Amy C. Thorpe

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

This study investigates genomic adaptations of Polaromonas bacteria across cryospheric habitats, revealing evolutionary transitions driven by horizontal gene transfer and genomic plasticity.

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.

The paper examines how soil pH influences bacterial niche breadth and genomic traits across UK soils, finding that low pH soils host specialized bacteria with streamlined genomes.

This study tracks soil microbiome recovery over 143 years, finding taxonomic contraction and functional expansion during long-term restoration.

This study shows that antimicrobial resistance increases with soil restoration age, indicating a mature microbiome rather than degradation.

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.