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  1. Metagenomic profiling of hospital wastewater: A comprehensive national scale analysis of antimicrobial resistance genes and opportunistic pathogens

    Article • Journal of Infection, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  2. Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas sp. PP3, a dehalogenase-producing bacterium, confirms the unusual mobile genetic element DEH

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, May 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Gordon Webster

  3. Complete genome sequence of the biopesticidal Burkholderia ambifaria strain BCC0191

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, February 2025, ASM Journals

    Dr Gordon Webster

  4. Inocybe crenata sp. nov. (subsec. Geophyllinae , sect. Tardae ) from Conifer Dominated Forests of Pakistan

    Article • Mycobiology, February 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Gordon Webster

  5. Wastewater sample storage for physicochemical and microbiological analysis

    Article • Journal of Virological Methods, February 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  6. Metagenomics unveils the role of hospitals and wastewater treatment plants on the environmental burden of antibiotic resistance genes and opportunistic pathogens

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  7. Wastewater-based analysis of antimicrobial resistance at UK airports: Evaluating the potential opportunities and challenges

    Article • Environment International, January 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  8. Iron Oxide-Bearing Wastes as Media for Supporting Biodegradation of BTEX

    Article • Minerals, December 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr Gordon Webster

  9. A peek into hospital poo: Tracking pathogens and antimicrobial resistance

    Article • Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, December 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  10. National-scale antimicrobial resistance surveillance in wastewater: A comparative analysis of HT qPCR and metagenomic approaches

    Article • Water Research, September 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  11. Microbial community and antimicrobial resistance niche differentiation in a multistage, surface flow constructed wetland

    Article • Water Research, May 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  12. VarLOCK: sequencing-independent, rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern for point-of-care testing, qPCR pipelines and national wastewater surveillance

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gordon Webster

  13. Polyyne-producing Burkholderia suppress Globisporangium ultimum damping-off disease of Pisum sativum (pea)

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, August 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Gordon Webster

  14. Sphingopyxis Species Isolated from Sand Filter Biofilm at an Australian Drinking Water Treatment Works

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, July 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Paul Monis, Dr Paul Monis, Dr Gordon Webster

  15. Methanogen activity and microbial diversity in Gulf of Cádiz mud volcano sediments

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, May 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Gordon Webster

  16. Microplastic biofilm, associated pathogen and antimicrobial resistance dynamics through a wastewater treatment process incorporating a constructed wetland

    Article • Water Research, May 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  17. Biostimulation of jarosite and iron oxide-bearing mine waste enhances subsequent metal recovery

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, March 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  18. Nitrogen removal performance and bacterial community analysis of a multistage step-feeding tidal flow constructed wetland

    Article • Frontiers in Water, February 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Gordon Webster

  19. Towards passive bioremediation of dye-bearing effluents using hydrous ferric oxide wastes: Mechanisms, products and microbiology

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, September 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  20. Silver removal and microbial community structure in microbial fuel cells

    Article • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, August 2022, Wiley

    Dr Gordon Webster

  21. Cloning and expression of Burkholderia polyyne biosynthetic gene clusters in Paraburkholderia hosts provides a strategy for biopesticide development

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, July 2022, Wiley

    Dr Gordon Webster

  22. Discovery of the Pseudomonas Polyyne Protegencin by a Phylogeny-Guided Study of Polyyne Biosynthetic Gene Cluster Diversity

    Article • mBio, August 2021, ASM Journals

    Dr Gordon Webster

  23. Genomics reveals the novel species placement of industrial contaminant isolates incorrectly identified as Burkholderia lata

    Article • Microbial Genomics, April 2021, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Gordon Webster

  24. Exploration of polyyne biosynthetic gene cluster diversity in bacteria leads to the discovery of thePseudomonaspolyyne protegencin

    Article • March 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Gordon Webster

  25. Kill and cure: genomic phylogeny and bioactivity of Burkholderia gladioli bacteria capable of pathogenic and beneficial lifestyles

    Article • Microbial Genomics, January 2021, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Gordon Webster

  26. Reclassification of the biocontrol agents Bacillus subtilis BY-2 and Tu-100 as Bacillus velezensis and insights into the genomic and specialized metabolite diversity of the species

    Article • Microbiology, December 2020, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Gordon Webster

  27. A rapid screening method for the detection of specialised metabolites from bacteria: Induction and suppression of metabolites from Burkholderia species

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, November 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  28. Antimicrobial activity of enacyloxin IIa and gladiolin against the urogenital pathogens Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Ureaplasma spp

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, October 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  29. Genomic Assemblies of Members of Burkholderia and Related Genera as a Resource for Natural Product Discovery

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, October 2020, ASM Journals

    Dr Gordon Webster

  30. Discovery and Biosynthesis of Bolagladins: Unusual Lipodepsipeptides from Burkholderia gladioli Clinical Isolates**

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2020, Wiley

    Dr Gordon Webster

  31. Discovery and Biosynthesis of Bolagladins: Unusual Lipodepsipeptides from Burkholderia gladioli Clinical Isolates**

    Article • Angewandte Chemie, September 2020, Wiley

    Dr Gordon Webster

  32. Physiological Capabilities of Cryoconite Hole Microorganisms

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, July 2020, Frontiers

    Dr Gordon Webster

  33. Culturable diversity of bacterial endophytes associated with medicinal plants of the Western Ghats, India

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, July 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  34. Discovery and biosynthesis of gladiochelins: unusual lipodepsipeptide siderophores fromBurkholderia gladioli

    Article • June 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Gordon Webster

  35. Kill and cure: genomic phylogeny and bioactivity of a diverse collection ofBurkholderia gladiolibacteria capable of pathogenic and beneficial lifestyles

    Article • April 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Gordon Webster

  36. Microbial community structure of anode electrodes in microbial fuel cells and microbial electrolysis cells

    Article • Journal of Water Process Engineering, April 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  37. The Genome Sequences of Three Paraburkholderia sp. Strains Isolated from Wood-Decay Fungi Reveal Them as Novel Species with Antimicrobial Biosynthetic Potential

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, August 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Gordon Webster

  38. Impact of flow hydrodynamics and pipe material properties on biofilm development within drinking water systems

    Article • Environmental Technology, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Gordon Webster

  39. Genome Sequences of Two Choline-Utilizing Methanogenic Archaea, Methanococcoides spp., Isolated from Marine Sediments

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, May 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Gordon Webster

  40. Genome mining identifies cepacin as a plant-protective metabolite of the biopesticidal bacterium Burkholderia ambifaria

    Article • Nature Microbiology, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gordon Webster

  41. Influence of hydraulic regimes and Cl2/NH3-N mass ratios on the bacterial structure and composition in an experimental flow cell chloraminated drinking water system

    Article • Environmental Science Water Research & Technology, January 2019, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Dr Gordon Webster

  42. Marine Deep Biosphere

    Article • January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  43. Rock‐crushing derived hydrogen directly supports a methanogenic community: significance for the deep biosphere

    Article • Environmental Microbiology Reports, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr Gordon Webster

  44. Changes in Metal Leachability through Stimulation of Iron Reducing Communities within Waste Sludge

    Article • Solid State Phenomena, August 2017, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr Gordon Webster

  45. Discovery and Biosynthesis of Gladiolin: A Burkholderia gladioli Antibiotic with Promising Activity against Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Journal of the American Chemical Society, June 2017, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  46. Chronic effects of temperature and nitrate pollution on Daphnia magna: Is this cladoceran suitable for widespread use as a tertiary treatment?

    Article • Water Research, October 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  47. Complex coupled metabolic and prokaryotic community responses to increasing temperatures in anaerobic marine sediments: critical temperatures and substrate changes

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, July 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  48. Phylogeny and physiology of candidate phylum ‘Atribacteria’ (OP9/JS1) inferred from cultivation-independent genomics

    Article • The ISME Journal, June 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  49. Archaeal community diversity and abundance changes along a natural salinity gradient in estuarine sediments

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  50. Survival of Desulfotomaculum spores from estuarine sediments after serial autoclaving and high-temperature exposure

    Article • The ISME Journal, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Henrik Sass, Dr Gordon Webster

  51. Abundance and Diversity of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in High Arsenic Shallow Aquifers

    Article • Geomicrobiology Journal, September 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Gordon Webster

  52. A review of prokaryotic populations and processes in sub-seafloor sediments, including biosphere:geosphere interactions

    Article • Marine Geology, June 2014, Elsevier

    Henrik Sass, Dr Gordon Webster

  53. A new method for the preservation of axenic fungal cultures

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  54. Bacterial Diversity and Community Structure in High Arsenic Aquifers in Hetao Plain of Inner Mongolia, China

    Article • Geomicrobiology Journal, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Gordon Webster

  55. A new mycoparasite, Aspergillus sp. ASP-4, parasitizes the sclerotia of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

    Article • Crop Protection, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  56. Contrasting relationships between biogeochemistry and prokaryotic diversity depth profiles along an estuarine sediment gradient

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, April 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  57. Choline utilization by Methanococcoides spp.

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2012, ASM Journals

    Henrik Sass, Dr Gordon Webster

  58. Dynamic Microbial Community Associated with Iron–Arsenic Co-Precipitation Products from a Groundwater Storage System in Bangladesh

    Article • Microbial Ecology, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gordon Webster

  59. Enrichment and cultivation of prokaryotes associated with the sulphate-methane transition zone of diffusion-controlled sediments of Aarhus Bay, Denmark, under heterotrophic conditions

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, May 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Henrik Sass, Dr Gordon Webster

  60. Microbial diversity in Frenulata (Siboglinidae, Polychaeta) species from mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic)

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gordon Webster

  61. Prokaryotes stimulate mineral H2 formation for the deep biosphere and subsequent thermogenic activity

    Article • Geology, February 2011, Geological Society of America

    Henrik Sass, Dr Gordon Webster

  62. Chemosynthetic bacteria found in bivalve species from mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, June 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  63. Prokaryotic functional diversity in different biogeochemical depth zones in tidal sediments of  the Severn Estuary, UK, revealed by stable-isotope probing

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, May 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  64. Culturable prokaryotic diversity of deep, gas hydrate sediments: first use of a continuous high-pressure, anaerobic, enrichment and isolation system for subseafloor sediments (DeepIsoBUG)

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, December 2009, Wiley

    Henrik Sass, Dr Gordon Webster

  65. Diversity of gut microbiota increases with aging and starvation in the desert locust

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gordon Webster

  66. Subsurface microbiology and biogeochemistry of a deep, cold-water carbonate mound from the Porcupine Seabight (IODP Expedition 307)

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, January 2009, Wiley

    Henrik Sass, Dr Gordon Webster

  67. Modified linker-PCR primers facilitate complete sequencing of DGGE DNA fragments

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, December 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  68. Prokaryotic biodiversity and activity in the deep subseafloor biosphere

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, November 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  69. Extending the Sub-Sea-Floor Biosphere

    Article • Science, May 2008, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Gordon Webster

  70. Composition of Acridid gut bacterial communities as revealed by 16S rRNA gene analysis

    Article • Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, March 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  71. Distribution of candidate division JS1 and other Bacteria in tidal sediments of the German Wadden Sea using targeted 16S rRNA gene PCR-DGGE

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, October 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Henrik Sass, Dr Gordon Webster

  72. Biogeochemistry and biodiversity of methane cycling in subsurface marine sediments (Skagerrak, Denmark)

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, January 2007, Wiley

    Dr Gordon Webster

  73. Analysis of DGGE profiles to explore the relationship between prokaryotic community composition and biogeochemical processes in deep subseafloor sediments from the Peru Margin

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, October 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  74. Prokaryotic community composition and biogeochemical processes in deep subseafloor sediments from the Peru Margin

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, October 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  75. Bacterial community structure, compartmentalization and activity in a microbial fuel cell

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, September 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  76. A comparison of stable‐isotope probing of DNA and phospholipid fatty acids to study prokaryotic functional diversity in sulfate‐reducing marine sediment enrichment slurries

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, May 2006, Wiley

    Dr Gordon Webster

  77. Biofilm microbial community of a thermophilic trickling biofilter used for continuous biohydrogen production

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster

  78. Deep sub-seafloor prokaryotes stimulated at interfaces over geological time

    Article • Nature, July 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Gordon Webster

  79. Widespread Occurrence of a Novel Division of Bacteria Identified by 16S rRNA Gene Sequences Originally Found in Deep Marine Sediments

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2004, ASM Journals

    Dr Gordon Webster

  80. Differential response of archaeal and bacterial communities to nitrogen inputs and pH changes in upland pasture rhizosphere soil

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, May 2004, Wiley

    Dr Gordon Webster

  81. Diversity of prokaryotes and methanogenesis in deep subsurface sediments from the Nankai Trough, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 190

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, January 2004, Wiley

    Dr Gordon Webster

  82. Diversity of Bacteria Associated with Natural Aphid Populations

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2003, ASM Journals

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Gordon Webster

  83. Assessment of bacterial community structure in the deep sub-seafloor biosphere by 16S rDNA-based techniques: a cautionary tale

    Article • Journal of Microbiological Methods, October 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Gordon Webster

  84. Grassland Management Regimens Reduce Small-Scale Heterogeneity and Species Diversity of β-Proteobacterial Ammonia Oxidizer Populations

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2002, ASM Journals

    Dr Gordon Webster

  85. The flavonoid naringenin stimulates the intercellular colonization of wheat roots by Azorhizobium caulinodans

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, April 1998, Wiley

    Dr Gordon Webster

  86. Endophytic establishment of Azorhizobium caulinodans in wheat

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 1997, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Gordon Webster

  87. Effective Nodulation of Micro-Propagated Shoots of the Non-LegumeParasponia andersoniibyBradyrhizobium

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, January 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Gordon Webster