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Dr Ian R McDonald

Role: Lecturer Qualifications: BSc [Hons] Uni of Ulster, PhD Liverpool Email: i.mcdonald@waikato.ac.nz Location: C.2.11 Contact: [+64] (7) 858 5165

Research Interests:

My interests include: Microbiology, Molecular biology and Biochemistry of atmospheric trace gas degrading bacteria. Microbial ecology of methane, methyl halide and carbon monoxide utilising bacteria.
Research and postgraduate study are encouraged in the Department of Biological Sciences. All research students acquire basic research skills and a knowledge of techniques, as well as training in specialist disciplines.

See current graduate students.

Selected Publications:

See complete list of publications [compiled by the Department of Biological Sciences].

Some Recent Publications:

Theisen Andreas R, Ali M Hanif, Radajewski Stefan, Dumont Marc G, Dunfield Peter F, McDonald Ian R, Dedysh Svetlana N, Miguez Carlos B and Murrell J Colin. 2005. Regulation of methane oxidation in the facultative methanotroph Methylocella silvestris BL2. Molecular Microbiology 58 (3), pp 682-692.

Lin Ju-Ling, Joye Samantha B, Scholten Johannes CM, Schäfer Hendrik, McDonald Ian R and Murrell J Colin. 2005. Analysis of Methane Monooxygenase Genes in Mono Lake Suggests That Increased Methane Oxidation Activity May Correlate with a Change in Methanotroph Community Structure. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol 71, No.10, pp 6458-6462.

Warner Karen L, Larkin Michael J, Harper David B, Murrell J Collin, McDonald Ian R. 2005. Analysis of genes involved in methyl halide degradation in Aminobacter lissarensis CC495. Federation of European Microbiological Societies Microbiology Letters, 251, pp 45-51.

McDonald Ian R, Kämpfer Peter, Topp Ed, Warner Karen L, Cox Michael J, Connell Hancock Tracey L, Miller Laurence G, Larkin Michael J, Ducrocq Veronique, Coulter Catherine, Harper David B, Murrell J Colin and Oremland Ronald S. 2005. Aminobacter ciceronei sp. nov. and Aminobacter lissarensis sp. nov., isolated from various terrestrial environments. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55, pp 1827-1832.

Pacheco-Oliver, M., McDonald, I.R., Groleau, D., Murrell, J.C. and Miguez, C.B.  (2004).  Detection of methane monooxygenase genes from pristine and diesel contaminated Arctic soil samples. Proceedings of 5th International Symposium on Environmental Biotechnology (In Press).

Vohra, J., Anesti, V., Goonetilleka, S., McDonald, I.R., Kelly, D.P. and Wood, A.P. (2004).  Isolation of facultatively methylotrophic bacteria, including Methylobacterium podarium sp. nov., from the human foot.  Environ. Microbiol. (In Press).

Miller, L.G., Warner, K.L., Baesman, S.M., Oremland, R.S., McDonald, I.R., Radajewski, S. and Murrell, J.C. (2004).  Degradation of methyl bromide and methyl chloride in soil microcosms: Use of stable C isotope fractionation and stable isotope probing to identify reactions and the responsible microorganisms.  Geophys. Geochem. Acta.  (In Press).

Radajewski, S., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2004).  Stable isotope probing of nucleic acids to identify active microbial populations.  In: Molecular Microbial Ecology Manual II.  Kluwer Academic (In Press).

Hutchens, E., Radajewski, S., Dumont, M.G., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2004).  Analysis of methanotrophic bacteria in Movile cave by stable-isotope probing. Environ. Microbiol. 6, 111-120.

Anesti, Vasiliki, Vohra, Jyotsna, Goonetilleka, Shalini, McDonald, Ian R., Sträubler, Bettina, Stackebrandt, Erko, Kelly, Donovan P. and Wood, Ann P. 2004. Molecular detection and isolation of facultatively methylotrophic bacteria, including Methylobacterium podarium sp. nov., from the human foot microflora. Environmental Microbiology 6 (8), 820-830.

Borodina, Elena, McDonald, Ian R., Murrell, J., Colin. 2004. Chloromethane-Dependent Expression of the cmu Gene Cluster of Hyphomicrobium chloromethanicum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, pp 4177-4186.

Murrell, J.C. and McDonald, I.R. (2003). Methylotrophy. In: The Desk Encyclopedia of Microbiology. Schaechter, M. (Ed), Elsevier Ltd, London pp. 678-687.

Stafford, G.P., Scanlan, J., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2003).  Characterisation of rpoN, mmoR and mmoG, genes involved in regulating the expression of soluble methane monooxygenase in Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b.  Microbiology 149, 1771-1784.

Radajewski, S., McDonald, I.R. and Murrell, J.C. (2003).  Stable isotope probing of nucleic acids: a window to the function of uncultured microorganisms.  Curr. Opin. Biotech. 14, 296-302

Research Publications:

You may like to view publications from 1997 onwards for Dr Ian R McDonald