13. Rainey PB, Quistad SD. Toward a dynamical understanding of microbial communities. (2020). Philosophical Transactions B. 
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12. Quistad SD, Doulcier G, Rainey PB. (2020). Experimental manipulation of selfish genetic elements links genes to microbial community function. Philosophical Transactions B. 
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​11. Galtier d’Auriac I, Quinn RA, Maughan H, Nothias LF, Little MJ , Kapono CA, Cobian A, Reyes BT, Green K, Quistad SD, Leray M, Smith JE, Dorrestein PC, Rohwer F, Deheyn DD, Hartmann AC. (2018). Before platelets: the roles of platelet activating factor in a basal marine organism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 
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​10. Quistad SD. (2018) Cnidaria – An emerging model phylum to investigate the evolution of metazoan immunity. Old Herborn University Monograph 31: Evolutionary biology of the virome and its impact on human health and disease. 
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9.  Quistad SD, Grasis JA, Barr JJ, Rohwer FL. (2017) Viruses and the origin of microbiome selection and immunity. International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME J) 11(4):835-840
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8. Quistad SD, Lim YW, Silva GGZ, Nelson CE, Haas AF, Wegley-Kelly L, Edwards RA, Rohwer FL. (2016). Using viromes to predict novel immune proteins in non-model organisms. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 
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7. Quistad SD, and Traylor-Knowles N. (2016). Precambrian origins of the TNFR superfamily. Cell Death Discovery 
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6. Quinn RA, Vermeij MJA, Hartmann AC, Galtier d’Auriac I, Benler S, Haas A, Quistad SD, Lim YW, Little M, Sandin S, Smith JE, Dorrestein PC, Rohwer F. (2016). Metabolomics of reef benthic interactions reveals a bioactive lipid involved in coral defense. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 
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5. Knowles B, Silveira CB, Bailey BA, Barott K, Cantu VA, Cobián-Güemes AG, Coutinho FH, Dinsdale EA, Felts B, Furby KA, George EE, Green KT, Gregoracci GB, Haas AF, Haggerty JM, Hester ER, Hisakawa N, Kelly LW, Lim YW, Little M, Luque A, McDole-Somera T, McNair K, de Oliveira LS, Quistad SD, Robinett NL, Sala E, Salamon P, Sanchez SE, Sandin S, Silva GG, Smith J, Sullivan C, Thompson C, Vermeij MJ, Youle M, Young C, Zgliczynski B, Brainard R, Edwards RA, Nulton J, Thompson F, Rohwer F. (2016). Lytic to temperate switching of viral communities. Nature.​
          News coverage: Nature News and Views “Microbial oceanography: Viral strategies at sea”
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4. ​Hisakawa N, Quistad SD, Hester ER, Martynova D, Maughan M, Sala E, Gavrilo MV, Rohwer F. PeerJ. Metagenomic and satellite analysis of red snow in the Russian Arctic (2015). 3:e1491;DOI 10.7717/peerj.1491
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3. ​Quistad SD, Stotland A, Barott KL, Hilton B, Smurthweites C, Grasis J, Wolkowicz R, and
Rohwer F. (2014). The evolution of TNF-induced apoptosis reveals 550 million years of functional conservation. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences .
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         News coverage: "Learning about ourselves from ancient corals"
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2. ​Haas AF, Nelson CE, Rohwer F, Wegley-Kelly L, Quistad SD, Carlson CA, Leichter JJ, Hatay M, JE Smith (2013). Influence of coral and algal exudates on microbially mediated metabolism. PeerJ. 
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​1. Quistad SD, Valentine DL. (2011). Anaerobic oxidation of propane in marine sediments. Geochimica et cosmochimica. 
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