Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology

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.

The ACWEB research portfolio consists of nine research themes that are achieving sustainable outcomes for the water industry, protecting our water resources and critical infrastructure.
As an internationally recognised technology leader, ACWEB is actively involved in the domestic and industrial water and wastewater industry.
With an international reputation for excellence in water research, our Centre delivers great opportunities for research and successful graduate outcomes.

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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Gehrmann Laboratories Building (60)
The University of Queensland
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