Ben Knowles

This study presents the first global survey of coral-associated microbial eukaryotes, revealing greater diversity than the coral bacterial microbiome and identifying new lineages and potential pathogens.

The paper examines viral metabolism in coral reefs, finding that lytic viruses consume central carbon intermediates for virion production, while temperate viruses build them, leading to distinct ecosystem states.

This study compares gut virome composition across ancient and modern human populations, finding increased similarity and shifts toward temperate lifestyles and bacterial pathogenicity with industrialization.

This study uses paleogenomic and paleoclimatic data to reconstruct historical changes in coral holobiont composition linked to anthropogenic disturbances in a Caribbean reef.