Thomas D. Watts

This study integrates surveillance methods to profile AMR genotypes and phenotypes across diverse environmental and clinical samples, revealing high diversity and mismatches between genotype and phenotype.

The paper identifies genes and mechanisms enabling pathogen persistence in freshwater ecosystems using paired in situ and molecular analyses of Escherichia, Klebsiella, and Enterococcus.

The paper shows that catabolite repression regulates hydrogen consumption in Mycobacterium smegmatis by modulating the expression of the huc operon in response to glycerol availability.

This study identifies the group B [FeFe]-hydrogenase as the primary enzyme driving fermentative H2 production in the human gut, linking it to gut health and disease.

This study shows Ebp pili in Enterococcus faecalis facilitate adhesion to iron oxides, enhancing extracellular electron transfer and supporting anaerobic growth and colonization in mice.

The paper shows that ParR proteins from different ParMRC families in C. perfringens bind only to their own parC sites, establishing compatibility between plasmids.