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Mya Breitbart
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
3,025 Points

Contributions by role

Author 605
Preprint Author 35
Reviewer 50
Editor 2,335

Contributions by subject area

Biodiversity
Bioinformatics
Microbiology
Virology
Ecology
Genomics
Entomology
Marine Biology
Freshwater Biology
Molecular Biology
Taxonomy
Computational Biology
Biological Oceanography
Agricultural Science
Evolutionary Studies
Genetics
Mathematical Biology
Public Health
Environmental Impacts
Pediatrics
Plant Science
Population Biology
Zoology
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases
Biogeography
Biosphere Interactions
Biotechnology
Science and Medical Education
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science

Mya Breitbart

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Professor at the University of South Florida College of Marine Science studying viral and microbial ecology

Biodiversity Biological Oceanography Ecology Environmental Sciences Genomics Microbiology Molecular Biology Virology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of South Florida

Work details

Professor

University of South Florida
January 2006
College of Marine Science

Websites

  • Breitbart Lab
  • Google Scholar

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 5
  • Preprints 1
  • Edited 19
  • Reviewed 1
August 16, 2022
Freshwater macrophytes harbor viruses representing all five major phyla of the RNA viral kingdom Orthornavirae
Karyna Rosario, Noémi Van Bogaert, Natalia B. López-Figueroa, Haris Paliogiannis, Mason Kerr, Mya Breitbart
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13875
October 11, 2018
Virus discovery in all three major lineages of terrestrial arthropods highlights the diversity of single-stranded DNA viruses associated with invertebrates
Karyna Rosario, Kaitlin A. Mettel, Bayleigh E. Benner, Ryan Johnson, Catherine Scott, Sohath Z. Yusseff-Vanegas, Christopher C.M. Baker, Deby L. Cassill, Caroline Storer, Arvind Varsani, Mya Breitbart
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5761 PubMed 30324030
February 20, 2018
Genomic evolution, recombination, and inter-strain diversity of chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 from Florida and Hawaii green sea turtles with fibropapillomatosis
Cheryl L. Morrison, Luke Iwanowicz, Thierry M. Work, Elizabeth Fahsbender, Mya Breitbart, Cynthia Adams, Deb Iwanowicz, Lakyn Sanders, Mathias Ackermann, Robert S. Cornman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4386 PubMed 29479497
December 8, 2016
Towards quantitative viromics for both double-stranded and single-stranded DNA viruses
Simon Roux, Natalie E. Solonenko, Vinh T. Dang, Bonnie T. Poulos, Sarah M. Schwenck, Dawn B. Goldsmith, Maureen L. Coleman, Mya Breitbart, Matthew B. Sullivan
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2777 PubMed 28003936
June 16, 2015
Deep sequencing of the viral phoH gene reveals temporal variation, depth-specific composition, and persistent dominance of the same viral phoH genes in the Sargasso Sea
Dawn B. Goldsmith, Rachel J. Parsons, Damitu Beyene, Peter Salamon, Mya Breitbart
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.997 PubMed 26157645
August 6, 2018 - Version: 1
Virus discovery in all three major lineages of terrestrial arthropods highlights the diversity of single-stranded DNA viruses associated with invertebrates
Karyna Rosario, Kaitlin A Mettel, Bayleigh E Benner, Ryan Johnson, Catherine Scott, Sohath Z Yusseff-Vanegas, Christopher CM Baker, Deby L Cassill, Caroline Storer, Arvind Varsani, Mya Breitbart
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27093v1

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May 13, 2022
Tracing RNA viruses associated with Nudibranchia gastropods
Umberto Rosani
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13410 PubMed 35586129
January 12, 2022
Communities of T4-like bacteriophages associated with bacteria in Lake Baikal: diversity and biogeography
Sergey Anatoljevich Potapov, Irina Vasilievna Tikhonova, Andrey Yurjevich Krasnopeev, Maria Yurjevna Suslova, Natalia Albertovna Zhuchenko, Valentin Valerianovich Drucker, Olga Ivanovna Belykh
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12748
November 15, 2021
Virus-derived sequences from the transcriptomes of two snail vectors of schistosomiasis, Biomphalaria pfeifferi and Bulinus globosus from Kenya
Sijun Liu, Si-Ming Zhang, Sarah K. Buddenborg, Eric S. Loker, Bryony C. Bonning
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12290 PubMed 34820163
November 4, 2021
Phage strategies facilitate bacterial coexistence under environmental variability
Esther Voigt, Björn C. Rall, Antonis Chatzinotas, Ulrich Brose, Benjamin Rosenbaum
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12194 PubMed 34760346
October 22, 2021
Nitzschia anatoliensis sp. nov., a cryptic diatom species from the highly alkaline Van Lake (Turkey)
Cüneyt Nadir Solak, Romain Gastineau, Claude Lemieux, Monique Turmel, Ewa Gorecka, Rosa Trobajo, Mateusz Rybak, Elif Yılmaz, Andrzej Witkowski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12220 PubMed 34733585
May 6, 2021
BACPHLIP: predicting bacteriophage lifestyle from conserved protein domains
Adam J. Hockenberry, Claus O. Wilke
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11396 PubMed 33996289
February 10, 2021
Characterization and complete genome sequence of Privateer, a highly prolate Proteus mirabilis podophage
James E. Corban, Jolene Ramsey
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10645 PubMed 33614267
August 31, 2020
Mimicking prophage induction in the body: induction in the lab with pH gradients
Taylor Miller-Ensminger, Andrea Garretto, Nicole Stark, Catherine Putonti
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9718 PubMed 32944418
April 14, 2020
Catalyzing rapid discovery of gold-precipitating bacterial lineages with university students
Noah G. Riley, Carlos C. Goller, Zakiya H. Leggett, Danica M. Lewis, Karen Ciccone, Robert R. Dunn
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8925 PubMed 32322441
April 19, 2019
Physiological responses of Oxyrrhis marina to a diet of virally infected Emiliania huxleyi
Andrew G. Goode, David M. Fields, Stephen D. Archer, Joaquín Martínez Martínez
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6722 PubMed 31041150
March 8, 2019
Environmental inactivation and irrigation-mediated regrowth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 on romaine lettuce when inoculated in a fecal slurry matrix
Jennifer A. Chase, Melissa L. Partyka, Ronald F. Bond, Edward R. Atwill
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6591 PubMed 30867998
February 20, 2019
Genome organization and molecular characterization of the three Formica exsecta viruses—FeV1, FeV2 and FeV4
Kishor Dhaygude, Helena Johansson, Jonna Kulmuni, Liselotte Sundström
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6216 PubMed 30809424
January 11, 2019
Diverse and variable virus communities in wild plant populations revealed by metagenomic tools
Hanna Susi, Denis Filloux, Mikko J. Frilander, Philippe Roumagnac, Anna-Liisa Laine
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6140 PubMed 30648011
October 17, 2018
Morphological characterization of virus-like particles in coral reef sponges
Cecília Pascelli, Patrick W. Laffy, Marija Kupresanin, Timothy Ravasi, Nicole S. Webster
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5625 PubMed 30356950
July 12, 2018
Patterns of triclosan resistance in Vibrionaceae
Keri A. Lydon, Megan J. Robertson, Erin K. Lipp
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5170 PubMed 30013840
July 9, 2018
Experimental evolution of UV resistance in a phage
Eric F. Tom, Ian J. Molineux, Matthew L. Paff, James J. Bull
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5190 PubMed 30013847
May 7, 2018
Viromes of one year old infants reveal the impact of birth mode on microbiome diversity
Angela McCann, Feargal J. Ryan, Stephen R. Stockdale, Marion Dalmasso, Tony Blake, C. Anthony Ryan, Catherine Stanton, Susan Mills, Paul R. Ross, Colin Hill
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4694 PubMed 29761040
March 1, 2018
First insight into the viral community of the cnidarian model metaorganism Aiptasia using RNA-Seq data
Jan D. Brüwer, Christian R. Voolstra
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4449 PubMed 29507840
February 9, 2018
Inter-domain microbial diversity within the coral holobiont Siderastrea siderea from two depth habitats
Guido Bonthond, Daniel G. Merselis, Katherine E. Dougan, Trevor Graff, William Todd, James W. Fourqurean, Mauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4323 PubMed 29441234

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December 20, 2019
Benchmarking protocols for the metagenomic analysis of stream biofilm viromes
Meriem Bekliz, Jade Brandani, Massimo Bourquin, Tom J. Battin, Hannes Peter
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8187 PubMed 31879573