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Niche differentiation of bacterial communities at a millimeter scale in Shark Bay microbial mats by Wong, Hon Lun, Smith, Daniela-Lee, Visscher, Pieter T., Burns, Brendan P.

“…Modern microbial mats can provide key insights into early Earth ecosystems and Shark Bay, Australia, holds one of the best examples of these systems…”
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Microgravity induces pelvic bone loss through osteoclastic activity, osteocytic osteolysis, and osteoblastic cell cycle inhibition by CDKN1a/p21 by Blaber, Elizabeth A, Dvorochkin, Natalya, Lee, Chialing, Alwood, Joshua S, Yousuf, Rukhsana, Pianetta, Piero, Globus, Ruth K, Burns, Brendan P, Almeida, Eduardo A C

“…Bone is a dynamically remodeled tissue that requires gravity-mediated mechanical stimulation for maintenance of mineral content and structure. Homeostasis in…”
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Asgard archaea: Diversity, function, and evolutionary implications in a range of microbiomes by MacLeod, Fraser, Kindler, Gareth S, Wong, Hon Lun, Chen, Ray, Burns, Brendan P

“…Elucidating the diversity of the Archaea has many important ecological and evolutionary implications. The Asgard superphylum of the archaea, described recently…”
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Microgravity Reduces the Differentiation and Regenerative Potential of Embryonic Stem Cells by Blaber, Elizabeth A, Finkelstein, Hayley, Dvorochkin, Natalya, Sato, Kevin Y, Yousuf, Rukhsana, Burns, Brendan P, Globus, Ruth K, Almeida, Eduardo A C

“…Mechanical unloading in microgravity is thought to induce tissue degeneration by various mechanisms, including inhibition of regenerative stem cell…”
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Discovery of an Abundance of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Shark Bay Microbial Mats by Chen, Ray, Wong, Hon Lun, Kindler, Gareth S., MacLeod, Fraser Iain, Benaud, Nicole, Ferrari, Belinda C., Burns, Brendan P.

“…Microbial mats are geobiological multilayered ecosystems that have significant evolutionary value in understanding the evolution of early life on Earth. Shark…”
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Bioinformatic, phylogenetic and chemical analysis of the UV‐absorbing compounds scytonemin and mycosporine‐like amino acids from the microbial mat communities of Shark Bay, Australia by D'Agostino, Paul M., Woodhouse, Jason N., Liew, Heng Tai, Sehnal, Luděk, Pickford, Russel, Wong, Hon Lun, Burns, Brendan P., Neilan, Brett A.

“…Summary Shark Bay, Western Australia is a World Heritage area with extensive microbial mats and stromatolites. Microbial communities that comprise these mats…”
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Dynamics of archaea at fine spatial scales in Shark Bay mat microbiomes by Wong, Hon Lun, Visscher, Pieter T., White III, Richard Allen, Smith, Daniela-Lee, Patterson, Molly M., Burns, Brendan P.

“…The role of archaea in microbial mats is poorly understood. Delineating the spatial distribution of archaea with mat depth will enable resolution of putative…”
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Microbial dark matter filling the niche in hypersaline microbial mats by Wong, Hon Lun, MacLeod, Fraser I, White, 3rd, Richard Allen, Visscher, Pieter T, Burns, Brendan P

“…Shark Bay, Australia, harbours one of the most extensive and diverse systems of living microbial mats that are proposed to be analogs of some of the earliest…”
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Bioastronautics: the influence of microgravity on astronaut health by Blaber, Elizabeth, Marçal, Helder, Burns, Brendan P

“…For thousands of years different cultures around the world have assigned their own meaning to the Universe. Through research and technology, we have begun to…”
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Functional Gene Expression in Shark Bay Hypersaline Microbial Mats: Adaptive Responses by Campbell, Matthew A, Grice, Kliti, Visscher, Pieter T, Morris, Therese, Wong, Hon Lun, White, 3rd, Richard Allen, Burns, Brendan P, Coolen, Marco J L

“…Microbial mat communities possess extensive taxonomic and functional diversity, which drive high metabolic rates and rapid cycling of major elements. Modern…”
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Untapped Resources: Biotechnological Potential of Peptides and Secondary Metabolites in Archaea by Charlesworth, James C., Burns, Brendan P.

“…Archaea are an understudied domain of life often found in “extreme” environments in terms of temperature, salinity, and a range of other factors. Archaeal…”
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Viral Communities of Shark Bay Modern Stromatolites by White Iii, Richard Allen, Wong, Hon L, Ruvindy, Rendy, Neilan, Brett A, Burns, Brendan P

“…Single stranded DNA viruses have been previously shown to populate the oceans on a global scale, and are endemic in microbialites of both marine and freshwater…”
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Diversity within cyanobacterial mat communities in variable salinity meltwater ponds of McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica by Jungblut, Anne-Dorothee, Hawes, Ian, Mountfort, Doug, Hitzfeld, Bettina, Dietrich, Daniel R., Burns, Brendan P., Neilan, Brett A.

“…Summary This study investigated the diversity of cyanobacterial mat communities of three meltwater ponds – Fresh, Orange and Salt Ponds, south of Bratina…”
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Quorum sensing in extreme environments by Montgomery, Kate, Charlesworth, James C, LeBard, Rebecca, Visscher, Pieter T, Burns, Brendan P

“…Microbial communication, particularly that of quorum sensing, plays an important role in regulating gene expression in a range of organisms. Although this…”
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The Vulnerability of Microbial Ecosystems in A Changing Climate: Potential Impact in Shark Bay by Reinold, Max, Wong, Hon Lun, MacLeod, Fraser I, Meltzer, Julia, Thompson, April, Burns, Brendan P

“…The potential impact of climate change on eukaryotes, including humans, has been relatively well described. In contrast, the contribution and susceptibility of…”
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Microbial diversity of extant stromatolites in the hypersaline marine environment of Shark Bay, Australia by Burns, Brendan P., Goh, Falicia, Allen, Michelle, Neilan, Brett A.

“…Summary Stromatolites have been present on Earth, at various levels of distribution and diversity, for more than 3 billion years. Today, the best examples of…”
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Extremophilic adaptations and biotechnological applications in diverse environments by Charlesworth, James, P. Burns, Brendan

“…Extremophiles are organisms that tolerate and thrive in the most extreme and challenging conditions to life. As a result of these extreme environmental insults…”
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Identification and characterization of Helicobacter pylori genes essential for gastric colonization by Kavermann, Holger, Burns, Brendan P, Angermuller, Katrin, Odenbreit, Stefan, Fischer, Wolfgang, Melchers, Klaus, Haas, Rainer

“…Helicobacter pylori causes one of the most common, chronic bacterial infections and is a primary cause of severe gastric disorders. To unravel the bacterial…”
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Modern arsenotrophic microbial mats provide an analogue for life in the anoxic Archean by Visscher, Pieter T., Gallagher, Kimberley L., Bouton, Anthony, Farias, Maria E., Kurth, Daniel, Sancho-Tomás, Maria, Philippot, Pascal, Somogyi, Andrea, Medjoubi, Kadda, Vennin, Emmanuelle, Bourillot, Raphaël, Walter, Malcolm R., Burns, Brendan P., Contreras, Manuel, Dupraz, Christophe

“…The earliest evidence of life captured in lithified microbial mats (microbialites) predates the onset of oxygen production and yet, modern oxygenic mats are…”
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Adaptation, Ecology, and Evolution of the Halophilic Stromatolite Archaeon Halococcus hamelinensis Inferred through Genome Analyses by Gudhka, Reema K., Burns, Brendan P., Neilan, Brett A.

“…Halococcus hamelinensis was the first archaeon isolated from stromatolites. These geomicrobial ecosystems are thought to be some of the earliest known on…”
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