Geomicrobiology Lab

Lin, H., Zhu, X.-Y., Xue, C.-X., Yao, P., Fu, L., Yang, Z., Zhang, X.-H., Moreau, J. W. (2025) Metagenomics reveals diverse community of putative mercury methylators across different biogeochemical niches in Sansha Yongle blue hole. Marine Life Science and Technology, (doi: 10.1007/s42995-025-00332-7)

Gionfriddo, C. M., Lin, H., Moreau, J. W. (2024) Microbial interactions with the mercury cycle. Springer

Moreau, J. W., Su, J. (2024) Abundance and type of microplastics along an urban density gradient in the Allander Water and River Kelvin, Greater Glasgow, Scotland. EarthArXiv, (doi: 10.31223/X5GH4F)

Voutsinos, M. Y., West-Roberts, J. A., Sachdeva, R., Moreau, J. W., Banfield, J. F. (2024) Weathered granites and soils harbour microbes with lanthanide-dependent methylotrophic enzymes. BMC Biology, 22, (doi: 10.1186/s12915-024-01841-0)

Power, J. F., Carere, C. R., Welford, H. E., Hudson, D. T., Lee, K. C., Moreau, J. W., Ettema, T. J. G., Reysenbach, A.-L., Lee, C. K., Colman, D. R., Boyd, E. S., Morgan, X. C., McDonald, I. R., Craig Cary, S., Stott, M. B. (2024) A genus in the bacterial phylum Aquificota appears to be endemic to Aotearoa-New Zealand. Nature Communications, 15, (doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-43960-2)

Cattò, C., Mu, A., Moreau, J. W., Wang, N., Cappitelli, F., Strugnell, R. (2023) Biofilm colonization of stone materials from an Australian outdoor sculpture: importance of geometry and exposure. Journal of Environmental Management, 339, (doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117948)

Lin, H., Moody, E. R.R., Williams, T. A., Moreau, J. W. (2023) On the origin and evolution of microbial mercury methylation. Genome Biology and Evolution, 15, (doi: 10.1093/gbe/evad051)

Woolfendon, C., Fowler, E., Gill, A., Kaplan, A., Curley, E., Lacsny, A., Naylor, L.A., McGregor, A., Bailey, D., Bass, A., Gauchotte-Lindsay, C., Li, Y., Moreau, J., Nager, R.G., White, S., Olive, V., Palmer, E., Prentice, T., Roberts, K., Slaymark, C., Wang, Y. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Baseline Monitoring Report. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.295312)

Soares, A. et al. (2023) A global perspective on bacterial diversity in the terrestrial deep subsurface. Microbiology, 169, (doi: 10.1099/mic.0.001172)

Capo, E. et al. (2023) A consensus protocol for the recovery of mercury methylation genes from metagenomes. Molecular Ecology Resources, 23, pp. 190-204. (doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13687)

Fowler, E., Woolfendon, C., Kaplan, A., Gill, A., Lacsny, A., Curley, E., Naylor, L.A., McGregor, A., Bailey, D., Bass, A., Gauchotte-Lindsay, C., Li, Y., Moreau, J., Nager, R., White, S., Olive, V., Palmer, E., Prentice, T., Roberts, K., Slaymark, C., Wang, Y. (2023) Glasgow’s Floating Estuarine Wetlands Long-Term Ecosystem Services and Function Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.295313)

Monaghan, A. A. et al. (2022) Time zero for net zero: a coal mine baseline for decarbonising heat. Earth Science, Systems and Society, 2, (doi: 10.3389/esss.2022.10054)

Cumberland, S. A., Evans, K., Douglas, G., de Jonge, M., Fisher, L., Howard, D., Moreau, J. W. (2021) Characterisation of uranium-pyrite associations within organic-rich Eocene sediments using EM, XFM-µXANES and µXRD. Ore Geology Reviews, 133, (doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2021.104051)

Lin, H., Ascher, D. B., Myung, Y., Lamborg, C. H., Hallam, S. J., Gionfriddo, C. M., Holt, K. E., Moreau, J. W. (2021) Mercury methylation by metabolically versatile and cosmopolitan marine bacteria. ISME Journal, 15, pp. 1810-1825. (doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-00889-4)

Voutsinos, M. Y., Banfield, J. F., Moreau, J. W. (2021) Secondary lanthanide phosphate mineralisation in weathering profiles of I-, S- and A-type granites. Mineralogical Magazine, 85, pp. 82-93. (doi: 10.1180/mgm.2020.90)

Shafiei, F., Watts, M. P., Pajank, L., Moreau, J. W. (2021) The effect of heavy metals on thiocyanate biodegradation by an autotrophic microbial consortium enriched from mine tailings. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 105, pp. 417-427. (doi: 10.1007/s00253-020-10983-4)

Mu, A., Thomas, B. C., Banfield, J. F., Moreau, J. W. (2020) Subsurface carbon monoxide oxidation capacity revealed through genome-resolved metagenomics of a carboxydotroph. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 12, pp. 525-533. (doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.12868)

Ling, Y.-C., Moreau, J. W. (2020) Bacterial predation limits microbial sulfate-reduction in a coastal acid sulfate soil (CASS) ecosystem. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 148, (doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107930)

Gionfriddo, C. M., Stott, M. B., Power, J. F., Ogorek, J. M., Krabbenhoft, D. P., Wick, R., Holt, K., Chen, L.-X., Thomas, B. C., Banfield, J. F., Moreau, J. W., Cann, I. (2020) Genome-resolved metagenomics and detailed geochemical speciation analyses yield new insights into microbial mercury cycling in geothermal springs. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86, (doi: 10.1128/AEM.00176-20)

Javed, M.A., Neil, W.C., McAdam, G., Moreau, J., Wade, S.A. (2020) Microbiologically influenced corrosion of stainless steel by sulfate reducing bacteria: a tale of caution. Corrosion, 76, pp. 639-653. (doi: 10.5006/3467)

Armbrecht, L. H., Coolen, M. J.L., Lejzerowicz, F., George, S. C., Negandhi, K., Suzuki, Y., Young, J., Foster, N. R., Armand, L. K., Cooper, A., Ostrowski, M., Focardi, A., Stat, M., Moreau, J. W., Weyrich, L. S. (2019) Ancient DNA from marine sediments: precautions and considerations for seafloor coring, sample handling and data generation. Earth Science Reviews, 196, (doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102887)

Watts, M. P., Spurr, L. P., Lê Cao, K.-A., Wick, R., Banfield, J. F., Moreau, J. W. (2019) Genome-resolved metagenomics of an autotrophic thiocyanate-remediating microbial bioreactor consortium. Water Research, 158, pp. 106-117. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.02.058)

Spurr, L. P., Watts, M. P., Gan, H. M., Moreau, J. W. (2019) Biodegradation of thiocyanate by a native groundwater microbial consortium. PeerJ, 7, (doi: 10.7717/peerj.6498)

Cox, T. L., Gan, H. M., Moreau, J. W. (2019) Seawater recirculation through subducting sediments sustains a deeply buried population of sulfate-reducing bacteria. Geobiology, 17, pp. 172-184. (doi: 10.1111/gbi.12324)

Watts, M. P., Moreau, J. W. (2018) Thiocyanate biodegradation: harnessing microbial metabolism for mine remediation. Microbiology Australia, 39, pp. 157-161. (doi: 10.1071/MA18047)

Cumberland, S. A., Etschmann, B., Brugger, J., Douglas, G., Evans, K., Fisher, L., Kappen, P., Moreau, J. W. (2018) Characterization of uranium redox state in organic-rich Eocene sediments. Chemosphere, 194, pp. 602-613. (doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.012)

Vu, H. P., Moreau, J. W. (2018) Effects of environmental parameters on thiocyanate biodegradation by Burkholderia phytofirmans candidate strain ST01hv. Environmental Engineering Science, 35, pp. 62-66. (doi: 10.1089/ees.2016.0351)

Ling, Y.-C., Gan, H. M., Bush, M., Bush, R., Moreau, J. W. (2018) Time-resolved microbial guild responses to tidal cycling in a coastal acid-sulfate system. Environmental Chemistry, 15, pp. 2-17. (doi: 10.1071/EN16203)

Watts, M. P., Gan, H. M., Peng, L. Y., Lê Cao, K.-A., Moreau, J. W. (2017) In situ stimulation of thiocyanate biodegradation through phosphate amendment in gold mine tailings water. Environmental Science and Technology, 51, pp. 13353-13362. (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b04152)

Watts, M. P., Spurr, L. P., Gan, H. M., Moreau, J. W. (2017) Characterization of an autotrophic bioreactor microbial consortium degrading thiocyanate. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 101, pp. 5889-5901. (doi: 10.1007/s00253-017-8313-6)

Moreau, J.W. (2017) Sulfate-reducing bacteria: Applications to metals bioremediation and biorecovery. CRC Press

Hug, K., Maher, W. A., Foster, S., Krikowa, F., Moreau, J. W. (2017) Experimental evaluation of sampling, storage and analytical protocols for measuring arsenic speciation in sulphidic hot spring waters. Microchemical Journal, 130, pp. 162-167. (doi: 10.1016/j.microc.2016.08.008)

Gionfriddo, C. M., Tate, M. T., Wick, R. R., Schultz, M. B., Zemla, A., Thelen, M. P., Schofield, R., Krabbenhoft, D. P., Holt, K. E., Moreau, J. W. (2016) Microbial mercury methylation in Antarctic sea ice. Nature Microbiology, 1, (doi: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.127)

Cumberland, S. A., Douglas, G., Grice, K., Moreau, J. W. (2016) Uranium mobility in organic matter-rich sediments: a review of geological and geochemical processes. Earth Science Reviews, 159, pp. 160-185. (doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.05.010)

Watts, M. P., Moreau, J. W. (2016) New insights into the genetic and metabolic diversity of thiocyanate-degrading microbial consortia. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 100, pp. 1101-1108. (doi: 10.1007/s00253-015-7161-5)