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Plasmids manipulate bacterial behaviour through translational regulatory crosstalk by Thompson, Catriona M A, Hall, James P J, Chandra, Govind, Martins, Carlo, Saalbach, Gerhard, Panturat, Supakan, Bird, Susannah M, Ford, Samuel, Little, Richard H, Piazza, Ainelen, Harrison, Ellie, Jackson, Robert W, Brockhurst, Michael A, Malone, Jacob G

“…Beyond their role in horizontal gene transfer, conjugative plasmids commonly encode homologues of bacterial regulators. Known plasmid regulator homologues have…”
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Correction: Plasmids manipulate bacterial behaviour through translational regulatory crosstalk by Thompson, Catriona M A, Hall, James P J, Chandra, Govind, Martins, Carlo, Saalbach, Gerhard, Panturat, Supakan, Bird, Susannah M, Ford, Samuel, Little, Richard H, Piazza, Ainelen, Harrison, Ellie, Jackson, Robert W, Brockhurst, Michael A, Malone, Jacob G

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001988.]…”
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Compensatory mutations reducing the fitness cost of plasmid carriage occur in plant rhizosphere communities by Bird, Susannah M, Ford, Samuel, Thompson, Catriona M A, Little, Richard, Hall, James P J, Jackson, Robert W, Malone, Jacob, Harrison, Ellie, Brockhurst, Michael A

“…Abstract Plasmids drive bacterial evolutionary innovation by transferring ecologically important functions between lineages, but acquiring a plasmid often…”
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A multi-omics approach to lignocellulolytic enzyme discovery reveals a new ligninase activity from Parascedosporium putredinis NO1 by Oates, Nicola C., Abood, Amira, Schirmacher, Alexandra M., Alessi, Anna M., Bird, Susannah M., Bennett, Joseph P., Leadbeater, Daniel R., Li, Yi, Dowle, Adam A., Liu, Sarah, Tymokhin, Vitaliy I., Ralph, John, McQueen-Mason, Simon J., Bruce, Neil C.

“…Lignocellulose, the structural component of plant cells, is a major agricultural byproduct and the most abundant terrestrial source of biopolymers on Earth…”
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Revealing the insoluble metasecretome of lignocellulose-degrading microbial communities by Alessi, Anna M., Bird, Susannah M., Bennett, Joseph P., Oates, Nicola C., Li, Yi, Dowle, Adam A., Polikarpov, Igor, Young, J Peter W., McQueen-Mason, Simon J., Bruce, Neil C.

“…Microbial communities metabolize plant biomass using secreted enzymes; however, identifying extracellular proteins tightly bound to insoluble lignocellulose in…”
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Whole genome structural predictions reveal hidden diversity in putative oxidative enzymes of the lignocellulose-degrading ascomycete Parascedosporium putredinis NO1 by Scott, Conor J R, Leadbeater, Daniel R, Oates, Nicola C, James, Sally R, Newling, Katherine, Li, Yi, McGregor, Nicholas G S, Bird, Susannah, Bruce, Neil C

“…An annotated reference genome has revealed NO1 as a useful resource for the identification of new lignocellulose-degrading enzymes for biorefining of woody…”
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New methods to identify conserved microsatellite loci and develop primer sets of high cross-species utility - as demonstrated for birds by DAWSON, DEBORAH A, HORSBURGH, GAVIN J, KÜPPER, CLEMENS, STEWART, IAN R.K, BALL, ALEXANDER D, DURRANT, KATE L, HANSSON, BENGT, BACON, IDA, BIRD, SUSANNAH, KLEIN, ÁKOS, KRUPA, ANDREW P, LEE, JIN-WON, MARTÍN-GÁLVEZ, DAVID, SIMEONI, MICHELLE, SMITH, GEMMA, SPURGIN, LEWIS G, BURKE, TERRY

“…We have developed a new approach to create microsatellite primer sets that have high utility across a wide range of species. The success of this method was…”
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Signals from the Cuticle Affect Epidermal Cell Differentiation by Bird, Susannah M., Gray, Julie E.

“…Studies of Arabidopsis wax biosynthesis mutants indicate that the control of cell fate in the aerial epidermis is dependant upon the synthesis of the waxy…”
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Microwave assisted acid and alkali pretreatment of Miscanthus biomass for biorefineries by Zhu, Zongyuan, Simister, Rachael, Bird, Susannah, J. McQueen-Mason, Simon, D. Gomez, Leonardo, J. Macquarrie, Duncan

“…Miscanthus is a major bioenergy crop in Europe and a potential feedstock for second generation biofuels. Thermochemical pretreatment is a significant step in…”
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Defining functional diversity for lignocellulose degradation in a microbial community using multi-omics studies by Alessi, Anna M, Bird, Susannah M, Oates, Nicola C, Li, Yi, Dowle, Adam A, Novotny, Etelvino H, deAzevedo, Eduardo R, Bennett, Joseph P, Polikarpov, Igor, Young, J Peter W, McQueen-Mason, Simon J, Bruce, Neil C

“…Lignocellulose is one of the most abundant forms of fixed carbon in the biosphere. Current industrial approaches to the degradation of lignocellulose employ…”
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Arable fields as potential reservoirs of biodiversity: Earthworm populations increase in new leys by Prendergast-Miller, Miranda T., Jones, David T., Berdeni, Despina, Bird, Susannah, Chapman, Pippa J., Firbank, Leslie, Grayson, Richard, Helgason, Thorunn, Holden, Joseph, Lappage, Martin, Leake, Jonathan, Hodson, Mark E.

“…Managing soil to support biodiversity is important to sustain the ecosystem services provided by soils upon which society depends. There is increasing evidence…”
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Defining the functional traits that drive bacterial decomposer community productivity by Evans, Rachael, Alessi, Anna M, Bird, Susannah, McQueen-Mason, Simon J, Bruce, Neil C, Brockhurst, Michael A

“…Microbial communities are essential to a wide range of ecologically and industrially important processes. To control or predict how these communities function,…”
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HIGH EXPRESSION OF OSMOTICALLY RESPONSIVE GENES1 Is Required for Circadian Periodicity through the Promotion of Nucleo-Cytoplasmic mRNA Export in Arabidopsis by MacGregor, Dana R., Gould, Peter, Foreman, Julia, Griffiths, Jayne, Bird, Susannah, Page, Rhiannon, Stewart, Kelly, Steel, Gavin, Young, Jack, Paszkiewicz, Konrad, Millar, Andrew J., Halliday, Karen J., Hall, Anthony J., Penfield, Steven

“…Cold acclimation has been shown to be attenuated by the degradation of the INDUCER OF CBF EXPRESSION1 protein by the E3 ubiquitin ligase HIGH EXPRESSION OF…”
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Does growth under elevated CO 2 moderate photoacclimation in rice? by Hubbart, Stella, Bird, Susannah, Lake, Janice A., Murchie, Erik H.

“…Acclimation of plant photosynthesis to light irradiance (photoacclimation) involves adjustments in levels of pigments and proteins and larger scale changes in…”
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Does growth under elevated CO2 moderate photoacclimation in rice? by Hubbart, Stella, Bird, Susannah, Lake, Janice A., Murchie, Erik H.

“…Acclimation of plant photosynthesis to light irradiance (photoacclimation) involves adjustments in levels of pigments and proteins and larger scale changes in…”
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Autosomal and Z-linked microsatellite markers enhanced for cross-species utility and assessed in a range of birds, including species of conservation concern by Dawson, Deborah A, Bird, Susannah, Horsburgh, Gavin J, Ball, Alexander D

“…Microsatellite markers were designed to be of utility for genotyping multiple species of birds, including those of conservation concern, hence saving resources…”
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Side by Side Comparison of Chemical Compounds Generated by Aqueous Pretreatments of Maize Stover, Miscanthus and Sugarcane Bagasse by Gómez, Leonardo D, Vanholme, Ruben, Bird, Susannah, Goeminne, Geert, Trindade, Luisa M, Polikarpov, Igor, Simister, Rachael, Morreel, Kris, Boerjan, Wout, McQueen-Mason, Simon J

“…In order to examine the potential for coproduct generation, we have characterised chemical compounds released by a range of alkaline and acidic aqueous…”
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Four-way development of microsatellite markers for the Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae) by Kim, Kang-Wook, Zhang, Hanyuan, Horsburgh, Gavin J, Bird, Susannah, Dawson, Deborah A, Griffith, Simon C, Burke, Terry

“…The Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae) went through a huge population decline in the last century. To address questions on conservation genetics, ecology and…”
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