Publications

Publications from the ANCRC’s research activity and strains supplied to other researchers

Blackburn, S. I., McCausland, M. A., Bolch, C. J., Newman, S. J. and Jones, G. (1996). Effect of salinity on growth and toxin production in cultures of the bloom-forming cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena from Australian waters. Phycologia, 35(6), 511-522.

Bolch, C. J. S. and Blackburn, S. I. (1996). Isolation and purification of Australian isolates of the toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa Kütz. J. Appl. Phycol., 8, 5-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186215.

Bolch, C. J. S., Blackburn, S. I., Neilan, B. A. and Grewe, P. M. (1996). Genetic characterization of strains of cyanobacteria using PCR-RFLP of the cpcBA intergenic spacer and flanking regions. Journal of Phycology, 32, 445-451. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00445.x.

Bolch, C. J. S., Blackburn, S. I., Jones, G. J., Orr, P. T. and Grewe P. M. (1997). Plasmid content and distribution in the toxic cyanobacterial genus Microcystis Kützing ex Lemmermann (Cyanobacteria: Chroococcales). Phycologia, 36(1), 6-11. DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-36-1-6.1.

Bolch, C. J. S., Orr, P. T., Jones, G. J. and Blackburn, S. I. (1999). Genetic, morphological, and toxicological variation among globally distributed strains of Nodularia (cyanobacteria). Journal of Phycology, 35, 339-355. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8817.1999.3520339.x.

Dyble, J., Paerl, H. W. and Neilan, B. A. (2002). Genetic characterization of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (cyanobacteria) isolates from diverse geographic origins based on nifH and cpcBA-IGS nucleotide sequence analysis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 68(5), 2567-2571. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.68.5.2567-2571.2002.

Jones, G. J., Blackburn, S. I. and Parker, N. S. (1994). A toxic bloom of Nodularia spumigena Mertens in Orielton Lagoon, Tasmania. Marine and Freshwater Research, 45, 787-800. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9940787.

Long, B. M., Jones, G. J. and Orr, P.T. (2001). Cellular microcystin content in N-Limited Microcystis aeruginosa can be predicted from growth rate. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67, 278-283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.67.1.278-283.2001.

Mancuso, C., Blackburn, S. I. and Ramshaw, J. (2006). Viscosity screening of the CSIRO Collection of Living Microalgae in search of exopolysaccharides as new adhesives for the Wealth From Oceans Marine Adhesives Project. REPORT WFO/MA01.

Mazur-Marzec, H., Żeglińska, L. and Pliński, M. (2005). The effect of salinity on the growth, toxin production, and morphology of Nodularia spumigena isolated from the Gulf of Gdańsk, southern Baltic Sea. J. Appl. Phycol., 17, 171-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-005-5767-1.

McCausland, M. A., Thompson, P. A. and Blackburn, S. I. (2001). The effect of changes in light availability caused by mixing on the growth of Anabaena circinalis (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria) and Aulacoseira sp. (Centrales, Bacillariophyceae). Phycologia, 40(6), 530-541. DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-40-6-530.1.

McGregor, G. B., Sendall, B. C., Niiyama, Y., Tuji, A. and Willis, A. (2023). Chrysosporum ovalisporum is synonymous with the true-branching cyanobacterium Umezakia natans (Nostocales/Aphanizomenonaceae). Journal of Phycology, 59(2), 326-341. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13317.

Metcalf, J. S., Lindsay, J., Beattie, K. A., Birmingham, S. C., Saker, M. L., Törökné, A. and Codd, G. A. (2002). Toxicity of cylindrospermopsin to the brine shrimp Artemia salina: comparisons with protein synthesis inhibitors and microcystins. Toxicon, 40(8), 1115-120.

Minowa, T., Cho, Y., Oshima, Y., Konoki, K. and Yotsu-Yamashita, M. (2019). Identification of a novel saxitoxin analogue, 12β-Deoxygonyautoxin 3, in the cyanobacterium, Anabaena circinalis (TA04). Toxins, 11(9), 539. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins11090539.

Moffitt, M. C., Blackburn, S. I. and Neilan, B. A. (2001). rRNA sequences reflect the ecophysiology and define the toxic cyanobacteria of the genus Nodularia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 51(Pt 2), 505-512. DOI: 10.1099/00207713-51-2-505.

Moustafa, A., Loram, J. E., Hackett, J. D., Anderson, D. M., Plumley, F. G. and Bhattacharya, D. (2009). Origin of saxitoxin biosynthetic genes in cyanobacteria. PLOS ONE, 4(6), e5758. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005758.

Negri, A., Llewellyn, L., Doyle, J., Webster, N., Frampton, D. and Blackburn, S. (2003). Paralytic shellfish toxins are restricted to few species among Australia’s taxonomic diversity of cultured microalgae. Journal of Phycology, 39, 663-667. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02131.x.

Negri, A. P., Bolch, C. J. S., Geier, S., Green, D. H., Park, T.-G. and Blackburn, S. I. (2007). Widespread presence of hydrophobic paralytic shellfish toxins in Gymnodinium catenatum. Harmful Algae, 6(6), 774-780, ISSN 1568-9883. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2007.04.001.

Neilan, B. A., Saker, M. L., Fastner, J., Törökné, A. and Burns, B. P. (2003). Phylogeography of the invasive cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii. Molecular Ecology, 12, 133-140. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01709.x.

Nichols, C. A. M., Nairn, K. M., Glattauer, V., Blackburn, S. I., Ramshaw, J. A. M., & Graham, L. D. (2009). Screening microalgal cultures in search of microbial exopolysaccharides with potential as adhesives. Journal of Adhesion, 85(2-3), 97-125. https://doi.org/10.1080/00218460902782071.

Onodera, H., Oshima, Y., Watanabe, M., Bolch, C. J., Blackburn, S. I., and Yasumoto, T. (1995). Screening of paralytic shellfish toxins in freshwater cyanobacteria and chemical confirmation of the toxins in cultured Anabaena circinalis from Australia. In: Harmful and Toxic Algal Blooms, T. Yasumoto, Y. Oshima and Y. Fukuyo (Eds) 563-566.

Orr, P. T., Jones, G. J., Hunter, R. A., Berger, K., De Paoli, D. A. and Orr, C. L. (2001). Ingestion of toxic Microcystis aeruginosa by dairy cattle and the implications for microcystin contamination of milk. Toxicon, 39(12), 1847-1854. DOI: 10.1016/s0041-0101(01)00166-0.

Orr, P. T., Jones, G. J., Hunter, R. A. and Berger, K. (2003). Exposure of beef cattle to sub-clinical doses of Microcystis aeruginosa: toxin bioaccumulation, physiological effects and human health risk assessment. Toxicon, 41(5), 613-620. DOI: 10.1016/s0041-0101(03)00006-0.

Otsuka, S., Suda, S., Shibata, S., Oyaizu, H., Matsumoto, S. and Watanabe, M. M. (2001). A proposal for the unification of five species of the cyanobacterial genus Microcystis Kützing ex Lemmermann 1907 under the rules of the Bacteriological Code. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 51(3), 873-879. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-3-873.

Pereyra, J. P. A., D’Agostino, P. M., Mazmouz, R., Woodhouse, J. N., Pickford, R., Jameson, I. and Neilan, B. A. (2017). Molecular and morphological survey of saxitoxin-producing cyanobacterium Dolichospermum circinale (Anabaena circinalis) isolated from geographically distinct regions of Australia. Toxicon, 138, 68-77, ISSN 0041-0101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2017.08.006.

Plominsky, Á. M., Soto-Liebe, K. and Vásquez, M. (2009). Optimization of 2D-PAGE protocols for proteomic analysis of two nonaxenic toxin-producing freshwater cyanobacteria: Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii and Raphidiopsis sp.. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 49(3), 332-337. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02665.x.

Plominsky, Á. M., Larsson, J., Bergman, B., Delherbe, N., Osses, I. and Vásquez, M. (2013). Dinitrogen fixation is restricted to the terminal heterocysts in the invasive cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii CS-505. PLOS ONE 8(2): e51682. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051682.

Pomati, F., Neilan, B. A., Suzuki, T., Manarolla, G. and Rossetti, C. (2003). Enhancement of intracellular saxitoxin accumulation by lidocaine hydrochloride in the cyanobacterium Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii T3 (Nostocales). Journal of Phycology, 39, 535-542. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.02122.x.

Saker, M. L., Neilan, B. and Griffiths, D. J. (1999). Two morphological forms of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Cyanobacteria) isolated from Solomon Dam, Palm Island, Queensland. Journal of Phycology, 35, 599-606.

Saker, M. L. and Griffiths, D. J. (2000). The effect of temperature on growth and cylindrospermopsin content of seven isolates of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Nostocales, Cyanophyceae) from water bodies in Northern Australia. Phycologia, 39(4), 349-354. DOI: 10.2216/i0031-8884-39-4-349.1.

Saker, M. L. and Neilan, B. A. (2001). Varied diazotrophies, morphologies, and toxicities of genetically similar isolates of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (nostocales, cyanophyceae) from Northern Australia. Applied and environmental microbiology, 67(4), 1839-1845. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.67.4.1839-1845.2001

Schlüter, L., Lutnaes, B. F., Liaaen-Jensen, S., Garde, K., Kaas, H., Jameson, I. D. and Blackburn, S. I. (2008). Correlation of the content of hepatotoxin nodularin and glycosidic carotenoids, 4-ketomyxol-2′-fucoside and novel 1′-O-methyl-4-ketomyxol-2′-fucoside, in 20 strains of the cyanobacterium Nodularia spumigena. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 36, 749-757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2008.08.002.

Sinha, R., Pearson, L. A., Davis, T. W., Muenchhoff, J., Pratama, R., Jex, A., Burford, M. A. and Neilan, B. A. (2014). Comparative genomics of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii strains with differential toxicities. BMC Genomics, 15, 83. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-83.

Soto-Liebe, K., Murillo, A. A., Krock, B., Stucken, K., Fuentes-Valdés, J. J., Trefault, N., Cembella, A. and Vásquez, M. (2010). Reassessment of the toxin profile of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii T3 and function of putative sulfotransferases in synthesis of sulfated and sulfonated PSP toxins. Toxicon, 56(8), 1350-1361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2010.07.022.

Stucken, K., Murillo, A. A., Soto-Liebe, K., Fuentes-Valdés, J. J., Méndez, M. A. and Vásquez, M. (2009). Toxicity phenotype does not correlate with phylogeny of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii strains. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 32(1), 37-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.syapm.2008.10.002.

Stucken, K., John, U., Cembella, A., Murillo, A. A., Soto-Liebe, K., Fuentes-Valdés, J. J., Friedel, M., Plominsky, A. M. and Vásquez, M. (2010). The smallest known genomes of multicellular and toxic cyanobacteria: comparison, minimal gene sets for linked traits and the evolutionary implications. PLOS ONE 5(2): e9235. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009235.

Stucken, K., John, U., Cembella, A., Soto-Liebe, K. and Vásquez, M. (2014). Impact of nitrogen sources on gene expression and toxin production in the diazotroph Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii CS-505 and non-diazotroph Raphidiopsis brookii D9. Toxins, 6(6), 1896-1915. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins6061896.

Tarento, T. D. C., McClure, D. D., Vasiljevski, E., Schindeler, A., Dehghani, F. and Kavanagh, J. M. (2018). Microalgae as a source of vitamin K1. Algal Research, 36, 77-87. ISSN 2211-9264, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2018.10.008.

Tarento, T. D. C., McClure, D. D, Dehghani, F. and Kavanagh, J. M. (2019). Pilot-scale production of phylloquinone (vitamin K1) using a bubble column photo-bioreactor. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 150, 107243, ISSN 1369-703X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2019.107243.

Tarento, T. D. C., McClure, D. D, Talbot, A. M., Regtop, H. L., Biffin, J. R., Valtchev, P., Dehghani, F. and Kavanagh, J. M. (2019). A potential biotechnological process for the sustainable production of vitamin K₁. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 39(1), 1-19. DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2018.1474168

Thompson, P. A., Jameson, I. and Blackburn, S. I. (2009). The influence of light quality on akinete formation and germination in the toxic cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis. Harmful Algae, 8(3), 504-512, ISSN 1568-9883. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2008.10.004.

Tsuchiya, S., Cho, Y., Konoki, K., Nagasawa, K., Oshima, Y., and Yotsu-Yamashita, M. (2014). Synthesis and identification of proposed biosynthetic intermediates of saxitoxin in the cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis (TA04) and the dinoflagellate Alexandrium tamarense (Axat-2). Org. Biomol. Chem., 12(19), 3016-3020. http://xlink.rsc.org/?DOI=c4ob00071d.

van Dok, W. and Hart, B.T. (1996). Akinete differentiation in Anabaena circinalis (Cyanophyta). Journal of Phycology, 32(4), 557-565. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3646.1996.00557.x.

van Dok, W. and Hart, B.T. (1996). Akinete differentiation in Anabaena circinalis (Cyanophyta). Journal of Phycology, 33(1), 12-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-3646.1997.00012.x.

Watanabe, R., Suzuki, T. and Oshima, Y. (2011). Preparation of calibration standards of N1-H paralytic shellfish toxin analogues by large-scale culture of cyanobacterium Anabaena circinalis (TA04). Marine Drugs, 9, 466–477. https://doi.org/10.3390/md9030466.

Willis, A., Adams, M. P., Chuang, A. W., Orr, P. T., O’Brien, K. R. and Burford, M. A. (2015). Constitutive toxin production under various nitrogen and phosphorus regimes of three ecotypes of Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii ((Wołoszyńska) Seenayya et Subba Raju). Harmful Algae, 47, 27-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2015.05.011.

Willis, A., Chuang, A. W. and Burford, M. A. (2016). Nitrogen fixation by the diazotroph Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (Cyanophyceae). J. Phycol., 52, 854-862. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.12451.

Willis, A., Bent, S. J. and Jameson, I. D. (2020). Morphological changes and genome evolution in Raphidiopsis raciborskii CS-506 after 23 years in living culture. Applied Phycology, DOI: 10.1080/26388081.2020.1753573.