhelm.  2019. Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii Virus and host: genomic characterization and ecological relevance Environmental Microbiology 21:1942-1956   doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14425.

• Roux S, EM Adriaenssens, BE Dutilh, EV Koonin, AM Kropinski, M Krupovic, JH Kuhn, R Lavigne, JR Brister, A Varsani, C Amid, RK Aziz, SR Bordenstein, P Bork, M Breitbart, GR Cochrane, RA Daly, C Desnues, MB Duhaime, JB Emerson, F Enault, JA Fuhrman, P Hingamp, P Hugenholtz, BL Hurwitz, NN Ivanova, JM Labonte, K-B Lee, RR Malmstrom, M Martinez-Garcia, I Karsch Mizrachi, H Ogata, D Paez-Espino, M-A Petit, C Putonti, T Rattei, A Reyes, F Rodriguez-Valera, K Rosario, L Schriml, F Schulz, GF Steward, MB Sullivan, S Sunagawa, CA Suttle, B Temperton, SG Tringe, R Vega Thurber, NS Webster, KL Whiteson, SW Wilhelm, KE Wommack, Tanja Woyke, K Wrighton, P Yilmaz, T Yoshida, MJ Young, N Yutin, L Zeigler Allen, NC Kyrpides, EA Eloe-Fadrosh. 2019. Minimum Information about an Uncultivated Virus Genome (MIUViG): a community consensus on standards and best practices for describing genome sequences from uncultivated viruses. Nature Biotechnology 37(1): 29  doi:10.1038/nbt.4306.

2018

• Long AM, MA Staniewski, SW Wilhelm and SM Short. 2018. Algal viruses and cyanophages have distinct distributions in Lake Erie sediments. Aquatic Microbial Ecology  82:161-175  doi:10.3354/ame01888

• Stough JMA, M Kolton, JE Kostka, DJ Weston, DA Pelletier and SW Wilhelm. 2018. Diversity of active viral infections within the Sphagnum microbiome. Applied & Environmental Microbiology 84:e01124-18  doi:10.1128/AEM.01124-18

• Tang X-M, LE Krausfeldt, K Shao, GR LeCleir, JMA Stough, G Gao, GL Boyer, Y Zhang, HW Paerl, B Qin and SW Wilhelm. 2018. Seasonal gene expression and the ecophysiological implications of toxin Microcystis aeruginosa blooms in Lake Taihu.  Environmental Science & Technology, 52:11049-11059 doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b01066.

• Coy SR,ER Gann, HL Pound, SM Short and SW Wilhelm. 2018. Viruses of eukaryotic algae: diversity, methods for detection, and future directions. Viruses 10(9), 487; doi: 10.3390/v10090487

• Waller RF, PA Cleaves, M Rubio-Brotons, A Woods, SJ Bender, V Edgecomb, ER Gann, AC Jones, L Teytelman, P von Dassow, SW Wilhelm and JL Collier. 2018. Strength in numbers: collaborative science for new experimental model systems. PLoS Biology,   doi:  10.1371/journal.pbio.2006333

• Moniruzzaman M, ER Gann and SW Wilhelm. 2018.  Infection by a giant virus (AaV) induces widespread physiological reprogramming in Aureococcus anophagefferens CCMP1984 - a harmful bloom algae. Frontiers in Microbiology,  9:752.  doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00752J

• Peng G, SW Wilhelm, S Lin and X Wang.  2018. The response of Microcystis aeruginosa FACHB-905 to different nutrient ratios and changes in phosphorus chemistry. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology. 36:1040 - 1052    doi: 10.1007/s00343-018-7065-1

• Peng G, RM Martin, SP S Dearth, X Sun, GL Boyer, SR Campagna, S Lin and SW Wilhelm. 2018. Seasonally relevant cool temperatures interact with N chemistry to increase microcystins produced in lab cultures of Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843. Environmental Science & Technology.   doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b06532

2017

• Martin RM, SP Dearth, GR LeCleir, SR Campagna, EM Fozo, ER Zinser and SW Wilhelm. 2017. Microcystin-LR does not induce alterations to transcriptomic or metabolomics profiles of a model heterotrophic bacterium.  PLoS ONE  12:e0189608.  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189608

• Stough JMA, X Tang, LE Krausfeldt, MM Steffen, G. Gao, GL Boyer, SW Wilhelm. 2017. Predicting lytic vs lysogenic states for Microcystis phage: metatranscriptomic evidence of lysogeny during large bloom events. PLoS ONE. 12:e0184146.  doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184146

• Gainer PJ, HL Pound, A Larkin, GR LeCleir, JM DeBruyn, ER Zinser, ZI Johnson, SW Wilhelm. 2017. Constraining seasonal drivers of virus abundance and production in the North Pacific Ocean.  PLoS ONE. 12:e0184371 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184371

• Moniruzzaman M, LL Wurch, H Alexander, ST Dyhrman, CJ Gobler and SW Wilhelm. 2017 Virus-host relationships of marine single-celled eukaryotes resolved from metatranscriptomics.  Nature Communications 8:16054  doi:10.1038/ncomms16054

• Steffen MM, TW Davis, RML McKay, GS Bullerjahn,LE Krausfeldt, JMA Stough, ML Neitzey, NE Gilbert, GL Boyer, TH Johengen, DC  Gossiaux, AM Burtner,D Palladino, MD Rowe, GJ Dick, KA Meyer,S Levy,B Boone,RP Stumpf,TT  Wynne, PV Zimba,D Gutierrez, and SW Wilhelm 2017. Ecophysiological examination of the Lake Erie Microcystis bloom in 2014: linkages between biology and the water supply shutdown of Toledo, OH. Environmental Science & Technology 51:6745-6755  doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b00856

• Gardner WS, SE Newell, MJ McCarthy, DK Hoffman, K Lu, PJ Lavrentyev, FL Hellweger, SW Wilhelm, Z Liu, D Bruesewitz and HW Paerl. 2017. Community Biological Ammonium Demand (CBAD):  A conceptual model for cyanobacteria blooms in eutrophic lakes. Environmental Science & Technology 51:7785-7793   doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b06296

• Wilson WH, IC Gilg, M Moniruzzaman, EK Field, S Kopren, GR LeCleir, J Martinez-Martinez, NJ Poulton, BK Swain, R Stepanauskas and SW Wilhelm. 2017.  Genomic exploration of individual giant ocean viruses. The ISME Journal.  11:1736-1745  doi: 10.1038/ismej.2017.615

• Wilhelm SW, JT Bird, KS Bonifer, BC Calfee, T Chen, SR Coy, PJ Gainer, ER Gann, HT Heatherly, J Lee, X Liang, J Liu, AC Armes, M Moniruzzaman, JH Rice, JMA Stough, RN Tams, EP Williams and GR LeCleir. 2017. A student’s guide to giant viruses infecting small eukaryotes: from Acanthamoeba to Zooxanthellae . Viruses 9:46  doi:10.3390/v9030046

• Krausfeldt LE, X Tang, J van de Kamp, G Gao, L Bodrossy, GL Boyer and SW Wilhelm. 2017. Sparial and temporal variability in the nitrogen cyclers of hypereutrophic Lake Taihu.  FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93:fix24    doi:10.1093/femsec/fix024

• Tang X, J Chao, Y Gong, Y Wang, SW Wilhelm and G Gao. 2017. Spatiotemporal dynamics of bacterial diversity and community composition in large shallow eutrophic Lake Taihu: high overlap between free-living and particle-attached assemblages. Limnology & Oceanography 62:1366-1382.   doi:10.1002/lno.10502

• Sullivan MB, JS Weitz and SW Wilhelm.  2017. Viral ecology comes of age.  Environmental Microbiology Reports. 9:33-35   doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12504

2016

• Paerl HW, JT Scott, MJ McCarthy, SE Newell, WS Gardner, KE Havens, DK Hoffman, SW Wilhelm, and WA Wurtsbaugh. 2016.  It takes two to tango: When and where dual nutrient (N & P) reductions are needed to protect lakes and downstream ecosystems. Environmental Science & Technology. 50:10805–10813.  doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02575

• Stough JMA, SP Dearth, J Denny, GR LeCleir, NW Schmidt, SR Campagna and SW Wilhelm. 2016. Functional characteristics of the gut microbiome in C57BL/6 mice differentially susceptible to Plasmodium yoelii. Frontiers in Microbiology 7:1520 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01520.

• Edgar RE, PF Morris, MJ Rozmarynowycz, NA D’souza, M Moniruzzaman, RA Bourbonniere, GS Bullerjahn, V Phuntumart, SW Wilhelm and RML McKay.   2016. Adaptations to photoautotrophy associated with seasonal ice cover in a large lake revealed by metatranscriptome analysis of a diatom bloom. Journal of Great Lakes Research 42:1007-1015.   doi: 10.1016.j.jglr.2016.07.025

• Cusick KD, SW Wilhelm, PE Hargraves and GS Sayler. 2016. Single-cell PCR of the luciferase conserved catalytic domain reveals a unique cluster defined by a set of core non-synonymous substitutions in the toxic bioluminescent dinoflagellate Pyrodinium bahamense? Aquatic Biology 25:139-150   doi: 10.3354/ab00664

• Wilhelm SW, SR Coy, ER Gann, M Moniruzzaman and JMA Stough. 2016. Standing on the shoulders of giants: 5 lessons learned about large viruses infecting small eukaryotes and the opportunities they create. PLoS Pathogens  12: e1005752.  doi:  10.1371/journal/ppat.100575

• Bullerjahn GS, RM McKay, TW Davis, DB Baker, GL Boyer,  LV D’Anglada, GJ Doucette, JC Ho, EG Irwin, CL Kling, RM Kudela, R Kurmayer, AM Michalak, JD Ortiz, TG Otten, HW Paerl, B Qin, BL Sohngen, RP Stumpf, PM Visser and SW Wilhelm. 2016. Global solutions to regional problems: collecting global expertise to address the problem of harmful cyanobacterial blooms. A Lake Erie case study. Harmful Algae 54:223-238   10.1016/j.hal.2016.01.003

• Harke MJ, MM Steffen, CJ Gobler, TG Otten, SW Wilhelm, SA Wood and HW Paerl. 2016. A review of the global ecology, genomics, and biogeography of the commonly toxic cyanobacterium, Microcystis.  Harmful Algae 54: 4-20   doi:10.1016/j.hal.2015.12.007

• Watson SB, C Miller, G Arhonditsis, GL Boyer, W Carmichael, M Charlton, R. Confesor, D Depew, TO Hook, S Ludsin, G Matisoff, SP McElmurry, M Murray, P Richards, YR Rao, MM Steffen and SW Wilhelm .  2016.  The re-eutrophication of Lake Erie:  harmful algal blooms and hypoxia.  Harmful Algae  56:44-66.   doi:10.1016/j.hal.2016.04.010

• Belisle BS, MM Steffen, HL Pound, SB Watson, JM DeBruyn,  RA Bourbonniere, GL Boyer and SW Wilhelm. 2016.  Urea in Lake Erie: organic nutrient sources are potentially important drivers of phytoplankton biomass.  Journal of Great Lakes Research  42:599-607  10.1016/j.jglr.2016.03.002

• Hellweger FL, ND Fredrick, MJ McCarthy, WS Gardner, SW Wilhelm and HW Paerl.  2016.  Dynamic, mechanistic, gene-level modeling of cyanobacteria: Anabaena and nitrogen interaction. Environmental Microbiology  18:2721-2731.  doi:10.1111/1462-2920.13299

• Morris JJ, ZI Johnson, SW Wilhelm and ER Zinser. 2016.  Diel regulation of hydrogen peroxide defenses by open ocean microbial communities.  Journal of Plankton Research fbw016.   doi:10.1093/plankt/fbw016

• Villario NF, GR LeCleir, JE Deny, SP Dearth, CL Harding, SS Sloan, JL Gribble, SR Campagna, SW Wilhelm and NW Schmidt.  2016. Composition of the gut microbiota modulates the severity of malaria.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA.  113:2235-2240  doi: 10.1073/pnas.1504887113

• Moniruzzaman M, ER Gann, GR LeCleir, Y Kang, CJ Gobler and SW Wilhelm.  2016. Diversity and dynamics of algal Megaviridae members during a harmful brown tide caused by the pelagophyte Aureococcus anophagefferens.  FEMS Microbiology Ecology 92: fiw058. doi:10.1093/femsec/fiw058

• Wigington CH, D Sonderegger, CPD Brussaard, A Buchan, JF Finke, J Fuhrman, JT Lennon, M Middelboe, CA Suttle, C Stock, WH Wilson, KE Wommack, SW Wilhelm and JS Weitz.  2016.  Re-examining the relationship between virus and microbial cell abundances in the global oceans.  Nature Microbiology 2: 15024, 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2015.24.

• Mojica KDA, J Huisman, SW Wilhelm, and CPD Brussaard. 2015. Latitudinal variation in virus-induced mortality of phytoplankton across the North Atlantic Ocean. The ISME  Journal 10:500-513        doi:10.1038/ismej.2015.130

2015

• Boyd PW, R Strzepek, M Ellwood, DA Hutchins, SD Nodder, BS Twining, SW Wilhelm.  2015. Why are biogenic particulate iron pools uniform across low- and high-iron pelagic ecosystems? Global Biogeochemical Cycles doi:10.1002/2014/GB005014

• Steen AD, JP Vazin, SM Hagen, KH Mulligan and SW Wilhelm.  2015. Substrate specificity of aquatic extracellular peptidases.  Aquatic Microbial Ecology 75: 271-281.

• Fulweiler RW, EM Heiss, MK Rogener, SE Newell, GR LeCleir, S Kortebein and SW Wilhelm.  2015. Examining the impact of acetylene on N-fixation and the active sediment microbial community. Frontiers in Microbiology.  6:418 doi:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00418

• Weitz JS, CA Stock, SW Wilhelm, L Bourouiba, A Buchan, ML Coleman, MJ Follows, JA Fuhrman, LF Jover, JT Lennon, M Middelboe, DL Sonderegger, CA Suttle, BP Taylor, TF Thingstad, WH Wilson and KE Wommack.   2015. A multitrophic model to quantify the effects of marine viruses on microbial food webs and ecosystem processes. The ISME Journal 9:1352-1364    doi: 10.1038/ismej.2014.220.

• Steffen MM, BS Belisle, SB Watson, RA Bourbonniere, GL Boyer and SW Wilhelm.  2015. Metatranscriptomic evidence for co-occurring top-down and bottom-up controls on toxic cyanobacterial communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 81:3268 - 3275.    doi: 10.1128/AEM.04101-14

• Ellwood  MJ, DA Hutchins, SW Wilhelm, SG Sander, R Strzepek, SD Nodder, A Milne, M Lohan and PW Boyd. 2015.  Iron stable isotopes track pelagic iron cycling dring the subtropical spring phytoplankton bloom.   Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA.   vol. 112 no. 1 E15-E20   doi: 10.1073/pnas.1421576112

2014

• Schmidt JR, SW Wilhelm and GL Boyer. 2014.  The fate of microcystins in the environment and challenges for monitoring.  Toxins 6: 3354-3387

• Moniruzzaman M, GR LeCleir, CM Brown, CJ Gobler, KD Bidle, WH Wilson, SW Wilhelm.  2014. Genome of the Brown Tide virus (AaV), the little giant of the Megaviridae, elucidates NCLDV genome expansion and host-virus coevolution. Virology 466-467: 60-70.  doi:10.1016/j.virol.2014.06.031

• Paerl HW, WS Gardner, MJ McCarthy, BL Peierls and SW Wilhelm. 2014. Algal blooms: noteworthy nitrogen. SCIENCE 346: 175.

• Steffen MM, SP Dearth, BD Dill, Z Li, KM Larsen, SR Campagna and SW Wilhelm. 2014. Nutrients drive transcriptional changes that maintain metabolic homeostasis but alter genome architecture in Microcystis.  The ISME Journal 8:2080-2092    (with corridgeum)

•  Han X, G. Zhu, H. Xu, SW Wilhelm, B Qin and Z Li. 2014  Source analysis of urea-N in Lake Taihu during the summer.  Environmental Science. 35: 2547 – 2556.     doi: 10.13227/j.hjkx.2014.07.016   (in Chinese).

• Jover LH, TC Effler, A Buchan, SW Wilhelm and JS Weitz. 2014. The elemental composition of virus particles: implications for marine biogeochemical cycles.  Nature Reviews Microbiology 12:519-528.

• Ankrah NYD, C Budinoff, WH Wilson, SW Wilhelm and A Buchan. 2014. Genome sequence of two temperate phage, CB2047-A and pCB2047-C, infecting Sulfitobacter sp. 2047 . Genome Announcements 2(3):e00108-14. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00108-14.

• Steffen MM, BS Belisle, SB Watson, GL Boyer and SW Wilhelm. 2014.  Review: status, causes and controls of cyanobacterial blooms in Lake Erie.  Journal of Great Lakes Research 40: 215-225.  (with corridgeum)

• Ankrah NYD, AL May, JL Middleton, DR Jones, M Hadden, JR Gooding, GR LeCleir, SW Wilhelm, SR Campagna and A Buchan. 2014.   Phage infection of an environmentally relevant marine bacterium alters host metabolism and lysate composition.   The ISME Journal 8: 1089 - 1100.

• Twining BS, SD Nodder, AL King, DA Hutchins, GR LeCleir, JM DeBruyn, EW Maas, S Vogt, SW Wilhelm and PW Boyd.  2014. Differential remineralization of major and trace elements in sinking diatoms.  Limnology & Oceanography 59: 689-704.

• Wilhelm SW, GR LeCleir, GS Bullerjahn, RML McKay, MA Saxton, MR Twiss and RA Bourbonniere. 2014. Seasonal changes in microbial community structure and activity imply winter production is linked to summer hypoxia in a large lake system.  FEMS Microbiology Ecology 87:475-485.

• Ellwood MJ, SD Nodder, PW Boyd, AL King, DA Hutchins and SW Wilhelm. 2014. Iron cycling during the annual subtropical spring bloom, east of New Zealand.  Marine Chemistry 160:18-33.

• Steffen MM, Z Zhu, RML McKay, SW Wilhelm and GS Bullerjahn.  2014. Taxonomic assessment of a toxic cyanobacteria shift during the 2010 bloom in hypereutrophic Grand Lake St. Marys (Ohio, USA).  Harmful Algae 33:12-18.

• Ankrah NYD, C Budinoff, WH Wilson, SW Wilhelm and A Buchan.  2014. Genome sequence of the Sulfitobacter sp. 2047 infecting lytic phage ΦCB2047-B. Genome Announcements  2(1):e00945-13. doi:10.1128/genomeA.00945-13.

• Kolker E,  V Özdemir, L Martens, W Hancock, G Anderson, N Anderson, S Aynacioglu, A Baranova, SR Campagna, R Chen, J Choiniere,SP Dearth, W-C Feng, L Ferguson, G Fox, D Frishman, R Grossman, A Heath, R Higdon, MH Hutz, I Janko, L Jiang, S Joshi, A Kel, JW Kemnitz, IS Kohane, N Kolker, D Lancet, E Lee, W Li,  A Lisitsa, A Llerena, C MacNealy-Koch, J-C Marshall, P Masuzzo, A May, G Mias, M Monroe, E Montague, S Mooney, A Nesvizhskii, S Noronha, G Omenn,H Rajasimha, P Ramamoorthy, J Sheehan, L Smarr,CV Smith,T Smith, M Snyder, S Rapole, S Srivastava, L Stanberry, E Stewart, S Toppo, P Uetz, K Verheggen, BH Voy, L Warnich, SW Wilhelm and Gregory Yandl.  2014.   Toward more transparent and reproducible omics studies through a common metadata checklist and data publications.  OMICS 18(1):10-14.   10.1089/omi.2013.0149.

• LeCleir GR, JM DeBruyn, EW Maas, PW Boyd, SW Wilhelm. 2014. Temporal changes in particle-associated microbial communities after interception by non-lethal sediment traps. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 87:152-163

2013

• Ponsero AJ, F Chen, JT Lennon and SW Wilhelm. Complete genome sequence of  cyanobacterial siphoviridus KBS2A.  2013.  Genome Announcements 1(4): e00472-13

• Weller DI, CS Law, A Marriner, SD Nodder, FH Chang, JA Stephens, SW Wilhelm, PW Boyd and PJH Sutton. 2013.  Temporal variation of dissolved methane in a subtropical mesoscale eddy during a phytoplankton bloom in the southwest Pacific Ocean.  Progress in Oceanography 116:193-206. 

• Scott JYT, MJ McCarthy, TG Otten, MM Steffen, BC Baker, EM Grantz SW Wilhelm and HW Paerl. 2013. Comment: an alternative interpretation of the relationship between TN:TP and microcystins in Canadian lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 70:1265-1268.

• Weitz JS and SW Wilhelm. 2013.  An ocean of viruses.  The Scientist 27:34 – 39.

• Cusick KD, RK Wetzel, SC Minkin Jr., SC Dodani, CJ Chang, SW Wilhelm and GS Sayler. 2013 Paralytic shellfish toxins inhibit copper uptake in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 32: 1388-1395  doi: 10.1002/etc.2187

• Matteson AR, JM Rowe, AKJ Ponsero, TM Pimentel, PW Boyd and SW Wilhelm. 2013. High abundances of cyanomyoviruses in marine ecosystems demonstrate ecological relevance. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 84:223 - 234.    doi:10.1111/1574-6941.12060. 

• Wilhelm SW, AL King, BS Twining, GR LeCleir, JM DeBruyn, RF Strzepek, CL Breene, S Pickmere, MJ Ellwood, PW Boyd and DA Hutchins. 2013.  Elemental quotas and physiology of a southwestern Pacific Ocean plankton community as a function of iron availability.  Aquatic Microbial Ecology 68:185-194   doi: 10.3354/ame01611

• Kolker E,  V Özdemir, L Martens, W Hancock, G Anderson, N Anderson, S Aynacioglu, A Baranova, SR Campagna, R Chen, J Choiniere,SP Dearth, W-C Feng, L Ferguson, G Fox, D Frishman, R Grossman, A Heath, R Higdon, MH Hutz, I Janko, L Jiang, S Joshi, A Kel, JW Kemnitz, IS Kohane, N Kolker, D Lancet, E Lee, W Li,  A Lisitsa, A Llerena, C MacNealy-Koch, J-C Marshall, P Masuzzo, A May, G Mias, M Monroe, E Montague, S Mooney, A Nesvizhskii, S Noronha, G Omenn,H Rajasimha, P Ramamoorthy, J Sheehan, L Smarr,CV Smith,T Smith, M Snyder, S Rapole, S Srivastava, L Stanberry, E Stewart, S Toppo, P Uetz, K Verheggen, BH Voy, L Warnich, SW Wilhelm and Gregory Yandl.  2013.   Toward more transparent and reproducible omics studies through a common metadata checklist and data publications. Big Data 1: 196-292.

2012

• Huang S, SW Wilhelm, N Jiao, F Chen. 2010. Ubiquitous cyanobacterial podoviruses in the global oceans unveiled through viral DNA polymerase gene sequences.  The ISME Journal 4:1243-1251.

• Matteson AR, CR Budinoff, CE Campbell, A Buchan and SW Wilhelm. 2010. Estimating virus production rates in aquatic dystems. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 43. http://www.jove.com/index/details.stp?id=2196, doi: 10.3791/2196

• Jiao N, GJ Herndl, D Hansell, R Benner, G Kattner, SW Wilhelm, DL Kirchman, MG Weinbauer, T Luo, F Chen, and F Azam. 2010.  The microbial carbon pump in the ocean.  Nature Reviews Microbiology  8:593 - 599.   ***This paper was the topic of a feature in SCIENCE.

• Ong HC, SW Wilhelm, CJ Gobler, GS Bullerjahn, MA Jacobs, G Rocap, RA Cattolico. 2010. Profiling the culprits of destructive brown tides: analyses of the complete chloroplast genome sequences of Aureococcus anophagefferens CCMP1984 and Aureoumbra lagunensis CCMP1507.  Journal of Phycology 46:602-615.

• Jacquet S, T Miki Takeshi, R Nobel, P Peduzzi and SW  Wilhelm. 2010.  Viruses in aquatic ecosystems: important advancements of the last 20 years and prospects for the future in the field of microbial oceanography and limnology. Advances in Oceanography and Limnology  1: 71-101.

• Short SM, F Chen, SW Wilhelm. 2010. The construction and analysis of marker gene libraries. Chapter 9, pp 82-91 In: S.W. Wilhelm, M.G. Weinbauer and C.A. Suttle [eds], Manual of Aquatic Viral Ecology. ASLO.    

• Weinbauer MG, JM Rowe and SW Wilhelm.  2010. Determining rates of virus production in aquatic systems by the virus reduction approach, pp 1-8. In: S.W. Wilhelm, M.G. Weinbauer and C.A. Suttle [eds], Manual of Aquatic Viral Ecology. ASLO.

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2009

• Leblanc, K., Hare, C. E., Feng, Y., Berg, G. M., DiTullio, G. R., Neeley, A., Benner, I., Sprengel, C., Beck, A., Sanudo-Wilhelmy, S. A., Passow, U., Klinck, K., Rowe, J. M., Wilhelm, S. W., Brown, C. W., and Hutchins, D. A. 2009. Distribution of calcifying and silicifying phytoplankton in relation to environmental and biogeochemical parameters during the late stages of the 2005 North East Atlantic Spring Bloom, Biogeosciences  6: 2155-2179.

• Cusick KD, GL Boyer, SW Wilhelm, GS Sayler. 2009.  Transcriptional profiling of Saccharomyces cerevisiae upon exposure to saxitoxin. Environmental Science & Technology 43:6039-6045.

• Allender CJ, GR LeCleir, JM Rinta-Kanto, RL Small, MF Satchwell, GR Boyer, SW Wilhelm.  2009. Identifying the source of unknown microcystin genes and predicting microcystin variants by comparing genes within uncultured cyanobacterial cells. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75:3598 - 3604  doi:10.1128/AEM.02448-08

• Sharma AK, K Sommerfeld, GS Bullerjahn, AR Matteson, SW Wilhelm, J Jezbera, U Brandt, W F Doolittle, MW Hahn. 2009. Actinorhodopsin genes discovered diverse in freshwater habitats and among cultivated Actinobacteria. The ISME Journal 3: 726-737.   Doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.13

• Rinta-Kanto JM,  EA Konopko, JM DeBruyn,RA Bourbonniere, GL Boyer, and SW Wilhelm.  2009. Lake Erie Microcystis: relationship between microcystin production, dynamics of genotypes and environmental parameters in a large lake.  Harmful Algae. 8: 665-673.   doi:10.1016/j.hal.2008.12.004

• DeBruyn JM, TJ Mead, SW Wilhelm, GS Sayler. 2009. PAH biodegradative genotypes in Lake Erie sediments: Evidence for broad geographical distribution of pyrene-degrading Mycobacteria.  Environmental Science & Technology 43:3467-3473   doi:10.1021/es803348g

• Higgins JL, I Kudo, J Nishioka, A Tsuda, and SW Wilhelm. 2009. The response of the virus community to a mesoscale iron fertilization in the sub-Arctic Pacific Ocean. Deep Sea Research pt II. 56:2788-2795.

• Rinta-Kanto JM, MA Saxton, JM DeBruyn, JL Smith, CH Marvin, KA Krieger, GS Sayler, GL Boyer, SW Wilhelm. 2009. The diversity and distribution of toxigenic Microcystis spp. in present day and archived pelagic and sediment samples from Lake Erie. Harmful Algae 8: 385–394.    

• Feng Y, CE Hare, K Leblanc, JM Rose, Y Zhang, GR DiTullio, P Lee, SW Wilhelm, JM Rowe, J Sun, N Nemcek, C Gueguen, U Passow, I Benner, C Brown,  DA. Hutchins.  2009.  The effects of increased pCO₂ and temperature on the North Atlantic spring bloom: I. The phytoplankton community and biogeochemical response. Marine Ecology Progress Series 388: 13-25  doi: 10.3354/meps08133

• Lee PA, JR Rudisill, AR Neeley, DA Hutchins, Y Feng, CE Hare, K Leblanc, JM Rose, SW Wilhelm, JM Rowe, GR DiTullio. 2009. Effects of increased pCO₂ and temperature on the North Atlantic Spring Bloom. III. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate. Marine Ecology Progress Series 388:41-49   doi: 10.3354/meps08135

2008

• Rowe JM, MA Saxton, MT Cottrell, JM DeBruyn, GM Berg, DL Kirchman, DA Hutchins and SW Wilhelm.  2008. Constraints on virus production in the Sargasso Sea and North Atlantic. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 52:233-244

• Brussaard CPD, SW Wilhelm, F Thingstad, MG Weinbauer, G Bratbak,  M Heldal, SA Kimmance, M Middelboe, K Nagasaki, JH Paul, DC Schroeder, CA Suttle, D Vaqué, KE Wommack.  2008.  Global scale processes with a nanoscale drive - the role of marine viruses. The ISME Journal.  2:575-578   

• Wilhelm SW and AR Matteson. 2008. Freshwater and marine virioplankton: a brief overview of commonalities and differences.  Freshwater Biology  53: 1076 - 1089.

• Gobler CJ, TW Davis, SN Deonarine, MA Saxton, PJ Lavrentyev, FJ Jochem, SW Wilhelm. 2008. Zooplankton and viral induced mortality of microbial populations before and during the onset of hypoxia in Lake Erie.  Aquatic Microbial Ecology 51:117-128.  

• Ivanikova NV, AR Matteson, CJ Gobler, LC Popels, RML McKay, SW Wilhelm, GS Bullerjahn.  2008. Picoplanktonic cyanobacteria in Lakes Superior and Erie: phylogenies of endemic populations and cultured isolates. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung für theoretische und angewandte Limnologie 30: 459-465.

• Rowe JM, JR Dunlap, CJ Gobler, OR Anderson, MD Gastrich and SW Wilhelm. 2008. Isolation of a non-phage-like lytic virus infecting Aureococcus anophagefferens.  Journal of Phycology  44: 71-76 

• Kenst, A., E. Perfect, SW Wilhelm, J Zhuang, J McCathy and L McKay.  2008.  Virus transport during infiltration of a wetting front into initially unsaturated sand columns.  Environmental Science & Technology 42:1102-1108  

• de la Cruz AA, P Rublee, JM Hungerford, PV Zimba, SW Wilhelm, JAO Meriluoto, K Echols, MT Meyer, G Stelma, R Mandeville, L Lawton, K Sivonen, and A Furey. 2008. Analytical methods work group report.  In HK Hudnell (ed). Proceedings of the Interagency, International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 475-488.

• Wilhelm SW. 2008 Field methods in the study of toxic cyanobacterial blooms: results and insights from Lake Erie research. In HK Hudnell (ed).  Proceedings of the Interagency, International Symposium on Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology,  507-519.

• Dean, A. L., J. L. Higgins, J. M. DeBruyn, J. M. Rinta-Kanto, R. A. Bourbonniere, and S. W. Wilhelm. 2008. A review of planktonic viruses in Lake Erie and their role in phosphorus cycling., p. 247-270. In M. Munawar and R. T. Heath [eds.], Checking the Pulse of Lake Erie. Aquatic Ecosystem Health Management Society / Ecovision World Monographs.  

• Li, R.; Wilhelm, S. W.; Carmichael, W. W.; Watanabe, M. M.   2008. Polyphasic characterization of water bloom forming Raphidiopsis species (cyanobacteria) from central China. Harmful Algae 146-153.  

2007

• Eldridge ML, MW Cadotte, AE Rozmus and SW Wilhelm. 2007. The response of bacterial functional groups to changes in available iron in the Eastern subtropical Pacific Ocean.  The Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology  348:11-22.

• Frazier AD, JM Rowe, CA Rentz CJ Gobler and SW Wilhelm. 2007. Isolation and characterization of bacterial pathogens of Aureococcus anophagefferens CCMP 1784.  Journal of Phycology  43(3):461-465. 

• Doblin MA, KJ Coyne, JM Rinta-Kanto, SW Wilhelm and FC Dobbs. 2007. Dynamics and survival of HABs in ballast residuals. Harmful Algae 64:519-530.

• Pakulski JD, A Baldwin, AL Dean, S Durkin, D Karentz, CA Kelley, K Scott, HJ Spero, SW Wilhelm, R Amin and WH Jeffrey.  2007. Responses of heterotrophic bacteria to solar irradiance in the eastern Pacific Ocean.  Aquatic Microbial Ecology  47:153-162.

• Mioni CE, JD Pakulski, L Poorvin, A Baldwin, MR Twiss, WH Jeffrey, SW Wilhelm. 2007.  Assessment of bacterial and community Fe status in the eastern subtropical Pacific Ocean. Aquatic Microbial Ecology  46: 239-251.  

• Gobler CJ , OR Anderson , MD Gastrich and SW Wilhelm.  2007.  The ecology of viruses infecting the harmful brown tide alga, Aureococcus anophagefferens. Aquatic Microbial Ecology  47:25 - 36.

2006

• Ouellette AJA, SM Handy and SW Wilhelm. 2006. Toxic Microcystis is widespread in Lake Erie: PCR detection of toxin genes and molecular characterization of associated microbial communities. Microbial Ecology 51:154-165

• Rinta-Kanto JM and SW Wilhelm. 2006. Diversity of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria in sparially isolated regions of Lake Erie. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72: 5083 - 5085.

• Wilhelm SW, MJ Carberry, ML Eldridge, L Poorvin, MA Saxton and MA Doblin. 2006. Marine and freshwater cyanophages in a Laurentian Great Lake: evidence from infectivity assays and molecular analyses of g20 genes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72: 4957 - 4963. 

• Gouvêa SP, C Melendez, MJ Carberry, GS. Bullerjahn, TA Langen, SW Wilhelm, and MR Twiss. 2006. Phosphorus bioavailability and plankton distributions in Lake Ontario in the aftermath of Hurricane Isabel, September 2003. The Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:455-470.

• Wilhelm SW, GS Bullerjahn, ML Eldridge, JM Rinta-Kanto, and RA Bourbonniere. 2006. Seasonal hypoxia and the genetic diversity of prokaryote populations in the central basin hypolimnion of Lake Erie : evidence for abundant cyanobacteria and photosynthesis. The Journal of Great Lakes Research 32:657-671. 

• Rinta-Kanto JM and SW Wilhelm 2006. The application of molecular tools to freshwater harmful algal blooms: identifying and quantifying toxic cyanobacteria. GLRC Reviews 7:22-24. 

• Weinbauer MG and SW Wilhelm. 2006. "Marine viruses." Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Jean-Pierre Gattuso. Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment. Published online at http://www.eoearth.org/article/Marine_viruses

2005

• Twiss MR, SP Gouvêa, RA Bourbonniere, RML McKay, and SW Wilhelm. 2005. Field investigations of trace metal effects on Lake Erie phytoplankton productivity. Journal of Great Lakes Research 31 (S2): 168-179. 

• Porta D, GS Bullerjahn, MR Twiss, SW Wilhelm, L Poorvin, and RML McKay.  2005. Determination of bioavailable Fe in Lake Erie using a luminescent cyanobacterial bioreporters. The Journal of Great Lakes Research 31 (S2): 180-194.  

• Boyd PW, CL Law, DA Hutchins, E Abraham, P Croot, M Ellwood, RD Frew, J Hall, SM Handy, C Hare, JL Higgins, P Hill, KA Hunter, K LeBlanc, M Maldonado, RM McKay, CE Mioni, M Oliver, S Pickmere, K Safi, S Sander, S Sanudo-Wilhelmy, M Smith, R Strzepek, A Tovar-Sanchez and SW Wilhelm.  2005. FeCycle - attempting an iron biogeochemical budget from a mesoscale SF6 tracer experiment in unperturbed low iron waters.  Global Biogeochemical Cycles 19, GB4S20   10.1029/2005GB002494.    

• Mioni CE, L Poorvin and SW. Wilhelm. 2005. Virus and siderophore-mediated transfer of available Fe between heterotrophic bacteria: characterization using a Fe-specific bioreporter. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 41:233-245

• Mioni CE, SM Handy, MJ Ellwood, MR Twiss, RML McKay, PW Boyd, and SW Wilhelm. 2005. Tracking a natural shift in bioavailable Fe in a marine system: a first estimate using a heterotrophic bacterial bioreporters. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 19, GB4S25, doi:10.1029/2005GB002476.

• McKay, RML, SW Wilhelm, J Hall, DA Hutchins, CE Mioni, MMD Al-Rshaidat, D Porta, PW Boyd.  2005. The impact of phytoplankton on the biogeochemical cycling of iron in subantarctic waters southeast of New Zealand : Observations from the FeCycle study. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 19, GB4S24, doi:10.1029/2005GB002482.

• Strzepek RF, MT Maldonado, JL Higgins, J Hall, SW Wilhelm, K Safi and PW Boyd.  2005. Spinning the ferrous wheel  - the importance of the microbial community in an Fe budget. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 19: GB4S26, doi:10.1029/2005GB002490.  

• Rinta-Kanto JM, AJA Ouellette, MR Twiss, GL Boyer, T Bridgeman, and SW Wilhelm. 2005. Quantification of toxic Microcystis spp. during the 2003 and 2004 blooms in Western Lake Erie using quantitative real-time PCR. Environmental Science & Technology.   39:4198 - 4205.

• Twiss MR, TA Langen, GS Bullerjahn, SW Wilhelm and DC Rockwell.  2005. Design and analysis of a Lake Ontario Great Lakes Science Practicum. Journal of Great Lakes Research 31:236-242.

• Langen, TA, MR Twiss, GS Bullerjahn and SW Wilhelm.  2005. Pelagic bird survey on Lake Ontario following Hurricane Isabel, September 2003: observations and remarks of methodology. Journal of Great Lakes Research 31:219-226.

• Hare CE, GR DiTullio, CG Trick, SW Wilhelm , KW Bruland, EL Rue  and DA Hutchins. 2005. Phytoplankton community structure changes following simulated upwelled iron inputs in the Peru Upwelling region. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 38: 269-282.

2004

• Gobler CJ, S Deonarine, J Leigh-Bell, MD Gastrich, OR Anderson, and SW Wilhelm. 2004. Ecology of phytoplankton communities dominated by Aureococcus anophagefferens: The role of viruses, nutrients, and microzooplankton grazing. Harmful Algae 3: 471 - 483.

• McKay RML, GS Bullerjahn, D Porta, ET Brown, RM Sherrell, T Smutka, R Sterner, MR Twiss and SW Wilhelm. 2004. Consideration of Trace Metal - Iron Bioavailability in the Great Lakes. 2004. Aquatic Health Ecosystem Management  7: 475-490

• Poorvin L, JM Rinta-Kanto, DA Hutchins and SW Wilhelm. 2004. Viral lysis as a major source of bioavailable iron in marine ecosystems. Limnology and Oceanography  49: 1734-1741.

• Gastrich MD, JA Leigh-Bell, CJ Gobler, OR Anderson, SW Wilhelm and M Bryan. 2004. Viruses as potential regulators of regional brown tide blooms caused by the alga, Aureococcus anophagefferens.  Estuaries 27: 112-119.

• DeBruyn JM, JA Leigh-Bell, RML McKay, RA Bourbonniere, and SW Wilhelm. 2004. Microbial distributions and the impact of phosphorus loading on bacterial activity in Lake Erie. The Journal of Great Lakes Research 30:166-183

• Eldridge ML, CG Trick, MB Alm, GR DiTullio, EL Rue, KW Bruland, DA Hutchins and Wilhelm SW. 2004. Phytoplankton community response to a manipulation of bioavailable Fe in HNLC waters of the subtropical Pacific Ocean.  Aquatic Microbial Ecology 35:79-91.

2003

• Mioni CE, AM Howard, JM DeBruyn, NG Bright, MR Twiss, BM Applegate and SW Wilhelm. 2003. Characterization and field trials of a bioluminescent bacterial reporter of iron bioavailability. Marine Chemistry 83: 31-46.

• Achilles KM, TM Church, SW Wilhelm, GW Luther III, and DA Hutchins. 2003. Bioavailability of inorganic iron, porphyrin-bound iron, and siderophore-bound iron to Trichodesmium colonies in the Atlantic Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography 48: 2250-2255

• Wilhelm SW, JM DeBruyn, O Gillor, MR Twiss, K Livingston, RA Bourbonniere, L Pickell, CG Trick, AL Dean, and RML McKay 2003. A multi-level approach to determine the effect of phosphorus loading on present day plankton communities in pelagic Lake Erie. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 32:275-285.

• Ouellette AJA and SW Wilhelm. 2003. Toxic cyanobacteria: the evolving molecular toolbox.  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 7: 359 - 366

• Wilhelm  SW, WH Jeffrey, AL Dean, J Meador, DL Mitchell 2003. Ultraviolet radiation induced DNA damage in marine viruses along a latitudinal gradient. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 31:1-8

• Porta D, GS Bullerjahn, KA Durham, SW Wilhelm, MR Twiss  and RML McKay 2003. Physiological characterization of a Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942 iron-dependent bioreporter. Journal of Phycology 39:64-73

  2002 and earlier

• Wilhelm SW, WH Jeffrey, CA Suttle, and DL Mitchell 2002. Estimation of biologically damaging UV levels in marine surface waters with DNA and viral dosimeters.  Photochemistry and Photobiology  76: 268-273.

• Zhong Y,  F Chen, SW Wilhelm, L Poorvin, and RE Hodson 2002. Phylogenetic diversity of marine cyanophage isolates and natural virus communities as revealed by sequences of viral capsid assembly protein gene g20. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68:1576-1584

• Wilhelm SW, SM Brigden and CA Suttle 2002. A dilution technique for the direct measurement of viral production: a comparison in stratified and tidally mixed coastal waters. Microbial Ecology 43:168-173 

• Wilhelm SW and L Poorvin. 2001. Quantification of algal viruses in marine samples.  In  JH Paul (ed) Methods in Microbiology, vol. 30 Marine Microbiology.  Academic Press.  p 53-66.

• Wilhelm SW and REH Smith 2000. Bacterial carbon production in Lake Erie is influenced by viruses and solar radiation. Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences 57(2):317-326.

• Jeffrey  WH, JP Kase, SW  Wilhelm 2000.  Ultraviolet radiation effects on bacterioplankton and viruses in marine ecosystems. In: S.J. De Mora et al. (eds.) Effects Of UV Radiation On Marine Ecosystems.  Cambridge University Press.  pp 206-236

• Wilhelm SW and CA Suttle 2000. Viruses as regulators of nutrient cycles in the sea.  Proceedings of the 8^th International Symposium of Microbial Ecology. C. R. Bell, M. Brylinsky, P. Johnson-Green, Eds. (Atlantic Canada Society for Microbial Ecology, Halifax).

• Wilhelm SW and CA Suttle 1999. Viruses and nutrient cycles in the sea.  BioScience 49:781-788.

• Weinbauer MG, SW Wilhelm, RJ Pledger, DL Mitchell and CA Suttle 1999. Resistance to DNA damage in natural viral communities from the Gulf of Mexico. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 17:111-120.

• Wilhelm SW, KA MacCauley, CG Trick 1998.  The role of catecholate siderophores in cyanobacterial iron acquisition. Limnology and Oceanography 44:992-997.

• Wilhelm SW,  MG Weinbauer, CA Suttle, RJ Pledger, and DL Mitchell 1998.  Measurements of DNA damage and photoreactivation imply that most viruses in marine surface waters are infective.  Aquatic Microbial Ecology 14:215-222.

• Wilhelm SW,  MG Weinbauer, CA Suttle, and WH Jeffrey 1998. The role of sunlight in the removal and repair of viruses in the sea. Limnology and Oceanography 43:586-592

• Weinbauer MG, SW Wilhelm, CA Suttle and DR Garza 1997. Photoreactivation compensates for UV damage and restores infectivity to natural marine viral communities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63:2200-2205.     

• Wilhelm SW, DP Maxwell and CG Trick 1996. Growth rates, iron quotients, and siderophore production in iron-limited Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002. Limnology and Oceanography 41:89-97.

• Wilhelm SW 1995. The ecology of cyanobacteria in iron-limited environments: a review of physiology and implications for aquatic environments. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 9:295-303.

• Trick CG, SW Wilhelm and CM Brown 1995. Pigmentation, protein expression and photosynthetic capacity of the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria tenuis grown under low iron. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 41:1117-1123.

• Wilhelm SW and CG Trick.1995. Physiological profiles of Synechococcus (Cyanophyceae) in iron-limited continuous culture. Journal of Phycology 31:79-85.

• Wilhelm SW and CG Trick 1995. Effects of vitamin B₁₂ concentration on chemostat cultured Synechococcus PCC 7002. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 41:145-151.

• Lewis BL, PD Holt, SW Taylor, SW Wilhelm, CG Trick, A Butler and GW Luther III 1995. Voltametric estimation of iron (III) thermodynamic stability constants for catecholate siderophores isolated from marine bacteria and cyanobacteria. Marine Chemistry 50:179-188.

• Trick CG and SW Wilhelm 1995. Physiological changes in the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 exposed to low ferric ion levels. Marine Chemistry 50:207-217.

• Wilhelm SW and CG Trick 1994. Iron-limited growth in cyanobacteria: multiple siderophore production is a common response. Limnology and Oceanography 39: 1979-1984.