Selected Publications

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Cultivated single-stranded DNA phages that infect marine Bacteroidetes prove difficult to detect with DNA-binding stains.
Holmfeldt, K., D. Odić, M.B. Sullivan, M. Middelboe, and L. Riemanna (2012)
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 78: 892-894.
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Evaluation of a transposase protocol for rapid generation of shotgun high-throughput sequencing libraries from nanogram quantities of DNA.
Marine, R., S.W. Polson, J. Ravel, G. Hatfull, D. Russell, M. Sullivan, F. Syed, M. Dumas, and K.E. Wommack (2011)
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77: 8071-8079.
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A holistic approach to marine eco-systems biology.
Karsenti, E., Acinas, S.G., Bork, P., Bowler, C., De Vargas, C., Raes, J., Sullivan, M., Arendt, D., Benzoni, F., Claverie, J.M., Follows, M., Gorsky, G., Hingamp, P., Iudicone, D., Jaillon, O., Kandels-Lewis, S., Krzic, U., Not, F., Ogata, H., Pesant, S., Reynaud, E.G., Sardet, C., Sieracki, M.E., Speich, S., Velayoudon, D., Weissenbach, J., Wincker, P., the Tara Oceans Consortium (2011)
PLoS Biology 9(10):e1001177.
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A simple and efficient method for concentration of ocean viruses by chemical flocculation.
John, S.G., C.B. Mendez, L. Deng, B. Poulos, A.K.M. Kauffman, S.E. Kern, J. Brum, M.F. Polz, E.A. Boyle, M.B. Sullivan (2011)
Environmental Microbiology Reports 3: 195-202.
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Genomic analysis of oceanic cyanobacterial myoviruses compared to T4-like myoviruses from diverse hosts and environments.
Sullivan, M.B., K.H. Huang, J.C. Ignacio-Espinoza, A. Berlin, L. Kelly, P.R. Weigel, A.S. DeFrancesco, S.E. Kern, L.R. Thompson, S. Young, C. Yandava, R. Fu, B. Krastins, M. Chase, D. Sarracino, M.S. Osburne, M.R. Henn, S.W. Chisholm (2010)
Environmental Microbiology 12: 3035-56.
abstract  pdf  Citations: 2

Structural changes in a marine podovirus associated with viral genome release into Prochlorococcus.
Liu, X., Q. Zhang, K. Murata, M.L. Baker, M.B. Sullivan, C. Fu, M. Dougherty, M.F. Schmid, M.S. Osburne, S.W. Chisholm & W. Chiu (2010)
Nature Structural and Molecular Biology 17: 830-6.
abstract  Citations: 13

Analysis of high-throughput sequencing and annotation strategies for phage genomes.
Henn, M.R., M.B. Sullivan, N. Stange-Thomann, M.S. Osburne, A.M. Berlin, L. Kelly, C. Yandava, C. Kodira, Q. Zeng, M. Weiand, T. Sparrow, S. Saif, G. Giannoukos, S.K. Young, C. Nusbaum, B.W. Birren, S.W. Chisholm (2010)
PLoS One 5: e9083.
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The genome and structural proteome of an ocean cyanobacterial siphovirus: A new window into the cyanobacterial ‘mobilome’.
Sullivan, M.B., B. Krastins, J. Hughes, L. Kelly, M. Chase, D. Sarracino, S.W.Chisholm (2009)
Environmental Microbiology 11: 2935-51.
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Portal protein diversity and phage ecology.
Sullivan, M.B. , M.C. Coleman, V. Quinlivan, J.E. Rosenkrantz, A.S. DeFrancesco, G. Tan, R. Fu, J.A.Lee, J.B. Waterbury, J.P. Bielawski, S.W. Chisholm (2008)
Environmental Microbiology 10: 2810-23.
abstract  pdf  Citations: 13

Efficient phage-mediated pigment biosynthesis in oceanic cyanobacteria.
Dammeyer, T., S.C. Bagby, M.B. Sullivan, S.W. Chisholm & N. Frankenberg-Dinkel (2008)
Current Biology 18: 442-8.
abstract  Citations: 20

Genome-wide expression dynamics of a marine virus and host reveal features of co-evolution.
Lindell, D., J.D. Jaffe, M.L. Coleman, M.E. Futschik, I.M. Axmann, T. Rector, G. Kettler, M.B. Sullivan, R. Steen, W.R. Hess, G.M. Church, S.W. Chisholm (2007)
Nature 449: 83-6.
abstract  Citations: 47

Culturing the marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus .
L.R. Moore, A. Coe, E.R. Zinser, M.A. Saito, M.B. Sullivan, D. Lindell, K. Frois-Moniz, J.B. Waterbury, S.W. Chisholm (2007)
Limnology & Oceanography: Methods 5: 353-362.
abstract  pdf  Citations: 14

Exploring the vast diversity of marine viruses.
M. Breitbart, L.R. Thompson, C.A. Suttle & M.B. Sullivan (2007)
Oceanography 20: 135-9.
pdf  Citations: 11

Prevalence and evolution of core photosystem II genes in marine cyanobacterial viruses and their hosts.
M.B. Sullivan*, D.L. Lindell*, J.A. Lee, L. Thompson, J.P. Bielawski, S.W. Chisholm (2006)
PLoS Biology 4: e234. (* co-first authors)
abstract  pdf  Citations: 82
Minor Correction: Error in four sequences (published online 13 Apr 2011)

Genomic islands and the ecology and evolution of Prochlorococcus.
Coleman, M.C., M.B. Sullivan, A.C. Martiny, C. Steglich, K. Barry, E.F. Delong, S.W. Chisholm (2006)
Science 311: 1768-70.
abstract  Citations: 138

Community genomics among stratified microbial assemblages in the ocean's interior.
DeLong, E.F., C.M. Preston, T. Mincer, V. Rich, S.J. Hallam, N.U. Frigaard, A. Martinez, M.B. Sullivan, R. Edwards, B. Rodriguez Brito, S.W. Chisholm and D.M. Karl (2006)
Science 311: 496-503.
abstract  Citations: 317

Three Prochlorococcus cyanophage genomes: Signature features and ecological interpretations.
Sullivan, M.B., M. Coleman, P. Weigele, F. Rohwer, S.W. Chisholm (2005)
PLoS Biology 3: e144.
abstract  pdf  Citations: 126

Marine phage genomics: What have we learned?
J.H. Paul & M.B. Sullivan (2005)
Current Opinion in Biotechnology 16: 299-307.
abstract  Citations: 36

Transfer of photosynthesis genes to and from Prochlorococcus viruses.
Lindell, D.L.*, M.B. Sullivan*, Z.I. Johnson, A. Tolonen, F. Rohwer, S.W. Chisholm (*co-first authors) (2004)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 101: 11013-18
abstract  pdf  Citations: 130

Cyanophages infecting the oceanic cyanobacterium, Prochlorococcus.
Sullivan, M.B., J.B. Waterbury, S.W. Chisholm (2003)
Nature 424: 1047-51.
abstract  Citations: 111

Genome divergence in two Prochlorococcus ecotypes reflects oceanic niche differentiation.
Rocap, G., F.W. Larimer, J. Lamerdin, S. Malfatti, P. Chain, N.A. Ahlgren, A. Arellano, M. Coleman, L. Hauser, W.R. Hess, Z.I. Johnson, M. Land, D. Lindell, A.F. Post, W. Regala, M. Shah, S.L. Shaw, C. Steglich, M.B. Sullivan, C.S. Ting, A. Tolonen, E.A. Webb, E.R. Zinser, S.W. Chisholm (2003)
Nature 424: 1042-47.
abstract  Citations: 405

Marine Phage Genomics.
Paul, J.H., M.B. Sullivan, A.M. Segall, F. Rohwer (2002)
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 133: 463-76.
abstract  Citations: 36

Denitrification in estuarine sediments as determined by membrane inlet mass spectrometry.
Kana, T.M., M.B. Sullivan, J.C. Cornwell, K.M. Groszkowski (1998)
Limnology & Oceanography 43: 334-9
abstract  pdf Citations: 76