Anthony Fullam

A global genomic survey of prokaryotic carbon fixation reveals an oxygen-tolerant rTCA cycle in the surface ocean

The paper surveys global prokaryotic carbon fixation pathways, revealing an oxygen-tolerant rTCA cycle in surface ocean Campylobacterota lineages.

Planetary structure and drivers of diazotroph communities reveal key reservoirs of nitrogen-fixation potential

The paper catalogs diazotroph genomes and analyzes their distribution across environments, identifying freshwater and sedimentary ecosystems as key nitrogen-fixation reservoirs.

microntology: a lightweight, data-driven controlled vocabulary to describe Earth's microbial habitats

The paper introduces microntology, a controlled vocabulary for microbial habitats, and provides annotations for over 300,000 metagenomic samples.

Planetary microbiome structure and generalist-driven gene flow across disparate habitats

The paper analyzes planetary microbiome structure and gene flow across habitats using metagenomic data, identifying generalist microbes as key drivers of gene transfer.

Metalog: curated and harmonised contextual data for global metagenomics samples

Metalog manually curates and harmonises contextual metadata for 110,733 metagenomic samples from humans, animals, ocean water and other environments, linked to taxonomic profiles and SPIRE genomes.

Hidden but discoverable diversity in the global microbiome

The paper quantifies discoverable bacterial and archaeal diversity in metagenomes, finding many novel phyla and genera hidden in current data.

Fecal microbial load is a major determinant of gut microbiome variation and a confounder for disease associations

This study shows that fecal microbial load, not disease, is the main driver of gut microbiome changes and identifies it as a major confounder in microbiome studies.

A catalogue of small proteins from the global microbiome

The paper constructs a global microbial small ORFs catalogue and identifies a tool for annotating small proteins in microbial genomes.

Refined Enterotyping Reveals Dysbiosis in Global Fecal Metagenomes

The paper refines enterotypes in global fecal metagenomes using fuzzy clustering and introduces an Enterotype Dysbiosis Score to assess disease associations.

GUNC: Detection of Chimerism and Contamination in Prokaryotic Genomes

GUNC detects and quantifies chimerism in prokaryotic genomes by analyzing contig lineage homogeneity, improving genome quality.