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  1. A streamlined and predominantly diploid genome in the tiny marine green alga Chloropicon primus

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  2. The bacteriocin from the prophylactic candidate Streptococcus suis 90-1330 is widely distributed across S. suis isolates and appears encoded in an integrative and conjugative element

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2019, PLOS

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  3. Complete Genome Sequence of Vitreoscilla sp. Strain C1, Source of the First Bacterial Hemoglobin

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, August 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  4. Complete Genome Sequences of the Potential Zoonotic Pathogens Staphylococcus felis and Staphylococcus kloosii

    Article • Genome Announcements, May 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  5. Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus lutrae ATCC 700373, a Potential Pathogen Isolated from Deceased Otters

    Article • Genome Announcements, June 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  6. Complete Genome Sequences of Two Human Oral Microbiome Commensals: Streptococcus salivarius ATCC 25975 and S. salivarius ATCC 27945

    Article • Genome Announcements, June 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Robert Butler

  7. Genetic Characterization of the Exceptionally High Heat Resistance of the Non-toxic Surrogate Clostridium sporogenes PA 3679

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, April 2017, Frontiers

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Robert Butler

  8. Comparative genomics of microsporidian genomes reveals a minimal non-coding RNA set and new insights for transcription in minimal eukaryotic genomes

    Article • DNA Research, February 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Dr Jean-François Brugère

  9. Enhancement of Microbial Biodesulfurization via Genetic Engineering and Adaptive Evolution

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2017, PLOS

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Robert Butler

  10. The ‘other’ coral symbiont: Ostreobium diversity and distribution

    Article • The ISME Journal, July 2016, Nature

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  11. Complete Genome Sequences of Two Interactive Moderate Thermophiles,Paenibacillus napthalenovorans32O-Y andPaenibacillussp. 32O-W

    Article • Genome Announcements, February 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Robert Butler

  12. Moramonas marocensis gen. nov., sp. nov.: a jakobid flagellate isolated from desert soil with a bacteria-like, but bloated mitochondrial genome

    Article • Open Biology, February 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  13. Erratum: Auxenochlorella protothecoides and Prototheca wickerhamii plastid genome sequences give insight into the origins of non-photosynthetic algae

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2015, Nature

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  14. Genetic Diversity of Clostridium sporogenes PA 3679 Isolates Obtained from Different Sources as Resolved by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis and High-Throughput Sequencing

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Robert Butler

  15. The Prediction and Validation of Small CDSs Expand the Gene Repertoire of the Smallest Known Eukaryotic Genomes

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2015, PLOS

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  16. Auxenochlorella protothecoides and Prototheca wickerhamii plastid genome sequences give insight into the origins of non-photosynthetic algae

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2015, Nature

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Professor David R Smith

  17. Isolation and characterization of an interactive culture of two Paenibacillus species with moderately thermophilic desulfurization ability

    Article • Biotechnology Letters, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Robert Butler

  18. Comparative Analysis of Codon Usage Bias Patterns in Microsporidian Genomes

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2015, PLOS

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Robert Butler

  19. The Ordospora colligata Genome: Evolution of Extreme Reduction in Microsporidia and Host-To-Parasite Horizontal Gene Transfer

    Article • mBio, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Mr. Shadi Beidas

  20. Helicosporidia: a genomic snapshot of an early transition to parasitism

    Article • Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, December 2014, Polish Botanical Society

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  21. Evolution of a morphological novelty occurred before genome compaction in a lineage of extreme parasites

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  22. Exploiting the architecture and the features of the microsporidian genomes to investigate diversity and impact of these parasites on ecosystems

    Article • Heredity, September 2014, Nature

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Robert Butler

  23. A Lack of Parasitic Reduction in the Obligate Parasitic Green Alga Helicosporidium

    Article • PLoS Genetics, May 2014, PLOS

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  24. The Mitochondrial Genome of the Prasinophyte Prasinoderma coloniale Reveals Two Trans-Spliced Group I Introns in the Large Subunit rRNA Gene

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2013, PLOS

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  25. The complete mitochondrial genome from an unidentified Phalansterium species.

    Article • Protist Genomics, January 2013, De Gruyter

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  26. Complete Genome Sequences from Three Genetically Distinct Strains Reveal High Intraspecies Genetic Diversity in the Microsporidian Encephalitozoon cuniculi

    Article • Eukaryotic Cell, January 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Professor David R Smith

  27. Evidence for Transitional Stages in the Evolution of Euglenid Group II Introns and Twintrons in the Monomorphina aenigmatica Plastid Genome

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2012, PLOS

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  28. A locally funded Puerto Rican parrot (Amazona vittata) genome sequencing project increases avian data and advances young researcher education

    Article • GigaScience, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean-François Pombert, Wilfried Guiblet

  29. Tertiary Endosymbiosis in Two Dinotoms Has Generated Little Change in the Mitochondrial Genomes of Their Dinoflagellate Hosts and Diatom Endosymbionts

    Article • PLoS ONE, August 2012, PLOS

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  30. Gain and loss of multiple functionally related, horizontally transferred genes in the reduced genomes of two microsporidian parasites

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  31. The mitochondrial genome of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Gigaspora margarita reveals two unsuspected trans‐splicing events of group I introns

    Article • New Phytologist, February 2012, Wiley

    Dr Nicolas Corradi, Dr Jean-François Pombert

  32. The evolutionary history of haptophytes and cryptophytes: phylogenomic evidence for separate origins

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, February 2012, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  33. Acquisition of an animal gene by microsporidian intracellular parasites

    Article • Current Biology, August 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Nicolas Corradi, Dr Jean-François Pombert

  34. Branching Network of Proteinaceous Filaments within the Parasitophorous Vacuole ofEncephalitozoon cuniculiandEncephalitozoon hellem

    Article • Infection and Immunity, January 2011, ASM Journals

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  35. The complete sequence of the smallest known nuclear genome from the microsporidian Encephalitozoon intestinalis

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicolas Corradi, Dr Jean-François Pombert

  36. The Complete Plastid Genomes of the Two ‘Dinotoms’ Durinskia baltica and Kryptoperidinium foliaceum

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2010, PLOS

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  37. The Mitochondrial Genome of the Entomoparasitic Green Alga Helicosporidium

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2010, PLOS

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  38. Draft genome sequence of the Daphnia pathogen Octosporea bayeri: insights into the gene content of a large microsporidian genome and a model for host-parasite interactions

    Article • Genome Biology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Nicolas Corradi, Dr Jean-François Pombert

  39. Evolutionary relationships among salivarius streptococci as inferred from multilocus phylogenies based on 16S rRNA-encoding, recA, secA, and secY gene sequences

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  40. The Green Algal Ancestry of Land Plants as Revealed by the Chloroplast Genome

    Article • International Journal of Plant Sciences, June 2007, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  41. The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the green alga Oltmannsiellopsis viridis: evolutionary trends of the mitochondrial genome in the Ulvophyceae

    Article • Current Genetics, May 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  42. Article • BMC Biology, January 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  43. The Chloroplast Genome Sequence of the Green Alga Pseudendoclonium akinetum (Ulvophyceae) Reveals Unusual Structural Features and New Insights into the Branching Order of Chlorophyte Lineages

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, May 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jean-François Pombert

  44. The Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequence of the Green Alga Pseudendoclonium akinetum (Ulvophyceae) Highlights Distinctive Evolutionary Trends in the Chlorophyta and Suggests a Sister-Group Relationship Between the Ulvophyceae and Chlorophyceae

    Article • Molecular Biology and Evolution, January 2004, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jean-François Pombert