Selected papers

Luo Lab members *eq. contribution

Sheam M, Luo E. The biogeography of hydrothermal vent giant viruses across the global ocean. 2026. BioRxiv

Luo E, Pham N, Rogers T, Sheam M, Benner B, Vallino J, Trubl G, Huber J. Quantitative stable isotope probing (qSIP)-informed metagenomics identifies viruses infecting chemoautotrophs. 2026. Nature Communications

Sheam M, Luo E. 2025. Vertical transport and spatiotemporal dynamics of giant viruses in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. ISME Journal

Hackl T, Laurenceau R, Ankenbrand M, Bliem C, Cariani Z, Thomas E, Dooley K, Arellano A, Hogle S, Berube P, Leventhal G, Luo E, et al. 2023. Novel integrative elements and genomic plasticity in ocean ecosystems. Cell 186(1):47-62

Eppley J, Biller S*, Luo E*, Burger A, DeLong E. 2022. Marine viral particles reveal an expansive repertoire of phage-parasitizing mobile elements. PNAS 119 (43) e2212722119

Luo E, Leu A, Eppley J, Karl D, DeLong E. 2022. Diversity and origins of bacterial and archaeal viruses on sinking particles reaching the abyssal open ocean. ISME Journal 16: 1627-1635

Luo E, Eppley J, Romano A, Mende D, DeLong E. 2020. Virioplankton population dynamics and reproductive strategies in the oligotrophic open ocean water column. ISME Journal 14: 1304-1315

Beaulaurier J,* Luo E*, Eppley J*, Den Uyl P, Dai X, Turner D, Pendelton M, Juul S, Harrington E, DeLong E. 2020. Assembly-free single-molecule sequencing recovers complete virus genomes from natural microbial communities. Genome Research 30(3): 437-446

Coenen A*, Hu S*, Luo E*, Muratore D*, Weitz J. 2020. A primer for microbiome time-series analysis. Frontiers in Genetics 11: 310

McMullen A*, Luo E*, Martinez-Hernandez F, Tominaga K, Ogata H, Yoshida T, DeLong E, Martinez-Garcia M. 2020. Diel cycling of the cosmopolitan abundant Pelagibacter virus 37-F6: one of the most abundant viruses on Earth. Environmental Microbiology Reports 12(2): 214-219

Luo E, Aylward F, Mende D, DeLong E. 2017. Bacteriophage distributions and temporal variability in the ocean's interior. mBio 8(6): 01903-17