Yr Athro Andy Weightman

2023

• Jones, D. L. et al. 2023. Suitability of aircraft wastewater for pathogen detection and public health surveillance. Science of the Total Environment 856, article number: 159162. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159162)

2022

• Wilde, H. et al. 2022. Accounting for dilution of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater samples using physico-chemical markers. Water 14(18), article number: 2885. (10.3390/w14182885)
• Srivastava, P., Al-Obaidi, S. A., Webster, G., Weightman, A. J. and Sapsford, D. J. 2022. Towards passive bioremediation of dye-bearing effluents using hydrous ferric oxide wastes: Mechanisms, products and microbiology. Journal of Environmental Management 317, article number: 115332. (10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115332)
• Wade, M. J. et al. 2022. Understanding and managing uncertainty and variability for wastewater monitoring beyond the pandemic: Lessons learned from the United Kingdom national COVID-19 surveillance programmes. Journal of Hazardous Materials 424(Part B), article number: 127456. (10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127456)

2020

• Christofides, S. R., Bettridge, A., Farewell, D., Weightman, A. J. and Boddy, L. 2020. The influence of migratory Paraburkholderia on growth and competition of wood-decay fungi. Fungal Ecology 45, article number: 100937. (10.1016/j.funeco.2020.100937)
• Cowle, M. W., Webster, G., Babatunde, A. O., Bockelmann-Evans, B. N. and Weightman, A. J. 2020. Impact of flow hydrodynamics and pipe material properties on biofilm development within drinking water systems. Environmental Technology 41(28), pp. 3732-3722. (10.1080/09593330.2019.1619844)

2019

• Christofides, S. R., Hiscox, J., Savoury, M., Boddy, L. and Weightman, A. J. 2019. Fungal control of early-stage bacterial community development in decomposing wood. Fungal Ecology 42, article number: 100868. (10.1016/j.funeco.2019.100868)
• Roberts, M., Weightman, A. and Sapsford, D. J. 2019. Chapter 8. Potential application of direct and indirect iron bioreduction in resource recovery from iron oxide-bearing wastes. In: Macaskie, L., Sapsford, D. and Mayes, W. eds. Resource Recovery from Wastes: Towards a Circular Economy. , pp. 192-212., (10.1039/9781788016353-00192)
• Weiser, R. et al. 2019. Not all Pseudomonas aeruginosa are equal: strains from industrial sources possess uniquely large multireplicon genomes. Microbial Genomics, article number: 276. (10.1099/mgen.0.000276)
• Richardson, H., Rhodes, G., Henrys, P., Sedda, L., Weightman, A. J. and Pickup, R. W. 2019. Presence of mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis monitored over varying temporal and spatial scales in river catchments: persistent routes for human exposure. Microorganisms 7(5), article number: 136. (10.3390/microorganisms7050136)
• Webster, G., Mullins, A. J., Watkins, A. J., Cunningham-Oakes, E., Weightman, A. J., Mahenthiralingam, E. and Sass, H. 2019. Genome sequences of two choline-utilising methanogenic archaea, Methanococcoides spp., isolated from marine sediments. Microbiology Resource Announcements 8(18), article number: e00342-19. (10.1128/MRA.00342-19)
• Parkes, R. J. et al. 2019. Rock-crushing derived hydrogen directly supports a methanogenic community: significance for the deep biosphere.. Environmental Microbiology Reports 11(2), pp. 165-172. (10.1111/1758-2229.12723)
• Bird, J. T. et al. 2019. Uncultured microbial phyla suggest mechanisms for multi-thousand-year subsistence in Baltic Sea sediments. mBio 10(2), article number: e02376-18. (10.1128/mBio.02376-18)
• Drysdale, T., Weightman, A., Watts, S., Dishon, V. and Lewis, R. 2019. Remote laboratories - Requirements capture for a national pooling infrastructure. Presented at: AdvanceHE STEM Teaching and Learning Conference 2019, Birmingham, UK, 30 -31 January 2019.
• Johnston, S., Hiscox, J., Savoury, M., Boddy, L. and Weightman, A. 2019. Highly competitive fungi manipulate bacterial communities in decomposing beech wood (Fagus sylvativa). FEMS Microbiology Ecology 95(2) (10.1093/femsec/fiy225)

2017

• Roberts, M., Sapsford, D., Weightman, A. and Webster, G. 2017. Changes in metal leachability through stimulation of iron reducing communities within waste sludge. Solid State Phenomena 262, pp. 269-272. (10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.262.269)

2016

• Johnston, S., Boddy, L. and Weightman, A. 2016. Bacteria in decomposing wood and their interactions with wood-decay fungi. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 92(11), article number: fiw179. (10.1093/femsec/fiw179)
• Nobu, M. K. et al. 2016. Phylogeny and physiology of candidate phylum 'Atribacteria' (OP9/JS1) inferred from cultivation-independent genomics. ISME Journal 10(2), pp. 273-286. (10.1038/ismej.2015.97)
• Durance, I. et al. 2016. The challenges of linking ecosystem services to biodiversity. Advances in Ecological Research 54, pp. 87-134. (10.1016/bs.aecr.2015.10.003)
• Roberts, M., Sapsford, D. J., Cleall, P. J., Harbottle, M. J. and Weightman, A. J. 2016. In situ microbial dissolution of iron mineral-bearing wastes for metal recovery. Presented at: 3rd International Symposium on Enhanced Landfill Mining, Lisbon, Portugal, February 2016.

2015

• Maceda-Veiga, A., Webster, G., Canals, O., Salvadó, H., Weightman, A. J. and Cable, J. 2015. Chronic effects of temperature and nitrate pollution on Daphnia magna: Is this cladoceran suitable for widespread use as a tertiary treatment?. Water Research 83, pp. 141-152. (10.1016/j.watres.2015.06.036)
• Roussel, E. G. P. et al. 2015. Complex coupled metabolic and prokaryotic community responses to increasing temperatures in anaerobic marine sediments: critical temperatures and substrate changes. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 91(8), article number: fiv084. (10.1093/femsec/fiv084)
• Pass, D. A., Morgan, A. J., Read, D. S., Field, D., Weightman, A. J. and Kille, P. 2015. The effect of anthropogenic arsenic contamination on the earthworm microbiome. Environmental Microbiology 17(6), pp. 1884-1896. (10.1111/1462-2920.12712)
• O'Sullivan, L. A. et al. 2015. Survival of Desulfotomaculum spores from estuarine sediments after serial autoclaving and high-temperature exposure. ISME Journal 9, pp. 922-933. (10.1038/ismej.2014.190)
• Webster, G. et al. 2015. Archaeal community diversity and abundance changes along a natural salinity gradient in estuarine sediments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 91(2), pp. 1-18. (10.1093/femsec/fiu025)

2014

• Rhodes, G., Richardson, H., Hermon-Taylor, J., Weightman, A., Higham, A. and Pickup, R. 2014. Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis: Human Exposure through Environmental and Domestic Aerosols. Pathogens 3(3), pp. 577-595. (10.3390/pathogens3030577)
• Parkes, R. J., Cragg, B. A., Roussel, E. G. P., Webster, G., Weightman, A. J. and Sass, H. 2014. A review of prokaryotic populations and processes in sub-seafloor sediments, including biosphere: geosphere interactions. Marine Geology 352, pp. 409-425. (10.1016/j.margeo.2014.02.009)
• Weiser, R., Donoghue, D., Weightman, A. J. and Mahenthiralingam, E. 2014. Evaluation of five selective media for the detection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa using a strain panel from clinical, environmental and industrial sources. Journal of Microbiological Methods 99, pp. 8-14. (10.1016/j.mimet.2014.01.010)
• Vidal Quist, J. et al. 2014. Arabidopsis thaliana and Pisum sativum models demonstrate that root colonization is an intrinsic trait of Burkholderia cepacia complex bacteria. Microbiology 160(2), pp. 373-384. (10.1099/mic.0.074351-0)
• Parkes, R. J., Sass, H., Cragg, B. A., Webster, G., Roussel, E. G. P. and Weightman, A. J. 2014. Studies on prokaryotic populations and processes in subseafloor sediments - an update. In: Kallmeyer, J. and Wagner, D. eds. Microbial Life of the Deep Biosphere. Berlin: de Gruyter, pp. 1-325.
• Wang, Y. et al. 2014. Bacterial diversity and community structure in high arsenic aquifers in Hetao Plain of Inner Mongolia, China. Geomicrobiology Journal 31(4), pp. 338-349. (10.1080/01490451.2013.835886)

2013

• O'Sullivan, L. A., Sass, A., Webster, G., Fry, J. C., Parkes, R. J. and Weightman, A. J. 2013. Contrasting relationships between biogeochemistry and prokaryotic diversity depth profiles along an estuarine sediment gradient. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 85(1), pp. 143-157. (10.1111/1574-6941.12106)

2012

• Gorra, R., Webster, G., Martin, M., Celi, L., Mapelli, F. and Weightman, A. J. 2012. Dynamic microbial community associated with iron-arsenic co-precipitation products from a groundwater storage system in Bangladesh. Microbial Ecology 64(1), pp. 171-186. (10.1007/s00248-012-0014-1)
• Parkes, R. J., Brock, F., Banning, N. C., Hornibrook, E. R. C., Roussel, E. G. P., Weightman, A. J. and Fry, J. C. 2012. Changes in methanogenic substrate utilization and communities with depth in a salt-marsh, creek sediment in southern England. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 96(1), pp. 170-178. (10.1016/j.ecss.2011.10.025)

2011

• White, J., Gilbert, J., Hill, G., Hill, E., Huse, S. M., Weightman, A. J. and Mahenthiralingam, E. 2011. Culture-independent analysis of bacterial fuel contamination provides insight into the level of concordance with the standard industry practice of aerobic cultivation. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 77(13), pp. 4527-4538. (10.1128/AEM.02317-10)
• Webster, G. et al. 2011. Enrichment and cultivation of prokaryotes associated with the sulphate-methane transition zone of diffusion-controlled sediments of Aarhus Bay, Denmark under heterotrophic conditions. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 77(2), pp. 248-263. (10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01109.x)
• Parkes, R. J., Linnane, C. D., Webster, G., Sass, H., Weightman, A. J., Hornibrook, E. R. C. and Horsfield, B. 2011. Prokaryotes stimulate mineral H2 formation for the deep biosphere and subsequent thermogenic activity. Geology 39(3), pp. 219-222. (10.1130/G31598.1)
• Rodrigues, C., Hilário, A., Cunha, M., Weightman, A. J. and Webster, G. 2011. Microbial diversity in Frenulata (Siboglinidae, Polychaeta) species from mud volcanoes in the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 100(1), pp. 83-98. (10.1007/s10482-011-9567-0)

2010

• Rodrigues, C. F., Webster, G., Cunha, M. R., Duperron, S. and Weightman, A. J. 2010. Chemosynthetic bacteria found in bivalve species from mud volcanoes of the Gulf of Cadiz. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 73(3), pp. 486-499. (10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00913.x)
• Webster, G., Rinna, J., Roussel, E. G. P., Fry, J. C., Weightman, A. J. and Parkes, R. J. 2010. Prokaryotic functional diversity in different biogeochemical depth zones in tidal sediments of the Severn Estuary, UK, revealed by stable-isotope probing. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 72(2), pp. 179-197. (10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00848.x)
• Parkes, R. J., Sass, H., Webster, G., Watkins, A. J., Weightman, A. J., O'Sullivan, L. A. and Cragg, B. A. 2010. Methods for studying methanogens and methanogenesis in marine sediments. In: Timmis, K. H. ed. Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology., Vol. 5. Springer Reference Springer, pp. 3799-3827., (10.1007/978-3-540-77587-4_299)
• Dillon, R. J., Webster, G., Weightman, A. J. and Charnley, A. K. 2010. Diversity of gut microbiota increases with aging and starvation in the desert locust. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology 97(1), pp. 69-77. (10.1007/s10482-009-9389-5)

2009

• Parkes, R. J., Sellek, G. A., Webster, G., Martin, D., Anders, E., Weightman, A. J. and Sass, H. 2009. Culturable prokaryotic diversity of deep, gas hydrate sediments: First use of a continuous high-pressure, anaerobic, enrichment and isolation system for subseafloor sediments (DeepIsoBUG). Environmental Microbiology 11(12), pp. 3140-3153. (10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02018.x)
• Webster, G. et al. 2009. Subsurface microbiology and biogeochemistry of a deep, cold-water carbonate mound from the Porcupine Seabight (IODP Expedition 307). Environmental Microbiology 11(1), pp. 239-257. (10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01759.x)
• Fry, J. C. et al. 2009. Prokaryotic populations and activities in an interbedded coal deposit, including a previously deeply buried section (1.6–2.3 km) above ∼ 150 Ma basement rock. Geomicrobiology Journal 26(3), pp. 163-178. (10.1080/01490450902724832)

2008

• O'Sullivan, L. A., Webster, G., Fry, J. C., Parkes, R. J. and Weightman, A. 2008. Modified linker-PCR primers facilitate complete sequencing of DGGE DNA fragments. Journal of Microbiological Methods 75(3), pp. 579-581. (10.1016/j.mimet.2008.08.006)
• Fry, J. C., Parkes, R. J., Cragg, B. A., Weightman, A. J. and Webster, G. 2008. Prokaryotic biodiversity and activity in the deep subseafloor biosphere. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 66(2), pp. 181-196. (10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00566.x)
• Schmidberger, J. W., Wilce, J. A., Weightman, A. J., Whisstock, J. C. and Wilce, M. C. J. 2008. The crystal structure of DehI reveals a new α-haloacid dehalogenase fold and active-site mechanism. Journal of Molecular Biology 378(1), pp. 284-294. (10.1016/j.jmb.2008.02.035)
• Dillon, R. J., Webster, G., Weightman, A. J., Dillon, V. M., Blanford, S. and Charnley, A. K. 2008. Composition of Acridid gut bacterial communities as revealed by 16S rRNA gene analysis. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 97(3), pp. 265-272. (10.1016/j.jip.2007.09.010)
• O'Sullivan, L. A., Webster, G., Fry, J. C., Parkes, R. J. and Weightman, A. J. 2008. Modified linker-PCR primers facilitate complete sequencing of DGGE DNA fragments. Journal of Microbiological Methods 75(3), pp. 579-581. (10.1016/j.mimet.2008.08.006)
• Schmidberger, J. W., Wilce, J. A., Weightman, A. J. and Wilce, M. C. J. 2008. Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of DehI, a group I alpha-haloacid dehalogenase from Pseudomonas putida strain PP3. Acta Crystallographica Section F: Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications 64(7), pp. 596-598. (10.1107/S1744309108008865)

2007

• Webster, G., Yarram, L., Freese, E., Köster, J., Sass, H., Parkes, R. J. and Weightman, A. J. 2007. Distribution of candidate division JS1 and other Bacteria in tidal sediments of the German Wadden Sea using targeted 16S rRNA gene PCR-DGGE. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 62(1), pp. 78-89. (10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00372.x)
• Parkes, R. J. et al. 2007. Biogeochemistry and biodiversity of methane cycling in subsurface marine sediments (Skagerrak, Denmark). Environmental Microbiology 9(5), pp. 1146-1161. (10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01237.x)
• O'Sullivan, L. A., Weightman, A. J., Jones, T. H., Marchbank, A. M., Tiedje, J. M. and Mahenthiralingam, E. 2007. Identifying the genetic basis of ecologically and biotechnologically useful functions of the bacterium Burkholderia vietnamiensis. Environmental Microbiology 9(4), pp. 1017-1034. (10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01228.x)

2006

• Fry, J. C., Webster, G., Cragg, B. A., Weightman, A. J. and Parkes, R. J. 2006. Analysis of DGGE profiles to explore the relationship between prokaryotic community composition and biogeochemical processes in deep subseafloor sediments from the Peru Margin. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 58(1), pp. 86-98. (10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00144.x)
• Webster, G., Parkes, R. J., Cragg, B. A., Newberry, C. J., Weightman, A. J. and Fry, J. C. 2006. Prokaryotic community composition and biogeochemical processes in deep subseafloor sediments from the Peru Margin. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 58(1), pp. 65-85. (10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00147.x)
• Webster, G., Watt, L. C., Rinna, J., Fry, J. C., Evershed, R. P., Parkes, R. J. and Weightman, A. J. 2006. A comparison of stable-isotope probing of DNA and phospholipid fatty acids to study prokaryotic functional diversity in sulfate-reducing marine sediment enrichment slurries. Environmental Microbiology 8(9), pp. 1575-1589. (10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01048.x)
• Payne, G. W., Ramette, A., Rose, H. L., Weightman, A. J., Jones, T. H., Tiedje, J. M. and Mahenthiralingam, E. 2006. Application of a recA gene-based identification approach to the maize rhizosphere reveals novel diversity in Burkholderia species. FEMS Microbiology Letters 259(1), pp. 126-132. (10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00257.x)
• O'Sullivan, L. A., Rinna, J., Humphreys, G., Weightman, A. J. and Fry, J. C. 2006. Culturable phylogenetic diversity of the phylum 'Bacteroidetes' from river epilithon and coastal water and description of novel members of the family Flavobacteriaceae : Epilithonimonas tenax gen. nov., sp nov and Persicivirga xylanidelens gen. nov., sp nov.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 56(1), pp. 169-180. (10.1099/ijs.0.63941-0)
• Ashelford, K. E., Chuzhanova, N. A., Fry, J. C., Jones, A. J. and Weightman, A. J. 2006. New screening software shows that most recent large 16S rRNA gene clone libraries contain chimeras. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72(9), pp. 5734-5741. (10.1128/AEM.00556-06)
• Kim, G. T., Webster, G., Wimpenny, J. W. T., Kim, B. H., Kim, H. J. and Weightman, A. J. 2006. Bacterial community structure, compartmentalization and activity in a microbial fuel cell. Journal of Applied Microbiology 101(3), pp. 698-710. (10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.02923.x)
• Lillo, A., Ashley, F. P., Palmer, R. M., Munson, M. A., Kyriacou, L., Weightman, A. J. and Wade, W. G. 2006. Novel subgingival bacterial phylotypes detected using multiple universal polymerase chain reaction primer sets. Oral Microbiology and Immunology 21(1), pp. 61-68. (10.1111/j.1399-302X.2005.00255.x)

2005

• Ashelford, K. E., Chuzhanova, N., Fry, J. C., Jones, A. J. and Weightman, A. J. 2005. At least 1 in 20 16S rRNA sequence records currently held in public repositories is estimated to contain substantial anomalies. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71(12), pp. 7724-7736. (10.1128/AEM.71.12.7724-7736.2005)
• O'Sullivan, L. A., Rinna, J., Humphreys, G., Weightman, A. J. and Fry, J. C. 2005. Fluviicola taffensis gen. nov., sp nov., a novel freshwater bacterium of the family Cryomorphaceae in the phylum 'Bacteroidetes'. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 55(5), pp. 2189-2194. (10.1099/ijs.0.63736-0)
• Parkes, R. J. et al. 2005. Deep sub-seafloor prokaryotes stimulated at interfaces over geological time. Nature 436(7049), pp. 390-394. (10.1038/nature03796)
• Banning, N. C., Brock, F., Fry, J. C., Parkes, R. J., Hornibrook, E. R. C. and Weightman, A. J. 2005. Investigation of the methanogen population structure and activity in a brackish lake sediment. Environmental Microbiology 7(7), pp. 947-960. (10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00766.x)
• Payne, G. W. et al. 2005. Development of a recA gene-based identification approach for the entire Burkholderia genus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71(7), pp. 3917-3927. (10.1128/AEM.71.7.3917-3927.2005)
• Kim, G. T. et al. 2005. Dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction by an electrochemically active lactic acid bacterium phylogenetically related to Enterococcus gallinarum isolated from submerged soil. Journal of Applied Microbiology 99(4), pp. 978-987. (10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02514.x)
• Wade, W. G., Munson, M. A., de Lillo, A. and Weightman, A. J. 2005. Specificity of the oral microflora in dentinal caries, endodontic infections and periodontitis. International Congress Series 1284, pp. 150-157. (10.1016/j.ics.2005.06.097)
• Ahn, Y., Park, E., Oh, Y., Park, S., Webster, G. and Weightman, A. J. 2005. Biofilm microbial community of a thermophilic trickling biofilter used for continuous biohydrogen production. FEMS Microbiology Letters 249(1), pp. 31-38. (10.1016/j.femsle.2005.05.050)

2004

• Webster, G., Parkes, R. J., Fry, J. C. and Weightman, A. J. 2004. Widespread occurrence of a novel division of bacteria identified by 16S rRNA gene sequences originally found in deep marine sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70(9), pp. 5708-5713. (10.1128/AEM.70.9.5708-5713.2004)
• Newberry, C. J., Webster, G., Cragg, B. A., Parkes, R. J., Weightman, A. J. and Fry, J. C. 2004. Diversity of prokaryotes and methanogenesis in deep subsurface sediments from the Nankai Trough, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 190. Environmental Microbiology 6(3), pp. 274-287. (10.1111/j.1462-2920.2004.00568.x)
• O'Sullivan, L. A., Fuller, K. E., Thomas, E. M., Turley, C. M., Fry, J. C. and Weightman, A. J. 2004. Distribution and culturability of the uncultivated 'AGG58 cluster' of Bacteroidetes phylum in aquatic environments. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 47(3), pp. 359-370. (10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00300-3)

2003

• Hill, K. E. and Weightman, A. J. 2003. Horizontal transfer of dehalogenase genes on IncP1[beta] plasmids during bacterial adaptation to degrade [alpha]-halocarboxylic acids. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 45(3), pp. 273-282. (10.1016/S0168-6496(03)00158-2)
• Ellis, R. J., Morgan, P., Weightman, A. J. and Fry, J. C. 2003. Cultivation-dependent and -independent approaches for determining bacterial diversity in heavy-metal-contaminated soil. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69(6), pp. 3223-3230. (10.1128/AEM.69.6.3223-3230.2003)
• Marchesi, J. R. and Weightman, A. J. 2003. Comparing the Dehalogenase Gene Pool in Cultivated  -Halocarboxylic Acid-Degrading Bacteria with the Environmental Metagene Pool. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69(8), pp. 4375-4382. (10.1128/AEM.69.8.4375-4382.2003)
• Marchesi, J. R. and Weightman, A. J. 2003. Diversity of alpha-halocarboxylic acid dehalogenases in bacteria isolated from a pristine soil after enrichment and selection on the herbicide 2,2-dichloropropionic acid (Dalapon). Environmental Microbiology 5(1), pp. 48-54. (10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00384.x)

2002

• Weightman, A. J., Topping, A. W., Hill, K. E., Lee, L. L., Sakai, K., Slater, J. H. and Thomas, A. W. 2002. Transposition of DEH, a broad-host-range transposon flanked by ISPpu12, in Pseudomonas putida is associated with genomic rearrangements and dehalogenase gene silencing. Journal of Bacteriology 184(23), pp. 6581-6591. (10.1128/JB.184.23.6581-6591.2002)
• O'Sullivan, L. A., Weightman, A. J. and Fry, J. C. 2002. New degenerate Cytophaga-Flexibacter-Bacteroides-specific 16S ribosomal DNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes reveal high bacterial diversity in River Taff epilithon. Applied and environmental microbiology 68(1), pp. 201-210. (10.1128/AEM.68.1.201-210.2002)

2001

• Marchesi, J. R., Weightman, A. J., Cragg, B. A., Parkes, R. J. and Fry, J. C. 2001. Methanogen and bacterial diversity and distribution in deep gas hydrate sediments from the Cascadia Margin as revealed by 16S rRNA molecular analysis. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 34(3), pp. 221-228. (10.1111/j.1574-6941.2001.tb00773.x)

2000

• Poelarends, G. J. et al. 2000. Haloalkane-Utilizing Rhodococcus Strains Isolated from Geographically Distinct Locations Possess a Highly Conserved Gene Cluster Encoding Haloalkane Catabolism. Journal of Bacteriology 182(10), pp. 2725-2731. (10.1128/JB.182.10.2725-2731.2000)

1999

• Hill, K. E., Marchesi, J. R. and Weightman, A. J. 1999. Investigation of two evolutionarily unrelated halocarboxylic acid dehalogenase gene families. Journal of Bacteriology 181(9), pp. 2535-2547. (10.1128/JB.181.8.2535-2547.1999)

1997

• Ashelford, K. E. et al. 1997. Using microcosms to study gene transfer in aquatic habitats. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 23(2), pp. 81-94. (10.1111/j.1574-6941.1997.tb00393.x)
• Bale, S. J., Goodman, K., Rochelle, P. A., Marchesi, J. R., Fry, J. C., Weightman, A. J. and Parkes, R. J. 1997. Desulfovibrio profundus sp. nov., a novel barophilic sulfate-reducing bacterium from deep sediment layers in the Japan Sea. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 47(2), pp. 515-521. (10.1099/00207713-47-2-515)

1995

• Hill, K. E., Fry, J. C., Weightman, A. J., Day, M. J., Bradley, D. J. and Cousland, B. 1995. Retrotransfer of IncP1-like plasmids from aquatic bacteria. Letters in Applied Microbiology 20(5), pp. 317-322. (10.1111/j.1472-765X.1995.tb00454.x)
• Cragg, B. A. et al. 1995. Bacterial Profiles in Deep Sediments of the Santa Barbara Basin, Site 893. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results 146-2, pp. 139-144. (10.2973/odp.proc.sr.146-2.302.1995)
• Cragg, B. A. et al. 1995. The Impact of Fluid and Gas Venting on Bacterial Populations and Processes in Sediments from the Cascadia Margin Accretionary System (Sites 888-892) and the Geochemical Consequences. Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program Scientific Results 146-1, pp. 399-411. (10.2973/odp.proc.sr.146-1.241.1995)

1994

• Parkes, R. J. et al. 1994. Deep bacterial biosphere in Pacific Ocean sediments. Nature 371(6496), pp. 410-413. (10.1038/371410a0)
• Hill, K. E., Fry, J. C. and Weightman, A. J. 1994. Gene transfer in the aquatic environment: persistence and mobilization of the catabolic recombinant plasmid pD10 in the epilithon. Microbiology 140(7), pp. 1555-1563. (10.1099/13500872-140-7-1555)
• Rochelle, P. A., Cragg, B. A., Fry, J. C., Parkes, R. J. and Weightman, A. J. 1994. Effect of sample handling on estimation of bacterial diversity in marine sediments by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 15(1-2), pp. 215-225. (10.1111/j.1574-6941.1994.tb00245.x)

1992

• Weightman, A. L., Weightman, A. J. and Slater, J. 1992. Microbial dehalogenation of trichloroacetic acid. World Journal of Micorobiology & Biotechnology 8(5), pp. 512-518. (10.1007/BF01201951)
• Hill, K. E., Weightman, A. J. and Fry, J. C. 1992. Isolation and screening of plasmids from the epilithon which mobilize recombinant plasmid pD10. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 58, pp. 1292-1300.
• Rochelle, P. A., Fry, J. C., Parkes, R. and Weightman, A. J. 1992. DNA extraction for 16S rRNA gene analysis to determine genetic diversity in deep sediment communities. FEMS Microbiology Letters 100(1-3), pp. 59-65. (10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb14019.x)

1985

• Weightman, A. J., Weightman, A. L. and Slater, J. 1985. Toxic effects of chlorinated and brominated alkanoic acids on pseudomonas-putida PP3 : selction at high-frequencies of mutations in genes encoding dehalogenases. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 49(6), pp. 1494-1501.

1982

• Weightman, A. J., Weightman, A. L. and Slater, J. 1982. Stereospecificity of 2-monochloropropionate dehalogenation by the two dehalogenases of pseudomonas putida PP3: evidence for two different dehalogenation mechanisms. Journal of General Microbiology 128(8), pp. 1755-1762. (10.1099/00221287-128-8-1755)