By Adjunct Professor Brett Anthony Neilan

Journal articles

Miller K; Qing C; Sze D; Neilan BA, 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

Gehringer MM; Adler L; Roberts A; Moffitt M; Mihali TK; Mills T; Fieker C; Neilan BA, 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

Hudek L; Rai S; Michalczyk A; Rai L; Neilan BA; Ackland M, 2012, 'Physiological metal uptake by Nostoc punctiforme', Biometals, 25, pp. 893 - 903, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10534-012-9556-4

Abramovich RS; Pomati F; Jungblut AD; Guglielmin M; Neilan BA, 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

Al Tebrineh J; Gehringer MM; Neilan BA, 2011, 'A new quantitative PCR assay for the detection of hepatotoxigenic cyanobacteria', Toxicon, 57, pp. 546 - 554

Mihali TK; Carmicheal W; Neilan BA, 2011, 'A putative gene cluster from a Lyngbya wollei bloom that encodes paralytic shellfish toxin biosynthesis', PLoS One, 16, pp. e14657

Srivastava A; Alexova R; Jeon YJ; Kohli G; Neilan BA, 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

Stuken A; Orr RJS; Kellmann R; Murray SA; Neilan BA; Jakobsen JS, 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

Kerr A; Jeon YJ; Svenson CJ; Rogers PL; Neilan BA, 2011, 'DNA restriction-modification systems in the ethanologen, Zymomonas mobilis ZM4', Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 89, pp. 761 - 769

Chiu AS; Gehringer MM; Welch JH; Neilan BA, 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

Murray SA; Mihali TK; Neilan BA, 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

Timms VJ; Gehringer MM; Mitchell HM; Daskalopoulos G; Neilan BA, 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

Alexova R; Fujii M; Birch D; Cheng J; Waite TD; Ferrari BC; Neilan BA, 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

Leuko S; Neilan BA; Burns BP; Walter MR; Rothschild L, 2011, 'Molecular assessment of UVC radiation-induced DNA damage repair in the stromatolitic halophilic archaeon, Halococcus hamelinensis', Photochemistry and Photobiology, 102, pp. 140 - 145

Kwei CK; Lewis D; King K; Donohue W; Neilan BA, 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

Chau R; Kalaitzis J; Neilan BA, 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

Goh F; Jeon YJ; Barrow KD; Neilan BA; Burns BP, 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

Murray SA; Stuken A; Neilan BA, 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

Coldham T; Rose K; O Rourke JL; Neilan BA; Dalton HE; Lee A; Mitchell HM, 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

Bertrand E; Saito M; Jeon YJ; Neilan BA, 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

Miller KI; Ingrey SD; Alvin A; Sze MYD; Roufogalis BD; Neilan BA, 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

Kalaitzis JA; Lauro FM; Neilan BA, 2010, 'ChemInform Abstract: Mining Cyanobacterial Genomes for Genes Encoding Complex Biosynthetic Pathways', ChemInform, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chin.201003271

Muenchhoff J; Siddiqui KS; Poljak A; Raftery MJ; Barrow KD; Neilan BA, 2010, 'A novel prokaryotic L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase is involved in cylindrospermopsin biosynthesis', FEBS Journal, 277, pp. 3844 - 3860

Chen M; Schliep M; Willows R; Cai Z; Neilan BA; Scheer H, 2010, 'A red-shifted chlorophyll', Science, 10, pp. 1318 - 1319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1191127

Kalaitzis J; Chau R; Kohli G; Murray SA; Neilan BA, 2010, 'Biosynthesis of toxic naturally occurring seafood contaminants.', Toxicon, 56, pp. 244 - 258

Al Tebrineh J; Mihali TK; Pomati F; Neilan BA, 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

Gehringer MM; Pengelly JJL; Cuddy WS; Fieker C; Forster PI; Neilan BA, 2010, 'Host Selection of Symbiotic Cyanobacteria in 31 Species of the Australian Cycad Genus: Macrozamia (Zamiaceae)', Molecular Plant - Microbe Interactions, 23, pp. 811 - 822

Goh QY; Barrow KD; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 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

Allen MA; Neilan BA; Burns BP; Jahnke LL; Summons RE, 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

Leuko S; Neilan BA; Rothschild L, 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

Neilan BA; Weise M; D'Agostino P; Mihali TK; Moffitt MC, 2010, 'Neurotoxic alkaloids: saxitoxin and its analogs', Marine Drugs, 8, pp. 2185 - 2211

Jungblut A; Neilan BA, 2010, 'NifH gene diversity and expression in a microbial mat community on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica', Antarctic Science, 22, pp. 117 - 122

Ginn H; Pearson LA; Neilan BA, 2010, 'NtcA from Microcystis aeruginosa PCC 7806 Is Autoregulatory and Binds to the Microcystin Promoter', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76, pp. 4362 - 4368

Pearson LA; Mihali TK; Moffitt MC; Kellmann R; Neilan BA, 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

Kellmann R; Mihali TK; Neilan BA, 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

Allen MA; Goh F; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 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

Mihali TK; Kellmann R; Neilan BA, 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

Okano K; Shimizu K; Kawauchi Y; Maseda H; Utsumi M; Zhang Z; Neilan BA; Sugiura N, 2009, 'Characteristics of a Microcystin-Degrading Bacterium under Alkaline Environmental Conditions', Journal of Toxicology, 2009

Goh F; Allen MA; Leuko S; Kawaguchi T; Decho A; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2009, 'Determining the specific microbial populations and their spatial distribution within the stromatolite ecosystem of Shark Bay', ISME Journal, 3, pp. 383 - 396

Murray SA; O Connor W; Alvin A; Mihali TK; Kalaitzis J; Neilan BA, 2009, 'Differential accumulation of paralytic shellfish toxins from Alexandrium minutum in the pearl oyster, Pinctada imbricata', Toxicon, 54, pp. 217 - 223

Saker M; Moreira C; Martins J; Neilan BA; Vasconcelos VM, 2009, 'DNA profiling of complex bacterial populations: toxic cyanobacterial blooms', Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 85, pp. 237 - 252

Leuko S; Raftery MJ; Burns BP; Walter MR; Neilan BA, 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

Ginn H; Pearson LA; Neilan BA, 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

Kellmann R; Mihali TK; Neilan BA, 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

Jungblut A; Allen MA; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2009, 'Lipid biomarker analysis of cyanobacteria-dominated microbial mats in meltwater ponds on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica', Organic Geochemistry, 40, pp. 258 - 269

Kalaitzis J; Lauro FM; Neilan BA, 2009, 'Mining cyanobacterial genomes for genes encoding complex biosynthetic pathways', Natural Product Reports, 26, pp. 1447 - 1465

Burns BP; Anitori R; Butterworth P; Henneberger R; Goh F; Allen MA; Ibanez-Peral R; Bergquist P; Walter MR; Neilan BA, 2009, 'Modern analogues and the early history of microbial life', Precambrian Research, 173, pp. 10 - 18

Srivastava A; Bhargava P; Rai L; Neilan BA; Kumar A, 2009, 'Molecular characterization and the effect of salinity on cyanobacterial diversity in the rice fields of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India', Saline Systems, 5

Roberts A; Copp JN; Marahiel M; Neilan BA, 2009, 'The Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 Sfp-type phosphopantetheinyl transferase does not possess characteristic broad-range activity', Chembiochem, 10, pp. 1869 - 1877

Neilan BA; Pearson LA; Moffitt MC; Mihali KT; Kaebernick M; Kellmann R; Pomati F, 2008, 'The genetics and genomics of cyanobacterial toxicity.', Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 619, pp. 417 - 452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75865-7_17

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