Robert J. Seviour

11.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
239 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

Robert J. Seviour is a scholar working on Pollution, Molecular Biology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert J. Seviour has authored 239 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Pollution, 85 papers in Molecular Biology and 80 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Robert J. Seviour's work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (84 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (55 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (54 papers). Robert J. Seviour is often cited by papers focused on Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (84 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (55 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (54 papers). Robert J. Seviour collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and United Kingdom. Robert J. Seviour's co-authors include Steve Petrovski, Jiezhong Chen, Takashi Mino, Motoharu Onuki, Simon Jon McIlroy, Barbara M. McDougall, Linda L. Blackall, Jacques A. Soddell, Paul Gibbs and Daniel Tillett and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert J. Seviour

235 papers receiving 8.2k citations

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The microbiology of biological phosphorus removal in activated sludge systems

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Eva M. Top United States

Makoto Shoda Japan

Che Ok Jeon South Korea

Seokhwan Hwang South Korea

Holger Heuer Germany

Hemant J. Purohit India

Yohey Hashimoto Japan

Mads Albertsen Denmark

Qing‐Lin Chen China

Daniel R. Noguera United States

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert J. Seviour

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Batinovic, Steven, J. Rose, Julian Ratcliffe, Robert J. Seviour, & Steve Petrovski. (2021). Cocultivation of an ultrasmall environmental parasitic bacterium with lytic ability against bacteria associated with wastewater foams. Nature Microbiology. 6(6). 703–711. 47 indexed citations

Petrovski, Steve, Daniel Rice, Steven Batinovic, Tadashi Nittami, & Robert J. Seviour. (2020). The community compositions of three nitrogen removal wastewater treatment plants of different configurations in Victoria, Australia, over a 12-month operational period. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 104(22). 9839–9852. 25 indexed citations

Watts, Mathew P., John W. Moreau, Steve Petrovski, et al.. (2018). Volume 39 Number 3. Microbiology Australia. 39(3). 111–178. 1 indexed citations

Dyson, Zoe A., Joseph Tucci, Robert J. Seviour, & Steve Petrovski. (2015). Lysis to Kill: Evaluation of the Lytic Abilities, and Genomics of Nine Bacteriophages Infective for Gordonia spp. and Their Potential Use in Activated Sludge Foam Biocontrol. PLoS ONE. 10(8). e0134512–e0134512. 33 indexed citations

Xia, Yun, Daniel I. Massé, Tim A. McAllister, et al.. (2012). Identity and diversity of archaeal communities during anaerobic co-digestion of chicken feathers and other animal wastes. Bioresource Technology. 110. 111–119. 52 indexed citations

Petrovski, Steve, Daniel Tillett, & Robert J. Seviour. (2012). Isolation and complete genome sequence of a bacteriophage lysing Tetrasphaera jenkinsii, a filamentous bacteria responsible for bulking in activated sludge. Virus Genes. 45(2). 380–388. 11 indexed citations

Nittami, Tadashi, et al.. (2011). Influence of temperature, pH and dissolved oxygen concentration on enhanced biological phosphorus removal under strictly aerobic conditions. New Biotechnology. 29(1). 2–8. 21 indexed citations

McIlroy, Simon Jon, Daniel Tillett, Steve Petrovski, & Robert J. Seviour. (2010). Non‐target sites with single nucleotide insertions or deletions are frequently found in 16S rRNA sequences and can lead to false positives in fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Environmental Microbiology. 13(1). 33–47. 24 indexed citations

McIlroy, Simon Jon, Tadashi Nittami, Elizabeth M. Seviour, & Robert J. Seviour. (2010). Filamentous members of cluster III Defluviicoccus have the in situ phenotype expected of a glycogen-accumulating organism in activated sludge. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 74(1). 248–256. 25 indexed citations

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Orr, Douglas J., et al.. (2009). Culture conditions affect the chemical composition of the exopolysaccharide synthesized by the fungusAureobasidium pullulans. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 107(2). 691–698. 26 indexed citations

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Nittami, Tadashi, et al.. (2009). Candidatus Monilibacter spp., common bulking filaments in activated sludge, are members of Cluster III Defluviicoccus. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 32(7). 480–489. 39 indexed citations

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Seviour, Robert J., et al.. (2008). Ecophysiology of the Actinobacteria in activated sludge systems. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 94(1). 21–33. 73 indexed citations

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Nielsen, Jeppe Lund, et al.. (2006). The in situ physiology of Skermania piniformis in foams in Australian activated sludge plants. Environmental Microbiology. 8(10). 1712–1720. 15 indexed citations

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Wong, Man‐Tak, Takashi Mino, Robert J. Seviour, Motoharu Onuki, & Wen‐Tso Liu. (2005). In situ identification and characterization of the microbial community structure of full-scale enhanced biological phosphorous removal plants in Japan. Water Research. 39(13). 2901–2914. 119 indexed citations

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Beer, Michael, Elizabeth M. Seviour, Yun Kong, et al.. (2002). Phylogeny of the filamentous bacterium Eikelboom Type 1851, and design and application of a 16S rRNA targeted oligonucleotide probe for its fluorescence in situ identification in activated sludge. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 207(2). 179–183. 77 indexed citations

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Levantesi, Caterina, et al.. (2001). Synthesis of intracellular storage polymers by Amaricoccus kaplicensis, a tetrad forming bacterium present in activated sludge. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 91(2). 299–305. 34 indexed citations

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Seviour, Robert J., et al.. (1992). Production of Pullulan and other Exopolysaccharides by Filamentous Fungi. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. 12(3). 279–298. 92 indexed citations

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Seviour, Robert J., et al.. (1983). Exocellular glucan production byAcremonium diospyri. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 16(2-3). 343–347. 16 indexed citations

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Seviour, Robert J.. (1983). Exocellular glucan production by Acremonium diospyri. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 16(2-3). 343–347. 1 indexed citations

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Seviour, Robert J., et al.. (1983). Electrokinetic properties of conidia of Acremonium diospyri. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 20(2). 269–272. 2 indexed citations

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