We are a world leading centre in water research and an emerging leader in environmental biotechnology. ACWEB has approximately 100 personnel, across academic, research support, and higher degree research staff.
It is a faculty research centre with broad collaborative links to over 100 different utilities, businesses, industry groups, research institutions, and educational facilities around Australia and the world.
Recent Publications
Antidepressant drugs promote the spread of broad-host-range plasmid in mouse and human gut microbiota
Pengbo Ding, Ji Lu, Tong Lei, Yinan Guo, Baoli Zhu, Yong Zhao, Yue Wang, Jan Engelstädter, Mark A. Schembri, Jianhua Guo
Gut Microbes
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19490976.2025.2514138
Microbial conversion of methane into single cell protein in a dual-membrane biofilm reactor
Yicheng Ma, Tao Liu, Zhiguo Yuan, Jianhua Guo
Water Research
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135425007468
Microbial oxidation of short-chain gaseous alkanes
Mengxiong Wu, Xiawei Liu, Florin Musat, Jianhua Guo
Nature Microbiology
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-025-01982-0
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