Mallory Choudoir

Bio

Agroecosystems harbor microbial communities with immense diversity, and these microbiomes link soils to food systems. Our group focuses on the ecological and evolutionary processes driving plant-soil-microbe interactions in North Carolina agroecosystems, and our work supports the NC State Extension mission. 

Climate change, intensive agriculture practices, and the increasing demands of food systems threaten soil microbiome biodiversity and their important ecosystem functions. At the same time, microbial solutions to agronomic challenges can support sustainability goals! Our research impacts decisions about land management, cropping systems, and nutrient inputs to prioritize soil microbiome resilience and stability and to maximize crop productivity. 

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Area(s) of Expertise

Microbial ecology & evolution, soil ecology, plant-soil-microbe interactions, agroecosystems, global change biology, biogeography, genomics, environmental & social justice

Publications

• A framework for integrating microbial dispersal modes into soil ecosystem ecology , iScience (2022)
• Chitosan diet alters the microbiome of adult house flies , (2022)
• Reciprocal Inclusion of Microbiomes and Environmental Justice Contributes Solutions to Global Environmental Health Challenges , mSystems (2022)
• Streptomyces apricus sp. nov., isolated from soil , International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (2022)
• A non-adaptive demographic mechanism for genome expansion in Streptomyces , (2021)
• Introducing the Microbes and Social Equity Working Group: Considering the Microbial Components of Social, Environmental, and Health Justice , mSystems (2021)
• Volatile organic compounds from leaf litter decomposition alter soil microbial communities and carbon dynamics , Ecology (2020)
• A Phylogenetic and Functional Perspective on Volatile Organic Compound Production by Actinobacteria , mSystems (2019)
• Diversification of Secondary Metabolite Biosynthetic Gene Clusters Coincides with Lineage Divergence in Streptomyces , Antibiotics (2018)
• Phylogenetic conservatism of thermal traits explains dispersal limitation and genomic differentiation of Streptomyces sister-taxa , The ISME Journal (2018)