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Journal articles
2016, 'Sample processing impacts the viability and cultivability of the sponge microbiome', Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00499
,2016, 'A combination of biochar-mineral complexes and compost improves soil bacterial processes, soil quality, and plant properties', Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00372
,2016, 'Effects of temperature stress and aquarium conditions on the red macroalga Delisea pulchra and its associated microbial community', Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00161
,2016, 'Expanding our understanding of the seaweed holobiont: RNA Viruses of the Red Alga Delisea pulchra', Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01489
,2016, 'Genome sequence of Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae MB373, an effective bioremediator', Genome Announcements, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.01068-16
,2015, 'Continental-scale variation in seaweed host-associated bacterial communities is a function of host condition, not geography', Environmental Microbiology, 17, pp. 4078 - 4088, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12972
,2015, 'The electrochemical properties of biochars and how they affect soil redox properties and processes', Agronomy, 5, pp. 322 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy5030322
,2015, 'High-resolution and specific detection of bacteria on complex surfaces using nanoparticle probes and electron microscopy', PLoS ONE, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0126404
,2015, 'A glutathione peroxidase (GpoA) plays a role in the pathogenicity of Nautella italica strain R11 towards the red alga Delisea pulchra', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiv021
,2015, 'Biogeographic variation in the microbiome of the ecologically important sponge, Carteriospongia foliascens', PeerJ, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1435
,2015, 'Biotransformation of coal linked to nitrification', International Journal of Coal Geology, 137, pp. 136 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2014.12.001
,2015, 'Editorial for: Microbial symbiosis of marine sessile hosts- diversity and function', Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00585
,2015, 'VarR controls colonization and virulence in the marine macroalgal pathogen Nautella italica R11', Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01130
,2015, 'Developing More Effective Enhanced Biochar Fertilisers for Improvement of Pepper Yield and Quality', Pedosphere, 25, pp. 703 - 712, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0160(15)30051-5
,2015, 'Feeding Biochar to Cows: An Innovative Solution for Improving Soil Fertility and Farm Productivity', Pedosphere, 25, pp. 666 - 679, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0160(15)30047-3
,2014, 'Your garden hose: A potential health risk due to Legionella spp. growth facilitated by free-living amoebae', Environmental Science and Technology, 48, pp. 10456 - 10464, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es502652n
,2014, 'Comparative analysis of the microbial communities in agricultural soil amended with enhanced biochars or traditional fertilisers', Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 191, pp. 73 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2014.04.006
,2014, 'Coal-Packed Methane Biofilter for Mitigation of Green House Gas Emissions from Coal Mine Ventilation Air', PLoS One, 9, pp. e94641, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094641
,2014, 'Deep sequencing of evolving pathogen populations: applications, errors, and bioinformatic solutions.', Microb Inform Exp, 4, pp. 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2042-5783-4-1
,2014, 'Bacterial pathogens, virulence mechanism and host defence in marine macroalgae', Environmental Microbiology, 16, pp. 925 - 938, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12288
,2014, 'Strain-specific parallel evolution drives short-term diversification during Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1314340111
,2014, 'A comprehensive analysis of the microbial communities of healthy and diseased marine macroalgae and the detection of known and potential bacterial pathogens.', Frontiers in microbiology, 6, pp. 146 - 146
,2013, 'Ankyrin-repeat proteins from sponge symbionts modulate amoebal phagocytosis', Molecular ecology
,2013, 'Deep sequencing of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases and polyketide synthases from the microbiomes of Australian marine sponges', The ISME journal
,2013, 'Draft genome sequence of the chronic, nonclonal cystic fibrosis isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain 18A', Genome announcements, 1
,2013, 'Further Readings in Geomicrobiology', Geomicrobiology Journal, 30, pp. 768 - 768, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2013.809976
,2013, 'Harnessing Single Cell Sorting to Identify Cell Division Genes and Regulators in Bacteria', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e60964, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0060964
,2013, 'Marine microbial symbiosis heats up: The phylogenetic and functional response of a sponge holobiont to thermal stress', ISME Journal, 7, pp. 991 - 1002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2012.165
,2013, 'Permanent draft genome sequence of Comamonas testosteroni KF-1', Standards in Genomic Sciences, 8, pp. 239 - 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.4056/sigs.3847890
,2013, 'Shifting paradigms: Development of high-efficiency biochar fertilizers based on nano-structures and soluble components', Carbon Management, 4, pp. 323 - 343, http://dx.doi.org/10.4155/cmt.13.23
,2013, 'The seaweed holobiont: understanding seaweed–bacteria interactions.', FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 37, pp. 462 - 476, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6976.12011
,2012, 'Assessing the effectiveness of functional genetic screens for the identification of bioactive metabolites', Marine Drugs, 11, pp. 40 - 49, http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/11/1/40
,2012, 'Community structure and functional gene profile of bacteria on healthy and diseased thalli of the red seaweed Delisea pulchra.', PLoS One, 7, pp. e50854, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050854
,2012, 'Deep sequencing of secondary meta-metabolomes: A preliminary screening tool for determining natural product diversity.', Planta Medica, 78, pp. CL51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1320286
,2012, 'Functional equivalence and evolutionary convergence in complex communities of microbial sponge symbionts', Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. USA, 109, pp. 1878 - 1887
,2012, 'GemSIM: General, Error-Model based SIMulator of next-generation sequencing data', BMC Genomics, 13, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-74
,2012, 'Global biogeography of SAR11 marine bacteria', Molecular Systems Biology, 8, pp. 595, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/msb.2012.28
,2012, 'Metagenomics - a guide from sampling to data analysis.', BMC Microbial Informatics and Experimentation, 2, pp. 3
,2012, 'Metaproteogenomic analysis of a community of sponge symbionts', ISME Journal, 6, pp. 1515 - 1525, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2012.1
,2012, 'Phaeobacter gallaeciensis genomes from globally opposite locations reveal high similarity of adaptation to surface life', ISME Journal, 6, pp. 2229 - 2244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2012.62
,2012, 'Reconstruction of ribosomal RNA genes from metagenomic data', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. e39948
,2011, 'Phylogenetic Screening of Metagenomic Libraries Using Homing Endonuclease Restriction and Marker Insertion', , pp. 245 - 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118010518.ch29
,2011, 'A polyphasic approach to the exploration of collagenolytic activity in the bacterial community associated with the marine sponge Cymbastela concentrica.', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 321, pp. 24 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02306.x
,2011, 'Accurate Reconstruction of Microbial Community From Environmental Shotgun Sequences Avoiding Primer Bias', SHORT, pp. 58 - 58
,2011, 'An experimental model for the spatial structuring and selection of bacterial communities', Journal of Microbiological Methods, 87, pp. 165 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2011.08.010
,2011, 'An integrative study of a meromictic lake ecosystem in Antarctica', ISME Journal, 5, pp. 879 - 895
,2011, 'Antidiatom and antibacterial activity of epiphytic bacteria isolated from Ulva lactuca in tropical waters', World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 27, pp. 1543 - 1549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11274-010-0606-1
,2011, 'Bacterial community assembly based on functional genes rather than species', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108, pp. 14288 - 14293, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1101591108
,2011, 'Bacteriophage evolution drives Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 biofilm diversification', BMC Bioinformatics, 12, pp. A2 - A2
,2011, 'Complete genome sequence of Parvibaculum lavamentivorans type strain (DS-1T).', Standards in Genomic Sciences, 5, pp. 298 - 310, http://dx.doi.org/10.4056/sigs.2215005
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