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Dr. Steve Kutos

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Emily Drum

Undergrad Researcher - Microbiomes associated with cancer & polyamine depletion

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Henry Good

Undergrad Researcher - Soil-Plant-Fungal Interactions

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Aili Miller

Undergrad Researcher -

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Community Ecology + Genomics + Microbiomes

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Regenerative Agriculture Microbiomes

The goal of this work is to better understand how regenerative agriculture practices influences soil health and the soil microbiome

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Coffee Cultivation Intensification & Microbiomes

We examined how coffee cultivation intensification influences the plant-associated microbiomes in coffee farms in Central & Latin America

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Composts & Microbes

Goal of this project was to understand the effectiveness of compost applications & its influence over the soil microbiome across a range of dry rangeland conditions throughout New Mexico

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Soil Biodiveristy in Urban Areas

This project explores the impacts of urbanization on microbiomes & envrionmental health as compared to more rural or suburban areas

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  • Kutos S, Bennett R, Boterro-Delgadillo E, Santos D, Muletz Wolz C. 2025. Soil and cherry bacterial communities predict flavor on coffee farms. Scientific Reports-15(1), 19387. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-03665-6 LINK
  • Muletz-Wolz CR, Urrutia-Carter J, Osborne O, Kutos S, Meneses Montano J, Madison JD, Gratwicke B, Racharaks R, Roncal NE, Jimenez RR, Ellison A. 2025. Novel antimicrobial peptides and peptide-microbiome crosstalk in Appalachian salamander skin. npj Biofilms & Microbiomes. Nov 20;11(1):213. LINK
  • Naghshineh N, Barnes EM, Kutos S, Lewis JD. 2025. Reorganization of bacterial community network structure in the eastern redback salamander (Plethodon cinereus) and its soil reservoir across a gradient of land use. FEMS Microbiology Ecology-24-11-0266.R1 LINK
  • Bethany J, Kutos S, Oliver K, Stricker E. 2024. Spring manure- and biosolid compost additions affect soil, vegetation, and microbial characteristic in dry rangelands. Rangeland Ecology and Management, 94:78-82. doi.org/10.1016/j.rama.2024.01.011 LINK
  • Kutos S, Bennett R, Rao M, Fleischer R, Rice R, Muletz Wolz C. 2024. Farm management and shade tree species influence coffee soil microbiomes in Central and South America. Applied Soil Ecology, 202, 105571. doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105571. LINK
  • Kutos S, Stricker E, Cooper A, Ryals R, Creque J, Machmuller M, Kroegar M, Silver WL. 2023. Compost amendment to enhance carbon sequestration in rangelands. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 78(2):163-77. doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2023.00072. LINK
  • Kutos S, Barnes EM, Bhutada A, Lewis JD. 2022. Preferential associations of soil fungal taxa under mixed compositions of eastern American tree species. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 98(6)fiac056. doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiac056. LINK
  • Kutos S, Barnes EM, Lewis JD. 2022. Soil fungal communities vary more with soil characteristics than tree diversity at a local scale. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, cjfr-2021-0360. doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2021-0360. LINK
  • Kutos S. 2021. Factors influencing soil fungal community composition and function in deciduous forests. ProQuest.
  • Kutos S*, Barnes EM*, Naghshineh N, Mesko M, You Q, Lewis JD. 2021. Assembly of the amphibian microbiome is influenced by the effects of landuse change on environmental reservoirs. Environmental Microbiology, 23(8) 4595-4611. doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15653. *Co-first LINK
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Location

Department of Biology

Loyola University Maryland

Email

skutos(at)loyola.edu

Links

LinkedIn

ORCID