By Professor Michael Manefield

Journal articles

Das T; Sehar S; Manefield M, 2013, 'The roles of extracellular DNA in the structural integrity of extracellular polymeric substance and bacterial biofilm development', Environmental Microbiology Reports, 5, pp. 778 - 786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1758-2229.12085

Deshpande NP; Wong YK; Manefield M; Wilkins MR; Lee M, 2013, 'Genome Sequence of Dehalobacter UNSWDHB, a Chloroform-Dechlorinating Bacterium', GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00720-13

Chong G; Kimyon O; Manefield M, 2013, 'Quorum Sensing Signal Synthesis May Represent a Selective Advantage Independent of Its Role in Regulation of Bioluminescence in Vibrio fischeri', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0067443

Zemb O; Manefield M; Thomas F; Jacquet S, 2013, 'Phage adsorption to bacteria in the light of the electrostatics: A case study using E. coli, T2 and flow cytometry', Journal of Virological Methods, 189, pp. 283 - 289, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jviromet.2013.02.007

Das T; Manefield M, 2013, 'Phenazine production enhances extracellular DNA release via hydrogen peroxide generation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa', Communicative and Integrative Biology, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/cib.23570

Deshpande NP; Wong YK; Manefield M; Wilkins MR; Lee M, 2013, 'Genome sequence of Dehalobacter UNSWDHB, a chloroform-dechlorinating bacterium', Genome Announcements, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.e00720-13

Simons KL; Sheppard PJ; Adetutu EM; Kadali K; Juhasz AL; Manefield MJ; Sarma PM; Lal B; Ball AS, 2013, 'Carrier mounted bacterial consortium facilitates oil remediation in the marine environment', Bioresource Technology, 134, pp. 107 - 116, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2013.01.152

Das ; Kutty SK; Kumar NSS; Manefield MJ, 2013, 'Pyocyanin Facilitates Extracellular DNA Binding to Pseudomonas aeruginosa Influencing Cell Surface Properties and Aggregation', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. Article number e58299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058299

Wadud S; Michaelsen A; Gallagher E; Parcsi G; Zemb O; Stuetz R; Manefield M, 2012, 'Bacterial and fungal community composition over time in chicken litter with high or low moisture content', British Poultry Science, 53, pp. 561 - 569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00071668.2012.723802

Hazrin-Chong NH; Manefield MJ, 2012, 'An alternative SEM drying method using hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) for microbial cell attachment studies on sub-bituminous coal.', Journal of Microbiological Methods, 90, pp. 96 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2012.04.014

Nai YH; Zemb ON; Gutierrez-Zamora M; Manefield MJ; Powell SM; Breadmore MC, 2012, 'Capillary electrophoresis ribosomal RNA single-stranded conformation polymorphism: A new approach for characterization of low-diversity microbial communities', Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 404, pp. 1897 - 1906, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00216-012-6268-0

Lee M; Low AB; Zemb ON; Koenig J; Michaelsen A; Manefield MJ, 2012, 'Complete chloroform dechlorination by organochlorine respiration and fermentation', Environmental Microbiology, 14, pp. 883 - 894, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02656.x

Zemb ON; Lee M; Gutierrez-Zamora M; Hamelin J; Coupland KG; Hazrin-Chong N; Taleb I; Manefield MJ, 2012, 'Improvement of RNA-SIP by pyrosequencing to identify putative 4-n-nonylphenol degraders in activated sludge', Water Research, 46, pp. 601 - 610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2011.10.047

Das T; Manefield MJ, 2012, 'Pyocyanin promotes extracellular DNA release in Pseudomonas aeruginosa', PLoS One, 7, pp. e46718, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046718

Koenig JC; Lee M; Manefield MJ, 2012, 'Successful microcosm demonstration of a strategy for biodegradation of a mixture of carbon tetrachloride and perchloroethene harnessing sulfate reducing and dehalorespiring bacteria', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 219-220, pp. 169 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.03.076

Chong GH; Kimyon O; Rice SA; Kjelleberg S; Manefield MJ, 2012, 'The presence and role of bacterial quorum sensing in activated sludge', Microbial Biotechnology, 5, pp. 621 - 633, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-7915.2012.00348.x

Thomas T; Kindinger I; Yu D; Blackall L; Forehead H; Johnson CR; Manefield MJ; Esvaran M, 2011, 'An experimental model for the spatial structuring and selection of bacterial communities', Journal of Microbiological Methods, 87, pp. 165 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2011.08.010

Gutierrez-Zamora M; Zemb ON; Manefield MJ, 2011, 'Direct rRNA Fingerprinting, a Novel Method to Profile Low Diversity Microbial Communities', Microbial Ecology, 62, pp. 177 - 187, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-011-9877-9

Lee M; Cord-Ruwisch R; Manefield MJ, 2010, 'A process for the purification of organochlorine contaminated activated carbon: Sequential solvent purging and reductive dechlorination', Water Research, 44, pp. 1580 - 1590, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2009.11.004

Gutierrez-Zamora M; Manefield MJ, 2010, 'An appraisal of methods for linking environmental processes to specific microbial taxa', Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology, 9, pp. 153 - 185

Yee LH; Aagaard V; Johnstone A; Lee M; Kjelleberg S; Manefield MJ, 2010, 'Development of a treatment solution for reductive dechlorination of hexachloro-1,3-butadiene in vadose zone soil', Biodegradation, 21, pp. 947 - 956, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10532-010-9354-z

Moreno A; Matz C; Kjelleberg S; Manefield MJ, 2010, 'Identification of ciliate grazers of autotrophic bacteria in ammonia-oxidizing activated sludge by RNA stable isotope probing.', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76, pp. 2203 - 2211, http://aem.asm.org/cgi/reprint/76/7/2203

Zemb ON; Lee M; Low AB; Manefield MJ, 2010, 'Reactive iron barriers: a niche enabling microbial dehalorespiration of 1,2-dichloroethane', Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 88, pp. 319 - 325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-010-2740-y

Moreno A; Matz C; Kjelleberg S; Manefield MJ, 2010, 'RNA stable isotope probing identifies ciliate grazer of autotrophic bacteria in ammonia-oxidizing activated sludge', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76, pp. 115 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02777-09

Watanabe K; Manefield MJ; Lee M; Kouzuma A, 2009, 'Electron shuttles in biotechnology', Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 20, pp. 633 - 641, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2009.09.006

James DL; Cord-Ruwisch R; Schleheck DF; Lee M; Manefield MJ, 2008, 'Cyanocobalamin enables activated sludge bacteria to dechlorinate hexachloro-1,3-butadiene to non-chlorinated gases', Bioremediation Journal, 12, pp. 177 - 184

Matz C; Moreno A; Alhede M; Manefield MJ; Hauser A; Givskov M; Kjelleberg S, 2008, 'Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses type III secretion system to kill biofilm-associated amoebae', ISME Journal, 2, pp. 843 - 852, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2008.47

Manefield MJ, 2008, 'The ecology of RNA', ISME Journal, 2, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2007.94

Manefield MJ; Whiteley A, 2007, 'Acylated homoserine lactones in the environment: chameleons of bioactivity', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 362, pp. 1235 - 1240

Neufeld JD; Vohra J; Dumont M; Lueders T; Manefield MJ; Friedrich MW; Murrell JC, 2007, 'DNA stable-isotope probing', Nature Protocols, 2, pp. 860 - 866

Manefield MJ; Whiteley A; Curtis T; Watanabe K, 2007, 'Influence of sustainability and immigration in assembling bacterial populations of known size and function', Microbial Ecology, 53, pp. 348 - 354

Manefield MJ; Griffiths R; McNamara N; Sleep D; Ostle N; Whiteley A, 2007, 'Insights into the fate of a C-13 labelled phenol pulse for stable isotope probing (SIP) experiments', Journal of Microbiological Methods, 69, pp. 340 - 344

Low A; Schleheck DF; Aagaard V; Khou M; Manefield MJ; Lee M, 2007, 'Options for in situ remediation of soil contaminated with a mixture of perchlorinated compounds', Bioremediation Journal, 11, pp. 113 - 124

Whiteley A; Thomson B; Lueders T; Manefield MJ, 2007, 'RNA stable-isotope probing', Nature Protocols, 2, pp. 838 - 844

Manefield MJ; McDougald D; Rice SA; Kjelleberg S, 2006, 'Bacterial communication: when does a metabolite become a signal?', Microbiology Australia, 27, pp. 115 - 117

Kasai Y; Manefield MJ; Takahata Y; Watanabe K, 2006, 'RNA-based stable isotope probing and isolation of anaerobic benzene-degrading bacteria from gasoline-contaminated groundwater', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72, pp. 3586 - 3592

Whiteley A; Manefield MJ; Lueders T, 2006, 'Unlocking the ‘microbial black box’ using RNA-based stable isotope probing technologies', Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 17, pp. 67 - 71

Mason V; Markx G; Li XD; Andrews JS; Manefield MJ, 2005, 'Colonial architecture in mixed species assemblages affects AHL mediated gene expression', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 244, pp. 121 - 127, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T2W-4FBW3PF-1/2/b631d23a9990c7bfd405ab452c9a66cb

Manefield MJ; Griffiths R; Leigh MB; Fisher R; Whiteley A, 2005, 'Functional and compositional comparison of two activated sludge communities remediating coking effluent', Environmental Microbiology, 7, pp. 715 - 722

Griffiths RI; Manefield M; Ostle N; McNamara N; O'Donnell AG; Bailey MJ; Whiteley AS, 2004, '¹³CO2 pulse labelling of plants in tandem with stable isotope probing: Methodological considerations for examining microbial function in the rhizosphere', Journal of Microbiological Methods, 58, pp. 119 - 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2004.03.011

Griffiths R; Manefield MJ; Ostle N; McNamara NP; O Donnell AG; Bailey MJ; Whiteley A, 2004, '13CO2 Pulse labelling of plants in tandem with stable isotope probing: Methodological considerations for examining microbial function in the rhizosphere', Journal of Microbiological Methods, 58, pp. 119 - 129

Manefield MJ, 2004, 'Book review', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 311, pp. 185 - 186, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T8F-4D639FH-1/2/5429155912c5bea4135a322936d7b4b6

Lueders T; Manefield MJ, 2004, 'Enhanced sensitivity of DNA- and rRNA-based stable isotope probing by fractionation and quantitative analysis of isopycnic centrifugation gradients', Environmental Microbiology, 6, pp. 73 - 78

Valle A; Bailey MJ; Whiteley A; Manefield MJ, 2004, 'N -acyl-L-homoserine lactones (AHLs) affect microbial community composition and function in activated sludge', Environmental Microbiology, 6, pp. 424 - 433

Manefield MJ, 2004, 'What can stable isotope probing do for bioremediation?', International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 54, pp. 163 - 166

Ostle N; Whiteley AS; Bailey MJ; Sleep D; Ineson P; Manefield M, 2003, 'Active microbial RNA turnover in a grassland soil estimated using a ¹³CO2 spike', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 35, pp. 877 - 885, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00117-2

Hentzer M; Wu HM; Andersen JB; Riedel K; Rasmussen TB; Bagge N; Kumar N; Schembri M; Song Z; Kristoffersen P; Manefield M; Costerton JW; Molin S; Eberl L; Steinberg PD; Kjelleberg S; Hoiby N; Givskov M, 2003, 'Attenuation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence by quorum sensing inhibitors', European Molecular Biology Organization, 22, pp. 3803 - 3815

Manefield M; Kjelleberg S; Givskov M, 2003, 'Controlling Bacterial Infection by Inhibiting Intercellular Signalling', Current Medicinal Chemistry: Cardiovascular and Hematological Agents, 2, pp. 213 - 218

Manefield MJ, 2003, 'Controlling bacterial infection by inhibiting intercellular signalling', Current Medicinal Chemistry - Anti-Infective Agents, 2, pp. 213 - 218

Ostle N; Manefield MJ, 2003, 'Microbial turnover in a grassland soil using a 13CO2 spike', Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 35, pp. 877 - 885

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