Linda Blackall

Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance

Warish Ahmed, Stuart L Simpson, Paul M Bertsch, Kyle Bibby, Aaron Bivins, Linda L Blackall, Sílvia Bofill-Mas, Albert Bosch, João Brandão, Phil M Choi, Mark Ciesielski, Erica Donner, Nishita D'Souza, Andreas H Farnleitner, Daniel Gerrity, Raul Gonzalez, John F Griffith, Pradip Gyawali, Charles N Haas, Kerry A Hamilton, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  Science of The Total Environment

Development of a free radical scavenging bacterial consortium to mitigate oxidative stress in cnidarians

Ashley M Dungan, Dieter Bulach, Heyu Lin, Madeleine JH van Oppen, Linda L Blackall

Journal article  |  2021  |  MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Corals are colonized by symbiotic microorganisms that profoundly influence the animal's health. One noted symbiont is a single-cel..

Microbiome characterization of defensive tissues in the model anemone Exaiptasia diaphana

Justin Maire, Linda L Blackall, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC MICROBIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Coral reefs are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems on Earth. This success relies on the coral's associat..

Microplastic pollution alters forest soil microbiome

Ee Ling Ng, Silk Yu Lin, Ashley M Dungan, John M Colwell, Sarah Ede, Esperanza Huerta Lwanga, Ke Meng, Violette Geissen, Linda Louise Blackall, Deli Chen

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

The impact of microplastic pollution on terrestrial biota is an emerging research area, and this is particularly so for soil biota..

Intracellular bacteria are common and taxonomically diverse in cultured and in hospite algal endosymbionts of coral reefs (Feb, 10.1038/ s41396-021-00902-4, 2021)

Justin Maire, Sam K Girvan, Sophie E Barkla, Alexis Perez-Gonzalez, David J Suggett, Linda L Blackall, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2021  |  ISME JOURNAL

A Correction to this paper has been published: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00970-6

Wastewater monitoring for SARS-CoV-2

Erica Donner, Arash Zamyadi, Aaron Jex, Michael Short, Barbara Drigo, David McCarthy, Nicholas Crosbie, Warish Ahmed, Jochen Mueller, Kevin Thomas, Paul Monis, Alex Keegan, Maneesha Ginige, Philip Hugenholtz, Gene Tyson, Kelly Hill, Linda Blackall

Journal article  |  2021  |  MICROBIOLOGY AUSTRALIA

Wastewater monitoring (WM) of SARS-CoV-2 from sewers was applied throughout the world early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Sharing of p..

Effect of Multispecies Microbial Consortia on Microbially Influenced Corrosion of Carbon Steel

Hoang C Phan, Linda L Blackall, Scott A Wade

Journal article  |  2021  |  Corrosion and Materials Degradation

Microbially influenced corrosion (MIC) is responsible for significant damage to major marine infrastructure worldwide. While the m..

Multiple techniques point to oxygenic phototrophs dominating the Isopora palifera skeletal microbiome

Francesco Ricci, Alexander Fordyce, William Leggat, Linda L Blackall, Tracy Ainsworth, Heroen Verbruggen

Journal article  |  2021  |  CORAL REEFS

The limestone skeleton of Scleractinian corals is a complex and intricate environment consisting of an array of ecological microni..

Intracellular bacteria are common and taxonomically diverse in cultured and in hospite algal endosymbionts of coral reefs

Justin Maire, Sam K Girvan, Sophie E Barkla, Alexis Perez-Gonzalez, David J Suggett, Linda L Blackall, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2021  |  ISME JOURNAL

Corals house a variety of microorganisms which they depend on for their survival, including endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiod..

Short-Term Exposure to Sterile Seawater Reduces Bacterial Community Diversity in the Sea Anemone, Exaiptasia diaphana

Ashley M Dungan, Madeleine JH van Oppen, Linda L Blackall

Journal article  |  2021  |  FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE

The global decline of coral reefs heightens the need to understand how corals may persist under changing environmental conditions...