By Associate Professor Brendan Burns

Books

Burns BP, 2009, Nucleotide synthesis and regulation in a human gut pathogen, Lambert Academic Publishing, Cologne, Germany

Book Chapters

Charlesworth JC; Beloe C; Watters C; Burns BP, 2017, 'Quorum sensing in archaea: Recent advances and emerging directions', in Biocommunication of Archaea, Springer, pp. 119 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65536-9_8

Pomati F; Burns BP; Zuccato E; Neilan BA; Khan SJ, 2012, 'PHARMACEUTICALS IN WATER AND THEIR POTENTIAL IMPACT ON REUSE', in Environmental Research Summaries: Volume 2, pp. 13 - 14

Burns BP, 2011, 'Functional genomics of early earth microbial communities', in Advances in Genetics Research, pp. 251 - 257

Burns BP, 2011, 'Functional genomics of Early Earth microbial communities', in Urbano KV (ed.), Advances in Genetics Research. Volume 6, Nova Science Publishers, Hauppauge NY, USA, pp. In press

Burns BP; Baburajendran N; Dharmawan J, 2011, 'Molecular approaches to studying living stromatolites', in Reitner J; Nadia Valeria JQ; Arp G (ed.), Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, Springer Verlag, in press, pp. 91 - 100, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10415-2_5

Marcal H; Blaber E; Burns BP, 2010, 'Bioastronautics analysis of biomedical risks and challenges', in Levine JS; Schild RE (ed.), The Human Mission to Mars: Colonizing the Red Planet, Cosmology Science Publishers, Cambridge, MA, pp. 359 - 372

Leuko S; Rothschild L; Burns BP, 2010, 'What do halophilic archaea have to offer in the search for extraterrestrial life? (Ch24)', in Levine JS; Schild RE (ed.), The Human Mission to Mars: Colonizing the Red Planet, Cosmology Science Publishers, Cambridge, MA, pp. 647 - 664

Moffitt MC; Burns BP, 2009, 'Hapalindole family of cyanobacterial natural products: Structure, biosynthesis, and function', in Handbook on Cyanobacteria: Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Applications, pp. 429 - 441

Moffitt MC; Burns BP, 2009, 'Hapalindoles, an emerging class of cyanobacterial natural products', in Gault PM; Marler HJ (ed.), Handbook on Cyanobacteria: Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Applications, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, pp. 429 - 441

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

Burns BP; Mendz GL, 2001, 'Metabolite Transport', in Mobley HLT; Mendz GL; Hazell SL (ed.), Helicobacter pylori: physiology and genetics, ASM Press, Washington, pp. 207 - 217

Journal articles

Leclerc L; Mattick J; Burns BP; Sassera D; Hottop JD; Lo N, 2024, 'Metatranscriptomics provide insights into the role of the symbiont midichloria mitochondrii in Ixodes ticks.', FEMS Microbiol Ecol, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiae133

Kim SM; Lee HI; Nam SW; Jin DH; Jeong GT; Nam SW; Burns B; Jeon YJ, 2024, 'The Halophilic Bacterium Paracoccus haeundaensis for the Production of Poly(3Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) from Single Carbon Sources', Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 34, pp. 74 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.4014/jmb.2305.05025

Fraser MW; Martin BC; Wong HL; Burns BP; Kendrick GA, 2023, 'Sulfide intrusion in a habitat forming seagrass can be predicted from relative abundance of sulfur cycling genes in sediments', Science of the Total Environment, 864, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161144

Visscher PT; Gallagher KL; Bouton A; Vennin E; Thomazo C; White III RA; Burns BP, 2022, 'Treatise Online no.163: Part B, Volume 1, Chapter 3: Microbial mats', Treatise Online, http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/to.vi.18112

Johnson MS; Burns BP; Herdean A; Angeloski A; Ralph P; Morris T; Kindler G; Wong HL; Kuzhiumparambil U; Sedger LM; Larkum AWD, 2022, 'A Cyanobacteria Enriched Layer of Shark Bay Stromatolites Reveals a New Acaryochloris Strain Living in Near Infrared Light', Microorganisms, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10051035

Nobs SJ; MacLeod FI; Wong HL; Burns BP, 2022, 'Eukarya the chimera: eukaryotes, a secondary innovation of the two domains of life?', Trends in Microbiology, 30, pp. 421 - 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2021.11.003

Kindler GS; Wong HL; Larkum AWD; Johnson M; MacLeod FI; Burns BP, 2022, 'Genome-resolved metagenomics provides insights into the functional complexity of microbial mats in Blue Holes, Shark Bay', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiab158

Zapata Trujillo JC; Syme AM; Rowell KN; Burns BP; Clark ES; Gorman MN; Jacob LSD; Kapodistrias P; Kedziora DJ; Lempriere FAR; Medcraft C; O'Sullivan J; Robertson EG; Soares GG; Steller L; Teece BL; Tremblay CD; Sousa-Silva C; McKemmish LK, 2021, 'Computational Infrared Spectroscopy of 958 Phosphorus-Bearing Molecules', Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2021.639068

White RA; Visscher PT; Burns BP, 2021, 'Between a Rock and a Soft Place: The Role of Viruses in Lithification of Modern Microbial Mats', Trends in Microbiology, 29, pp. 204 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2020.06.004

Visscher PT; Gallagher KL; Bouton A; Farias ME; Kurth D; Sancho-Tomás M; Philippot P; Somogyi A; Medjoubi K; Vennin E; Bourillot R; Walter MR; Burns BP; Contreras M; Dupraz C, 2020, 'Modern arsenotrophic microbial mats provide an analogue for life in the anoxic Archean', Communications Earth and Environment, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-020-00025-2

Campbell MA; Grice K; Visscher PT; Morris T; Wong HL; White RA; Burns BP; Coolen MJL, 2020, 'Functional Gene Expression in Shark Bay Hypersaline Microbial Mats: Adaptive Responses', Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.560336

Wong HL; MacLeod FI; White RA; Visscher PT; Burns BP, 2020, 'Microbial dark matter filling the niche in hypersaline microbial mats', Microbiome, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-020-00910-0

Chen R; Wong HL; Kindler GS; MacLeod FI; Benaud N; Ferrari BC; Burns BP, 2020, 'Discovery of an Abundance of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in Shark Bay Microbial Mats', Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01950

Charlesworth J; Kimyon O; Manefield M; Beloe CJ; Burns BP, 2020, 'Archaea join the conversation: detection of AHL-like activity across a range of archaeal isolates', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 367, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnaa123

Wong SY; Charlesworth JC; Benaud N; Burns BP; Ferrari BC, 2020, 'Communication within east antarctic soil bacteria', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01968-19

Reinold M; Wong HL; MacLeod FI; Meltzer J; Thompson A; Burns BP, 2019, 'The vulnerability of microbial ecosystems in a changing climate: Potential impact in shark bay', Life, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life9030071

Charlesworth JC; Watters C; Wong HL; Visscher PT; Burns BP, 2019, 'Isolation of novel quorum-sensing active bacteria from microbial mats in Shark Bay Australia', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz035

Chen R; Wong HL; Burns BP, 2019, 'New Approaches to Detect Biosynthetic Gene Clusters in the Environment.', Medicines (Basel), 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines6010032

D'Agostino PM; Woodhouse JN; Liew HT; Sehnal L; Pickford R; Wong HL; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2019, 'Bioinformatic, phylogenetic and chemical analysis of the UV-absorbing compounds scytonemin and mycosporine-like amino acids from the microbial mat communities of Shark Bay, Australia', Environmental Microbiology, 21, pp. 702 - 715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14517

Macleod F; Kindler GS; Wong HL; Chen R; Burns BP, 2019, 'Asgard archaea: Diversity, function, and evolutionary implications in a range of microbiomes', AIMS Microbiology, 5, pp. 48 - 61, http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/microbiol.2019.1.48

Fisher A; Wangpraseurt D; Larkum AWD; Johnson M; Kühl M; Chen M; Wong HL; Burns BP, 2018, 'Correlation of bio-optical properties with photosynthetic pigment and microorganism distribution in microbial mats from Hamelin Pool, Australia', FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy219

Wong HL; White RA; Visscher PT; Charlesworth JC; Vázquez-Campos X; Burns BP, 2018, 'Disentangling the drivers of functional complexity at the metagenomic level in Shark Bay microbial mat microbiomes', ISME Journal, 12, pp. 2619 - 2639, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-018-0208-8

White RA; Wong HL; Ruvindy R; Neilan BA; Burns BP, 2018, 'Viral communities of Shark Bay modern stromatolites', Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, pp. 1223, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01223

Wong HL; Visscher PT; White RA; Smith DL; Patterson MM; Burns BP, 2017, 'Dynamics of archaea at fine spatial scales in Shark Bay mat microbiomes', Scientific Reports, 7, pp. 46160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep46160

Pudasaini S; Wilson J; Ji M; van Dorst J; Snape I; Palmer AS; Burns BP; Ferrari BC, 2017, 'Microbial diversity of browning Peninsula, Eastern Antarctica revealed using molecular and cultivation methods', Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, pp. 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00591

Liao Y; Williams TJ; Ye J; Charlesworth J; Burns BP; Poljak A; Raftery MJ; Cavicchioli R, 2016, 'Morphological and proteomic analysis of biofilms from the Antarctic archaeon, Halorubrum lacusprofundi', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 37454, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep37454

Wong HL; Ahmed-Cox A; Burns BP, 2016, 'Molecular ecology of hypersaline microbial mats: Current insights and new directions', Microorganisms, 4, pp. 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms4010006

Charlesworth J; Burns BP, 2016, 'Extremophilic adaptations and biotechnological applications in diverse environments', AIMS Microbiology, 2, pp. 251 - 261, http://dx.doi.org/10.3934/microbiol.2016.3.251

Ruvindy R; White RA; Neilan BA; Burns BP, 2016, 'Unravelling core microbial metabolisms in the hypersaline microbial mats of Shark Bay using high-throughput metagenomics', ISME Journal, 10, pp. 183 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.87

Blaber EA; Finkelstein H; Dvorochkin N; Sato KY; Yousuf R; Burns BP; Globus RK; Almeida EAC, 2015, 'Microgravity Reduces the Differentiation and Regenerative Potential of Embryonic Stem Cells', Stem Cells and Development, 24, pp. 2605 - 2621, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/scd.2015.0218

Charlesworth J; Kimyon O; Manefield M; Burns BP, 2015, 'Detection and characterization of N-acyl-l-homoserine lactones using GFP-based biosensors in conjunction with thin-layer chromatography', Journal of Microbiological Methods, 118, pp. 164 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2015.09.012

Wong HL; Smith DL; Visscher PT; Burns BP, 2015, 'Niche differentiation of bacterial communities at a millimeter scale in Shark Bay microbial mats', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15607

Gudhka RK; Neilan BA; Burns BP, 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

Charlesworth JC; Burns BP, 2015, 'Untapped Resources: Biotechnological Potential of Peptides and Secondary Metabolites in Archaea', Archaea, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/282035

Leuko S; Rettberg P; Pontifex AL; Burns BP, 2014, 'On the response of halophilic archaea to space conditions', Life, 4, pp. 66 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life4010066

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