Sarah Bordenstein
Associate Research Professor
Most Recent Publications
Isolation of Phage WO Particles from Wolbachia-Infected Arthropods
Sarah R. Bordenstein, 2024, on p. 337-348
Wolbachia 16S rRNA haplotypes detected in wild Anopheles stephensi in eastern Ethiopia
Elizabeth Waymire, Sowmya Duddu, Solomon Yared, Dejene Getachew, Dereje Dengela, Sarah R. Bordenstein, Meshesha Balkew, Sarah Zohdy, Seth R. Irish, Tamar E. Carter, 2022, Parasites and Vectors
Widespread phages of endosymbionts: Phage WO genomics and the proposed taxonomic classification of Symbioviridae
Sarah Bordenstein, Seth R. Bordenstein, 2022, PLoS Genetics on p. e1010227
The most widespread phage in animals: Genomics and taxonomic classification of Phage WO
Sarah Bordenstein, S Bordenstein, 2021, bioRxiv
The impact of artificial selection for wolbachia-mediated dengue virus blocking on phage wo
Heverton Dutra, Suzanne Ford, Scott Allen, Sarah Bordenstein, Stephen Chenoweth, Seth Bordenstein, Elizabeth A. McGraw, 2021, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases on p. e0009637
Living in the endosymbiotic world of Wolbachia: A centennial review
R Kaur, J Shropshire, Karissa Cross, Brittany Leigh, Alexander Mansueto, Victoria Stewart, Sarah Bordenstein, Seth R. Bordenstein, 2021, Cell Host and Microbe on p. 879--893
Discover the microbes within! The wolbachia project: Citizen science and student-based discoveries for 15 years and counting
Athena Lemon, Sarah Bordenstein, Seth R. Bordenstein, 2020, Genetics on p. 263--268
Corrigendum: Evolutionary genetics of cytoplasmic incompatibility genes cifA and cifB in prophage WO of Wolbachia (Genome Biology and Evolution (2018) 10 (434-451) DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy012)
Amelia R.I. Lindsey, Danny W. Rice, Sarah R. Bordenstein, Andrew W. Brooks, Seth R. Bordenstein, Irene L.G. Newton, 2019, Genome Biology and Evolution on p. 1320
The Wolbachia mobilome in Culex pipiens includes a putative plasmid
Julie Reveillaud, Sarah Bordenstein, Corinne Cruaud, Alon Shaiber, Özcan C. Esen, Esen, \"Ozcan C, Mylène Weill, Weill, Myl\`ene, Patrick Makoundou, Karen Lolans, Andrea Watson, Ignace Rakotoarivony, Seth R. Bordenstein, others, A. Murat Eren, 2019, Nature Communications on p. 1--11
The phage gene wmk is a candidate for male killing by a bacterial endosymbiont
Jessamyn Perlmutter, Sarah Bordenstein, Robert Unckless, Daniel LePage, Jason Metcalf, Tom Hill, Julien Martinez, Francis Jiggins, Seth R. Bordenstein, 2019, PLoS Pathogens on p. e1007936
Most-Cited Papers
Prophage WO genes recapitulate and enhance Wolbachia-induced cytoplasmic incompatibility
Daniel LePage, Daniel P. Le Page, Jason Metcalf, Sarah Bordenstein, Jungmin On, Jessamyn Perlmutter, J Shropshire, Emily Layton, Lisa Funkhouser-Jones, John Beckmann, Seth R. Bordenstein, 2017, Nature on p. 243--247
Living in the endosymbiotic world of Wolbachia: A centennial review
R Kaur, J Shropshire, Karissa Cross, Brittany Leigh, Alexander Mansueto, Victoria Stewart, Sarah Bordenstein, Seth R. Bordenstein, 2021, Cell Host and Microbe on p. 879--893
Evolutionary Genetics of Cytoplasmic Incompatibility Genes cifA and cifB in Prophage WO of Wolbachia
Amelia Lindsey, Danny Rice, Sarah Bordenstein, Andrew Brooks, Seth Bordenstein, Irene Newton, 2018, Genome Biology and Evolution on p. 434--451
Eukaryotic association module in phage WO genomes from Wolbachia
Sarah Bordenstein, Seth R. Bordenstein, 2016, Nature Communications on p. 1--10
The phage gene wmk is a candidate for male killing by a bacterial endosymbiont
Jessamyn Perlmutter, Sarah Bordenstein, Robert Unckless, Daniel LePage, Jason Metcalf, Tom Hill, Julien Martinez, Francis Jiggins, Seth R. Bordenstein, 2019, PLoS Pathogens on p. e1007936
Recent genome reduction of Wolbachia in Drosophila recens targets phage WO and narrows candidates for reproductive parasitism
Jason A. Metcalf, Minhee Jo, Sarah R. Bordenstein, John Jaenike, Seth R. Bordenstein, 2014, PeerJ
The Wolbachia mobilome in Culex pipiens includes a putative plasmid
Julie Reveillaud, Sarah Bordenstein, Corinne Cruaud, Alon Shaiber, Özcan C. Esen, Esen, \"Ozcan C, Mylène Weill, Weill, Myl\`ene, Patrick Makoundou, Karen Lolans, Andrea Watson, Ignace Rakotoarivony, Seth R. Bordenstein, others, A. Murat Eren, 2019, Nature Communications on p. 1--11
Finer-scale phylosymbiosis: Insights from insect viromes
Brittany Leigh, Sarah Bordenstein, Andrew Brooks, Aram Mikaelyan, Seth R. Bordenstein, 2018, mSystems on p. e00131--18
Models and Nomenclature for Cytoplasmic Incompatibility: Caution over Premature Conclusions – A Response to Beckmann et al.
J Shropshire, Brittany Leigh, Sarah Bordenstein, Anne Duplouy, Markus Riegler, Jeremy Brownlie, Seth R. Bordenstein, 2019, Trends in Genetics on p. 397--399
Widespread phages of endosymbionts: Phage WO genomics and the proposed taxonomic classification of Symbioviridae
Sarah Bordenstein, Seth R. Bordenstein, 2022, PLoS Genetics on p. e1010227
News Articles Featuring Sarah Bordenstein
May 12, 2023
Penn State biologist honored by Society for the Study of Evolution
Sarah Bordenstein, associate research professor of biology and entomology at Penn State, has been awarded the 2023 T. H. Huxley Award from the Education and Outreach Committee of the Society for the Study of Evolution.
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Sep 20, 2022
Heard on Campus: Sarah Bordenstein, The Wolbachia Project
Sarah Bordenstein, associate research professor in the Eberly College of Science, and director of Discover the Microbes Within! The Wolbachia Project, spoke at the Millennium Café on Sept. 13.
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