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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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  • A model for bacterial conjugal gene transfer on solid surfaces

    Lagido, C., Wilson, I. J., Glover, L. A., Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 67-78
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Community structure of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria within anoxic marine sediments

    Freitag, T. E., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 1359-1371
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The impact of grassland management on archaeal community structure in upland pasture rhizosphere soil

    Nicol, G. W., Glover, L. A., Prosser, J. I.
    Environmental Microbiology, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 152-162
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of anoxia and high sulphide concentrations on heterotrophic microbial communities in reduced surface sediments (black spots) in sandy intertidal flats of the German Wadden Sea.

    Freitag, T. E., Klenke, T., Krumbein, W. E., Gerdes, G., Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 44, pp. 291-301
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Potential bias of fungal 18S rDNA and internal transcribed spacer polymerase chain reaction primers for estimating fungal biodiversity in soil

    Anderson, I. C., Campbell, C. D., Prosser, J. I.
    Environmental Microbiology, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 36-47
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Spatial analysis of archaeal community structure in grassland soil

    Nicol, G. W., Glover, L. A., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 69, no. 12, pp. 7420-7429
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The diversity of bacteria associated with natural aphid populations.

    Haynes, S., Darby, A. C., Daniell, T. J., Webster, G., van Veen, F. J. F., Godfray, H. C. F., Prosser, J. I., Douglas, A.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 69, pp. 7216-7223
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cultivation-based and molecular approaches to characterisation of terrestrial and aquatic nitrifiers

    Prosser, J. I., Embley, T. M.
    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek , vol. 81, no. 1-4, pp. 165-179
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Grassland management regimens reduce small-scale heterogeneity and species diversity of beta-proteobacterial ammonia pxidizer populations

    Webster, G., Embley, T. M., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 68, no. 1, pp. 20-30
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Identification of active methylotroph populations in an acidic forest soil by stable-isotope probing

    Radajewski, S., Reay, D. S., Morris, S. A., Ineson, P., Nedwell, D. B., Prosser, J. I., Murrell, J. C., Webster, G.
    Microbiology , vol. 148, no. Pt 8, pp. 2331-2342
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Impact of protozoan grazing on bacterial community structure in soil microcosms

    Ronn, R., McCaig, A. E., Prosser, J. I., Griffiths, B. S.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 68, no. 12, pp. 6094-6105
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Impacts of soil faunal community composition on model grassland ecosystems

    Bradford, M. A., Jones, T. H., Black, H. I., Boag, B., Bonkowski, M., Cook, R., Eggers, T., Gange, A. C., Grayston, S. J., Kandeler, E., McCaig, A. E., Newington, J. E., Prosser, J. I., Setala, H., Bardgett, R. D.
    Science, vol. 298, no. 5593, pp. 615-618
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Molecular analysis of a bacterial chitinolytic community in an upland pasture

    Metcalfe, A. C., Gooday, G. W., Prosser, J. I., Wellington, E. M., Krsek, M.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 68, no. 10, pp. 5042-5050
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Molecular and functional diversity in soil microorganisms.

    Prosser, J. I.
    Plant and Soil, vol. 244, pp. 9-17
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The influence of selection pressures on species diversity, functional gene diversity and activity of ammonia oxidising bacteria

    Prosser, J. I., Embley, T., Webster, G.
    Genes in the Environment: 15th Special Symposium of the British Ecological Society. Hails, R., Beringer, J., Godfray, H. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, pp. 187-202
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • The potential for anaerobic mineralisation of hydrocarbon constituents of oily drill cuttings from the North Sea seabed

    Artz, R., Semple, K. T., Killham, K. S., Prosser, J. I., Paton, G. I.
    Journal of Environmental Monitoring, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 553-557
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase gene cluster of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath).

    Baxter, N. J., Hirt, R. P., Bodrossy, L., Kovacs, K. L., Embley, T. M., Prosser, J. I., Murrell, J. C.
    Archives of Microbiology, vol. 177, pp. 279-289
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Characterisation of bacterial communities associated with toxic and non-toxic dinoflagellates: Alexandrium spp. and Scrippsiella trochoidea

    Hold, G. L., Smith, E. A., Rappé, M. S., Maas, E. W., Moore, E. R. B., Stroempl, C., Stephen, J. R., Prosser, J. I., Birkbeck, T. H., Gallacher, S.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 37, no. 2, pp. 161-173
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Numerical analysis of grassland bacterial community structure under different land management regimens by using 16S ribosomal DNA sequence data and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis banding patterns

    McCaig, A. E., Glover, L. A., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 67, no. 10, pp. 4554-4559
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Autotrophic ammonia oxidation at low pH through urea hydrolysis

    Burton, S. A., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 2952-2957
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Detection of Escherichia coli O157: H7 in soil and water using multiplex PCR

    Campbell, G. R., Prosser, J. I., Glover, L. A., Killham, K. S.
    Journal of Applied Microbiology, vol. 91, pp. 1004-1010
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Impact of cultivation on characterisation of species composition of soil bacterial communities

    McCaig, A. E., Prosser, J. I., Glover, L. A., Grayston, S. J.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 220, no. 1, pp. 37-48
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Species Diversity of Uncultured and Cultured Populations of Soil and Marine Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria

    Smith, Z., McCaig, A. E., Stephen, J. R., Embley, T. M., Prosser, J. I.
    Microbial Ecology, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 228-237
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Luminescence-based microbial marker systems and their application in microbial ecology

    Prosser, J. I., Palomares, A., Karp, M., Hill, P.
    Tracking Genetically Engineered Microorganisms: Biotechnology Intelligence Unit 2. Jansson, J., van Elsas, J., Bailey, M. (eds.). Landes Bioscience, pp. 69-85
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Bacterial origin and community composition in the barley phytosphere as a function of habitat and presowing conditions

    Normander, B., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 66, pp. 4372-4377
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effects of agronomic treatments on structure and function of ammonia-oxidizing communities

    Phillips, C. J., Harris, D., Dollhopf, S. L., Gross, K. L., Prosser, J. I., Paul, E. A.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 66, pp. 5410-5418
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Enhanced survival of Pseudomonas fluorescens in soil following establishment of inoculum in a sterile soil carrier

    Van Dyke, M. I., Prosser, J. I.
    Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 32, pp. 1377-1382
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Extracellular factors affecting the adhesion of Pseudomonas fluorescens cells to glass surfaces

    Nikolaev, Y. A., Prosser, J. I.
    Microbiology , vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 186-190
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Extracellular factors responsible for the adaptation of Pseudomonas fluorescens batch cultures to unfavorable conditions

    Nikolaev, Y. A., Prosser, J. I., Panikov, N. S.
    Microbiology , vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 524-529
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Gene transfer in microbial biofilms

    Prosser, J. I., Lagido, C., Glover, L. A.
    Microbial Biosystems: New Frontiers: Proceedings of the Eight International Symposium on Microbial Ecology. Bell, C., Brylinsky, M., Johnson-Green, P. (eds.). Atlantic Canada Society for Microbial Ecology, pp. 925-930
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Quantitative analysis of ammonia oxidising bacteria using competitive PCR

    Phillips, C. J., Paul, E. A., Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 32, pp. 167-175
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Regulation of the adhesion of Pseudomonas fluorescens cells to glass by extracellular volatile compounds

    Nikolaev, Y. A., Prosser, J. I., Wheatley, R. E.
    Microbiology , vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 287-290
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Some properties of the Pseudomonas fluorescens adhesin and antiadhesin

    Nikolaev, Y. A., Prosser, J. I.
    Microbiology , vol. 69, no. 2, pp. 191-195
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Quorum sensing in biofilms

    Prosser, J. I.
    Dental Plaque Revisited: Oral Biofilms in Health and Disease. Newman, H., Wilson, M. (eds.). Bioline, Cardiff, pp. 79-88
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Phylogenetic differences between particle-associated and planktonic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria of the β subdivision of the class Proteobacteria in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

    Phillips, C. J., Smith, Z., Embley, T. M., Prosser, J. I.
    APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, vol. 65, no. 2, pp. 779-786
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nitrogen cycling and community structure of proteobacterial β-subgroup ammonia-oxidizing bacteria within polluted marine fish farm sediments

    McCaig, A. E., Phillips, C. J., Stephen, J. R., Kowalchuk, G. A., Martyn Harvey, S., Herbert, R. A., Martin Embley, T., Prosser, J. I.
    APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, vol. 65, no. 1, pp. 213-220
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Comparative diversity of ammonia oxidizer 16S rRNA gene sequences in native, tilled, and successional soils

    Bruns, M. A., Stephen, J. R., Kowalchuk, G. A., Prosser, J. I., Paul, E. A.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 65, pp. 2994-3000
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Molecular analysis of bacterial community structure and diversity in unimproved and improved upland grass pastures

    McCaig, A. E., Glover, L. A., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 65, pp. 1721-1730
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nitrogen cycling and community structure of proteobacterial beta-subgroup ammonia-oxidizing bacteria within polluted marine fish farm sediments

    McCaig, A. E., Phillips, C. J., Stephen, J. R., Kowalchuk, G. A., Harvey, S. M., Herbert, R. A., Embley, T. M., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 65, pp. 213-220
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Phylogenetic differences between particle-associated and planktonic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria of the beta subdivision of the class Proteobacteria in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea

    Phillips, C. J., Smith, Z., Embley, T. M., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 65, pp. 779-786
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Colonisation and transmission of lux-marked and wild-type Aeromonas salmonicida strains in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.)

    Ferguson, Y. M., Bricknell, I. R., Glover, L. A., MacGregor, D. M., Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 251-260
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Analysis of β-subgroup proteobacterial ammonia oxidizer populations in soil by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis and hierarchical phylogenetic probing

    Stephen, J. R., Kowalchuk, G. A., Bruns, M. A. V., McCaig, A. E., Phillips, C. J., Embley, T. M., Prosser, J. I.
    APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, vol. 64, no. 8, pp. 2958-2965
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Analysis of beta-subgroup proteobacterial ammonia oxidizer populations in soil by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis and hierarchical phylogenetic probing

    Stephen, J., Kowalchuk, G. A., Bruns, M. A. V., McCaig, E. E., Phillips, C., Embley, T. M., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 64, no. 8, pp. 2958-2965
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of cell density and attachment on resuscitation in soil of starved Pseudomonas fluorescens MON787

    Van Dyke, M. I., Prosser, J. I.
    FEMS Microbiology Ecology, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 63-70
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Modelling and statistical analysis

    Prosser, J. I.
    Techniques in Microbial Ecology. Burlage, R., Atlas, R., Stahl, D., Geesey, G., Sayler, G. (eds.). Oxford University Press, pp. 408-437
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Cell density-regulated recovery of starved biofilm populations of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

    Batchelor, S. E., Cooper, M., Chhabra, S. R., Glover, L. A., Stewart, G. S. A. B., Williams, P., Prosser, J. I.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 63, no. 6, pp. 2281-2286
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Analysis of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria of the beta subdivision of the class Proteobacteria in coastal sand dunes by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis and sequencing of PCR-amplified 16S ribosomal DNA fragments

    Kowalchuk, G. A., Stephen, J., DeBoer, W., Prosser, J. I., Embley, T. M., Woldendorp, J. W.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 63, no. 4, pp. 1489-1497
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Quantification of the presence and activity of specific microorganisms in nature

    Jansson, J. K., Prosser, J. I.
    Molecular Biotechnology, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 103-120
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews

  • Growth kinetics of Botrytis cinerea on organic acids and sugars in relation to colonization of grape berries

    Vercesi, A., Locci, R., Prosser, J. I.
    Mycological Research, vol. 101, pp. 139-142
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Molecular diversity of soil and marine 16S rRNA gene sequences related to beta-subgroup ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

    Stephen, J., McCaig, E. E., Smith, Z., Prosser, J. I., Embley, T. M.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 62, no. 11, pp. 4147-4154
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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