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Bourquin M., Peter H., Michoud G., Busi S., Kohler TJ., Robison, AL. Styllas M., Ezzat L., Geers AU., Huss M., Fodelianakis S & Battin TJ. (2025). Predicting climate-change impacts on the global glacier-fed stream microbiome. Nature Communications
Michoud G., Peter H., Busi S., Bourquin M., Kohler TJ., Geers A., Ezzat L., The Vanishing Glaciers Field Team and Battin TJ. (2025). Mapping the metagenomic diversity of the multi-kingdom glacier-fed stream microbiome. Nature Microbiology
Ezzat L., Peter H., Bourquin M., Busi S., Michoud G., Fodelianakis S., Kohler TJ., Lamy T., Geers A., Pramateftaki P., Baier Fl., Marasco R., Daffonchio D., Deluigi N., Wilmes P., Styllas M., Schön M., Tolosano M., De Staerck V & Battin TJ. (2025). Diversity and biogeography of the bacterial microbiome in glacier-fed streams. Nature
Geers AU., Michoud G., Busi SB., Peter H., Kohler TJ., Ezzat L., The Vanishing Glaciers Field Team and Battin TJ. (2024). Deciphering the biosynthetic landscape of biofilms in glacier-fed streams. mSystems
Busi S., Peter H., Brandani J., Kohler TJ., Fodelianakis S., Pramateftaki P., Bourquin M., Michoud G., Ezzat L., Lane S., Wilmes P and Battin TJ. (2024). Cross-domain interactions confer stability to benthic biofilms in proglacial streams. Frontiers in Microbiomes
Michoud, G., Kohler, T. J., Ezzat, L., Peter, H., Nattabi, J. K., Nalwanga, R., Pramateftaki P., Styllas M., Tolosano M., De Staercke V., Schön M., Marasco R., Daffonchio D., Bourquin M., Busi S & Battin, TJ. (2023). The dark side of the moon: first insights into the microbiome structure and function of one of the last glacier-fed streams in Africa. Royal Society Open Science
Van Wert, J. C., Ezzat, L., Munsterman, K. S., Landfield, K., Schiettekatte, N., Parravicini, V., Casey J., Brandl S., Burkepile D & Eliason, E. J. (2023). Fish feces reveal diverse nutrient sources for coral reefs. Ecology
Brandani J., Peter H., Fodelianakis S., Kohler TJ., Bourquin M., Michoud G., Busi S., Ezzat L., Stuart Lane & Battin TJ. (2023). Homogenous environmental selection structures the bacterial communities of benthic biofilms in proglacial foodplain streams. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Busi S., de Nies L., Pramateftaki P., Bourquin M., Kohler TJ., Ezzat L., Fodelianakis S., Michoud G., Peter H., Styllas M., Tolosana M., de Staercke V., Schön M., Galata V., Wilmes P & Battin TJ. (2023) Glacier-Fed Stream Biofilms Harbor Diverse Resistomes and Biosynthetic Gene Clusters. Microbiology Spectrum
Shantz A., Ladd M., Ezzat L., Schmitt R., Holbrook S., Schmeltzer E., Vega Thurber R & Burkepile D. (2022) Positive interactions between corals and damselfish increase coral resistance to temperature stress. Global Change Biology
Brandani J., Peter H., Busi S., Kohler TJ., Fodelianakis S., Ezzat L., Michoud G., Bourquin M., Pramateftaki P., Roncoroni M., Lane S and Battin TJ. (2022) Spatial patterns of benthic biofilm diversity among streams draining proglacial floodplains Frontiers in Microbiology
Ezzat L., Fodelianakis S., Kohler TJ., Bourquin M., Brandani J., Busi SB., Daffonchio D., De Staercke V., Marasco R., Michoud G., Oppliger E., Peter H., Pramateftaki P., Schön M., Styllas M., Tadei V., Tolosano M and Battin TJ. (2022) Benthic biofilms in glacier-fed streams from Scandinavia to the Himalayas host distinct bacterial communities compared to the streamwater Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Bourquin M., Busi S., Fodelianakis S., Peter H., Washburne A., Kohler TJ., Ezzat L., Michoud G., Wilmes P and Battin TJ. (2022) The microbiome of cryospheric ecosystems Nature Communications
Busi SB., Bourquin M., Fodelianakis S., Michoud G., Kohler TJ., Peter H., Pramateftaki P., Styllas M., Tolosano M., De Staerck V., Schön M., de Nies L., Marasco R., Daffonchio D., Ezzat L.,Wilmes P and Battin TJ.(2022) Genomic and metabolic adaptations of biofilms to ecological windows of opportunities in glacier-fed streams Nature Communications
Kohler TJ., Fodelianakis S., Michoud G., Ezzat L., Bourquin M., Peter H., Busi SB., Pramateftaki P., Deluigi N., Styllas M., Tolosano M., De Staercke V., Schön M., Brandani J., Marasco R., Daffonchio D., Wilmes P and Battin TJ. (2022) Glacier shrinkage will accelerate downstream decomposition or organic matter and alter microbiome structure and function Global Change Biology
Leray M., Wilkins L., Apprill A., Bik H., Clever F., Connolly S., De León M., Duffy E., Ezzat L., Gignoux-Wolfsohn S., Herre AE., Kaye J., Kline D., Kueneman J., McCormick M., McMillan O., O’Dea A., Pereira T., Petersen J., Petticord D., Torchin M., Vega Thurber R., Videvall E., Wcislo W., Yuen B. and Eisen JA. (2021) Natural experiments and long-term monitoring are critical to understand and predict marine host-microbe ecology and evolution PLOS Biology
Ezzat L., Merolla S., Clements C., Munsterman K., Landfield K., Duran Stensrud C., Schmeltzer E., Burkepile D and Vega Thurber R. (2021) Thermal stress interacts with surgeonfish feces to increase coral susceptibility to dysbiosis and reduce tissue regeneration Frontiers in Microbiology
Maher R., Schmeltzer E., Meiling S., McMinds R., Ezzat L., Shantz A., Adam T., Schmitt R., Holbrook S., Vega Thurber R and Burkepile D. (2020) Coral microbiomes demonstrate flexibility and resilience through a reduction in community diversity following a thermal stress event Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Coevolution
Ezzat L., Lamy T., Maher R., Munsterman K., Landfield K., Schmeltzer E., Clements C., Vega Thurber R and Burkepile D. (2020) Parrotfish predation drives distinct microbial communities in reef-building corals Animal Microbiome
Iori S., Dalla Rovere., Ezzat L., Smits M., Mazzariol S., Ferraresso S., Babbucci M., Marin M., Masiero L., Fabrello J., Garro E., Carraro L., Cardazzo B., Patarnello T., Matozzo V., Bargelloni L and Milan M. (2020) Ecotoxicological risk assessment for the herbicide glyphosate and its degradation product AMPA: Analysis of host and microbiota response in the mussel Mytilus Galloprovincialis Environmental Research
Ezzat L., Lamy T., Maher R., Munsterman K., Landfield K., Schmeltzer E., Gaulke C., Burkepile D and Vega Thurber R. (2019) Surgeonfish feces increase bacterial opportunism in reef-building corals Marine Ecology Progress series
Burkepile D., Shantz A., Adam T., Munsterman K., Speare K., Ladd M., Rice M., Ezzat L., McIllroy S., Wong J., Baker D., Brooks A., Schmitt R and Holbrook S (2019) Nitrogen identity drives differential impacts of nutrients on coral bleaching and mortality Ecosystems
Ezzat L., Maguer JF., Grover R., Rottier C., Tremblay P and Ferrier-Pagès C. (2019) Nutrient starvation impairs the trophic plasticity of reef-building corals under ocean warming Functional Ecology
Rice M., Ezzat L and Burkepile D. (2019) Corallivory in the Anthropocene: Interactive effects of anthropogenic stressors and corallivory on coral reefs Frontiers in Marine Science
Ezzat L., Fine M., Maguer JF., Grover R and Ferrier-Pagès C. (2017) Carbon and nitrogen acquisition of shallow and deep holobionts of the scleractinian coral S. pistillata Frontiers in Marine Science
Ezzat L., Maguer JF.,Grover R and Ferrier-Pagès C. (2016) Limited phosphorus availability is the Achilles heel of tropical reef corals in a warming ocean Scientific Reports
Ezzat L., Towle E., Irisson JO., Langdon C and Ferrier-Pagès C. (2016) The relationship between heterotrophic feeding and inorganic nutrient availability in the scleractinian coral T. reniformis under a short-term temperature increase Limnology and Oceanography
Ezzat L., Maguer JF., Grover R and Ferrier-Pagès C. (2015) New insights into carbon acquisition and exchanges within the coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis under NH4+ and NO3- supply Proceedings of the Royal Society London B: Biological Sciences
Desprat S., Díaz Fernández PM., Coulon T., Ezzat L., Pessarossi-Langlois J., Gil L., Morales-Molino C and Sánchez Goñi MF. (2015) Pinus nigra (European black pine) as the dominant species of the last glacial pinewoods in south-western to central Iberia: a morphological study of modern and fossil pollen Journal of Biogeography
Grover R., Ferrier-Pagès C., Maguer JF, Ezzat L and Fine M. (2014) Nitrogen fixation in the mucus of Red Sea corals The Journal of Experimental Biology
Ezzat L., Merle P-L, Furla P, Buttler A, Ferrier-Pagès C. (2013) The Response of the Mediterranean Gorgonian Eunicella singularis to Thermal Stress Is Independent of Its Nutritional Regime PLoS ONE
Michoud G., Peter H., Busi S., Bourquin M., Kohler TJ., Geers A., Ezzat L., The Vanishing Glaciers Field Team and Battin TJ. (2025). Mapping the metagenomic diversity of the multi-kingdom glacier-fed stream microbiome. Nature Microbiology
Ezzat L., Peter H., Bourquin M., Busi S., Michoud G., Fodelianakis S., Kohler TJ., Lamy T., Geers A., Pramateftaki P., Baier Fl., Marasco R., Daffonchio D., Deluigi N., Wilmes P., Styllas M., Schön M., Tolosano M., De Staerck V & Battin TJ. (2025). Diversity and biogeography of the bacterial microbiome in glacier-fed streams. Nature
Geers AU., Michoud G., Busi SB., Peter H., Kohler TJ., Ezzat L., The Vanishing Glaciers Field Team and Battin TJ. (2024). Deciphering the biosynthetic landscape of biofilms in glacier-fed streams. mSystems
Busi S., Peter H., Brandani J., Kohler TJ., Fodelianakis S., Pramateftaki P., Bourquin M., Michoud G., Ezzat L., Lane S., Wilmes P and Battin TJ. (2024). Cross-domain interactions confer stability to benthic biofilms in proglacial streams. Frontiers in Microbiomes
Michoud, G., Kohler, T. J., Ezzat, L., Peter, H., Nattabi, J. K., Nalwanga, R., Pramateftaki P., Styllas M., Tolosano M., De Staercke V., Schön M., Marasco R., Daffonchio D., Bourquin M., Busi S & Battin, TJ. (2023). The dark side of the moon: first insights into the microbiome structure and function of one of the last glacier-fed streams in Africa. Royal Society Open Science
Van Wert, J. C., Ezzat, L., Munsterman, K. S., Landfield, K., Schiettekatte, N., Parravicini, V., Casey J., Brandl S., Burkepile D & Eliason, E. J. (2023). Fish feces reveal diverse nutrient sources for coral reefs. Ecology
Brandani J., Peter H., Fodelianakis S., Kohler TJ., Bourquin M., Michoud G., Busi S., Ezzat L., Stuart Lane & Battin TJ. (2023). Homogenous environmental selection structures the bacterial communities of benthic biofilms in proglacial foodplain streams. Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Busi S., de Nies L., Pramateftaki P., Bourquin M., Kohler TJ., Ezzat L., Fodelianakis S., Michoud G., Peter H., Styllas M., Tolosana M., de Staercke V., Schön M., Galata V., Wilmes P & Battin TJ. (2023) Glacier-Fed Stream Biofilms Harbor Diverse Resistomes and Biosynthetic Gene Clusters. Microbiology Spectrum
Shantz A., Ladd M., Ezzat L., Schmitt R., Holbrook S., Schmeltzer E., Vega Thurber R & Burkepile D. (2022) Positive interactions between corals and damselfish increase coral resistance to temperature stress. Global Change Biology
Brandani J., Peter H., Busi S., Kohler TJ., Fodelianakis S., Ezzat L., Michoud G., Bourquin M., Pramateftaki P., Roncoroni M., Lane S and Battin TJ. (2022) Spatial patterns of benthic biofilm diversity among streams draining proglacial floodplains Frontiers in Microbiology
Ezzat L., Fodelianakis S., Kohler TJ., Bourquin M., Brandani J., Busi SB., Daffonchio D., De Staercke V., Marasco R., Michoud G., Oppliger E., Peter H., Pramateftaki P., Schön M., Styllas M., Tadei V., Tolosano M and Battin TJ. (2022) Benthic biofilms in glacier-fed streams from Scandinavia to the Himalayas host distinct bacterial communities compared to the streamwater Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Bourquin M., Busi S., Fodelianakis S., Peter H., Washburne A., Kohler TJ., Ezzat L., Michoud G., Wilmes P and Battin TJ. (2022) The microbiome of cryospheric ecosystems Nature Communications
Busi SB., Bourquin M., Fodelianakis S., Michoud G., Kohler TJ., Peter H., Pramateftaki P., Styllas M., Tolosano M., De Staerck V., Schön M., de Nies L., Marasco R., Daffonchio D., Ezzat L.,Wilmes P and Battin TJ.(2022) Genomic and metabolic adaptations of biofilms to ecological windows of opportunities in glacier-fed streams Nature Communications
Kohler TJ., Fodelianakis S., Michoud G., Ezzat L., Bourquin M., Peter H., Busi SB., Pramateftaki P., Deluigi N., Styllas M., Tolosano M., De Staercke V., Schön M., Brandani J., Marasco R., Daffonchio D., Wilmes P and Battin TJ. (2022) Glacier shrinkage will accelerate downstream decomposition or organic matter and alter microbiome structure and function Global Change Biology
Leray M., Wilkins L., Apprill A., Bik H., Clever F., Connolly S., De León M., Duffy E., Ezzat L., Gignoux-Wolfsohn S., Herre AE., Kaye J., Kline D., Kueneman J., McCormick M., McMillan O., O’Dea A., Pereira T., Petersen J., Petticord D., Torchin M., Vega Thurber R., Videvall E., Wcislo W., Yuen B. and Eisen JA. (2021) Natural experiments and long-term monitoring are critical to understand and predict marine host-microbe ecology and evolution PLOS Biology
Ezzat L., Merolla S., Clements C., Munsterman K., Landfield K., Duran Stensrud C., Schmeltzer E., Burkepile D and Vega Thurber R. (2021) Thermal stress interacts with surgeonfish feces to increase coral susceptibility to dysbiosis and reduce tissue regeneration Frontiers in Microbiology
Maher R., Schmeltzer E., Meiling S., McMinds R., Ezzat L., Shantz A., Adam T., Schmitt R., Holbrook S., Vega Thurber R and Burkepile D. (2020) Coral microbiomes demonstrate flexibility and resilience through a reduction in community diversity following a thermal stress event Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Coevolution
Ezzat L., Lamy T., Maher R., Munsterman K., Landfield K., Schmeltzer E., Clements C., Vega Thurber R and Burkepile D. (2020) Parrotfish predation drives distinct microbial communities in reef-building corals Animal Microbiome
Iori S., Dalla Rovere., Ezzat L., Smits M., Mazzariol S., Ferraresso S., Babbucci M., Marin M., Masiero L., Fabrello J., Garro E., Carraro L., Cardazzo B., Patarnello T., Matozzo V., Bargelloni L and Milan M. (2020) Ecotoxicological risk assessment for the herbicide glyphosate and its degradation product AMPA: Analysis of host and microbiota response in the mussel Mytilus Galloprovincialis Environmental Research
Ezzat L., Lamy T., Maher R., Munsterman K., Landfield K., Schmeltzer E., Gaulke C., Burkepile D and Vega Thurber R. (2019) Surgeonfish feces increase bacterial opportunism in reef-building corals Marine Ecology Progress series
Burkepile D., Shantz A., Adam T., Munsterman K., Speare K., Ladd M., Rice M., Ezzat L., McIllroy S., Wong J., Baker D., Brooks A., Schmitt R and Holbrook S (2019) Nitrogen identity drives differential impacts of nutrients on coral bleaching and mortality Ecosystems
Ezzat L., Maguer JF., Grover R., Rottier C., Tremblay P and Ferrier-Pagès C. (2019) Nutrient starvation impairs the trophic plasticity of reef-building corals under ocean warming Functional Ecology
Rice M., Ezzat L and Burkepile D. (2019) Corallivory in the Anthropocene: Interactive effects of anthropogenic stressors and corallivory on coral reefs Frontiers in Marine Science
Ezzat L., Fine M., Maguer JF., Grover R and Ferrier-Pagès C. (2017) Carbon and nitrogen acquisition of shallow and deep holobionts of the scleractinian coral S. pistillata Frontiers in Marine Science
Ezzat L., Maguer JF.,Grover R and Ferrier-Pagès C. (2016) Limited phosphorus availability is the Achilles heel of tropical reef corals in a warming ocean Scientific Reports
Ezzat L., Towle E., Irisson JO., Langdon C and Ferrier-Pagès C. (2016) The relationship between heterotrophic feeding and inorganic nutrient availability in the scleractinian coral T. reniformis under a short-term temperature increase Limnology and Oceanography
Ezzat L., Maguer JF., Grover R and Ferrier-Pagès C. (2015) New insights into carbon acquisition and exchanges within the coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis under NH4+ and NO3- supply Proceedings of the Royal Society London B: Biological Sciences
Desprat S., Díaz Fernández PM., Coulon T., Ezzat L., Pessarossi-Langlois J., Gil L., Morales-Molino C and Sánchez Goñi MF. (2015) Pinus nigra (European black pine) as the dominant species of the last glacial pinewoods in south-western to central Iberia: a morphological study of modern and fossil pollen Journal of Biogeography
Grover R., Ferrier-Pagès C., Maguer JF, Ezzat L and Fine M. (2014) Nitrogen fixation in the mucus of Red Sea corals The Journal of Experimental Biology
Ezzat L., Merle P-L, Furla P, Buttler A, Ferrier-Pagès C. (2013) The Response of the Mediterranean Gorgonian Eunicella singularis to Thermal Stress Is Independent of Its Nutritional Regime PLoS ONE