Publications

Submitted

• Ruggles Howe, L., D’Amore, L., Lopez, C., Shankar, S., Mars Brisbin, M. (2025) B-vitamin requirements and phycosphere interactions for the HAB-forming dinoflagellate, Pyrodinium bahamense var. bahamense. bioRxiv. link.

• Krinos, A.I., Mars Brisbin, M., Costa, A., Shapiro, A.K., Follows, M.J., Freilich, M., Alexander, H. (2026) Nutrient response strategies drive coastal range shifts of phytoplankton taxa. bioRxiv. link.

2025

• Fussy, Z., Lampe, R., Arrigo, K., Barry, K., Mars Brisbin, M., … Allen, A.E. (2025) Genome-resolved biogeography of Phaeocystales, cosmopolitan bloom-forming algae. Nature Communications. link.

• Kell, R.M., Subhas, A.V., Schanke, N.L., Lees, L.E., Chmiel, R.J., Rao, D., Mars Brisbin, M., Moran, D.M., McIlvin, M.R. Bolinesi, F., Mangoni, O., Casotti, R., Balestra, C., Horner, T.J., Dunbar, R.B., Allen, A.E., DiTullio, G.R., Saito, M.A. (2025) Zinc stimulation of phytoplankton in a low-carbon-dioxide, coastal Antarctic environment: evidence for the Zn hypothesis. Biogeosciences. link.

• Mars Brisbin, M., Acord, M., Davitt, R., Bent, S., Van Mooy, B.A.S., Flaum, E., Norlin, A., Turner, J., Krinos, A., Alexander, H., Saito, M. (2025) Exploring the Phaeosphere: Characterizing the microbiomes of Phaeocystis antarctica colonies from the coastal Southern Ocean and laboratory culture. Journal of Phycology. link. Full-text PDF available.

• Mars Brisbin, M., McIlvin, M., Wilburn, D., Saunders, J., Cohen, N., Bhatia, M., Kujawinski, E., Searle, B., Saito, M. (2025) Validation and Community Sharing of Ocean Spectral Libraries Generated by Machine Learning for Data Independent Acquisition Ocean Metaproteomic Analyses. Proteomics. link. Full-text PDF available.

2024

• Krinos, A. I., Mars Brisbin, M., Hu, S. K., Cohen, N. R., Rynearson, T. A., Follows, M.J., Schulz, F., Alexander, H. (2024) Missing microbial eukaryotes and misleading meta-omic conclusions. Nature Communications. link.

• Saito, M. A., Saunders, J., McIlvin, M., Bertrand, E., Breier, J., Mars Brisbin, M., Colston, S., Compton, J. R., Griffin, T., Hervey, J., Hettich, R., Jagtap, P., Janech, M., Johnson, R., Keil, R., Kleikamp, H., Leary, D., McCain, S., Moore, E., Mehta, S., Moran, D., Neibauer, J., Neely, B., Jakuba, M., Johnson, J., Duffy, M., Herndl, G., Giannone, R., Mueller, R., Nunn, B., Pabst, M., Peters, S., Rajczewski, A., Rowland, E., Searle, B., Van Den Bossche, T., Vora, G. J., Waldbauer, J., Zheng, H., Zhao, Z. (2024) Results from a Multi-Laboratory Ocean Metaproteomic Intercomparison: Effects of LC-MS Acquisition and Data Analysis Procedures. Biogeosciences. link .

• Mars Brisbin, M., Dudley, K. L., Yonashiro, Y., Mitarai, S., Ares, A. (2024) Urbanization of a subtropical island (Okinawa, Japan) alters physicochemical characteristics and disrupts microbial community dynamics in nearshore ecosystems. Estuaries & Coasts. link.

• Rao, D., Fussy, Z., Mars Brisbin, M., McIlvin, M. R., Moran, D. M., Allen, A. E., Follows, M. J., Saito, M. A. (2024) Flexible B₁₂ ecophysiology of Phaeocystis antarctica due to a fusion B₁₂-independent methionine synthase with widespread homologues. PNAS. link.

2023

• Mars Brisbin, M., Schofield, A., McIlvin, M. R., Krinos, A. I., Alexander, H., Saito, M. (2023) Vitamin B₁₂ conveys a protective advantage to phycosphere-associated bacteria at high temperatures. ISME Communications. link.

2022

• M. Mars Brisbin, S. Mitarai, M.A. Saito, H. Alexander. (2022) Microbiomes of bloom-forming Phaeocystis algae are stable and consistently recruited, with both symbiotic and opportunistic modes. ISME J. link.

• L.R. Aoki, M. Mars Brisbin, A.G. Hounshell, D.W. Kincaid, E.I. Larson, B.J. Sansom, A.J. Shogren, R.S. Smith, J. Sullivan-Stack. (2022) Preparing aquatic research for an extreme future: Call for improved definitions and responsive, multidisciplinary approaches. BioScience. link.

2021

• C. Uwizeye*, M. Mars Brisbin*, B. Gallet, F. Chevalier, C. LeKieffre, N. L. Schieber, D. Falconet, D. Wangpraseurt, L. Schertel, H. Stryhanyuk, N. Musat, S. Mitarai, Y. Schwab, G. FInazzi, J. Decelle. (2021)Cytoklepty in the plankton: a host strategy to optimize the bioenergetic machinery of endosymbiotic algae. PNAS. link. * Equal contributions (co-first authors)

2020

• A. Ares*, M. Mars Brisbin*, K.N. Sato, J.P. Martín, Y. Iinuma, S. Mitarai. (2020) Extreme storms cause rapid but short‐lived shifts in nearshore subtropical bacterial communities. Environmental Microbiology. link. * Equal contributions (co-first authors)

• M. Mars Brisbin, A.E. Conover, S. Mitarai. (2020) Influence of regional oceanography and hydrothermal activity on protis diversity and community structure in the Okinawa Trough. Microbial Ecology. link.

• M. Mars Brisbin, O.D. Brunner, M.M. Grossmann, S. Mitarai. (2020) Paired high‐throughput, in situ imaging and high‐throughput sequencing illuminate acantharian abundance and vertical distribution. Limnology and Oceanography. link.

• J. Arora, M. Mars Brisbin, A.S. Mikheyev. (2020) Effects of microbial evolution dominate those of experimental host-mediated indirect selection. PeerJ. link.

• D.W. Kincaid, W.S. Beck, J.E. Brandt, M. Mars Brisbin, K.J. Farrell, K.L. Hondula, E.I. Larson, A.J. Shogren. (2020) Wikipedia can help resolve information inequality in the aquatic sciences. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. link.

2019

• M. Mars Brisbin, S. Mitarai. (2019) Differential Gene Expression Supports a Resource‐Intensive, Defensive Role for Colony Production in the Bloom‐Forming Haptophyte, Phaeocystis globosa. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. link.

2018

• M. Mars Brisbin, L.Y. Mesrop, M.M. Grossmann, S. Mitarai. (2018) Intra-host symbiont diversity and extended symbiont maintenance in photosymbiotic Acantharea (clade F). Frontiers in Microbiology. link.

2015

• M. Mars Brisbin, A.E. McElroy, E.P. Espinosa, B. Allam. (2015) Antimicrobial activity in the cuticle of the American lobster, Homarus americanus. Fish & Shellfish Immunology. link.