P. R. Brooks

Publication List Details

Period

1995 - 2009

Number

34

Co-Authors

The RMS Survey: H2O masers towards a sample of southern hemisphere massive YSO candidates and ultra compact HII regions (2009)

Urquhart, J. S., Hoare, M. G., Lumsden, S. L., Oudmaijer, R. D., Moore, T. J T., Brooks, P. R., ...

Context: The Red MSX Source (RMS) survey has identified a large sample of candidate massive young stellar objects (MYSOs) and ultra compact (UC) HII regions from a sample of ~2000 MSX and 2MASS...

The use of chemical indicators to source human, animal and bird pollution of Fraser Island lakes and streams (2009)

Tindale, N W, Sullivan, D, Brooks, P R

The presentation covers the use of a chemical indicator technique to investigate whether tourists are polluting the fresh water ecosystems on the relatively pristine Fraser Island. T he objectives to...

Camping and groundwater quality on the eastern beach of Fraser Island: a smoking gun (2009)

Carter, R W, Brooks, P R, Tindale, N W, Sullivan, D, Tully, N

Concern for the maintenance of water quality of the lakes on Fraser Island has attracted research attention but the impact of beach camping on freshwater beach-flows has been poorly considered. The...

An investigation of bioactive phytochemicals in the leaves of Melicope vitiflora by electrospray ionisation ion trap mass spectrometry (2009)

O'Donnell, F, Ramachandran, V N, Smyth, T J, Smyth, W F, Brooks, P R

The ethyl acetate extract of the leaves of Melicope vitiflora was separated by column chromatography and the resulting fractions tested for their bioactivity towards...

Application of biochemical fingerprinting and fatty acid methyl ester profiling to assess the effect of the pesticide Atradex on aquatic microbial communitites (2008)

Littlefield-Wyer, J G, Brooks, P R, Katouli, M

We investigated changes in biomass, biochemical fingerprints, fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profile and functional status of the natural aquatic microbial communities upon impact of an Atradex...

The Occurrence of Bioactive Micromonosporae in Aquatic Habitats of the Sunshine Coast in Australia (2008)

Eccleston, G P, Brooks, P R, Kurtboke, D I

Screening strategies based on the ecological knowledge of antibiotic producing microorganisms and their roles in the natural environment are being increasingly employed in the search for novel...

Identifying Human-Sourced Stormwater Contamination in Three South-East Queensland Catchments (2007)

Steward, J, Ahmed, W, Gardner, T, Brooks, P R, Katouli, M, Tindale, N W, ...

This paper reports on the results of a study aimed at identifying the presence or absence of humansourced faecal material in stormflows from three urbanised non-sewered catchments in South-East...

Sourcing faecal pollution: A combination of library-dependent and library-independent methods to identify human faecal pollution in non-sewered catchments (2007)

Ahmed, W, Stewart, J, Gardner, T, Powell, D, Brooks, P R, Sullivan, D, ...

Library-dependent (LD) (biochemical fingerprinting of Escherichia coli and enterococci) and library-independent (LI) (PCR detection of human-specific biomarkers) methods were used to detect human...

The characterization of synthetic and natural-product pharmaceuticals by electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and liquid chromatography (LC)-ESI-MS (2006)

Smyth, W F, McClean, S, Hack, C J, Ramachandran, V N, Doherty, B, Joyce, C, ...

This article considers the application of topical analytical techniques – electrospray ionisation-mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and liquid chromatography (LC)-ESI-MS – to the characterisation of...

Characterisation of carbonaceous combustion residues: I. Morphological, elemental and spectroscopic features (2003)

Fernandes, M B, Skjemstad, J O, Johnson, B B, Wells, J D, Brooks, P R

Scanning electron microscopy, surface area determination, elemental analysis, organic matter extraction and solid-state cross polarization/magic angle spinning and Bloch decay/magic angle spinning...

Effects of Culture Conditions on the Mycolic Acid Composition of Isolates of Rhodococcus spp. from Activated Sludge Foams (2003)

Stratton, H M, Brooks, P R, Carr, E L, Seviour, R J

The influence of two different carbon sources and three incubation temperatures on the mycolic acid compositions of three Rhodococcus isolates from activated sludge was examined using Selective Ion...

Cell surface hydrophobicity and mycolic acid composition of Rhodococcus strains isolated from activated sludge foam (2002)

Stratton, H M, Brooks, P R, Griffiths, P C, Seviour, R J

The bacteria causing foaming in activated sludge plants are considered to be hydrophobic, and their hydrophobicity is assumed to be a crucial factor in their foam-forming ability. This study showed...

A simple HPLC method for analysing diaminopimelic acid diastereomers in cell walls of Gram-positive bacteria (2000)

McKerrow, J, Vagg, S, McKinney, T, Seviour, E M, Maszennan, A M, Brooks, P R, ...

A simple and sensitive method for separating and detecting the LL, DD and meso diastereomers of the dibasic amino acid diaminopimelic acid (DAP) in the peptidoglycan of Gram-positive bacteria is...

Analysis of the structural diversity of mycolic acids of Rhodococcus and Gordonia isolates from activated sludge foams by selective ion monitoring gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (SIM GC–MS) (1999)

Stratton, H M, Brooks, P R, Seviour, R J

A method using Selective Ion Monitoring (SIM) gas chromatography–mass spectrometry is described for analysis of mycolic acids which reveals a hitherto unrecognised chemical structural diversity...

Activated sludge foaming: what causes hydrophobicity and can it be manipulated to control foaming? (1998)

Stratton, H M, Seviour, R J, Brooks, P R

Activated sludge aeration tanks frequently suffer from the formation of a stable foam on their surfaces, a problem which results in increased operating costs and reduces performance. Current control...

PCR-mediated analysis of lignocellulolytic gene transcription by Phanerochaete chrysosporium: substrate-dependent differential expression within gene families.

Broda, P, Birch, P R, Brooks, P R, Sims, P F

We compare the kinetics of appearance of supernatant enzyme activities (lignin peroxidase, manganese peroxidase, and cellulase) and gene expression (LIG, mnp, and cbhI gene families and the unique...

The relation of protein synthesis to chondroitin sulphate biosynthesis in cultured bovine cartilage.

McQuillan, D J, Handley, C J, Robinson, H C, Ng, K, Tzaicos, C, Brooks, P R, ...

The effect of cycloheximide on chondroitin sulphate biosynthesis was studied in bovine articular cartilage maintained in culture. Addition of 0.4 mM-cycloheximide to the culture medium was followed,...

PCR-mediated analysis of lignocellulolytic gene transcription by Phanerochaete chrysosporium: substrate-dependent differential expression within gene families.

Broda, P, Birch, P R, Brooks, P R, Sims, P F

We compare the kinetics of appearance of supernatant enzyme activities (lignin peroxidase, manganese peroxidase, and cellulase) and gene expression (LIG, mnp, and cbhI gene families and the unique...

The relation of protein synthesis to chondroitin sulphate biosynthesis in cultured bovine cartilage.

McQuillan, D J, Handley, C J, Robinson, H C, Ng, K, Tzaicos, C, Brooks, P R, ...

The effect of cycloheximide on chondroitin sulphate biosynthesis was studied in bovine articular cartilage maintained in culture. Addition of 0.4 mM-cycloheximide to the culture medium was followed,...