| Convergent evolution of metabolic roles in bacterial co-symbionts of insects JP McCutcheon, BR McDonald, NA Moran Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 106 (36), 15394-15399, 2009 | 267 | 2009 |
| Origin of an alternative genetic code in the extremely small and GC–rich genome of a bacterial symbiont JP McCutcheon, BR McDonald, NA Moran PLoS genetics 5 (7), e1000565, 2009 | 225 | 2009 |
| One bacterial cell, one complete genome T Woyke, D Tighe, K Mavromatis, A Clum, A Copeland, W Schackwitz, ... PloS one 5 (4), e10314, 2010 | 195 | 2010 |
| Comparison of 26 sphingomonad genomes reveals diverse environmental adaptations and biodegradative capabilities FO Aylward, BR McDonald, SM Adams, A Valenzuela, RA Schmidt, ... Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79 (12), 3724-3733, 2013 | 95 | 2013 |
| Ecological interactions drive evolutionary loss of traits J Ellers, E Toby Kiers, CR Currie, BR McDonald, B Visser Ecology letters 15 (10), 1071-1082, 2012 | 79 | 2012 |
| Evolution and Ecology of Actinobacteria and Their Bioenergy Applications GR Lewin, C Carlos, MG Chevrette, HA Horn, BR McDonald, RJ Stankey, ... Annual review of microbiology 70, 235-254, 2016 | 60 | 2016 |
| Cellulolytic Streptomyces strains associated with herbivorous insects share a phylogenetically linked capacity to degrade lignocellulose AJ Book, GR Lewin, BR McDonald, TE Takasuka, DT Doering, AS Adams, ... Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 80 (15), 4692-4701, 2014 | 43 | 2014 |
| Differential genome evolution between companion symbionts in an insect-bacterial symbiosis GM Bennett, JP McCutcheon, BR MacDonald, D Romanovicz, NA Moran MBio 5 (5), e01697-14, 2014 | 40 | 2014 |
| Coculture of marine invertebrate-associated bacteria and interdisciplinary technologies enable biosynthesis and discovery of a new antibiotic, keyicin N Adnani, MG Chevrette, SN Adibhatla, F Zhang, Q Yu, DR Braun, ... ACS chemical biology 12 (12), 3093-3102, 2017 | 38 | 2017 |
| Xenorhabdus bovienii strain diversity impacts coevolution and symbiotic maintenance with Steinernema spp. nematode hosts KE Murfin, MM Lee, JL Klassen, BR McDonald, B Larget, S Forst, ... MBio 6 (3), e00076-15, 2015 | 33 | 2015 |
| Evolution of high cellulolytic activity in symbiotic Streptomyces through selection of expanded gene content and coordinated gene expression AJ Book, GR Lewin, BR McDonald, TE Takasuka, E Wendt-Pienkowski, ... PLoS biology 14 (6), e1002475, 2016 | 30 | 2016 |
| Characterization of Actinobacteria associated with three ant–plant mutualisms AS Hanshew, BR McDonald, CD Díaz, C Djiéto-Lordon, R Blatrix, ... Microbial ecology 69 (1), 192-203, 2015 | 30 | 2015 |
| Lateral gene transfer dynamics in the ancient bacterial genus Streptomyces BR McDonald, CR Currie MBio 8 (3), e00644-17, 2017 | 27* | 2017 |
| The antimicrobial potential of Streptomyces from insect microbiomes MG Chevrette, CM Carlson, HE Ortega, C Thomas, GE Ananiev, KJ Barns, ... Nature communications 10 (1), 516, 2019 | 20 | 2019 |
| Enrichment and broad representation of plant biomass-degrading enzymes in the specialized hyphal swellings of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the fungal symbiont of leaf-cutter ants FO Aylward, L Khadempour, DM Tremmel, BR McDonald, CD Nicora, ... PLoS One 10 (8), e0134752, 2015 | 19 | 2015 |
| Lineage-specific patterns of genome deterioration in obligate symbionts of sharpshooter leafhoppers GM Bennett, JP McCutcheon, BR McDonald, NA Moran Genome biology and evolution 8 (1), 296-301, 2015 | 14 | 2015 |
| Antimicrobial activity of actinobacteria isolated from the guts of subterranean termites RA Arango, CM Carlson, CR Currie, BR McDonald, AJ Book, F Green, ... Environmental entomology 45 (6), 1415-1423, 2016 | 11 | 2016 |
| Personalized circulating tumor DNA analysis to detect residual disease after neoadjuvant therapy in breast cancer BR McDonald, T Contente-Cuomo, SJ Sammut, A Odenheimer-Bergman, ... Science translational medicine 11 (504), eaax7392, 2019 | 3 | 2019 |
| Biogeography and Microscale Diversity Shape the Biosynthetic Potential of Fungus-growing Ant-associated Pseudonocardia BR McDonald, MG Chevrette, JL Klassen, HA Horn, EJ Caldera, ... BioRxiv, 545640, 2019 | 2 | 2019 |
| Sub-nucleosomal organization in urine cell-free DNA H Markus, J Zhao, T Contente-Cuomo, E Raupach, ... BioRxiv, 696633, 2019 | 1 | 2019 |