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Professor James Prosser

Professor James Prosser
Professor James Prosser
Professor James Prosser

Emeritus Professor

About
Email Address
j.prosser@abdn.ac.uk
School/Department
School of Biological Sciences

External Memberships

The Microbiology Society

The Society for Applied Microbiology (Honorary Membership)

The American Society for Microbiology

The American Academy of Microbiology

The International Society for Microbial Ecology

The Royal Society of Edinburgh

The Royal Society of Biology

The Royal Society

Latest Publications

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Prizes and Awards

1994                Election as Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology.

2005                Election as Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

2007                Francis Clark Distinguished Lecture in Soil Biology, Soil Science Society of America

2010                Russell Lecture, Rothamsted Experimental Station

2011-13           Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow

2012               Election as Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology

2013                OBE for Services to Environmental Science

2013                Visiting Fellow, St Edmund Hall, Oxford

2013                Honorary Membership of the Society for Applied Microbiology

2014                Society for Applied Microbiology Environmental Microbiology Lecture

2016                Election as Fellow of the Royal Society

2017                Honorary Life Membership of the Society for Applied Microbiology

2017                Honorary Degree Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Ljubljana

2018                West Riding Lecture in Microbiology, University of Sheffield

2018                Dean’s Lecture in Agriculture, University of Melbourne

2019                Chuck and Sue Rice International Agronomy Lecture, Kansas State University

2019                Chinese Academy of Sciences Distinguished International Professor

2019                Marine Environmental Science, Zhengzhong Distinguished Visiting Fellowship, University of Xiamen

Publications

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  • The Family Nitrosomonadaceae

    Prosser, J. I., Head, I. M., Stein, L. Y.
    The Prokaryotes: Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria. Rosenberg, E., DeLong, E. F., Lory, S., Stackebrandt, E., Thompson, F. (eds.). 4 edition. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, pp. 901-918, 18 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Temperature sensitivity of soil respiration rates enhanced by microbial community response

    Karhu, K., Auffret, M. D., Dungait, J. A. J., Hopkins, D. W., Prosser, J. I., Singh, B. K., Subke, J., Wookey, P. A., Agren, G. I., Sebastià, M., Gouriveau, F., Bergkvist, G., Meir, P., Nottingham, A. T., Salinas, N., Hartley, I. P.
    Nature, vol. 513, no. 7516, pp. 81-84
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Characterisation of terrestrial acidophilic archaeal ammonia oxidisers and their inhibition and stimulation by organic compounds

    Lehtovirta-Morley, L. E., Ge, C., Ross, J., Yao, H., Nicol, G. W., Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 89, no. 3, pp. 542-552
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Most influential FEMS publications

    Prosser, J. I., Cole, J. A., Nielsen, J., Bavoil, P. M., Haeggblom, M. M.
    FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 354, no. 2, pp. 83-84
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • Effect of nitrification inhibitors on the growth and activity of Nitrosotalea devanaterra in culture and soil

    Lehtovirta-Morley, L. E., Verhamme, D. T., Nicol, G. W., Prosser, J. I.
    Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 62, pp. 129-133
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Activity of the ammonia oxidising bacteria is responsible for zinc tolerance development of the ammonia oxidising community in soil: a stable isotope probing study

    Ruyters, S., Nicol, G. W., Prosser, J. I., Lievens, B., Smolders, E.
    Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 58, pp. 244-247
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Think before you sequence

    Prosser, J. I.
    Nature, vol. 494, no. 7435, pp. 41-41
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Temporal and depth-related differences in prokaryotic communities in abyssal sediments associated with particulate organic carbon flux

    Moeseneder, M. M., Smith, K. L., Ruhl, H. A., Jones, D. O. B., Witte, U., Prosser, J. I.
    Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, vol. 70, pp. 26-35
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Archaeal and bacterial ammonia-oxidisers in soil: the quest for niche specialisation and differentiation

    Prosser, J. I., Nicol, G. W.
    Trends in Microbiology, vol. 20, no. 11, pp. 523-531
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Differential effects of microorganism-invertebrate interactions on benthic nitrogen cycling

    Gilbertson, W. W., Solan, M., Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 82, no. 1, pp. 11-22
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ecosystem processes and interactions in a morass of diversity

    Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 81, no. 3, pp. 507-519
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Role of functionally dominant species in varying environmental regimes: evidence for the performance-enhancing effect of biodiversity

    Langenheder, S., Bulling, M. T., Prosser, J. I., Solan, M.
    BMC Ecology, vol. 12, 14
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Stimulation of thaumarchaeal ammonia oxidation by ammonia derived from organic nitrogen but not added inorganic nitrogen

    Levicnik-Hoefferle, S., Nicol, G. W., Ausec, L., Mandic-Mulec, I., Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 80, no. 1, pp. 114-123
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Differential photoinhibition of bacterial and archaeal ammonia oxidation

    Merbt, S. N., Stahl, D. A., Casamayor, E. O., Marti, E., Nicol, G. W., Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 327, no. 1, pp. 41-46
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Niche specialization of terrestrial archaeal ammonia oxidizers

    Gubry-Rangin, C., Hai, B., Quince, C., Engel, M., Thomson, B. C., James, P., Schloter, M., Griffiths, R. I., Prosser, J. I., Nicol, G. W.
    PNAS, vol. 108, no. 52, pp. 21206-21211
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Establishment of normal gut microbiota is compromised under excessive hygiene conditions

    Schmidt, B., Mulder, I. E., Musk, C. C., Aminov, R. I., Lewis, M., Stokes, C. R., Bailey, M., Prosser, J. I., Gill, B. P., Pluske, J. R., Kelly, D.
    PloS ONE, vol. 6, no. 12, e28284
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation on the growth and phosphorus nutrition of Populus euramericana c.v. Ghoy

    Rooney, D. C., Prosser, J. I., Bending, G. D., Baggs, E. M., Killham, K., Hodge, A.
    Biomass & Bioenergy, vol. 35, no. 11, pp. 4605-4612
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ecology and metagenomics of soil microorganisms

    Baldrian, P., Head, I. M., Prosser, J. I., Schloter, M., Smalla, K., Tebbe, C. C.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 78, no. 1, pp. 1-2
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • Cultivation of an obligate acidophilic ammonia oxidizer from a nitrifying acid soil

    Lehtovirta-Morley, L. E., Stoecker, K., Vilcinskas, A., Prosser, J. I., Nicol, G. W.
    PNAS, vol. 108, no. 38, pp. 15892-15897
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Links between ammonia oxidizer community structure, abundance, and nitrification potential in acidic soils

    Yao, H., Gao, Y., Nicol, G. W., Campbell, C. D., Prosser, J. I., Zhang, L., Han, W., Singh, B. K.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 77, no. 13, pp. 4618-4625
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Use of Different PCR Primer-Based Strategies for Characterization of Natural Microbial Communities

    Prosser, J. I., Mahmood, S., Freitag, T. E.
    Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology I: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches. John Wiley and Sons, pp. 41-47, 7 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Editorial - From the Chief Editor and the former Chief Editor

    Prosser, J.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 75, no. 1, pp. 1
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • Ammonia concentration determines differential growth of ammonia-oxidising archaea and bacteria in soil microcosms

    Verhamme, D. T., Prosser, J. I., Nicol, G. W.
    The ISME Journal, vol. 5, no. 6, pp. 1067-1071
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Strategies to determine diversity, growth, and activity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in soil

    Nicol, G. W., Prosser, J. I.
    Research on Nitrification and Related Processes, Part B. Klotz, M. G., Stein, L. Y. (eds.). Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 3-34, 32 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The impact of zero-valent iron nanoparticles on a river water bacterial community

    Barnes, R. J., van der Gast, C. J., Riba, O., Lehtovirta, L. E., Prosser, J. I., Dobson, P. J., Thompson, I. P.
    Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 184, no. 1-3, pp. 73-80
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Archaea rather than bacteria control nitrification in two agricultural acidic soils

    Gubry-Rangin, C., Nicol, G. W., Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 566-574
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ammonium supply rate influences archaeal and bacterial ammonia oxidizers in a wetland soil vertical profile

    Höfferle, ?., Nicol, G. W., Pal, L., Hacin, J., Prosser, J. I., Mandic-Mulec, I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 302-315
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Thaumarchaeal ammonia oxidation in an acidic forest peat soil is not influenced by ammonium amendment

    Stopnisek, N., Gubry-Rangin, C., Höfferle, S., Nicol, G. W., Mandic-Mulec, I., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 76, no. 22, pp. 7626-7634
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Autotrophic ammonia oxidation by soil thaumarchaea

    Zhang, L., Offre, P. R., He, J., Verhamme, D. T., Nicol, G. W., Prosser, J. I.
    PNAS, vol. 107, no. 40, pp. 17240-17245
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Degradation of metalaxyl-M in contrasting soils is influenced more by differences in physicochemical characteristics than in microbial community composition after re-inoculation of sterilised soils

    Baker, K. L., Marshall, S., Nicol, G. W., Campbell, C. D., Nicollier, G., Ricketts, D., Killham, K., Prosser, J. I.
    Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 42, no. 7, pp. 1123-1131
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Links between methane flux and transcriptional activities of methanogens and methane oxidizers in a blanket peat bog

    Freitag, T. E., Toet, S., Ineson, P., Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 73, no. 1, pp. 157-165
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Replicate or lie

    Prosser, J. I.
    Environmental Microbiology, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 1806-1810
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The ecological coherence of high bacterial taxonomic ranks

    Philippot, L., Andersson, S. G. E., Battin, T. J., Prosser, J. I., Schimel, J. P., Whitman, W. B., Hallin, S.
    Nature Reviews Microbiology, vol. 8, no. 7, pp. 523-529
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Bacterial biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relations are modified by environmental complexity

    Langenheder, S., Bulling, M. T., Solan, M., Prosser, J. I.
    PloS ONE, vol. 5, no. 5, e10834
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Stable isotope probing analysis of interactions between ammonia oxidizers

    Tourna, M., Freitag, T. E., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 76, no. 8, pp. 2468-2477
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nucleic-acid-based characterisation of community structure and function

    Prosser, J. I., Jansson, J. K., Liu, W. T.
    Environmental molecular microbiology. Liu, W., Jansson, J. K. (eds.). Caister Academic Press, pp. 63-86, 24 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Soil pH regulates the abundance and diversity of Group 1.1c Crenarchaeota

    Lehtovirta, L. E., Prosser, J. I., Nicol, G. W.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 70, no. 3, pp. 367-376
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Environmentally-acquired bacteria influence microbial diversity and natural innate immune responses at gut surfaces

    Mulder, I. E., Schmidt, B., Stokes, C. R., Lewis, M., Bailey, M., Aminov, R. I., Prosser, J. I., Gill, B. P., Pluske, J. R., Mayer, C., Musk, C. C., Kelly, D.
    BMC Biology, vol. 7, 79
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Altitude ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in soils of Mount Everest

    Zhang, L., Wang, M., Prosser, J. I., Zheng, Y., He, J.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 208-217
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Correlation of methane production and functional gene transcriptional activity in a peat soil

    Freitag, T. E., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 75, no. 21, pp. 6679-6687
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Environmental and spatial characterisation of bacterial community composition in soil to inform sampling strategies

    Baker, K. L., Langenheder, S., Nicol, G. W., Ricketts, D., Killham, K., Campbell, C. D., Prosser, J. I.
    Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 41, no. 11, pp. 2292-2298
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Showcasing microbial ecology research in China

    He, J., Zhu, Y., Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 70, no. 2, pp. 163-164
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Functional principal component data analysis: a new method for analysing microbial community fingerprints

    Illian, J. B., Prosser, J. I., Baker, K. L., Rangel-Castro, J. I.
    Journal of Microbiological Methods, vol. 79, no. 1, pp. 89-95
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Growth of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in soil microcosms is inhibited by acetylene

    Offre, P., Prosser, J. I., Nicol, G. W.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 99-108
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Abundance and community structure of sulfate reducing prokaryotes in a paddy soil of southern China under different fertilization regimes

    Liu, X., Zhang, L., Prosser, J. I., He, J.
    Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 687-694
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Influence of repeated prescribed burning on incorporation of C-13 from cellulose by forest soil fungi as determined by RNA stable isotope probing

    Bastias, B. A., Anderson, I. C., Rangel-Castro, J. I., Parkin, P. I., Prosser, J. I., Cairney, J. W. G.
    Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 467-472
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Gut microbiology: the black box and beyond

    Marchesi, J., Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 66, no. 3, pp. 485-486
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Plant host habitat and root exudates shape soil bacterial community structure

    Haichar, F. e. Z., Marol, C., Berge, O., Rangel-Castro, J. I., Prosser, J. I., Balesdent, J., Heulin, T., Achouak, W.
    The ISME Journal, vol. 2, no. 12, pp. 1221-1230
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Relative contributions of archaea and bacteria to aerobic ammonia oxidation in the environment

    Prosser, J. I., Nicol, G. W.
    Environmental Microbiology, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 2931-2941
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The influence of soil pH on the diversity, abundance and transcriptional activity of ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria

    Nicol, G. W., Leininger, S., Schleper, C., Prosser, J. I.
    Environmental Microbiology, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 2966-2978
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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