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Jean-Baptiste Leducq
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Research
Latest papers
A phylogenomic and metagenomic meta-analysis of bacterial diversity in the phyllosphere lifts a veil on hyphomicrobiales dark matter.
Systematic and applied microbiology · 2026 · first author
Led astray by 16S rRNA: phylogenomics reaffirms the monophyly of Methylobacterium and lack of support for Methylorubrum as a genus.
The ISME journal · 2025 · senior author
Macroevolutionary diversity of traits and genomes in the model yeast genus Saccharomyces.
Nature communications · 2023
Latest funding
- $12,500
Harnessing microbiomes for sustainable crops
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $38,000
Harnessing microbiomes for sustainable crops
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
17 publications.
A phylogenomic and metagenomic meta-analysis of bacterial diversity in the phyllosphere lifts a veil on hyphomicrobiales dark matter.
Leducq JB, St-Amand LP, Ross D, Kembel SW
Led astray by 16S rRNA: phylogenomics reaffirms the monophyly of Methylobacterium and lack of support for Methylorubrum as a genus.
Alleman AB, Stolyar S, Marx CJ, Leducq JB
Macroevolutionary diversity of traits and genomes in the model yeast genus Saccharomyces.
Peris D, Ubbelohde EJ, Kuang MC, Kominek J, Langdon QK, Adams M, Koshalek JA, Hulfachor AB, Opulente DA, Hall DJ, Hyma K, Fay JC, Leducq JB, Charron G, Landry CR, Libkind D, Gonçalves C, Gonçalves P, Sampaio JP, Wang QM, Bai FY, Wrobel RL, Hittinger CT
Comprehensive Phylogenomics of Methylobacterium Reveals Four Evolutionary Distinct Groups and Underappreciated Phyllosphere Diversity.
Leducq JB, Sneddon D, Santos M, Condrain-Morel D, Bourret G, Martinez-Gomez NC, Lee JA, Foster JA, Stolyar S, Shapiro BJ, Kembel SW, Sullivan JM, Marx CJ
The Rapid Evolution of an Ohnolog Contributes to the Ecological Specialization of Incipient Yeast Species.
Eberlein C, Nielly-Thibault L, Maaroufi H, Dubé AK, Leducq JB, Charron G, Landry CR
Mitochondrial Recombination and Introgression during Speciation by Hybridization.
Leducq JB, Henault M, Charron G, Nielly-Thibault L, Terrat Y, Fiumera HL, Shapiro BJ, Landry CR
Hybridization and adaptive evolution of diverse Saccharomyces species for cellulosic biofuel production.
Peris D, Moriarty RV, Alexander WG, Baker E, Sylvester K, Sardi M, Langdon QK, Libkind D, Wang QM, Bai FY, Leducq JB, Charron G, Landry CR, Sampaio JP, Gonçalves P, Hyma KE, Fay JC, Sato TK, Hittinger CT
Complex Ancestries of Lager-Brewing Hybrids Were Shaped by Standing Variation in the Wild Yeast Saccharomyces eubayanus.
Peris D, Langdon QK, Moriarty RV, Sylvester K, Bontrager M, Charron G, Leducq JB, Landry CR, Libkind D, Hittinger CT
Speciation driven by hybridization and chromosomal plasticity in a wild yeast.
Leducq JB, Nielly-Thibault L, Charron G, Eberlein C, Verta JP, Samani P, Sylvester K, Hittinger CT, Bell G, Landry CR
Lachancea quebecensis sp. nov., a yeast species consistently isolated from tree bark in the Canadian province of Québec.
Freel KC, Charron G, Leducq JB, Landry CR, Schacherer J
Harnessing microbiomes for sustainable crops
Principal investigators: Leducq, Jean-Baptiste
Keywords: phyllosphere,; suistanable agriculture; microbial communities; synthetic communities; genomics; metagenomics; plant-microbe interactions; microbe taxonomy; functional annotations; microbial ecology
Harnessing microbiomes for sustainable crops
Principal investigators: Leducq, Jean-Baptiste
Keywords: phyllosphere,; suistanable agriculture; microbial communities; synthetic communities; genomics; metagenomics; plant-microbe interactions; microbe taxonomy; functional annotations; microbial ecology
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Graham Bell and Jean-Baptiste Leducq: 2 shared papers
- Marie Filteau and Jean-Baptiste Leducq: 1 shared paper
- Département de Phytologie
- Biology
- Sciences des aliments
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