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2012, 'Genetic diversity, morphological uniformity and polyketide-production in dinoflagellates (Amphidinium, Dinoflagellata)', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. Article number e38253, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038253
,2012, 'Genome sequence of the halophilic archaeon Halococcus hamelinensis', Journal of Bacteriology, 194, pp. 2100 - 2101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.06599-11
,2012, 'Identification of two residues essential for the stringent substrate specificity and active site stability of the prokaryotic l -arginine:glycine amidinotransferase CyrA', FEBS Journal, 279, pp. 805 - 815, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08472.x
,2012, 'Increased incidence of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii in temperate zones Is climate change responsible?', Water Research, 46, pp. 1408 - 1419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2011.12.019
,2012, 'Investigation of the biosynthetic potential of endophytes in traditional Chinese anticancer herbs', PLoS One, 7, pp. Article number e35953, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035953
,2012, 'Nodularin, a cyanobacterial toxin, is synthesized in planta by symbiotic Nostoc sp.', ISME Journal, 6, pp. 1834 - 1847, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2012.25
,2012, 'Physiological metal uptake by Nostoc punctiforme', Biometals, 25, pp. 893 - 903, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10534-012-9556-4
,2012, 'T-RFLP fingerprinting analysis of bacterial communities in debris cones, Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica', Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 23, pp. 244 - 248, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1749
,2011, 'A new quantitative PCR assay for the detection of hepatotoxigenic cyanobacteria', Toxicon, 57, pp. 546 - 554
,2011, 'A putative gene cluster from a Lyngbya wollei bloom that encodes paralytic shellfish toxin biosynthesis', PLoS One, 16, pp. e14657
,2011, 'Assessment of salinity-induced photorespiratory glycolate metabolism in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120', Microbiology, 157, pp. 911 - 917, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.045682-0
,2011, 'Discovery of nuclear-encoded genes for the neurotoxin saxitoxin in dinoflagellates', PLoS One, 6, pp. art. no. e20096, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0020096
,2011, 'DNA restriction-modification systems in the ethanologen, Zymomonas mobilis ZM4', Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 89, pp. 761 - 769
,2011, 'Does alpha-amino-beta-methylaminopropionic acid (BMAA) play a role in neurodegeneration?', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 8, pp. 3728 - 3746, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph8093728
,2011, 'Extraordinary conservation, gene loss and positive selection in the evolution of an ancient neurotoxin', Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28, pp. 1173 - 1182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msq295
,2011, 'How accurately can we detect Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection?', Journal of Microbiological Methods, 85, pp. 1 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2011.01.026
,2011, 'Iron uptake and toxin synthesis in the bloom-forming Microcystis aeruginosa under iron limitation', Environmental Microbiology, 13, pp. 1064 - 1077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02412.x
,2011, 'Molecular assessment of UVC radiation-induced DNA damage repair in the stromatolitic halophilic archaeon, Halococcus hamelinensis', Photochemistry and Photobiology, 102, pp. 140 - 145
,2011, 'Molecular classification of commercial Spirulina strains and identification of their sulfolipid biosynthesis genes', Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 21, pp. 359 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.4014/jmb.1008.08016
,2011, 'On the origins and biosynthesis of tetrodotoxin', Aquatic Toxicology, 104, pp. 61 - 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.04.001
,2011, 'Osmoadaptive strategies of the archaeon Halococcus hamelinensis isolated from a hypersaline stromatolite environment', Astrobiology, 11, pp. 529 - 536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ast.2010.0591
,2011, 'SxtA-based quantitative molecular assay to identify saxitoxin-producing harmful algal blooms in marine waters', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77, pp. 7050 - 7057, http://aem.asm.org/content/77/19/7050.full
,2011, 'The detection, isolation and characterisation of Helicobacter species from the gastrointestinal tract of brushtail possum', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77, pp. 1581 - 1587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01960-10
,2011, 'Vitamin B12 biosynthesis gene diversity in the Ross Sea: the identification of a new group of putative polar', Environmental Microbiology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02428.x
,2010, 'Endophytes and the microbial genetics of traditional medicines', MICROBIOLOGY AUSTRALIA, 31, pp. 60 - 63, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000216291500005&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2010, 'ChemInform Abstract: Mining Cyanobacterial Genomes for Genes Encoding Complex Biosynthetic Pathways', ChemInform, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201003271
,2010, 'A novel prokaryotic L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase is involved in cylindrospermopsin biosynthesis', FEBS Journal, 277, pp. 3844 - 3860
,2010, 'A red-shifted chlorophyll', Science, 10, pp. 1318 - 1319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1191127
,2010, 'Biosynthesis of toxic naturally occurring seafood contaminants.', Toxicon, 56, pp. 244 - 258
,2010, 'Detection of saxitoxin-producing cyanobacteria and Anabaena circinalis in environmental water blooms by quantitative PCR', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76, pp. 7836 - 7842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00174-10
,2010, 'Host Selection of Symbiotic Cyanobacteria in 31 Species of the Australian Cycad Genus: Macrozamia (Zamiaceae)', Molecular Plant - Microbe Interactions, 23, pp. 811 - 822
,2010, 'Identification and regulation of novel compatible solutes from hypersaline stromatolite-associated cyanobacteria', Archives of Microbiology, 192, pp. 1031 - 1038, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00203-010-0634-0
,2010, 'Lipid biomarkers in Hamelin Pool microbial mats and stromatolites', Organic Geochemistry, 41, pp. 1207 - 1218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2010.07.007
,2010, 'Modern extreme environments: The key to study the evolution of life?', Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, Special Issue: Abstracts from the 9th European Workshop on Astrobiology, Brussels, October 2009, 40, pp. 555 - 555, http://gateway.isiknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=Alerting&SrcApp=Alerting&DestApp=WOS&DestLinkType=FullRecord;KeyUT=000285069400051
,2010, 'Neurotoxic alkaloids: saxitoxin and its analogs', Marine Drugs, 8, pp. 2185 - 2211
,2010, 'NifH gene diversity and expression in a microbial mat community on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica', Antarctic Science, 22, pp. 117 - 122
,2010, 'NtcA from Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806 Is Autoregulatory and Binds to the Microcystin Promoter', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76, pp. 4362 - 4368
,2010, 'On the chemistry, toxicology and genetics of the cyanobacterial toxins, microcystin, nodularin, saxitoxin and cylindrospermopsin', Marine Drugs, 8, pp. 1650 - 1680, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md8051650
,2009, 'Erratum: Identification of a saxitoxin biosynthesis gene with a history of frequent horizontal gene transfers (Journal of Molecular Evolution (2008) 67 (526-538) DOI: 10.1007/s00239-008-9169-2)', Journal of Molecular Evolution, 68, pp. 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00239-009-9210-0
,2009, 'Bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic diversity of smooth and pustular microbial mat communities in the hypersaline lagoon of Shark Bay', Geobiology, 7, pp. 82 - 96
,2009, 'Characterisation of the paralytic shellfish toxin biosynthesis gene clusters in Anabaena circinalis AWQC131C and Aphanizomenon sp. NH-5', BMC Biochemistry, 10, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2091-10-8
,2009, 'Characteristics of a Microcystin-Degrading Bacterium under Alkaline Environmental Conditions', Journal of Toxicology, 2009
,2009, 'Determining the specific microbial populations and their spatial distribution within the stromatolite ecosystem of Shark Bay', ISME Journal, 3, pp. 383 - 396
,2009, 'Differential accumulation of paralytic shellfish toxins from Alexandrium minutum in the pearl oyster, Pinctada imbricata', Toxicon, 54, pp. 217 - 223
,2009, 'DNA profiling of complex bacterial populations: toxic cyanobacterial blooms', Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 85, pp. 237 - 252
,2009, 'Global protein-level responses of halobacterium salinarum NRC-1 to prolonged changes in external sodium chloride concentrations', Journal of Proteome Research, 8, pp. 2218 - 2225
,2009, 'Hepatotoxin Biosynthesis and Regulation in Cyanobacteria- the Putative Involvement of Nitrogen and Iron Homeostasis Mechanisms', Chiang Mai Journal of Science, 36, pp. 200 - 223
,2009, 'Identification of a Saxitoxin Biosynthesis Gene with a History of Frequent Horizontal Gene Transfers (vol 67, pg 526, 2008)', Journal of Molecular Evolution, 68, pp. 292 - 292
,2009, 'Lipid biomarker analysis of cyanobacteria-dominated microbial mats in meltwater ponds on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica', Organic Geochemistry, 40, pp. 258 - 269
,2009, 'Mining cyanobacterial genomes for genes encoding complex biosynthetic pathways', Natural Product Reports, 26, pp. 1447 - 1465
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