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Francesca Stomeo
Researcher at International Livestock Research Institute
Publications - 35
Citations - 791
Francesca Stomeo is an academic researcher from International Livestock Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Potyvirus & Sugarcane mosaic virus. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 32 publications receiving 618 citations. Previous affiliations of Francesca Stomeo include University of the Western Cape & Spanish National Research Council.
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Hypolithic and soil microbial community assembly along an aridity gradient in the Namib Desert
Francesca Stomeo,Francesca Stomeo,Angel Valverde,Angel Valverde,Stephen B. Pointing,Christopher P. McKay,Kimberley A. Warren-Rhodes,Marla I. Tuffin,Mary Seely,Don A. Cowan,Don A. Cowan +10 more
TL;DR: Although null models for patterns in microbial communities were not supported by experimental data, the amount of unexplained variation suggests that stochastic processes also play a role in the assembly of such communities in the Namib Desert.
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Analyses of Twelve New Whole Genome Sequences of Cassava Brown Streak Viruses and Ugandan Cassava Brown Streak Viruses from East Africa: Diversity, Supercomputing and Evidence for Further Speciation
Joseph Ndunguru,Peter Sseruwagi,F. Tairo,Francesca Stomeo,Solomon Maina,Appolinaire Djikeng,Appolinaire Djikeng,Monica A. Kehoe,Laura M. Boykin +8 more
TL;DR: Twelve new whole genomes were uncovered in this research, doubling the genomic sequences available in the public domain for these viruses, and disprove the assumption that the viruses are limited by agro-ecological zones and give rise to the possibility that there may be as many as four distinct species of virus.
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Abiotic factors influence microbial diversity in permanently cold soil horizons of a maritime-associated Antarctic Dry Valley
Francesca Stomeo,Thulani P. Makhalanyane,Angel Valverde,Stephen B. Pointing,Mark I. Stevens,Craig Cary,Marla I. Tuffin,Don A. Cowan +7 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that water transported to the surface as water vapour is available to microbial populations, either as a result of condensation processes or by direct adsorption from the vapour phase, because of the large % RH gradient between the frozen subsurface and the soil surface.
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Distribution and abiotic influences on hypolithic microbial communities in an Antarctic Dry Valley
Don A. Cowan,Stephen B. Pointing,Mark I. Stevens,Mark I. Stevens,S. Craig Cary,S. Craig Cary,Francesca Stomeo,I. Marla Tuffin +7 more
TL;DR: Altitude and aspect were also significant factors determining hypolith type, and a role for altitude-related abiotic variables in determining the distribution of Type I, II and III hypolithons is proposed.
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Physical ecology of hypolithic communities in the central Namib Desert: The role of fog, rain, rock habitat, and light
Kimberley A. Warren-Rhodes,Kimberley A. Warren-Rhodes,Christopher P. McKay,Linda Ng Boyle,Michael R. Wing,Elsita M. Kiekebusch,Don A. Cowan,Don A. Cowan,Francesca Stomeo,Francesca Stomeo,Stephen B. Pointing,Kudzai Farai Kaseke,Frank D. Eckardt,Joh R. Henschel,Ari Anisfeld,Mary Seely,Kevin L. Rhodes +16 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured 0.1% of incident sunlight as the lower limit for hypolithic growth on quartz rocks in the Namib and found that uncolonized ventral rock surfaces were limited by light rather than moisture.