By Adjunct Professor Brett Anthony Neilan

Book Chapters

Pearson LA; Hisbergues M; Borner T; Dittmann E; Neilan BA, 2008, 'Chapter 19: Inactivation of an ABC transporter, mcyH, results in loss of microcystin production in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806', in Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, Springer New York LLC, United States, pp. 467 - 468

Burns BP; Walter MR; Neilan BA, 2008, 'Microbial communities of stromatolites', in Seckbach J; Walsh M (ed.), From Fossils to Astrobiology: records of life on earth and search for extraterrestrial biosignatures, Springer, New York, pp. 143 - 158

Pomati F; Burns BP; Zuccato E; Neilan BA; Khan SJ, 2007, 'Pharmaceuticals in water and their potential impact on reuse', in Svensson EP (ed.), Aquatic Toxicology Research Focus, Nova Science Publications, New York, USA, pp. 31 - 49, https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=6680

Burns BP; Saker M; Moffitt MC; Neilan BA, 2004, 'Molecular detection of genes responsible for cyanobacterial toxin production in the genera Microcystis, Nodularia, and Cylindrospermopsis', in Methods in Molecular Biology (2004 Ed), Humana Press, United States, pp. 213 - 222

Burns BP; Saker ML; Moffitt MC; Neilan BA, 2004, 'Molecular Detection of Genes Responsible for Cyanobacterial Toxin Production in the Genera Microcystis, Nodularia, and Cylindrospermopsis', in Public Health Microbiology, Springer Nature, pp. 213 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-766-1:213

Neilan BA; Tillett D, 2002, 'Enzyme-free cloning of PCR products and fusion protein expression', in Chen ; James (ed.), Methods in Molecular Biology (2002 Ed), Humana Press, New Jersey, USA, pp. 125 - 132

Neilan BA; Tillett D, 2002, 'Enzyme-Free Cloning of PCR Products and Fusion Protein Expression', in PCR Cloning Protocols, Springer Nature, pp. 125 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-177-9:125

Dittmann E; Erhard M; Tillett D; Neilan BA; von Dohren H; Borner T, 2001, 'Characterization of microcystin synthetase genes in Microcystis aeruginosa', in Cyanotoxsins: occurence, causes, consequences, Sprinter-Verlag, Berlin, Germnay, pp. 142 - 147

Neilan BA, 2001, 'Genomic polymorphisms and the diversity of oxygenic phototrophs', in Rochelle PA (ed.), Environmental Molecular Microbiology, Horizon Scientific Press, Wymondham, UK, pp. 75 - 90

Robertson BR; Neilan BA, 2001, 'Nucleic acid-based In Situ analyses of microbial diversity and physiology', in Rochelle PA (ed.), Environmental Molecular Microbiology, Horizon Scientific Press, Wymondham, UK, pp. 219 - 236

Dittman E; Christiansen G; Neilan BA; Fastner J; Rippka R; Boerner T, 1999, 'Peptide synthetase genes occur in various species of cyanobacteria', in The photosynthetic prokaryotes, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York, NY, pp. 615 - 621

Edited Books

Neilan B; Passarini MRZ; Singh PK; Kumar A, 2023, Cyanobacterial biotechnology in the 21st century, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0181-4

Journal articles

Caukwell J; Assenza S; Hassan KA; Neilan BA; Clulow AJ; Salvati Manni L; Fong WK, 2025, 'Lipidic drug delivery systems are responsive to the human microbiome', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 677, pp. 293 - 302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.07.216

Foysal MJ; Kawser AQMR; Paul SI; Chaklader MR; Gupta SK; Tay A; Neilan BA; Gagnon MM; Fotedar R; Rahman MM; Timms VJ, 2024, 'Prevalence of opportunistic pathogens and anti-microbial resistance in urban aquaculture ponds', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 474, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134661

Miles CO; McCarron P; Thomas K; Al-Sinawi B; Liu T; Neilan BA, 2024, 'Microcystins with Modified Adda⁵-Residues from a Heterologous Microcystin Expression System', ACS Omega, 9, pp. 27618 - 27631, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c03332

Romanis CS; Timms VJ; Crosbie ND; Neilan BA, 2024, '16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing data from an Australian wastewater treatment plant', Microbiology Resource Announcements, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.01237-23

Nebauer DJ; Pearson LA; Neilan BA, 2024, 'Critical steps in an environmental metaproteomics workflow', Environmental Microbiology, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16637

Woodhouse JN; Burford MA; Neilan BA; Jex A; Tichkule S; Sivonen K; Fewer DP; Grossart HP; Willis A, 2024, 'Long-term stability of the genome structure of the cyanobacterium, Dolichospermum in a deep German lake', Harmful Algae, 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2024.102600

Foysal MJ; Timms V; Neilan BA, 2024, 'Dynamics of the benthic and planktic microbiomes in a Planktothrix-dominated toxic cyanobacterial bloom in Australia', Water Research, 249, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120980

Lei L; Liu W; Chen Z; Peng L; Xiao LJ; Han BP; Neilan BA, 2024, 'Grazer-induced toxin production is energetically costly and significantly reduces growth of cylindrospermopsin-producing cyanobacteria', Limnology and Oceanography, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lno.12721

Romanis CS; Timms VJ; Nebauer DJ; Crosbie ND; Neilan BA, 2024, 'Microbiome analysis reveals Microcystis blooms endogenously seeded from benthos within wastewater maturation ponds', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.01585-23

Al-Tameemi AI; Masarudin MJ; Abdul Rahim R; Mills T; Timms VJ; Neilan BA; Mat Isa N, 2023, 'Biosynthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles using the supernatant of Weissella cibaria UPM22MT06 and its antibacterial and cytotoxicity properties', Biologia, 78, pp. 3315 - 3328, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01506-3

Timms VJ; Hassan KA; Pearson LA; Neilan BA, 2023, 'Cyanobacteria as a critical reservoir of the environmental antimicrobial resistome', Environmental Microbiology, 25, pp. 2266 - 2276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16453

Mills TJT; Nelson TM; Pearson LA; Neilan BA, 2023, 'Hive Transplantation Has Minimal Impact on the Core Gut Microbiome of the Australian Stingless Bee, Tetragonula carbonaria', Microbial Ecology, 86, pp. 2086 - 2096, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-023-02222-w

Bashir F; Bashir A; Bouaïcha N; Chen L; Codd GA; Neilan B; Xu WL; Ziko L; Rajput VD; Minkina T; Arruda RS; Ganai BA, 2023, 'Cyanotoxins, biosynthetic gene clusters, and factors modulating cyanotoxin biosynthesis', World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11274-023-03652-x

AL-Tameemi AI; Masarudin MJ; Rahim RA; Timms V; Neilan B; Isa NM, 2023, 'ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES OF ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES SYNTHESIZED BY THE SUPERNATANT OF WEISSELLA CONFUSA UPM22MT04', Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 54, pp. 1209 - 1222, http://dx.doi.org/10.36103/ijas.v54i5.1816

Chilton AM; Nguyen STT; Nelson TM; Pearson LA; Neilan BA, 2022, 'Climate dictates microbial community composition and diversity in Australian biological soil crusts (biocrusts)', Environmental Microbiology, 24, pp. 5467 - 5482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16098

Nguyen STT; Vardeh DP; Nelson TM; Pearson LA; Kinsela AS; Neilan BA, 2022, 'Bacterial community structure and metabolic potential in microbialite-forming mats from South Australian saline lakes', Geobiology, 20, pp. 546 - 559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12489

Wang S; Pearson LA; Mazmouz R; Liu T; Neilan BA, 2022, 'Heterologous Expression and Biochemical Analysis Reveal a Schizokinen-Based Siderophore Pathway in Leptolyngbya (Cyanobacteria)', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.02373-21

Soeriyadi AH; Ongley SE; Kehr JC; Pickford R; Dittmann E; Neilan BA, 2022, 'Tailoring Enzyme Stringency Masks the Multispecificity of a Lyngbyatoxin (Indolactam Alkaloid) Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase', ChemBioChem, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202100574

Garby TJ; Jordan M; Timms V; Walter MR; Neilan BA, 2022, '2-Methylhopanoids in geographically distinct, arid biological soil crusts are primarily cyanobacterial in origin', Environmental Microbiology Reports, 14, pp. 164 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.13037

Ingrey SD; Pearson LA; Kalaitzis JA; Neilan BA, 2021, 'Australian bush medicines harbour diverse microbial endophytes with broad-spectrum antibacterial activity', Journal of Applied Microbiology, 131, pp. 2244 - 2256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jam.15122

Yasar SA; Mills TJT; Uluturk ZI; Ruszczyk JMS; LeBard RJ; Neilan BA, 2021, 'Quantitative detection of human- And canine-associated Bacteroides genetic markers from an urban coastal lagoon', Water Science and Technology, 84, pp. 1732 - 1744, http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2021.341

Pearson LA; D'Agostino PM; Neilan BA, 2021, 'Recent developments in quantitative PCR for monitoring harmful marine microalgae', Harmful Algae, 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2021.102096

Larsen JS; Pearson LA; Neilan BA, 2021, 'Genome Mining and Evolutionary Analysis Reveal Diverse Type III Polyketide Synthase Pathways in Cyanobacteria', Genome Biology and Evolution, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab056

Soeriyadi AH; Mazmouz R; Pickford R; Al‐Sinawi B; Kellmann R; Pearson LA; Neilan BA, 2021, 'Cover Feature: Heterologous Expression of an Unusual Ketosynthase, SxtA, Leads to Production of Saxitoxin Intermediates in Escherichia coli (5/2021)', ChemBioChem, 22, pp. 762 - 762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202100062

Soeriyadi AH; Mazmouz R; Pickford R; Al-Sinawi B; Kellmann R; Pearson LA; Neilan BA, 2021, 'Heterologous Expression of an Unusual Ketosynthase, SxtA, Leads to Production of Saxitoxin Intermediates in Escherichia coli', ChemBioChem, 22, pp. 845 - 849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbic.202000675

Chau R; Pearson LA; Cain J; Kalaitzis JA; Neilan BA, 2021, 'A Pseudoalteromonas Clade with Remarkable Biosynthetic Potential', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 87, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02604-20

Brown AO; Romanis CS; Dvořák P; Foss AJ; Gibson QA; Villanueva CD; Durden WN; Garvey AD; Jenkins P; Hašler P; Johansen JR; Neilan BA; Casamatta DA, 2021, 'A new species of cryptic cyanobacteria isolated from the epidermis of a bottlenose dolphin and as a bioaerosol', Phycologia, 60, pp. 603 - 618, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00318884.2021.1968173

D'Agostino PM; Yeung ACY; Poljak A; David Waite T; Neilan BA, 2021, 'Comparative proteomics of the toxigenic diazotroph Raphidiopsis raciborskii (cyanobacteria) in response to iron', Environmental Microbiology, 23, pp. 405 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15328

Romanis CS; Pearson LA; Neilan BA, 2021, 'Cyanobacterial blooms in wastewater treatment facilities: Significance and emerging monitoring strategies', Journal of Microbiological Methods, 180, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2020.106123

Cain JW; Miller KI; Kalaitzis JA; Chau R; Neilan BA, 2020, 'Genome mining of a fungal endophyte of Taxus yunnanensis (Chinese yew) leads to the discovery of a novel azaphilone polyketide, lijiquinone', Microbial Biotechnology, 13, pp. 1415 - 1427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1751-7915.13568

D'Agostino PM; Al-Sinawi B; Mazmouz R; Muenchhoff J; Neilan BA; Moffitt MC, 2020, 'Identification of promoter elements in the Dolichospermum circinale AWQC131C saxitoxin gene cluster and the experimental analysis of their use for heterologous expression', BMC Microbiology, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-020-1720-3

Cullen A; Pearson LA; Mazmouz R; Liu T; Soeriyadi AH; Ongley SE; Neilan BA, 2019, 'Heterologous expression and biochemical characterisation of cyanotoxin biosynthesis pathways', Natural Product Reports, 36, pp. 1117 - 1136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8np00063h

Srivastava A; Jeong H; Ko SR; Ahn CY; Choi JW; Park YI; Neilan BA; Oh HM, 2019, 'Phenotypic niche partitioning and transcriptional responses of Microcystis aeruginosa in a spatially heterogeneous environment', Algal Research, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2019.101551

Williams W; Chilton A; Schneemilch M; Williams S; Neilan B; Driscoll C, 2019, 'Microbial biobanking - Cyanobacteria-rich topsoil facilitates mine rehabilitation', Biogeosciences, 16, pp. 2189 - 2204, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-2189-2019

Liu T; Mazmouz R; Pearson LA; Neilan BA, 2019, 'Mutagenesis of the Microcystin Tailoring and Transport Proteins in a Heterologous Cyanotoxin Expression System', ACS Synthetic Biology, 8, pp. 1187 - 1194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssynbio.9b00068

Zamyadi A; Romanis C; Mills T; Neilan B; Choo F; Coral LA; Gale D; Newcombe G; Crosbie N; Stuetz R; Henderson RK, 2019, 'Diagnosing water treatment critical control points for cyanobacterial removal: Exploring benefits of combined microscopy, next-generation sequencing, and cell integrity methods', Water Research, 152, pp. 96 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.002

Fu QL; Yeung ACY; Fujii M; Neilan BA; Waite TD, 2019, 'Physiological responses of the freshwater N 2 -fixing cyanobacterium Raphidiopsis raciborskii to Fe and N availabilities', Environmental Microbiology, 21, pp. 1211 - 1223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14545

Benaud N; Zhang E; Van Dorst J; Brown MV; Kalaitzis JA; Neilan BA; Ferrari BC, 2019, 'Harnessing long-read amplicon sequencing to uncover NRPS and Type i PKS gene sequence diversity in polar desert soils', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz031

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