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Overview

Mark V. Brown is affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Ecology, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics explored by Mark V. Brown center on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Recent publications by Mark V. Brown and collaborators include:

  • Global oceanic diazotroph database version 2 and elevated estimate of global oceanic N 2 fixation, 2023, Earth system science data
  • Metabolic pathways inferred from a bacterial marker gene illuminate ecological changes across South Pacific frontal boundaries, 2021, Nature Communications
  • A marine heatwave drives significant shifts in pelagic microbiology, 2024, Communications Biology
  • Microbial tropicalization driven by a strengthening western ocean boundary current, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Biogeographical and seasonal dynamics of the marine Roseobacter community and ecological links to DMSP-producing phytoplankton, 2022, ISME Communications

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Martin Ostrowski
  • Justin R. Seymour
  • Jodie van de Kamp
  • Levente Bodrossy
  • Anna R. Bramucci

The scientist has contributed to several publication venues multiple times, which notably include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Earth system science data
  • Communications Biology
  • Nature Communications
  • Global Change Biology

Best Publications

  • The genomic basis of trophic strategy in marine bacteria.

    Federico M. Lauro;Diane McDougald;Torsten Thomas;Timothy J. Williams

  • A latitudinal diversity gradient in planktonic marine bacteria

    Jed A. Fuhrman;Joshua A. Steele;Ian Hewson;Michael S. Schwalbach

  • Diversity and association of psychrophilic bacteria in Antarctic sea ice.

    John P. Bowman;Sharee A. Mccammon;Mark V. Brown;David S. Nichols

  • Annually reoccurring bacterial communities are predictable from ocean conditions

    Jed A. Fuhrman;Ian Hewson;Michael S. Schwalbach;Joshua A. Steele

  • Microbial community responses to anthropogenically induced environmental change: towards a systems approach

    Andrew Bissett;Mark V. Brown;Steven D. Siciliano;Peter H. Thrall

  • Virophage control of antarctic algal host–virus dynamics

    Sheree Yau;Federico M. Lauro;Matthew Z. DeMaere;Mark V. Brown

  • Soil fertility is associated with fungal and bacterial richness, whereas pH is associated with community composition in polar soil microbial communities

    Steven D. Siciliano;Anne S. Palmer;Tristrom Winsley;Tristrom Winsley;Eric Lamb

  • A molecular phylogenetic survey of sea‐ice microbial communities (SIMCO)

    Mark V. Brown;John P. Bowman

  • Coupling 16S‐ITS rDNA clone libraries and automated ribosomal intergenic spacer analysis to show marine microbial diversity: development and application to a time series

    Mark V. Brown;Michael S. Schwalbach;Ian Hewson;Jed A. Fuhrman

  • Diet and phylogeny shape the gut microbiota of Antarctic seals: a comparison of wild and captive animals

    Tiffanie M. Nelson;Tracey L. Rogers;Alejandro R. Carlini;Mark V. Brown

  • Microbial community structure in the North Pacific ocean.

    Mark V Brown;Mark V Brown;Gayle K Philip;John A Bunge;Matthew C Smith

  • Global biogeography of SAR11 marine bacteria

    Mark V Brown;Federico M Lauro;Matthew Z DeMaere;Les Muir

  • Core sediment bacteria drive community response to anthropogenic contamination over multiple environmental gradients

    Melanie Y. Sun;Katherine A. Dafforn;Emma L. Johnston;Mark V. Brown

  • Introducing BASE: the Biomes of Australian Soil Environments soil microbial diversity database

    Andrew Bissett;Anna Fitzgerald;Thys Meintjes;Pauline M. Mele

  • An integrative study of a meromictic lake ecosystem in Antarctica

    Federico M Lauro;Matthew Z DeMaere;Sheree Yau;Mark V Brown

  • Bacterial communities are sensitive indicators of contaminant stress.

    Melanie Y. Sun;Katherine A. Dafforn;Mark V. Brown;Emma L. Johnston

  • A phylogenomic and ecological analysis of the globally abundant Marine Group II archaea ( Ca . Poseidoniales ord. nov.)

    Christian Rinke;Francesco Rubino;Lauren F Messer;Noha Youssef

  • Key microbial drivers in Antarctic aquatic environments.

    David Wilkins;Sheree Yau;Timothy J. Williams;Michelle A. Allen

  • Community fingerprinting in a sequencing world

    Josie van Dorst;Andrew Bissett;Anne S. Palmer;Mark Brown

  • Culture clash: challenging the dogma of microbial diversity.

    Stuart P Donachie;Jamie S Foster;Mark V Brown

  • Marine bacterial microdiversity as revealed by internal transcribed spacer analysis

    Mark V. Brown;Jed A. Fuhrman

Frequent Co-Authors

Justin R. Seymour
Justin R. Seymour University of Technology Sydney
Jed A. Fuhrman
Jed A. Fuhrman University of Southern California
Ricardo Cavicchioli
Ricardo Cavicchioli University of New South Wales
Brett A. Neilan
Brett A. Neilan University of Newcastle Australia
Martina A. Doblin
Martina A. Doblin University of Technology Sydney
Ian Snape
Ian Snape Frontline Mind
Torsten Thomas
Torsten Thomas University of New South Wales
John P. Bowman
John P. Bowman University of Tasmania
Emma L. Johnston
Emma L. Johnston University of New South Wales
Steven D. Siciliano
Steven D. Siciliano University of Saskatchewan

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