AUT University, New Zealand

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1996 B.S., University of Auckland

Publications (Selected)

1. Pisaniello, Alessandro, et al. "Ontogenetic variation in the gut microbiota of Kyphosus sydneyanus: a comparative analysis." Microbiology Spectrum 13.12 (2025): e02317-25.
2. García-Seoane, Rita, et al. "Characterizing the trophic ecology of herbivorous coral reef fishes using stable isotope and fatty acid biomarkers." PLoS One 20.6 (2025): e0327594.
3. Sabetian, Armagan, et al. "Fatty acid biomarkers reveal maternal energy allocation strategies in spawning Snapper (Chrysophrys auratus)." New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research (2025): 1-14.
4. Facimoto, Cesar T., et al. "Hindguts of Kyphosus sydneyanus harbor phylogenetically and genomically distinct Alistipes capable of degrading algal polysaccharides and diazotrophy." MSystems 10.1 (2025): e01007-24.
5. White, W. Lindsey. "Potential of seaweed farming: a spotlight on the Solomon Islands." (2025).
6. Sharmin, Kazi Nazira, W. Lindsey White, and Kevin Lee. "In silico Evaluation of Potential Bioactive Peptides of Phycoerythrins from Selected Rhodophytes." The Open Bioinformatics Journal 18 (2025).
7. Boycheva, Svetlana, et al. "Oxygen exposure decreases the yield of high-molecular-weight DNA from some anaerobic bacteria and bacterial communities during DNA extraction." Anaerobe 90 (2024): 102915.
8. Facimoto, Cesar T., et al. "Bacteroidia and Clostridia are equipped to degrade a cascade of polysaccharides along the hindgut of the herbivorous fish Kyphosus sydneyanus." ISME communications 4.1 (2024): ycae102.
9. Facimoto, Cesar T., et al. "Bacteroidia and Clostridia genomes collectively encode for a progressive cascade of marine polysaccharide degradation along the hindgut of the herbivorous fish Kyphosus sydneyanus." bioRxiv (2023): 2023-12.
10. Facimoto, C. T., et al. "Bacteroidia and Clostridia perform a progressive cascade of polysaccharide degradation along the hindgut of the herbivorous fish Kyphosus sydneyanus." (2023).
11. Pardesi, Bikiran, et al. "Chakrabartyella piscis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Lachnospiraceae, isolated from the hindgut of the marine herbivorous fish Kyphosus sydneyanus." International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology 73.10 (2023): 006100.
12. Pisaniello, Alessandro, et al. "Host individual and gut location are more important in gut microbiota community composition than temporal variation in the marine herbivorous fish Kyphosus sydneyanus." BMC microbiology 23.1 (2023): 275.
13. Pisaniello, Alessandro, et al. "Sources of variation in community composition of the hindgut microbiota in two tropical Kyphosus species." Coral Reefs 41.5 (2022): 1523-1535.
14. Stevenson, Sam JR, et al. "Substrate degradation pathways, conserved functions and community composition of the hindgut microbiota in the herbivorous marine fish Kyphosus sydneyanus." Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 272 (2022): 111283.
15. Wornell, Kristina, et al. "High‐throughput Method for Novel Medium Development for Culture of Anaerobic Gut Bacteria." Current Protocols 2.7 (2022): e463.