Cameron Thrash
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Professor @USC_MEB, microbe hunter. he/him. Not a bot. @[email protected] @jcamthrash.bsky.social
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Joined June 2011
Two solutions for efficient light-harvesting in phototrophic Gemmatimonadota
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The photoheterotrophic species of the phylum Gemmatimonadota employ unique photosynthetic complexes with two concentric antenna rings around a central reaction center. In contrast to other phototro...
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Size-fractionated fungal communities in the sunlit ocean
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Communications Biology - Size-fractionated analysis of marine fungi reveals strong ecological differentiation, with particle size and dispersal limitation shaping diversity, specialization, and...
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Cellular and viral RNA polymerases: evolutionary insights into eukaryotic origins
cell.com
Nucleocytoplasmic large DNA viruses (NCLDVs) encode multi-subunit RNA polymerases (msRNAPs) that challenge conventional views of viral evolution. Phylogenetic and structural studies reveal that NCLDV...
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Phage resistance mutations in a marine bacterium impact biogeochemically relevant cellular processes
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A human gut metagenome-assembled genome catalogue spanning 41 countries supports genome-scale metabolic models
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Nature Microbiology - HRGM2 is a catalogue of 155,211 high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes spanning 41 countries that allows improved genome-scale metabolic modelling and functional...
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Why does Phenom Poker KYC upfront? Because skipping it is an open invitation for cheaters and Phenom CEO @Phenomaly isn’t shy about calling that out. In this clip, Matt breaks down why upfront KYC protects real players, keeps the games clean, and why he’s never heard a good
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Biochemical Upcycling of PET via Glycolysis and Engineered Microbial Consortia
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Distribution and potential drivers of methane emissions from deep-sea environments in Haima cold seep areas
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Widespread promiscuous alkaline phosphatases underscore ancient microbial phosphite utilization
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Phosphate is often a limiting resource, directly affecting the availability of key biomolecules such as nucleotides. To cope with phosphate scarcit...
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Cosmopolitan marine bacteria facilitate a vast phytoplankton-derived sulfonate-based carbon flow through sulfoquinovosidases
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Nature Communications - Sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerols are produced by photosynthetic organisms and serve as sources of carbon and sulfur for bacteria. This work characterizes a...
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Raman spectroscopy reveals growth phase-dependent molecular differences in bacterial membrane vesicles
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic gram-negative pathogen and a leading cause of severe nosocomial infections. Its secreted bacterial membrane vesicles (BMVs) are increasingly recognized as...
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Proliferation of a bloom-forming phytoplankton via uptake of polyphosphate-accumulating bacteria under phosphate-limiting conditions
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Abstract. Harmful algal blooms negatively impact the ecosystem and fisheries in affected areas. Eutrophication is a major factor contributing to bloom occu
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Microbial community diversity and geochemistry inform bioremediation of molybdenum-contaminated groundwater
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Bioremediation of contaminated sites has become popular for chlorinated hydrocarbons, but it has not been widely applied to inorganic constituents outside of arsenic. Here, we show the potential for...
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Microbial model communities exhibit widespread metabolic interdependencies
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Communications Biology - Microbial model communities bridge the gap between pure culture and environmental studies, revealing widespread metabolic interdependencies that shape how natural microbial...
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Accuracy of the Lotka-Volterra model fails in strongly coupled microbial consumer-resource systems
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Author summary Microbial communities interact by competing for shared nutrients and by cross-feeding on each other’s metabolic byproducts. A widely used approach to model these dynamics is the...
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A foundation model for microbial growth dynamics
biorxiv.org
Microbial growth dynamics contain rich information about microbial populations, which support applications from antibiotic testing to microbiome engineering. However, the high dimensionality of...
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Top-down enrichment of oil-degrading microbial consortia reveals functional streamlining and novel degraders
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IntroductionTop-down microbial enrichment is a reliable approach for understanding and designing microbiomes for crude oil remediation. Environmental variabl...
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Viral lysis of a toxigenic diatom triggers a microbial response mimicking hastened senescence
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Diatom blooms influence carbon cycling through organic matter production and its subsequent deposition or remineralization - processes that are all tightly mediated by interactions with the microbial...
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Oxygen production as an electron overflow pathway in ammonia-oxidizing archaea
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Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are widespread in nature and contribute to global carbon and nitrogen cycling. Although their energy production is an aerobic process, AOA occur in environments of low...
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The rise of free oxygen may have initiated on marine mud
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Nature Geoscience - The oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere ~2.45–2.30 billion years ago may have initiated in the oxidized bottom waters of marine shelves, according to a synthesis of...
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Dramatic decline of Sargassum in the north Sargasso Sea since 2015
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Nature Geoscience - Sargassum biomass in the north Sargasso Sea declined drastically since 2015, co-occurring with related reductions in the northwest Gulf of Mexico and an expansion of the Great...
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