By Professor Torsten Thomas

Journal articles

Pettersen AK; Coleman MA; Latombe G; Gonzalez S; Williams NLR; Seymour JR; Campbell AH; Thomas T; Ferrari R; Stuart-Smith RD; Edgar GJ; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli E, 2022, 'Spatial compositional turnover varies with trophic level and body size in marine assemblages of micro- and macroorganisms', Global Ecology and Biogeography, 31, pp. 1556 - 1570, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/geb.13530

Taylor JA; Díez-Vives C; Nielsen S; Wemheuer B; Thomas T, 2022, 'Communality in microbial stress response and differential metabolic interactions revealed by time-series analysis of sponge symbionts', Environmental Microbiology, 24, pp. 2299 - 2314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15962

Taylor JA; Palladino G; Wemheuer B; Steinert G; Sipkema D; Williams TJ; Thomas T, 2022, 'Correction to: Phylogeny resolved, metabolism revealed: functional radiation within a widespread and divergent clade of sponge symbionts (The ISME Journal, (2021), 15, 2, (503-519), 10.1038/s41396-020-00791-z)', ISME Journal, 16, pp. 1200 - 1200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01099-2

Field MA; Yadav S; Dudchenko O; Esvaran M; Rosen BD; Skvortsova K; Edwards RJ; Keilwagen J; Cochran BJ; Manandhar B; Bustamante S; Rasmussen JA; Melvin RG; Chernoff B; Omer A; Colaric Z; Chan EKF; Minoche AE; Smith TPL; Gilbert MTP; Bogdanovic O; Zammit RA; Thomas T; Aiden EL; Ballard JWO, 2022, 'The Australian dingo is an early offshoot of modern breed dogs', Science Advances, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abm5944

Qi S; Wang J; Wan L; Dai Z; da Silva Matos DM; Du D; Egan S; Bonser SP; Thomas T; Moles AT, 2022, 'Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Contribute to Phosphorous Uptake and Allocation Strategies of Solidago canadensis in a Phosphorous-Deficient Environment', Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.831654

Li J; Majzoub ME; Marzinelli EM; Dai Z; Thomas T; Egan S, 2022, 'Bacterial controlled mitigation of dysbiosis in a seaweed disease', ISME Journal, 16, pp. 378 - 387, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-01070-1

Pratap K; Majzoub ME; Taki AC; Miranda Hernandez S; Magnusson M; Glasson CRK; de Nys R; Thomas T; Lopata AL; Kamath SD, 2022, 'The Algal Polysaccharide Ulvan and Carotenoid Astaxanthin Both Positively Modulate Gut Microbiota in Mice', Foods, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods11040565

Mills JG; Selway CA; Weyrich LS; Skelly C; Weinstein P; Thomas T; Young JM; Marczylo E; Yadav S; Yadav V; Lowe AJ; Breed MF, 2022, 'Rare genera differentiate urban green space soil bacterial communities in three cities across the world.', Access Microbiol, 4, pp. 000320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000320

Vendl C; Nelson T; Ferrari B; Thomas T; Rogers T, 2021, 'Highly abundant core taxa in the blow within and across captive bottlenose dolphins provide evidence for a temporally stable airway microbiota', BMC Microbiology, 21, pp. 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-020-02076-z

Bhandarkar NS; Mouatt P; Majzoub ME; Thomas T; Brown L; Panchal SK, 2021, 'Coffee pulp, a by-product of coffee production, modulates gut microbiota and improves metabolic syndrome in high-carbohydrate, high-fat diet-fed rats', Pathogens, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10111369

du Preez R; Majzoub ME; Thomas T; Panchal SK; Brown L, 2021, 'Nannochloropsis oceanica as a microalgal food intervention in diet-induced metabolic syndrome in rats', Nutrients, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13113991

Dewi DAPR; Thomas T; Mokhtar AMA; Nanyan NSM; Zulfigar SB; Salikin NH, 2021, 'Carbapenem resistance among marine bacteria—an emerging threat to the global health sector', Microorganisms, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9102147

Barno AR; Villela HDM; Aranda M; Thomas T; Peixoto RS, 2021, 'Correction referring to: Host under epigenetic control: A novel perspective on the interaction between microorganisms and corals (BioEssays, (2021), 43, 10, (2100068), 10.1002/bies.202100068)', BioEssays, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.202170086

Barno AR; Villela HDM; Aranda M; Thomas T; Peixoto RS, 2021, 'Host under epigenetic control: A novel perspective on the interaction between microorganisms and corals', BioEssays, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.202100068

Ferrari J; Goncalves P; Campbell AH; Sudatti DB; Wood GV; Thomas T; Pereira RC; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM, 2021, 'Molecular analysis of a fungal disease in the habitat-forming brown macroalga Phyllospora comosa (Fucales) along a latitudinal gradient', Journal of Phycology, 57, pp. 1504 - 1516, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13180

Majzoub ME; McElroy K; Maczka M; Schulz S; Thomas T; Egana S, 2021, 'Genomic Evolution of the Marine Bacterium Phaeobacter inhibens during Biofilm Growth', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00769-21

Taylor JA; Díez-Vives C; Majzoub ME; Nielsen S; Thomas T, 2021, 'Stress response of the marine sponge Scopalina sp.. Can microbial community composition predict sponge disease?', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab095

Phelps CM; McMahon K; Bissett A; Bernasconi R; Steinberg PD; Thomas T; Marzinelli EM; Huggett MJ, 2021, 'The surface bacterial community of an Australian kelp shows cross-continental variation and relative stability within regions', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab089

Robbins SJ; Song W; Engelberts JP; Glasl B; Slaby BM; Boyd J; Marangon E; Botté ES; Laffy P; Thomas T; Webster NS, 2021, 'A genomic view of the microbiome of coral reef demosponges', ISME Journal, 15, pp. 1641 - 1654, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00876-9

Ozkan J; Majzoub ME; Coroneo M; Thomas T; Willcox M, 2021, 'Comparative analysis of ocular surface tissue microbiome in human, mouse, rabbit, and guinea pig', Experimental Eye Research, 207, pp. 108609, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2021.108609

Baum L; Nguyen MTHD; Jia Y; Biazik J; Thomas T, 2021, 'Characterization of a novel roseophage and the morphological and transcriptional response of the sponge symbiont Ruegeria AU67 to infection', Environmental Microbiology, 23, pp. 2532 - 2549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15474

Nayfach S; Roux S; Seshadri R; Udwary D; Varghese N; Schulz F; Wu D; Paez-Espino D; Chen IM; Huntemann M; Palaniappan K; Ladau J; Mukherjee S; Reddy TBK; Nielsen T; Kirton E; Faria JP; Edirisinghe JN; Henry CS; Jungbluth SP; Chivian D; Dehal P; Wood-Charlson EM; Arkin AP; Tringe SG; Visel A; Abreu H; Acinas SG; Allen E; Allen MA; Alteio LV; Andersen G; Anesio AM; Attwood G; Avila-Magaña V; Badis Y; Bailey J; Baker B; Baldrian P; Barton HA; Beck DAC; Becraft ED; Beller HR; Beman JM; Bernier-Latmani R; Berry TD; Bertagnolli A; Bertilsson S; Bhatnagar JM; Bird JT; Blanchard JL; Blumer-Schuette SE; Bohannan B; Borton MA; Brady A; Brawley SH; Brodie J; Brown S; Brum JR; Brune A; Bryant DA; Buchan A; Buckley DH; Buongiorno J; Cadillo-Quiroz H; Caffrey SM; Campbell AN; Campbell B; Carr S; Carroll JL; Cary SC; Cates AM; Cattolico RA; Cavicchioli R; Chistoserdova L; Coleman ML; Constant P; Conway JM; Mac Cormack WP; Crowe S; Crump B; Currie C; Daly R; DeAngelis KM; Denef V; Denman SE; Desta A; Dionisi H; Dodsworth J; Dombrowski N; Donohue T; Dopson M; Driscoll T; Dunfield P; Dupont CL; Dynarski KA; Edgcomb V; Edwards EA; Elshahed MS; Figueroa I; Williams T; Thomas T, 2021, 'A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes', Nature Biotechnology, 39, pp. 499 - 509, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0718-6

Nayfach S; Roux S; Seshadri R; Udwary D; Varghese N; Schulz F; Wu D; Paez-Espino D; Chen IM; Huntemann M; Palaniappan K; Ladau J; Mukherjee S; Reddy TBK; Nielsen T; Kirton E; Faria JP; Edirisinghe JN; Henry CS; Jungbluth SP; Chivian D; Dehal P; Wood-Charlson EM; Arkin AP; Tringe SG; Visel A; Abreu H; Acinas SG; Allen E; Allen MA; Alteio LV; Andersen G; Anesio AM; Attwood G; Avila-Magaña V; Badis Y; Bailey J; Baker B; Baldrian P; Barton HA; Beck DAC; Becraft ED; Beller HR; Beman JM; Bernier-Latmani R; Berry TD; Bertagnolli A; Bertilsson S; Bhatnagar JM; Bird JT; Blanchard JL; Blumer-Schuette SE; Bohannan B; Borton MA; Brady A; Brawley SH; Brodie J; Brown S; Brum JR; Brune A; Bryant DA; Buchan A; Buckley DH; Buongiorno J; Cadillo-Quiroz H; Caffrey SM; Campbell AN; Campbell B; Carr S; Carroll JL; Cary SC; Cates AM; Cattolico RA; Cavicchioli R; Chistoserdova L; Coleman ML; Constant P; Conway JM; Mac Cormack WP; Crowe S; Crump B; Currie C; Daly R; DeAngelis KM; Denef V; Denman SE; Desta A; Dionisi H; Dodsworth J; Dombrowski N; Donohue T; Dopson M; Driscoll T; Dunfield P; Dupont CL; Dynarski KA; Edgcomb V; Edwards EA; Elshahed MS; Figueroa I; Thomas T; Williams T, 2021, 'Author Correction: A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes (Nature Biotechnology, (2021), 39, 4, (499-509), 10.1038/s41587-020-0718-6)', Nature Biotechnology, 39, pp. 521, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41587-021-00898-4

Nayfach S; Roux S; Seshadri R; Udwary D; Varghese N; Schulz F; Wu D; Paez-Espino D; Chen IM; Huntemann M; Palaniappan K; Ladau J; Mukherjee S; Reddy TBK; Nielsen T; Kirton E; Faria JP; Edirisinghe JN; Henry CS; Jungbluth SP; Chivian D; Dehal P; Wood-Charlson EM; Arkin AP; Tringe SG; Visel A; Abreu H; Acinas SG; Allen E; Allen MA; Andersen G; Anesio AM; Attwood G; Avila-Magaña V; Badis Y; Bailey J; Baker B; Baldrian P; Barton HA; Beck DAC; Becraft ED; Beller HR; Beman JM; Bernier-Latmani R; Berry TD; Bertagnolli A; Bertilsson S; Bhatnagar JM; Bird JT; Blumer-Schuette SE; Bohannan B; Borton MA; Brady A; Brawley SH; Brodie J; Brown S; Brum JR; Brune A; Bryant DA; Buchan A; Buckley DH; Buongiorno J; Cadillo-Quiroz H; Caffrey SM; Campbell AN; Campbell B; Carr S; Carroll JL; Cary SC; Cates AM; Cattolico RA; Cavicchioli R; Chistoserdova L; Coleman ML; Constant P; Conway JM; Mac Cormack WP; Crowe S; Crump B; Currie C; Daly R; Denef V; Denman SE; Desta A; Dionisi H; Dodsworth J; Dombrowski N; Donohue T; Dopson M; Driscoll T; Dunfield P; Dupont CL; Dynarski KA; Edgcomb V; Edwards EA; Elshahed MS; Figueroa I; Flood B; Fortney N; Fortunato CS; Williams T; Thomas T, 2021, 'Publisher Correction: A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes (Nature Biotechnology, (2021), 39, 4, (499-509), 10.1038/s41587-020-0718-6)', Nature Biotechnology, 39, pp. 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-00769-4

Song W; Wemheuer B; Steinberg PD; Marzinelli EM; Thomas T, 2021, 'Contribution of horizontal gene transfer to the functionality of microbial biofilm on a macroalgae', ISME Journal, 15, pp. 807 - 817, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00815-8

Peixoto RS; Sweet M; Villela HDM; Cardoso P; Thomas T; Voolstra CR; Høj L; Bourne DG, 2021, 'Coral Probiotics: Premise, Promise, Prospects', Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 9, pp. 265 - 288, http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev-animal-090120-115444

Nguyen M; Wemheuer B; Laffy PW; Webster NS; Thomas T, 2021, 'Taxonomic, functional and expression analysis of viral communities associated with marine sponges', PeerJ, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10715

Chen Q; Wu WW; Qi SS; Cheng H; Li Q; Ran Q; Dai ZC; Du DL; Egan S; Thomas T, 2021, 'Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi improve the growth and disease resistance of the invasive plant Wedelia trilobata', Journal of Applied Microbiology, 130, pp. 582 - 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jam.14415

Taylor JA; Palladino G; Wemheuer B; Steinert G; Sipkema D; Williams TJ; Thomas T, 2021, 'Phylogeny resolved, metabolism revealed: functional radiation within a widespread and divergent clade of sponge symbionts', ISME Journal, 15, pp. 503 - 519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00791-z

Ozkan J; Coroneo M; Sandbach J; Subedi D; Willcox M; Thomas T, 2021, 'Bacterial contamination of intravitreal needles by the ocular surface microbiome', Ocular Surface, 19, pp. 169 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtos.2020.05.010

Preez RD; Magnusson M; Majzoub ME; Thomas T; Praeger C; Glasson CRK; Panchal SK; Brown L, 2021, 'Brown seaweed sargassum siliquosum as an intervention for diet-induced obesity in male wistar rats', Nutrients, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13061754

Preez RD; Majzoub ME; Thomas T; Panchal SK; Brown L, 2020, 'Caulerpa lentillifera (Sea grapes) improves cardiovascular and metabolic health of rats with diet-induced metabolic syndrome', Metabolites, 10, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/metabo10120500

Vendl C; Slavich E; Wemheuer B; Nelson T; Ferrari B; Thomas T; Rogers T, 2020, 'Respiratory microbiota of humpback whales may be reduced in diversity and richness the longer they fast', Scientific Reports, 10, pp. 12645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69602-x

Mangott A; Nappi J; Delli Paoli Carini A; Goncalves P; Hua K; Domingos JA; de Nys R; Thomas T, 2020, 'Ulva lactuca as a functional ingredient and water bioremediator positively influences the hepatopancreas and water microbiota in the rearing of Litopenaeus vannamei', Algal Research, 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2020.102040

Astudillo-García C; Bell JJ; Montoya JM; Moitinho-Silva L; Thomas T; Webster NS; Taylor MW, 2020, 'Assessing the strength and sensitivity of the core microbiota approach on a highly diverse sponge reef', Environmental Microbiology, 22, pp. 3985 - 3999, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15185

Mills JG; Bissett A; Gellie NJC; Lowe AJ; Selway CA; Thomas T; Weinstein P; Weyrich LS; Breed MF, 2020, 'Revegetation of urban green space rewilds soil microbiotas with implications for human health and urban design', Restoration Ecology, 28, pp. S322 - S334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rec.13175

Vendl C; Slavich E; Nelson T; Acevedo-Whitehouse K; Montgomery K; Ferrari B; Thomas T; Rogers T, 2020, 'Does sociality drive diversity and composition of airway microbiota in cetaceans?', Environmental Microbiology Reports, 12, pp. 324 - 333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12835

Wemheuer F; Taylor JA; Daniel R; Johnston E; Meinicke P; Thomas T; Wemheuer B, 2020, 'Tax4Fun2: Prediction of habitat-specific functional profiles and functional redundancy based on 16S rRNA gene sequences', Environmental Microbiomes, 15, pp. 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40793-020-00358-7

Dewi DAPR; Götz B; Thomasa T, 2020, 'Diversity and genetic basis for carbapenem resistance in a coastal marine environment', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02939-19

Chew J; Zhu L; Nielsen S; Graber E; Mitchell DRG; Horvat J; Mohammed M; Liu M; van Zwieten L; Donne S; Munroe P; Taherymoosavi S; Pace B; Rawal A; Hook J; Marjo C; Thomas DS; Pan G; Li L; Bian R; McBeath A; Bird M; Thomas T; Husson O; Solaiman Z; Joseph S; Fan X, 2020, 'Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice', Science of the Total Environment, 713, pp. 136431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136431

Coffey MJ; Mckay IR; Doumit M; Chuang S; Adams S; Stelzer-Braid S; Waters SA; Kasparian NA; Thomas T; Jaffe A; Katz T; Ooi CY, 2020, 'Evaluating the Alimentary and Respiratory Tracts in Health and disease (EARTH) research programme: a protocol for prospective, longitudinal, controlled, observational studies in children with chronic disease at an Australian tertiary paediatric hospital', BMJ Open, 10, pp. e033916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033916

Zhang HY; Goncalves P; Copeland E; Qi SS; Dai ZC; Li GL; Wang CY; Du DL; Thomas T, 2020, 'Invasion by the weed Conyza canadensis alters soil nutrient supply and shifts microbiota structure', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107739

Bhandarkar NS; Mouatt P; Goncalves P; Thomas T; Brown L; Panchal SK, 2020, 'Modulation of gut microbiota by spent coffee grounds attenuates diet-induced metabolic syndrome in rats', FASEB Journal, 34, pp. 4783 - 4797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1096/fj.201902416RR

Parata L; Nielsen S; Xing X; Thomas T; Egan S; Vergés A, 2020, 'Age, gut location and diet impact the gut microbiome of a tropical herbivorous surgeonfish', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz179

du Preez R; Paul N; Mouatt P; Majzoub ME; Thomas T; Panchal SK; Brown L, 2020, 'Carrageenans from the Red Seaweed Sarconema filiforme Attenuate Symptoms of Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome in Rats', Marine Drugs, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md18020097

John OD; Mouatt P; Majzoub ME; Thomas T; Panchal SK; Brown L, 2020, 'Physiological and metabolic effects of yellow mangosteen (Garcinia dulcis) rind in rats with dietinduced metabolic syndrome', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21010272

Coffey MJ; Low I; Stelzer-Braid S; Wemheuer B; Garg M; Thomas T; Jaffe A; Rawlinson WD; Ooi CY, 2020, 'The intestinal virome in children with cystic fibrosis differs from healthy controls.', PLoS One, 15, pp. e0233557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0233557

Ozkan J; Coroneo M; Thomas T; Willcox M, 2019, 'Biogeography of the human ocular microbiota', The Ocular Surface, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtos.2018.11.005

Botté ES; Nielsen S; Abdul Wahab MA; Webster J; Robbins S; Thomas T; Webster NS, 2019, 'Changes in the metabolic potential of the sponge microbiome under ocean acidification', Nature Communications, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12156-y

Song W; Thomas T; Edwards RJ, 2019, 'Complete genome sequences of pooled genomic DNA from 10 marine bacteria using PacBio long-read sequencing', Marine Genomics, 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2019.05.002

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