Please find my list of peer-reviewed publications and preprints, along with their Altmetrics and Dimensions citations below.
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2023
Rothman, JA; Riis, JL; Hamilton, KR; Blair, C; Granger, DA; Whiteson, KL. 2023. Oral microbial communities in children, caregivers, and associations with salivary biomeasures and environmental tobacco smoke exposure. mSystems. Here's the link!
Rothman, JA; Saghir, A; Zimmer-Faust, AG; Langlois, K; Steele, JA; Griffith, JF; Whiteson, KL. 2023. Longitudinal sequencing and variant detection of SARS-CoV-2 across Southern California wastewater from April 2020 - August 2021. medRxiv preprint. Here's the link!
Zünd, M; Dunham, SJB; Rothman, JA; Whiteson, KL. 2023. What lies beneath? Taking the plunge into the murky waters of phage biology. mSystems. Here's the link!
  • Find the associated video here!
  • Featured as an "Editor's Choice" article.
2022
Rothman, JA; Saghir, A; Chung, S-A; Boyajian, N; Dinh, T; Kim, J; Saravanan, V; York, C; Zimmer-Faust, AG; Langlois, K; Steele, JA; Griffith, JF; Whiteson, KL. 2022. Longitudinal metatranscriptomic sequencing of Southern California wastewater representing 16 million people from August 2020-21 reveals widespread antibiotic resistance genes. Water Research. Here's the link!
Rothman, JA; Whiteson, KL. 2022. Sequencing and variant detection of eight abundant plant-infecting tobamoviruses across Southern California  wastewater. Microbiology Spectrum. Here's the link!
2021
Rothman, JA; Loveless, TB; Kapcia, J; Adams, ED; Steele, JA; Zimmer-Faust, AG; Langlois, K; Wanless, D; Griffith, M; Mao, L; Chokry, J; Griffith, JF; Whiteson, KL. 2021. RNA viromics of Southern California wastewater and detection of SARS-CoV-2 single nucleotide variants. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Here's the link!
  • Featured in National Geographic's article "One of the best tools for predicting COVID-19 outbreaks? Sewage." Here's the link!
  • Featured as a Spotlight article of significant interest and part of the ASM COVID-19 special collection. 
Rothman, JA; Loope, KJ; McFrederick, QS; Wilson Rankin, E. 2021. Microbiome of the wasp Vespula pensylvanica in native and invasive populations, and associations with Moku virus. PLoS ONE. Here's the link! 
2020
Gallagher, T; Riedel, S; Kapacia, J; Caverly, LJ; Carmody, L; Kalikin LM; Lu, J; Phan, J; Gargus, M; Kagawa, M; Leemans, SW; Rothman, JA; Grun, F; LiPuma, JJ; Whiteson, KL. 2020. LC-MS detection of antibiotic agents in sputum from persons with cystic fibrosis. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.  Here's the link!
Rothman, JA; Russell, KA; Leger, L; McFrederick, QS; Graystock, P. 2020. The direct and indirect effects of environmental toxicants on the health of bumble bees and their microbiomes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.  Here's the link!
Rothman, JA; Loveless, TB; Griffith, ML; Steele, JA; Griffith, JL; Whiteson, KL. 2020. Metagenomics of wastewater influent from Southern California wastewater treatment facilities in the era of COVID-19. Microbiology Resource Announcements. Here's the link!
Rothman, JA; Cox-Foster, D; Andrikopoulos, C; McFrederick, QS. 2020. Diet breadth affects bacterial identity but not diversity in the pollen provisions of closely related polylectic and oligolectic bees. Insects. Here's the link!
2019
Palmer-Young, EC; Ngor, L; Nevarez, RB; Rothman, JA; Raffel, TR; McFrederick, QS. 2019. Temperature dependence of parasitic infection and gut bacterial communities in bumble bees. Environmental Microbiology.
Part of the special issue "Pathogen and Antimicrobial Resistance Ecology." Here's the link! 
  • Featured in the Society for Applied Microbiology's magzine, "Microbiologist." Here's the link!
Rothman, JA; Leger, LM; Kirkwood, J; McFrederick, QS. 2019. Cadmium and selenate exposure affects the honey bee microbiome and metabolome, and bee-associated bacteria show potential for bioaccumulation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Here's the link!
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Rothman, JA; Leger, LM; Graystock, P; Russell, KA; McFrederick, QS. 2019. The bumble bee microbiome increases survival of bees exposed to selenate toxicity. Environmental Microbiology. ​
Part of the special issue "Our Microbial Overlords." Here's the link!
  • Featured on the cover of Environmental Microbiology!

Rubanov, A; Russell, KA; Rothman, JA; Nieh, JC; McFrederick, QS. 2019. Intensity of Nosema ceranae infection is associated with specific honey bee gut bacteria and weakly associated with gut microbiome structure. Scientific Reports. Here's the link!
Rothman, JA; Andrikopoulos, CJ; Cox-Foster, D; McFrederick, QS. 2019. Floral and foliar source affect the bee nest microbial community. Microbial Ecology. Here's the link!
2018
Carroll, MJ; Meikle, WG; McFrederick, QS; Rothman, JA; Brown, NJ; Weiss, M; Ruetz, Z; Chang, E.  2018. Pre-almond supplemental forage improves colony survival and alters queen pheromone signaling in overwintering colonies. Apidologie. Here's the link!
McFrederick, QS; Vuong, HQ; Rothman, JA. 2018. Lactobacillus micheneri sp. nov., Lactobacillus timberlakei sp. nov., and Lactobacillus quenuiae​ sp. nov., lactic acid bacteria isolated from wild bees and flowers. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. Here's the link!
Pennington, MJ; Rothman, JA; Jones, MB; McFrederick, QS; Gan, J; Trumble, JT. 2018. Effects of contaminants of emerging concern on Myzus persicae (Sulzer, Hemiptera: Aphididae) biology and on their host plant, Capsicum annum. Environmental Assessment and Monitoring. Here's the link!
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Rothman, JA; Carroll, MJ; Meikle, WG; Anderson, KE; McFrederick, QS. 2018. Longitudinal effects of supplemental forage on the honey bee (Apis mellifera) microbiota and inter- and intra-colony variability. Microbial Ecology. Here's the link! 
  • ​Featured on the cover of Microbial Ecology!
2017
Pennington, MJ; Rothman, JA; Dudley, SL; Jones, MB; McFrederick, QS; Gan, J; Trumble, JT. 2017. Contaminants of emerging concern affect Trichoplusia ni growth and development on artificial diets and a key host plant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. Here's the link!
​Pennington, MJ; Rothman, JA; Jones, MB; McFrederick, QS; Gan, J; Trumble, JT. 2017. Effects of contaminants of emerging concern on Megaselia scalaris (Lowe, Diptera: Phoridae) and its microbial community. Scientific Reports. Here's the link!
2013
Biswas, A; Elmatari, D; Rothman, JA; LaMunyon, CW; Said, HM. 2013. Identification and Functional Characterization of the Caenorhabditis elegans Riboflavin Transporters rft-1 and rft-2. PLoS ONE. Here's the link!
Liau, W-S; Nasri, U; Elmatari, D; Rothman, JA; LaMunyon, CW. 2013. Premature Sperm Activation and Defective Spermatogenesis Caused by Loss of spe-46 Function in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS ONE.​ Here's the link!