2025 Journal Article Understanding the role of micro-organisms in the settlement of coral larvae through community ecologyTurnlund, Abigail C., O’Brien, Paul A., Rix, Laura, Webster, Nicole, Lurgi, Miguel and Vanwonterghem, Inka (2025). Understanding the role of micro-organisms in the settlement of coral larvae through community ecology. Marine Biology, 172 (3) 43, 3. doi: 10.1007/s00227-025-04607-6 |
2025 Journal Article Light and dark biofilm adaptation impacts larval settlement in diverse coral speciesO'Brien, Paul A., Bell, Sara C., Rix, Laura, Turnlund, Abigail C., Kjeldsen, Shannon R., Webster, Nicole S., Negri, Andrew P., Wahab, Muhammad A. Abdul and Vanwonterghem, Inka (2025). Light and dark biofilm adaptation impacts larval settlement in diverse coral species. Environmental Microbiome, 20 (1) 11. doi: 10.1186/s40793-025-00670-0 |
2024 Journal Article Comparative genomics identifies key adaptive traits of sponge-associated microbial symbiontsO'Brien, Paul A., Robbins, Steven J., Tan, Shangjin, Rix, Laura, Miller, David J., Webster, Nicole S., Zhang, Guojie and Bourne, David G. (2024). Comparative genomics identifies key adaptive traits of sponge-associated microbial symbionts. Environmental Microbiology, 26 (9) e16690, 1-17. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16690 |
2023 Journal Article Linking differences in microbial network structure with changes in coral larval settlementTurnlund, Abigail C., Vanwonterghem, Inka, Botté, Emmanuelle S., Randall, Carly J., Giuliano, Christine, Kam, Lisa, Bell, Sara, O’Brien, Paul, Negri, Andrew P., Webster, Nicole S. and Lurgi, Miguel (2023). Linking differences in microbial network structure with changes in coral larval settlement. ISME Communications, 3 (1) 114, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s43705-023-00320-x |
2023 Journal Article Validation of key sponge symbiont pathways using genome‐centric metatranscriptomicsO'Brien, Paul A., Tan, Shangjin, Frade, Pedro R., Robbins, Steven J., Engelberts, J. Pamela, Bell, Sara C., Vanwonterghem, Inka, Miller, David J., Webster, Nicole S., Zhang, Guojie and Bourne, David G. (2023). Validation of key sponge symbiont pathways using genome‐centric metatranscriptomics. Environmental Microbiology, 25 (12), 1-18. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.16509 |
2022 Journal Article Reef location has a greater impact than coral bleaching severity on the microbiome of Pocillopora acutaBotté, Emmanuelle S., Cantin, Neal E., Mocellin, Véronique J. L., O’Brien, Paul A., Rocker, Melissa M., Frade, Pedro R. and Webster, Nicole S. (2022). Reef location has a greater impact than coral bleaching severity on the microbiome of Pocillopora acuta. Coral Reefs, 41 (1), 63-79. doi: 10.1007/s00338-021-02201-y |
2021 Journal Article Testing cophylogeny between coral reef invertebrates and their bacterial and archaeal symbiontsO’Brien, Paul A., Andreakis, Nikos, Tan, Shangjin, Miller, David J., Webster, Nicole S., Zhang, Guojie and Bourne, David G. (2021). Testing cophylogeny between coral reef invertebrates and their bacterial and archaeal symbionts. Molecular Ecology, 30 (15) mec.16006, 1-15. doi: 10.1111/mec.16006 |
2020 Journal Article Efficient COI barcoding using high throughput single-end 400bp sequencingYang, Chentao, Zheng, Yuxuan, Tan, Shangjin, Meng, Guanliang, Rao, Wei, Yang, Caiqing, Bourne, David G., O'Brien, Paul A., Xu, Junqiang, Liao, Sha, Chen, Ao, Chen, Xiaowei, Jia, Xinrui, Zhang, Ai-bing and Liu, Shanlin (2020). Efficient COI barcoding using high throughput single-end 400bp sequencing. BMC Genomics, 21 (1). doi: 10.1186/s12864-020-07255-w |
2020 Journal Article Diverse coral reef invertebrates exhibit patterns of phylosymbiosisO’Brien, Paul A., Tan, Shangjin, Yang, Chentao, Frade, Pedro R., Andreakis, Nikos, Smith, Hillary A., Miller, David J., Webster, Nicole S., Zhang, Guojie and Bourne, David G. (2020). Diverse coral reef invertebrates exhibit patterns of phylosymbiosis. The ISME Journal, 14 (9), 2211-2222. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0671-x |
2019 Journal Article Host-microbe coevolution: applying evidence from model systems to complex marine invertebrate holobiontsO'Brien, Paul A., Webster, Nicole S., Miller, David J. and Bourne, David G. (2019). Host-microbe coevolution: applying evidence from model systems to complex marine invertebrate holobionts. mBio, 10 (1) e02241-18, 1-14. doi: 10.1128/mBio.02241-18 |
2018 Journal Article Elevated CO2 Has Little Influence on the Bacterial Communities Associated With the pH-Tolerant Coral, Massive Porites sppO'Brien, Paul A., Smith, Hillary A., Fallon, Stewart, Fabricius, Katharina, Willis, Bette L., Morrow, Kathleen M. and Bourne, David G. (2018). Elevated CO2 Has Little Influence on the Bacterial Communities Associated With the pH-Tolerant Coral, Massive Porites spp. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9 2621. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02621 |
2016 Journal Article Implications of Ocean Acidification for Marine Microorganisms from the Free-Living to the Host-AssociatedO'Brien, Paul A., Morrow, Kathleen M., Willis, Bette L. and Bourne, David G. (2016). Implications of Ocean Acidification for Marine Microorganisms from the Free-Living to the Host-Associated. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3 47. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2016.00047 |