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Bendigoles A~C, New Steroids from Gordonia australis Acta 2299†

Journal Article
Schneider, K., Graf, E., Irran, E., Nicholson, G., Stainsby, F. M., Goodfellow, M., …Fiedler, H. (2008)
Bendigoles A~C, New Steroids from Gordonia australis Acta 2299†. Journal of antibiotics. 61(6), 356-364. doi:10.1038/ja.2008.50. ISSN 0021-8820
Bendigoles A~C are the first secondary metabolites to be isolated from a member of the actinomycete genus Gordonia. They were detected in a culture filtrate extract of Gordoni...

Gordonia defluvii sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam.

Journal Article
Soddell, J. A., Stainsby, F. M., Eales, K. L., Seviour, R. J., & Goodfellow, M. (2006)
Gordonia defluvii sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 56, 2265-2269. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.64034-0
Three strains of non-motile, Gram-positive, filamentous actinomycetes, isolates J4T, J5 and J59, initially recognized microscopically in activated sludge foam by their distinc...

Millisia brevis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam.

Journal Article
Soddell, J. A., Stainsby, F. M., Eales, K. L., Kroppenstedt, R. M., Seviour, R. J. & Goodfellow, M. (2006)
Millisia brevis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56, 739-744. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63855-0. ISSN 1466-5026
The taxonomic position of two mycolic-acid-producing actinomycetes, isolates J81T and J82, which were recovered from activated sludge foam, was clarified. Comparative 16S rRNA...

Partitioning and Bioavailability

Book
Philp, J., Stainsby, F., & Dunbar, S. (2005)
Partitioning and Bioavailability. In Water encyclopediaHoboken, N.J: Wiley. doi:10.1002/047147844x.pc441
As soon as a chemical is spilled it becomes a pollutant, but the fate of that pollutant depends to a large degree on its chemistry, which determines how it will partition to v...

Gordonia sinesedis sp. nov., a novel soil isolate.

Journal Article
Maldonado, L. A., Stainsby, F. M., Ward, A. C. & Goodfellow, M. (2003)
Gordonia sinesedis sp. nov., a novel soil isolate. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 83, 75-80. doi:10.1023/A:1022918102948. ISSN 0003-6072
The taxonomic position of an actinomycete isolated from soil was evaluated using a polyphasic approach. The organism, strain J72, was found to have chemical and morphological ...

Dispelling the "Nocardia amarae" myth: a phylogenetic and phenotypic study of mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes isolated from activated sludge foam.

Journal Article
Stainsby, F. M., Soddell, J. A., Seviour, R. J., Upton, J. & Goodfellow, M. (2002)
Dispelling the "Nocardia amarae" myth: a phylogenetic and phenotypic study of mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes isolated from activated sludge foam. Water Science and Technology. 46, 81-90. ISSN 0273-1223
Right-angle branched filaments and rods micromanipulated from activated sludge foam and mixed liquor were identified as putatively novel members of the genera Gordonia, Mycoba...

Quantitative Use of Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization To Examine Relationships between Mycolic Acid-Containing Actinomycetes and Foaming in Activated Sludge Plants

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...

Activated sludge foaming: The true extent of actinomycete diversity

Journal Article
Goodfellow, M., Stainsby, F., Davenport, R., Chun, J., & Curtis, T. (1998)
Activated sludge foaming: The true extent of actinomycete diversity. Water Science and Technology, 37(4-5), 511-519. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0273-1223%2898%2900153-x
Isolates from activated sludge foam were provisionally assigned to the genera Gordona and Tsukamurella on the basis of colony morphology and pigmentation. Representatives of t...

Actinomycete diversity associated with foaming in activated sludge plants

Journal Article
Goodfellow, M., Davenport, R., Stainsby, F. M., & Curtis, T. P. (1996)
Actinomycete diversity associated with foaming in activated sludge plants. Journal of industrial microbiology, 17(3-4), 268-280. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01574701
Large numbers of mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes were isolated from foam and scum samples taken from three activated-sludge sewage-treatment plants using several selecti...
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The prevalence, sources and diversity of antibiotic resistant E. coli in Scottish surface waters: a baseline for risk assessment and intervention targets.

2022 - 2026
The alarming rise in resistance to antibiotics is now widely accepted as being one of the most serious public health crises we face today. The use and overuse of antibiotics in human and animal medici...
Funder: Medical Research Scotland | Value: £71,650

The prevalence of antibiotic resistance pathogen E. coli in Scottish surface waters

2019 - 2023
The alarming rise in resistance to antibiotics is now widely accepted as being one of the most serious public health crises we face today. The use and overuse of antibiotics in human and animal medici...
Funder: Medical Research Scotland | Value: £129,161

KTP Quality Precision Technology

2016 - 2018
The strategic development of technology and organisation to support the company’s growth in design, manufacture and delivery of water treatment and energy conservation systems Innovate KTP no. 010118
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £137,743

Nanomaterials and wastewater treatment

2015 - 2016
In an attempt to better understand the impact of nanomaterials on waste water treatment, the University will undertake a purposeful environmental hazard assessment, whereby the focus will be to assess...
Funder: Centre for Environment Fisheries & Aquaculture Science | Value: £18,992

Yuan Shen Vacation Scholarship

2006 - 2007
Yuan Shen Vacation Scholarship
Funder: Wellcome Trust | Value: £1,360

Causes of Nitrification

2006 - 2009
Value: £8,560
19 results

Antibiotic Resistant Faecal Indicator Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistant Genes in Scottish Source Waters and Resistant Heterotrophic Bacteria in Treated Drinking Water Detected with Culture Dependent and Independent Methods

2022 - date
Muriel Chaudhri | Director of Studies: Dr Donald Morrison | Second Supervisor: Dr Fiona Stainsby

Policing the Pandemic: the Police The Public and their relationship

2022 - date
Esme O'Donnell | Director of Studies: Dr Shane Horgan | Second Supervisor: Dr Andrew Wooff

Biological management of the potato cyst nematode

2022 - date
Lewis Bell | Director of Studies: Dr Fiona Stainsby

Dissolved oxygen and pH variability within seagrass meadows: mitigators of ocean acidification and potential refugia for CaCO3 dependent organisms?

2021 - date
Ahmed Mohamed | Director of Studies: Prof Mark Huxham | Second Supervisor: Prof Karen Diele

Biocontrol of potato cyst nematode (PCN): investigating antagonistic microbes isolated from suppressive soil

2019 - date
Amanda Jones | Director of Studies: Prof Ian Singleton | Second Supervisor: Dr Fiona Stainsby

Identification and whole genome analysis of cefotaxime resistant Escherichia coli recovered from a tertiary treatment wastewater treatment plant discharge point

2019 - date
Li Black | Director of Studies: Dr Fiona Stainsby | Second Supervisor: Dr Donald Morrison

Anti-adhesive and anti-biofilm potential of extra-cellular biosurfactants produced by mycolate actinobacteria of the suborder Corynebacterineae against biofilm-forming human pathogens

2018 - date
Janki Hodar | Director of Studies: Dr Fiona Stainsby | Second Supervisor: Dr Halina Vaughan

Conversations surrounding "consent": are those working within sexual health services equipped to facilitate conversations around consent?

2018 - 2020
Victoria Jones | Director of Studies: Dr Sally Brown | Second Supervisor: Dr Fiona McQueen

Responses of aquatic invertebrates to anthropogenic sound across different life history stages

2017 - 2022
Edward Bolger | Director of Studies: Prof Karen Diele | Second Supervisor: Prof Robert Briers

The impact of gamification on student engagement with formative assessment

2017 - 2021
Errol Rivera | Director of Studies: Dr Claire Garden | Second Supervisor: Dr Bridget Hanna

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