List of works by Torsten Thomas

17 Proteins from Psychrophiles

<i>Caulerpa lentillifera</i> (Sea Grapes) Improves Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health of Rats with Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

A Combination of Biochar-Mineral Complexes and Compost Improves Soil Bacterial Processes, Soil Quality, and Plant Properties

scientific article

A Sanger/pyrosequencing hybrid approach for the generation of high-quality draft assemblies of marine microbial genomes

scholarly article

A comprehensive analysis of the microbial communities of healthy and diseased marine macroalgae and the detection of known and potential bacterial pathogens.

scientific article published on 24 February 2015

A genomic view of the microbiome of coral reef demosponges

scientific article published on 19 January 2021

A glutathione peroxidase (GpoA) plays a role in the pathogenicity of Nautella italica strain R11 towards the red alga Delisea pulchra

scientific article published on 26 February 2015

A horizon scan of priorities for coastal marine microbiome research

scientific article published on 21 October 2019

A polyphasic approach to the exploration of collagenolytic activity in the bacterial community associated with the marine sponge Cymbastela concentrica

scientific article

Age, gut location and diet impact the gut microbiome of a tropical herbivorous surgeonfish

scientific article published on 19 November 2019

An experimental model for the spatial structuring and selection of bacterial communities

article

An integrative study of a meromictic lake ecosystem in Antarctica

scientific article

Analysis of the Pseudoalteromonas tunicata genome reveals properties of a surface-associated life style in the marine environment

scientific article

Ankyrin-repeat proteins from sponge symbionts modulate amoebal phagocytosis

scientific article published on 26 August 2013

Assessing the effectiveness of functional genetic screens for the identification of bioactive metabolites

scientific article

Assessing the strength and sensitivity of the core microbiota approach on a highly diverse sponge reef

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

Bacterial community assembly based on functional genes rather than species

scientific article

Bacterial contamination of intravitreal needles by the ocular surface microbiome

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

Bacterial controlled mitigation of dysbiosis in a seaweed disease

scientific article published on 2 August 2021

Bacterial pathogens, virulence mechanism and host defence in marine macroalgae

scientific article published on 21 October 2013

Bacteriophage evolution drives Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 biofilm diversification

scientific article

Below‐ground processes control the success of an invasive seaweed

scientific article published on 12 March 2018

Binning_refiner: improving genome bins through the combination of different binning programs

scientific article

Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice

scientific article published on 03 January 2020

Biogeographic variation in the microbiome of the ecologically important sponge, Carteriospongia foliascens.

scientific article published on 17 December 2015

Biogeography of the human ocular microbiota

scientific article published on 13 November 2018

Carrageenans from the Red Seaweed Sarconema filiforme Attenuate Symptoms of Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome in Rats

scientific article published on 31 January 2020

Causes and Consequences of a Variant Strain of With Reduced Competition

article

Changes in the metabolic potential of the sponge microbiome under ocean acidification

scientific article published on 12 September 2019

Chemolithotrophic processes in the bacterial communities on the surface of mineral-enriched biochars

scientific article published on 7 February 2017

Coal-packed methane biofilter for mitigation of green house gas emissions from coal mine ventilation air.

scientific article

Cold adaptation of archaeal elongation factor 2 (EF-2) proteins

scientific article

Community structure and functional gene profile of bacteria on healthy and diseased thalli of the red seaweed Delisea pulchra

scientific article

Comparative Genomics Reveals Ecological and Evolutionary Insights into Sponge-Associated Thaumarchaeota

scientific article published on 13 August 2019

Comparative metabolomic analysis reveals shared and unique chemical interactions in sponge holobionts

scientific article published in 2022

Competitive interactions between sponge-associated bacteria.

scientific article published on 22 January 2017

Complete genome sequence of Parvibaculum lavamentivorans type strain (DS-1(T)).

scientific article

Complete genome sequences of pooled genomic DNA from 10 marine bacteria using PacBio long-read sequencing

scientific article published on 23 May 2019

Composition, uniqueness and variability of the epiphytic bacterial community of the green alga Ulva australis

scientific article

Continental-scale variation in seaweed host-associated bacterial communities is a function of host condition, not geography

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Coral Probiotics: Premise, Promise, Prospects

scientific article published on 15 December 2020

Deep sequencing of evolving pathogen populations: applications, errors, and bioinformatic solutions

scientific article published on 15 January 2014

Deep sequencing of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases and polyketide synthases from the microbiomes of Australian marine sponges.

scientific article

Detecting signatures of a sponge-associated lifestyle in bacterial genomes

Detecting signatures of a sponge-associated lifestyle in bacterial genomes

Detection of carbapenem-resistant bacteria in the public area of a hospital

scientific article published on 29 July 2018

Diet and diet-associated bacteria shape early microbiome development in Yellowtail Kingfish (Seriola lalandi)

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Differential priority effects impact taxonomy and functionality of host‐associated microbiomes

scientific article published in 2022

Disrupted progression of the intestinal microbiota with age in children with cystic fibrosis

scientific article published on 4 May 2016

Diversity and genetic basis for carbapenem resistance in a coastal marine environment

scientific article published on 20 March 2020

Diversity, host-specificity and stability of sponge-associated fungal communities of co-occurring sponges.

scientific article published on 4 June 2018

Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome

scientific article

Draft genome sequence of the chronic, nonclonal cystic fibrosis isolate Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain 18A.

scientific article

Editorial for: Microbial symbiosis of marine sessile hosts- diversity and function

scientific article published on 16 June 2015

Effect of interspecific competition on trait variation in Phaeobacter inhibens biofilms

scientific article published on 23 February 2016

Effects of Temperature Stress and Aquarium Conditions on the Red Macroalga Delisea pulchra and its Associated Microbial Community

scientific article published on 18 February 2016

Erratum to: The sponge microbiome project

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Essential Gene Clusters Identified in Stenotrophomonas MB339 for Multiple Metal/Antibiotic Resistance and Xenobiotic Degradation

scientific article published on 14 August 2018

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 hosp

scientific article published on 14 April 2020

Evolution and function of eukaryotic-like proteins from sponge symbionts

scientific article published on 20 August 2016

Expanding our Understanding of the Seaweed Holobiont: RNA Viruses of the Red Alga Delisea pulchra

scientific article

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and cell sorting of living bacteria

scientific article published on 09 December 2019

Functional Biogeography and Host-Specificity of Bacterial Communities Associated with the Marine Green Alga Ulva spp.

scientific article published on 8 February 2018

Functional equivalence and evolutionary convergence in complex communities of microbial sponge symbionts

scientific article

Functional genomic analysis of an uncultured δ-proteobacterium in the sponge Cymbastela concentrica

scientific article

Functional genomic signatures of sponge bacteria reveal unique and shared features of symbiosis

scientific article published on 3 June 2010

Functional guilds and drivers of diversity in seaweed-associated bacteria

scientific article published in 2023

Fungal Endophyte Communities of Three Agricultural Important Grass Species Differ in Their Response Towards Management Regimes

Future climate change is predicted to affect the microbiome and condition of habitat-forming kelp

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

GemSIM: general, error-model based simulator of next-generation sequencing data

scientific article

Genome Sequence of Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. similipneumoniae MB373, an Effective Bioremediator

scientific article published on 29 September 2016

Genomes and virulence factors of novel bacterial pathogens causing bleaching disease in the marine red alga Delisea pulchra

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Genotype to phenotype: Diet-by-mitochondrial DNA haplotype interactions drive metabolic flexibility and organismal fitness

scientific article published on 06 November 2018

Global biogeography of SAR11 marine bacteria

scientific article

Global qualitative and quantitative distribution of micropollutants in the deep sea

scientific article published on 19 May 2022

Gut Microbiota in Children With Cystic Fibrosis: A Taxonomic and Functional Dysbiosis

scientific article published on 09 December 2019

Harnessing single cell sorting to identify cell division genes and regulators in bacteria

scientific article

Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss

scientific article published in 2022

HgtSIM: a simulator for horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in microbial communities

scientific article published on 8 November 2017

High-resolution and specific detection of bacteria on complex surfaces using nanoparticle probes and electron microscopy

scientific article published on 27 May 2015

Hydrogen peroxide linked to lysine oxidase activity facilitates biofilm differentiation and dispersal in several gram-negative bacteria

scientific article published on 23 May 2008

Identification and Visualization of a Distinct Microbiome in Ocular Surface Conjunctival Tissue

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Identification of compounds with bioactivity against the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans by a screen based on the functional genomics of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas tunicata D2.

scientific article

Identification of the antibacterial compound produced by the marine epiphytic bacterium Pseudovibrio sp. D323 and related sponge-associated bacteria

scientific article

Integrated metabolism in sponge-microbe symbiosis revealed by genome-centered metatranscriptomics

scientific article published on 24 March 2017

Long-term succession in a coal seam microbiome during in situ biostimulation of coalbed-methane generation

scientific article published on 15 October 2018

Marine microbial symbiosis heats up: the phylogenetic and functional response of a sponge holobiont to thermal stress

scientific article

MarkerMAG: linking metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) with 16S rRNA marker genes using paired-end short reads

scientific article published in 2022

Measuring continuous compositional change using decline and decay in zeta diversity

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

Mechanisms of thermal adaptation revealed from the genomes of the Antarctic Archaea Methanogenium frigidum and Methanococcoides burtonii

scientific article

MetaCHIP: community-level horizontal gene transfer identification through the combination of best-match and phylogenetic approaches

article

Metagenomic analysis of soil and freshwater from zoo agricultural area with organic fertilization

scientific article

Metagenomic studies reveal the critical and wide-ranging ecological importance of uncultivated Archaea: the role of ammonia oxidizers.

scientific article published in January 2007

Metagenomics - a guide from sampling to data analysis

scientific article

Metaproteogenomic analysis of a community of sponge symbionts

scientific article

Metaproteogenomic analysis of a dominant green sulfur bacterium from Ace Lake, Antarctica

scientific article published on 18 March 2010

Microbial communities in marine sediments modify success of an invasive macrophyte. ⬇️

scientific article

Microbial community function in the bleaching disease of the marine macroalgae Delisea pulchra

scientific article published on 17 April 2017

Microbial indicators of environmental perturbations in coral reef ecosystems

scientific article published on 21 June 2019

Microbiome patterns across the gastrointestinal tract of the rabbitfish Siganus fuscescens

scientific article

Modularity and predicted functions of the global sponge-microbiome network

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Modulation of gut microbiota by spent coffee grounds attenuates diet-induced metabolic syndrome in rats

scientific article published on 10 February 2020

Multi-omics profiling of Earth’s biomes reveals patterns of diversity and co-occurrence in microbial and metabolite composition across environments

scientific article published on 6 June 2021

Multiple opportunistic pathogens can cause a bleaching disease in the red seaweed Delisea pulchra.

scientific article published on 23 June 2016

Natural and Regenerated Saltmarshes Exhibit Similar Soil and Belowground Organic Carbon Stocks, Root Production and Soil Respiration

scientific article

Novel Chloroflexi genomes from the deepest ocean reveal metabolic strategies for the adaptation to deep-sea habitats

scientific article published on 10 May 2022

Novel antibacterial proteins from the microbial communities associated with the sponge Cymbastela concentrica and the green alga Ulva australis

scientific article

Partitioning of functional and taxonomic diversity in surface-associated microbial communities.

scientific article published on 8 April 2016

Pathogenic archaea: do they exist?

scientific article

Permanent draft genome sequence of Comamonas testosteroni KF-1

scientific article published on 30 May 2013

Phaeobacter gallaeciensis genomes from globally opposite locations reveal high similarity of adaptation to surface life

scientific article

Phaeobacter inhibens controls bacterial community assembly on a marine diatom

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Phylogenetic screening of a bacterial, metagenomic library using homing endonuclease restriction and marker insertion

scientific article

Phylogeny resolved, metabolism revealed: functional radiation within a widespread and divergent clade of sponge symbionts

scientific article published on 03 October 2020

Physiological and Metabolic Effects of Yellow Mangosteen (Garcinia dulcis) Rind in Rats with Diet-Induced Metabolic Syndrome

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Predicting the HMA-LMA Status in Marine Sponges by Machine Learning.

scientific article

Primer fabrication using polymerase mediated oligonucleotide synthesis

scientific article published on 31 July 2009

Pseudomonas aeruginosa AES-1 exhibits increased virulence gene expression during chronic infection of cystic fibrosis lung

scientific article

Rare genera differentiate urban green space soil bacterial communities in three cities across the world

scientific article published in 2022

Reconstruction of ribosomal RNA genes from metagenomic data

scientific article

Relating Urban Biodiversity to Human Health With the 'Holobiont' Concept

article

Respiratory microbiota of humpback whales may be reduced in diversity and richness the longer they fast

scientific article published on 28 July 2020

Revegetation of urban green space rewilds soil microbiotas with implications for human health and urban design

scientific article published in 2020

Sample Processing Impacts the Viability and Cultivability of the Sponge Microbiome

scientific article

Schoolyard Biodiversity Determines Short-Term Recovery of Disturbed Skin Microbiota in Children

scientific article published in 2022

Selective extraction of bacterial DNA from the surfaces of macroalgae

scientific article

Simple high-throughput annotation pipeline (SHAP).

scientific article

Spatial compositional turnover varies with trophic level and body size in marine assemblages of micro‐ and macroorganisms

scientific article published in 2022

Strain-specific parallel evolution drives short-term diversification during Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation

scientific article

Tax4Fun2: a R-based tool for the rapid prediction of habitat-specific functional profiles and functional redundancy based on 16S rRNA gene marker gene sequences

article

Temporal Stability and Composition of the Ocular Surface Microbiome

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

The Australian dingo is an early offshoot of modern breed dogs

scientific article published on 22 April 2022

The Sponge Hologenome

scientific article

The application of zeta diversity as a continuous measure of compositional change in ecology

article

The effects of warming and ocean acidification on growth, photosynthesis, and bacterial communities for the marine invasive macroalga Caulerpa taxifolia

article

The genome sequence of the psychrophilic archaeon, Methanococcoides burtonii: the role of genome evolution in cold adaptation

scientific article

The genomic basis of trophic strategy in marine bacteria

scholarly article

The intestinal virome in children with cystic fibrosis differs from healthy controls

scientific article published on 22 May 2020

The seaweed holobiont: understanding seaweed-bacteria interactions

scientific article

The sponge microbiome project

scientific article published on October 2017

The use of functional genomics for the identification of a gene cluster encoding for the biosynthesis of an antifungal tambjamine in the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas tunicata

scientific article

Thermodynamic activation properties of elongation factor 2 (EF-2) proteins from psychrotolerant and thermophilic Archaea.

scientific article published in April 2002

Unlocking the diversity and biotechnological potential of marine surface associated microbial communities

scientific article

VarR controls colonization and virulence in the marine macroalgal pathogen Nautella italica R11.

scientific article

Variability and abundance of the epiphytic bacterial community associated with a green marine Ulvacean alga

scientific article

Virophage control of antarctic algal host-virus dynamics

scientific article

Your garden hose: a potential health risk due to Legionella spp. growth facilitated by free-living amoebae.

scientific article published on 19 August 2014

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