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Quantitative Use of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization To Examine Relationships between Mycolic Acid-Containing Actinomycetes and Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants (2000)
Journal Article
Davenport, R. J., Curtis, T. P., Goodfellow, M., Stainsby, F. M., & Bingley, M. (2000). Quantitative Use of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization To Examine Relationships between Mycolic Acid-Containing Actinomycetes and Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 66(3), 1158-1166. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.66.3.1158-1166.2000

The formation of viscous foams on aeration basins and secondary clarifiers of activated sludge plants is a common and widespread problem. Foam formation is often attributed to the presence of mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes (mycolata). In order... Read More about Quantitative Use of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization To Examine Relationships between Mycolic Acid-Containing Actinomycetes and Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants.

Analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria populations in acid forest soil during conditions of moisture limitation (2000)
Journal Article
Hastings, R. C., Butler, C., Singleton, I., Saunders, J. R., & McCarthy, A. J. (2000). Analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria populations in acid forest soil during conditions of moisture limitation. Letters in applied microbiology, 30(1), 14-18. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-765x.2000.00630.x

Ammonia-oxidizer numbers decreased under conditions of moisture limitation in litter, fermentation and humus layers of forest soil in the field, but the extent of regrowth after rehydration varied between layers. Nitrosospira 16S rRNA genes were ampl... Read More about Analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria populations in acid forest soil during conditions of moisture limitation.

Widespread distribution of a group I Intron and Its three deletion derivatives in the Lysin Gene of Streptococcus thermophilus Bacteriophages. (2000)
Journal Article
Foley, S., Bruttin, A., & BrĂĽssow, H. (2000). Widespread distribution of a group I Intron and Its three deletion derivatives in the Lysin Gene of Streptococcus thermophilus Bacteriophages. Journal of Virology, 74, 611-618. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.74.2.611-618.2000

Of 62 Streptococcus thermophilus bacteriophages isolated from various ecological settings, half contain a lysin
gene interrupted by a group IA2 intron. Phage mRNA splicing was demonstrated. Five phages possess a variant
form of the intron resulting... Read More about Widespread distribution of a group I Intron and Its three deletion derivatives in the Lysin Gene of Streptococcus thermophilus Bacteriophages..

Determination of NTA and EDTA and Speciation of Their Metal Complexes in Aqueous Solution by Capillary Electrophoresis (2000)
Journal Article
Owens, G., Ferguson, V. K., McLaughlin, M. J., Singleton, I., Reid, R. J., & Smith, F. A. (2000). Determination of NTA and EDTA and Speciation of Their Metal Complexes in Aqueous Solution by Capillary Electrophoresis. Environmental science & technology, 34(5), 885-891. https://doi.org/10.1021/es990309m

The interest in the use of chelates for enhancing metal uptake by plants during phytoremediation and their widespread use in plant nutrient research requires that an easy, reproducible method be developed for chelate detection in a variety of systems... Read More about Determination of NTA and EDTA and Speciation of Their Metal Complexes in Aqueous Solution by Capillary Electrophoresis.

DNA banding pattern polymorphism in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and criteria for defining strains. (1999)
Journal Article
Morrison, D., Woodford, N., Barrett, S. P., Sisson, P., & Cookson, B. D. (1999). DNA banding pattern polymorphism in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and criteria for defining strains. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 37, 1084-1091

The degree of DNA banding pattern polymorphism exhibited by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREM) strains isolated on a renal unit over an 11-month period was investigated. Thirty VREM strains from different patients were analyzed by pulse... Read More about DNA banding pattern polymorphism in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and criteria for defining strains..

Complete Sequence of Plasmid pLH1 from Lactobacillus helveticus ATCC15009: Analysis Reveals the Presence of Regions Homologous to Other Native Plasmids from the Host Strain (1999)
Journal Article
Thompson, J. K., Foley, S., McConville, K. J., Nicholson, C., Collins, M. A., & Pridmore, R. D. (1999). Complete Sequence of Plasmid pLH1 from Lactobacillus helveticus ATCC15009: Analysis Reveals the Presence of Regions Homologous to Other Native Plasmids from the Host Strain. Plasmid, 42(3), 221-235. https://doi.org/10.1006/plas.1999.1428

The complete sequence for plasmid pLH1 from Lactobacillus helveticus ATCC15009 has been
determined. Analysis of the 19,360-bp primary sequence revealed a putative replication origin and
initiation protein, information that could provide the basis f... Read More about Complete Sequence of Plasmid pLH1 from Lactobacillus helveticus ATCC15009: Analysis Reveals the Presence of Regions Homologous to Other Native Plasmids from the Host Strain.

Diversification of Pseudomonas corrugata 2140 produces new phenotypes altered in GC-FAME, BIOLOG, and in vitro inhibition profiles and taxonomic identification (1999)
Journal Article
Barnett, S. J., Alami, Y., Singleton, I., & Ryder, M. H. (1999). Diversification of Pseudomonas corrugata 2140 produces new phenotypes altered in GC-FAME, BIOLOG, and in vitro inhibition profiles and taxonomic identification. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 45(4), 287-298. https://doi.org/10.1139/w99-006

Bacteria are known to rapidly produce new phenotypes, but it is unclear how phenotype "plasticity" relates to studies on the population ecology of bacteria in complex environments. We characterised a collection of 14 spontaneous phenotype variants, d... Read More about Diversification of Pseudomonas corrugata 2140 produces new phenotypes altered in GC-FAME, BIOLOG, and in vitro inhibition profiles and taxonomic identification.

A short noncoding viral DNA element showing characteristics of a replication origin confers Bacteriophage resistance to Streptococcus thermophiles. (1998)
Journal Article
Foley, S., Lucchini, S., Zwahlen, M.-C., & BrĂĽssow, H. (1998). A short noncoding viral DNA element showing characteristics of a replication origin confers Bacteriophage resistance to Streptococcus thermophiles. Virology, 250(2), 377-387. https://doi.org/10.1006/viro.1998.9387

A 302-bp noncoding DNA fragment from the DNA replication module of phage φSfi21 was shown to protect theStreptococcus thermophilusstrainSfi1 from infection by 17 of 25 phages. The phage-inhibitory DNA possesses two determinants, each of which individ... Read More about A short noncoding viral DNA element showing characteristics of a replication origin confers Bacteriophage resistance to Streptococcus thermophiles..

Molecular ecology and evolution of Streptococcus thermophilus Bacteriophages - a review. (1998)
Journal Article
BrĂĽssow, H., Bruttin, A., Desiere, F., Lucchini, S., & Foley, S. (1998). Molecular ecology and evolution of Streptococcus thermophilus Bacteriophages - a review. Virus Genes, 16, 95-109. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1007957911848

Bacteriophages attacking Streptococcus thermophilus, a lactic acid bacterium used in milk
fermentation, are a threat to the dairy industry. These small isometric-headed phages possess double-stranded
DNA genomes of 31 to 45 kb. Yoghurt-derived phag... Read More about Molecular ecology and evolution of Streptococcus thermophilus Bacteriophages - a review..

Enterococci as emerging pathogens of humans (1997)
Book Chapter
Morrison, D., Woodford, N., & Cookson, B. D. (1997). Enterococci as emerging pathogens of humans. In D. Stewart-Tull (Ed.), The Biology of Streptococci and Enterococci. Wiley-Blackwell

The site-specific Integration system of the temperate Streptococcus thermophiles Bacteriophage φSfi21 (1997)
Journal Article
Bruttin, A., Foley, S., & Brüssow, H. (1997). The site-specific Integration system of the temperate Streptococcus thermophiles Bacteriophage φSfi21. Virology, 237(1), 148-158. https://doi.org/10.1006/viro.1997.8769

The temperate bacteriophage fSfi21 integrates its DNA into the chromosome of Streptococcus thermophilus strains via
site-specific recombination. Nucleotide sequencing of the attachment sites identified a 40-bp identity region which surprisingly
ove... Read More about The site-specific Integration system of the temperate Streptococcus thermophiles Bacteriophage φSfi21.

Fungal interactions with metals and radionuclides for environmental bioremediation (1996)
Book Chapter
Singleton, I., & Tobin, J. M. (1996). Fungal interactions with metals and radionuclides for environmental bioremediation. In J. C. Frankland, N. Magan, & G. M. Gadd (Eds.), Fungi and environmental change (282-298). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511753190.018

Microorganisms, including fungi, are known to accumulate metals from their external environment and the possibility of using fungi as a means of treating metal/radionuclide-containing effluents is well recognized (Siegel, Galun & Siegel, 1990; Gadd,... Read More about Fungal interactions with metals and radionuclides for environmental bioremediation.

Plasmid mediated VanB Glycopeptide resistance in Enterococci. (1995)
Journal Article
Woodford, N., Morrison, D., Johnson, A. P., Bateman, A. C., Hasting, J. G., Elliott, T. S., & Cookson, B. D. (1995). Plasmid mediated VanB Glycopeptide resistance in Enterococci. Microbial Drug Resistance, 1, 235-240

Enterococcus faecium, which was highly resistant to vancomycin (MIC 256 mg/liter), but susceptible to teicoplanin (MIC 2 mg/liter), caused two distinct episodes of infection on a renal unit in the United Kingdom. Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFG... Read More about Plasmid mediated VanB Glycopeptide resistance in Enterococci..