Publications

Complete List of Publications:

Book Chapters and Journal Articles:

Dixon Lorraine, Donnison Andrea, Ross Colleen, McDonald Ian R. 2008. Addition of bacteriocins to inhibit Listeria monocytogenes in Toroi: a traditional food of New Zealand Mãori. Annals of Microbiology 58 (2), pp 207-212.

Hetzer Adrian, McDonald Ian R, Morgan Hugh W. 2008. Venenivibrio stagnispumantis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium isolated from Champagne Pool, Waiotapu, New Zealand. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58, pp 398-403.

McDonald Ian R, Bodrossy Levente, Chen Yin, Murrell J Colin. 2008. Molecular ecology techniques for the study of aerobic methanotrophs. Applied and Environmental Microbiology Vol 74 No 5, pp 1305-1315.

Niederberger Thomas D, McDonald Ian R, Hacker Amy L, Soo Rochelle M, Barrett John E, Wall Diana H and Cary S Craig. 2008. Environmental Microbiology 10 (7), pp 1713-1724.

Cook Anthony R, Riley Paul W, Murdoch Heather, Evans Paul N and McDonald Ian R. 2007. Howardella ureilytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive, coccoid-shaped bacterium from a sheep rumen. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57, pp 2940-2945.

Dixon L, Donnison A, Harfoot C, McDonald I R.  2007.  Survival of Escherichia coli in toroi: a traditional Māori food. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol 41, pp 369-375.

Hetzer Adrian, Morgan Hugh W, McDonald Ian R, Daughney Christopher J. 2007. Microbial life in Champagne Pool, a geothermal spring in Waiotapu, New Zealand. Extremophiles 11, pp605-614

Neufeld Josh D, Schäfer Hendrik, Cox Michael J, Boden Rich, McDonald Ian R and Murrell J Colin. 2007. Stable-isotope probing implicates Methylophaga spp and novel Gammaproteobacteria in marine methanol and methylamine metabolism. International Society for Microbial Ecology 1, pp 480-491.

Dumont, Marc. G., Radajewski, Stefan m., Miguez, Carlos B., McDonald, Ian R.,  and Murrell, J Colin.  2006.  identification of a complete methane monooxygenase operon from soil by combining stable isotope probing and metagenomic analysis.  Environmental Microbiology 8 (7), pp 1240-1250.

Niederberger, Thomas D., Götz, Dorothee K., McDonald, Ian R., Ronimus, Ron S., and Morgan, Hugh W.  2006.  Ignisphaera aggregans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel hyperthermophilic crenarchaeote isolated from hot springs in Rotorua and Tokaanu, New Zealand.  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56, pp 965-971.

Wartiainen, Ingvild., Grethe Hestnes Anne., McDonald, Ian R., and Svenning, Mette M.  2006 Methylocystic rosea sp. nov., a novel methanotrophic bacterium from Arctic wetland soil, Svalbard, Norway (78°N).  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56, pp 541-547.

McDonald Ian R, Miguez Carlos B, Rogge Gerlinde, Bourque Denis, Wendlandt Karin D, Groleau Denis & Murrell J Colin. 2006. Diversity of soluble methane monooxygenase-containing methanotrophs isolated from polluted environments. FEMS Microbiol Lett 255, pp 225-232.

Wartiainen Ingvild, Grethe Hestnes Anne, McDonald Ian R and Svenning Mette M. 2006. Methylobacter tundripaludum sp. nov., a methane-oxidizing bacterium from Arctic wetland soil on the Svalbard islands, Norway (78^o N). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56, pp 109-113.

Theisen Andreas R, Ali M Hanif, Radajewski Stefan, Dumont Marc G, Dunfield Peter F, McDonald Ian R, Dedysh Svetlana N, Miguez Carlos B and Murrell J Colin.  2005.  Regulation of methane oxidation in the facultative methanotroph Methylocella silvestris BL2.  Molecular Microbiology 58 (3), pp 682-692.

Lin Ju-Ling, Joye Samantha B, Scholten Johannes CM, Schäfer Hendrik, McDonald Ian R and Murrell J Colin.  2005.  Analysis of Methane Monooxygenase Genes in Mono Lake Suggests That Increased Methane Oxidation Activity May Correlate with a Change in Methanotroph Community Structure.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol 71, No.10, pp 6458-6462.

Warner Karen L, Larkin Michael J, Harper David B, Murrell J Collin, McDonald Ian R.  2005.  Analysis of genes involved in methyl halide degradation in Aminobacter lissarensis CC495.  Federation of European Microbiological Societies Microbiology Letters, 251, pp 45-51.

McDonald Ian R, Kämpfer Peter, Topp Ed, Warner Karen L, Cox Michael J, Connell Hancock Tracey L, Miller Laurence G, Larkin Michael J, Ducrocq Veronique, Coulter Catherine, Harper David B, Murrell J Colin and Oremland Ronald S.  2005.  Aminobacter ciceronei sp. nov. and Aminobacter lissarensis sp. nov., isolated from various terrestrial environments.  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55, pp 1827-1832.

Borodina, Elena, Cox, Michael J, McDonald, Ian R. and Murrell, J. Colin.  2005.  Use of DNA-stable isotope probing and functional gene probes to investigate the diversity of methyl chloride-utilizing bacteria in soil.  Environmental Microbiology 7 (9), pp 1318-1328.

McDonald, Ian R., Smith, Kelly, Lidstrom, Mary E.  2005.  Methanotrophic populations in estuarine sediment from Newport Bay, California.  FEMS Microbiology Letters 250, pp 287-293.

Moosvi, S. Azra, Pacheco, Catarina C., McDonald, Ian R., De Marco, Paolo, Pearce, David A., Kelly, Donovan P. and Wood, Ann P.  2005.  Isolation and properties of methanesulfonate-degrading Afipia felis from Antarctica and comparison with other strains of A. felis.  Environmental Microbiology 7 (1), pp 22-33.

Hesselsoe, Martin, Boysen, Susanne, Iversen, Niels, Jørgensen, Lars, Murrell, J. Colin, McDonald, Ian, Radajewski, Stefan, Thestrup, Helle & Roslev, Peter.  2005.  Degradation of organic pollutants by methane grown microbial consortia.  Biodegradation 16, pp 435-448.

Franklin, Mark P., McDonald, Ian R., Bourne, David G., Owens, Nicholas J. P., Upstill-Goddard, Robert C. and Murrell, J. Colin.  2005.  Bacterial diversity in the bacterioneuston (sea surface microlayer): the bacterioneuston through the looking glass.  Environmental Microbiology 7 (5), pp 723-736.

McDonald, Ian R., Radajewski, Stefan, Murrell, J. Colin.  2005.  Stable isotope probing of nucleic acids in methanotrophs and methylotrophs: A review.  2005.  Organic Geochemistry 36, pp 779-787.

Schäfer, Hendrik, McDonald, Ian R., Nightingale, Phil D. and Murrell, J. Colin.  2005.  Evidence for the presence of a CmuA methyltransferase pathway in novel marine methyl halide-oxidizing bacteria.  Environmental Microbiology 7 (6), pp 839-852.

Anesti, Vasiliki, McDonald, Ian R., Ramaswamy, Meghna, Wade, William G., Kelly, Donovan P. and Wood, Ann P.  2005.  Isolation and molecular detection of methylotrophic bacteria occurring in the human mouth.  Environmental Microbiology 7 (8), pp 1227-1238.

Moosvi, S. Azra, McDonald, Ian R., Pearce, David A., Kelly, Donovan P., Wood, Ann P.  2005.  Molecular detection and isolation from Antarctica of methylotrophic bacteria able to grow with methylated sulfur compounds.  Systematic and Applied Microbiology 28, pp 541-554.

Lin, Ju-Ling, Radajewski, Stefan, Eshinimaev, Bulat T., Trotsenko, Yuri A., McDonald, Ian R. and Murrell, J. Colin. 2004. Molecular diversity of methanotrophs in Transbaikal soda lake sediments and identification of potentially active populations by stable isotope probing. Environmental Microbiology 6 (10), pp 1049-1060.

Miller, Laurence G., Warner, Karen L., Baesman, Shaun M., Oremland, Ronald S., McDonald, Ian R., Radajewski, Stefan and Murrell, J. Colin.  2004.  Degradation of methyl bromide and methyl chloride in soil microcosms: Use of stable C isotope fractionation and stable isotope probing to identify reactions and the responsible microorganisms.  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Vol. 68 No.15, pp 3271-3283.

Pacheco-Oliver, M., McDonald, I.R., Groleau, D., Murrell, J.C. and Miguez, C.B.  (2004).  Detection of methane monooxygenase genes from pristine and diesel contaminated Arctic soil samples. Proceedings of 5^th International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology (In Press).

Vohra, J., Anesti, V., Goonetilleka, S., McDonald, I.R., Kelly, D.P. and Wood, A.P. (2004).  Isolation of facultatively methylotrophic bacteria, including Methylobacterium podarium sp. nov., from the human foot.  Environ. Microbiol. (In Press).

Miller, L.G., Warner, K.L., Baesman, S.M., Oremland, R.S., McDonald, I.R., Radajewski, S. and Murrell, J.C. (2004).  Degradation of methyl bromide and methyl chloride in soil microcosms: Use of stable C isotope fractionation and stable isotope probing to identify reactions and the responsible microorganisms.  Geophys. Geochem. Acta.  (In Press).

Radajewski, S., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2004).  Stable isotope probing of nucleic acids to identify active microbial populations.  In: Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual II.  Kluwer Academic (In Press).

Borodina, Elena, McDonald, Ian R., Murrell, J., Colin. 2004. Chloromethane-Dependent Expression of the cmu Gene Cluster of Hyphomicrobium chloromethanicum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, pp 4177-4186.

Anesti, Vasiliki, Vohra, Jyotsna, Goonetilleka, Shalini, McDonald, Ian R., Sträubler, Bettina, Stackebrandt, Erko, Kelly, Donovan P. and Wood, Ann P. 2004. Molecular detection and isolation of facultatively methylotrophic bacteria, including Methylobacterium podarium sp. nov., from the human foot microflora. Environmental Microbiology 6 (8), 820-830.

Hutchens, E., Radajewski, S., Dumont, M.G., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2004).  Analysis of methanotrophic bacteria in Movile cave by stable-isotope probing. Environ. Microbiol. 6, 111-120 .

Murrell, J.C. and McDonald, I.R. (2003). Methylotrophy. In: The Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology. Schaechter, M. (Ed), Elsevier Ltd, London pp. 678-687.

Stafford, G.P., Scanlan, J., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2003).  Characterisation of rpoN, mmoR and mmoG, genes involved in regulating the expression of soluble methane monooxygenase in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b.  Microbiology 149, 1771-1784.

Radajewski, S., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2003).  Stable isotope probing of nucleic acids: a window to the function of uncultured microorganisms.  Curr. Opin. Biotech. 14, 296-302

Murrell, J.C., Stafford, G. and McDonald, I.R. (2002).  The role of copper ions in regulating methane monooxygenases in methanotrophs.  In: Handbook of copper pharmacology and toxicology, Massaro, E.J. (Ed), Humana Press, New Jersey, pp. 559-569.

Schaeffer, J.K., Goodwin, K.D., McDonald, I.R., Murrell, J.C. and Oremland, R.S. (2002).  Leisingera methylohalidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine methylotroph that grows on methyl bromide.  Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52, 851-859.

Pacheco-Oliver, M., McDonald, I.R., Groleau, D., Murrell, J.C. and Miguez, C.B. (2002).  Detection of methanotrophs with highly divergent pmoA genes from Arctic soils. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 209, 313-319.

McDonald, I.R., Warner, K.L., McAnulla, C., Woodall, C.A., Oremland, R.S. and Murrell, J.C. (2002). A review of bacterial methyl halide degradation: Biochemistry, genetics and molecular ecology. Environ. Microbiol. 4, 193-203.

Bourne, D.G., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2001).  Comparison of pmoA PCR primer sets as tools for investigating methanotroph diversity in three Danish soils. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67, 3802-3809.

Kaluzhnaya, M., Khmelenina, V., Eshinimaev, B., Suzina, N., Nikitin, D., Solonin, A., Lin, J.L., McDonald, I.R., Murrell, J.C. and Trotsenko, Y. (2001).  Taxonomic characterization of new alkaliphilic and alkaitolerant methanotrophs from soda lakes of the southeastern Transbaikal region and description of Methylomicrobium buryatense sp. nov.  Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 24, 166-176.

McAnulla, C., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2001). Methyl chloride utilising bacteria are ubiquitous in the natural environment. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 201, 151-155.

Woodall, C.A., Warner, K., Oremland, R.S., Murrell, J.C. and McDonald, I.R. (2001). Identification of methyl halide-utilising genes in the methyl bromide-utilising bacterial strain IMB-1 suggests a high degree of conservation of methyl halide-specific genes in Gram-negative bacteria.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67, 1959-1963.

McDonald, I.R., Doronina, N.V., Trotsenko, Y.A., McAnulla, C. and Murrell, J.C. (2001).  Hyphomicrobium chloromethanicum sp. nov., Methylobacterium chloromethanicum sp. nov., chloromethane-utilising bacteria isolated from a polluted environment.  Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 51, 119-122.

McAnulla, C., Woodall, C.A., McDonald, I.R., Studer, A., Vuilleumier, S., Leisinger, T. and Murrell, J.C. (2001).  The chloromethane utilisation gene cluster from Hyphomicrobium chloromethanicum strain CM2 and development of functional gene probes to detect halomethane degrading bacteria.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67, 307-316.

Kelly, D.P., McDonald, I.R. and Wood, A.P. (2000). Proposal for the reclassification of Thiobacillus novellus as the type species of Starkeya gen. nov., in the a-subclass of the Proteobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 50, 1797-1802.

Fjellbirkeland, A., Bemanian, V., McDonald, I.R., Murrell, J.C. and Jensen, H.B. (2000).  Molecular analysis of an outer membrane protein, MopB, of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath) and structural comparisons with proteins of the OmpA family.  Arch. Microbiol 173, 346-351.

Murrell, J.C., Gilbert, B. and McDonald, I.R. (2000). Molecular biology and regulation of methane monooxygenase.  Arch. Microbiol. 173, 325-332.

Murrell, J.C., McDonald, I.R. and Gilbert, B. (2000).  Regulation of expression of methane monooxygenases by copper ions.  Trends in Microbiology 8, 221-225.

Gilbert, B., McDonald, I.R., Finch, R., Stafford, G., Nielsen, A. and Murrell, J.C. (2000). Molecular analysis of the pmo (particulate methane monooxygenase) operons from two type II methanotrophs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 66, 966-975.

Murrell, J.C. and McDonald, I.R. (2000). Methylotrophy. In: Encyclopedia of Microbiology, Vol. 3, 2nd Edition. Lederberg, J. (Ed), Academic Press, London pp. 245-255.

McDonald, I.R., Upton, M., Hall, G., Pickup, R.W., Edwards, C., Saunders, J.R., Ritchie, D.A. and Murrell, J.C. (1999).  Molecular ecological analysis of methanogens and methanotrophs in blanket bog peat. Microbial Ecology 38, 225-233.

Grosse, S., Laramee, L., Wendlandt, K.D., McDonald, I.R., Miguez, C.B. and Kleber, H.P. (1999).  Purification and characterisation of the soluble methane monooxygenase of the type II methanotrophic bacterium Methylocystis sp. WI14. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65, 3929-3935.

Holmes, A.J., Roslev, P., McDonald, I.R., Iversen, N., Henriksen, K. and Murrell, J.C. (1999).  Characterisation of methanotrophic bacterial populations in soils showing atmospheric methane uptake.  Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65, 3312-3318.

McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (1999). Methanotrophs. In: The Encyclopaedia of Bioprocess Technology : Fermentation, Biocatalysis and Bioseparation. Flickinger, M.C. and Drew, S.W. (Eds), John Wiley and Sons, New York pp. 1732-1742.

De Marco, P., Moradas-Ferreira, P., Higgins, T.P., McDonald, I.R., Kenna, E.M. and Murrell, J.C. (1999). Molecular analysis of a novel methanesulfonic acid monooxygenase from the methylotroph Methylosulfonomonas methylovora. J. Bacteriol. 181, 2244-2251.

Bodrossy, L., Kovacs, K.L., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (1999). A novel thermophilic methane-oxidising g-proteobacterium. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 170, 335-341.

Murrell, J.C., McDonald, I.R. and Bourne, D.G. (1998).  Molecular methods for the study of methanotroph ecology. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 27, 103-114.

McDonald, I.R., Riley, P.W., Sharp, R.J. and McCarthy, A.J. (1998). Survival of plasmid-containing Bacillus subtilis released into mushroom compost. Microbial Ecology 36, 51-59.

Edwards, C., Hales, B.A., Hall, G.H., McDonald, I.R., Murrell, J.C., Pickup, R.W., Ritchie, D.A., Saunders, J.R., Simon, B.M. and Upton, M. (1998). Microbiological processes in the terrestrial carbon cycle: methane cycling in peat. Atmospheric Environment 32, 3247-3255.

Wood, A.P., Kelly, D.P., McDonald, I.R., Jordan, S.L., Morgan T.D., Khan, S., Murrell, J.C. and Borodina, Y. (1998). A novel pink-pigmented facultative methylotroph, Methylobacterium thiocyanatum sp. nov., capable of growth on thiocyanate or cyanate as sole nitrogen sources.  Arch. Microbiol. 169, 148-158.

McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (1997). The particulate methane monooxygenase gene pmoA and its use as a functional gene probe for methanotrophs. FEMS Microbiol. Letts. 156, 205-210.

Jordan, S.L., McDonald, I.R., Kraczkiewicz-Dowjat, A.J., Kelly, D.P.,  Rainey, F.A.,  Murrell, J.C. and Wood, A.P.  (1997). Autotrophic growth on carbon disulfide is a property of novel strains of Paracoccus denitrificans. Arch. Microbiol. 168, 225-236.

Ritchie, D.A., Edwards, C., McDonald, I.R., and Murrell, J.C.  (1997).  Detection of methanotrophs and methanogens in natural environments. Global Change Biology 3, 339-350.

McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (1997). The methanol dehydrogenase structural gene mxaF and its use as a functional gene probe for methanotrophs and methylotrophs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63, 3218-3224.

McDonald, I.R., Uchiyama, H., Kambe, S., Yagi, O. and Murrell, J.C. (1997). The soluble methane monooxygenase gene cluster of the trichloroethylene degrading methanotroph Methylocystis sp. strain M. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63, 1898-1904.

McDonald, I.R., Holmes, A.J., Kenna, E.M. and Murrell, J.C. (1997). Molecular methods for the detection of methanotrophs. In: Methods in Biotechnology Vol 2: Bioremediation Protocols. D. Sheehan (Ed), Humana Press, NJ., USA. p111-126.

McDonald, I.R., Kelly, D.P., Murrell, J.C. and Wood, A.P. (1997). Taxonomic relationships of Thiobacillus aquaesulis, T. halophilus and other species of Thiobacillus, as determined using 16S rDNA sequencing. Arch. Microbiol. 166, 394-398.

McDonald, I.R., Hall, G., Pickup, R. and Murrell, J.C. (1996). Methane oxidation potential and preliminary analysis of methanotrophs in blanket bog peat using molecular ecology techniques. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 21, 197-211.

Murrell, J.C., Holmes, A.J., McDonald, I.R. and Kenna, E. (1996). Molecular ecology of methanotrophs. In: The Microbiology of Atmospheric Trace Gases; Sources, Sinks and Global Change Processes. J.C. Murrell and D.P. Kelly (Eds), NATO ASI Series, Springer Verlag. p135-151.

McDonald, I.R., Riley, P.W., Sharp, R.J. and McCarthy, A.J. (1995). Factors affecting the electroporation of Bacillus subtilis. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 79, 213-218.

McDonald, I.R., Kenna, E.M. and Murrell, J.C. (1995). Detection of methanotrophic bacteria in environmental samples with the PCR. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 61, 116-121. 

Poster Presentations:

Borodina, E., McDonald, I.R., and Murrell, J.C.  (2004).  Molecular ecology and regulation of chloromethane metabolism.  Gorden research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA, 1-6 August 2004.

Schafer, H., Cox, M., Nightingale, P., McDonald, I.R., and Murrell, J.C.  (2004).  Isolation of novel marine methyl bromide oxiding bacteria:  analysis of polypeptides and funcational genes involved in methyl halide oxidation.  Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolis, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA, USA, 1-6 August, 2004.

Miller, L.G., Baesman, S.M., Oremland, R.S., McDonald, I.R., Warner, K.L., Radajewski, S. and Murrell, J.C.  (2003).  Degradation of methyl bromide and methyl chloride in soil microcosms:  use of stable C isotope fractionation and stable isotope probing to identify reactions and the responsible microorganisms.  16th International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemisry (ISEB), Aomori, Japan, 1st-6th September 2003.

Schafer, H., Cox, M., Nightingale, P., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C.  (2003).  Novel methyl bromide utilising bacteria from the marine environment.  M & FMB Meeting, University of Lancaster, 11th-13th September 2003.

Cox, M., Schafer, H., Borodina, E., Warner, K., Nightingale, P., McDonald, I.R., and Murrell, J.C.  (2003).  cmuA:  a functional genetic marker for methyl bromide metabolism.  M & FMB Meeting, University of Lancaster, 11th-13th September 2003.

Borodina, E., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2002).  Molecular ecology of chloromethane oxidizing bacteria in the terrestrial environment.  Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA, 7 - 12 July, 2002.

Stafford, G., Scanlan, J., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2002).  Molecular analysis of the regulation of expression of sMMO.  Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA, 7 - 12 July, 2002.

Goodwin, K.D., Warner, K.L., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2002).  Methyl bromide degradation by the marine methylotroph Leisingera methylohalidivorans, a novel pathway?  Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA, 7 - 12 July, 2002.

Lin, J.L., McDonald, I.R., Trotsenko, Y.A. and Murrell, J.C. (2002).  Molecular ecology of methane-oxidising bacteria in alkaline and high temperature environments.  Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA, 7 - 12 July, 2002.

Warner, K.L., Goodwin, K.D., Oremland, R.S., Murrell, J.C. and McDonald, I.R. (2002).  Molecular ecology of methyl halide degradation.  Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA, 7 - 12 July, 2002.

Warner, K., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2001). Molecular ecology of methyl halide degraders.  MMEG University of York, 17-18 April 2001.

Lin, J.L., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2001).  Thermophilic and Alkaliphilic methanotrophs.  MMEG University of York, 17-18 April 2001.

Pacheco-Oliver, M., McDonald, I.R., Groleau, D., Murrell, J.C. and Miguez, C.B. (2001).  Detection of methane monooxygenase genes from pristine and diesel contaminated arctic soil samples.  ASM Orlando, Florida, May 2001.

McDonald, I.R., Warner, K.L., Goodwin, K.D., Harper, D.B., Oremland, R.S. and Murrell, J.C. (2001).  Bacterial metabolism of methyl halides; Development of functional gene probes for molecular ecology. Gordon Conference, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Connecticticut College, CT, USA, July 22-27, 2001.

McDonald, I.R., Pacheco-Oliver, M., Roden, B. and Miguez, C.B. (2001).  Molecular ecology of methane oxidising bacteria in low temperature and low pH environments.  ISME-9, Amsterdam, 26-31 August, 2001.

Warner, K.L., Goodwin, K.D., Oremland, R.S., Murrell, J.C. and McDonald, I.R. (2001).  Molecular ecology of methyl halide degradation.  ISME-9, Amsterdam, 26-31 August, 2001.

Lin, J.L., McDonald, I.R., Trotsenko, Y.A. and Murrell, J.C. (2001).  Molecular ecology of methane-oxidising bacteria in alkaline and high temperature environments.  ISME-9, Amsterdam, 26-31 August, 2001.

Warner, K.L., McAnulla, C., Woodall, C.A., Studer, A., Leisinger, T., Oremland, R.S., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2000).  Molecular ecology of methyl halide degraders.  SGM, Galway, 7 - 8 April, 2000.

McDonald, I.R., Warner, K.L., McAnulla, C., Woodall, C.A., Studer, A., Vuilleumier, S., Leisinger, T., Oremland, R.S., and Murrell, J.C. (2000).  Molecular biology and molecular ecology of methyl halide degraders. Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA, 8 - 13 July, 2000.

McDonald, I.R., Lin, J.L., Pacheco-Oliver, M., Miguez, C.B., Trotsenko, Y. and Murrell, J.C. (2000).  Molecular ecology of methanotrophs in extreme environments.  Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA, 8 - 13 July, 2000.

Stafford, G.P., Gilbert, B., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2000).  The molecular biology of methane monooxygenase gene clusters.  Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA, 8 - 13 July, 2000.

Carlos Miguez's Poster

Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, (2000).  Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA, 8 - 13 July, 2000.

Trotsenko, Y.A., Khmelenina, V.N., Kalyuzhnaya, M.G., Suzina, N.E., Eshinimaev, B.C., Reshetnikov, A.S., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2000). A new knowledge about the biology of (halo)alkaliphilic methanotrophs.  Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut, USA, 8 - 13 July, 2000.

Pacheco-Oliver, M., McDonald, I.R., Groleau, D., Murrell, J.C. and Miguez, C.B. (2000).  Detection of methane monooxygenase genes from pristine and diesel contaminated arctic soil samples.  5^th International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology, Kyoto, Japan.

McDonald, I.R., Costello, A.M., Smith, K.S., Lidstrom, M.E. and Murrell, J.C. (1999).  Molecular ecology analysis of methanotrophic populations in Newport Bay estuary, California.  SGM, Edinburgh, 13 - 16 April, 1999.

Bourne, D.G., McDonald, I.R., Roslev, P., Iversen, N., Henricksen, K. and Murrell, J.C. (1999).  Detection of methanotrophs in Danish soils using molecular ecology techniques. SGM, Edinburgh, 13 - 16 April, 1999.

Gilbert, B., McDonald, I.R., Finch, R. and Murrell, J.C. (1999).  Comparative analysis of the particulate methane monooxygenase (pmo) gene clusters from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b and Methylocystis sp. strain M. SGM, Edinburgh, 13 - 16 April, 1999.

McAnulla, C., Woodall, C.A., McDonald, I.R., Studer, A., Vuilleumier, S., Leisinger, T. and Murrell, J.C. (1999).  Chloromethane metabolism in Hyphomicrobium strain CM2. SGM, Edinburgh, 13 - 16 April, 1999.

Enticknap, J., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (1998). The effects of nitrogen fertilisation on methane oxidising bacteria in aerobic soils. Workshop on Genetic Fingerprinting of Microbial Communities - present status and future perspectives, Bremen, Germany, 1-4 Feb. 1998.

Woodall, C.A., McAnulla, C., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (1998).  Molecular analysis of the halomethane-degrading bacterium Hyphomicrobium strain CM2.  Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, New England College, Henniker, N.H., USA, 28th June - 3rd July, 1998. 

Gilbert, B., McDonald, I.R., Finch, R. and Murrell, J.C. (1998).  Molecular characterisation of the particulate methane monooxygenase gene clusters from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b and Methylocystis sp. strain M. Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, New England College, Henniker, N.H., USA, 28th June - 3rd July, 1998.

Bodrossy, L., McDonald, I.R., Hanczar, T., Csaki, R., Rakhely, G., Murrell, J.C. and Kovacs, K.L. (1998).  Approaches to broaden the biotechnological potential of thermophilic methanotrophs. Gordon research conference on Molecular basis of one-carbon metabolism, New England College, Henniker, N.H., USA, 28th June - 3rd July, 1998.

McDonald, I.R., Bourne, D.G. and Murrell, J.C. (1998).  The detection of novel methanotrophic sequences, associated with atmospheric methane oxidation, in Danish forest soils.  ISME-8, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 9 - 14 August, 1998.

Miguez, C.B., McDonald, I.R., Rogge, G., Bourque, D., Wendlandt, K.D., Murrell, J.C. and Groleau, D. (1998).  Detection of methane monooxygenase genes in methanotrophs from polluted environments. ISME-8, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 9 - 14 August, 1998.

Enticknap, J., Willison, T., McDonald, I.R., Bourne, D.G. and Murrell, J.C. (1998).  Atmospheric methane oxidation in aerobic soils. ISME-8, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 9 - 14 August, 1998.

McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (1997). Molecular microbiological techniques for the study of methane oxidation in the terrestrial environment.  5th Annual Meeting of the NERC TIGER Program. Manchester, 7-9 Jan. 1997.

Miguez, C.B., Rogge, G., McDonald, I.R., Bourque, D., Wendlandt, K.D., Murrell, J.C. and Groleau, D. (1997). Detection of the soluble methane monoonoxygenase (sMMO)  enzyme in isolates from various environments. International Symposium on Bioremediation, Leipzig, Germany, 24-27 Sept. 1997.

McDonald, I.R., Holmes, A.J. and Murrell, J.C. (1996). Molecular microbiological techniques for the study of methane oxidation in the terrestrial environment.  4th Annual Meeting of the NERC TIGER Program. Grange-over-Sands, 29 Jan - 2 Feb. 1996.

McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (1995). Molecular ecological techniques for the detection of methane oxidising bacteria in peat bogs.  NATO Advanced Research Workshop on the Microbiology of Atmospheric Trace Gases; Sources, Sinks and Global Change Processes. Il Ciocco, Castelvecchio Pascoli, Tuscany, 13-18 May 1995.

McDonald, I.R., Kenna, E. and Murrell, J.C. (1995). Detection of methanotrophs in the environment using molecular ecology techniques.  8th International Symposium on Microbial Growth on C1 compounds, San Diego, USA, Aug. 1995.

McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (1993). Molecular ecological techniques for the study of methane oxidation in the terrestrial environment.  FEMS International Symposium on Identification of Bacteria. Granada, Spain. 19-22 Sept. 1993.

McDonald, I.R., Riley, P.W., Sharp, R.J. and McCarthy, A.J. (1991). The survival of a chloramphenicol resistance plasmid in a natural Bacillus population.  2nd International conference on the release of genetically engineered microorganisms (REGEM-2). Nottingham, UK. Oct. 1991.

McDonald, I.R., Riley, P.W., Sharp, R.J. and McCarthy, A.J. (1990). Electroporation of Bacillus subtilis 168 trp-.  International conference on Electroporation and Electrofusion. MBL, Woods Hole, MA., USA. 28-31 Oct. 1990.

McDonald, I.R., Riley, P.W., Sharp, R.J. and McCarthy, A.J. (1990). Development of Bacillus host vector systems for studying gene transfer in the environment.  SGM symposium on gene transfer in the environment. Swansea, UK. Dec. 1990.

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