Relevant Publications (See Full List in Google Scholar)
- Tian, F*., Wainaina, J. M*., Howard-Varona, C., Domínguez-Huerta, G., Bolduc, B., Gazitúa, M. C., … Sullivan, M. B. (2024). Prokaryotic-virus-encoded auxiliary metabolic genes throughout the global oceans. Microbiome, 12(1), 159. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-024-01876-z (*=co first authors)
- Sun, C. L., Pratama, A. A., Gazitúa, M. C., Cronin, D., McGivern, B. B., Wainaina, J. M., … Sullivan, M. B. (2024). Virus ecology and 7-year temporal dynamics across a permafrost thaw gradient. Environmental Microbiology, 26(8), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16665
- Dominguez-Huerta, G., Wainaina, J. M., Zayed, A. A., Culley, A. I., Kuhn, J. H., & Sullivan, M. B. (2023). The RNA virosphere: How big and diverse is it? Environmental Microbiology, 25(1), 209–215. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16312
- Dominguez-Huerta, G., Zayed, A. A., Wainaina, J. M., Guo, J., Tian, F., Pratama, A. A., … Sullivan, M. B. (2022). Diversity and ecological footprint of Global Ocean RNA viruses. Science, 376(6598), 1202–1208. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abn6358
- Zayed, A. A*., Wainaina, J. M*., Dominguez-Huerta, G*., Pelletier, E., Guo, J., Mohssen, M., … Sullivan, M. B. (2022). Cryptic and abundant marine viruses at the evolutionary origins of Earth’s RNA virome. Science, 376(6589), 156–162. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abm5847 (*=co first authors)
- Pratama, A. A., Bolduc, B., Zayed, A. A., Zhong, Z.-P., Guo, J., Vik, D. R., Gazitua,C., Wainaina, J.M., Roux, S., Sullivan, M. B. (2021). Expanding standards in viromics: in silico evaluation of dsDNA viral genome identification, classification, and auxiliary metabolic gene curation. PeerJ, 9, e11447. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11447
- Zhong, Z.-P., Rapp, J. Z., Wainaina, J. M., Solonenko, N. E., Maughan, H., Carpenter, S. D., … Sullivan, M. B. (2020). Viral Ecogenomics of Arctic Cryopeg Brine and Sea Ice. MSystems, 5(3), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00246-20
- Wainaina, J. M., De Barro, P., Kubatko, L., Kehoe, M. A., Harvey, J., Karanja, D., & Boykin, L. M. (2018). Global phylogenetic relationships, population structure and gene flow estimation of Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Greenhouse whitefly). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 108(1), 5–13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485317000360
- Wainaina, J.M., Ateka, E., Makori, T., Kehoe, M. A., & Boykin, L. M. (2019). A metagenomic study of DNA viruses from samples of local varieties of common bean in Kenya. PeerJ, 2019(3). https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6465
- Wainaina, J.M., Kubatko, L., Harvey, J., Ateka, E., Makori, T., Karanja, D., … Kehoe, M. A. (2019). Evolutionary insights of Bean common mosaic necrosis virus and Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus. PeerJ, 2019(2). https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6297
- Wainaina, James M., Ateka, E., Makori, T., Kehoe, M. A., & Boykin, L. M. (2018). Phylogenomic relationship and evolutionary insights of sweet potato viruses from the western highlands of Kenya. PeerJ, 2018(7), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5254
- Wainaina, James M., Harvey, J., Ateka, E., Makori, T., Karanja, D., Kehoe, M. A., & Boykin, L. M. (2018). Genomic characterisation and evolutionary relationships of groundnut rosette virus from the western highlands of Kenya. Tropical Plant Pathology, 43(6), 583–585. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40858-018-0240-2