Emeritus Professor Lindsay Sly
Emeritus Professor
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Book Chapters
Sly, Lindsay I. and Hugenholtz, Philip (2005). Genus II. Blastomonas. Sly and Cahill 1997, 567VP emend. Hiraishi, Kuraishi and Kawahara 2000a. 1117. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology: The proteobacteria. Part C. The alpha-, beta-, delta-, and epsilonproteobacteria. (pp. 258-263) edited by D. J. Brenner, N. R. Krieg and J. T. Staley. New York, U.S.A.: Springer. doi: 10.1007/0-387-29298-5_70
Sly, Lindsay I. and Fegan, Mark (2005). Genus VI. Telluria Bowman, Sly, Hayward, Spiegel and Stackebrandt 1993b, 123VP. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. (pp. 643-647) edited by D. J. Brenner, N. R. Krieg and J. T. Staley. New York, U.S.A.: Springer.
Sly, L. I. (2005). Genus Incertae Sedis XV. Morococcus Long, Sly, Pham and Davis 1981, 300VP. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. (pp. 861-863) edited by D. J. Brenner, N. R. Krieg and J. T. Staley. New York, U.S.A.: Springer.
Sly, Lindsay I., Wen, Aimin and Fegan, Mark (2005). Genus IV. Delftia Wen, Fegan, Hayward, Chakraborty and Sly 1999, 573VP. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. (pp. 706-709) edited by D. J. Brenner, N. R. Krieg and J. T. Staley. New York, U.S.A.: Springer.
Sly, Lindsay I. and Hugenholtz, Philip (2005). Genus IV. Blastobacter Zavarzin 1961, 962AL emend. Sly 1985, 44. Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. (pp. 452-459) edited by D. J. Brenner, N. R. Krieg and J. T. Staley. New York, U.S.A.: Springer.
Sly, L. I. (2004). Australian Microbial Resources Research Network: Underpinning biodiversity, biodiscovery and biotechnology research. Microbial Genetic Resources and Biodiscovery. (pp. 89-105) edited by I. Kurtboke and J. Swings. Egham, Surrey: World Federation of Culture Collections.
Macy, J. M., Krafft, T. and Sly, L. I. (2001). Genus I. Chrysiogenes. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. (pp. 422-425) edited by David R. Boone and Richard W. Castenholz. New York, NY, United States: Springer.
Journal Articles
Sly, Lindsay (2019). Historical perspectives and new opportunities for Australian collections of microorganisms in the microbiome era. Microbiology Australia, 40 (3), 140-143. doi: 10.1071/MA19038
Ho, Ngai Man, Sly, Lindsay and Clarke, William P. (2014). Soluble organic compounds in oil shale sour water are degradable only after being adsorbed to combusted oil shale. Fuel, 133, 270-275. doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2014.04.095
Safni, Irda, Cleenwerk, Ilse, De Vos, Paul, Fegan, Mark, Sly, Lindsay and Kappler, Ulrike (2014). Polyphasic taxonomic revision of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex: proposal to emend the descriptions of R. solanacearum and R. syzygii and reclassify current R. syzygii strains as Ralstonia syzygii subsp. syzygii , R. solanacearum phylotype IV. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 64 (9), 3087-3103. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.066712-0
Chiswell, Barry, Hamilton, Geoff, Terry, John, Dixon, David and Sly, Lindsay (2014). Author reply to discussion by W. R. Knocke and J. E. Tobiason, 2014, of filtration and manganese removal by Geoff Hamilton, Barry Chiswell, John Terry, David Dixon and Lindsay Sly, 2013 journal of water supply: Research and technology - AQUA 62 (7), 417-425, doi:10.2166/aqua.2013.093. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA, 63 (7), 599-600. doi: 10.2166/aqua.2014.193
Hamilton, Geoff, Chiswell, Barry, Terry, John, Dixon, David and Sly, Lindsay (2013). Filtration and manganese removal. Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology. AQUA, 62 (7), 417-425. doi: 10.2166/aqua.2013.093
Pettett, Lyndall M., McKinnon, Allan J., Wilson, Gary J., Carrick, Frank N., Sly, Lindsay I. and Bird, Philip S. (2012). The development of an oral health charting system for koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus). Journal of Veterinary Dentistry, 29 (4), 232-241.
Davis, Carl K., Webb, Richard I., Sly, Lindsay I., Denman, Stuart E. and McSweeney, Chris S. (2012). Isolation and survey of novel fluoroacetate-degrading bacteria belonging to the phylum Synergistetes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 80 (3), 671-684. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01338.x
Davis, C. K., Denman, S. E., Sly, L. I. and McSweeney, C. S. (2011). Development of a colorimetric colony-screening assay for detection of defluorination by micro-organisms. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 53 (4), 417-423. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03123.x
Ballard, E. L., Dietzgen, R. G., Sly, L. I., Gouk, C., Horlock, C. and Fegan, M. (2011). Development of a Bio-PCR Protocol for the Detection of Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni. Plant Disease, 95 (9), 1109-1115. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-09-10-0650
Png, CW, Linden, SK, Gilshenan, KS, Zoetendal, EG, McSweeney, CS, Sly, LI, McGuckin, MA and Florin, THJ (2010). Mucolytic bacteria with increased prevalence in IBD mucosa augment in vitro utilization of mucin by other bacteria. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 105 (11), 2420-2428. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2010.281
Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Kappler, Ulrike, McEwan, Alastair G. and Sly, Lindsay I. (2009). Probing the archaeal diversity of a mixed thermophilic bioleaching culture by TGGE and FISH. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 32 (7), 501-513. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2009.06.001
Evans, Paul N., Hinds, Lyn A., Sly, Lindsay I., McSweeney, Christopher S., Morrison, Mark and Wright, Andre-Denis G. (2009). Community composition and density of methanogens in the foregut of the Tammar wallaby (Macropus eugenii). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75 (8), 2598-2602. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02436-08
de Wet, S. C., Denman, S. E., Sly, L. and McSweeney, C. S. (2008). An improved method for RNA extraction from carcass samples for detection of viable Escherichia coli 0157:H7 by reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 47 (5), 399-404. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02462.x
Payne, M. S., Hoj, L., Wietz, M., Hall, M. R., Sly, L. I. and Bourne, D. G. (2008). Microbial diversity of mid-stage Palinurid phyllosoma from Great Barrier Reef waters. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 105 (2), 340-350. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03749.x
Glikson, Miryam, Duck, Lawrence J., Golding, Suzanne D., Hofmann, Axel, Bolhar, Robert, Webb, Robyn, Baiano, Justice C. F. and Sly, Lindsay I. (2008). Microbial remains in some earliest Earth rocks: Comparison with a potential modern analogue. Precambrian Research, 164 (3-4), 187-200. doi: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.05.002
Nguyen, Huynh, Morgan, David A. F., Sly, Lindsay I., Benkovich, Morris, Cull, Sharon and Forwood, Mark R. (2008). Validation of 15 kGy as a radiation sterilisation dose for bone allografts manufactured at the Queensland Bone Bank: application of the VDmax 15 method. Cell and Tissue Banking, 9 (2), 139-147. doi: 10.1007/s10561-008-9064-5
Mikkelsen, D., Kappler, U., Webb, R. I., Rasch, R., McEwan, A. G. and Sly, L. I. (2007). Visualisation of pyrite leaching by selected thermophilic archaea: nature of microorganism-ore interactions during bioleaching. Hydrometallurgy, 88 (1-4), 143-153. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2007.02.013
Ridge, Justin P., Lin, Marianne, Larsen, Eloise I., Fegan, Mark, McEwan, Alastair G. and Sly, Lindsay I. (2007). A multicopper oxidase is essential for manganese oxidation and laccase-like activity in Pedomicrobium sp ACM 3067. Environmental Microbiology, 9 (4), 944-953. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01216.x
Payne, MS, Hall, MR, Sly, L and Bourne, DG (2007). Microbial diversity within early-stage cultured Panulirus ornatus phyllosomas. Applied And Environmental Microbiology, 73 (6), 1940-1951. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02520-06
Mikkelsen, Deirdre, Kappler, Ulrike, McEwan, Alastair G. and Sly, Lindsay I. (2006). Archaeal diversity in two thermophilic chalcopyrite bioleaching reactors. Environmental Microbiology, 8 (11), 2050-2055. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.01115.x
Wallace, Daniel F., Jones, Marc D., Pedersen, Palle, Rivas, Lucy, Sly, Lindsay I. and Subramaniam, V. Nathan (2006). Purification and partial characterisation of recombinant human hepcidin. Biochimie, 88 (1), 31-37. doi: 10.1016/j.biochi.2005.07.003
Sly, L. I. (2006). AMRIN: working together for Australian microbial resources. Microbiology Australia, 27 (1), 6-9.
Payne, Matthew S., Hall, Mike R., Bannister, Raymond, Sly, Lindsay and Bourne, David G. (2006). Microbial diversity within the water column of a larval rearing system for the ornate rock lobster (Panulirus ornatus). Aquaculture, 258 (1-4), 80-90. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2006.04.001
Franke-Whittle, Ingrid H., O'Shea, Michael G., Leonard, Graham J. and Sly, Lindsay I. (2005). Design, development, and use of molecular primers and probes for the detection of Gluconacetobacter species in the pink sugarcane mealybug. Microbial Ecology, 50 (1), 128-139. doi: 10.1007/s00248-004-0138-z
Franke-Whittle, I. H., O'Shea, M. G., Leonard, G. J., Webb, R. I. and Sly, L. I. (2005). Investigation into the ability of Gluconacetobacter sacchari to live as an endophyte in sugarcane. Plant and Soil, 271 (1-2), 285-295. doi: 10.1007/s11104-004-3039-5
Kappler, U., Sly, L. I. and McEwan, A. G. (2005). Respiratory gene clusters of Metallosphaera sedula - differential expression and transcriptional organization. Microbiology-sgm, 151 (Part 1), 35-43. doi: 10.1099/mic.0.27515-0
Franke-Whittle, I. H., O'Shea, M. G., Leonard, G. J. and Sly, L. I. (2004). Molecular investigation of the microbial populations of the pink sugarcane mealybug, Saccharicoccus sacchari. Annals of Microbiology, 54 (4), 455-470.
Santini, Joanne M., Sly, Lindsay I., Wen, Aimin M., Comrie, Dean, De Wulf-Durand, Pascal and Macy, Joan M. (2002). New arsenite-oxidizing bacteria isolated from Australian gold mining environments - Phylogenetic relationships. Geomicrobiology Journal, 19 (1), 67-76. doi: 10.1080/014904502317246174
Macy, J. M., Santini, J. M., Pauling, B. V., ONeill, A. H. and Sly, L. I. (2000). Two new arsenate/sulfate-reducing bacteria: mechanisms of arsenate reduction. Archives of Microbiology, 173 (1), 49-57. doi: 10.1007/s002030050007
Santini, J. M., Sly, L. I., Schnagl, R. D. and Macy, J. M. (2000). A new chemolithoautotrophic arsenite-oxidizing bacterium isolated from a gold mine: Phylogenetic, physiological, and preliminary biochemical studies. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 66 (1), 92-97. doi: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.92-97.2000
Franke, IH, Fegan, M, Hayward, C, Leonard, G and Sly, LI (2000). Molecular detection of Gluconacetobacter sacchari associated with the pink sugarcane mealybug Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell) and the sugarcane leaf sheath microenvironment by FISH and PCR. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 31 (1), 61-71. doi: 10.1016/S0168-6496(99)00082-3
Sly, L. I., Cox, T. L. and Beckenham, T. B. (1999). The phylogenetic relationships of Caulobacter, Asticcacaulis and Brevundimonas species and their taxonomic implications. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 49 (2), 483-488. doi: 10.1099/00207713-49-2-483
Sly, L. I., Taghavi, M. and Fegan, M. (1999). Phylogenetic position of Chitinophaga pinensis in the Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Cytophaga phylum. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 49 (2), 479-481. doi: 10.1099/00207713-49-2-479
Larsen, E. I., Sly, L. I. and McEwan, A. G. (1999). Manganese(II) adsorption and oxidation by whole cells and a membrane fraction of Pedomicrobium sp. ACM 3067. Archives of Microbiology, 171 (4), 257-264. doi: 10.1007/s002030050708
Sly, L. I. and Stackebrandt, E. (1999). Description of Skermanella parooensis gen. nov., sp. nov. to accommodate Conglomeromonas largomobilis subsp. parooensis following the transfer of Conglomeromonas largomobilis subsp. largomobilis to the genus Azospirillum. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 49 (2), 541-544. doi: 10.1099/00207713-49-2-541
Wen, Aimin, Fegan, Mark, Hayward, Chris, Chakraborty, Sukumar and Sly, Lindsay I. (1999). Phylogenetic relationships among members of the Comamonadaceae, and description of Delftia acidovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926 and Tamaoka et al. 1987) gen. nov., comb. nov.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 49 (2), 567-576. doi: 10.1099/00207713-49-2-567
Franke, I. H., Fegan, M., Hayward, A. C., Leonard, G., Stackebrandt, E. and Sly, L. I. (1999). Description of Gluconacetobacter sacchari sp. nov., a new species of acetic acid bacterium isolated from the leaf sheath of sugar cane and from the pink sugar-cane mealy bug. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 49 (4), 1681-1693. doi: 10.1099/00207713-49-4-1681
Franke, IH, Fegan, M, Hayward, AC and Sly, LI (1998). Nucleotide sequence of the nifH gene coding for nitrogen reductase in the acetic acid bacterium Acetobacter diazotrophicus. Letters In Applied Microbiology, 26 (1), 12-16. doi: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00258.x
Tran, CT, Sly, LI and Mitchell, DA (1998). Selection of a strain of Aspergillus for the production of citric acid from pineapple waste in solid-state fermentation. World Journal of Microbiology & Biotechnology, 14 (3), 399-404. doi: 10.1023/A:1008821413239
Sly, LI, Taghavi, M and Fegan, M (1998). Phylogenetic heterogeneity within the genus Herpetosiphon: Transfer of the marine species Herpetosiphon cohaerens, Herpetosiphon nigricans and Herpetosiphon persicus to the genus Lewinella gen, nov. in the Flexibacter-Bacteroides-Cytophaga phylum. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 48, 731-737.
Sly, L. I., Taghavi, M. and Fegan, M. (1998). Phylogenetic heterogeneity within the genus herpetosiphon: Transfer of the marine species Herpetosiphon cohaerens, Herpetosiphon nigricans and Herpetosiphon persicus to the genus Lewinella gen. nov. in the Flexibacter- Bacteroides-Cytophaga phylum. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 48 (3), 731-737. doi: 10.1099/00207713-48-3-731
Tyrrell, WR, Mulligan, DR, Sly, LI and Bell, LC (1997). Trialing wetlands to treat coal mining wastewaters in a low rainfall, high evaporation environment. Water Science And Technology, 35 (5), 293-299. doi: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00082-6
Sly, LI and Cahill, MM (1997). Transfer of Blastobacter natatorius (Sly 1985) to the genus Blastomonas gen nov as Blastomonas natatoria comb nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 47 (2), 566-568. doi: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-566
Sly, LI, Cahill, MM, Osawa, R and Fujisawa, T (1997). The tannin-degrading species Streptococcus gallolyticus and Streptococcus caprinus are subjective synonyms. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 47 (3), 893-894.
Sly, L. I., Cahill, Marian M., Majeed, K. and Jones, G. (1997). Reassessment of the phylogenetic position of Caulobacter subvibrioides. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 47 (1), 211-213. doi: 10.1099/00207713-47-1-211
Cox, TL and Sly, LI (1997). Phylogenetic relationships and uncertain taxonomy of Pedomicrobium species. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 47 (2), 377-380. doi: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-377
Sly, LI, Cahill, MM, Majeed, K and Jones, G (1997). Reassessment of the phylogenetic position of Caulobacter subvibrioides. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 47 (1), 211-213.
Dekhil, SB, Cahill, M, Stackebrandt, E and Sly, LI (1997). Transfer of Conglomeromonas largomobilis subsp largomobilis to the genus Azospirillum as Azopirillum largomobile comb nov, and elevation of Conglomeromonas largomobilis subsp parooensis to the new type species of Conglomeromonas, Conglomeromonas parooensi. Systematic And Applied Microbiology, 20 (1), 72-77.
BenDekhil, S. M., Peel, M. M., Lennox, V. A., Stackebrandt, E. and Sly, L. I. (1997). Isolation of Lautropia mirabilis from sputa of a cystic fibrosis patient. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 35 (4), 1024-1026. doi: 10.1128/jcm.35.4.1024-1026.1997
DeWulfDurand, P, Bryant, LJ and Sly, LI (1997). PCR-mediated detection of acidophilic, bioleaching-associated bacteria. Applied And Environmental Microbiology, 63 (7), 2944-2948. doi: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2944-2948.1997
Osawa, Ro, Fujisawa, Tomohiko and Sly, Lindsay I. (1995). Streptococcus gallolyticus sp. nov.; Gallate Degrading Organisms Formerly Assigned to Streptococcus bovis. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 18 (1), 74-78. doi: 10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80451-0
Fuerst J.A., Hawkins J.A., Holmes A., Sly L.I., Moore C.J. and Stackebrandt E. (1993). Porphyrobacter neustonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-synthesizing budding bacterium from fresh water. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 43 (1), 125-134. doi: 10.1099/00207713-43-1-125
Li X., Dorsch M., Del Dot T., Sly L.I., Stackebrandt E. and Hayward A.C. (1993). Phylogenetic studies of the rRNA group II pseudomonads based on 16S rRNA gene sequences. Journal of Applied Bacteriology, 74 (3), 324-329. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1993.tb03032.x
Byers H.K. and Sly L.I. (1993). Toxic effects of dichloromethane on the growth of methanotrophic bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 12 (1), 35-38. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.1993.tb00014.x
Osawa, Ro and Sly, Lindsay I. (1992). Occurrence of Tannin-Protein Complex Degrading Streptococcus sp. in Feces of Various Animals. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 15 (1), 144-147. doi: 10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80151-7
Skerratt, Jennifer H., Nichols, Peter D., Bowman, John P. and Sly, Lindsay I. (1992). Occurrence and significance of long-chain (ω-1)-hydroxy fatty acids in methane-utilizing bacteria. Organic Geochemistry, 18 (2), 189-194. doi: 10.1016/0146-6380(92)90129-L
Bowman, John P., Skerratt, Jennifer H., Nichols, Peter D. and Sly, Lindsay I. (1991). Phospholipid fatty acid and lipopolysaccharide fatty acid signature lipids in methane‐utilizing bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 85 (1), 15-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1991.tb04693.x
Bowman, John P., Skerratt, Jennifer H., Nichols, Peter D. and Sly, Lindsay I. (1991). Phospholipid fatty acid and lipopolysaccharide fatty acid signature lipids in methane-utilizing bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 85 (1), 15-21.
Toze, S., Sly, L. I., MacRae, I. C. and Fuerst, J. A. (1990). Inhibition of growth of Legionella species by heterotrophic plate count bacteria isolated from chlorinated drinking water. Current Microbiology, 21 (2), 139-143. doi: 10.1007/BF02091832
Bowman J.P., Sly L.I., Cox J.M. and Hayward A.C. (1990). Methylomonas fodinarum sp. nov. and Methylomonas aurantiaca sp. nov.: Two closely related type I obligate methanotrophs. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 13 (3), 279-287. doi: 10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80199-2
Goodwin, Stewart, Armstrong, John, Bronsdon, Melinda and Sly, Lindsay (1988). Is campylobacter pylori a zoonosis?. The Lancet, 332 (8617), 968. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(88)92640-2
Sly, L. I., Hodgkindon, M. C. and Arunpairojana, Vullapa (1988). Effect of water velocity on the early development of manganese-depositing biofilm in a drinking-water distribution system. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 53 (3-4), 175-186. doi: 10.1016/0378-1097(88)90440-5
Sly L.I. and Arunpairojana V. (1987). Isolation of manganese-oxidizing Pedomicrobium cultures from water by micromanipulation. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 6 (3), 177-182. doi: 10.1016/0167-7012(87)90013-3
Sly L.I., Blackall L.L., Kraat P.C., Tian-Shen T. and Sangkhobol V. (1986). The use of second derivative plots for the determination of mol% guanine plus cytosine of DNA by the thermal denaturation method. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 5 (3-4), 139-156. doi: 10.1016/0167-7012(86)90009-6
Sly L.I. (1984). The use of disposable gaas generating kits for the growth of hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria and the determination of hydrogen autotrophy. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 3 (1), 7-14. doi: 10.1016/0167-7012(84)90039-3
Long, P. A., Sly, L. I., Pham, A. V. and Davis, G. H.G. (1981). Characterization of Morococcus cerebrosus gen. nov., sp. nov. and comparison with Neisseria mucosa. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 31 (3), 294-301. doi: 10.1099/00207713-31-3-294
Conference Papers
Sly, L. I. (2007). Australian Microbial Resources Research Network (AMRRN): working together for Australian microbial resources. Eleventh International Congress for Culture Collections (ICCC 11): Science for Service - Service for Science: Connections between Collections, Goslar, Germany, 7-11 October 2007. Braunschweig, Germany: DSMZ Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH and World Federation for Culture Collections.
Ridge, J. P., Lin, M., Larsen, E., Fegan, M., McEwan, A. G. and Sly, L. I. (2006). A multi-copper oxidase is essential for manganese oxidation and Laccase-like activity in Pedomicrobium sp. ACM 3067. ASM 2006, Gold Coast, 2-6 July, 2006.
Mikkelsen, D., Kappler, U., McEwan, A. and Sly, L. (2004). Development of molecular methods for monitoring thermophilic chalcopyrite bioleaching cultures. Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM) Annual Scientific Meeting & Exhibition, Sydney, Australia, 26th Sep – 1st Oct 2004.
Kappler, U., Sly, L. I. and McEwan, A. G. (2004). Respiratory gene clusters of Metallosphaera sedula. VAAM (German Microbiology Society) Meeting, Braunschweig, 28-31 March, 2004.
Ho, N. M., Clarke, W. P. and Sly, L. I. (2003). Characterisation of spatial and temporal profiles in packed-column biofilm reactor for shale retorting process wastewater treatment. Biofilm Symposium 2003, Cape Town, South Africa, 14-18 September 2003. South Africa: International Water Association.
Ho, N. M., Clarke, W. P., Sly, L. I. and Picaro, P. (2003). Development of a waste water treatment process of the Stuart Oil Shale Project. Innovations in Water OZwater Convention & Exhibition, Perth, Western Australia, 6-10 April 2003. NSW, Australia: Australian Water Association.
Raghuwanshi, A., Fegan, M., Hayward, A. C. and Sly, L. I. (2000). Characterisation and molecular detection of a potential bacterial stunt of cotton pathogen. x, Brisbane, 23-28 July, 2000.
Raghuwanshi, A., Fegan, M., Hayward, A. C. and Sly, L. I. (2000). Characterisation and molecular detection of a potential bacterial stunt of cotton pathogen. Australian Society for Microbiology, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 8-13 July 2000.
Sly, L. I. (1999). Culture collections: a world resource for microbiology. 9th International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microb, Sydney, 16-20 August 1999. Aust.: Int. Union of Microbiological Societies.
Cox, T. L., Sly, L. I. and Jones, G. (1999). Bacterial diversity in river ecosystems studied by phylogenetic molecular methods. 9th International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microb, Sydney, 16-20 August 1999. Aust.: Int. Union of Microbiological Societies.