Peer-Reviewed Publications
Griffin, T.W., Nigro, L.M., Collins, H.I., Holohan, B.A., & Ward, J.E. (2024). The metatranscriptome of resident microbiota in the gut of blue mussels, Mytilus edulis, under standard laboratory conditions. Current Research in Biotechnology 7, 100208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crbiot.2024.100208.
Griffin, T.W., Darsan, M.A., Collins, H.I., Holohan, B.A., Pierce, M.L., & Ward, J.E. (2023). A multi-study analysis of gut microbiome data from the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) emphasises the impact of depuration on biological interpretation. Environmental Microbiology 25:12, 3435-3449. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16537.
Collins, H.I., Holohan, B.A., Griffin, T.W., & Ward, J.E. (2023). Nylon microfibers develop a distinct plastisphere but have no apparent effects on the gut microbiome or gut tissue status in the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis. Environmental Microbiology 25:12, 2792-2806. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16496.
Griffin, T.W., Pierce, M.L., Nigro, L.M., Holohan, B.A., & Ward, J.E. (2021). An examination of the use of antibiotics as a method to experimentally perturb the microbiota of suspension-feeding bivalves. Invertebrate Biology 140:4, e12352. https://doi.org/10.1111/ivb.12352.
Griffin, T.W., Baer J.G., & Ward, J.E. (2021). Direct comparison of fecal and gut microbiota in the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) discourages fecal sampling as a proxy for resident gut community. Microbial Ecology 81, 180-192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-020-01553-2.
Ward, J.E., Zhao, S., Holohan, B.A., Mladinich, K.M., Griffin, T.W., Wozniak, J., & Shumway, S.E. (2019). Selective ingestion and egestion of plastic particles by the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) and eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica): implications for using bivalves as bioindicators of microplastic pollution. Environmental Science and Technology 53:15, 8776-8784. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b02073.
