S. C. Waterworth

The paper examines transcriptional activity of bacterial communities in marine sponges, finding that less abundant bacterial bins are more transcriptionally active and that srp RiPPs are highly expressed across diverse phyla.

The paper compares the functional potential and phylogenetic relationships of broad-host range sponge symbionts with specialized ones, showing distinct evolutionary acquisition patterns.

The paper identifies conserved bacterial species in two peritidal stromatolite formations and hypothesizes their role in carbonate precipitation and lithification.

The paper identifies a reduced-genome symbiont in a beetle microbiome that acquired defensive gene clusters through horizontal transfer before genome reduction.