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Jay T. Lennon

Bloomington
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Simple, rapid, and sensitive assay for the quantification of total polysaccharides to estimate extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in soil

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By Glade D. Bogar, Jay T. Lennon, Sarah Evans
| biorxiv.org
Abstract Current methods for quantifying total polysaccharides in soil are expensive or require prolonged incubation of hazardous reagents at 100°C in glass vessels. We present a fast, sensitive, and inexpensive spectrophotometric assay quantifying polysaccharides in aqueous solution, featuring an instant reaction of room-temperature reagents using disposable tubes and cuvettes. Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.
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Residence Time Structures Microbial Communities Through Niche Partitioning

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By Emmi A Mueller, Jay T. Lennon
| Wiley Online Library Verified
1 Introduction In nature, physical forces influence the movement of resources and organisms in complex ways that determine the structure and function of communities (Ambrosetti et al. 2003; Bell et al. 2002; Kadlec 1994; Kashyap et al. 2013). Residence time (τ) captures some of this physical complexity by estimating the average amount of time passively moving molecules and organisms spend in a system.
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Streptomyces secretes a siderophore that sensitizes competitor bacteria to phage infection - Nature Microbiology

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By Zhiyu Zang, Chengqian Zhang, Daniel Schwartz, Jay T. Lennon
| Nature Verified
Abstract To overtake competitors, microbes produce and secrete secondary metabolites that kill neighbouring cells and sequester nutrients. This metabolite-mediated competition probably evolved in complex microbial communities in the presence of viral pathogens. We therefore hypothesized that microbes secrete natural products that make competitors sensitive to phage infection.
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