By Associate Professor Brendan Burns

Journal articles

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

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

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

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

Burns BP, 2009, 'Understanding the Origins of Life on Earth', Journal of Cosmology, 1, pp. 60 - 62

Allen MA; Goh QY; Leuko S; Igo A; Mizuki T; Usami R; Karnekura M; Neilan BA; Burns BP, 2008, 'Haloferax elongans sp nov and Haloterax mucosum sp nov., isolated from microbial mats from Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay, Australia', International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 58, pp. 798 - 802, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.65360-0

Leuko S; Goh QY; Ibanezz-Peral R; Burns BP; Walter MR; Neilan BA, 2008, 'Lysis efficiency of standard DNA extraction methods for Halococcus spp. in an organic rich environment', Extremophiles, 12, pp. 301 - 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00792-007-0124-8

Castiglioni S; Pomati F; Miller K; Burns BP; Zuccato E; Calamari D; Neilan BA, 2008, 'Novel homologs of the multiple resistance regulator marA in antibiotic-contaminated environments', Water Research, 42, pp. 4271 - 4280

Burns B; Neilan B, 2008, 'Session 18. Functional Complexity of Modern Stromatolites and Microbial Mats', Astrobiology, 8, pp. 378 - 383, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/ast.2008.1242

Goh F; Jeon YJ; Barrow K; Neilan BA; Burns BP, 2007, 'Osmoadaptation of microorganisms from stromatolites', , pp. 203 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.11490/isea.2005.0.203.0

Leuko S; Goh F; Allen MA; Burns BP; Walter MR; Neilan BA, 2007, 'Analysis of intergenic spacer region length polymorphisms to investigate the halophilic archaeal diversity of stromatolites and microbial mats', Extremophiles, 11, pp. 203 - 210

Marshall C; Leuko S; Coyle C; Walter MR; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2007, 'Carotenoid analysis of halophilic archaea by resonance Raman Spectroscopy', Astrobiology, 7, pp. 631 - 643

Munchhoff J; Hirose E; Maruyama T; Sunairi M; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2007, 'Host specificity and phylogeography of the prochlorophyte Prochloron sp., an obligate symbiont in didemnid ascidians', Environmental Microbiology, 9, pp. 890 - 899

D Elia M; Blanco A; Licchelli D; Orofino V; Fonti S; Pomati F; Burns BP, 2007, 'Physical characterisation of biotic and abiotic minerals of exobiological interest', Il Nuovo Cimento, pp. 833 - 842

Pomati F; Kellmann R; Cavaliere R; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2006, 'Comparative gene expression of PSP-toxin producing and non-toxic Anabaena circinalis strains', Environment International, 32, pp. 743 - 748, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2006.03.010

Goh QY; Leuko S; Allen MA; Bowman J; Kamekura M; Neilan BA; Burns BP, 2006, 'Halococcus hamelinensis sp nov., a novel halophilic archaeon isolated from stromatolites in Shark Bay, Australia', International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 56, pp. 1323 - 1329

D Elia M; Blanco A; Licchelli D; Orofino V; Fonti S; Pomati F; Burns BP, 2006, 'Infrared spectral properties of recent and fossil biominerals of Martian interest', Nuovo Cimento della Societa Italiana di Fisica B - General Physics Relativity Astronomy and Mathematical Physics and Methods, 121, pp. 833 - 842

Burns BP; Pomati F; Goh F; Yasar S; Neilan BA, 2006, 'Stromatolites as a resource for novel natural products', Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, 36, pp. 623 - 624

Hawkins PR; Novic S; Cox P; Neilan BA; Burns BP; Shaw G; Wickramasinghe WA; Peerapornpisal Y; Ruangyuttikarn W; Itayama T; Shaitou T; Mizuochi M; Inamori Y, 2005, 'A review of analytical methods for assessing the public health risk from microcystin in the aquatic environment', Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology, 54, pp. 509 - 518

Jungblut A; Hawes I; Mountfort D; Hitzfeld B; Dietrich D; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2005, 'Diversity within cyanobacterial mat communities in variable salinity meltwater ponds of McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica', Environmental Microbiology, 7, pp. 519 - 529

Burns BP; Seifert A; Goh F; Pomati F; Jungblut A; Yasar SA; Neilan BA, 2005, 'Genetic potential for secondary metabolite production in stromatolite communities', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 243, pp. 293 - 301, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T2W-4F3FBHT-3/2/d650a0cb2be4dfcc17a343948e716905

Dasey M; Ryan N; Wilson J; McGregor G; Fabbro L; Neilan BA; Burns BP; Kankaanpaa H; Morrison L; Codd G; Rissik D; Bowling L, 2005, 'Investigations into the taxonomy, toxicity and ecology of benthiccyano bacterial accumulations in Myall Lake, Australia', Marine and Freshwater Research, 56, pp. 45 - 55

Burns BP; Neilan BA; Goh QY, 2004, 'Dynamics of cyanobacterial communities in living stromatolites.', Current Trends in Microbiology, 1, pp. 103 - 106

Pomati F; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2004, 'Identification of an Na(+)-dependent transporter associated with saxitoxin-producing strains of the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70, pp. 4711 - 4719

Pomati F; Rossetti C; Manarolla G; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2004, 'Interactions between intracellular Na+ levels and saxitoxin production in Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii T3', Microbiology, 150, pp. 455 - 461

Burns BP; Goh QY; Allen MA; Neilan BA, 2004, 'Microbial diversity of extant stromatolites in the hypersaline marine environment of Shark Bay, Australia', Environmental Microbiology, 6, pp. 1096 - 1101

P Burns B; A Neilan B, 2004, 'The living rocks of Shark Bay', Microbiology Australia, 25, pp. 18 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ma04118

Pomati F; Neilan BA; Burns BP, 2004, 'Use of Ion-Channel Modulating Agents to Study Cyanobacterial Na+-K+ Fluxes', Biological Procedures Online, 6, pp. 137 - 143

Mendz GL; Burns BP, 2003, 'Characterization of Arginine Transport in Helicobacter pylori', Helicobacter, 8, pp. 245 - 251

Saito T; Okano K; Park H; Itayama T; Inamori Y; Neilan BA; Burns BP; Sugiura N, 2003, 'Detection and sequencing of the microcystin LR-degrading gene, mlrA, from new bacteria isolated from Japanese lakes', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 229, pp. 271 - 276

Kavermann H; Burns BP; Angermuller K; Odenbreit S; Fischer W; Melchers K; hAAS R, 2003, 'Identification and characterization of Helicobacter pylori genes essential for gastric colonization', Journal of Experimental Medicine, 197, pp. 813 - 822

Neilan BA; Saker M; Fastner J; Torokne A; Burns BP, 2003, 'Phylogeography of the invasive cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii', Molecular Ecology, 12, pp. 133 - 140

Burns BP; Feitz AJ; Lukondeh T; Moffitt MC; Naidoo D; Della Vedova J; Gooden J; Neilan BA, 2002, 'Absence of cyanobacterial toxin (microcystin-LR) carry-over into milk', Toxicon, 40, pp. 1173 - 1180

Feitz AJ; Lukondeh T; Moffitt MC; Burns BP; Naidoo D; Vedova JD; Gooden J; Neilan BA, 2002, 'Absence of detectable levels of the cyanobacterial toxin (microcystin-LR) carry-over into milk', Toxicon, 40, pp. 1173 - 1180

Neilan BA; Burns BP; Relman D; Lowe D, 2002, 'Genetic diversity, ecology, and evolution of stromatolite-associated cyanobacteria', Astrobiology, 2, pp. 271 - 280

Neilan BA; Burns BP; Relman D; Lowe D, 2002, 'Molecular Identification of Cyanobacteria Associated with Syromatolites from Distinct geographical Locations', Astrobiology, 2, pp. 271 - 280

Haas R; Burns BP; Asahi M, 2001, 'Pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori', Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, 17

Lukondeh T; Neilan BA; Moffitt MC; Burns BP; Naidoo D; Della Vedova J; Gooden J; Feitz AJ, 2001, 'Absence of cyanotoxin carryover into milk', The Australian Journal of Dairy Technology, pp. 132 - 132

Burns BP; Mendz GL, 2001, 'Metabolite Transport', Helicobacter pylori, pp. 207 - 209

Mendz GL; Burns BP; Holmes EM; Hazell SL; Skouloubris S; de Reuse H, 2000, 'Carrier mediated transport of urea in Helicobacter pylori.', GUT, 47, pp. A14 - A15, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000090131200062&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Tillett D; Burns BP; Neilan BA, 2000, 'Optimized rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE) for mapping bacterial mRNA transcripts.', BioTechniques, pp. 448 - 456

Burns BP; Hazell SL; Mendz GL; Kolesnikow T; Tillett D; Neilan BA, 2000, 'The Helicobacter pylori pyrB gene encoding aspartate carbamoyltransferase is essential for bacterial survival', Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 380, pp. 78 - 84

Burns BP; Mendz GL; Hazell SL, 1998, 'A novel mechanism for resistance to the antimetabolite N-phosphonoacetyl-L-aspartate by Helicobacter pylori', GUT, 43, pp. A11 - A11, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000076309500037&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Burns BP; Mendz GL; Hazell SL, 1998, 'Methods for the measurement of a bacterial enzyme activity in cell lysates and extracts', Biological Procedures Online, 1, pp. 17 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1251/bpo5

Burns BP; Mendz GL; Hazell SL, 1998, 'A novel mechanism for resistance to the antimetabolite N-phosphonoacetyl-L-aspartate by Helicobacter pylori', Journal of Bacteriology, 180, pp. 5574 - 5579

Burns BP; Mendz GL; Hazell SL, 1998, 'A novel mechanism for resistance to the antimetabolite N-phosphonoactyl-L aspartate by Helicobacter pylori', Journal of Bacteriology, 180, pp. 5574 - 5579

Burns BP; Mendz GL; Hazell SL, 1997, 'In situ properties of Helicobacter pylori aspartate carbamoyltransferase', Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, pp. 119 - 125

Burns BP; Mendz GL; Hazell SL, 1997, 'In situ properties of Helicobacter pylori aspartate carbamoyltransferase', Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, pp. 119 - 125

Burns BP; Hazell SL; Mendz GL, 1995, 'Acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity in Helicobacter pylori and the requirement of increased CO2 for growth', Microbiology, 141, pp. 3113 - 3118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/13500872-141-12-3113

Burns BP; Hazell SL; Mendz GL, 1995, 'Acetyl-CoA carboxylase activity in Helicobacter pylori: A possible mechanism for the reqiurement of increased carbon dioxide for growth', Microbiology, 141, pp. 3113 - 3115

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