Professor Corinne Whitby

Gregson, BH., Bani, A., Steinfield, L., Holt, D. and Whitby, C., (2022). Anaerobes and methanogens dominate the microbial communities in water harvesting ponds used by Kenyan rural smallholder farmers.. Science of the Total Environment. 819, 153040-153040

Clark, DR., McKew, BA., Binley, A., Heppell, CM., Whitby, C. and Trimmer, M., (2022). Hydrological properties predict the composition of microbial communities cycling methane and nitrogen in rivers. ISME Communications. 2 (1), 5-

Scarlett, K., Denman, S., Clark, DR., Forster, J., Vanguelova, E., Brown, N. and Whitby, C., (2021). Relationships between nitrogen cycling microbial community abundance and composition reveal the indirect effect of soil pH on oak decline. The ISME Journal. 15 (3), 623-635

Grydaki, N., Colbeck, I., Mendes, L., Eleftheriadis, K. and Whitby, C., (2021). Bioaerosols in the Athens Metro: Metagenetic insights into the PM₁₀ microbiome in a naturally ventilated subway station. Environment International. 146, 106186-106186

Ferguson, RMW., Neath, CEE., Nasir, ZA., Garcia-Alcega, S., Tyrrel, S., Coulon, F., Dumbrell, AJ., Colbeck, I. and Whitby, C., (2021). Size fractionation of bioaerosol emissions from green-waste composting. Environment International. 147, 106327-106327

McKew, BA., Johnson, R., Clothier, L., Skeels, K., Ross, MS., Metodiev, M., Frenzel, M., Gieg, LM., Martin, JW., Hough, MA. and Whitby, C., (2021). Differential protein expression during growth on model and commercial mixtures of naphthenic acids in Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf‐5. MicrobiologyOpen. 10 (4), e1196-

Garcia-Alcega, S., Nasir, ZA., Cipullo, S., Ferguson, RMW., Yan, C., Whitby, C., Dumbrell, AJ., Drew, G., Colbeck, I., Tyrrel, S. and Coulon, F., (2020). Fingerprinting ambient air to understand bioaerosol profiles in three different environments in the south east of England.. Science of the Total Environment. 719, 137542-137542

Caires, CSA., Farias, LAS., Gomes, LE., Pinto, BP., Gonçalves, DA., Zagonel, LF., Nascimento, VA., Alves, DCB., Colbeck, I., Whitby, C., Caires, ARL. and Wender, H., (2020). Effective killing of bacteria under blue-light irradiation promoted by green synthesized silver nanoparticles loaded on reduced graphene oxide sheets. Materials Science and Engineering: C. 113, 110984-110984

Freeman, D., Bajón Fernández, Y., Wilson, A., McKew, BA., Whitby, C., Clark, DR., Jefferson, B., Coulon, F. and Hassard, F., (2020). Nitrogen oxidation consortia dynamics influence the performance of full-scale rotating biological contactors.. Environment International. 135, 105354-105354

Clark, DR., McKew, BA., Dong, LF., Leung, G., Dumbrell, AJ., Stott, A., Grant, H., Nedwell, DB., Trimmer, M. and Whitby, C., (2020). Mineralization and nitrification: Archaea dominate ammonia-oxidising communities in grassland soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 143, 107725-107725

McGenity, TJ., Gessesse, A., Hallsworth, JE., Garcia Cela, E., Verheecke‐Vaessen, C., Wang, F., Chavarría, M., Haggblom, MM., Molin, S., Danchin, A., Smid, EJ., Lood, C., Cockell, CS., Whitby, C., Liu, S., Keller, NP., Stein, LY., Bordenstein, SR., Lal, R., Nunes, OC., Gram, L., Singh, BK., Webster, NS., Morris, C., Sivinski, S., Bindschedler, S., Junier, P., Antunes, A., Baxter, BK., Scavone, P. and Timmis, K., (2020). Visualizing the invisible: class excursions to ignite children’s enthusiasm for microbes. Microbial Biotechnology. 13 (4), 844-887

Folwell, BD., McGenity, TJ. and Whitby, C., (2020). Diamondoids are not forever: microbial biotransformation of diamondoid carboxylic acids. Microbial Biotechnology. 13 (2), 495-508

Thomas, GE., Cameron, TC., Campo, P., Clark, DR., Coulon, F., Gregson, BH., Hepburn, LJ., McGenity, TJ., Miliou, A., Whitby, C. and McKew, BA., (2020). Bacterial Community Legacy Effects Following the Agia Zoni II Oil-Spill, Greece. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, 1706-

Caires, CSA., Silva, CM., Lima, AR., Alves, LM., Lima, THN., Rodrigues, ACS., Chang, MR., Oliveira, SL., Whitby, C., Nascimento, VA. and Caires, ARL., (2020). Photodynamic Inactivation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by a Natural Food Colorant (E-141ii). Molecules. 25 (19), 4464-4464

Ferguson, RMW., Garcia-Alcega, S., Coulon, F., Dumbrell, AJ., Whitby, C. and Colbeck, I., (2019). Bioaerosol Biomonitoring: Sampling Optimisation for Molecular Microbial Ecology. Molecular Ecology Resources. 19 (3), 672-690

Garcia-Alcega, S., Nasir, ZA., Ferguson, RMW., Noël, C., Cravo-Laureau, C., Whitby, C., Dumbrell, AJ., Colbeck, I., Tyrrel, S. and Coulon, F., (2018). Can chemical and molecular biomarkers help discriminate between industrial, rural and urban environments?. Science of the Total Environment. 631–632, 1059-1069

Beddow, J., Stolpe, B., Cole, PA., Lead, JR., Sapp, M., Lyons, BP., Colbeck, I. and Whitby, C., (2017). Nanosilver inhibits nitrification and reduces ammonia‐oxidising bacterial but not archaeal amoA gene abundance in estuarine sediments. Environmental Microbiology. 19 (2), 500-510

Garcia-Alcega, S., Nasir, Z., Ferguson, RMW., Whitby, C., Dumbrell, AJ., Colbeck, I., Gomes, D., Tyrrel, S. and Coulon, F., (2017). Fingerprinting outdoor air environment using microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) – A review. TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 86, 75-83

Beddow, J., Johnson, RJ., Lawson, T., Breckels, MN., Webster, RJ., Smith, BE., Rowland, SJ. and Whitby, C., (2016). The effect of oil sands process-affected water and model naphthenic acids on photosynthesis and growth in Emiliania huxleyi and Chlorella vulgaris. Chemosphere. 145, 416-423

Folwell, BD., McGenity, TJ., Price, A., Johnson, RJ. and Whitby, C., (2016). Exploring the capacity for anaerobic biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and naphthenic acids by microbes from oil-sands-process-affected waters. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 108, 214-221

Lansdown, K., McKew, BA., Whitby, C., Heppell, CM., Dumbrell, AJ., Binley, A., Olde, L. and Trimmer, M., (2016). Importance and controls of anaerobic ammonium oxidation influenced by riverbed geology. Nature Geoscience. 9 (5), 357-360

Tatti, E., McKew, BA., Whitby, C. and Smith, CJ., (2016). Simultaneous DNA-RNA Extraction from Coastal Sediments and Quantification of 16S rRNA Genes and Transcripts by Real-time PCR. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2016 (112)

Folwell, BD., McGenity, TJ. and Whitby, C., (2016). Biofilm and planktonic bacterial and fungal communities transforming high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 82 (8), 2288-2299

Li, J., Nedwell, DB., Beddow, J., Dumbrell, AJ., McKew, BA., Thorpe, EL. and Whitby, C., (2015). amoA Gene Abundances and Nitrification Potential Rates Suggest that Benthic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria and Not Archaea Dominate N Cycling in the Colne Estuary, United Kingdom. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 81 (1), 159-165

Beddow, J., Stolpe, B., Cole, P., Lead, JR., Sapp, M., Lyons, BP., Colbeck, I. and Whitby, C., (2014). Effects of engineered silver nanoparticles on the growth and activity of ecologically important microbes. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 6 (5), 448-458

Beddow, J., Stölpe, B., Cole, PA., Lead, JR., Sapp, M., Lyons, BP., McKew, B., Steinke, M., Benyahia, F., Colbeck, I. and Whitby, C., (2014). Estuarine sediment hydrocarbon-degrading microbial communities demonstrate resilience to nanosilver. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation. 96, 206-215

Papaspyrou, S., Smith, CJ., Dong, LF., Whitby, C., Dumbrell, AJ. and Nedwell, DB., (2014). Nitrate Reduction Functional Genes and Nitrate Reduction Potentials Persist in Deeper Estuarine Sediments. Why?. PLoS One. 9 (4), e94111-e94111

Whitby, C., Skovhus, TL. and Passman, FJ., (2013). ISMOS-3: Third International Symposium on Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oil Systems – Preface to special issue. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 81, 1-2

Johnson, RJ., Smith, BE., Rowland, SJ. and Whitby, C., (2013). Biodegradation of alkyl branched aromatic alkanoic naphthenic acids by Pseudomonas putida KT2440. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation. 81, 3-8

McKew, BA., Dumbrell, AJ., Daud, SD., Hepburn, L., Thorpe, E., Mogensen, L. and Whitby, C., (2012). Characterization of Geographically Distinct Bacterial Communities Associated with Coral Mucus Produced by Acropora spp. and Porites spp. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78 (15), 5229-5237

Pankhurst, LJ., Whitby, C., Pawlett, M., Larcombe, LD., McKew, B., Deacon, LJ., Morgan, SL., Villa, R., Drew, GH., Tyrrel, S., Pollard, SJT. and Coulon, F., (2012). Temporal and spatial changes in the microbial bioaerosol communities in green-waste composting. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 79 (1), 229-239

Johnson, RJ., West, CE., Swaih, AM., Folwell, BD., Smith, BE., Rowland, SJ. and Whitby, C., (2012). Aerobic biotransformation of alkyl branched aromatic alkanoic naphthenic acids via two different pathways by a new isolate of Mycobacterium. Environmental Microbiology. 14 (4), 872-882

Johnson, RJ., Smith, BE., Sutton, PA., McGenity, TJ., Rowland, SJ. and Whitby, C., (2011). Microbial biodegradation of aromatic alkanoic naphthenic acids is affected by the degree of alkyl side chain branching. The ISME Journal. 5 (3), 486-496

Rowland, SJ., Jones, D., Scarlett, AG., West, CE., Hin, LP., Boberek, M., Tonkin, A., Smith, BE. and Whitby, C., (2011). Synthesis and toxicity of some metabolites of the microbial degradation of synthetic naphthenic acids. Science of The Total Environment. 409 (15), 2936-2941

Farage, P., Ball, AS., McGenity, TJ., Whitby, C. and Pretty, JN., (2010). Reply to Comment on: `Burning management and carbon sequestration of upland heather moorland in the UK'. Australian Journal Of Soil Research. 48 (1), 104-104

Whitby, C., (2010). Microbial Naphthenic Acid Degradation. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, VOL 70. 70, 93-125

Farage, P., Ball, A., McGenity, TJ., Whitby, C. and Pretty, J., (2009). Burning management and carbon sequestration of upland heather moorland in the UK. Soil Research. 47 (4), 351-351

Whitby, C., Johnson, RJ., Smith, B., Robinson, K. and Rowland, S., (2009). Biodegradation of naphthenic acids. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 73 (13), creators-Whitby=3ACorinne=3A=3A

Smith, BE., Lewis, CA., Belt, ST., Whitby, C. and Rowland, SJ., (2008). Effects of Alkyl Chain Branching on the Biotransformation of Naphthenic Acids. Environmental Science & Technology. 42 (24), 9323-9328

Zakaria, D., Lappin‐Scott, H., Burton, S. and Whitby, C., (2007). Bacterial diversity in soil enrichment cultures amended with 2 (2‐methyl‐4‐chlorophenoxy) propionic acid (mecoprop). Environmental Microbiology. 9 (10), 2575-2587

Whitby, C., Bailey, M., Whiteley, A., Murrell, C., Kilham, K., Prosser, J. and Lappin-Scott, H., (2005). Stable isotope probing links taxonomy with function in microbial communities. ASM News. 71 (4), 169-173

Whitby, C., Bailey, M., Whiteley, A., Murrell, C., Kilham, K., Prosser, J. and Lappin-Scott, H., (2005). Stable isotope probing links taxonomy with function in microbial communities - Microbial ecologists have a culture-independent means for analyzing sources of metabolic activities among complex mixtures of microbes. ASM NEWS. 71 (4), 169-173

Whitby, C., Earl, J., Lanyon, C., Gray, S., Robinson, J., Meadows, J. and Edwards, C., (2004). The molecular diversity of the methanogenic community in a hypereutrophic freshwater lake determined by PCR-RFLP. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 97 (5), 973-984

Whitby, CB., Hall, G., Pickup, R., Saunders, JR., Ineson, P., Parekh, NR. and McCarthy, A., (2001). 13C incorporation into DNA as a means of identifying the active components of ammonia-oxidizer populations. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 32 (6), 398-401

Whitby, CB., Saunders, JR., Pickup, RW. and McCarthy, AJ., (2001). A comparison of ammonia-oxidiser populations in eutrophic and oligotrophic basins of a large freshwater lake. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 79 (2), 179-188

Whitby, CB., Saunders, JR., Rodriguez, J., Pickup, RW. and McCarthy, A., (1999). Phylogenetic Differentiation of Two Closely Related Nitrosomonas spp. That Inhabit Different Sediment Environments in an Oligotrophic Freshwater Lake. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65 (11), 4855-4862

Colbeck, I. and Whitby, C., (2019). Biological Particles in the Indoor Environment. In: Indoor Air Pollution. The Royal Society of Chemistry. 127- 157. 9781788015141

Nedwell, DB., Underwood, GJC., McGenity, TJ., Whitby, C. and Dumbrell, AJ., (2016). The Colne Estuary. In: Advances in Ecological Research. Elsevier. 227- 281. 978-0-08-100935-2

Smith, CJ., Mckew, BA., Coggan, A. and Whitby, C., (2016). Primers: Functional Genes for Nitrogen-Cycling Microbes in Oil Reservoirs. In: Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols. Editors: McGenity, TJ., Timmis, KN. and Nogales, B., . Springer. 207- 241. 978-3-662-50427-7

McGenity, TJ., Whitby, C. and Fahy, A., (2010). Alkaliphilic hydrocarbon degraders. In: Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology. Editors: Timmis, KN., McGenity, TJ., van der Meer, JR. and de Lorenzo, V., . Springer. 1931- 1937. 9783540775881

Price, A., �lvarez, LA., Whitby, C. and Larsen, J., (2010). How Many Microorganisms Are Present? Quantitative Reverse Transcription PCR (qRT-PCR). In: Applied Microbiology and Molecular Biology in Oilfield Systems. Editors: Whitby, C. and Skovhus, TL., . Springer. 77- 84. 978-90-481-9251-9

Whitby, C., Meade, R., Hall, G., Saunders, JR., Pickup, RW. and McCarthy, AJ., (2001). Molecular genetic analysis of the ammonia-oxidizing bacterial community in a defined hypereutrophic freshwater lake. In: Genes in the Environment 15th Special Symposium of the British Ecological Society. Editors: Hails, RS., Beringer, JE. and Godfray, HCJ., . Cambridge University Press/British Ecological Society. 167- 186. 9780521549349