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Professor Roger Pickup

Professor of Environmental Microbiology and Health

  1. 2008
  2. Published

    Studies on MWFs in America and Europe: The development of a quantitative real-time PCR assay for Mycobacterium immunogenum in metal working fluids

    Rhodes, G., Fluri, A., Rfenacht, A. & Pickup, R., 22/05/2008.

    Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN Conference paperpeer-review

  3. 2007
  4. Published

    The biogeographical distribution of closely related freshwater sediment bacteria is determined by environmental selection

    Gray, N. D., Brown, A., Nelson, D. R., Pickup, R. W., Rowan, A. K. & Head, I. M., 20/09/2007, In: ISME Journal. 1, 7, p. 596-605 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Biodegradation processes in a laboratory-scale groundwater contaminant plume assessed by fluorescence imaging and microbial analysis

    Rees, H. C., Oswald, S. E., Banwart, S. A., Pickup, R. W. & Lerner, D. N., 15/06/2007, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73, 12, p. 3865-3876 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    The effect of bacterial prey species and their concentration on growth of the amoebae Acanthamoeba castellanii and Hartmannella vermiformis.

    Pickup, Z. L., Pickup, R. & Parry, J. D., 04/2007, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73, 8, p. 2631-2634 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    A comparison of the growth and starvation responses of Acanthamoeba castellanii and Hartmannella vermiformis in the presence of suspended and attached Escherichia coli K12

    Pickup, Z. L., Pickup, R. & Parry, J. D., 2007, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 59, 3, p. 556-563 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Growth of Acanthamoeba castellanii and Hartmannella vermiformis on live, heat-killed and DTAF-stained bacterial prey

    Pickup, Z. L., Pickup, R. & Parry, J. D., 2007, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 61, 2, p. 264-272 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. 2006
  10. Published

    Persistence of fermentative process to phenolic toxicity in groundwater

    Wu, Y., Lerner, D. N., Banwart, S. A., Thornton, S. F. & Pickup, R. W., 30/11/2006, In: Journal of Environmental Quality. 35, 6, p. 2021-2025 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in lake catchments, in river water abstracted for domestic use, and in effluent from domestic sewage treatment works: Diverse opportunities for environmental cycling and human exposure

    Pickup, R. W., Rhodes, G., Bull, T. J., Arnott, S., Sidi-Boumedine, K., Hurley, M. & Hermon-Taylor, J., 2/06/2006, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72, 6, p. 4067-4077 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Characterisation of cryoinjury in Euglena gracilis using flow-cytometry and cryomicroscopy

    Fleck, R. A., Pickup, R. W., Day, J. G. & Benson, E. E., 30/04/2006, In: Cryobiology. 52, 2, p. 261-268 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Mechanisms for resistance in soil [7]

    Pickup, R. W. & Rhodes, G., 28/04/2006, In: Science. 312, 5773, p. 529 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  14. Published

    Mechanisms for soil resistance.

    Pickup, R. & Rhodes, G., 28/04/2006, In: Science. 312, 5773, p. 529 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  15. Published

    Replication and long-term persistence of bovine and human strains of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis within Acanthamoeba polyphaga

    Mura, M., Bull, T. J., Evans, H., Sidi-Boumedine, K., McMinn, L., Rhodes, G., Pickup, R. & Hermon-Taylor, J., 1/01/2006, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72, 1, p. 854-859 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Review of the Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme (PBMS).

    Shore, R. F., Walker, L., Thomas, G. O., Barber, J. L., Martin, F. R., Jones, K. C., Beresford, N. A., Rowland, P. & Pickup, R. W., 2006, Unknown Publisher. (JNCC)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  17. 2005
  18. Published

    Development of temporal temperature gradient electrophoresis for characterising methanogen diversity.

    Earl, J., Pickup, R. W., Ritchie, D. A. & Edwards, C., 24/11/2005, In: Microbial Ecology. 50, 3, p. 327-336 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Role of microbial communities in aquatic ecosystems:Lakes

    Pickup, R., 9/11/2005, Aquatic Ecological risks Assessment of fungicidal pesticides and biocides. Belgium: SETAC PRESS, p. 12-16 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  20. Published

    Diversity of phage integrases in Enterobacteriaceae: Development of markers for environmental analysis of temperate phages

    Balding, C., Bromley, S. A., Pickup, R. W. & Saunders, J. R., 31/10/2005, In: Environmental Microbiology. 7, 10, p. 1558-1567 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in the catchment area and water of the river Taff in South Wales, United Kingdom, and its potential relationship to clustering of Crohn's disease cases in the city of Cardiff

    Pickup, R. W., Rhodes, G., Arnott, S., Sidi-Boumedine, K., Bull, T. J., Weightman, A., Hurley, M. & Hermon-Taylor, J., 1/04/2005, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71, 4, p. 2130-2139 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Seston capture by Hydropsyche siltalai and the accuracy of capture efficiency estimates

    Brown, S. A., Ruxton, G. D., Pickup, R. W. & Humphries, S., 31/01/2005, In: Freshwater Biology. 50, 1, p. 113-126 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. 2004
  24. Published

    Complete nucleotide sequence of the conjugative tetracycline resistance plasmid pFBAOT6, a member of a group of IncU plasmids with global ubiquity

    Rhodes, G., Parkhill, J., Bird, C., Ambrose, K., Jones, M. C., Huys, G., Swings, J. & Pickup, R. W., 31/12/2004, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70, 12, p. 7497-7510 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Adaptation of sympatric Achromatium spp. to different redox conditions as a mechanism for coexistence of functionally similar sulphur bacteria

    Gray, N. D., Comaskey, D., Miskin, I. P., Pickup, R. W., Suzuki, K. & Head, I. M., 31/07/2004, In: Environmental Microbiology. 6, 7, p. 669-677 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Effect of Trophic Status on the Culturability and Activity of Bacteria from a Range of Lakes in the English Lake District

    Porter, J., Morris, S. A. & Pickup, R. W., 1/04/2004, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 70, 4, p. 2072-2078 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. 2003
  28. Published

    Analysis of methanogen diversity in a hypereutrophic lake using PCR-RFLP analysis of mcr sequences

    Earl, J., Hall, G., Pickup, R. W., Ritchie, D. A. & Edwards, C., 31/08/2003, In: Microbial Ecology. 46, 2, p. 270-278 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units (MIRU) differentiate Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis from other species of the Mycobacterium avium complex

    Bull, T. J., Sidi-Boumedine, K., McMinn, E. J., Stevenson, K., Pickup, R. & Hermon-Taylor, J., 31/08/2003, In: Molecular and Cellular Probes. 17, 4, p. 157-164 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Detection and verification of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in fresh ileocolonic mucosal biopsy specimens from individuals with and without Crohn's disease

    Bull, T. J., McMinn, E. J., Sidi-Boumedine, K., Skull, A., Durkin, D., Neild, P., Rhodes, G., Pickup, R. & Hermon-Taylor, J., 1/07/2003, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41, 7, p. 2915-2923 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Monitoring bacterial pathogens in the environment: Advantages of a multilayered approach

    Pickup, R. W., Rhodes, G. & Hermon-Taylor, J., 30/06/2003, In: Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 14, 3, p. 319-325 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  32. 2002
  33. Published

    Salmonella typhimurium displays cyclical patterns of sensitivity to UV-C killing during prolonged incubation in the stationary phase of growth

    Child, M., Strike, P., Pickup, R. & Edwards, C., 16/07/2002, In: FEMS Microbiology Letters. 213, 1, p. 81-85 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    A phenol-contaminated groundwater site: A microbiological perspective

    Pickup, R. W., Mallinson, H. E. H., Rhodes, G., Alamillo, M. L., Thornton, S. F. & Lerner, D. N., 2002, In: IAHS-AISH Proceedings and Reports. 275, p. 251-256 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. 2001
  36. Published

    Comparison of the antimicrobial tolerance of oxytetracycline-resistant heterotrophic bacteria isolated from hospital sewage and freshwater fishfarm water in Belgium

    Huys, G., Gevers, D., Temmerman, R., Cnockaert, M., Denys, R., Rhodes, G., Pickup, R., McGann, P., Hiney, M., Smith, P. & Swings, J., 31/12/2001, In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 24, 1, p. 122-130 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Biogeochemical characterisation of a coal tar distillate plume

    Williams, G. M., Pickup, R. W., Thornton, S. F., Lerner, D. N., Mallinson, H. E. H., Moore, Y. & White, C., 15/12/2001, In: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 53, 3-4, p. 175-197 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Microbiological analysis of multi-level borehole samples from a contaminated groundwater system

    Pickup, R. W., Rhodes, G., Alamillo, M. L., Mallinson, H. E. H., Thornton, S. F. & Lerner, D. N., 15/12/2001, In: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 53, 3-4, p. 269-284 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    A novel method for the isolation of motile bacteria using gradient culture systems

    Thomson, R., Pickup, R. & Porter, J., 31/08/2001, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 46, 2, p. 141-147 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    A comparison of ammonia-oxidiser populations in eutrophic and oligotrophic basins of a large freshwater lake

    Whitby, C. B., Saunders, J. R., Pickup, R. W. & McCarthy, A. J., 30/06/2001, In: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology. 79, 2, p. 179-188 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    13C incorporation into DNA as a means of identifying the active components of ammonia-oxidizer populations

    Whitby, C. B., Hall, G., Pickup, R., Saunders, J. R., Ineson, P., Parekh, N. R. & McCarthy, A., 1/06/2001, In: Letters in Applied Microbiology. 32, 6, p. 398-401 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    The potential harbouring of coliform bacteria by protozoa in biofilms.

    English, J., Pickup, R. & Parry, J. D., 2001, Biofilm community interactions : chance or necessity?. Gilbert, P., Allison, D., Brading, M., Verran, J. & Walker, J. (eds.). Cardiff: Bioline, p. 271-279 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  43. 2000
  44. Published

    Characterization of oxytetracycline-resistant heterotrophic bacteria originating from hospital and freshwater fishfarm environments England and Ireland

    Huys, G., Rhodes, G., McGann, P., Denys, R., Pickup, R., Hiney, M., Smith, P. & Swings, J., 31/12/2000, In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 23, 4, p. 599-606 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Ineffective natural attenuation of degradable organic compounds in a phenol-contaminated aquifer

    Lerner, D. N., Thornton, S. F., Spence, M. J., Banwart, S. A., Bottrell, S. H., Higgo, J. J., Mallinson, H. E. H., Pickup, R. W. & Williams, G. M., 30/11/2000, In: Ground Water. 38, 6, p. 922-928 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Detection and distribution of insertion sequence 1 (IS1)-containing bacteria in the freshwater environment

    Rhodes, G., Saunders, J. R. & Pickup, R. W., 1/10/2000, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 34, 1, p. 81-90 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Use of combined microautoradiography and fluorescence in situ hybridization to determine carbon metabolism in mixed natural communities of uncultured bacteria from the genus Achromatium

    Gray, N. D., Howarth, R., Pickup, R. W., Jones, J. G. & Head, I. M., 1/10/2000, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66, 10, p. 4518-4522 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Nucleic acid-based fluorescent probes in microbial ecology: Application of flow cytometry

    Porter, J. & Pickup, R. W., 30/09/2000, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 42, 1, p. 75-79 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Distribution of oxytetracycline resistance plasmids between aeromonads in hospital and aquaculture environments: Implication of Tn1721 in dissemination of the tetracycline resistance determinant Tet A

    Rhodes, G., Huys, G., Swings, J., McGann, P., Hiney, M., Smith, P. & Pickup, R. W., 1/09/2000, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66, 9, p. 3883-3890 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. Published

    Mosaic plasmids and mosaic replicons: Evolutionary lessons from the analysis of genetic diversity in IncFII-related replicons

    Osborn, A. M., da Silva Tatley, F. M., Steyn, L. M., Pickup, R. W. & Saunders, J. R., 1/09/2000, In: Microbiology. 146, 9, p. 2267-2275 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  51. Published

    Changes in viability and macromolecular content of long-term batch cultures of Salmonella typhimurium measured by flow cytometry

    Turner, K., Porter, J., Pickup, R. & Edwards, C., 31/07/2000, In: Journal of Applied Microbiology. 89, 1, p. 90-99 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Development and application of molecular tools in the study of IncN-related plasmids from lakewater sediments

    Osborn, A. M., Pickup, R. W. & Saunders, J. R., 5/05/2000, In: FEMS Microbiology Letters. 186, 2, p. 203-208 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Published

    Achromatium oxaliferum: Understanding the unmistakable

    Head, I. M., Gray, N. D., Howarth, R., Pickup, R. W., Clarke, K. J. & Jones, J. G., 1/01/2000, In: Advances in Microbial Ecology. 16, 1, p. 1-40 40 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  54. 1999
  55. Published

    Natural communities of Achromatium oxaliferum comprise genetically, morphologically, and ecologically distinct subpopulations

    Gray, N. D., Howarth, R., Rowan, A., Pickup, R. W., Jones, J. G. & Head, I. M., 1/11/1999, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65, 11, p. 5089-5099 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  56. Published

    Phylogenetic differentiation of two closely related Nitrosomonas spp. that inhabit different sediment environments in an oligotrophic freshwater lake

    Whitby, C. B., Saunders, J. R., Rodriguez, J., Pickup, R. W. & McCarthy, A., 1/11/1999, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65, 11, p. 4855-4862 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Published

    Substrate uptake by uncultured bacteria from the genus Achromatium determined by microautoradiography

    Gray, N. D., Howarth, R., Pickup, R. W., Jones, J. G. & Head, I. M., 1/11/1999, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65, 11, p. 5100-5106 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  58. Published

    Molecular ecological analysis of methanogens and methanotrophs in blanket bog peat

    McDonald, I. R., Upton, M., Hall, G., Pickup, R. W., Edwards, C., Saunders, J. R., Ritchie, D. A. & Murrell, J. C., 31/10/1999, In: Microbial Ecology. 38, 3, p. 225-233 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  59. Published

    Phylogenetic relationships of filamentous sulfur bacteria (Thiothrix spp. and Eikelboom type 021N bacteria) isolated from wastewater-treatment plants and description of Thiothrix eikelboomii sp. nov., Thiothrix unzii sp. nov., Thiothrix fructosivorans sp. nov. and Thiothrix defluvii sp. nov.

    Howarth, R., Unz, R. F., Seviour, E. M., Seviour, R. J., Blackall, L. L., Pickup, R. W., Jones, J. G., Yaguchi, J. & Head, I. M., 1/10/1999, In: International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49, 4, p. 1817-1827 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  60. Published

    Magnetic particle–based separation techniques for monitoring bacteria from natural environments

    Porter, J. & Pickup, R., 21/01/1999, In: Methods in Biotechnology. 12, p. 75-96 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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