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Ecology and Evolution

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87

Microbiology

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Overview

Nicole S. Webster is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions in related subfields such as Ecology, Biotechnology, Oceanography, Molecular Biology, and Pharmacology.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Nicole S. Webster has authored multiple scientific papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • "Standardized multi-omics of Earth's microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity," 2022, in Nature Microbiology
  • "Characterization of a sponge microbiome using an integrative genome-centric approach," 2020, in The ISME Journal
  • "A genomic view of the microbiome of coral reef demosponges," 2021, in The ISME Journal
  • "Coral Reef Microorganisms in a Changing Climate," 2020, in iScience
  • "Diverse coral reef invertebrates exhibit patterns of phylosymbiosis," 2020, in The ISME Journal

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Nicole S. Webster include:

  • Patrick W. Laffy
  • David G. Bourne
  • Torsten Thomas
  • Steven J. Robbins
  • Heidi M. Luter

The scientist's research is commonly published in several key venues such as:

  • The ISME Journal
  • Environmental Microbiology
  • Microbiome
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ISME Communications

Best Publications

  • Scientists' Warning to Humanity: Microorganisms and Climate Change

    Ricardo Cavicchioli;William J. Ripple;Kenneth N. Timmis;Farooq Azam

  • Insights into the Coral Microbiome: Underpinning the Health and Resilience of Reef Ecosystems

    David G. Bourne;Kathleen M. Morrow;Nicole S. Webster

  • Diversity, structure and convergent evolution of the global sponge microbiome

    Torsten Thomas;Lucas Moitinho-Silva;Miguel Lurgi;Johannes R. Björk;Johannes R. Björk

  • Minimum information about an uncultivated virus genome (MIUVIG)

    Simon Roux;Evelien M. Adriaenssens;Bas E. Dutilh;Eugene V. Koonin

  • Marine sponges and their microbial symbionts: love and other relationships.

    Nicole S. Webster;Michael W. Taylor

  • Assessing the complex sponge microbiota: core, variable and species-specific bacterial communities in marine sponges.

    Susanne Schmitt;Peter Tsai;James Bell;Jane Fromont

  • Deep sequencing reveals exceptional diversity and modes of transmission for bacterial sponge symbionts.

    Nicole S. Webster;Michael W. Taylor;Faris Behnam;Sebastian Lücker

  • Phylogenetic diversity of bacteria associated with the marine sponge Rhopaloeides odorabile.

    Nicole S. Webster;Kate J. Wilson;Linda L. Blackall;Russell T. Hill;Russell T. Hill

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

    Lu Fan;David Reynolds;Michael Liu;Manuel Stark

  • Metamorphosis of a Scleractinian Coral in Response to Microbial Biofilms

    Nicole S. Webster;Luke D. Smith;Andrew J. Heyward;Joy E. M. Watts

  • Could some coral reefs become sponge reefs as our climate changes

    James J. Bell;Simon K. Davy;Timothy Jones;Michael W. Taylor

  • Metamorphosis of broadcast spawning corals in response to bacteria isolated from crustose algae

    AP Negri;NS Webster;RT Hill;AJ Heyward

  • The culturable microbial community of the Great Barrier Reef sponge Rhopaloeides odorabile is dominated by an α-Proteobacterium

    Nicole Webster;Russell Hill

  • Sponge-specific clusters revisited: a comprehensive phylogeny of sponge-associated microorganisms.

    Rachel L. Simister;Peter Deines;Emmanuelle S. Botté;Nicole S. Webster

  • Sponge disease: a global threat?

    Nicole S. Webster

  • The Sponge Hologenome

    Nicole S. Webster;Torsten Thomas

  • Natural volcanic CO2 seeps reveal future trajectories for host-microbial associations in corals and sponges.

    Kathleen M Morrow;David G Bourne;Craig Humphrey;Emmanuelle S Botté

  • Diverse microbial communities inhabit Antarctic sponges.

    Nicole S. Webster;Nicole S. Webster;Andrew P. Negri;Murray M. H. G. Munro;Christopher N. Battershill

  • Temperature thresholds for bacterial symbiosis with a sponge.

    Nicole S Webster;Rose E Cobb;Andrew P Negri

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

    Lu Fan;Michael Liu;Rachel Simister;Rachel Simister;Nicole S Webster

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Bourne
David G. Bourne James Cook University
Andrew P. Negri
Andrew P. Negri Australian Institute of Marine Science
Torsten Thomas
Torsten Thomas University of New South Wales
Michael W. Taylor
Michael W. Taylor University of Auckland
James J. Bell
James J. Bell Victoria University of Wellington
Russell T. Hill
Russell T. Hill University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Madeleine J. H. van Oppen
Madeleine J. H. van Oppen University of Melbourne
Sven Uthicke
Sven Uthicke Australian Institute of Marine Science
Thomas Rattei
Thomas Rattei University of Vienna
Susanna López-Legentil
Susanna López-Legentil University of North Carolina Wilmington

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