Preprints and In-Prep Manuscripts

• Igwe AN, Afkhami, M. 2025. Functional and compositional distribution of microbial communities across California serpentine soils.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. Igwe AN, Callwood KA, Shelton DS. 2025. Restoring Landscapes and Communities: Insights from Critical, Urban, and Plant Ecology. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. DOI: 10.1016/j.ese.2025.100601
2. Gillett D, Selinidis M, Seamons T, George D, Igwe A, Del Valle I, Egbert R, Hofmockel K, Johnson A, Matthews K, Masiello C, Stadler L, Chappell J, and Silberg J. A roadmap to understanding and anticipating microbial gene transfer in soil communities. Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews (2024). https://doi.org/10.1128/mmbr.00225-24.
3. Igwe AN, Pearse I, Aguilar JM, Strauss SY, Vannette RL. Plant species within Streptanthoid Complex associate with distinct microbial communities that shift to be more similar under drought. Ecology and Evolution (2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11174.
4. AN Igwe, B Quasem, N Liu, RL Vannette. Plant phenology influences rhizosphere microbial community and is accelerated by serpentine microorganisms in Plantago erecta. FEMS Microbiology Ecology (2021). https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab085
5. R Blundell, JE Schmidt, A Igwe, AL Cheung, RL Vannette, ACM Gaudin, CL Casteel. Organic management promotes natural pest control through altered plant resistance to insects. Nature plants 6 (5), 483-491 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-0656-9
6. AN Igwe, RL Vannette. Bacterial communities differ between plant species and soil type, and differentially influence seedling establishment on serpentine soils. Plant and Soil 441 (1), 423-437 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04135-5
7. JE Schmidt, RL Vannette, A Igwe, R Blundell, CL Casteel, ACM Gaudin. Effects of agricultural management on rhizosphere microbial structure and function in processing tomato plants. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 85 (16), e01064-19 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01064-19