Emeritus Professor John Fuerst
Emeritus Professor
School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences
Researcher biography
General Research specialises in: Evolutionary microbiology, Marine microbiology; Molecular phylogenetics, genomics and bioinformatics of bacteria; Planctomycete bacteria; Bacterial cell biology and structure.
Current research projects include:
Molecular cell biology of planctomycete bacteria in relation to the origin of eukaryotes and cell compartmentalisation (ARC Large Grant).Culture, molecular phylogenetics and ultrastructure of Archaeal and Bacterial symbionts of marine sponges.Publications
Book Chapters
Fuerst, John A. (2017). Planctomycetes – new models for microbial cells and activities. In Ipek Kurtböke (Ed.), Microbial resources: from functional existence in nature to applications (pp. 1-27) London: Academic Press. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-804765-1.00001-1
Fuerst, John A. (2013). A final word: the future of planctomycetology and related studies. In John A. Fuerst (Ed.), Planctomyctes: Structure, Origins and Cell Biology (pp. 271-273) New York, NY, United States: Springer New York. doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-502-6
Fuerst, John A. and Sagulenko, Evgeny (2013). Planctomycetes: their evolutionary implications for models for origins of eukaryotes and the eukaryote nucleus and endomembranes. In John A. Fuerst (Ed.), Planctomycetes: Cell Structure, Origins and Biology (pp. 243-270) New York, NY, United States: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-502-6_11
Fuerst, John A., Webb, Richard I. and Sagulenko, Evgeny (2013). Cell compartmentalization and endocytosis in planctomycetes: structure and function in complex bacteria. In John A. Fuerst (Ed.), Planctomycetes: Cell Structure, Origins and Biology (pp. 39-75) New York, NY, United States: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-502-6_2
Fuerst, John A. (2013). Preface. In John A. Fuerst (Ed.), Planctomyctes: Structure, Origins and Cell Biology (pp. v-vii) New York, NY, United States: Springer New York. doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-502-6
Fuerst, John A., Lee, Kuo-Chang and Butler, Margaret K. (2010). Genus III. Gemmata. In Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Volume four: The bacteroidetes, spirochaetes, tenericutes (mollicutes), acidobacteria, fibrobacteres, fusobacteria, dictyoglomi, gemmatimonadetes, lentisphaerae, verrucomicrobia, chlamydiae, and planctomycetes 2nd ed. (pp. 897-900) New York, NY, U.S.A.: Springer.
Fuerst, John A. and Butler, Margaret K. (2010). Genus V. Pirellula. In Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Volume four, The bacteroidetes, spirochaetes, tenericutes (mollicutes), acidobacteria, fibrobacteres, fusobacteria, dictyoglomi, gemmatimonadetes, lentisphaerae, verrucomicrobia, chlamydiae, and planctomycetes 2nd ed. (pp. 903-905) New York., U.S.A.: Springer.
Shively, J. M., Cannon, G. C., Heinhorst, S., Fuerst, J. A., Bryant, D. A., Gantt, E., Maupin-Farlow, J. A., Schuler, D., Pfeifer, F., Docampo. R., Dahl, C., Press, J., Steinbuchel, A. and Federici, B. A. (2009). Intracellular structures of prokaryotes: Inclusions, compartments and assemblages. In Schaechter, Moselio (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Microbiology 3rd edition ed. (pp. 404-424) Oxford: Elsevier.
Fuerst, J A, Webb, R I, van Niftrik, L., Jetten, M. S. and Strous, M. (2006). Anammoxosomes of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing planctomycetes. In JM Shively (Ed.), Complex Intracellular Structures in Prokaryotes 1st ed. (pp. 259-283) Germany: Springer.
Fuerst, J A (2006). Membrane-bounded nucleoids and pirellulosomes of planctomycetes. In JM Shively (Ed.), Complex Intracellular Structures in Prokaryotes 1st ed. (pp. 229-257) Germany: Springer-Verlag.
Sorokin, D.Y., Rainey, F.A., Webb, R. I. and Fuerst, J. A. (2005). Genus XXV: Sulfitobacter. In Brenner, D. J, Krieg, N.R. and Staley and J.T. (Ed.), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology 2 ed. (pp. 224-228) New York, USA: Springer Science & Business Media, Inc..
Ward, N., Staley, J. T., Fuerst, J. A., Giovannoni, S., Schlesner, H. and Stackebrandt, E. (2004). The order Planctomycetales, including the genera Planctomyces, Pirellula, Gemmata and Isosphaera and the Candidatus genera Brocadia, Kuenenia and Scalindua. In M. Dworkin (Ed.), Proteobacteria: Delta and Epsilon Subclasses, Deeply Rooting Bacteria 3rd ed. (pp. 1-57) New York: Springer-Verlag. doi:10.1007/0-387-30747-8_31
Journal Articles
Seeger, Christian, Butler, Margaret K, Yee, Benjamin, Mahajan, Mayank, Fuerst, John A and Andersson, Siv G E (2017) Tuwongella immobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel non-motile bacterium within the phylum Planctomycetes. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 67 12: 4923-4929. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.002271
Staley, James T. and Fuerst, John A. (2017) Ancient, highly conserved proteins from a LUCA with complex cell biology provide evidence in support of the nuclear compartment commonality (NuCom) hypothesis. Research in Microbiology, 168 5: 395-412. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2017.01.001
Sagulenko, Evgeny, Nouwens, Amanda, Webb, Richard I., Green, Kathryn, Yee, Benjamin, Morgan, Garry, Leis, Andrew, Lee, Kuo-Chang, Butler, Margaret K., Chia, Nicholas, Pham, Uyen Thi Phuong, Lindgreen, Stinus, Catchpole, Ryan, Poole, Anthony M. and Fuerst, John A. (2017) Nuclear pore-like structures in a compartmentalized bacterium. PLoS One, 12 2: e0169432. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0169432
Bose, Utpal, Ortori, Catharine A., Sarmad, Sarir , Barrett, David A., Hewavitharana, Amitha K. , Hodson, Mark P., Fuerst, John A. and Shaw, P. Nicholas (2017) Production of N-acyl homoserine lactones by the sponge-associated marine actinobacteria Salinispora arenicola and Salinispora pacifica. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 364 2: . doi:10.1093/femsle/fnx002
Bose, Utpal, Hewavitharana, Amitha K., Ng, Yi Kai, Shaw, Paul Nicholas, Fuerst, John A. and Hodson, Mark P. (2015) LC-MS-Based Metabolomics Study of Marine Bacterial Secondary Metabolite and Antibiotic Production in Salinispora arenicola.. Marine Drugs, 13 1: 249-266. doi:10.3390/md13010249
Fuerst, John A. and Sagulenko, Evgeny (2014) Towards understanding the molecular mechanism of the endocytosis-like process in the bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA): Molecular Cell Research, 1843 8: 1732-1738. doi:10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.10.002
Fuerst, John A. (2014) Diversity and biotechnological potential of microorganisms associated with marine sponges. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 98 17: 7331-7347. doi:10.1007/s00253-014-5861-x
Ng, Y. K., Hodson, M. P., Hewavitharana, A. K., Bose, U., Shaw, P. N. and Fuerst, J. A. (2014) Effects of salinity on antibiotic production in sponge-derived Salinispora actinobacteria. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 117 1: 109-125. doi:10.1111/jam.12507
Sagulenko, Evgeny, Morgan, Garry P., Webb, Richard I., Yee, Benjamin, Lee, Kuo-Chang and Fuerst, John A. (2014) Structural studies of Planctomycete Gemmata obscuriglobus support cell compartmentalisation in a bacterium. PLoS One, 9 3: e91344.1-e91344.8. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091344
Bose, Utpal, Hewavitharana, Amitha K., Vidgen, Miranda E., Ng, Yi Kai, Shaw, Nicholas, Fuerst, John A. and Hodson, Mark P. (2014) Discovering the recondite secondary metabolome spectrum of Salinispora species: a study of inter-species diversity. PLoS One, 9 3: e91488.1-e91488.10. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091488
Bose, Utpal, Hodson, Mark P., Shaw, P. Nicholas, Fuerst, John A. and Hewavitharana, Amitha K. (2014) Bacterial production of the fungus-derived cholesterol-lowering agent mevinolin. Biomedical Chromatography, 28 9: 1163-1166. doi:10.1002/bmc.3138
Paparoditis, Philipp, Vastermark, Åke, Le, Andrew J., Fuerst, John A. and Saier, Milton H. (2014) Bioinformatic analyses of integral membrane transport proteins encoded within the genome of the planctomycetes species, Rhodopirellula baltica. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, 1838 1 PARTB: 193-215. doi:10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.08.007
Bose, Utpal, Hodson, Mark P., Shaw, P. Nicholas, Fuerst, John A. and Hewavitharana, Amitha K. (2014) Two peptides, Cycloaspeptide A and Nazumamide A from a sponge associated marine Actinobacterium Salinispora sp. Natural Product Communications, 9 4: 545-546.
Fuerst, John A. (2013) The PVC superphylum: exceptions to the bacterial definition?. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 104 4: 451-466. doi:10.1007/s10482-013-9986-1
Izumi, Hiroshi, Sagulenko, Evgeny, Webb, Richard I. and Fuerst, John A. (2013) Isolation and diversity of planctomycetes from the sponge Niphates sp., seawater, and sediment of Moreton Bay, Australia.. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 104 4: 533-546. doi:10.1007/s10482-013-0003-5
Devos, Damien P., Jogler, Christian and Fuerst, John A. (2013) The 1st EMBO workshop on PVC bacteria--Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae superphylum: exceptions to the bacterial definition?. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 104 4: 443-449. doi:10.1007/s10482-013-0026-y
Fuerst, John A. and Sagulenko, Evgeny (2013) Nested bacterial boxes: nuclear and other intracellular compartments in planctomycetes. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, 23 1-2: 95-103. doi:10.1159/000346544
Ng, Yi Kai, Hewavitharana, Amitha K., Webb, Richard, Shaw, P. Nicholas and Fuerst, John A. (2013) Developmental cycle and pharmaceutically relevant compounds of Salinospora actinbacteria isolated from Great Barrier Reef marine sponges. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 97 7: 3097-3108. doi:10.1007/s00253-012-4479-0
Yee, Benjamin, Sagulenko, Evgeny, Morgan, Garry P., Webb, Richard I. and Fuerst, John A. (2012) Electron tomography of the nucleoid of Gemmata obscuriglobus reveals complex liquid crystalline cholesteric structure. Frontiers in Microbiology, 3 SEP: 326.1-326.8. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2012.00326
Fuerst, John A. and Sagulenko, Evgeny (2012) Keys to eukaryality: Planctomycetes and ancestral evolution of cellular complexity. Frontiers in Microbiology, 3 MAY: 167.1-167.12. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2012.00167
Vidgen, M. E., Hooper, J. N. A. and Fuerst, J. A. (2012) Diversity and distribution of the bioactive actinobacterial genus Salinispora from sponges along the Great Barrier Reef. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek, 101 3: 603-618. doi:10.1007/s10482-011-9676-9
Wang, Jack T.H., Schembri, Mark A., Ramakrishna, Mathitha, Sagulenko, Evgeny and Fuerst, John A. (2012) Immersing undergraduate students in the research experience: A practical laboratory module on molecular cloning of microbial genes. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 40 1: 37-45. doi:10.1002/bmb.20572
Yee, Benjamin, Sagulenko, Evgeny and Fuerst, John A. (2011) Making heads or tails of the HU proteins in the planctomycete Gemmata obscuriglobus. Microbiology, 157 7: 2012-2021. doi:10.1099/mic.0.047605-0
Fuerst, John A. and Sagulenko, Evegeny (2011) Beyond the bacterium: Planctomycetes challenge our concepts of microbial structure and function. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 9 6: 403-413. doi:10.1038/nrmicro2578
Fuerst, John A. (2011) Microbial diversity beyond E. coli: new microbial worlds, new concepts in biology. Microbiology Australia, 32 2: 73-76.
Yee, Benjamin, Oertli, Gary E., Fuerst, John A. and Staley, James T. (2010) Reclassification of the polyphyletic genus Prosthecomicrobium to form two novel genera, Vasilyevaea gen. nov. and Bauldia gen. nov. with four new combinations: Vasilyevaea enhydra comb. nov., Vasilyevaea mishustinii comb. nov., Bauldia consociata comb. no. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 60 12: 2960-2966. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.018234-0
Izumi, Hiroshi, Gauthier, Marie E.A., Degnan, Bernard M., Ng, Yi Kai, Hewavitharana, Amitha K., Shaw, P. Nicholas and Fuerst, John A. (2010) Diversity of Mycobacterium species from marine sponges and their sensitivity to antagonism by sponge-derived rifamycin-synthesizing actinobacteria in genus Salinispora. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 313 1: 33-40. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02118.x
Fuerst, John A. and Sagulenko, Evgeny (2010) Protein uptake by bacteria: An endocytosis-like process in the planctomycete Gemmata obscuriglobus. Communicative and Integrative Biology, 3 6: 572-575. doi:10.4161/cib.3.6.13061
van Niftrik, Laura, van Helden, Mary, Kirchen, Silke, van Donselaar, Elly G., Harhangi, Harry R., Webb, Richard I., Fuerst, John A., Op den Camp, Huub J. M., Jetten, Mike S. M. and Strous, Marc (2010) Intracellular localization of membrane-bound ATPases in the compartmentalized anammox bacterium 'Candidatus Kuenenia stuttgartiensis'. Molecular Microbiology, 77 3: 701-715. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07242.x
Lonhienne, Thierry G. A., Sagulenko, Evgeny, Webb, Richard I., Lee, Kuo-Chang, Franke, Josef, Devos, Damien P., Nouwens, Amanda, Carroll, Bernard J. and Fuerst, John A. (2010) Endocytosis-like protein uptake in the bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus. Proceedings of the National Acadamy of Sciences of the United State of America, 107 29: 12883-12888. doi:10.1073/pnas.1001085107
Staley, James T., FitzGerald, Kelly, Fuerst, John A. and Dijkshoorn, Lenie (2010) Microbiological material exchanges among scientists. Research In Microbiology, 161 6: 446-452. doi:10.1016/j.resmic.2010.05.011
Fuerst, John A. (2010) Beyond prokaryotes and eukaryotes : Planctomycetes and cell organization. Nature Education, 3 9, Article No. 44: Online.
van Niftrik, Laura, Geerts, Willie J. C., van Donselaar, Elly G., Humbel, Bruno M., Webb, Richard I., Harhangi, Harry R., Op den Camp, Huub J. M., Fuerst, John A., Verkleij, Arie J., Jetten, Mike S. M. and Strous, Marc (2009) Cell division ring, a new cell division protein and vertical inheritance of a bacterial organelle in anammox planctomycetes. Molecular Microbiology, 73 6: 1009-1019. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06841.x
Lafi, Feras F., Fuerst, John A., Fieseler, Lars, Engels, Cecilia, Goh, Winnie Wei Ling and Hentschel, Ute (2009) Widespread distribution of poribacteria in demospongiae. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75 17: 5695-5699. doi:10.1128/AEM.00035-09
Lee, Kuo-Chang, Webb, Rick I. and Fuerst, John A. (2009) The cell cycle of the planctomycete Gemmata obscuriglobus with respect to cell compartmentalization. BMC Cell Biology, 10 4: 1-12. doi:10.1186/1471-2121-10-4
Lee, Kuo-Chang, Webb, Richard I., Janssen, Peter H., Sangwan, Parveen, Romeo, Tony, Staley, James T. and Fuerst, John A. (2009) Phylum Verrucomicrobia representatives share a compartmentalized cell plan with members of bacterial phylum Planctomycetes. BMC Microbiology, 9 5: 1-10. doi:10.1186/1471-2180-9-5
Hewavitharana, A., Shaw, P. N., Ng, Y. K. and Fuerst, J. A. (2009) Simple screening method for staurosporine in bacterial cultures using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Bioanalysis & Biomedicine, 1 1: 1-4. doi:10.4172/1948-593X.1000001
Fuerst, John A. (2008) Complete genome sequence of the extremely acidophilic methanotroph isolate V4, Methylacidiphilum infernorum, a representative of the bacterial phylum Verrucomicrobia: Reviewers' report 1. Biology Direct, 3 . doi:10.1186/1745-6150-3-26
van Niftrik, L., Geerts, W., van Donselaar, E., Humbel, B., Webb, R., Fuerst, J., Verkleij, A., Jetten, M. and Strous, M. (2008) Linking Ultrastructure and Function in Four Genera of Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidizing Bacteria: Cell Plan, Glycogen Storage, and Localization of Cytochrome c Proteins. Journal of Bacteriology, 190 2: 708-717. doi:10.1128/JB.01449-07
Yee, Benjamin, Lafi, Feras F., Oakley, Brian, Staley, James T. and Fuerst, John A. (2007) A canonical FtsZ protein in Verrucomicrobium spinosum, a member of the bacterial phylum Verrucomicrobia that also includes tubulin-producing Prosthecobacter species. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 7 37: 1-8. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-7-37
Kartal, Boran, Rattray, Jayne, van Niftrik, Laura A., van de Vossenberg, Jack, Schmid, Markus C., Webb, Richard I., Schouten, Stefan, Fuerst, John A., Sinninghe-Damste, Jaap, Jetten, Mike S. M. and Strous, Marc (2007) Candidatus "Anammoxoglobus propionicus" a new propionate oxidizing species of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 30 1: 39-49. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2006.03.004
Butler, M. K., den Camp, H. J. M. O., Harhangi, H. R., Lafi, F. F., Strous, M. and Fuerst, J. A. (2007) Close relationship of RNase P RNA in Gemmata and anammox planctomycete bacteria. Fems Microbiology Letters, 268 2: 244-253. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00597.x
Hewavitharana, A. K., Shaw, P. N., Kim, T. K. and Fuerst, J. A. (2007) Screening of rifamycin producing marine sponge bacteria by LC-MS-MS. Journal of Chromatography B-analytical Technologies In The Biomedical And Life Sciences, 852 1-2: 362-366. doi:10.1016/j.jchromb.2007.01.042
Kim, Tae Kyung and Fuerst, John A. (2006) Diversity of polyketide synthase genes from bacteria associated with the marine sponge Pseudoceratina clavata: culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches. Environmental Microbiology, 8 8: 1460-1470. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01040.x
Kim, T. K., Hewavitharana, A. K., Shaw, P. N. and Fuerst, J. A. (2006) Discovery of a new source of rifamycin antibiotics in marine sponge actinobacteria by phylogenetic prediction. Applied And Environmental Microbiology, 72 3: 2118-2125. doi:10.1128/AEM.72.3.2118-2125.2006
Fuerst, John A. (2005) Intracellular compartmentation in planctomycetes. Annual Review of Microbiology, 59 -: 299-328. doi:10.1146/annurev.micro.59.030804.121258
Lafi, Feras F., Garson, Mary J. and Fuerst, John A. (2005) Culturable bacterial symbionts isolated from two distinct sponge species (Pseudoceratina clavata and Rhabdastrella globostellata) from the Great Barrier Reef display similar phylogenetic diversity. Microbial Ecology, 50 2: 213-220. doi:10.1007/s00248-004-0202-8
Kim, T. K., Garson, M. J. and Fuerst, J. A. (2005) Marine actinomycetes related to the 'Salinospora' group from the Great Barrier Reef sponge Pseudoceratina clavata. Environmental Microbiology, 7 4: 509-518. doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00716.x
Fuerst, John A. and Nisbet, Euan G. (2004) Buds from the tree of life: Linking compartmentalized prokaryotes and eukaryotes by a non-hyperthermophile common ancestor and implications for understanding Archaean microbial communities. International Journal of Astrobiology, 3 pp 3: 183-187. doi:10.1017/S1473550404002150
Butler, Margaret K. and Fuerst, John A. (2004) Comparative Analysis of Ribonuclease P RNA of the Planctomycetes. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 54 4: 1333-1344. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.03013-0
Fuerst, John (2004) Planctomycetes: A Phylum of Emerging Interest for Microbial Evolution and Ecology. World Federation for Culture Collections Newsletter, 38: 1-11.
van Niftrik, L. A., Fuerst, J. A., Damste, J. S. S., Kuenen, J. G., Jetten, M. S. M. and Strous, M. (2004) The anammoxosome: an intracytoplasmic compartment in anammox bacteria. Fems Microbiology Letters, 233 1: 7-13. doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2004.01.044
Studholme, David J., Fuerst, John A. and Bateman, Alex (2004) Novel protein domains and motifs in the marine planctomycete Rhodopirellula baltica. Fems Microbiology Letters, 236 2: 333-340. doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2004.06.007
Sinninghe-Damste, J. S., Rijpstra, W. I. C., Schouten, S., Fuerst, J. A., Jetten, M. S. and Strous, M. (2004) The occurrence of hopanoids in planctomycetes: implications for the sedimentary biomarker record. Organic Geochemistry, 35 5: 561-566. doi:10.1016/j.orrgeochem.2004.01.013
Jetten, M. S., Sliekers, O., Kuypers, M., Dalsgaard, T., van Niftrik, L., Cirpus, I., van de Pas-Schoonen, K. T., Lavik, G., Thamdrup, B., Le Paslier, D., Op den Camp, H. J. M., Huth, S., Nielsen, L. P., Abma, W., Third, K., Engstrom, P., Kuenen, J. G., Jorgensen, B. B., Canfield, D. E., Damste, J. S. S., Revsbech, N. P., Fuerst, J., Weissenbach, J., Wagner, M., Schmidt, I., Schmid, M. and Strous, M. (2003) Anaerobic ammonium oxidation by marine and freshwater planctomycete-like bacteria. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 63 2: 107-114. doi:10.1007/s00253-003-1422-4
Schmid, M., Walsh, K., Webb, R. I., Rijpstra, W. I. C., Van De Pas-Schoonen, K. T., Verbruggen, M. J., Hill, T., Moffett, B., Fuerst, J. A., Schouten, S., Sinninghe-Damste, J.S., Harris, J., Shaw, P., Jetten, M. S. and Strous, M. (2003) Candidatus "Scalindua brodae", spec. nov., Candidatus "Scalindua wagneri", spec. nov., two new species of anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 26 4: 529-538. doi:10.1078/072320203770865837
Schmidt, I., Sliekers, O., Schmid, M., Bock, E., Fuerst, J., Kuenen, J. G., Jetten, M. S. M. and Strous, M. (2003) New concepts of microbial treatment processes for the nitrogen removal in wastewater. Fems Microbiology Reviews, 27 4: 481-492. doi:10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00039-1
Strous, M., Kuenen, J. G., Fuerst, J. A., Wagner, M. and Jetten, M. S. M. (2002) The anammox case - A new experimental manifesto for microbiological eco-physiology. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General And Molecular Microbiology, 81 1-4: 693-702. doi:10.1023/A:1020590413079
Jenkins, C., Kedar, V. and Fuerst, J. A. (2002) Gene discovery within the plantomycete division of the domain bacteria using sequence tags from genomic DNA libraries. Genome Biology, 3 6: 0031.1-0031.11.
Wang, Jenny, Jenkins, Cheryl, Webb, Richard I. and Fuerst, John A. (2002) Isolation of Gemmata-like and Isosphaera-like planctomycete bacteria from soil and freshwater. Applied And Environmental Microbiology, 68 1: 417-422. doi:10.1128/AEM.68.1.417-422.2002
Jetten, M. S., Schmid, M, Schmidt, I., Wubben, M., van Dongen, U., Abma, W., Sliekers, O., Revsbech, N. P., Beaumont, H. J. E., Ottosen, L., Volcke, E., Laanbroek, H. J., Campos-Gomez, J. L., Cole, J., van Loosdrecht, M., Mulder, J. W., Fuerst, J. A. and Richardson, D. (2002) Improved nitrogen removal by application of new nitrogen-cycle bacteria. Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology, 1 1: 51-63. doi:10.1023/A:1015191724542
Butler, Margaret K., Wang, Jenny, Webb, Richard I. and Fuerst, John A. (2002) Molecular and Ultrastructural Confirmation of Classification of ATCC 35122 as a Strain of Pirellula staleyi. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 52 5: 1663-1667. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02167-0
Lindsay, Margaret R., Webb, Richard I., Strous, Marc, Jetten, Mike S. M., Butler, Margaret K., Forde, Rebecca J. and Fuerst, John A. (2001) Cell compartmentalisation in planctomycetes: novel types of structural organisation for the bacterial cell. Archives of Microbiology, 175 6: 413-429. doi:10.1007/s002030100280
Jenkins, C. and Fuerst, J. A. (2001) Phylogenetic analysis of evolutionary relationships of the planctomycete division of the domain bacteria based on amino acid sequences of elongation factor Tu. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 52 5: 405-418.
Jetten, M. S. M., Wagner, M., Fuerst, J., van Loosdrecht, M., Kuenen, G. and Strous, M. (2001) Microbiology and application of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation ('anammox') process. Current Opinion In Biotechnology, 12 3: 283-288. doi:10.1016/S0958-1669(00)00211-1
Fuerst, J. A. and Hugenholtz, P. (2000) Microorganisms should be high on DNA preservation list. Science, 290 5496: 1503-1503.
Strous, Marc, Fuerst, John A., Kramer, Evelien H. M., Logemann, Susanne, Muyzer, Gerard, van de Pas-Schoonen, Katinka T., Webb, Richard, Kuenen, J. Gijs and Jetten, Mike S. M. (1999) Missing lithotroph identified as new planctomycete. Nature, 400 6743: 446-449. doi:10.1038/22749
Fuerst, J. A., Webb, R. I., Garson, M. J., Hardy, L. L. and Reiswig, H. M. (1999) Membrane-bounded nuclear bodies in a diverse range of microbial symbionts of Great Barrier Reef sponges. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 44 193-203.
Fuerst, JA, Webb, RI, Garson, MJ, Hardy, L and Reiswig, HM (1998) Membrane-bounded nucleoids in microbial symbionts of marine sponges. Fems Microbiology Letters, 166 1: 29-34. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb13179.x
Lindsay, MR, Webb, RI and Fuerst, JA (1997) Pirellulosomes: A new type of membrane-bounded cell compartment in planctomycete bacteria of the genus Pirellula. Microbiology-uk, 143 739-748.
Lindsay, Margaret R., Webb, Richard I. and Fuerst, John A. (1997) Pirellulosomes: A New Type of Membrane-Bounded Cell Compartment in Planctomycete Bacteria of the Genus Pirellula. Microbiology, 143 3: 739-748.
Fuerst, JA, Gwilliam, HG, Lindsay, M, Lichanska, A, Belcher, C, Vickers, JE and Hugenholtz, P (1997) Isolation and molecular identification of planctomycete bacteria from postlarvae of the giant tiger prawn, Penaeus monodon. Applied And Environmental Microbiology, 63 1: 254-262.
Hugenholtz, P, Cunningham, MA, Hendrikz, JK and Fuerst, JA (1995) Desiccation Resistance of Bacteria Isolated From An Air-Handling System Biofilm Determined Using a Simple Quantitative Membrane-Filter Method. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 21 1: 41-46. doi:10.1111/j.1472-765X.1995.tb01003.x
Fuerst, John A. (1995) The Planctomycetes: Emerging Models for Microbial Ecology, Evolution and Cell Biology. Microbiology, 141 7: 1493-1506.
Fuerst, John A. (1995) The Planctomycetes: Emerging Models for Microbial Ecology; Evolution and Cell Biology. Microbiology, 141 7: 1493-1506.
Yurkov, V, Stackebrandt, E, Holmes, A, Fuerst, JA, Hugenholtz, P, Golecki, J, Gadon, N, Gorlenko, VM, Kompantseva, EI and Drews, G (1994) Phylogenetic Positions of Novel Aerobic, Bacteriochlorophyll Alpha-Containing Bacteria and Description of Roseococcus-Thiosulfatophilus Gen-Nov, Sp-Nov, Erythromicrobium-Ramosum Gen-Nov, Sp-Nov, and Erythrobacter-Litoralis Sp-Nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 44 3: 427-434. doi:10.1099/00207713-44-3-427
Hugenholtz, P, Stackebrandt, E and Fuerst, JA (1994) A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Blastobacter with a View to its Future Reclassification. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 17 1: 51-57. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(11)80031-7
Wong, Frank Y. K., Stackebrandt, Erko, Ladha, J. K., Fleischman, Darrell E., Date, Richard A. and Fuerst, John A. (1994) Phylogenetic analysis of Bradyrhizobium japonicum and photosynthetic stem- nodulating bacteria from Aeschynomene species grown in separated geographical regions. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 60 3: 940-946.
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
Hugenholtz, P and Fuerst, JA (1992) Heterotrophic Bacteria in An Air-Handling System. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 58 12: 3914-3920.
Fuerst, John A., Sambhi, Sharan K., Paynter, Janette L., Hawkins, John A. and Atherton, John G. (1991) Isolation of a bacterium resembling Pirellula species from primary tissue culture of the giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon). Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 57 11: 3127-3134.
Fegan M., Francis P., Hayward A.C. and Fuerst J.A. (1991) Heterogeneity, persistence, and distribution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa genotypes in cystic fibrosis patients. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 29 10: 2151-2157.
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
Fegan M., Francis P., Hayward A.C., Davis G.H.G. and Fuerst J.A. (1990) Phenotypic conversion of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 28 6: 1143-1146.
Dillon J.K., Fuerst J.A., Hayward A.C. and Davis G.H.G. (1986) A comparison of five methods for assaying bacterial hydrophobicity. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 6 1: 13-19. doi:10.1016/0167-7012(86)90027-8
Fuerst J.A. (1984) The Definition of Molecular Biology and the Definition of Policy: The Role of the Rockefeller Foundation's Policy for Molecular Biology. Social Studies of Science, 14 2: 225-237. doi:10.1177/030631284014002003
Fuerst J.A. (1982) The Role of Reductionism in the Development of Molecular Biology: Peripheral or Central?. Social Studies of Science, 12 2: 241-278. doi:10.1177/030631282012002003
Conference Papers
Bose, Utpal, Hodson, Mark P., Shaw, P. Nicholas, Fuerst, John A. and Hewavitharana, Amitha K. (2013). Intraspecific variability in secondary metabolites of the Great Barrier Reef sponge-associated marine bacteria "Salinispora pacifica". In: International Marine Biotechnology Conference, 10th Triennial Conference: IMBC 2013. Program and Abstract Handbook. IMBC 2013: 10th International Marine Biotechnology Conference, South Bank, QLD, Australia, (70-70). 11-15 November, 2013.
Bose, Utpal, Hodson, Mark P., Vidgen, Miranda E., Shaw, P. Nicholas, Fuerst, John A. and Hewavitharana, Amitha K. (2013). Patterns of chemical diversity on sponge associated marine bacteria. In: 9th Annual Conference of the Metabolomics Society: Full Abstracts. 9th Annual Conference of the Metabolomics Society, Glasgow, Scotland, U.K., (264-264). 1-4 July, 2013.
Bose, Utpal, Hodson, Mark P., Shaw, P. Nicholas, Fuerst, John A. and Hewavitharana, Amitha K. (2013). Discovering the hidden secondary metabolome of Salinispora arenicola: a study of intra-specific diversity. In: A. L. IL’ichev, R. T. Cardé, D. G. Williams and M. P. Zalucki, International Chemical Ecology Conference 2013: Program and Abstracts. ICEC 2013: International Chemical Ecology Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, (). 19-23 August, 2013.
Bose, U., Hewavitharana, A. K., Vidgen, M. E., Shaw, P. N., Fuerst, J. A. and Hodson, M. P. (2013). Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry metabolomic profiling to explore inter-species diversity in the genus Salinispora. In: FEMS 2013: 5th Congress of European Microbiologists, Leipzig, Germany, (). 21-25 July, 2013.
Bose, Utpal, Hodson, Mark, Vidgen, M., Shaw, N., Fuerst, J. and Hewavitharana, A. (2013). Chemical diversity of marine bacteria Salinispora arenicola and "Salinispora pacifica" associated with the host sponges Dercitus xanthus and Cinahyrella australiensis. In: Abstracts: Ninth World Sponge Conference 2013. Abstracts for Oral, Speed Talk and Poster Presentations. The 9th International Sponge Conference, Fremantle, WA, Australia, (11-11). 2013.
Wang, Jack T. H., Schembri, Mark A. and Fuerst, John A. (2012). How do we embed research into Microbiology Education? A case study in immersive undergraduate research experiences. In: Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM2012), Brisbane, Australia, (81-81). 1-4 July 2012.
Fuerst, John A., Hewavitharana, Amitha, Hooper, John, Izumi, Hiroshi, Ng, Yi Kai, Sagulenko, Evgeny, Shaw, Paul N., Schirra, Horst and Vidgen, Miranda (2011). Salinispora, Planctomycetes and their implications for sponge microbiology. In: 1st International sponge microbiology conference, Germany, (). 2011.
Ng,Yi Kai, Hewavitharana, Amitha, Shaw, Paul N., Webb, Richard, Hooper, John and Fuerst, John A. (2011). Developmental cycle and antibiotic production of Salinispora arenicola isolated from Great Barrier Reef Marine sponges. In: Society for General Microbiology Autumn Conference 2011. Society for General Microbiology Autumn Conference 2011, York, United Kingdom, (). 5-7 September 2011.
Bose, Utpal, Vidgen, Miranda, Shaw, Nick, Fuerst, John A. and Hewavitharana, Amitha (2011). Application of HPLC_QTOF-MS/MS to assess the chemical diversity of the marine actinobacterial genus Salinispora. In: Australian Pharmaceutical Science Association Conference, Adelaide, Australia, (). 2011.
Wang, J. T. H., Schembri, M. A., Ramakrishna, M., Sagulenko, E. and Fuerst, J. A. (2011). Undergraduate research experiences: A case study in promoting student engagement through authentic scientific enquiry. In: Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, (). 28/9/2011 - 30/9/2011.
Wang, J. T. H., Schembri, M. A. and Fuerst, J. A. (2011). Developing professional research practice in students through undergraduate research experiences. In: Higher Education Research and Development (HERDSA 2011), Gold Coast , QLD, Australia, (). 4-7 July 2011.
Vidgen, M., Hooper, J. and Fuerst, J. (2010). Molecular diversity of the marine actinobacteria genus Salinispora isolated from Great Barrier Reef marine sponges. In: VIII World Sponge Conference, Girona, Spain, (). 20-24 September 2010.
Fuerst, J. A., Izumi, H., Ishii, M., Lonhienne, T. and Sagulenko, E. (2010). Uptake of macromolecules by planctomycetes. In: Small things, BIG ideas: New Zealand Microbiological Society and New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Joint Meeting 2010, Auckland, New Zealand, (34-34). 1-5 December 2010.
Yee, B., Jenkins, C., Fuerst, J. A. and Staley, J. T. (2008). Novel diversity within a large collection of planctomycetes strains isolated from soil. In: 108th American Society for Microbiology Meeting, Boston, U.S., (). 1-5 June, 2008.
Yee, B., Lee, K.-C., Balasubramanian, N., Fuerst, J.A. and Staley, J.T. (2008). Novel genera of the Isophaera group of planctomycetes isolated from soil. In: 12th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, Cairns, Australia, (). 17-22 Aug, 2008.
Fuerst, J.A. (2008). Bacterial models for the origin of compartmentalization in cells. In: Compartmentation, Phase Separation and the Origin of Life, Sante Fe, New Mexico, (). 16-19 June, 2008.
Kuo-Chang. Lee and Fuerst, John A. (2008). Cell division cycle of the nucleated planctomycete bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus. In: 12th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME 12), Cairns, Australia, (). 17-22 August 2008.
Lee, Kuo-Chang, Balasubramanian, Nithya, Fuerst, John and Staley, James T. (2008). Novel genera of the isosphaera group of planctomycetes isolated from soil. In: 12th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME 12), Cairns, Australia, (). 17-22 August, 2008.
Lee, K. and Fuerst, J. (2007). Endomembrane systems and cell division in planctomycete bacteria. In: ASCB 2007. The American Society for Cell Biology 47th Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA, (). 1-5 December 2007.
Fuerst, J.A. (2006). Superphyla and subcompartments:the PVC superphylum and the hypothesis of a compartmentalized LUCA. In: Fondation des Treilles Conference on LUCA: ten years after, Les Treilles, France, (). 5-9 September, 2006.
Kim, T. K. and Fuerst, J. A. (2005). Phylogenetic analysis of polyketide synthase genes from marine sponge-associated bacteria. In: Abstracts of International Marine Biotechnology Conference. International Marine Biotechnology Conference, St.John, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada, (12-12). 7-12 June, 2005.
Fuerst, John A. (2005). Planctomycete Cell Compartmentalization. In: Symposium 204/R on Changing Paradigms of Prokaryote Biology: Structural and Functional. 105th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A., (132-132). 5-9 June, 2005.
Webb, R. I., Lindsay, M., Strous, M., Jetten, M. S., Lafi, F. F. and Fuerst, J. A. (2004). Novel compartmentalisation in bacteria. In: Proceedings of Microscopy and Microanalysis 2004. Microscopy and Microanalysis 2004, Savannah, U.S.A., (). August 2004.
Fuerst, John A. (2004). Genomics of planctomycetes : their relevance to cell compartmentalization and eukaryote homologies. In: Les Treilles conference on 'Origin and Evolution of the Cell Nucleus', Les Treilles, France, (). 7-12 July, 2004.
Fuerst, John A. (2004). Splitting the prokaryote-eukaryote dichotomy: compartmentalized cell models for the origins of the nucleus. In: Origin and Evolution of the Cell Nucleus Conference, Les Treilles, France, (). 7-12 July, 2004.
Webb, R. I., Lindsay, M., Strous, M., Jetten, M. S. and Fuerst, J. A. (2004). Novel structural organisation of planctomycete bacteria. In: Proceedings of ACEM 18. ACEM 18, Geelong, Australia, (). 2-6 February 2004.
Lafi, Feras F., Kim, Tae Kyung, Pearson, Darnley, Webb, Rick, Garson, Mary and Fuerst, John A. (2003). Molecular analysis of microbial biodiversity in three sponge species from the Great Barrier Reef. In: AMSA 2003 Marine Biocomplexity Keynote Abstracts. AMSA 2003, Brisbane, (104-104). 9-11 July 2003.
Butler, M. K. and Fuerst, J. A. (2003). RNase P RNAA gene sequence analysis of planctomycetes. In: RNA 2003 - the 8th Annual Meeting of The RNA Society: Program and abstracts. RNA 2003: 8th Annual Meeting of the RNA Society, Vienna, (312-312). 1-6 July, 2003.
Lafi, F., Layton, I., Garson, M. J. and Fuerst, J. A. (2002). Culture and molecular identification of prokaryotes from microbial communities in the demosponges Pseudoceratina clavata, Axinyssa sp. and Rhabdastrella globostellata from the Great Barrier Reef. In: VI International Sponge Conference. VI International Sponge Conference, Rapallo, Italy, ((Abstract)). 29 September - 5 October, 2002.
Butler, M. K. and Fuerst, J. A. (2002). RNASE P RNA gene sequence analysis of planctomycetes. In: Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting. Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Mtg, Melbourne, ((Abstract)). 29 September - 3 October, 2002.
Smith, R. L. and Fuerst, J. A. (2002). The b-subunit of F1-ATPASE from planctomycetes. In: Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Meeting. Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Scientific Mtg, Melbourne, ((Abstract)). 29 September - 3 October, 2002.
Fuerst, J. A., Lindsay, M. R., Strous, M., Jetten, M. S. and Webb, R. I. (2002). Novel structural organization for bacteria illustrated by planctomycetes Gemmata obscuriglobus and 'anammox' bacteria. In: 15th International Congress on Electron Microscopy. 15th International Congress on Electron Microscopy, Durban, ((Abstract)). 1-6 September, 2002.
Jetten, M. S., Van de Pas-Schoonen, K. T., Fuerst, J. A., Wagner, M., Kuenen, J. G. and Strous, M. (2001). Microbiology of the anaerobic ammonium oxidation 'anammox' process. In: 9th International Society for Microbial Ecology Conference. ISME-9, Amsterdam, ((Abstract)). 26-31 Aug, 2001.
Butler, M. K., Webb, R. I. and Fuerst, J. A. (2001). Electron microscope-level in situ hybridisation localisation of ribosomal RNA in planctomycete bacteria. In: ASM 2001 Annual Scientific Meeting and Exhibition, Perth, WA, (A95 (Abstract)). 30 Sept - 5 Oct, 2001.
Kedar, V. P., Jenkins, C. and Fuerst, J. A. (1999). Random sequencing of genomic DNA libraries of representatives of the planctomycete division of Domain Bacteris. In: HGM '99 Programme and Abstract Book. HGM '99 (Human Genome Organisation's Human Genome Meeting '99, Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane, (49-49). 27-30 March 1999.
Jenkins, C. and Fuerst, J. A. (1999). Phylogenetic analysis of evolutionary relationships of the planctomycete Pirellula marina based on elongation factor-Tu sequences. In: IXth International Congress of Bacteriology & Applied Microbiology Abstract Book. IXth International Congress of Bacteriology & Applied Microbiology IUMS, Sydney, (90-90). 16-29 August 1999.
Fuerst, J. A. (1999). Cell compartmentalization, the three domains and the prokaryote-eukarynote dichotomy: planctomycetes and other dichotomy iconoclasts. In: IXth International Congress of Bacteriology & Applied Microbiology Abstract Book. IXth International Congress of Bacteriology & Applied Microbiology IUMS, Sydney, (35). 16-29 August 1999.
Conference Item
Hewavitharana, A, Shaw, P N, Kim, T. K. and Fuerst, J A (2006). Assessment of the presence of Rifamycin antibiotics in marine sponge bacterium Salinispora using LC-MS-MS. In: INTERACT 2006 : air, water & earth : INTERACT in Perth : program and abstracts. INTERACT 2006: Air, Water and Earth: INTERACT in Perth, Perth, Australia, (253-253). 24-28 September 2006.
Thesis
Fuerst, John Arlington (1975). The sheathed flagellum of Pseudomonas stizolobii PhD Thesis, School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland.
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