J. Laidler, J. A. Shugart, S. Cady, K. S. Bahjat and K. M. Stedman. Reversible Inactivation and Desiccation Tolerance of Silicified Viruses. J.Virology, 87/24, published online 9 Oct. 2013 doi: 10.1128/JVI.02825-13

K. Stedman. Mechanisms for RNA capture by ssDNA viruses: Grand Theft RNA! (2013) Journal of Molecular Evolution, 76/6 359-364. Published online 20 June 2013 doi: 10.1007/s00239-013-9569-9 (On the cover) PMID: 23784142

P. L. Siering, G. V. Wolfe, M. S. Wilson, A. N. Yip, C. M. Carey, C. D. Wardman, R. S. Shapiro, K. M. Stedman, J. Kyle, T. Yuan, J. D. Van Nostrand, Z. He, and J. Zhou. Microbial Biogeochemistry of Boiling Springs Lake: a Physically Dynamic, Oligotrophic, Low pH Geothermal Ecosystem. (2013) Geobiology 11/4 356-376. Doi: 10.1111/gbi.12041. PMID: 23679065

K. M. Stedman, N. Kosmicki, and G. S. Diemer, Codon usage frequency of RNA virus genomes from high temperature acidic envirnment metagenomes. (2013) J. Virology 87/3 1919  doi: 10.1128/JVI.02610-12. PMCID: PMC3554165

R. M. Ceballos, C. D. Marceau, J. O. Marceau, S. Morris, A. J Clore, and K. M Stedman. Differential Virus Host-Ranges of the Fuselloviridae of Hyperthermophilic Archaea: Implications for Evolution in Extreme Environments.  (2012) Frontiers in Microbiology. 3: 295 doi:10.3389/fmicb.2012.00295 PMCID: PMC3426928

E. Iverson and K. M. Stedman. A genetic study of SSV1, the prototypical fusellovirus. (2012). Frontiers in Microbiology. 3: 200. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00200. PMCID: PMC3367457

G. S. Diemer and K. M. Stedman. A Novel Virus Genome Discovered in an Extreme Environment Suggests Recombination between Unrelated Groups of RNA and DNA Viruses.  (2012) Biology Direct, 7(1):13. PMID: 22515485, PMCID: PMC337243 doi:10.1186/1745-6150-7-13 “Highly Accessed”, Published 11 June, 2012. 

• Research award for ‘Computational and high-throughput studies in genomics and systems biology’ category in Biomed Central Journals.  22 April, 2013
• 7th annual Biomed Central Research Award. (Best article in BioMedCentral Journals in 2012) 22 April, 2013 : http://www.biomedcentral.com/researchawards/

Covered in :

• New Scientist : http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428613.500-first-glimpse-at-the-viral-birth-of-dna.html
• Nature: http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/04/hot-spring-yields-hybrid-genome.html
• Scientific American: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hot-spring-yields-new-hybrid-viral-genome
• Discover Magazine – 80 Beats http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/04/23/
• Virology Blog by Vincent Racaniello http://www.virology.ws/2012/07/19/a-dna-virus-with-the-capsid-of-an-rna-virus/
• Etc. . . .

M. DeYoung, M. Thayer, J. van der Oost, and K.M. Stedman (2011). Growth phase dependent gene regulation in vivo in Sulfolobus solfataricus. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 321/2, 92-99. Published online 6 June 2011. DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02313.x PMID: 21595744

J. Laidler and K. M. Stedman.Virus Silicification under Simulated Hot Spring Conditions (2010) Astrobiology, 10/6. 569-576. (On the Cover).  Editor’s “key” selection PMID: 20735248

K. M. Stedman, R. Porter and M. Dyall-Smith. The isolation of viruses infecting Archaea. (2009). In: Manual of Aquatic Virus Ecology (S.W. Wilhelm, M.G. Weinbauer, and C. A. Suttle Eds) pp.55-62 ASL.

K. M. Stedman.The Fuselloviruses of Archaea (2008) In: Encylopedia of Virology, Third Edition (B.W.J. Mahy and M.H.V. Van Regenmortel Eds). 296-300. Elsevier, Oxford.

A. Clore and K. Stedman. The SSV1 viral integrase is not essential. (2007) Virology, 361, 103-111.

K. M. Stedman. (2007) Plasmids and Cloning vectors for Thermophilic Archaea, In: Prokaryotes from Geothermal Environments: Biology and Technology (F. Robb, A. Driessen, G. Antranikian, and D. Grogan Eds). Chapter 17. CRC Press, Boca Raton.

R. Barry, M. Young, K. Stedman, E. Dratz. Proteomic Mapping of the Extremophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus P2. (2006) Electrophoresis, 27/14, 2970-2983

G. Erauso, K. M. Stedman, H. J. G. van de Werken, W. Zillig, and J. van der Oost. Two novel conjugative plasmids from a single strain of Sulfolobus. (2006) Microbiology 152/7, 1951-1968.

K. M. Stedman, A. Clore and Y. Combet-Blanc. (2006) Biogeographical Diversity of Archaeal Viruses, In: SGM symposium 66: Prokaryotic diversity: mechanisms and significance (N. A. Logan, H.M. Pappin-Scott, and P.C.F. Oynston Eds). 131-144. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

A. Clore and K. Stedman. Long Inverse PCR using iProof© polymerase. (2005) Bio-Rad Bulletin 5337 Rev A.

K. M. Stedman, D. Prangishvili, and W. Zillig. (2005) Viruses of Archaea, In: The Bacteriophages, 2nd Edition. (R. Calendar Ed.), 499-516. Oxford University Press, New York.

K. Stedman and B. S. Blumberg. The NASA Astrobiology Institute Virus Focus Group Workshop and Field trip to Mono and Mammoth Lakes, CA June 22-24, 2004. (2005) Astrobiology 5/4, 441-443

K. Stedman (2005). Fuselloviridae. In: Virus Taxonomy, VIIIth Report of the ICTV (C.M. Fauquet, M.A. Mayo, J. Maniloff, U. Desselberger, and L.A. Ball, eds), 107-110. Elsevier/Academic Press, London.

G. Rice, L. Tang, K. Stedman, F. Roberto, J. Spuhler, J.E. Johnson, T. Douglas, and M. Young. The Structure of a Thermophilic Virus Shows that a dsDNA Viral Capsid Type Spans All Domains of Life. (2004) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 101/20, 7716-7720.

B. Wiedenheft, K. M. Stedman, F. Roberto, D. Willits, A. Gleske, L. Zoeller, J. Snyder, T. Douglas, and M. Young. Comparative Genomic Analysis of Hyperthermophilic Archaeal Fuselloviridae Viruses. (2004) J. Virology, 78/4, 1954-1961.

K. M. Stedman, Q. She, H. Phan, H. P. Arnold, I. Holz, R. A. Garrett, and W. Zillig. Relationships between fuselloviruses infecting the extremely thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus: SSV1 and SSV2. (2003) Research in Microbiology 154/4, 295-302.

M. Jonuscheit, E. Martusewitsch, K. M. Stedman, and C. Schleper. A Reporter Gene System for the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus based on a selectable and integrative shuttle-vector. (2003) Molecular Microbiology 48/5. 1241-1252.

G. Rice, K. Stedman, J. Snyder, B. Wiedenheft, D. Willits, S. Brumfield, T. McDermott, and M. Young. Novel Viruses from Extreme Thermal Environments. (2001) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 98/23, 13341-5.

D. Prangishvili, K.M. Stedman, and W. Zillig. Viruses of the extremely thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus. (2001) Trends in Microbiology 9/1, 39-43.

K. M. Stedman, Q. She, I. Holz, H. Singh, R. A. Garrett, and W. Zillig. The pING family of conjugative plasmids from the extremely thermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus islandicus: insights into recombination and conjugation in Crenarchaeota. (2000) J. Bacteriol. 182/24, 7014-20

H. P. Arnold, Q. She, H. Phan, K. Stedman, D. Prangishvili, I. Holz, J. K. Kristjanson, R. A. Garrett, and W. Zillig. The Genetic Element pSSVx of the Extremely Thermophilic Crenarchaeon Sulfolobus is a Hybrid between a Plasmid and a Virus. (1999) Molecular Microbiology, 34/2, 217-226.

K. M. Stedman, C. Schleper, E. Rumpf, and W. Zillig. Genetic Requirements for the Function of the Archaeal Virus SSV1 in Sulfolobus solfataricus: Construction and Testing of Viral Shuttle Vectors. (1999) Genetics, 152/4, 1397-1405.

D. Prangishvili, S.-V. Albers, I. Holz, H. P. Arnold, K. Stedman, T. Klein, H. Singh, J. Hiort, A. Schweier, J. K. Kristjansson, and W. Zillig. Conjugation in Archaea: Frequent Occurrence of Conjugative Plasmids in Sulfolobus. (1998) Plasmid, 40/3, 190-202.

W. Zillig, H. P. Arnold, I. Holz, D. Prangishvili, A. Schweier, K. Stedman, Q. She, H. Phan, R. Garrett, and J. K. Kristjansson. Genetic Elements in the Extremely Thermophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus. (1998) Extremophiles, 2/3, 131-140.