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Journal articles
2015, 'Uranium Binding Mechanisms of the Acid-Tolerant Fungus Coniochaeta fodinicola', Environmental Science and Technology, 49, pp. 8487 - 8496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b01342
,2015, 'Exploring cyanobacterial genomes for natural product biosynthesis pathways', Marine Genomics, 21, pp. 1 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margen.2014.11.009
,2015, 'Global cellular responses to β-methyl-amino-l-alanine (BMAA) by olfactory ensheathing glial cells (OEC)', Toxicon, 99, pp. 136 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2015.03.009
,2015, 'Optimisation of DNA extraction and validation of PCR assays to detect Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis', Journal of Microbiological Methods, 112, pp. 99 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2015.03.016
,2015, 'Temporal variations in microcystin-producing cells and microcystin concentrations in two fresh water ponds', Water Research, 69, pp. 131 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.11.015
,2015, 'Adaptation, ecology, and evolution of the halophilic stromatolite archaeon halococcus hamelinensis inferred through genome analyses', Archaea, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/241608
,2015, 'Constitutive cylindrospermopsin pool size in Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii under different light and CO
2015, 'Specific global responses to N and Fe nutrition in toxic and non-toxic Microcystis aeruginosa', Environmental Microbiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12958
,2014, 'Gene expression and molecular evolution of sxtA4 in a saxitoxin producing dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella', Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology, 92, pp. 102 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2014.09.015
,2014, 'High abundance of the potentially maitotoxic dinoflagellate Gambierdiscus carpenteri in temperate waters of New South Wales, Australia', Harmful Algae, 39, pp. 134 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2014.07.007
,2014, 'Comparative proteomics reveals that a saxitoxin-producing and a nontoxic strain of Anabaena circinalis are two different ecotypes', Journal of Proteome Research, 13, pp. 1474 - 1484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/pr401007k
,2014, 'Insights into the distribution and abundance of the ubiquitous candidatus Saccharibacteria phylum following tag pyrosequencing', Scientific Reports, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep03957
,2014, 'Cob gene pyrosequencing enables characterization of benthic dinoflagellate diversity and biogeography', Environmental Microbiology, 16, pp. 467 - 485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.12275
,2014, 'Comparative genomics of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii strains with differential toxicities', BMC Genomics, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-83
,2014, 'Alexandrium diversaporum sp. nov., a new non-saxitoxin producing species: Phylogeny, morphology and sxtA genes', Harmful Algae, 31, pp. 54 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2013.09.005
,2014, 'Exploring the potential of endophytes from medicinal plants as sources of antimycobacterial compounds', Microbiological Research, 169, pp. 483 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2013.12.009
,2014, 'Fodinomyces uranophilus gen. nov. sp. nov. and Coniochaeta fodinicola sp. nov., two uranium mine-inhabiting Ascomycota fungi from northern Australia', Mycologia, 106, pp. 1073 - 1089, http://dx.doi.org/10.3852/14-013
,2014, 'Nutrient-related changes in the toxicity of field blooms of the cyanobacterium, Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 89, pp. 135 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12341
,2014, 'A feeding study to probe the uptake of Maitotoxin by snapper (Pagrus auratus)', Harmful Algae, 37, pp. 125 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2014.05.018
,2013, 'Effects of hydrology and river management on the distribution, abundance and persistence of cyanobacterial blooms in the Murray River, Australia', Harmful Algae, 30, pp. 27 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2013.08.002
,2013, 'Recent advances in the heterologous expression of microbial natural product biosynthetic pathways', Natural Product Reports, 30, pp. 1121 - 1138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3np70034h
,2013, 'Detection of Helicobacter species in the gastrointestinal tract of ringtail possum and koala: Possible influence of diet, on the gut microbiota', Veterinary Microbiology, 166, pp. 429 - 437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.06.026
,2013, 'High-titer heterologous production in E. coli of lyngbyatoxin, a protein kinase C activator from an uncultured marine cyanobacterium', ACS Chemical Biology, 8, pp. 1888 - 1893, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cb400189j
,2013, 'Nostoc, Microcoleus and Leptolyngbya inoculums are detrimental to the growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under salt stress', Plant and Soil, 370, pp. 317 - 332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-013-1607-2
,2013, 'ChemInform Abstract: Bioactive Natural Products from Papua New Guinea Marine Sponges', ChemInform, 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201302210
,2013, 'Diversity and biosynthetic potential of culturable microbes associated with toxic marine animals', Marine Drugs, 11, pp. 2695 - 2712, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md11082695
,2013, 'Alternariol 9-O-methyl ether dimethyl sulfoxide monosolvate', ACTA Crystallographica Section E - Structure Reports Online, 69, pp. o872-o873, http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1600536813012294
,2013, 'Chromera velia is Endosymbiotic in Larvae of the Reef Corals Acropora digitifera and A. tenuis', Protist, 164, pp. 237 - 244, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.protis.2012.08.003
,2013, 'Cyanobacterial toxins: biosynthetic routes and evolutionary roots', FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 37, pp. 23 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6976.2012.12000.x
,2013, 'Deep sequencing of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases and polyketide synthases from the microbiomes of Australian marine sponges', The ISME journal
,2013, 'Diversity of cyanobacterial biomarker genes from the stromatolites of Shark Bay, Western Australia', Environmental Microbiology, 15, pp. 1464 - 1475, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02809.x
,2013, 'Environmental conditions that influence toxin biosynthesis in cyanobacteria', Environmental Microbiology, 15, pp. 1239 - 1253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02729.x
,2013, 'Functional characterization of the twin ZIP/SLC39 metal transporters, NpunF3111 and NpunF2202 in Nostoc punctiforme', Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 97, pp. 8649 - 8662, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-013-5047-y
,2013, 'Gliotoxicity of the cyanotoxin, â-methyl-amino-L-alanine (BMAA)', Scientific Reports, 3, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep01482
,2013, 'Microbial diversity and diazotrophy associated with the freshwater non-heterocyst forming cyanobacterium Lyngbya robusta', Journal of Applied Phycology, 25, pp. 1039 - 1045, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10811-012-9909-y
,2013, 'Molecular and cellular characterisation of the zinc uptake (Znu) system of nostoc punctiforme', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 86, pp. 149 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12153
,2013, 'Polyphasic evaluation of Limnoraphis robusta, a water-bloom forming cyanobacterium from Lake Atitl¿n, Guatemala, with a description of Limnoraphis gen. nov', Fottea, 13, pp. 39 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/
,2013, 'Rapid, multiplex-tandem PCR assay for automated detection and differentiation of toxigenic cyanobacterial blooms', Molecular and Cellular Probes, 27, pp. 208 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mcp.2013.07.001
,2013, 'The chemical composition and bacteria communities in acid and metalliferous drainage from the wet-dry tropics are dependent on season', Science of the Total Environment, 443, pp. 65 - 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.024
,2012, 'Alternariol 9-O-methyl ether', Acta Crystallographica Section E: Structure Reports Online, 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S1600536812015000
,2012, 'A multiplex qPCR targeting hepato- and neurotoxigenic cyanobacteria of global significance', Harmful Algae, 15, pp. 19 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2011.11.001
,2012, 'A reinvestigation of saxitoxin production and sxtA in the ‘non-toxic’ Alexandrium tamarense Group V clade', Harmful Algae, 18, pp. 96 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2012.05.001
,2012, 'Bioactive natural products from Papua New Guinea marine sponges', Chemistry and Biodiversity, 9, pp. 2077 - 2095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.201100292
,2012, 'Community composition, toxigenicity, and environmental conditions during a cyanobacterial bloom occurring along 1,100 kilometers of the Murray River', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78, pp. 263 - 272, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.05587-11
,2012, 'Comparative analysis of cyanobacteria in the rhizosphere and as endosymbionts of cycads in drought-affected soils', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 80, pp. 204 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01288.x
,2012, 'Culturable endophytes of medicinal plants and the genetic basis for their bioactivity', Microbial Ecology, 64, pp. 431 - 449, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-012-0044-8
,2012, 'Cyanobacterial toxins: biosynthetic routes and evolutionary roots', FEMS Microbiology Reviews, pp. n/a - n/a, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1574-6976.12000
,2012, 'Deep sequencing of secondary meta-metabolomes: A preliminary screening tool for determining natural product diversity.', Planta Medica, 78, pp. CL51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1320286
,2012, 'Endolithic phototrophs in built and natural stone', Current Microbiology, 65, pp. 183 - 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00284-012-0123-6
,2012, 'Excitotoxic potential of the cyanotoxin â-methyl-amino-l-alanine (BMAA) in primary human neurons', Toxicon, 60, pp. 1159 - 1165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2012.07.169
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