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Professor Gillian Dianne Lewis

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In: Biological Sciences » Faculty of Science
Assoc Dean Sustainability
In: Faculty of Science Administration » Faculty of Science

Research | Current

Biofilm Research

Stream biofilms are the focus of our current research. This work focuses on the structure, function and ecological roles of these complex communities.

See the stream biofilm website at www.streambiofilm.org.nz


Current and ongoing projects

  • Relationship between bacterial community diversity and functional diversity in stream biofilms
  • Influence of light and flow regimes on bacterial communities in stream biofilms.
  • Microbial biofilms for enhancement of stormwater treatment systems.
  • Microbial biofilms for monitoring the ecological health of streams.
  • The importance of rare bacteria in mixed communities.
  • Stream microbial food webs
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Past/completed projects

  • Distribution, persistence and fate of human viruses in aquatic systems
  • Contaminants of Oyster farms by microbial pathogens and indicators
  • Source distribution and implications of microbial contamination of beaches
  • Microbiological components and activity in reducing contaminants in stormwater treatment systems
  • Alternative microbial indicators and water quality
  • Virus transfer to the air by bubble bursting
  • Bacterial resuspension from sediments: implications for water quality
  • Microbial assemblages in wetlands receiving wastewater
  • The influence of bacterial viruses on the bacterial population dynamics in wastewater treatment systems
  • Human viruses in New Zealand Rivers
  • Microbial intervention to reduce methane emissions from waste treatment systems

Research group members

  • Professor Gillian Lewis (Group Leader)
  • Yimin Dong (Research and Teaching Technician)
  • Jo Smith (PhD Student: A Novel Mn depositing stream bacteria)
  • Joanne Hewitt ( PhD Student : Human Adenovirus: a surrogate for the presence of enteric viruses in food and water based at ESR Porirua)
  • Anne-Marie Perchec (PhD Student/Graduate research fellow : Is there an environmental clade of Escherichia coli?)

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

As of 29 October 2020 there will be no automatic updating of 'selected publications and creative works' from Research Outputs. Please continue to keep your Research Outputs profile up to date.
  • Gautam, A., Lear, G., & Lewis, G. D. (2020). Analysis of spatial and temporal variations in bacterial community dynamics within stream biofilms. NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH10.1080/00288330.2020.1804409
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: Gavin Lear
  • Zha, H., Lewis, G., Waite, D. W., Wu, J., Chang, K., Dong, Y., & Jeffs, A. (2019). Bacterial communities associated with tail fan necrosis in spiny lobster, Jasus edwardsii. FEMS microbiology ecology, 95 (6).10.1093/femsec/fiz070
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: David Waite, Andrew Jeffs
  • Zha, H., Jones, B., Lewis, G., Dong, Y., & Jeffs, A. (2018). Pathology of tail fan necrosis in the spiny lobster, Jasus edwardsii. Journal of invertebrate pathology, 154, 5-11. 10.1016/j.jip.2018.03.010
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: Andrew Jeffs
  • Zha, H., Jeffs, A., Dong, Y., & Lewis, G. (2018). Potential virulence factors of bacteria associated with tail fan necrosis in the spiny lobster, Jasus edwardsii. Journal of fish diseases, 41 (5), 817-828. 10.1111/jfd.12791
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: Andrew Jeffs
  • Zha, H., Jeffs, A., Dong, Y., & Lewis, G. (2018). Characteristics of culturable bacteria associated with tail fan necrosis in the spiny lobster, Jasus edwardsii. Bulletin of Marine Science10.5343/bms.2017.1099
    URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/43103
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: Andrew Jeffs
  • Zha, H., Lewis, G., Alfaro, A., Wang, S., Dong, Y., Grandiosa, R., & Jeffs, A. (2017). Immune status of the spiny lobster Jasus edwardsii with tail fan necrosis. Diseases of aquatic organisms, 126 (3), 229-238. 10.3354/dao03176
    URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/44899
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: Andrew Jeffs
  • Lear, G., Lau, K., Perchec, A.-M., Buckley, H. L., Case, B. S., Neale, M., ... Lewis, G. (2017). Following Rapoport's Rule: The geographic range and genome size of bacterial taxa decline at warmer latitudes. Environmental Microbiology, 19 (8), 3152-3162. 10.1111/1462-2920.13797
    Other University of Auckland co-authors: Gavin Lear, Kim Handley
  • Wagenhoff, A., Clapcott, J. E., Lau, K. E., Lewis, G. D., & Young, R. G. (2017). Identifying congruence in stream assemblage thresholds in response to nutrient and sediment gradients for limit setting. Ecological Applications, 27 (2), 469-484. 10.1002/eap.1457

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THOMAS BUILDING - Bldg 110
Level 4, Room 459
3 SYMONDS ST
AUCKLAND CENTRAL
AUCKLAND 1010
New Zealand

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