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Construction of a Reporter Vector for the Analysis of Bifidobacterium longum Promoters by Klijn, A, Moine, D, Delley, M, Mercenier, A, Arigoni, F, Pridmore, R.D

“…In order to initiate studies on promoter activities in Bifidobacterium longum and to independently confirm transcriptional data generated by microarray…”
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Scale‐Dependent Recolonization: The Role of Sediment Stability in a Dynamic Sandflat Habitat by Thrush, S. F., Whitlatch, R. B., Pridmore, R. D., Hewitt, J. E., Cummings, V. J., Wilkinson, M. R.

“…An important ecological issue is developing an understanding of how patterns and processes vary with scale. We designed a field experiment to test how…”
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Dispersal Dynamics in a Wind-Driven Benthic System by Commito, J. A., Thrush, S. F., Pridmore, R. D., Hewitt, J. E., Cummings, V. J.

“…Bedload and water column traps were used with simultaneous wind and water velocity measurements to study postlarval macrofaunal dispersal dynamics in Manukau…”
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A Euryarchaeal Lysyl-tRNA Synthetase: Resemblance to Class I Synthetases by Ibba, Michael, Morgan, Susan, Curnow, Alan W., Pridmore, David R., Vothknecht, Ute C., Gardner, Warren, Lin, Winston, Woese, Carl R., Soll, Dieter

“…The sequencing of euryarchaeal genomes has suggested that the essential protein lysyl-transfer RNA (tRNA) synthetase (LysRS) is absent from such organisms…”
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Assessing the Short-Term Stability of Spatial Patterns of Macrobenthos in a Dynamic Estuarine System by Hewitt, J. E., Pridmore, R. D., Thrush, S. F., Cummings, V. J.

“…Recent studies of macrofauna on sandflats have emphasized postsettlement dispersal, particularly associated with sediment bedload transport. This study…”
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Comparative Genomics of the Late Gene Cluster from Lactobacillus Phages by Desiere, Frank, Pridmore, R.David, Brüssow, Harald

“…Three prophage sequences were identified in the Lactobacillus johnsoni strain NCC533. Prophage Lj965 predicted a gene map very similar to those of pac-site…”
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New and versatile cloning vectors with kanamycin-resistance marker by Pridmore, R D

“…Described here is a pair of small multi-copy kanamycin-resistance plasmids, containing the pUC lacZ alpha-complementation peptide and the pUC18 and pUC19…”
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Scale-dependent benthic recolonization dynamics : life stage-based dispersal and demographic consequences by WHITLATCH, R. B, LOHRER, A. M, THRUSH, S. F, PRIDMORE, R. D, HEWITT, J. E, CUMMINGS, V. J, ZAJAC, R. N

“…Soft-sediment recruitment dynamics are dependent upon two sources of colonists; larvae transported from the water column and post-settlement movement of…”
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The Genome Sequence of Bifidobacterium longum Reflects Its Adaptation to the Human Gastrointestinal Tract by Schell, Mark A., Karmirantzou, Maria, Snel, Berend, Vilanova, David, Berger, Bernard, Pessi, Gabriella, Zwahlen, Marie-Camille, Desiere, Frank, Bork, Peer, Delley, Michele, Pridmore, R. David, Arigoni, Fabrizio

“…Bifidobacteria are Gram-positive prokaryotes that naturally colonize the human gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and vagina. Although not numerically dominant in…”
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Bedload and water-column transport and colonization processes by post-settlement benthic macrofauna: Does infaunal density matter? by Turner, S.J, Grant, J, Pridmore, R.D, Hewitt, J.E, Wilkinson, M.R, Hume, T.M, Morrisey, D.J

“…In this study, we document dispersal and colonization by post-settlement benthic macrofauna on a large (250×500 m) area of intertidal sandflat at Wiroa Island…”
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The Genome Sequence of the Probiotic Intestinal Bacterium Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC 533 by Pridmore, R. David, Berger, Bernard, Desiere, Frank, Vilanova, David, Barretto, Caroline, Pittet, Anne-Cecile, Zwahlen, Marie-Camille, Rouvet, Martine, Altermann, Eric, Barrangou, Rodolphe, Mollet, Beat, Mercenier, Annick, Klaenhammer, Todd, Arigoni, Fabrizio, Schell, Mark A.

“…Lactobacillus johnsonii NCC 533 is a member of the acidophilus group of intestinal lactobacilli that has been extensively studied for their "probiotic"…”
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Spatial structure of bivalves in a sandflat:: Scale and generating processes by Legendre, P., Thrush, S.F., Cummings, V.J., Dayton, P.K., Grant, J., Hewitt, J.E., Hines, A.H., McArdle, B.H., Pridmore, R.D., Schneider, D.C., Turner, S.J., Whitlatch, R.B., Wilkinson, M.R.

“…A survey was conducted during the summer of 1994 within a fairly homogeneous 12.5 ha area of sandflat off Wiroa Island, in Manukau Harbour, New Zealand, to…”
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Impact of ray feeding disturbances on sandflat macrobenthos: do communities dominated by polychaetes or shellfish respond differently? by Thrush, S.F., Pridmore, R. D., Hewitt, J. E., Cummings, V. J.

“…Studies of the influence of small-scale disturbances on soft-bottom communities have usually been conducted on one type of community only. We utilized…”
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Scaling-up from experiments to complex ecological systems: Where to next? by Thrush, S.F, Schneider, D.C, Legendre, P, Whitlatch, R.B, Dayton, P.K, Hewitt, J.E, Hines, A.H, Cummings, V.J, Lawrie, S.M, Grant, J, Pridmore, R.D, Turner, S.J, McArdle, B.H

“…The workshop studies encompassed four central themes: characterisation of the hydrodynamic regime and its effects on bivalve movement; analysis of bivalve…”
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Matching the outcome of small-scale density manipulation experiments with larger scale patterns: an example of bivalve adult/juvenile interactions by Thrush, S.F, Cummings, V.J, Dayton, P.K, Ford, R, Grant, J, Hewitt, J.E, Hines, A.H, Lawrie, S.M, Pridmore, R.D, Legendre, P, McArdle, B.H, Schneider, D.C, Turner, S.J, Whitlatch, R.B, Wilkinson, M.R

“…Generalising or scaling up from small-scale experiments to larger areas is an important challenge for both ecology and conservation biology. This study…”
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Impacts on Soft-Sediment Macrofauna: The Effects of Spatial Variation on Temporal Trends by Thrush, Simon F., Pridmore, Rick D., Hewitt, Judi E.

“…Long-term studies provide useful insight into the functioning of populations and communities. Gaining a long-term perspective may be important in providing…”
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Matching patterns with processes: predicting the effect of size and mobility on the spatial distributions of the bivalves Macomona liliana and Austrovenus stutchburyi by Hewitt, J. E., Thrush, S. F., Cummings, V. J., Pridmore, R. D.

“…Descriptions of patterns of community or population variation in space can provide a stepping stone to inferring the relevant processes affecting spatial…”
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The importance of predators on a sandflat: interplay between seasonal changes in prey densities and predator effects by Thrush, Simon F., Pridmore, Rick D., Hewitt, Judi E., Cummings, Vonda J.

“…An experiment was designed to assess the role of 2 different predators in determining the macrobenthic community structure of an intertidal sandflat. The 2…”
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Effect of the spionid polychaete Boccardia syrtis on the distribution and survival of juvenile Macomona liliana (Bivalvia: Tellinacea) by CUMMINGS, V. J, PRIDMORE, R. D, THRUSH, S. F, HEWITT, J. E

“…A study assessed whether the low abundance of Macomona liliana on the Te Tau bank in Manukau Harbor New Zealand is due to the presence of Boccardia syrtis or…”
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Genomics, molecular genetics and the food industry by Pridmore, R.D, Crouzillat, D, Walker, C, Foley, S, Zink, R, Zwahlen, M.-C, Brüssow, H, Pétiard, V, Mollet, B

“…The production of foods for an increasingly informed and selective consumer requires the coordinated activities of the various branches of the food chain in…”
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