British microbiologist (born 1951)
James Ivor Prosser (born July 1951)[ 1] Environmental Microbiology in the Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences at theUniversity of Aberdeen .[ 2] [ 3]
Prosser studiedMicrobiology atQueen Elizabeth College in London and was awarded a PhD from theUniversity of Liverpool for research supervised by Tim Gray.[ 4]
Prosser is amicrobial ecologist who has made significant contributions to our understanding of the diversity andecosystem function ofmicroorganisms in natural environments.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
A major focus of his research has been the ecology ofsoil nitrifying bacteria andarchaea ,[ 3] [ 10] nitrogen fertilisers and generategreenhouse gases . His research has determined links between the remarkably high diversity ofsoil ammonia oxidisers and their ecosystem function and he has demonstratedniche specialisation and differentiation in bacterial and archaeal ammonia oxidisers.[ 4]
Prosser's research exploits laboratory experimental systems to test ecological concepts and he has developedmolecular biology techniques for characterisation of the diversity and activities of complex communities of microorganisms, most of which cannot be cultivated.[ 4]
Prosser was appointedOrder of the British Empire (OBE) for services toenvironmental science in the2013 New Year Honours .[ 11] Fellow of theRoyal Society of Edinburgh [when? , theRoyal Society of Biology ,[when? theAmerican Academy of Microbiology [ 2] [when? and aFellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2016 .[ 4]
Prosser has served as director of theFederation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS) and theMicrobiology Society .[ 1]
^a b c "James Ivor PROSSER" . London:Companies House . Archived fromthe original on 18 May 2016.^a b "Professor James Prosser: Chair in Molecular & Cell Biology" . Aberdeen: abdn.ac.uk. Archived fromthe original on 1 July 2014.^a b James I. Prosser publications indexed byGoogle Scholar ^a b c d Anon (2016)."Professor James Prosser OBE FRS" . London:Royal Society . Archived fromthe original on 29 April 2016. "All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available underCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ." --"Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies" . Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved9 March 2016 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link )
^ G. A. Kowalchuk; J. R. Stephen; W. De Boer; J. I. Prosser; T. M. Embley; J. W. Woldendorp (1997)."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" .Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63 (4):1489– 1497.Bibcode :1997ApEnM..63.1489K .doi :10.1128/AEM.63.4.1489-1497.1997 .PMC 168443 PMID 9097446 . ^ Girvan, M. S. ; Campbell, C. D.; Killham, K.; Prosser, J. I.; Glover, L. A. (2005). "Bacterial diversity promotes community stability and functional resilience after perturbation".Environmental Microbiology .7 (3):301– 313.Bibcode :2005EnvMi...7..301G .doi :10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00695.x .PMID 15683391 .^ Batchelor, S. E.; Cooper, M; Chhabra, S. R.;Glover, L. A. ; Stewart, G. S.; Williams, P; Prosser, J. I. (1997)."Cell density-regulated recovery of starved biofilm populations of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria" .Applied and Environmental Microbiology .63 (6):2281– 6.Bibcode :1997ApEnM..63.2281B .doi :10.1128/AEM.63.6.2281-2286.1997 .PMC 168521 PMID 9172348 . ^ McCaig, A. E.;Glover, L. A. ; Prosser, J. I. (2001)."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" .Applied and Environmental Microbiology .67 (10):4554– 4559.Bibcode :2001ApEnM..67.4554M .doi :10.1128/AEM.67.10.4554-4559.2001 .PMC 93202 PMID 11571155 . ^ Rattray, E. A.; Prosser, J. I.; Killham, K;Glover, L. A. (1990)."Luminescence-based nonextractive technique for in situ detection of Escherichia coli in soil" .Applied and Environmental Microbiology .56 (11):3368– 74.Bibcode :1990ApEnM..56.3368R .doi :10.1128/AEM.56.11.3368-3374.1990 .PMC 184955 PMID 2268151 . ^ Leininger, S.; Urich, T.; Schloter, M.; Schwark, L.; Qi, J.; Nicol, G. W.; Prosser, J. I.; Schuster, S. C.; Schleper, C. (2006). "Archaea predominate among ammonia-oxidizing prokaryotes in soils".Nature 442 (7104):806– 809.Bibcode :2006Natur.442..806L .doi :10.1038/nature04983 .PMID 16915287 .S2CID 4380804 . ^ "No. 60367" .The London Gazette
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