Karen Gibb

Research Active Professor, College of Engineering, IT and Environment

Registered to supervise postgraduate research

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Professor Gibb has made major scientific contributions to the field of applied microbiology. She was first to identify the uncultivable phytoplasma pathogens in Australian crops and first in the world to physically map the genome of these pathogens. She shared this knowledge nationally and internationally and showed these pathogens were associated with several mystery diseases, saving industry millions of dollars. She and her team have also developed novel approaches to track biological and chemical environmental contaminants, some now adopted by government. At Charles Darwin University (CDU), Professor Gibb leads the Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology Unit, and is Director of the Research Institute for Environment and Livelihoods. Her personal scientific output includes 136 refereed papers, over 3,000 citations and a h-index of 32. She has been Chief Investigator on $6M of research projects and in 2006 was awarded the Northern Territory Research and Innovation Tropical Knowledge Award for Research.

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94 Article
2 Commissioned report
1 Other report
1 Chapter
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- 1 Review article

Microbial quality of wild shellfish in a tropical estuary subject to treated effluent discharge

Padovan, A., Kennedy, K., Rose, D. & Gibb, K., Feb 2020, In : Environmental Research. 181, 108921.

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Disease Exposure and Antifungal Bacteria on Skin of Invasive Cane Toads, Australia

Weitzman, C. L., Kaestli, M., Gibb, K., Brown, G. P., Shine, R. & Christian, K., Sep 2019, In : Emerging Infectious Diseases. 25, 9, p. 1770-1771 2 p.

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Environmental challenges in a near-pristine mangrove estuary facing rapid urban and industrial development: Darwin Harbour, Northern Australia

Munksgaard, N. C., Hutley, L. B., Metcalfe, K. N., Padovan, A. C., Palmer, C. & Gibb, K. S., Jan 2019, In : Regional Studies in Marine Science. 25, p. 1-15 15 p., 100438.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Microbial diversity and distribution differ between water column and biofilm assemblages in arid-land waterbodies

Kaestli, M., Munksgaard, N., Gibb, K. & Davis, J., Dec 2019, In : Freshwater Science. 38, 4, p. 869-882 14 p.

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New Pond-Indicator bacteria to complement routine monitoring in a Wet/Dry Tropical wastewater stabilization system

Rose, A., Padovan, A., Christian, K., Kaestli, M., McGuinness, K., Tsoukalis, S. & Gibb, K., 19 Nov 2019, In : Water (Switzerland). 11, 11, p. 1-22 22 p., 2422.

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