Peer-Reviewed Publications
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Padilla, L., Fricker, A.D., Luna, E., Choudhury, B., Hughes, E.R., Panzetta, M.E., Valdivia, R.H., and Flores, G.E. (2024) Mechanism of 2’-Fucosyllactose degradation by human-associated Akkermansia. Journal of Bacteriology, e00334-23.
Messaoudi, I., Rhoades, N., Cinco, I., Hendrickson, S., Prongay, K., Haertel, A., Flores, G.E., and Slifka, M. (2024) Infant diarrheal disease impedes maturation of the microbiome and is linked to a diverse set of novel yet to be cultured Campylobacter species. Communications Biology, 7: 37.
Goforth, M., Cooper, M., Oliver, A., Pinzon, J., Skots, M., Obergh, V., Suslow, T., Flores, G.E., Huynh, S., Parker, C., Mackelprang, R., and Cooper, K. (2024) Bacterial diversity shifts of commercial apples, oranges, and peaches at different harvest points across multiple growing seasons. PLoS ONE accepted January 2024, pending publication.
Escobedo, P., Garcia, D., Cascelli, L., Chavira, G., Flores, G. E., Constantine Brown, J. L., Boyns, D., and Ainsworth, A. (2023) Comparing undergraduate research experiences before, during and after the COVID-19 quarantine: The successful adaptation of the BUILD PODER Summer JumpStart Program. PLoS ONE, 18(12):e0295901.
Escobedo, P., Moon, S., Moreno, K., Lin, J.C.P., Kwan, P.P., Flores, G.E., and Chavira, G. (2023) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sense of belonging and science outcomes among biomedical science students: A longitudinal study. Educ. Sci. 13: 579.
Eto, M., Yahara, T., Kuroiwa, A., Shioya, K., Flores, G.E., and Hamamura, N. (2022) Dynamics of rumen microbiome in sika deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae) from unique subtropical ecosystem in Yakushima Island, Japan. Scientific Reports. 12: 21623.
Leewis, M-C., Lawrence, C.R., Schulz, M.S., Tfaily, M.M., Ayala-Ortiz, C.O., Flores, G.E., Mackelprang, R., and McFarland, J.W. (2022) The influence of soil development on the depth distribution and structure of soil microbial communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 174: 108808.
Luna, E., Parkar, S.G., Kirmiz, N., Hartel, S., Hearn, E., Hossine, M., Kurdian, A., Mendoza, C., Orr, K., Padilla, L., Ramirez, K., Salcedo, P., Serrano, E., Choudhury, B., Paulchakrabarti, M., Parker, C.T., Huynh, S., Cooper, K., and Flores, G.E. (2022) Utilization efficiency of human milk oligosaccharides by human -associated Akkermansia is strain dependent. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88: e01487-21.
Reysenbach, A.-L., St. John, E., Meneghin, J., Flores, G.E., Podar, M., Dombrowski, N., Spang, A., L’Haridon, S., Humphris, S.E., de Ronde, C.E.J., Tontini, F.C., Tivey, M., Stucker, V.K., Stewart, L.C., Diehl, A., and Bach, W. (2020) Complex subsurface hydrothermal fluid mixing at a submarine arc volcano supports distinct and highly diverse microbial communities. PNAS. 117: 32627-32638.
Kirmiz, N., Galindo, K., Cross, K.L., Luna, E., Rhoades, N., Podar, M., and Flores, G.E. (2020) Comparative genomics guides elucidation of vitamin B12 biosynthesis in novel human-associated Akkermansia strains. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86: e02117-19.
Herman, D., *Rhoades, N., Mercado, J., Argueta, P., *Lopez, U., and Flores, G.E., (2020) Dietary habits of post-weaned, pre-pubescent American children influence gut microbiome composition. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 120: 517-534.
St. John, E., Flores, G.E., Meneghin, J., and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2019) Deep-sea hydrothermal vent metagenome-assembled genomes provide insight into the phylum Nanoarchaeota. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 11: 262-270.
Andreev, V.P., Liu, G., Zee, J., Henn, L., Flores, G.E., and Marion, R.M. (2019) Clustering of the structures by using "snakes-&-dragons" approach, or correlation matrix as a signal. PLoS ONE. 14: e0223267.
Pinoargote, G., Flores, G.E., Cooper, K., and Ravishankar, S. (2018) Effects on survival and bacterial community composition of the aquaculture water and gastrointestinal tract of shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) exposed to probiotic treatments after an induced infection of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease. Aquaculture Research. 49: 3270-3288
Holdridge, E.M., Flores, G.E., and terHorst, C.P. (2017) Predator trait evolution alters prey community composition. Ecosphere. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1803.
Smith, A.R., Fisk, M.R., Thurber, A. R., Flores, G.E., Mason, O. U., Popa, R., and Colwell, F.S. (2017) Deep crustal communities of the Juan de Fuca Ridge are governed by mineralogy. Geomicrobiology Journal. 34: 147-156.
Koneru, S.L., Salinas, H., Flores, G.E., and Hong, R.L. (2016) The bacterial community of entomophilic nematodes and host beetles. Molecular Ecology. 25: 2312-2324.
Flores, G.E., Caporaso, J.G., Henley, J.B., Rideout, J.R., Domogala, D., Chase, J., Leff, J.W., Vazquez-Baeza, Y., Gonzalez, A., Knight, R., Dunn, R.R., and Fierer, N (2014) Temporal variability is a personalized feature of the human microbiome. Genome Biology. 15: 531.
Flores, G.E., Seite, S., Henley, J.B., Martin, R., Zelenkova, H., Aguilar, L., and Fierer, N. (2014) Microbiome of affected and unaffected skin of patients with atopic dermatitis before and after emollient treatment. Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. 13: 1365-1372.
Flores, G.E., Bates, S., Caporaso, J.G., Lauber, C.L., Leff, J.W., Knight, R. and Fierer, N. (2013) Diversity, distribution and sources of bacteria in residential kitchens. Environmental Microbiology. 15: 588-596.
Bates, S.T., Clemente, J.C., Flores, G.E., Walters, W.A., Wegener-Parfrey, L., Knight, R. and Fierer, N. (2013) Global biogeography of highly diverse protistan communities in soil. The ISME Journal. 7: 652-659.
Flores, G.E., Henley, J. and Fierer, N. (2012) A direct PCR approach to accelerate analyses of human-associated microbial communities. PLoS ONE. 7: e44563.
Flores, G.E., Shakya, M., Meneghin, J., Yang, Z.K., Seewald, J.S., Wheat, C.G., Podar, M. and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2012) Inter-field variability in the microbial communities of hydrothermal vent deposits from a back-arc basin. Geobiology. 10:333-346
Flores, G.E., Wagner, I., Liu, Y. and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2012) Distribution, abundance, and diversity patterns of the thermoacidophilic “deep-sea hydrothermal vent euryarchaeota 2.” Frontiers in Microbiology. 3: DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2012.00047
Flores, G.E., Hunter, R. C., Liu, Y., Mets, A., Schouten, S. and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2012) Hippea jasoniae sp. nov. and Hippea alviniae sp. nov., thermoacidophilic members of the class Deltaproteobacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vent deposits. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62:1252-1258.
Flores, G.E., Bates, S.T., Knights, D., Lauber, C.L., Stombaugh, J., Knight, R. and Fierer, N. (2011) Microbial biogeography of public restroom surfaces. PLoS ONE. 6: e28132.
Smith, A., Popa, R., Fisk, M., Nielsen, M., Wheat, C.G., Jannasch, H.W., Fisher, A.T., Becker, K., Sievert, S. and Flores, G.E. (2011) In situ enrichment of ocean crust microbes on igneous minerals and glasses using an osmotic flow-through device. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 12: Q06007.
Flores, G.E., Campbell, J., Kirshtein, J., Meneghin, J., Podar, M., Steinberg, J.I. Tivey, M.K., Voytek, M., Yang, Z.K. and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2011) Microbial community structure of hydrothermal deposits from geochemically different vent fields along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Environmental Microbiology. 13: 2158-2171.
Flores, G.E. and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2011) Hydrothermal environments, marine. In Encyclopedia of Earth Science Series: Encyclopedia of Geobiology, J. Reitner, and V. Thiel (ed.), Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, p. 456-466.
Flores, G.E., Liu, Y., Ferrera, I., Beveridge, T.J. and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2008) Sulfurihydrogenibium kristjanssonii sp. nov., a hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing thermophile isolated from a terrestrial Icelandic hot spring. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 58; 1153-1158.
Reysenbach, A.-L. and Flores, G.E. (2008) Electron microscopy encounters with unusual thermophiles helps direct genomic analysis of Aciduliprofundum boonei. Geobiology, 6: 331-336.
Messaoudi, I., Rhoades, N., Cinco, I., Hendrickson, S., Prongay, K., Haertel, A., Flores, G.E., and Slifka, M. (2024) Infant diarrheal disease impedes maturation of the microbiome and is linked to a diverse set of novel yet to be cultured Campylobacter species. Communications Biology, 7: 37.
Goforth, M., Cooper, M., Oliver, A., Pinzon, J., Skots, M., Obergh, V., Suslow, T., Flores, G.E., Huynh, S., Parker, C., Mackelprang, R., and Cooper, K. (2024) Bacterial diversity shifts of commercial apples, oranges, and peaches at different harvest points across multiple growing seasons. PLoS ONE accepted January 2024, pending publication.
Escobedo, P., Garcia, D., Cascelli, L., Chavira, G., Flores, G. E., Constantine Brown, J. L., Boyns, D., and Ainsworth, A. (2023) Comparing undergraduate research experiences before, during and after the COVID-19 quarantine: The successful adaptation of the BUILD PODER Summer JumpStart Program. PLoS ONE, 18(12):e0295901.
Escobedo, P., Moon, S., Moreno, K., Lin, J.C.P., Kwan, P.P., Flores, G.E., and Chavira, G. (2023) The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sense of belonging and science outcomes among biomedical science students: A longitudinal study. Educ. Sci. 13: 579.
Eto, M., Yahara, T., Kuroiwa, A., Shioya, K., Flores, G.E., and Hamamura, N. (2022) Dynamics of rumen microbiome in sika deer (Cervus nippon yakushimae) from unique subtropical ecosystem in Yakushima Island, Japan. Scientific Reports. 12: 21623.
Leewis, M-C., Lawrence, C.R., Schulz, M.S., Tfaily, M.M., Ayala-Ortiz, C.O., Flores, G.E., Mackelprang, R., and McFarland, J.W. (2022) The influence of soil development on the depth distribution and structure of soil microbial communities. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 174: 108808.
Luna, E., Parkar, S.G., Kirmiz, N., Hartel, S., Hearn, E., Hossine, M., Kurdian, A., Mendoza, C., Orr, K., Padilla, L., Ramirez, K., Salcedo, P., Serrano, E., Choudhury, B., Paulchakrabarti, M., Parker, C.T., Huynh, S., Cooper, K., and Flores, G.E. (2022) Utilization efficiency of human milk oligosaccharides by human -associated Akkermansia is strain dependent. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 88: e01487-21.
Reysenbach, A.-L., St. John, E., Meneghin, J., Flores, G.E., Podar, M., Dombrowski, N., Spang, A., L’Haridon, S., Humphris, S.E., de Ronde, C.E.J., Tontini, F.C., Tivey, M., Stucker, V.K., Stewart, L.C., Diehl, A., and Bach, W. (2020) Complex subsurface hydrothermal fluid mixing at a submarine arc volcano supports distinct and highly diverse microbial communities. PNAS. 117: 32627-32638.
Kirmiz, N., Galindo, K., Cross, K.L., Luna, E., Rhoades, N., Podar, M., and Flores, G.E. (2020) Comparative genomics guides elucidation of vitamin B12 biosynthesis in novel human-associated Akkermansia strains. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 86: e02117-19.
Herman, D., *Rhoades, N., Mercado, J., Argueta, P., *Lopez, U., and Flores, G.E., (2020) Dietary habits of post-weaned, pre-pubescent American children influence gut microbiome composition. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 120: 517-534.
St. John, E., Flores, G.E., Meneghin, J., and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2019) Deep-sea hydrothermal vent metagenome-assembled genomes provide insight into the phylum Nanoarchaeota. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 11: 262-270.
Andreev, V.P., Liu, G., Zee, J., Henn, L., Flores, G.E., and Marion, R.M. (2019) Clustering of the structures by using "snakes-&-dragons" approach, or correlation matrix as a signal. PLoS ONE. 14: e0223267.
Pinoargote, G., Flores, G.E., Cooper, K., and Ravishankar, S. (2018) Effects on survival and bacterial community composition of the aquaculture water and gastrointestinal tract of shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) exposed to probiotic treatments after an induced infection of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease. Aquaculture Research. 49: 3270-3288
Holdridge, E.M., Flores, G.E., and terHorst, C.P. (2017) Predator trait evolution alters prey community composition. Ecosphere. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1803.
Smith, A.R., Fisk, M.R., Thurber, A. R., Flores, G.E., Mason, O. U., Popa, R., and Colwell, F.S. (2017) Deep crustal communities of the Juan de Fuca Ridge are governed by mineralogy. Geomicrobiology Journal. 34: 147-156.
Koneru, S.L., Salinas, H., Flores, G.E., and Hong, R.L. (2016) The bacterial community of entomophilic nematodes and host beetles. Molecular Ecology. 25: 2312-2324.
Flores, G.E., Caporaso, J.G., Henley, J.B., Rideout, J.R., Domogala, D., Chase, J., Leff, J.W., Vazquez-Baeza, Y., Gonzalez, A., Knight, R., Dunn, R.R., and Fierer, N (2014) Temporal variability is a personalized feature of the human microbiome. Genome Biology. 15: 531.
Flores, G.E., Seite, S., Henley, J.B., Martin, R., Zelenkova, H., Aguilar, L., and Fierer, N. (2014) Microbiome of affected and unaffected skin of patients with atopic dermatitis before and after emollient treatment. Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. 13: 1365-1372.
Flores, G.E., Bates, S., Caporaso, J.G., Lauber, C.L., Leff, J.W., Knight, R. and Fierer, N. (2013) Diversity, distribution and sources of bacteria in residential kitchens. Environmental Microbiology. 15: 588-596.
Bates, S.T., Clemente, J.C., Flores, G.E., Walters, W.A., Wegener-Parfrey, L., Knight, R. and Fierer, N. (2013) Global biogeography of highly diverse protistan communities in soil. The ISME Journal. 7: 652-659.
Flores, G.E., Henley, J. and Fierer, N. (2012) A direct PCR approach to accelerate analyses of human-associated microbial communities. PLoS ONE. 7: e44563.
Flores, G.E., Shakya, M., Meneghin, J., Yang, Z.K., Seewald, J.S., Wheat, C.G., Podar, M. and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2012) Inter-field variability in the microbial communities of hydrothermal vent deposits from a back-arc basin. Geobiology. 10:333-346
Flores, G.E., Wagner, I., Liu, Y. and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2012) Distribution, abundance, and diversity patterns of the thermoacidophilic “deep-sea hydrothermal vent euryarchaeota 2.” Frontiers in Microbiology. 3: DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2012.00047
Flores, G.E., Hunter, R. C., Liu, Y., Mets, A., Schouten, S. and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2012) Hippea jasoniae sp. nov. and Hippea alviniae sp. nov., thermoacidophilic members of the class Deltaproteobacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vent deposits. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62:1252-1258.
Flores, G.E., Bates, S.T., Knights, D., Lauber, C.L., Stombaugh, J., Knight, R. and Fierer, N. (2011) Microbial biogeography of public restroom surfaces. PLoS ONE. 6: e28132.
Smith, A., Popa, R., Fisk, M., Nielsen, M., Wheat, C.G., Jannasch, H.W., Fisher, A.T., Becker, K., Sievert, S. and Flores, G.E. (2011) In situ enrichment of ocean crust microbes on igneous minerals and glasses using an osmotic flow-through device. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 12: Q06007.
Flores, G.E., Campbell, J., Kirshtein, J., Meneghin, J., Podar, M., Steinberg, J.I. Tivey, M.K., Voytek, M., Yang, Z.K. and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2011) Microbial community structure of hydrothermal deposits from geochemically different vent fields along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Environmental Microbiology. 13: 2158-2171.
Flores, G.E. and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2011) Hydrothermal environments, marine. In Encyclopedia of Earth Science Series: Encyclopedia of Geobiology, J. Reitner, and V. Thiel (ed.), Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, p. 456-466.
Flores, G.E., Liu, Y., Ferrera, I., Beveridge, T.J. and Reysenbach, A.-L. (2008) Sulfurihydrogenibium kristjanssonii sp. nov., a hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing thermophile isolated from a terrestrial Icelandic hot spring. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 58; 1153-1158.
Reysenbach, A.-L. and Flores, G.E. (2008) Electron microscopy encounters with unusual thermophiles helps direct genomic analysis of Aciduliprofundum boonei. Geobiology, 6: 331-336.
Other Writings
Flores, G.E. (2012) Methanogens. YourWildLife.
Flores, G.E. (2011) Microbial ecology of active marine hydrothermal vent deposits: the influence of geologic setting on microbial communities. Portland State University. Thesis.
Flores, G.E., (2006) Microbial oxidation of inorganic arsenic in geothermal water of the Alvord Basin, Oregon: Field and Laboratory Investigations. University of Idaho. Thesis.
Salmon, T.P. and Flores, G.E. (2004) Anticoagulant baiting strategies for Pocket Gopher Control, Final report to the California Department of Food and Agriculture on completion of project 01-0540, 67 pp.
Press Coverage
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500368_162-57330743/bacteria-flourish-in-public-restrooms/
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/11/23/university-colorado-bacteria-study-bathroom_n_1110966.html
http://news.menshealth.com/fight-germs-while-you-travel/2011/12/07/
http://www.biotechniques.com/news/DNA-Extraction-Overcoming-Obstacles-in-Microbial-Studies/biotechniques-335698.html#.UTP0mRlifD8
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/11/23/university-colorado-bacteria-study-bathroom_n_1110966.html
http://news.menshealth.com/fight-germs-while-you-travel/2011/12/07/
http://www.biotechniques.com/news/DNA-Extraction-Overcoming-Obstacles-in-Microbial-Studies/biotechniques-335698.html#.UTP0mRlifD8
