Publications

Webster KD, Lennon JT (2024) Dormancy in the origin, evolution, and persistence of life on Earth. EcoEvoRxiv doi.org/10.32942/X2V626. In Press at Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Lennon JT, Lehmkuhl BK, Chen L, Illingworth M, Kuo V, Muscarella ME (2024) Resuscitation-promoting factor (Rpf) terminates dormancy among diverse soil bacteria. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2024.11.10.622857

Nevermann Henrik D, Gros C, Lennon JT (2024) A game of life with dormancy. arXiv 2406.13765v1 arXiv doi.org/doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2406.13765

Mueller EA, Lennon JT (2024) Residence time structures microbial communities through niche partitioning. bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.22.609267

Măgălie A, Marantos A, Schwartz DA, Marchi J, Lennon JT, Weitz JS (2024) Phage infection fronts trigger early sporulation and collective defense in bacterial populations. bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2024.05.22.595388

Zang Z, Zhang C, Park KJ, Schwartz DA, Podicheti R, Lennon JT, Gerdt JP (2024) Bacterium secretes chemical inhibitor that sensitizes competitor to bacteriophage infection. bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.31.578241 In Press at Nature Microbiology

Hu A, Cui Y, Bercovici, Tanentzap AJ, Lennon JT, Lin X, Yang Y, Liu Y, Osterholz H, Dong H, Lu Y, Jiao N, Wang J (2024) Photochemical processes drive thermal responses of dissolved organic matter in the dark ocean. bioRxiv doi.org/10.1101/2024.09.06.611638

Peixoto R, Voolstra CR, Stein LY, Hugenholtz P, Salles JF, Amin SA, Häggblom M, Gregory A, Makhalanyane TP, Wang F, Agbodjato NA, Wang Y, Jiao N, Lennon JT, Ventosa A, Bavoil PM, Miller V, Gilbert JA (2024) Microbiology at the brink: a unified call for action against climate catastrophe. Nature Microbiology: 10.1038/s41564-024-01861-0 (pdf)

McGill B, Jarzyna M, Diaz R, Barnes C, Diaz FH, Economo, E, French C, Hagen O, James H, Kivlin S, Lahiri, S, Lennon JT Mascarenhas R, Ohyama L, Rabosky DL, Zhu K, Hickerson M, Gillespie R (In Review) A call to develop a coherent discipline of biodiversity science to address global change.

Beattie GA, Edlund A, Esiobu N, Gilbert J, Nicolaisen MH, Jansson JK, Jensen P, Keiluwei M, Lennon JT, Martiny JBH, Minnisi VR, Newmann D, Peixoto R, Schadt C, van der Meer JR, and the Soil Microbiome Consortium for Climate Mitigation (2024) Soil microbiome interventions for carbon sequestration and climate mitigation. In Press at mSystems

Wu W, Hsieh C, Logares R, Lennon JT, Liu H (2024) Ecological processes shaping highly connected bacterial communities along strong environmental gradients. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 100: fiae115

Waldrop MP, Ernakovich JG, Schaefer S, Mackleprang R, Taş N, Vishnivetskay T, Li Z, Ricketts M, Leewis M, Hewitt R, Hultman J, Sun Y, Biaasi C, Bradly J, Liebner S, Winkel M, Musarella ME, Schuette U, Whalen E, Timling I, Voigt C, O’Brien JM, Lennon JT, Barta J, Lloyd KG, Barbato RA, Siljanen HMP, Rivkina EM, Heffernan L, Onstott TC, Voříšková J, Tao J, Lian R (In Review) Microbial ecology of permafrost soils: populations, processes, and perspectives.

Edlund A, Beattie GA, Gilbert J, Nicolaisen MH, Jansson JK, Jensen P, Keiluwei M, Lennon JT, Martiny JBH, Newmann D, Schadt C, van der Meer JR. (2024) Soil microbial strategies for climate mitigation: Report from a climate action workshop in Las Vegas, Nevada, February 2024. Sustainable Microbiology.

Hu A, Jang K-S, Tanentzap AJ, Zhao W, Lennon JT, Liu J, Li M, Stegen JC, Choi M, Lu Y, Feng X, Wang J (2024) Thermal responses of dissolved organic matter under global change. Nature Communications 15: 576 (pdf)

Lennon JT, Abramoff RZ, Allison SD, Burckhardt RM, DeAngelis KM, Dunne JP, Frey SD, Friedlingstein P, Hawkes CV, Hungate BA, Khurana S, Kivlin SN, Levine N, Manzoni S, Martiny AC, Martiny JBH, Nguyen N, Rawat M, Talmy D, Todd-Browne K, Vogt M, Wieder WR, Zakem E (2024) Priorities, opportunities, and challenges for integrating microorganisms into Earth system models for climate change prediction. mBio 15: e00455-24 (pdf)

Moger-Reischer RZ, Glass JI, Wise KS, Sun L, Bittencourt DMC, Lehmkuhl BK, Schoolmaster DR Jr, Lynch M, Lennon JT (2023) Evolution of a minimal cell. Nature 620: 122-127 (pdf)

Schwartz DA, Shoemaker WR, Măgălie A, Weitz JS, Lennon JT (2023) Bacteria-phage coevolution with a seed bank. ISMEJ 17: 1315–1325 (pdf)

Fishman FJ, Lennon JT (2023) Macroevolutionary constraints on global microbial diversity. Ecology and Evolution 13: e10403 (pdf)

Zhou X, Lennon JT, Lu X, Ruan A (2023) Anthropogenic activities mediate stratification and stability of microbial communities in freshwater sediments. Microbiome 11: 191 (pdf)

Schwartz DA, Rodríguez-Ramos J, Shaffer M, Flynn F, Daly R, Wrighton KC, Lennon JT (2023) Human-gut phages harbor sporulation genes. mBio e0018223 (pdf)

Wisnoski NI, Lennon JT (2023) Scaling up and down: movement ecology for microorganisms. Trends in Microbiology 31: 242-253 (pdf)

Măgălie A, Schwartz DA, Lennon JT, Weitz JS (2023) Optimal dormancy strategies in fluctuating environments given delays in phenotypic switching. Journal of Theoretical Biology 561: 111413 (pdf)

Lennon JT, Frost SDW, Nguyen NK, Peralta AL, Place AR, Treseder KK (2023) Microbiology and climate change: a transdisciplinary imperative. mBio 13: e0335-22 (pdf)

Bolin LG, Lennon JT, Lau JA (2023) Traits of soil bacteria predict plant responses to soil moisture. Ecology 104: e3893 (pdf)

Irvine R, Houser M, Marquart-Pyatt ST, Bolin L, Browning EG, Dott G, Evans SE, Howard M, Lau J, Lennon JT (2023) Soil health through farmers’ eyes: Toward a better understanding of how farmers view, value, and manage for healthier soils. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 78: 82-92 (pdf)

McMullen JG, Lennon JT (2023) Mark-recapture of microorganisms. Environmental Microbiology 25: 150-157 (pdf)

Lennon JT, van der Elst LA, Mueller EA, Gumennik A (2023) Gut bioreactor and method for making the same. US Patent 11,840,681 B2 (pdf)

Lennon JT and 28 others (2023) Colloquium report: Microbes in models: integrating microbes into earth system models for understanding climate change. Washington, DC, American Society for Microbiology (link)

Lennon JT and 28 others (2023) Colloquium report: The role of microbes in mediating methane emissions. Washington, DC, American Society for Microbiology (link)

Webster KD, Schimmelmann A, Drobniak A, Mastalerz M, Lagarde LR, Boston PJ, Lennon JT (2022) Diversity and composition of cave methanotrophic communities. Microbiology Spectrum 10: e0156621 (pdf)

Schwartz DA, Lekmkuhl BK, Lennon JT (2022) Phage-encoded sigma factors alter bacterial dormancy. mSphere e00927-22 (pdf)

Shoemaker WR, Polezhaeva E, Givens KB, Lennon JT (2022) Seed banks alter the molecular evolutionary dynamics of Bacillus subtilis. Genetics. 221: iyac071 (pdf)

Hu A, Choi M, Tanentzap AJ, Liu J, Jang KS, Lennon JT, Liu Y, Soininen J, Lu X, Zhang Y, Shen J, Wang J (2022) Ecological networks of dissolved organic matter and microorganisms under global change. Nature Communications 13: 3699 (pdf)

Hu A, Jang KS, Meng F, Stegen J, Tanentzap AJ, Choi M, Lennon JT, Soinenen J, Wang J (2022) Microbial and environmental processes shape the link between organic matter functional traits and composition. Environmental Science and Technology 56: 10504−10516 (pdf)

Krause SMB, Bertilsson S, Grossart HP, Bodelier PLE, van Bodegom P, Lennon JT, Philippot L, Le Roux X (2022) Microbial trait-based approaches for agroecosystems. Advances in Agronomy 175: 260-299 (pdf)

Shoemaker WR, Lennon JT (2022) Predicting parallelism and quantifying divergence in experimental evolution. mSphere 7: e00672-21 (pdf)

Shoemaker WR, Jones SE, Muscarella ME, Behringer MG, Lehmkuhl BK, Lennon JT (2021) Microbial population dynamics and evolutionary outcomes under extreme energy-limitation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118: e2101691118 (pdf, PNAS Commentary, Supplementary Information)

Lennon JT, den Hollander F, Wilke-Berenguer M, Blath J (2021) Principles of seed banks: complexity emerging from dormancy. Nature Communications 2: 4807 (pdf)

Wisnoski NI, Lennon JT (2021) Stabilising role of seed banks and the maintenance of bacterial diversity. Ecology Letters 24: 2328–2338 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Shoemaker WR, Polezhaeva E, Givens KB, Lennon JT (2021) Molecular evolutionary dynamics of energy limited microorganisms. Molecular Biology and Evolution 38: msab195 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Lamit LJ, Romanowicz KJ, Potvin LR, Lennon JT, Tringe SG, Chimner RA, Kolka RK, Kane ES, Lilleskov EA (2021) Peatland microbial community responses to plant functional group and drought are depth-dependent. Molecular Ecology 30: 5119–5136 (pdf)

Kuo V, Lehmkuhl BK Lennon JT (2021) Resuscitation of the microbial seed bank alters plant-soil interactions. Molecular Ecology. 30: 2905–2914 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Wisnoski NI, Lennon JT (2020) Microbial community assembly in a multi-layer dendritic metacommunity. Oecologia 195: 13–24 (pdf)

Mobilian C, Wisnoski NI, Lennon JT, Abler M, Widney S, Craft CB (2020) Differential effects of press vs. pulse seawater intrusion on microbial communities of a tidal freshwater marsh. Limnology and Oceanography Letters 8: 154-161 (pdf)

Muscarella ME, Howey XM, Lennon JT (2020) Trait-based approach to bacterial growth efficiency. Environmental Microbiology 22: 3494–3504 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Moger-Reischer RZ, Snider EZ, McKenzie KL, Lennon JT (2020) Low costs of adaptation to dietary restriction. Biology Letters 16:20200008 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Locey KJ, Muscarella ME, Larsen ML, Bray SR, Jones SE, Lennon JT (2020) Dormancy dampens the microbial distance-decay relationship. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 375: 20190243 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Lennon JT, Locey KJ (2020) More evidence for Earth’s massive microbiome. Biology Direct 15: 5 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Lennon JT (2020) Microbial life underfoot. mBio 11:e03201-19 (pdf)

Wisnoski NI, Mucarella ME, Larsen ML, Peralta AP, Lennon JT (2020) Metabolic insight into bacterial community assembly across ecosystem boundaries. Ecology 101: e02968 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Yin Y, Masalerz M, Lennon JT, Drobniak A, Schimmelmann A (2020) Characterization and microbial mitigation of fugitive methane emissions from oil and gas wells: Example from Indiana, USA. Applied Geochemistry 118: 104619 (pdf)

Mueller EA, Wisnoski NI, Peralta AL, Lennon JT (2019) Microbial rescue effects: how microbiomes can save hosts from extinction. Functional Ecology 34: 2055–2064 (pdf)

Moger-Reischer RZ, Lennon JT (2019) Microbial aging and longevity. Nature Reviews Microbiology 17: 79-690 (pdf, Supplementary Information, Cover of Issue)

Wisnoski NI, Leibold MA, Lennon JT (2019) Dormancy in metacommunities. American Naturalist 194: 131-151 (pdf, Supplementary Information, code)

Salazar A, Lennon JT, Dukes JS (2019) Microbial activity improves predictability of soil respiration dynamics. Biogeochemistry 144: 103-116 (pdf)

Muscarella ME, Boot CM, Broeckling CD, Lennon JT (2019) Resource diversity structures aquatic bacterial communities. ISMEJ 13: 2183–2195 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Larsen ML, Wilhelm SW, Lennon JT (2019) Nutrient stoichiometry shapes microbial coevolution. Ecology Letters 22: 1009–1018 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Locey KJ, Lennon JT (2019) A residence-time framework for biodiversity. American Naturalist 194: 59-72 (pdf, Supplementary Information, code)

Sprunger CD, Culman SW, Peralta AP, Tianna DuPont ST, Lennon JT, Snapp SS (2019) Perennial grain crop roots and nitrogen management shape soil food webs and soil carbon dynamics. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 137: 107573 (pdf)

Shade A, Dunn RR, Blowes SA, Keil P, Bohannan BMJ, M Hermann, K Küsel, Lennon JT, Sanders NJ, D Storch, J Chase (2018) Macroecology to unite all biodiversity great and small. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 33: 731-744 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Lennon JT, Muscarella ME, Placella SA, Lehmkuhl BK (2018) How, when, and where relic DNA biases estimates of microbial diversity. mBio 9:e00637-18 (pdf)

Shoemaker WR, Lennon JT (2018) Evolution with a seed bank: the population genetic consequences of microbial dormancy. Evolutionary Applications 11: 60–75 (pdf)

Hall EK, Bernhardt ES, Bier R, Bradford MA, Boot CM, Cotner JB, del Giorgio PA, Evans SE, Graham EB, Jones SE, Lennon JT, Nemergut D, Osborne B, Rocca JD, Schimel JS, Waldrop MS, Wallenstein MW (2018) Understanding how microbiomes influence the systems they inhabit. Nature Microbiology 3: 977–982 (pdf, Behind the Paper)

Lennon JT, Locey KJ (2018) There are more microbial species on Earth than stars in the galaxy. Aeon (link)

Peralta AL, Sun Y, McDaniel MD, Lennon JT (2018) Crop diversity increases disease suppressive capacity of soil microbiomes. Ecosphere 9: e02235 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Long H, Sung W, Kucukyildirim S, Williams E, Miller S, Guo W, Patterson C, Gregory C, Strauss C, Stone C, Berne C, Kysela D, Shoemaker WR, Muscarella M, Luo H, Lennon JT, Brun YV, Lynch M (2018) Evolutionary determinants of genome-wide nucleotide composition. Nature Ecology and Evolution 2: 237-240 (pdf)

Schimmelmann A, Streil T, Fernandez-Cortes A, Cuezva S, Lennon JT (2018) Radiolysis via radioactivity is not responsible for rapid methane oxidation in subterranean air. PLOS ONE 113: 020650 (pdf)

Shoemaker WR, Locey KJ, Lennon JT (2017) A macroecological theory of microbial biodiversity. Nature Ecology and Evolution 1: 0107 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Kuo V, Shoemaker WR, Muscarella ME, Lennon JT (2017) Whole genome sequence of the soil bacterium Micrococcus sp. KBS0714. Genome Announcements 5: e00697-17 (pdf)

Nguyễn-Thuỳ D, Schimmelmann A, Nguyễn-Văn H, Drobniak A, Lennon JT, Tạ PH, Nguyễn NTA (2017) Subterranean microbial oxidation of atmospheric methane in cavernous tropical karst. Chemical Geology 466: 229-238 (pdf)

Lau JA, Lennon JT, Heath KD (2017) Trees harness the power of microbes to survive climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114: 11009-11011 (Commmentary on Gehring et al. 2017

Lamit LJ, Romanowicz JH, Potvin LR, Rivers A, Singh K, Lennon JT, Tringe S, Kane E, Lilleskov E (2017) Patterns and drivers of fungal community depth stratification in Sphagnum peat. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 93: fix082 (pdf)

Locey KJ, Fisk MC, Lennon JT (2017) Microscale insight into microbial seed banks. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 2040 (pdf)

Webster KD, Lagarde LR, Sauer PE, Schimmelmann A, Lennon JT, Boston PJ (2017) Isotopic evidence for the migration of thermogenic methane in Cueva de Villa Luz cave, Tabasco, Mexico. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 79: 24-34 (pdf)

Lennon JT, Locey KJ (2017) Macroecology for microbiology. Environmental Microbiology Reports 9: 38-40 (pdf)

LaSarre B, McCully AL, Lennon JT, McKinlay JB (2017) Microbial mutualism dynamics governed by dose-dependent toxicity and growth-independent production of a cross-fed nutrient. ISMEJ 11: 337–348 (pdf)

Lennon JT, Nguyễn Thùy D, Phạm Ðức N, Drobniak A, Tạ PH, Phạm NÐ, Streil T, Webster KD, Schimmelmann A (2017) Microbial contributions to subterranean methane sinks. Geobiology 15: 254-258 (pdf)

Skelton J, Geyer KM, Lennon JT, Creed RP, Brown BL (2017) Multi-scale ecological filters shape crayfish microbiome assembly. Symbiosis 72: 159-170 (pdf)

Moger-Reischer RZ, Lennon JT (2017) Book Review. The human superorganism: how the microbiome is revolutionizing the pursuit of a healthy life by Rodney Dietert. Quarterly Review of Biology 92: 203 (pdf)

Locey KJ, Lennon JT (2017) A modeling platform for the simultaneous emergence of ecological patterns. PeerJ Preprints. 5:e1469v3 (pdf)

Locey KJ, Lennon JT (2016) Powerful predictions of biodiversity from ecological models and scaling laws. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113: E5097 (Reply to Willis)

Lennon JT, Locey KJ (2016) The underestimation of global microbial diversity. mBio 7: e01298-16 (pdf); a correspondence to and from)

Locey KJ, Lennon JT (2016) Scaling laws predict global microbial diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113: 5970-5975 (pdf, Supplementary Information PNAS Commentary, F1000 Recommendaton)

Lennon JT, Lehmkuhl (2016) A trait-based approach to biofilms in soil. Environmental Microbiology 18: 2732–2742 (pdf)

Muscarella ME, Jones SE, Lennon JT (2016) Species sorting along a subsidy gradient alters community stability. Ecology 97: 2034-2043 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Aanderud ZT, Vert JC, Magnusson TW, Lennon JT, Breakwell DP, Harker AR (2016) Bacterial dormancy is more prevalent in freshwater than hypersaline lakes. Frontiers in Microbiology 7: 853 (pdf)

Lennon JT, Denef VJ (2016) Evolutionary ecology of microorganisms: from the tamed to the wild, p 4.1.2-1–4.1.2-12. In Yates MV, Nakatsu C, Miller R, Pillai S (ed), Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 4th ed. ASM Press, Washington, DC (pdf)

Wigington CH, Sonderegger DL, Brussard CPD, Buchan A, Finke JF, Fuhrman JA, Lennon JT, Middelboe M, Stock CA, Suttle CA, Wilson WH, Wommack EK, Wilhelm SW, Weitz JS (2016) Re-examining the relationship between virus and microbial cell abundances in the global oceans. Nature Microbiology 1: 15024 (pdf, Interactive Dashboard)

Hall EK, Schoolmaster DR, Amado, AM, Stets, EG, Lennon JT, Domine L, Cotner JB (2016) Scaling relationships among drivers of aquatic respiration: from the smallest to the largest freshwater ecosystems. Inland Waters 6: 1-10 (pdf)

Kinsman-Costello LE, Hamilton SK, O’Brien J, Lennon JT (2016) Phosphorus release from the drying and reflooding of diverse wetland sediments. Biogeochemistry 130: 159-176 (pdf)

Wisnoski NI, Lennon JT (2016) Book Review. Principles of Microbial Diversity by James W. Brown. Quarterly Review of Biology 91: 98-99 (pdf)

Martiny JBH, Jones SE, Lennon JT, Martiny AC (2015) Microbiomes in light of traits: a phylogenetic perspective. Science 350: aac9323 (pdf)

Bier RL, Bernhardt ES, Boot CM, Graham EB, Hall EK, Lennon JT, Nemergut D, Osborne BB, Ruiz-Gonzalez C, Schimel JP, Waldrop MP, Wallenstein MD (2015) Linking microbial community structure and microbial processes: an empirical and conceptual overview. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 91: fiv113 (pdf)

Shoemaker WR, Muscarella ME, Lennon JT (2015) Genome sequence of the soil bacterium Janthinobacterium sp. KBS0711. Genome Announcements 3: e00689-15 (pdf)

Treseder KK, Lennon JT (2015) Fungal traits that drive ecosystem dynamics. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews 79: 243-262 (pdf)

Solomon CT, Jones SE, Weidel BC, Buffam I, Fork ML, Karlsson J, Larsen S, Lennon JT, Read JS, Sadro S, Saros JE (2015) Ecosystem consequences of changing inputs of terrestrial dissolved organic matter to lakes: current knowledge and future challenges. Ecosystems 18: 376-389 (pdf)

Weitz JS, Stock CA, Wilhelm SW, Bourouiba L, Buchan A, Coleman ML, Follows MJ, Fuhrman JA, Jover LF, Lennon JT, Middelboe M, Sonderegger DL, Suttle CA, Taylor BP, Thingstad TF, Wilson WH, Wommack EK (2015) A multitrophic model to quantify the effects of marine viruses on microbial food webs and ecosystem processes. The ISME Journal 9: 1352-1364 (pdf)

Aanderud ZT, Jones SE, Fierer N, Lennon JT (2015) Resuscitation of the rare biosphere contributes to pulses of ecosystem activity. Frontiers in Microbiology 6: 24 (pdf)

Jones SE, Lennon JT (2015) A test of the subsidy-stability hypothesis: effects of terrestrial carbon in aquatic ecosystems. Ecology 96: 1550-1560 (pdf, Supplementary Information, ESA Bulletin Photo Gallery)

Rocca JD, Hall EK, Lennon JT, Evans SE, Waldrop MP, Cotner JB, Nemergut DR, Graham EB, Wallenstein MD (2015) Relationships between protein-encoding gene abundance and corresponding process are commonly assumed yet rarely observed. The ISME Journal 9: 1693-1699 (pdf)

Muscarella ME, Bird KC, Larsen ML, Placella SA, Lennon JT (2014) Phosphorus resource heterogeneity in microbial food webs. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 73: 259-272 (pdf)

Peralta AL, Stuart D, Kent AD, Lennon JT (2014) A social-ecological framework for “micromanaging” microbial services. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 12: 524-531 (pdf, Supplementary Information, Cover of Issue)

Krause S, Le Roux X, Niklaus PA, Van Bodegom P, Lennon JT, Bertilsson S, Grossart HP, Philippot L, Bodelier P (2014) Trait-based approaches for understanding microbial biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Frontiers in Microbiology 5: 251 (pdf)

terHorst CP, Lennon JT, Lau JA (2014) The relative importance of rapid evolution for plant-soil feedbacks depend on ecological context. Proceeding of the Royal Society B 281: 20140028 (pdf, Correction)

Dzialowski AR, Rzepecki M, Kostrzewska-Szlakowska I, Lennon JT, Kalinowska K, Palash A (2014) Are the abioitc and biotic characteristics of aquatic mesocosms representative of in situ conditions? Journal of Limnology 73: 603-612 (pdf)

Bertilsson S, Burgin A, Carey CC, Fey SB, Grossart HP, Grubisic L, Jones I, Kirillin G, Lennon JT, Shade A, Smyth RL (2013) The under-ice microbiome of seasonally frozen lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 58: 1998-2012 (pdf)

Lennon JT, Hamilton SK, Muscarella ME, AS Grandy, K Wickings, SE Jones (2013) A source of terrestrial organic carbon to investigate the browning of aquatic ecosystems. PLOS ONE 8: e75771 (pdf)

Ponsero AJ, Chen F, Lennon JT, Wilhelm SW (2013) Complete genome sequence of a non-lysogenizing cyanobacterial siphoviridae. Genome Announcements 1(4): e00472-13 (pdf)

Lauber CL, Ramirez KS, Aanderud ZT, Lennon JT, Fierer N. (2013) Temporal variability in soil microbial communities across land-use types. The ISME Journal 7: 1641-1650 (pdf)

Aanderud ZT, Jones SE, Schoolmaster DR, Fierer N, Lennon JT (2013) Sensitivity of soil respiration and microbial communities to altered snowfall. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 57: 217-227 (pdf)

Shade A, Peter H, Allison S, Baho D, Berga M, Burgmann H, Huber D, Langenheder S, Lennon JT, Martiny JBH, Matulich K, Schmidt TM, Handelsman J (2012) Fundamentals of microbial community resistance and resilience. Frontiers in Microbiology 3: 417 (pdf)

Lau JA, Lennon JT (2012) Rapid responses of soil microorganisms improve plant fitness in novel environments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 109: 14058-14062 (pdf, Supplementary Information, press release, pod cast, F1000 Recommendation, Correction)

Lennon JT, Aanderud ZA, Lehmkuhl BK, Schoolmaster DR (2012) Mapping the niche space of soil microorganisms using taxonomy and traits. Ecology 93: 1867-1879 (pdf, Supplementary Information, ESA Bulletin Photo Gallery)

Burgin AJ, Hamilton SK, Jones SE, Lennon JT (2012) Denitrification by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in a eutrophic lake. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 66: 283-293 (pdf)

O’Brien JM, Hamilton SK, Kinsman-Costello LE, Lennon JT, Ostrom NE (2012) Nitrogen transformations in a through-flow wetland revealed using whole-ecosystem pulsed 15N additions. Limnology and Oceanography 57: 221-234 (pdf)

Treseder KK, Balser TC, Bradford MA, Brodie EL, Eviner VT, Hofmockel KS, Lennon JT, Levine UY, MacGregor BJ, Pett-Ridge J, Waldrop MP (2012) Integrating microbial ecology into ecosystem models. Biogeochemistry 109: 7-18 (pdf)

Lau JA, Lennon JT (2011) Evolutionary ecology of plant-microbe interactions: soil microbial structure alters natural selection on plant traits. New Phytologist 192: 215-224 (pdf)

Aanderud ZT, Lennon JT (2011) Validation of heavy-water stable isotope probing for the characterization of rapidly responding soil bacteria. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77: 4589-4596 (pdf)

Fierer N, Lennon JT (2011) The generation and maintenance of diversity in microbial communities. American Journal of Botany 98: 439-448 (pdf)

Lennon JT, Jones SE (2011) Microbial seed banks: ecological and evolutionary implications of dormancy. Nature Reviews Microbiology 9:119-130 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Lennon JT (2011) Replication, lies, and lesser-known truths regarding experimental design in environmental microbiology. Environmental Microbiology 6: 1383-1386 (pdf)

Aanderud ZT, Schoolmaster DR, Lennon JT (2011) Plants mediate the sensitivity of soil respiration to rainfall variability. Ecosystems 14: 156-167 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Jones SE, Lennon JT (2010) Dormancy contributes to the maintenance of microbial diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107: 5881-5886 (pdf, Supplementary Information, press release)

Hall EK, Singer GA, Kainz MJ, Lennon JT (2010) Evidence for temperature acclimation in bacteria: an empirical test of a hypothesized membrane-mediated trade-off. Functional Ecology 24: 898-908 (pdf)

Thum RA, Lennon JT (2010) Comparative ecological niche models predictive the invasive spread of variable-leaf milfoil (Myriophyllum heterophyllum) and its potential impact on closely related native species. Biological Invasions 12: 133-143 (pdf)

Jones SE, Lennon JT (2009) Evidence for limited microbial transfer of methane in a planktonic food web. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 58: 45-53 (pdf)

Lennon JT, Martiny JBH (2008) Rapid evolution buffers ecosystem impacts of viruses in a microbial food web. Ecology Letters 11: 1177-1188 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Lennon JT, Cottingham KL (2008) Microbial productivity in variable resource environments. Ecology 84: 1001-1014 (pdf, Supplementary Information, ESA Bulletin Photo Gallery)

Lennon JT, Khatana SAM, Marston MF, Martiny JBH (2007) Is there a cost of virus resistance in marine cyanobacteria? The ISME Journal 1: 300-312 (pdf, Featured Article)

Lennon JT (2007) Diversity and metabolism of marine bacteria cultivated on dissolved DNA. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73: 2799-2805 (pdf)

Reyns NB, Langenheder S, Lennon J (2007) Specialization vs. diversification: a trade-off for young scientists? Eos 88: 343 (pdf)

Dzialowski AD, Lennon JT, Smith VH (2007) Food web structure provides biotic resistance against plankton invasion attempts. Biological Invasions 9: 257-256 (pdf)

Lennon JT, Faiia AM, Feng X, Cottingham KL (2006) Relative importance of CO2 recycling and CH4 pathways in lake food webs along a terrestrial carbon gradient. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 1602-1613 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Thum RA, Lennon JT (2006) Is hybridization responsible for invasive growth of non-indigenous water-milfoils? Biological Invasions 84: 1061-1066 (pdf)

Cottingham KL, Lennon JT, Brown BL (2005) Regression versus ANOVA. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3: 358 (pdf)

Cottingham KL, Lennon JT, Brown BL (2005) Knowing when to draw the line: designing more informative ecological experiments. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3: 145-152 (pdf, Supplementary Information)

Lennon JT, Pfaff LE (2005) Source and supply of terrestrial carbon affects aquatic microbial metabolism. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 39: 107-119 (pdf)

Thum RA, Lennon JT, Connor J, Smagula AP (2005) A DNA fingerprinting approach for distinguishing native and non-native milfoils. Lake and Reservoir Management 21: 1-6 (pdf)

Lennon JT (2004) Experimental evidence that terrestrial carbon subsidies increase CO2 flux from lake ecosystems. Oecologia 138: 584-591 (pdf)

Lennon JT (2004) The energetic importance of terrestrial carbon in lake ecosystems. Dartmouth College (USA), 169 pp. (pdf)

Lennon JT, Smith VH, Dzialowski AR (2003) Invasibility of plankton food webs along a trophic state gradient. Oikos 102: 191-203 (pdf)

Dzialowski AR, Lennon JT, O’Brien WJ, Smith VH (2003) Predator-induced phenotypic plasticity in the exotic cladoceran Daphnia lumholtzi. Freshwater Biology 48: 1593-1602 (pdf, Cover of Issue)

Cottingham KL, Brown BL, Lennon JT (2001) Biodiversity may regulate the temporal variability of ecological systems. Ecology Letters 4: 72-85 (pdf)

Lennon JT, Smith VH, Williams K (2001) Influence of temperature on exotic Daphnia lumholtzi and implications for invasion success. Journal of Plankton Research 23: 425-434 (pdf)

deNoyelles FJ, Wang SH, Meyer JO, Huggins DG, Lennon JT, Kolln WS, Randtke SJ (1999) Water quality issues in reservoirs: some considerations from a study of a large reservoir in Kansas. Proceedings of the 49th Annual Environmental Engineering Conference, University of Kansas, Lawrence (pdf)

Lennon JT (1999) Invasion success of the exotic Daphnia lumholtzi: species traits and community resistance. University of Kansas (USA) 77 pp.