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Professor ROBERT WALLACE

Professor ROBERT WALLACE
Professor ROBERT WALLACE
Professor ROBERT WALLACE

Emeritus Professor

About
Email Address
john.wallace@abdn.ac.uk
School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Qualifications

  • BSc Biochemistry 
    1972 - University of Glasgow 
  • PhD Microbial biochemistry 
    1975 - University of Glasgow 
    Maintenance energy and molar growth yields of Escherichia coli

Latest Publications

  • The rumen microbiome: balancing food security and environmental impacts

    Mizrahi, I., Wallace, R. J., Moraïs, S.
    Nature reviews. Microbiology, vol. 19, pp. 553–566
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Postmortem observations on rumen wall histology and gene expression and ruminal and caecal content of beef cattle fattened on barley-based rations

    Jonsson, N. N., Ferguson, H. J., Koh-Tan, H. H., McCartney, C. A., Cernat, R. C., Strachan, E. M., Thomson, W., Snelling, T. J., Harvey, C. D., Andonovic, I., Michie, C., Wallace, R. J.
    Animal , vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 1447-1460
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of dietary fish oil supplements alone or in combination with sunflower and linseed oil on ruminal lipid metabolism and bacterial populations in lactating cows

    Kairenius, P., Leskinen, H., Toivonen, V., Muetzel, S., Ahvenjärvi, S., Vanhatalo, A., Huhtanen, P., Wallace, R. J., Shingfield, K. J.
    Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 3021-3035
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Adipose specific disruption of seipin causes early-onset generalised lipodystrophy and altered fuel utilisation without severe metabolic disease

    McIlroy, G., Suchacki, K., Roelofs, A. J., Yang, W., Fu, Y., Bai, B., Wallace, R. J., de Bari, C., Cawthorn, W. P., Han, W., Delibegovic, M., Rochford, J. J.
    Molecular Metabolism, vol. 10, pp. 55-65
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cultivation and sequencing of rumen microbiome members from the Hungate1000 Collection

    Seshadri, R., Leahy, S. C., Attwood, G. T., Teh, K. H., Lambie, S. C., Cookson, A. L., Eloe-Fadrosh, E. A., Pavlopoulos, G. A., Hadjithomas, M., Varghese, N. J., Paez-Espino, D., Perry, R., Henderson, G., Creevey, C. J., Terrapon, N., Lapebie, P., Drula, E., Lombard, V., Rubin, E., Kyrpides, N. C., Henrissat, B., Woyke, T., Ivanova, N. N., Kelly, W. J., Palevic, N., Janssen, P. H., Ronimus, R. S., Noel, S., Soni, P., Reilly, K., Atherly, T., Ziemer, C., Wright, A. D., Ishaq, S., Cotta, M., Thompson, S., Crosley, K., McKain, N., Wallace, R. J., Flint, H. J., Martin, J. C., Forster, R. J., Gruninger, R. J., McAllister, T., Gilbert, R., Ouwerkerk, D. J., Gilbert, R., Ouwerkerk, D. J., Klieve, A. J., Jassim, R. A., Hungate1000 project collaborators
    Nature Biotechnology, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 359-367
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

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Research

Research Areas

Biological and Environmental Sciences

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Research Specialisms

  • Nutrition
  • Genetics
  • Microbiology
  • Genomics
  • Animal Nutrition

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Publications

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  • The rumen microbiome: balancing food security and environmental impacts

    Mizrahi, I., Wallace, R. J., Moraïs, S.
    Nature reviews. Microbiology, vol. 19, pp. 553–566
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Postmortem observations on rumen wall histology and gene expression and ruminal and caecal content of beef cattle fattened on barley-based rations

    Jonsson, N. N., Ferguson, H. J., Koh-Tan, H. H., McCartney, C. A., Cernat, R. C., Strachan, E. M., Thomson, W., Snelling, T. J., Harvey, C. D., Andonovic, I., Michie, C., Wallace, R. J.
    Animal , vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 1447-1460
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of dietary fish oil supplements alone or in combination with sunflower and linseed oil on ruminal lipid metabolism and bacterial populations in lactating cows

    Kairenius, P., Leskinen, H., Toivonen, V., Muetzel, S., Ahvenjärvi, S., Vanhatalo, A., Huhtanen, P., Wallace, R. J., Shingfield, K. J.
    Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 3021-3035
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Adipose specific disruption of seipin causes early-onset generalised lipodystrophy and altered fuel utilisation without severe metabolic disease

    McIlroy, G., Suchacki, K., Roelofs, A. J., Yang, W., Fu, Y., Bai, B., Wallace, R. J., de Bari, C., Cawthorn, W. P., Han, W., Delibegovic, M., Rochford, J. J.
    Molecular Metabolism, vol. 10, pp. 55-65
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cultivation and sequencing of rumen microbiome members from the Hungate1000 Collection

    Seshadri, R., Leahy, S. C., Attwood, G. T., Teh, K. H., Lambie, S. C., Cookson, A. L., Eloe-Fadrosh, E. A., Pavlopoulos, G. A., Hadjithomas, M., Varghese, N. J., Paez-Espino, D., Perry, R., Henderson, G., Creevey, C. J., Terrapon, N., Lapebie, P., Drula, E., Lombard, V., Rubin, E., Kyrpides, N. C., Henrissat, B., Woyke, T., Ivanova, N. N., Kelly, W. J., Palevic, N., Janssen, P. H., Ronimus, R. S., Noel, S., Soni, P., Reilly, K., Atherly, T., Ziemer, C., Wright, A. D., Ishaq, S., Cotta, M., Thompson, S., Crosley, K., McKain, N., Wallace, R. J., Flint, H. J., Martin, J. C., Forster, R. J., Gruninger, R. J., McAllister, T., Gilbert, R., Ouwerkerk, D. J., Gilbert, R., Ouwerkerk, D. J., Klieve, A. J., Jassim, R. A., Hungate1000 project collaborators
    Nature Biotechnology, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 359-367
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Identification, Comparison, and Validation of Robust Rumen Microbial Biomarkers for Methane Emissions Using Diverse Bos Taurus Breeds and Basal Diets

    Auffret, M., Stewart, R., Dewhurst, R., Duthie, C., Rooke, J., Wallace, R. J., Freeman, T., Snelling, T. J., Watson, M., Roehe, R.
    Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 8, 2642
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Taxon abundance, diversity, co-occurrence and network analysis of the ruminal microbiota in response to dietary changes in dairy cows

    Tapio, I., Fischer, D., Blasco, L., Tapio, M., Wallace, R. J., Bayat, A. R., Ventto, L., Kahala, M., Negussie, E., Shingfield, K. J., Vilkki, J.
    PloS ONE, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 1-21
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The ruminal microbiome associated with methane emissions from ruminant livestock

    Tapio, I., Snelling, T. J., Strozzi, F., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, vol. 8, 7
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Application of meta-omics techniques to understand greenhouse gas emissions originating from ruminal metabolism

    Wallace, R. J., Snelling, T. J., McCartney, C. A., Tapio, I., Strozzi, F.
    Genetics Selection Evolution, vol. 49, 9
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • The rumen microbial metaproteome as revealed by SDS-PAGE

    Snelling, T. J., Wallace, R. J.
    BioMed Central Microbiology, vol. 17, 9
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Vernonia galamensis and vernolic acid inhibit fatty acid biohydrogenation in vitro

    Morales, E. R., McKain, N., Gawad, R. M. A., Hugo, A., Wallace, R. J.
    Animal Feed Science and Technology, vol. 222, pp. 54-63
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Metabolism of α-linolenic acid during incubations with strained bovine rumen contents: products and mechanisms

    Honkanen, A. M., Leskinen, H., Toivonen, V., McKain, N., Wallace, R. J., Shingfield, K. J.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 115, no. 12, pp. 2093-2105
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Oral Samples as Non-Invasive Proxies for Assessing the Composition of the Rumen Microbial Community

    Tapio, I., Shingfield, K. J., McKain, N., Bonin, A., Fischer, D., Bayat, A. R., Vilkki, J., Taberlet, P., Snelling, T. J., Wallace, R. J.
    PloS ONE, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 1-15
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Bovine Host Genetic Variation Influences Rumen Microbial Methane Production with Best Selection Criterion for Low Methane Emitting and Efficiently Feed Converting Hosts Based on Metagenomic Gene Abundance

    Roehe, R., Dewhurst, R. J., Duthie, C., Rooke, J. A., McKain, N., Ross, D. W., Hyslop, J. J., Waterhouse, A., Freeman, T. C., Watson, M., Wallace, R. J.
    PLoS Genetics, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 1-20
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nitrate and Inhibition of Ruminal Methanogenesis: Microbial Ecology, Obstacles, and Opportunities for Lowering Methane Emissions from Ruminant Livestock

    Yang, C., Rooke, J. A., Cabeza, I., Wallace, R. J.
    Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 7, pp. 1-14
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Risks associated with endotoxins in feed additives produced by fermentation

    Wallace, R. J., Gropp, J., Dierick, N., Costa, L. G., Martelli, G., Brantom, P. G., Bampidis, V., Renshaw, D. W., Leng, L.
    Environmental Health, vol. 15, pp. 1-7
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • The rumen microbial metagenome associated with high methane production in cattle

    Wallace, R. J., Rooke, J. A., McKain, N., Duthie, C., Hyslop, J. J., Ross, D. W., Waterhouse, A., Watson, M., Roehe, R.
    BMC Genomics, vol. 16, 839
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Essential oils have different effects on human pathogenic and commensal bacteria in mixed faecal fermentations compared to pure cultures

    Thapa, D., Louis, P., Losa, R., Zweifel, B., Wallace, R. J.
    Microbiology , vol. 161, no. 2, pp. 441-449
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of DNA extraction and sample preservation method on rumen bacterial population

    Fliegerova, K., Tapio, I., Bonin, A., Mrazek, J., Callegari, M. L., Bani, P., Bayat, A., Vilkki, J., Kopecny, J., Shingfield, K. J., Boyer, F., Coissac, E., Taberlet, P., Wallace, R. J.
    Anaerobe, vol. 29, pp. 80-84
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Persistence of foodborne pathogens and their control in primary and secondary food production chains

    Larsen, M. H., Dalmasso, M., Ingmer, H., Langsrud, S., Malakauskas, M., Mader, A., Moretro, T., Mozina, S. S., Rychli, K., Wagner, M., Wallace, R. J., Zentek, J., Jordan, K.
    Food control, vol. 44, pp. 92-109
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Diversity and Community Composition of Methanogenic Archaea in the Rumen of Scottish Upland Sheep Assessed by Different Methods

    Snelling, T. J., Genç, B., McKain, N., Watson, M., Waters, S. M., Creevey, C. J., Wallace, R. J.
    PloS ONE, vol. 9, no. 9, e106491
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Diversity and community composition of methanogenic archaea in the rumen of Scottish upland sheep assessed by different methods

    Snelling, T. J., Genc, B., McKain, N., Watson, M., Waters, S. M., Creevy, C. J., Wallace, R. J.
    PloS ONE, vol. 9, no. 9, e106491
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Hydrogen and methane emissions from beef cattle and their rumen microbial community vary with diet, time after feeding and genotype

    Rooke, J. A., Wallace, R. J., Duthie, C., McKain, N., de Souza, S. M., Hyslop, J. J., Ross, D. W., Waterhouse, T., Roehe, R.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 112, no. 3, pp. 398-407
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Archaeal abundance in post-mortem ruminal digesta may help predict methane emissions from beef cattle

    Wallace, R. J., Rooke, J. A., Duthie, C., Hyslop, J. J., Ross, D. W., McKain, N., Motta de Souza, S., Snelling, T. J., Waterhouse, A., Roehe, R.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 4, 5892
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • High-density carbon ablator experiments on the National Ignition Facility

    MacKinnon, A. J., Meezan, N. B., Ross, J. S., Le Pape, S., Hopkins, L. B., Divol, L., Ho, D., Milovich, J., Pak, A., Ralph, J., Doeppner, T., Patel, P. K., Thomas, C., Tommasini, R., Haan, S., MacPhee, A. G., McNaney, J., Caggiano, J., Hatarik, R., Bionta, R., Ma, T., Spears, B., Rygg, J. R., Benedetti, L. R., Town, R. P. J., Bradley, D. K., Dewald, E. L., Fittinghoff, D., Jones, O. S., Robey, H. R., Moody, J. D., Khan, S., Callahan, D. A., Hamza, A., Biener, J., Celliers, P. M., Braun, D. G., Erskine, D. J., Prisbrey, S. T., Wallace, R. J., Kozioziemski, B., Dylla-Spears, R., Sater, J., Collins, G., Storm, E., Hsing, W., Landen, O., Atherton, J. L., Lindl, J. D., Edwards, M. J., Frenje, J. A., Gatu-Johnson, M., Li, C. K., Petrasso, R., Rinderknecht, H., Rosenberg, M., Seguin, F. H., Zylstra, A., Knauer, J. P., Grim, G., Guler, N., Merrill, F., Olson, R., Kyrala, G. A., Kilkenny, J. D., Nikroo, A., Moreno, K., Hoover, D. E., Wild, C., Werner, E.
    Physics of Plasmas, vol. 21, no. 5, 056318
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Diversity and Community Composition of Methanogenic Archaea in the Rumen of Scottish Upland Sheep Assessed by Different Methods

    Snelling, T. J., Genc, B., McKain, N., McCabe, M., Watson, M., Waters, S., Creevy, C., Wallace, R. J.
    Rowett-INRA Gut Microbiology 2014
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • A new hybrid target concept for multi-keV X-ray sources

    Primout, M., Babonneau, D., Jacquet, L., Villette, B., Girard, F., Brebion, D., Stemmler, P., Fournier, K. B., Marrs, R., May, M. J., Heeter, R. F., Wallace, R. J., Nishimura, H., Fujioka, S., Tanabe, M., Nagai, H.
    High energy density physics, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 750-760
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Differential recovery of bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA genes from ruminal digesta in response to glycerol as cryoprotectant

    McKain, N., Genc, B., Snelling, T. J., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Microbiological Methods, vol. 95, no. 3, pp. 381-383
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A micro-architectural evaluation of osteoporotic human femoral heads to guide implant placement in proximal femoral fractures

    Jenkins, P. J., Ramaesh, R., Pankaj, P., Patton, J. T., Howie, C. R., Goffin, J. M., Merwe, A. v. d., Wallace, R. J., Porter, D. E., Simpson, A. H.
    Acta Orthopaedica, vol. 84, no. 5, pp. 453-459
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Meta4: a web application for sharing and annotating metagenomic gene predictions using web services

    Richardson, E. J., Escalettes, F., Fotheringham, I., Wallace, R. J., Watson, M.
    Frontiers in Genetics, vol. 4, 168
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effect of strain rate on the failure stress and toughness of bone of different mineral densities

    Wallace, R. J., Pankaj, P., Simpson, A. H. R. W.
    Journal of Biomechanics, vol. 46, no. 13, pp. 2283-2287
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Do bisphosphonates inhibit direct fracture healing?: a laboratory investigation using an animal model

    Savaridas, T., Wallace, R. J., Salter, D. M., Simpson, A. H. R. W.
    The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British volume , vol. 95B, no. 9, pp. 1263-1268
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of forage conservation method on ruminal lipid metabolism and microbial ecology in lactating cows fed diets containing a 60:40 forage-to-concentrate ratio

    Halmemies-Beauchet-Filleau, A., Kairenius, P., Ahvenjarvi, S., Crosley, L. K., Muetzel, S., Huhtanen, P., Vanhatalo, A., Toivonen, V., Wallace, R. J., Shingfield, K. J.
    Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 96, no. 4, pp. 2428-2447
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ammonia production by human faecal bacteria, and the enumeration, isolation and characterization of bacteria capable of growth on peptides and amino acids

    Richardson, A. J., McKain, N., Wallace, R. J.
    BioMed Central Microbiology, vol. 13, 6
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Potentiation by metal ions of the efficacy of the ionophores, monensin and tetronasin, towards four species of ruminal bacteria

    Newbold, C. J., Wallace, R. J., Walker-Bax, N. D.
    FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 338, no. 2, pp. 161-167
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ricinoleic acid inhibits methanogenesis and fatty acid biohydrogenation in ruminal digesta from sheep and in bacterial cultures

    Morales, E. R., Mata Espinosa, M. A., McKain, N., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Animal Science, vol. 90, no. 13, pp. 4943-4950
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Sensitivity of pathogenic and commensal bacteria from the human colon to essential oils

    Thapa, D., Losa, R., Zweifel, B., Wallace, R. J.
    Microbiology , vol. 158, no. 11, pp. 2870-2877
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Dietary fish oil supplements modify ruminal biohydrogenation, alter the flow of fatty acids at the omasum, and induce changes in the ruminal Butyrivibrio population in lactating cows

    Shingfield, K. J., Kairenius, P., Arola, A., Muetzel, S., Paillard, D., Ahvenjarvi, S., Vanhatalo, A., Huhtanen, P., Toivonen, V., Griinari, M., Wallace, R. J.
    The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 142, no. 8, pp. 1437-1448
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Selenite and selenate affected the fatty acid profile in in vitro incubated ovine ruminal fluid containing linoleic acid

    Czauderna, M., Kowalczyk, J., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 477-492
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • As yet uncultured bacteria phylogenetically classified as Prevotella, Lachnospiraceae incertae sedis and unclassified Bacteroidales, Clostridiales and Ruminococcaceae may play a predominant role in ruminal biohydrogenation

    Huws, S. A., Kim, E. J., Lee, M. R. F., Scott, M. B., Tweed, J. K. S., Pinloche, E., Wallace, R. J., Scollan, N. D.
    Environmental Microbiology, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1500-1512
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • High-protein, reduced-carbohydrate weight-loss diets promote metabolite profiles likely to be detrimental to colonic health

    Russell, W. R., Gratz, S. W., Duncan, S. H., Holtrop, G., Ince, J., Scobbie, L., Duncan, G., Johnstone, A. M., Lobley, G. E., Wallace, R. J., Duthie, G. G., Flint, H. J.
    The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 93, no. 5, pp. 1062-1072
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Olsenella umbonata sp. nov., a microaerotolerant anaerobic lactic acid bacterium from the sheep rumen and pig jejunum, and emended descriptions of Olsenella, Olsenella uli and Olsenella profusa

    Kraatz, M., Wallace, R. J., Svensson, L.
    International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 795-803
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Recent perspectives on the relations between faecal mutagenicity, genotoxicity and diet

    Gratz, S. W., Wallace, R. J., El-Nezami, H.
    Frontiers in Pharmacology, vol. 2, pp. 4
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Future research priorities for animal production in a changing world

    Scollan, N. D., Greenwood, P. L., Newbold, C. J., Yanez Ruiz, D. R., Shingfield, K. J., Wallace, R. J., Hocquette, J. F.
    Animal Production Science, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 1-5
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Chrysanthemum coronarium as a modulator of fatty acid biohydrogenation in the rumen

    Wood, T. A., Morales, E. R., McKain, N., Shen, X., Atasoglu, C., Wallace, R. J.
    Animal Feed Science and Technology, vol. 161, no. 1-2, pp. 28-37
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Dietary plant bioactives for poultry health and productivity

    Wallace, R. J., Oleszek, W., Franz, C., Hahn, I., Baser, K. H. C., Mathe, A., Teichmann, K.
    British Poultry Science, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 461-487
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Forage type and fish oil cause shifts in rumen bacterial diversity

    Huws, S. A., Lee, M. R. F., Muetzel, S. M., Scott, M. B., Wallace, R. J., Scollan, N. D.
    FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 396-407
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Obesity and colorectal cancer risk: impact of the gut microbiota and weight-loss diets

    Flint, H. J., Wallace, R. J.
    The Open Obesity Journal, vol. 2, pp. 50-62
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The role of microbes in rumen lipolysis and biohydrogenation and their manipulation

    Lourenco, M., Morales, E. R., Wallace, R. J.
    Animal , vol. 4, no. 7, pp. 1008-1023
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Toxicity of unsaturated fatty acids to the biohydrogenating ruminal bacterium, Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens

    Maia, M. R. G., Chaudhary, L. C., Bestwick, C. S., Richardson, A. J., McKain, N., Larson, T. R., Graham, I. A., Wallace, R. J.
    BioMed Central Microbiology, vol. 10, 52
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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