21. Lei Su, Andreas P. Teske, Barbara J. MacGregor, Luke J. McKay, Howard Mendlovitz, Daniel Albert, Zhonglin Ma, Jiangtao Li (2023) Thermal Selection of Microbial Communities and Preservation of Microbial Function in Guaymas Basin Hydrothermal Sediments. Applied & Environmental Microbiology DOI: 10.1128/aem.00018-23

20. Schweitzer H and Smith H, Barnhart E, McKay L, Gerlach R, Cunningham A, Malmstrom R, Goudeau D, Fields M (2022) Subsurface Hydrocarbon Degradation Strategies in Low- and High-Sulfate Coal Seam Communities Identified with Activity-Based Metagenomics. Nature Biofilms & Microbiomes DOI: 10.1038/s41522-022-00267-2

19. McKay L and Smith H, Barnhart E, Schweitzer H, Malmstrom R, Goudeau D, Fields M (2021) Activity-based, genome-resolved metagenomics uncovers key populations and pathways involved in subsurface conversions of coal to methane. The ISME Journal DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01139-x

18. McKay L, Nigro O, Dlakić M, Luttrell K, Rusch D, Fields M, Inskeep W (2021) Sulfur cycling and virus-host interactions in Aquificales-dominated biofilms from Yellowstone’s hottest ecosystems. The ISME Journal DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01132-4

17. Altae-Tran H, Kannan S, Demircioglu FE, Oshiro R, Nety SP, McKay L, Dlakić M, Inskeep WP, Makarova XS, Macrae RK, Koonin EV, Zhang F (2021) The widespread IS200/605 transposon family encodes diverse programmable RNA-guided endonucleases. Science DOI: 10.1126/science.abj6856

16. McKay L, Klingelsmith K, Deutschbauer A, Inskeep W, Fields M. (2021) Draft genome sequence of Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus WHS, a thermophilic hydrogenotrophic methanogen from Washburn Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, USA. Microbiology Resource Announcements DOI:10.1128/MRA.01157-20

15. Eren AM, Kiefl E, Shaiber A, Veseli I, Miller S, Schechter M, Fink E, Pan J, Yousef M, Fogarty E, Trigodet F, Watson A, Esen O, Moore R, Clayssen Q, Lee M, Kivenson V, Graham E, Merrill B, Karkman A, Blankenberg D, Eppley J, Sjödin A, Scott J, Vázquez-Campos X, McKay L, McDaniel E, Stevens S, Anderson R, Fuessel J, Fernandez-Guerra A, Maignien L, Delmont T, Willis A (2021) Community-led, integrated, reproducible multi-omics with anvi'o. Nature Microbiology DOI: 10.1038/s41564-020-00834-3

14. Ramírez GA, McKay L, Fields M, Buckley A, Mortera C, Hensen C, Ravelo AC, Teske A (2020) The Guaymas Basin Subseafloor Sedimentary Archaeome Reflects Complex Environmental Histories. iScience DOI:10.1016/j.isci.2020.101459

13. Teske A, McKay L, Ravelo AC, Aiello I, Mortera C, Núñez-Useche F, Canet C, Chanton J, Brunner B, Hensen C, Ramírez G, Sibert R, Turner T, White D, Chambers C, Buckley A, Joye S, Soule SA, Lizarralde D (2019) Characteristics and Evolution of sill-driven off-axis hydrothermalism in Guaymas Basin – the Ringvent site. Scientific Reports DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-50200-5

12. McKay L, Dlakić M, Fields M, Delmont T, Eren AM, Jay Z, Klingelsmith K, Rusch D, Inskeep W (2019) Co-occurring genomic capacity for anaerobic methane and dissimilatory sulfur metabolisms discovered in the Korarchaeota. Nature Microbiology DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0362-4

11. Borrel G, Adam P, McKay L, Chen L-X, Sierra-García IN, Sieber C, Letourneur Q, Ghozlane A, Andersen G, Li W-J, Hallam S, Muyzer G, de Oliveira VM, Inskeep W, Banfield J, Gribaldo S (2019) Wide diversity of methane and short-chain alkane metabolisms in uncultured archaea. Nature Microbiology DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0363-3

10. McKay L, Hatzenpichler R, Inskeep W, Fields M (2017) Occurrence and expression of novel methyl-coenzyme M reductase gene (mcrA) variants in hot spring sediments. Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07354-x

9. Yang T, Speare K, McKay L, MacGregor B, Joye S, Teske A (2016) Distinct Bacterial Communities in Surficial Seafloor Sediments Following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Blowout. Frontiers in Microbiology DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01384

8. Teske A, de Beer D, McKay L, Tivey M, Biddle J, Hoer D, Lloyd K, Lever M, Røy H, Albert D, Mendlovitz H, MacGregor B (2016) The Guaymas Basin hiking guide to hydrothermal mounds, chimneys, and microbial mats: complex seafloor expressions of subsurface hydrothermal circulation. Frontiers in Microbiology DOI:  10.3389/fmicb.2016.00075

7. Dowell F, Cardman Z, Dasarathy S, Kellermann M, Lipp J, Ruff SE, Biddle J, McKay L, MacGregor B, Lloyd K, Albert D, Mendlovitz H, Hinrichs K-U, Teske A (2016) Microbial communities in methane- and short chain alkane-rich hydrothermal sediments of Guaymas Basin. Frontiers in Microbiology DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00017

6. McKay L, Gutierrez T, Teske A (2016) Development of a group-specific 16S rRNA-targeted probe set for the identification of Marinobacter by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Deep Sea Research Part II, DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.10.009

5. McKay L, Klokman V, Mendlovitz H, LaRowe D, Hoer D, Albert D, Amend J, Teske A (2015) Thermal and geochemical influences on microbial biogeography in the hydrothermal sediments of Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California. Environmental Microbiology Reports DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12365

4. Gutierrez T, Berry D, Yang TT, Mishamandani S, McKay L, Teske A, Aitken M (2013) Role of Bacterial Exopolysaccharides (EPS) in the Fate of the Oil Released Following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. PLoS ONE, 8(6): e67717, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067717

3. McKay L, MacGregor B, Biddle J, Albert D, Mendlovitz H, Hoer D, Lipp J, Lloyd K, Teske A (2012) Spatial heterogeneity and underlying geochemistry of phylogenetically diverse orange and white Beggiatoa mats in the hydrothermal fields of Guaymas basin. Deep Sea Research Part I, 67: 21 – 31, DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2012.04.011

2. Ziervogel K, McKay L, Rhodes B, Osburn C, Dickson-Brown J, Arnosti C, Teske A (2012) Microbial activities and dissolved organic matter dynamics in oil-contaminated surface seawater from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill site. PLoS ONE, 7(4): e34816, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034816

1. Diercks A, Asper V, Highsmith R, Woolsey M, Lohrenz S, McLetchie K, Gossett A, Lowe M, Joung D, McKay L, Joye S, Teske A (2010) NIUST – Deepwater horizon oil spill response cruise. OCEANS 2010 DOI: 10.1109/OCEANS.2010.5664443