A. Millard

The relationship between microbial community succession, decay, and anatomical character loss in non-biomineralised animals

This study investigates the role of microbial communities in decay and anatomical character loss, finding that endogenous bacteria dominate and that microbial succession does not control anatomical decay sequences.

Genomic plasticity is a blueprint of diversity in Salmonella lineages

This study examines genomic plasticity in Salmonella lineages, revealing non-random integration of pathogenicity genes into regions of genomic plasticity and their regulatory relationships.

Ecological and evolutionary patterns of virus-host interactions throughout a grassland soil depth profile

The paper investigates virus-host interactions in grassland soil across depth profiles, revealing ecological and evolutionary patterns and evidence of carbon remineralization by soil viruses.

Crop management shapes the diversity and activity of DNA and RNA viruses in the rhizosphere

The paper investigates how crop management affects viral diversity and activity in soil, revealing 'viral priming' and its impact on plant-microbe interactions.

Identification of a new family of "megaphages" that are abundant in the marine environment

The paper identifies a new family of marine megaphages with large genomes and novel metabolic genes.

Analysis of selection methods to develop novel phage therapy cocktails against antimicrobial resistant clinical isolates of bacteria

This paper evaluates selection methods for developing phage cocktails against ESBL-producing bacteria, finding that planktonic killing assays are effective and efficient for identifying effective phages.

Novel regulation from novel interactions: Identification of an RNA sponge that controls the levels, processing and efficacy of the RoxS riboregulator of central metabolism in Bacillus subtilis

The paper identifies RosA, a sponge RNA in Bacillus subtilis, which regulates RoxS and FsrA sRNAs, linking carbon metabolism regulators to post-transcriptional control.

Riding the wave of genomics, to investigate aquatic coliphage diversity and activity

The paper isolates and characterizes coliphages from coastal UK and Poland locations, revealing genetic diversity and identifying potential new species and genus within specific viral groups.