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John Wertz

Calvin University

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Department of Biology

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microbiology biology symbiosis ecology applied microbiology microbial ecology genomics microbiome entomology environmental microbiology avian biology molecular evolution bacteria genome biology biotic interactions evolutionary microbiology physiology phylogenetics insect science systematics gut microbes turtle ants complete genome sequences clinical microbiology ecological entomology zoology microbial physiology hormonal receptor microbial systematics nitrogen fixation genes gut bacteria stenoxybacter acetivorans insect biochemistry insect molecular biology food microbiology venereology protein science reproductive immunology pathogen detection gut-organ axis digestive tract bacteriology microbial diversity molecular microbiology industrial mycology medical microbiology endocrine-related cancers dysbiosis host-microbe interactions metalloproteins metallography plant-insect interactions endocrine research steroid metabolism social parasitism unicellular organism bacteriophages ecosystem interactions food web interactions tropical insect science hyperparasite phylogenomics comparative genomics arthropod taxonomy evolutionary taxonomies gut bacterial manipulation nitrogen assimilation evolutionary origins androgen receptor expression retinoic acid termite guts physiological ecology temporal shifts microbial communities bacterial vaginosis termite hindgut verrucomicrobium

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Complete Genome Sequences of Rhodococcus Equi Phages Coffeebean, Dorin, Francesca, Madraxi, and Tonitrus. PubMed (2025)

microbiologymicrobial geneticsgenome sequencingcomplete genome sequencesbacteriagenomicsbiologyphages coffeebeangenome biologymolecular biologyapplied microbiologymicroorganisms

Complete Genome Sequences of Nine Rhodococcus Equi Phages. Microbiology Resource Announcements (2024)

microbiologymolecular evolutionmicrobial geneticscomplete genome sequencesbacteriabiologymolecular ecologymicrobial consortiumgenome biologyapplied microbiologymicroorganisms

Domestication and Evolutionary Histories of Specialized Gut Symbionts Across Cephalotine Ants. Molecular Ecology (2024)

Christian CabuslayJohn T. WertzBenoît BéchadeYi HuSonali BraganzaDaniel FreemanShreyansh PradhanMaria MukhanovaScott PowellCorrie MoreauJacob A. Russell

molecular evolutiongeneticsphylogeneticsmicrobiomeevolutionary microbiologygut bacteriacephalotine antsgenomicsbiologyevolutionary biologygut microbesrrna sequencinggenome biologysymbiosissystematicscomparative genomicsphylogenomics

Physiological and Evolutionary Contexts of a New Symbiotic Species From the Nitrogen-Recycling Gut Community of Turtle Ants. The ISME Journal (2023)

Benoît BéchadeChristian S CabuslayYi HuCaroll M MendoncaBahareh HassanpourJonathan Y LinYangzhou SuValerie J FiersDharman AnandarajanRichard LuChandler J OlsonChristophe DuplaisGail L RosenCorrie S MoreauLudmilla AristildeJohn T WertzJacob A Russell

new symbiotic speciescoevolutionecological entomologyinsect sciencebiologyevolutionary biologyzoologysocial parasitismevolutionary contextsbiotic interactionssymbiosisturtle ants

Turtle Ants Harbor Metabolically Versatile Microbiomes With Conserved Functions Across Development and Phylogeny. FEMS Microbiology Ecology (2022)

Benoît BéchadeYi HuJon G SandersChristian S CabuslayPiotr ŁukasikBethany R WilliamsValerie J FiersRichard LuJohn T WertzJacob A Russell

developmental biologyavian biologymicrobial ecologyecologyturtle ants

Gut Bacteria Are Essential for Normal Cuticle Development in Herbivorous Turtle Ants. Nature Communications (2021)

Christophe DuplaisVincent Sarou-KanianDominique MassiotAlia HassanBarbara PerroneYannick EstevezJohn T. WertzEstelle MartineauJonathan FarjonPatrick GiraudeauCorrie S. Moreau

microbiologygut-organ axismicrobial ecologyinsect molecular biologynitrogen assimilationinsect biochemistrymicrobiomegut bacteriabiologyevolutionary biologygut microbesgut bacterial manipulationsymbiosisdigestive tract

In Their Sister’s Footsteps: Taxonomic Divergence Obscures Substantial Functional Overlap Among the Metabolically Diverse Symbiotic Gut Communities of Adult and Larval Turtle Ants. bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2021)

Benoît BéchadeYi HuJon G. SandersChristian S. CabuslayPiotr ŁukasikBethany R. WilliamsValerie J. FiersRichard LuJohn T. WertzJacob A. Russell

animal ecologyavian biologygeneticsornithologybotanyphylogeneticsevolutionary taxonomiestaxonomic divergenceinsect scienceevolutionary biologyarthropod taxonomylarval turtle antsecologysymbiosisentomologycommunity (ecology)

Symbiont-Mediated Degradation of Dietary Carbon Sources in Social Herbivorous Insects. Advances in insect physiology (2020)

biotic interactionsplant-insect interactionscoevolutionecological entomologyinsect sciencebiologyecology and evolutionary biologysymbiont-mediated degradationenvironmental degradationecologysymbiosisentomology

Author Correction: Herbivorous Turtle Ants Obtain Essential Nutrients From a Conserved Nitrogen-Recycling Gut Microbiome. Nature Communications (2018)

Yi HuJon G. SandersPiotr ŁukasikCatherine L. D’AmelioJohn S. MillarDavid R. VannYemin LanJustin A. NewtonMark SchotanusDaniel J. C. KronauerNaomi E. PierceCorrie S. MoreauJohn T. WertzPhilipp EngelJacob A. Russell

biotic interactionsauthor correctionmicrobiomeecosystem interactionsbiologyecology and evolutionary biologyzoologysupplementary information filefunctional ecologyecologysymbiosisentomologyfood web interactionssupplementary information pdf

C Ephaloticoccus. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (2018)

ocular tissuesneuro-ophthalmologyocular pathologyglaucomaophthalmology retinamorphologyophthalmologyanatomyvision rehabilitationexperimental ophthalmologyocular surface

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John Wertz

Calvin University

Affiliations

Calvin University

Department of Biology

NoneJohn Wertz is currently serving as a Calvin University faculty at Calvin University.

Honors

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Calvin University

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Complete Genome Sequences of Rhodococcus Equi Phages Coffeebean, Dorin, Francesca, Madraxi, and Tonitrus. PubMed (2025)

microbiologymicrobial geneticsgenome sequencingcomplete genome sequencesbacteriagenomicsbiologyphages coffeebeangenome biologymolecular biologyapplied microbiologymicroorganisms

Complete Genome Sequences of Nine Rhodococcus Equi Phages. Microbiology Resource Announcements (2024)

microbiologymolecular evolutionmicrobial geneticscomplete genome sequencesbacteriabiologymolecular ecologymicrobial consortiumgenome biologyapplied microbiologymicroorganisms

Domestication and Evolutionary Histories of Specialized Gut Symbionts Across Cephalotine Ants. Molecular Ecology (2024)

Christian CabuslayJohn T. WertzBenoît BéchadeYi HuSonali BraganzaDaniel FreemanShreyansh PradhanMaria MukhanovaScott PowellCorrie MoreauJacob A. Russell

Physiological and Evolutionary Contexts of a New Symbiotic Species From the Nitrogen-Recycling Gut Community of Turtle Ants. The ISME Journal (2023)

new symbiotic speciescoevolutionecological entomologyinsect sciencebiologyevolutionary biologyzoologysocial parasitismevolutionary contextsbiotic interactionssymbiosisturtle ants

Turtle Ants Harbor Metabolically Versatile Microbiomes With Conserved Functions Across Development and Phylogeny. FEMS Microbiology Ecology (2022)

Benoît BéchadeYi HuJon G SandersChristian S CabuslayPiotr ŁukasikBethany R WilliamsValerie J FiersRichard LuJohn T WertzJacob A Russell

developmental biologyavian biologymicrobial ecologyecologyturtle ants

Gut Bacteria Are Essential for Normal Cuticle Development in Herbivorous Turtle Ants. Nature Communications (2021)

Christophe DuplaisVincent Sarou-KanianDominique MassiotAlia HassanBarbara PerroneYannick EstevezJohn T. WertzEstelle MartineauJonathan FarjonPatrick GiraudeauCorrie S. Moreau

Benoît BéchadeYi HuJon G. SandersChristian S. CabuslayPiotr ŁukasikBethany R. WilliamsValerie J. FiersRichard LuJohn T. WertzJacob A. Russell

Symbiont-Mediated Degradation of Dietary Carbon Sources in Social Herbivorous Insects. Advances in insect physiology (2020)

Author Correction: Herbivorous Turtle Ants Obtain Essential Nutrients From a Conserved Nitrogen-Recycling Gut Microbiome. Nature Communications (2018)

C Ephaloticoccus. Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (2018)

ocular tissuesneuro-ophthalmologyocular pathologyglaucomaophthalmology retinamorphologyophthalmologyanatomyvision rehabilitationexperimental ophthalmologyocular surface

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