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Overview

Torsten Thomas is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields including biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and environmental science. They have contributed extensively to the study of microbial ecology, marine ecosystems, and molecular biology techniques.

Their areas of focus include subfields such as ecology, molecular biology, oceanography, biotechnology, and pharmacology. These subfields reflect a strong engagement with both fundamental biology and applied environmental sciences.

The main topics of research covered by Torsten Thomas include:

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

Torsten Thomas has published frequently in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with seven publications, The ISME Journal (six publications), Environmental Microbiology (five publications), Nature Microbiology (three publications), and Microbiome (three publications). These venues are well-known in the microbiology and environmental science communities.

Some notable recent papers include:

  • Tax4Fun2: prediction of habitat-specific functional profiles and functional redundancy based on 16S rRNA gene sequences, 2020, Environmental Microbiome
  • Harnessing the microbiome to prevent global biodiversity loss, 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • Coral Probiotics: Premise, Promise, Prospects, 2020, Annual Review of Animal Biosciences
  • Standardized multi-omics of Earth's microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity, 2022, Nature Microbiology
  • Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors in collaboration with Torsten Thomas include Marwan E. Majzoub, Raquel S. Peixoto, Weizhi Song, Nicole S. Webster, and Suhelen Egan. These collaborations indicate strong interdisciplinary ties, often bridging microbiology, marine biology, and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Metagenomics - a guide from sampling to data analysis.

    Torsten Thomas;Jack P. Gilbert;Jack P. Gilbert;Folker Meyer;Folker Meyer

  • Bacterial community assembly based on functional genes rather than species

    Catherine Burke;Peter Steinberg;Doug Rusch;Staffan Kjelleberg

  • A genomic catalog of Earth’s microbiomes

    Stephen Nayfach;Simon Roux;Rekha Seshadri;Daniel Udwary

  • The genomic basis of trophic strategy in marine bacteria.

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

  • The seaweed holobiont: Understanding seaweed-bacteria interactions

    Suhelen Egan;Tilmann Harder;Catherine Burke;Peter Steinberg;Peter Steinberg

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

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

  • Tax4Fun2: prediction of habitat-specific functional profiles and functional redundancy based on 16S rRNA gene sequences.

    Franziska Wemheuer;Jessica A. Taylor;Rolf Daniel;Emma Johnston

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

    Lu Fan;David Reynolds;Michael Liu;Manuel Stark

  • Composition, uniqueness and variability of the epiphytic bacterial community of the green alga Ulva australis.

    Catherine Burke;Torsten Thomas;Matt Lewis;Peter Steinberg

  • Shifting paradigms: development of high-efficiency biochar fertilizers based on nano-structures and soluble components

    S. Joseph;E. R. Graber;L. Li;P. Taylor

  • A Sanger/pyrosequencing hybrid approach for the generation of high-quality draft assemblies of marine microbial genomes

    Susanne M. D. Goldberg;Justin Johnson;Dana Busam;Tamara Feldblyum

  • Functional genomic signatures of sponge bacteria reveal unique and shared features of symbiosis

    Torsten Thomas;Doug Rusch;Matt Z DeMaere;Pui Yi Yung

  • Virophage control of antarctic algal host–virus dynamics

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

  • The Sponge Hologenome

    Nicole S. Webster;Torsten Thomas

  • Mechanisms of Thermal Adaptation Revealed From the Genomes of the Antarctic Archaea Methanogenium frigidum and Methanococcoides burtonii

    Neil F.W. Saunders;Torsten Thomas;Paul M.G. Curmi;John S. Mattick

  • 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

  • Global biogeography of SAR11 marine bacteria

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

  • Comparative analysis of the microbial communities in agricultural soil amended with enhanced biochars or traditional fertilisers

    Shaun Nielsen;Tom Minchin;Stephen Kimber;Lukas van Zwieten

  • Unlocking the diversity and biotechnological potential of marine surface associated microbial communities

    Suhelen Egan;Torsten Thomas;Staffan Kjelleberg

  • An integrative study of a meromictic lake ecosystem in Antarctica

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Staffan Kjelleberg
Staffan Kjelleberg Nanyang Technological University
Nicole S. Webster
Nicole S. Webster University of Queensland
Peter D. Steinberg
Peter D. Steinberg University of New South Wales
Ricardo Cavicchioli
Ricardo Cavicchioli University of New South Wales
Stephen Joseph
Stephen Joseph University of Nottingham
Ezequiel M. Marzinelli
Ezequiel M. Marzinelli University of New South Wales
Scott A. Rice
Scott A. Rice Nanyang Technological University
Paul Munroe
Paul Munroe University of New South Wales
David G. Bourne
David G. Bourne James Cook University
Lukas Van Zwieten
Lukas Van Zwieten New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

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