Gareth Lloyd-Jones
Gareth Lloyd Jones
Contact
| Phone | +64 7 343 5862 |
|---|---|
| Gareth.Lloyd-Jones@scionresearch.com | |
| Group | Biotransformation |
| Role | Team Leader (Biotransformation) Project Leader (Lignin) |
| Category | Key People |
About
Dr Gareth Lloyd-Jones is a biochemist specialising in industrial biotechnology. His research focuses on microbial organisms and enzymes associated with the degradation of organic matter.Qualifications
PhD (Biochemistry), University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UKBSc(Hons) (Biochemistry), University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK
Research capabilities
Industrial biotechnology/microbiology, in particular the study of microbial populations and representative cultured strains and enzymes associated with the degradation of organic matter.
- Microbial ecology;
- microbial physiology;
- gene discovery;
- enzymology;
- lignin transformation;
- wood-consuming insects e.g. termite, huhu.
Career highlights
- Leader of research into the discovery of new gene probes for monitoring contaminated soils. These have been applied for monitoring soil remediation work in > 20 Countries.
- Provided science leadership (NERF) to develop through to proof-of-concept four new environmental whole-cell biosensor techniques.
- OECD Postdoctoral Fellowship (Co-operative Research Programme: Biological Resourse Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems) (1996).
- Led the development of new research capability in microbial insect symbioses associated with wood and lignin transformation.
Selected papers
Laurie AD, Lloyd-Jones G 1999. The phn genes of Burkholderia sp. strain RP007 constitute a divergent gene cluster for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon catabolism. Journal of Bacteriology 181: 531–540.Lloyd-Jones G, Laurie AD, Hunter DWF, Fraser R. 1999. Analysis of catabolic genes for naphthalene and phenanthrene degradation in contaminated New Zealand soils FEMS Microbiology Ecology 29: 69–79.
Lloyd-Jones G, Hunter DWF 2001. Comparison of rapid DNA extraction methods applied to contrasting New Zealand soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 33: 2053–2059.
Tizzard AC, Lloyd-Jones G 2007. Bacterial oxygenases: in vivo enzyme biosensors for organic pollutants. Biosensors & Bioelectronics 22: 2400–2407.
Reid NM, Bowers TH, Lloyd-Jones G 2008. Bacterial community composition of a wastewater treatment system reliant on N2 fixation. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 79: 285–292.
Liang, Q., Lloyd-Jones, G. 2009. Sphingobium scionense sp. nov., an aromatic hydrocarbon degrading bacterium isolated from contaminated sawmill soil. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (first published on September 4, 2009 as doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.008144-0).
Reid, N.M. Lloyd-Jones, G. 2009. Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the New Zealand dampwood termite (Stolotermes ruficeps). New Zealand Journal of Ecology 33: 90-95.