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Thomas P. Smith
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Open AccessDifferential responses of SARS-CoV-2 variants to environmental drivers during their selective sweeps
Previous work has shown that environmental variables affect SARS-CoV-2 transmission, but it is unclear whether different strains show similar environmental responses. Here we leverage genetic data on the trans...
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Open AccessHigh-throughput characterization of bacterial responses to complex mixtures of chemical pollutants
Our understanding of how microbes respond to micropollutants, such as pesticides, is almost wholly based on single-species responses to individual chemicals. However, in natural environments, microbes experien...
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Open AccessCommunity-level respiration of prokaryotic microbes may rise with global warming
Understanding how the metabolic rates of prokaryotes respond to temperature is fundamental to our understanding of how ecosystem functioning will be altered by climate change, as these micro-organisms are majo...
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Open AccessHorizontal gene transfer in bdelloid rotifers is ancient, ongoing and more frequent in species from desiccating habitats
Although prevalent in prokaryotes, horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is rarer in multicellular eukaryotes. Bdelloid rotifers are microscopic animals that contain a higher proportion of horizontally transferred, n...
