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Robert J. Seviour

Robert J. Seviour

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Microbiology

D-Index
67
Citations
13963
World Ranking
2302
National Ranking
81

Overview

Robert J. Seviour is affiliated with La Trobe University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work predominantly focuses on wastewater treatment, microbial community ecology, and genomics.

The main research topics addressed by Seviour include:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Actinomycetales infections and treatment
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation

Seviour's notable recent papers demonstrate active engagement with microbial taxonomy, wastewater microbiology, and environmental microbial interactions. Selected publications include:

  • "MiDAS 4: A global catalogue of full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences and taxonomy for studies of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants," 2022, published in Nature Communications
  • "Cocultivation of an ultrasmall environmental parasitic bacterium with lytic ability against bacteria associated with wastewater foams," 2021, published in Nature Microbiology
  • "The phylogeny, ecology and ecophysiology of the glycogen accumulating organism (GAO) Defluviicoccus in wastewater treatment plants," 2022, published in Water Research
  • "Effects of soil pH on the growth, soil nutrient composition, and rhizosphere microbiome of Ageratina adenophora," 2024, published in PeerJ
  • "The community compositions of three nitrogen removal wastewater treatment plants of different configurations in Victoria, Australia, over a 12-month operational period," 2020, published in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Their frequent coauthors are:

  • Steve Petrovski
  • Steven Batinovic
  • Yunhong Kong
  • Tadashi Nittami
  • Per Halkjær Nielsen

Publication venues where Seviour has published multiple times include:

  • Nature Communications
  • PeerJ
  • Scientific Reports
  • PLoS ONE
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

In terms of subfields within their larger focus, Seviour's work covers:

  • Ecology
  • Pollution
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Microbiology

This body of research situates Robert J. Seviour within the interdisciplinary study of microbial ecology and environmental processes relevant to wastewater systems and plant-soil interactions. Their publication record reflects sustained contributions to microbiological methodologies, microbial community profiling, and applied environmental biotechnology.

Best Publications

  • The microbiology of biological phosphorus removal in activated sludge systems.

    Robert J. Seviour;Takashi Mino;Motoharu Onuki

  • Medicinal importance of fungal β-(1→3), (1→6)-glucans

    Jiezhong Chen;Robert Seviour

  • Microbial Ecology of Activated Sludge

    Robert Seviour;Per Halkjær Nielsen

  • Growth of filamentous fungi in submerged culture: problems and possible solutions

    P A Gibbs;R J Seviour;F Schmid

  • The Phylogeny, Biodiversity, and Ecology of the Chloroflexi in Activated Sludge

    Lachlan B. M. Speirs;Daniel T. F. Rice;Steve Petrovski;Robert J. Seviour

  • Seven novel species of Acinetobacter isolated from activated sludge

    Emma L. Carr;Peter Kampfer;Bharat Kumar Patel;Volker Gurtler

  • A metabolic model for members of the genus Tetrasphaera involved in enhanced biological phosphorus removal

    Rikke Kristiansen;Hien Thi Thu Nguyen;Aaron Marc Saunders;Jeppe Lund Nielsen

  • Identity and ecophysiology of filamentous bacteria in activated sludge.

    Per Halkjær Nielsen;Caroline Kragelund;Robert J. Seviour;Jeppe Lund Nielsen

  • Bacteriophages in Natural and Artificial Environments

    Steven Batinovic;Flavia Wassef;Sarah A Knowler;Daniel T F Rice

  • Development and use of fluorescent in situ hybridization probes for the detection and identification of 'Microthrix parvicella' in activated sludge

    Robert Erhart;Debbie Bradford;Robert J. Seviour;Rudolf Amann

  • Noncellulolytic fungal β-glucanases: Their physiology and regulation

    S.M. Pitson;R.J. Seviour;B.M. McDougall

  • Microbiology of foaming in activated sludge plants.

    J. A. Soddell;R.J. Seviour

  • A simple HPLC method for analysing diaminopimelic acid diastereomers in cell walls of Gram‐positive bacteria

    J. McKerrow;S. Vagg;T. McKinney;E.M. Seviour

  • In situ identification and characterization of the microbial community structure of full-scale enhanced biological phosphorous removal plants in Japan.

    Man Tak Wong;Takashi Mino;Robert J. Seviour;Motoharu Onuki

  • The Microbiology of Activated Sludge

    R. J. Seviour;L. L. Blackall

  • Nitrous oxide (N2O) production by Alcaligenes faecalis during feast and famine regimes

    S Schalk-Otte;R.J Seviour;J.G Kuenen;M.S.M Jetten

  • Three isolates of novel polyphosphate-accumulating gram-positive cocci, obtained from activated sludge, belong to a new genus, Tetrasphaera gen. nov., and description of two new species, Tetrasphaera japonica sp. nov. and Tetrasphaera australiensis sp. nov.

    A.M. Maszenan;R.J. Seviour;B.K.C. Patel;P. Schumann

  • Production of Pullulan and other Exopolysaccharides by Filamentous Fungi

    R. J. Seviour;S. J. Stasinopoulos;D. P.F. Auer;P. A. Gibbs

  • Can whole genome analysis refine the taxonomy of the genus Rhodococcus

    Volker Gürtler;Barrie C Mayall;Robert Seviour

  • Biochemistry and molecular biology of exocellular fungal β‐(1,3)‐ and β‐(1,6)‐glucanases

    Kirstee Martin;Kirstee Martin;Barbara M. McDougall;Simon Jon McIlroy;Jayus

  • Does the agitation rate and/or oxygen saturation influence exopolysaccharide production by Aureobasidium pullulans in batch culture?

    P. A. Gibbs;R. J. Seviour

  • MiDAS 4: A global catalogue of full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences and taxonomy for studies of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants

    Dueholm Ms;Nierychlo M;Andersen Ks;Joergensen Vr

Frequent Co-Authors

Per Halkjær Nielsen
Per Halkjær Nielsen Aalborg University
Linda L. Blackall
Linda L. Blackall University of Melbourne
Jeppe Lund Nielsen
Jeppe Lund Nielsen Aalborg University
Bharat K. C. Patel
Bharat K. C. Patel Griffith University
Stuart M. Pitson
Stuart M. Pitson University of South Australia
Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann Leibniz Association
Tim A. McAllister
Tim A. McAllister Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Richard I. Webb
Richard I. Webb University of Queensland
Bruce A. Stone
Bruce A. Stone La Trobe University
Christopher P. Saint
Christopher P. Saint University of South Australia

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