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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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  • Metabolism of conjugated linoleic acids and 18:1 fatty acids by ruminal bacteria: products and mechanisms

    McKain, N., Shingfield, K. J., Wallace, R. J.
    Microbiology , vol. 156, no. 2, pp. 579-588
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Screening for anti-proteolytic compounds

    Hoffmann, E. M., Selje-Assmann, N., Becker, K., Wallace, R. J., Broderick, G. A.
    In vitro screening of plant resources for extra-nutritional attributes in ruminants: nuclear and related methodologies. Vercoe, P. E., Makkar, H. P. S., Schlink, A. C. (eds.). Springer: International Atomic Energy Agency, pp. 55-86, 32 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Gastrointestinal tract: fat metabolism in the colon

    Hoyles, L., Wallace, R. J.
    Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology:. Timmis, K. N. (ed.). Springer Verlag, pp. 3111-3118, 8 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Gastrointestinal tract: intestinal fatty acid metabolism and implications for health

    Hoyles, L., Wallace, R. J.
    Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Timmis, K. N. (ed.). Springer Verlag, pp. 3119-3132, 14 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Effect of high-protein diets on faecal N-nitrosocompounds and genotoxicity of faecal water

    Gratz, S. W., Richardson, A. J., Johnstone, A. M., Lobley, G. E., Flint, H. J., Wallace, R. J.
    Mutagenesis, vol. 24, no. 6, pp. 528
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Effect of protein and carbohydrate intake on intestinal toxicity of human feces

    Gratz, S., Duncan, S., Richardson, A. J., Johnstone, A., Lobley, G. E., Flint, H. J., Wallace, R. J.
    Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, vol. 55, no. Suppl. 1, pp. 80
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Rumen protozoa are rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids due to the ingestion of chloroplasts

    Huws, S. A., Kim, E. J., Kingston-Smith, A. H., Lee, M. R. F., Muetzel, S. M., Cookson, J. A., Newbold, C. J., Wallace, R. J., Scollan, N. D.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 461-471
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Encapsulated fumaric acid as a feed ingredient to decrease ruminal methane emissions

    Wood, T. A., Wallace, R. J., Rowe, A., Price, J., Yanez-Ruiz, D. R., Murray, P., Newbold, C. J.
    Animal Feed Science and Technology, vol. 152, no. 1-2, pp. 62-71
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Physiological changes in rumen fermentation during acidosis induction and its control using a multivalent polyclonal antibody preparation in heifers

    Blanch, M., Calsamiglia, S., DiLorenzo, N., DiCostanzo, A., Muetzel, S., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Animal Science, vol. 87, no. 5, pp. 1722-1730
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • High protein diets impact on microbial metabolites and toxicity in the human large intestine

    Gratz, S., Duncan, S. H., Richardson, A. J., Johnstone, A. M., Lobley, G. E., Flint, H. J., Wallace, R. J.
    Microbial Ecology, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 572-573
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Differences between human subjects in the composition of the faecal bacterial community and faecal metabolism of linoleic acid

    Devillard, E., McIntosh, F. M., Paillard, D., Thomas, N. A., Shingfield, K. J., Wallace, R. J.
    Microbiology , vol. 155, no. 2, pp. 513-520
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Mechanism of conjugated linoleic acid and vaccenic acid formation in human faecal suspensions and pure cultures of intestinal bacteria

    McIntosh, F. M., Shingfield, K. J., Devillard, E., Russell, W. R., Wallace, R. J.
    Microbiology , vol. 155, no. 1, pp. 285-294
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Australian plants with potential to inhibit bacteria and processes involved in ruminal biohydrogenation of fatty acids

    Durmic, Z., McSweeney, C. S., Kemp, G. W., Hutton, P., Wallace, R. J., Vercoe, P. E.
    Animal Feed Science and Technology, vol. 145, no. 1-4, pp. 271-284
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Enzymes, direct-fed microbials and plant extracts in ruminant nutrition

    Wallace, R. J., Colombatto, D., Robinson, P. H.
    Animal Feed Science and Technology, vol. 145, no. 1-4, pp. 1-4
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • In vitro screening of the potential of numerous plant species as antimethanogenic feed additives for ruminants

    Bodas, R., Lopez, S., Fernandez, M., Garcia-Gonzalez, R., Rodriguez, A. B., Wallace, R. J., Gonzalez, J. S.
    Animal Feed Science and Technology, vol. 145, no. 1-4, pp. 245-258
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Adaptation to flavomycin in the ruminal bacterium, Prevotella bryantii

    Edwards, J. E., McEwan, N. R., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Applied Microbiology, vol. 104, no. 6, pp. 1617-1623
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Fish oil increases the duodenal flow of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids and trans-11 18:1 and decreases 18:0 in steers via changes in the rumen bacterial community

    Kim, E. J., Huws, S. A., Lee, M. R. F., Wood, J. D., Muetzel, S. M., Wallace, R. J., Scollan, N. D.
    The Journal of Nutrition, vol. 138, no. 5, pp. 889-896
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Gut microbiology: broad genetic diversity, yet specific metabolic niches

    Wallace, R. J.
    Animal , vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 661-668
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Plant extracts as antimicrobials in ruminants

    Wallace, R. J.
    Recent Advances in Animal Nutrition - 2007. Garnsworthy, P. C., Wiseman, J. (eds.). Nottingham University Press, pp. 139-153, 15 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Board-invited review: recent advances in biohydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids within the rumen microbial ecosystem

    Jenkins, T. C., Wallace, R. J., Moate, P. J., Mosley, E. E.
    Journal of Animal Science, vol. 86, no. 2, pp. 397-412
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Effect of a blend of essential oil compounds on the colonization of starch-rich substrates by bacteria in the rumen

    Duval, S. M., McEwan, N. R., Graham, R. C., Wallace, R. J., Newbold, C. J.
    Journal of Applied Microbiology, vol. 103, no. 6, pp. 2132-2141
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A meta-analysis of fumarate effects on methane production in ruminal batch cultures

    Ungerfeld, E. M., Kohn, R. A., Wallace, R. J., Newbold, C. J.
    Journal of Animal Science, vol. 85, no. 10, pp. 2556-2563
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effects of aromatic amino acids, phenylacetate and phenylpropionate on fermentation of xylan by the rumen anaerobic fungi, Neocallimastix frontalis and Piromyces communis

    Guliye, A. Y., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Applied Microbiology, vol. 103, no. 4, pp. 924-929
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Isomers of conjugated linoleic acids are synthesized via different mechanisms in ruminal digesta and bacteria

    Wallace, R. J., McKain, N., Shingfield, K. J., Devillard, E.
    Journal of Lipid Research, vol. 48, no. 10, pp. 2247-2254
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Quantification of ruminal Clostridium proteoclasticum by real-time PCR using a molecular beacon approach

    Paillard, D., McKain, N., Rincon, M. T., Shingfield, K. J., Givens, D. I., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Applied Microbiology, vol. 103, no. 4, pp. 1251-1261
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Results of a screening programme to identify plants or plant extracts that inhibit ruminal protein degradation

    Selje, N., Hoffmann, E. M., Muetzell, S., Ningrat, R., Wallace, R. J., Becker, K.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 98, no. 1, pp. 45-53
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Metabolism of polyunsaturated fatty acids and their toxicity to the microflora of the rumen

    Maia, M. R. G., Chaudhary, L. C., Figueres, L., Wallace, R. J.
    ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY, vol. 91, no. 4, pp. 303-314
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Relation between phylogenetic position, lipid metabolism and butyrate production by different Butyrivibrio-like bacteria from the rumen

    Paillard, D., McKain, N., Chaudhary, L. C., Walker, N. D., Pizette, F., Koppova, I., McEwan, N. R., Kopecny, J., Vercoe, P. E., Louis, P., Wallace, R.
    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek , vol. 91, no. 4, pp. 417-422
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Plants and plant extracts for manipulating ruminal fermentation

    Wallace, R. J.
    South African Journal of Botany, vol. 73, no. 2, pp. 275
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Metabolism of linoleic acid by human gut bacteria: different routes for biosynthesis of conjugated linoleic acid

    Devillard, E., McIntosh, F. M., Duncan, S. H., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Bacteriology, vol. 189, no. 6, pp. 2566-2570
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Protein metabolism in the herbivore gut: old and new perspectives

    Wallace, R. J., Walker, N. D.
    Herbivore Nutrition for the Development of Efficient, Safe and Sustainable Livestock Production: Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on the Nutrition of Herbivores. Meng, Q. X., Ren, L. P., Cao, Z. J. (eds.). China Agricultural University Press, pp. 159-191, 33 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Clostridium proteoclasticum: a ruminal bacterium that forms stearic acid from linoleic acid

    Wallace, R. J., Chaudhary, L. C., McKain, N., McEwan, N. R., Richardson, A. J., Vercoe, P. E., Walker, N. D., Paillard, D.
    FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 265, no. 2, pp. 195-201
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Rumen ciliate protozoa contain high concentrations of conjugated linoleic acids and vaccenic acid, yet do not hydrogenate linoleic acid or desaturate stearic acid

    Devillard, E., McIntosh, F. M., Newbold, C. J., Wallace, R. J.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 96, no. 4, pp. 697-704
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Increased expression of a molecular chaperone GroEL in response to unsaturated fatty acids by the biohydrogenating ruminal bacterium, Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens

    Devillard, E., Andant, N., Wallace, R. J.
    FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 262, no. 2, pp. 244-248
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Encapsulated fumaric acid as a means of decreasing ruminal methane emissions

    Wallace, R. J., Wood, T. A., Rowe, A., Price, J., Yanez, D. R., Williams, S. P., Newbold, C. J.
    International Congress Series, vol. 1293, pp. 148-151
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Influence of fish oil on ruminal biohydrogenation of C18 unsaturated fatty acids

    Wasowska, I., Maia, M. R. G., Niedzwiedzka, K. M., Czauderna, M., Ribeiro, J. M. C. R., Devillard, E., Shingfield, K. J., Wallace, R. J.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 95, no. 6, pp. 1199-1211
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Differing objectives and key target microbes for manipulation of ruminal fermentation

    Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Animal Science, vol. 84, no. Supplement 1, pp. 424
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • The influence of selenium on the level of linoleic acid isomers in incubated ruminal fluid

    Wasowska, I., Czauderna, M., Kowalczyk, J., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences, vol. 15, no. Supplement 1, pp. 97-100
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Influence of flavomycin on microbial numbers, microbial metabolism and gut tissue protein turnover in the digestive tract of sheep

    Edwards, J. E., Bequette, B. J., McKain, N., McEwan, N. R., Wallace, R. J.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 64-70
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Propionate precursors and other metabolic intermediates as possible alternative electron acceptors to methanogenesis in ruminal fermentation in vitro

    Newbold, C. J., Lopez, S., Nelson, N., Ouda, J. O., Wallace, R. J., Moss, A. R.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 27-35
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • An NAD(+)-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase cloned from the ruminal ciliate protozoan, Entodinium caudatum

    Newbold, C. J., McEwan, N. R., Calza, R. E., Chareyron, E. N., Duval, S. M., Eschenlauer, S. C. P., Farquharson, F. M., Nelson, N., Travis, A. J., Wallace, R. J.
    FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 247, no. 2, pp. 113-121
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Assessment of amino acid requirements for optimum fermentation of xylan by mixed micro-organisms from the sheep rumen

    Guliye, A. Y., Atasoglu, C., Wallace, R. J.
    Animal Science, vol. 80, no. 3, pp. 353-360
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Influence of flavomycin on ruminal fermentation and microbial populations in sheep

    Edwards, J. E., McEwan, N. R., McKain, N., Walker, N. D., Wallace, R. J.
    Microbiology , vol. 151, no. 3, pp. 717-725
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A pepD-like peptidase from the ruminal bacterium, Prevotella albensis

    Walker, N. D., McEwan, N. R., Wallace, R. J.
    FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 243, no. 2, pp. 399-404
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nitrogen metabolism in the rumen

    Walker, N. D., Newbold, C. J., Wallace, R. J.
    Nitrogen and Phosphorus Nutrition of Cattle. Pfeffer, E., Hristov, A. (eds.). CAB International, pp. 71-115, 45 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Antimicrobial properties of plant secondary metabolites

    Wallace, R. J.
    Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 621-629
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 16S rDNA library-based analysis of ruminal bacterial diversity

    Edwards, J. E., McEwan, N. R., Travis, A. J., Wallace, R. J.
    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek , vol. 86, no. 3, pp. 263-281
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Metabolic properties of Eubacterium pyruvativorans, a ruminal 'hyper-ammonia-producing' anaerobe with metabolic properties analogous to those of Clostridium kluyveri

    Wallace, R. J., Chaudhary, L. C., Miyagawa, E., McKain, N., Walker, N. D.
    Microbiology , vol. 150, no. 9, pp. 2921-2930
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Purification and properties of glutamate-phenylpyruvate aminotransferase from the ruminal protozoan Entodinium caudatum

    Amin, M. R., Onodera, R., Khan, R. I., Wallace, R. J., Newbold, C. J.
    Australian Journal of Agricultural Research, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 991-997
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Influence of dipeptidyl peptidase inhibitors on growth, peptidase activity, and ammonia production by ruminal microorganisms

    Wang, H., McKain, N., Walker, N. D., Wallace, R. J.
    Current Microbiology, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 115-122
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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