About
I'm a microbiologist with expertise in terrestrial and marine systems. I combine bench microbiology and molecular biology with high-throughput sequencing techniques to answer questions in microbial ecology. Broadly, I am interested in deciphering how microbes associate with plant roots and how we can leverage these interactions (i.e. bio-inoculants and microbiome breeding) to improve plant fitness under stress. I look at how plants are able to use exudation and microbial-associations to rapidly adapt to changing conditions and how microbial interactions (biotic constraints) can shape microbial functions
More information is available at my website: https://drmicrowill.wixsite.com/williamking
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Root microbiome
- Microbial interactions
- Microbiome manipulation
- Root exudation
- Molecular biology
Publications
21 publications
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William L. King,
Caylon F. Yates,
Lily Cao,
Sean O'Rourke-Ibach,
Suzanne M. Fleishman,
Sarah C. Richards,
Michela Centinari,
Benjamin D. Hafner,
Marc Goebel,
Taryn Bauerle,
Young Mo Kim,
Carrie D. Nicora,
Christopher R. Anderton,
David M. Eissenstat,
& Terrence H. Bell
, 2023
, Plant, Cell and Environment
, 46 (12) , 3919--3932
DOI: 10.1111/pce.14705
Type: article
William L. King,
Sarah C. Richards,
Laura M. Kaminsky,
Brosi A. Bradley,
Jason P. Kaye,
& Terrence H. Bell
, 2023
, Environmental Microbiome
, 18 (1)
Type: article
Caylon F. Yates,
Ryan V. Trexler,
Idalys Bonet,
William L. King,
Kevin L. Hockett,
& Terrence H. Bell
, 2022
, Functional Ecology
, 36 (12) , 3085--3095
Type: article
William L. King,
Laura M. Kaminsky,
Sarah C. Richards,
Brosi A. Bradley,
Jason P. Kaye,
& Terrence H. Bell
, 2022
, ISME Communications
, 2 (1)
Type: article
Paul J. Worden,
Daniel R. Bogema,
Melinda L. Micallef,
Jeffrey Go,
Ania T. Deutscher,
Maurizio Labbate,
Timothy J. Green,
William L. King,
Michael Liu,
Justin R. Seymour,
& Cheryl Jenkins
, 2022
, Microbial Genomics
, 8 (12)
Type: article
Braulio A. Assis,
Terrence H. Bell,
Heather I. Engler,
& William L. King
, 2022
, Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology
, 339 (1) , 5--12
DOI: 10.1002/jez.2665
Type: article
William L. King
, 2021
, The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America
, 102 (2)
DOI: 10.1002/bes2.1856
Type: review
Elliot Scanes,
Laura M. Parker,
Justin R. Seymour,
Nachshon Siboni,
William L. King,
Nathan P. Danckert,
K. Mathias Wegner,
Michael C. Dove,
Wayne A. O'Connor,
& Pauline M. Ross
, 2021
, Marine Pollution Bulletin
, 164
Type: article
Anna Padovan,
Nachshon Siboni,
Mirjam Kaestli,
William L. King,
Justin R. Seymour,
& Karen Gibb
, 2021
, Marine Environmental Research
, 169
Type: article
Viet Khue Nguyen,
William L. King,
Nachshon Siboni,
Khandaker Rayhan Mahbub,
Md Hafizur Rahman,
Cheryl Jenkins,
Michael Dove,
Wayne O'Connor,
Justin R. Seymour,
& Maurizio Labbate
, 2021
, Aquaculture
, 541
Type: article