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Cano-Gomez, Ana, Høj, Lone, Owens, Leigh, Baillie, Brett K., and Andreakis, Nikos (2015) A multiplex PCR-based protocol for identification and quantification of Vibrio harveyi-related species. Aquaculture, 437. pp. 195-200.

Bridson, Tahnee, Matthiesson, Anthony, Owens, Leigh, Govan, Brenda, Norton, Robert, and Ketheesan, Natkunam (2015) Diabetes: a contributor to tuberculosis in tropical Australia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 93 (3). pp. 547-548.

Delamare-Deboutteville, J., Bowater, R., Condon, K., Reynolds, A., Fisk, A., Aviles, F., and Barnes, A. (2015) Infection and pathology in Queensland grouper, Epinephelus lanceolatus, (Bloch), caused by exposure to Streptococcus agalactiae via different routes. Journal of Fish Diseases, 38 (12). pp. 1021-1035.

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Gemiarto, Adrian Tandhyka, Ninyio, Nathaniel Nyakaat, Lee, Siew Wei, Logis, Joko, Fatima, Ayesha, Chan, Eric Wei Chiang, and Lim, Crystale Siew Ying (2015) Isoprenyl caffeate, a major compound in manuka propolis, is a quorum-sensing inhibitor in Chromobacterium violaceum. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 108 (2). pp. 491-504.

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Busico-Salcedo, Nancy, and Owens, Leigh (2013) Virulence changes to Harveyi clade bacteria infected with bacteriophage from Vibrio owensii. Indian Journal of Virology, 24 (2). pp. 180-187.

Baker, Anthony, Mayo, Mark, Owens, Leigh, Burgess, Graham, Norton, Robert, McBride, William John Hannan, Currie, Bart J., and Warner, Jeffrey (2013) Biogeography of Burkholderia pseudomallei in the Torres Strait Islands of Northern Australia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 51 (8). pp. 2520-2525.

Chi, Bui Khanh, Roberts, Alexandra A., Huyen, Tran Thi Thanh, Bäsell, Katrin, Becher, Dorte, Albrecht, Dirk, Hamilton, Chris J., and Antelmann, Haike (2013) S-bacillithiolation protects conserved and essential proteins against hypochlorite stress in Firmicutes bacteria. Antioxidants & Redox Signaling, 18 (11). pp. 1273-1295.

Roberts, Alexandra A., Sharma, Sunil V., Strankman, Andrew W., Duran, Shayla R., Rawat, Mamta, and Hamilton, Chris J. (2013) Mechanistic studies of FosB: a divalent-metal-dependent bacillithiol-S-transferase that mediates fosfomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus. Biochemical Journal, 451 (1). pp. 69-79.

Rajkarnikar, Arishma, Strankman, Andrew, Duran, Shayla, Vargas, Derek, Roberts, Alexandra A., Barretto, Kathryn, Upton, Heather, Hamilton, Christopher J., and Rawat, Mamta (2013) Analysis of mutants disrupted in bacillithiol metabolism in Staphylococcus aureus. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 436 (2). pp. 128-133.

Fang, Zhong, Roberts, Alexandra A., Weidman, Karissa, Sharma, Sunil V., Claiborne, Al, Hamilton, Christopher J., and Dos Santos, Patricia C. (2013) Cross functionalities of Bacillus deacetylases involved in bacillithiol biosynthesis and bacillithiol-S-conjugate detoxification pathways. Biochemical Journal, 454 (2). pp. 239-247.

Cooper, A., Stephens, J., Ketheesan, N., and Govan, B. (2013) Detection of Coxiella burnetii DNA in wildlife and ticks in Northern Queensland, Australia. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 13 (1). pp. 12-16.

Wright, E.E., Elliman, J.R., and Owens, L. (2013) Induction and characterization of lysogenic bacteriophages from Streptococcus iniae. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 114 (6). pp. 1616-1624.

Saxena, Manvendra, John, Binu, Mu, Monica, Van, Thi Thu Hao, Taki, Aya, Coloe, Peter J., and Smooker, Peter M. (2013) Strategies to reduce Campylobacter colonisation in chickens. Procedia in Vaccinology, 7. pp. 40-43.

Limmathurotsakul, Direk, Dance, David A.B., Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Kaestli, Mirjam, Mayo, Mark, Warner, Jeffrey, Wagner, David M., Tuanyok, Apichai, Wertheim, Heiman, Yoke Cheng, Tan, Mukhopadhyay, Chiranjay, Puthucheary, Savithiri, Day, Nicholas P.J., Steinmetz, Ivo, Currie, Bart J., and Peacock, Sharon J. (2013) Systematic review and consensus guidelines for environmental sampling of Burkholderia pseudomallei. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 7 (3). e2105. pp. 1-11.

Rivera-Posada, Jairo, Owens, Leigh, Caballes, Ciemon F., and Pratchett, Morgan (2012) The role of protein extracts in the induction of disease in Acanthaster planci. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 429. pp. 1-6.

Navaratna, Dimuth, Elliman, Jennifer, Cooper, Alanna, Shu, Li, Baskaran, Kanagaratnam, and Jegatheesan, Veeriah (2012) Impact of herbicide Ametryn on microbial communities in mixed liquor of a membrane bioreactor (MBR). Bioresource Technology, 113. pp. 181-190.

Bochow, S., Elliman, J., and Owens, L. (2012) Bacteriophage adenine methyltransferase: a life cycle regulator? Modelled using Vibrio harveyi myovirus like. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 113 (5). pp. 1001-1013.

Ceh, Janja, Raina, Jean-baptiste, Soo, Rochelle M., van Keulen, Mike, and Bourne, David G. (2012) Coral-bacterial communities before and after a coral mass spawning event on Ningaloo Reef. PLoS One, 7 (5). pp. 1-7.

Price, Erin P., Dale, Julia L., Cook, James M., Sarovich, Derek S., Seymour, Meagan L., Ginther, Jennifer L., Kaufman, Emily L., Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., Mayo, Mark, Kaestli, Mirjam, Glass, Mindy B., Gee, Jay E., Wuthiekanun, Vanaporn, Warner, Jeffrey M., Baker, Anthony, Foster, Jeffrey T., Tan, Patrick, Limmathurotsakul, Direk, Peacock, Sharon J., Tuanyok, Apichai, Currie, Bart J., Wagner, David M., Keim, Paul, and Pearson, Talima (2012) Development and validation of Burkholderia pseudomallei-Specific real-time PCR assays for clinical, environmental or forensic detection applications. PLoS One, 7 (5). e37723. pp. 1-9.

Caballes, C.F., Schupp, P.J., Pratchett, M.S., and Rivera Posada, J.A. (2012) Interspecific transmission and recovery of TCBS-induced disease between Acanthaster planci and Linckia guildingi. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 100 (3). pp. 263-267.

Rivera-Posada, J.A., Pratchett, M., Cano-Gómez, A., Arango-Gómez, J.D., and Owens, L. (2011) Injection of Acanthaster planci with thiosulfate-citrate-bile-sucrose agar (TCBS). I. Disease induction. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 97 (2). pp. 85-94.

Cano-Gómez, Ana, Høj, Lone, Owens, Leigh, and Andreakis, Nikolas (2011) Multilocus sequence analysis provides basis for fast and reliable identification of Vibrio harveyi-related species and reveals previous misidentification of important marine pathogens. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 34 (8). pp. 561-565.

Rivera-Posada, J.A., Pratchett, M., Cano-Gómez, A., Arango-Gómez, J.D., and Owens, L. (2011) Refined identification of Vibrio bacterial flora from Acanthasther planci based on biochemical profiling and analysis of housekeeping genes. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 96 (2). pp. 113-123.

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Rivera Posada, J.A., Pratchett, M., and Owens, L. (2011) Injection of Acanthaster planci with thiosulfate-citrate-bile-sucrose agar (TCBS). II. Histopathological changes. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 97 (2). pp. 95-102.

Gan, Emily, Baird, Fiona, Coloe, Peter J., Smooker, Peter M, and UNSPECIFIED (2011) Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Salmonella enterica serovar Sofia, an avirulent species in Australian poultry. Microbiology, 157 (4). pp. 1056-1065.

Greenhill, A.R., Shipton, W.A., Blaney, B.J., Amoa, B., Kopel, E., Pelowa, D., Gena, M., and Warner, J.M. (2010) Hazards and critical control points for traditional sago starch production in Papua New Guinea: implications for food safety education. Food Control, 21 (5). pp. 657-662.

Raina, Jean-Baptiste, Dinsdale, Elizabeth A., Willis, Bette L., and Bourne, David G. (2010) Do the organic sulfur compounds DMSP and DMS drive coral microbial associations? Trends in Microbiology, 18 (3). pp. 101-108.

Cano-Gómez, Ana, Goulden, Evan F., Owens, Leigh, and Høj, Lone (2010) Vibrio owensii sp. nov., isolated from cultured crustaceans in Australia. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 302 (2). pp. 175-181.

Eales, Katie M., Norton, Robert E., and Ketheesan, Natkunam (2010) Brucellosis in northern Australia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 83 (4). pp. 876-878.

Ganesh, G., Karthikeyan, Obuli, and Joseph, Kurian (2010) Enhancing the hydrolysis step in anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste using rumen fluid. International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 13 (3/4). pp. 311-321.

Atagazli, Latifeh, Greenhill, Andrew R., Melrose, Wayne, Pue, Aisak G., and Warner, Jeffrey M. (2010) Is Penicillium citrinum implicated in sago hemolytic disease? Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 41 (3). pp. 641-646.

Roberts, Alexandra A., Copp, Janine N., Marahiel, Mohamed A., and Neilan, Brett A. (2009) The Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 Sfp-type phosphopantetheinyl transferase does not possess characteristic broad-range activity. ChemBioChem, 10 (11). pp. 1869-1877.

Kelso, Celine, Rojas, Juan Diego, Furlan, Renata L.A., Padilla, Gabriel, and Beck, Jennifer L. (2009) Characterisation of anthracyclines from a cosmomycin D-producing species of Streptomyces by collisionally-activated dissociation and ion mobility mass spectrometry. European Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 15 (2). pp. 73-81.

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Book Chapter

Christi, Katrina, Elliman, Jennifer, and Owens, Leigh (2017) A synthesis of the divalent cation requirements for efficient adsorption of bacteriophage onto bacterial cells. In: Harrington, Daniel, (ed.) Bacteriophages: an overview and synthesis of a re-emerging field. Bacteriology Research Developments . Nova Science Publishers Inc, New York, NY, USA, pp. 43-69.

Bazaka, Kateryna, Crawford, Russell J., Nazarenko, Evgeny L., and Ivanova, Elena P. (2011) Bacterial extracellular polysaccharides. In: Linke , Dirk, and Goldman, Adrian, (eds.) Bacterial Adhesion: Chemistry, Biology and Physics. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 715 . Springer, London, UK, pp. 213-226.

Owens, Leigh, and Busico-Salcedo, Nancy (2006) Vibrio harveyi: pretty problems in paradise. In: Thompson, Fabiano L., Austin, Brian, and Swings, Jean, (eds.) The Biology of Vibrios. ASM Press, Washington, DC, pp. 266-280.

Conference Item

Elliman, Jennifer, and Owens, Leigh (2010) Isolation and examination of a bacteriophage of a pathogenic strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei. In: UNSPECIFIED. From: 6th World Melioidosis Congress, 1-3 December 2010, Townsville. (Unpublished)

Thesis

Ahasan, Md. Shamim (2017) Gut bacterial communities in healthy and compromised green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and an alternative treatment for gastrointestinal disorders. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Chidambaram Padmavathy, Karthigeyan (2017) Response of methanotroph-heterotroph consortia to different environmental factors. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Rivera Posada, Jairo A. (2012) Pathogenesis of crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci L). PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Littman, Raechel (2011) The dynamics of bacterial populations associated with corals and the possible role of bacterial pathogens in coral bleaching. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Wright, Emily (2010) Bacteriophages and bacteriocins: agents for biocontrol of the fish pathogen Streptococcus iniae. Masters (Research) thesis, James Cook University.

Pollock, Frederic Joseph (2010) Phylogeny of the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus and the development of a qPCR-based diagnostic assay for its detection. Masters (Research) thesis, James Cook University.

Sussman, Meir (2009) Coral disease pathogens of the Indo-Pacific Ocean. PhD thesis, James Cook University.

Elliman, Jennifer (2006) Bacteriophage of Burkholderia pseudomallei: friend or foe? PhD thesis, James Cook University.