Nicholas B. Dragone

Evidence for endemism and local adaptation in Antarctic soil bacteria

The paper examines Arthrobacter strains in Antarctic soils and finds evidence of endemism and local adaptation, showing that extreme conditions drive unique microbial traits.

Identification of soil microbes associated with real-time plastic degradation using in situ conductivity sensors

The paper identifies soil microbes associated with real-time plastic degradation using in situ conductivity sensors and marker gene sequencing.

Predicting optimal growth temperatures of bacteria using learned structural information from a single protein

This paper develops ROSEATE, a model predicting bacterial optimal growth temperatures using protein structural features from a single gene, showing high accuracy and phylogenetic generalizability.

Isolation of thermophilic plastic-degrading bacteria from hot springs of Aotearoa-New Zealand

The paper isolates thermophilic plastic-degrading bacteria from New Zealand hot springs and identifies two PHB-degrading strains capable of metabolizing plastic under thermophilic conditions.

Ancient metagenomics reveals subglacial microbiomes driven by oxygen availability

The paper uses ancient metagenomics to characterize subglacial microbiomes, showing they split into two clusters based on oxygen availability and redox conditions.