Prof Jianhua Guo
Researcher biography
Dr Jianhua Guo has been working on the interface between environmental microbiology, environmental biotechnology and process engineering. He focuses on the effective integration of these disciplines to develop innovative and sustainable technological solutions to achieve efficient and effective removal of emerging contaminants or pathogens from various waters. He has a particular interest in understanding of environmental dimension of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). He was awarded an ARC Future Fellowship in 2017. He has to date published over 100 refereed journal papers.
Grant highlights
- Combating antibiotic resistance widespread in the urban water cycle (ARC Future Fellowship, 2017-2021, Guo)
- Understanding bacterial-nanoparticle interactions at the molecular level (ARC DP, 2017-2019, Yuan/Guo/Verstraete)
- Fate and removal of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater treatment plants revealed by metagenomic sequencing and high-throughput qPCR
PhD students
• Hui Chen (completed)
• Ji Lu
• Bingzheng Wang (submitted)
• Tao Liu
• Mengxiong Wu
• Lele Wang
• Yue Wang
• Zhuan Khai Lim
• Mariella Chislett
• Jiexi Zhong
• Yunus Ahmed
• Yulu Wang
• Casey Huang
• Pengbo Ding
• Zhigang Yu
• Lyman Ngiam
Key Publications
- Yue Wang, Ji Lu, Likai Mao, Jie Li, Zhiguo Yuan, Philip L. Bond, Jianhua Guo♯. Antiepileptic drug carbamazepine promotes horizontal transfer of plasmid-borne multi-antibiotic resistance genes within and across bacterial genera. ISME Journal. 2019, 13, 509–522.
- Ji Lu, Min Jin, Son Hoang Nguyen, Likai Mao, Jie Li, Lachlan J. M. Coin, Zhiguo Yuan, Jianhua Guo♯. Non-antibiotic antimicrobial triclosan induces multiple antibiotic resistance through genetic mutation. Environment International. 2018, 118, 257-265.
- Jianhua Guo#, Shu-Hong Gao, Ji Lu, Philip Bond, Willy Verstraete, Zhiguo Yuan. Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Induce Lysogenic Bacteriophage and Metal Resistance Genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2017, 9(27), 22298–22307.
- Tao Liu, Shihu Hu, Zhiguo Yuan, Jianhua Guo♯. High-level nitrogen removal by simultaneous partial nitritation, anammox and nitrite/nitrate-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation. Water Research. 2019, 166:115057.
- Ji Lu, Shuai Zhang, Shuhong Gao, Peng Wang, Philip Bond, Jianhua Guo♯. New insights of the bacterial response to exposure of differently sized silver nanomaterials. Water Research. 2019, 169:115205.
- Shuai Zhang, Yue Wang, Hailiang Song, Ji Lu, Zhiguo Yuana, Jianhua Guo♯. Copper nanoparticles and copper ions promote horizontal transfer of plasmid-mediated multi-antibiotic resistance genes across bacterial genera. Environment International. 2019, 129: 478-487.
- Zhaoyu Chen, Shuhong Gao, Min Jin, Shengjie Sun, Ji Lu, Ping Yang, Philip Bond, Zhiguo Yuan, Jianhua Guo♯. Physiological and transcriptomic analyses reveal CuO nanoparticle inhibition of anabolic and catabolic activities of sulfate-reducing bacterium. Environment International. 2019, 125, 65-74.
- Ji Lu, Yue Wang, Jie Li, Likai Mao, Son Hoang Nguyen, Tania Da Silva Duarte , Lachlan Coin, Philip Bond, Zhiguo Yuan, Jianhua Guo♯. Environmentally relevant concentrations of triclosan promotes horizontal transfer of multidrug resistance genes within and across bacterial genera. Environment International. 2018, 121, 1217-1226.
- Min Jin, Ji Lu, Zhaoyu Chen, Son Hoang Nguyen, Likai Mao, Junwen Li, Zhiguo Yuan, Jianhua Guo♯. Antidepressant fluoxetine induces multiple antibiotics resistance in Escherichia coli via ROS-mediated mutagenesis. Environment International. 2018, 120, 421-430.
- Zhaoyu Chen, Ji Lu, Shuhong Gao, Min Jin, Philip L Bond, Ping Yang, Zhiguo Yuan, Jianhua Guo♯. Silver nanoparticles stimulate the proliferation of sulfate reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris. Water Research. 2018, 129: 163-171.
- Shan-Shan Liu, Hong-Mei Qu, Dong Yang, Hui Hu, Wei-Li Liu, Zhi-Gang Qiu, Ai-Ming Hou, Jianhua Guo, Jun-Wen Li, Zhi-Qiang Shen, Min Jin. Chlorine disinfection increases both intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant. Water Research. 2018, 136: 131-136.
- Chen Cai, Andy O. Leu, Guo-Jun Xie, Jianhua Guo, Yuexing Feng, Jianxin Zhao, Gene W. Tyson, Zhiguo Yuan, Shihu Hu. A methanotrophic archaeon capable of anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to Fe(III) reduction. ISME Journal. 2018, 12, 1929-1939.
- Jianhua Guo, Yongzhen Peng, Lu Fan, Liang Zhang, Bing-Jie Ni, Boran Kartal, Xin Feng, Mike S.M. Jetten, Zhiguo Yuan. Metagenomic analysis of anammox community structure in three different microbial aggregates. Environmental Microbiology, 2016, 18(9), 2979-2993.
- Jinghuan Luo, Hui Chen, Shihu Hu, Chen Cai, Zhiguo Yuan, Jianhua Guo♯. Microbial Selenate Reduction Driven by a Denitrifying Anaerobic Methane Oxidation Biofilm. Environmental Science & Technology. 2018, 52 (7), 4006–4012.
- Jianhua Guo♯, Jie Li, Hui Chen, Philip Bond, Zhiguo Yuan. Metagenomic analysis reveals wastewater treatment plants as a hotspot of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements. Water Research, 2017, 123:468-478.
- Jinghuan Luo, Hui Chen, Zhiguo Yuan, Jianhua Guo♯. Methane-supported nitrate removal from groundwater in a membrane biofilm reactor. Water Research. 2018, 132, 71-78.
- Tao Liu, Shihu Hu, Jianhua Guo♯. Enhancing mainstream nitrogen removal by employing nitrite- and nitrate-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation processes. Critical Review in Biotechnology, 2019, 39(5):732-745.
- Bingzheng Wang, Bing-Jie Ni, Zhiguo Yuan, Jianhua Guo♯. Cometabolic biodegradation of cephalexin by enriched nitrifying sludge: Process characteristics, gene Expression and product Biotoxicity. Science of the Total Environment. 2019, 672: 275-282.
- Jianhua Guo, Yongzhen Peng, Shuying Wang, Bin Ma, Shijian Ge, Zhongwei Wang, Huijun Huang, Jingrong Zhang, Liang Zhang. Pathways and organisms involved in ammonia oxidation and nitrous oxide emission. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 2013, 43(21): 2213-2296.
- Jianhua Guo, Yongzhen Peng, Zhongwei Wang, Zhiguo Yuan, Xiong Yang, Huijun Huang, Shuying Wang. Control filamentous bulking caused by chlorine-resistant Type 021N bacteria through adding a biocide CTAB. Water Research. 2012, 46(19): 6531-6542.
Media Coverage
Toothpaste and hand wash may contribute to antibiotic resistance
Antidepressants may cause antibiotic resistance
Non-antibiotic drugs also speed spread of antibiotic resistance