Kerry A. Walsh

This study characterizes river biofilm viromes across a national network, revealing seasonal structure, host associations, and metabolic functions linked to environmental variables.

This study compares short-read and long-read sequencing of 18S rRNA gene amplicons in river biofilms, showing that long-read sequencing improves taxonomic resolution while trimming can introduce mismatches.

This study assesses bacterial diversity and function in river biofilms across England, revealing taxonomic novelty and environmental drivers of community composition.

This study compares Illumina short-read and PacBio long-read sequencing for microbial diversity in river biofilms, finding that PacBio provides higher taxonomic resolution while both methods yield similar community structures.

The paper uses river biofilm bacterial communities to monitor freshwater ecosystem health by analyzing 16S rRNA gene sequences and identifying ecological thresholds.

This study shows that eDNA metabarcoding read counts correlate with fish biomass and abundance in ponds, and results are consistent across different DNA capture methods.