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Natasha Dudek
Researcher at University of California, Santa Cruz
Publications - 5
Citations - 1709
Natasha Dudek is an academic researcher from University of California, Santa Cruz. The author has contributed to research in topics: Metagenomics & Threatened species. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 1386 citations.
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A new view of the tree of life
Laura A. Hug,Laura A. Hug,Brett J. Baker,Karthik Anantharaman,Christopher T. Brown,Alexander J. Probst,Cindy J. Castelle,Cristina N. Butterfield,Alex W Hernsdorf,Yuki Amano,Kotaro Ise,Yohey Suzuki,Natasha Dudek,David A. Relman,David A. Relman,Kari M. Finstad,Ronald Amundson,Brian C. Thomas,Jillian F. Banfield,Jillian F. Banfield +19 more
TL;DR: New genomic data from over 1,000 uncultivated and little known organisms, together with published sequences, are used to infer a dramatically expanded version of the tree of life, with Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya included.
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Novel Microbial Diversity and Functional Potential in the Marine Mammal Oral Microbiome.
Natasha Dudek,Christine L. Sun,David Burstein,Rose S. Kantor,Daniela S. Aliaga Goltsman,Elisabeth M. Bik,Brian C. Thomas,Jillian F. Banfield,Jillian F. Banfield,David A. Relman,David A. Relman +10 more
TL;DR: A genome-resolved metagenomic approach is employed to recover and characterize genomes and functional potential from microbes in the oral gingival sulcus of two bottlenose dolphins, uncovering a rich diversity of predicted Cas9 proteins, including the two longest predictedCas9 proteins to date.
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Robotic Coral Reef Health Assessment Using Automated Image Analysis
TL;DR: This paper describes the strategy to safely and effectively deploy a small marine robot to inspect a reef using its digital cameras, and demonstrates the feasibility of such a system for practical use for the preservation of this crucial ecological resource.
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Characterizing the oral and distal gut microbiota of the threatened southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) to enhance conservation practice
Natasha Dudek,Alexandra Switzer,Elizabeth K. Costello,Michael D. Murray,Joseph A. Tomoleoni,Michelle M. Staedler,M. Tim Tinker,David A. Relman +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors characterized the oral (gingival) and distal gut (rectal and fecal) microbiota of 158 wild southern sea otters living off the coast of central California, USA, and 12 captive Sea Otters, some of which were included in a diet shift experiment.
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Towards Autonomous Robotic Coral Reef Health Assessment
TL;DR: In this article, the authors address the automated analysis of coral in shallow reef environments up to 90 ft deep using texture and color features combined with classifiers for two vision sub-tasks, namely image classification and semantic segmentation.