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    A world of wastewater-based epidemiology

    The approach based on analysing wastewater to monitor drugs or pathogens in the population had been used for decades before it became widespread during the COVID 19 pandemic. We have asked experts located in a...

    Andrew C. Singer, Janelle R. Thompson, César R. Mota Filho, Renée Street in Nature Water (2023)

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    Palau’s warmest reefs harbor thermally tolerant corals that thrive across different habitats

    Ocean warming is killing corals, but heat-tolerant populations exist; if protected, they could replenish affected reefs naturally or through restoration. Palau’s Rock Islands experience consistently higher tem...

    Hanny E. Rivera, Anne L. Cohen, Janelle R. Thompson in Communications Biology (2022)

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    Insights on the genetic repertoire of the coral Mussismilia braziliensis endosymbiont Symbiodinium

    Reef-building corals form a symbiotic association with photosynthetic dinoflagellates of the family Symbiodiniaceae. This symbiosis is crucial for the maintenance of coral reefs. In this work, we evaluate the ...

    Arthur W. Silva Lima, Luciana Leomil, Louisi Oliveira, Tooba Varasteh in Symbiosis (2020)

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    Engineered microbial biofuel production and recovery under supercritical carbon dioxide

    Culture contamination, end-product toxicity, and energy efficient product recovery are long-standing bioprocess challenges. To solve these problems, we propose a high-pressure fermentation strategy, coupled wi...

    Jason T. Boock, Adam J. E. Freedman, Geoffrey A. Tompsett in Nature Communications (2019)

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    Microbiota of the Major South Atlantic Reef Building Coral Mussismilia

    The Brazilian endemic scleractinian corals, genus Mussismilia, are among the main reef builders of the South Atlantic and are threatened by accelerating rates of disease. To better understand how holobiont microb...

    Samodha C. Fernando, Jia Wang, Kimberly Sparling, Gizele D. Garcia in Microbial Ecology (2015)

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    A molecular and physiological survey of a diverse collection of hydrothermal vent Thermococcus and Pyrococcus isolates

    Strains of hyperthermophilic anaerobic hydrothermal vent archaea maintained in the culture collection assembled by Holger Jannasch at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution between 1984 and 1998 were identif...

    Andreas Teske, Virginia Edgcomb, Adam R. Rivers, Janelle R. Thompson in Extremophiles (2009)

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    Diversity, Sources, and Detection of Human Bacterial Pathogens in the Marine Environment

    Disease outbreaks in marine organisms appear to be escalating worldwide (Harvell et al., 1999, 2002) and a growing number of human bacterial infections have been associated with recreational and commercial use...

    Janelle R. Thompson, Luisa A. Marcelino in Oceans and Health: Pathogens in the Marine… (2005)