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, 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
, 2009, 'Modern analogues and the early history of microbial life', Precambrian Research, 173, pp. 10 - 18
, 2009, 'Molecular characterization and the effect of salinity on cyanobacterial diversity in the rice fields of Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India', Saline Systems, 5
, 2009, 'The Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 Sfp-type phosphopantetheinyl transferase does not possess characteristic broad-range activity', Chembiochem, 10, pp. 1869 - 1877
, 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