Publications of RE Ley

Xu, J.; Mahowald, M.; Ley, R.; Lozupone, C.; Hamady, M.; Martens, E.; Henrissat, B.; Coutinho, P.; Minx, P.; Latreille, P. et al.; Cordum, H.; Van Brunt, A.; Kim, K.; Fulton, R.; Fulton, L.; Clifton, S.; Wilson, R.; Knight, R.; Gordon, J.: Evolution of symbiotic bacteria in the distal human intestine. PLoS Biology 5 (7), e156 (2007)

Ley, R.; Knight, R.; Gordon, J.: The human microbiome: eliminating the biomedical/environmental dichotomy in microbial ecology. Environmental Microbiology 9 (1), pp. 3 - 4 (2007)

Turnbaugh, P.; Ley, R.; Klein, S.; Gordon, J.: Microbial ecology: human gut microbes associated with obesity. Nature 444 (7122), pp. 1022 - 1023 (2006)

Turnbaugh, P.; Ley, R.; Mahowald, M.; Magrini, V.; Mardis, E.; Gordon, J.: An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest. Nature 444 (7122), pp. 1027 - 1031 (2006)

Rawls, J.; Mahowald, M.; Ley, R.; Gordon, J.: Reciprocal gut microbiota transplants from zebrafish and mice to germ-free recipients reveal host habitat selection. Cell 127 (2), pp. 423 - 433 (2006)

Bäckhed, F.; Ley, R.; Sonnenburg, J.; Gordon, J.: The human intestinal microbiota and its relationship to energy balance. Scandinavian Journal of Food and Nutrition 50 (Supplement 2), pp. 121 - 123 (2006)

Ley, R.; Harris, J.; Wilcox, J.; Spear, J.; Miller, S.; Bebout, B.; Maresca, J.; Bryant, D.; Sogin, M.; Pace, N.: Unexpected diversity and complexity of the Guerrero Negro hypersaline microbial mat. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72 (5), pp. 3685 - 3695 (2006)

Ley, R.; Petersen, D.; Gordon, J.: Ecological and evolutionary forces shaping microbial diversity in the human intestine. Cell 124 (4), pp. 837 - 848 (2006)

Ley, R.; Bäckhed, F.; Turnbaugh, P.; Lozupone, C.; Knight, R.; Gordon, J.: Obesity alters gut microbial ecology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102 (31), pp. 11070 - 11075 (2005)

Bäckhed, F.; Ley, R.; Sonnenburg, J.; Peterson, D.; Gordon, J.: Host-bacterial mutualism in the human intestine. Science 307 (5717), pp. 1915 - 1920 (2005)

Cleveland, C.; Townsend, A.; Constance , B.; Ley, R.; Schmidt, S.: Soil Microbial Dynamics in Costa Rica: Seasonal and Biogeochemical Constraints. Biotropica 36 (2), pp. 184 - 195 (2004)

Schmidt, S.; Lipson, D.; Ley, R.; Fisk, M.; West, A.: Impacts of chronic nitrogen additions vary seasonally and by microbial functional group in tundra soils. Biogeochemistry 69 (1), pp. 1 - 17 (2004)

Ley, R.; Williams, M.; Schmidt, S.: Microbial population dynamics in an extreme environment: controlling factors in talus soils at 3750 m in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Biogeochemistry 68 (3), pp. 297 - 311 (2004)

Jakosky, B.; Nealson, K.; Bakermans, C.; Ley, R.; Mellon, M.: Subfreezing Activity of Microorganisms and the Potential Habitability of Mars' Polar Regions. Astrobiology 3 (2), pp. 343 - 350 (2003)

Spear, J.; Ley, R.; Berger, A.; Pace, N.: Complexity in natural microbial ecosystems: the Guerrero Negro experience. Biological Bulletin 204 (2), pp. 168 - 173 (2003)

Ley, R.; Schmidt, S.: Fungal and bacterial responses to phenolic compounds and amino acids in high altitude barren soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 34 (7), pp. 989 - 995 (2002)

Mack, M.; D'Antonio, C.; Ley, R.: Alteration of Ecosystem Nitrogen Dynamics by Exotic Plants: A Case Study of C4 Grasses in Hawaii. Ecological Applications 11 (5), pp. 1323 - 1335 (2001)

González, G.; Ley, R.; Schmidt, S.; Zou, X.; Seastedt, T.: Soil ecological interactions: comparisons between tropical and subalpine forests. Oecologia 128 (4), pp. 549 - 556 (2001)

Ley, R.; Lipson, D.; Schmidt, S.: Microbial Biomass Levels in Barren and Vegetated High Altitude Talus Soils. Soil Science Society of America Journal 65 (1), pp. 111 - 117 (2001)

Ley, R.; D'Antonio, C.: Exotic grass invasion alters potential rates of N fixation in Hawaiian woodlands. Oecologia 113 (2), pp. 179 - 187 (1998)