Molecular and Cellular Evolution of Microbial Eukaryotes
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Trachipleistophora hominis

Professor Martin Embley

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  • Phone number: +44 (0)191 222 7702
  • e-mail adress: Martin.Embley (at) ncl.ac.uk

Martin's publications

  • Cox CJ, Li B, Foster PG, Embley TM, Civan P. Conflicting Phylogenies for Early Land Plants are Caused by Composition Biases among Synonymous Substitutions.. Syst Biol. (2014). pubmed
  • Alsmark C, Foster PG, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Nakjang S, Embley TM, Hirt RP. Patterns of prokaryotic lateral gene transfers affecting parasitic microbial eukaryotes. Genome Biol. vol 14 (2013). pubmed
  • Nakjang S, Williams TA, Heinz E, Watson AK, Foster PG, Sendra KM, Heaps SE, Hirt RP, Embley TM. Reduction and expansion in microsporidian genome evolution: new insights from comparative genomics. Genome Biol Evol. vol 5 p. 2285-303 (2013). pubmed
  • Williams TA, Foster PG, Cox CJ, Embley TM. An archaeal origin of eukaryotes supports only two primary domains of life.. Nature. vol 504 p. 231-236 (2013). pubmed
  • Heinz E, Williams TA, Nakjang S, Noel CJ, Swan DC, Goldberg AV, Harris SR, Weinmaier T, Markert S, Becher D, Bernhardt J, Dagan T, Hacker C, Lucocq JM, Schweder T, Rattei T, Hall N, Hirt RP, Embley TM. The Genome of the Obligate Intracellular Parasite Trachipleistophora hominis: New Insights into Microsporidian Genome Dynamics and Reductive Evolution. PLoS Pathog. vol 8 p. e1002979 (2012). pubmed
  • Williams TA, Foster PG, Nye TM, Cox CJ, Embley TM. A congruent phylogenomic signal places eukaryotes within the Archaea . Proc Biol Sci. (2012). pubmed
  • McInerney JO, Martin WF, Koonin EV, Allen JF, Galperin MY, Lane N, Archibald JM, Embley TM. Planctomycetes and eukaryotes: A case of analogy not homology. Bioessays. epub (2011). pubmed
  • Williams TA, Embley TM, Heinz E. Informational Gene Phylogenies Do Not Support a Fourth Domain of Life for Nucleocytoplasmic Large DNA Viruses. PLoS ONE. vol 6 p. doi:10.1371/ (2011). pubmed
  • Hjort K, Goldberg AV, Tsaousis AD, Hirt RP, Embley TM. Diversity and reductive evolution of mitochondria among microbial eukaryotes. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. vol 365 p. 713-27 (2010). pubmed
  • Alsmark UC, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Foster PG, Hirt RP, Embley TM. Horizontal gene transfer in eukaryotic parasites: a case study of Entamoeba histolytica and Trichomonas vaginalis. Methods in Molecular Biology. vol 532 p. 489-500 (2009). pubmed
  • Foster PG, Cox CJ, Embley TM. The primary divisions of Life: a phylogenomic approach employing composition-heterogeneous methods. Philos Trans Roy Soc. vol 00 p. doi:10.1095/ (2009).
  • Cox CJ, Foster PG, Hirt RP, Harris SR, Embley TM. The archaebacterial origin of eukaryotes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. vol 105 p. 20356-61 (2008). pubmed
  • Goldberg AV, Molik S, Tsaousis AD, Neumann K, Kuhnke G, Delbac F, Vivares CP, Hirt RP, Lill R and Embley TM. Localization and functionality of microsporidian iron-sulphur cluster assembly proteins. Nature. vol 452 p. 624-8 (2008). pubmed
  • Smid O, Matuskova A, Harris SR, Kucera T, Novotny M, Horvathova L, Hrdy I, Kutejova E, Hirt RP, Embley TM, Janata J, Tacheyy J. Reductive evolution of the mitochondrial processing peptidases of the unicellular parasites trichomonas vaginalis and giardia intestinalis.. PLoS Pathog.. vol 4 p. e1000243 (2008). pubmed
  • Tsaousis AD, Kunji ER, Goldberg AV, Lucocq JM, Hirt RP and Embley TM. A novel route for ATP acquisition by the remnant mitochondria of Encephalitozoon cuniculi. Nature. vol 453 p. 553-6 (2008). pubmed
  • Carlton JM, Hirt RP, Silva JC, Delcher AL, Schatz M, Zhao Q, Wortman JR, Bidwell SL, Alsmark UC, Besteiro S, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Noel CJ, Dacks JB, Foster PG, Simillion C, Van de Peer Y, Miranda-Saavedra D, Barton GJ, Westrop GD, Muller S, Dessi D, Fiori PL, Ren Q, Paulsen I, Zhang H, Bastida-Corcuera FD, Simoes-Barbosa A, Brown MT, Hayes RD, Mukherjee M, Okumura CY, Schneider R, Smith AJ, Vanacova S, Villalvazo M, Haas BJ, Pertea M, Feldblyum TV, Utterback TR, Shu CL, Osoegawa K, de Jong PJ, Hrdy I, Horvathova L, Zubacova Z, Dolezal P, Malik SB, Logsdon JM Jr, Henze K, Gupta A, Wang CC, Dunne RL, Upcroft JA, Upcroft P, White O, Salzberg SL, Tang P, Chiu CH, Lee YS, Embley TM, Coombs GH, Mottram JC, Tachezy J, Fraser-Liggett CM and Johnson PJ. Draft genome sequence of the sexually transmitted pathogen Trichomonas vaginalis. Science. vol 315 p. 207-12 (2007). pubmed
  • Clark CG, Alsmark UC, Tazreiter M, Saito-Nakano Y, Ali V, Marion S, Weber C, Mukherjee C, Bruchhaus I, Tannich E, Leippe M, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Foster PG, Samuelson J, Noel CJ, Hirt RP, Embley TM, Gilchrist CA, Mann BJ, Singh U, Ackers JP, Bhattacharya S, Bhattacharya A, Lohia A, Guillén N, Duchêne M, Nozaki T and Hall N. Structure and content of the Entamoeba histolytica genome. Adv Parasitol.. vol 67 p. 51-190 (2007). pubmed
  • Dolezal P, Dancis A, Lesuisse E, Sutak R, Hrdy I, Embley TM and Tachezy J. Frataxin, a conserved mitochondrial protein, in hydrogenosomes of Trichomonas vaginalis. Eukaryot Cell. (2007). pubmed
  • Wilkinson M, McInerney JO, Hirt RP, Foster PG and Embley TM. Of clades and clans: terms for phylogenetic relationships in unrooted trees. Trends Ecol Evol. vol 22 p. 114-5 (2007). pubmed
  • Dacks JB, Dyal PL, Embley TM and van der Giezen M. Hydrogenosomal succinyl-CoA synthetase from the rumen-dwelling fungus Neocallimastix patriciarum; an energy-producing enzyme of mitochondrial origin. Gene. vol 373 p. 75-82 (2006). pubmed
  • Embley TM and Martin W. Eukaryotic evolution, changes and challenges. Nature. vol 440 p. 623-30 (2006). pubmed
  • Berriman M, Ghedin E, Hertz-Fowler C, Blandin G, Renauld H, Bartholomeu DC, Lennard NJ, Caler E, Hamlin NE, Haas B, Bohme U, Hannick L, Aslett MA, Shallom J, Marcello L, Hou L, Wickstead B, Alsmark UC, Arrowsmith C, Atkin RJ, Barron AJ, Bringaud F, Brooks K, Carrington M, Cherevach I, Chillingworth TJ, Churcher C, Clark LN, Corton CH, Cronin A, Davies RM, Doggett J, Djikeng A, Feldblyum T, Field MC, Fraser A, Goodhead I, Hance Z, Harper D, Harris BR, Hauser H, Hostetler J, Ivens A, Jagels K, Johnson D, Johnson J, Jones K, Kerhornou AX, Koo H, Larke N, Landfear S, Larkin C, Leech V, Line A, Lord A, Macleod A, Mooney PJ, Moule S, Martin DM, Morgan GW, Mungall K, Norbertczak H, Ormond D, Pai G, Peacock CS, Peterson J, Quail MA, Rabbinowitsch E, Rajandream MA, Reitter C, Salzberg SL, Sanders M, Schobel S, Sharp S, Simmonds M, Simpson AJ, Tallon L, Turner CM, Tait A, Tivey AR, Van Aken S, Walker D, Wanless D, Wang S, White B, White O, Whitehead S, Woodward J, Wortman J, Adams MD, Embley TM, Gull K, Ullu E, Barry JD, Fairlamb AH, Opperdoes F, Barrell BG, Donelson JE, Hall N, Fraser CM, Melville SE and El-Sayed NM. The genome of the African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei. Science. vol 309 p. 416-22 (2005). pubmed
  • Chan KW, Slotboom DJ, Cox S, Embley TM, Fabre O, van der Giezen M, Harding M, Horner DS, Kunji ER, Leon-Avila G and Tovar J. A novel ADP/ATP transporter in the mitosome of the microaerophilic human parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Curr Biol. vol 15 p. 737-42 (2005). pubmed
  • El-Sayed NM, Myler PJ, Blandin G, Berriman M, Crabtree J, Aggarwal G, Caler E, Renauld H, Worthey EA, Hertz-Fowler C, Ghedin E, Peacock C, Bartholomeu DC, Haas BJ, Tran AN, Wortman JR, Alsmark UC, Angiuoli S, Anupama A, Badger J, Bringaud F, Cadag E, Carlton JM, Cerqueira GC, Creasy T, Delcher AL, Djikeng A, Embley TM, Hauser C, Ivens AC, Kummerfeld SK, Pereira-Leal JB, Nilsson D, Peterson J, Salzberg SL, Shallom J, Silva JC, Sundaram J, Westenberger S, White O, Melville SE, Donelson JE andersson B, Stuart KD and Hall N. Comparative genomics of trypanosomatid parasitic protozoa. Science. vol 309 p. 404-9 (2005). pubmed
  • Hampl V, Horner DS, Dyal P, Kulda J, Flegr J, Foster PG and Embley TM. Inference of the phylogenetic position of oxymonads based on nine genes: support for metamonada and excavata. Mol Biol Evol. vol 22 p. 2508-18 (2005). pubmed
  • Loftus B anderson I, Davies R, Alsmark UC, Samuelson J, Amedeo P, Roncaglia P, Berriman M, Hirt RP, Mann BJ, Nozaki T, Suh B, Pop M, Duchene M, Ackers J, Tannich E, Leippe M, Hofer M, Bruchhaus I, Willhoeft U, Bhattacharya A, Chillingworth T, Churcher C, Hance Z, Harris B, Harris D, Jagels K, Moule S, Mungall K, Ormond D, Squares R, Whitehead S, Quail MA, Rabbinowitsch E, Norbertczak H, Price C, Wang Z, Guillen N, Gilchrist C, Stroup SE, Bhattacharya S, Lohia A, Foster PG, Sicheritz-Ponten T, Weber C, Singh U, Mukherjee C, El-Sayed NM, Petri WA Jr, Clark CG, Embley TM, Barrell B, Fraser CM and Hall N. The genome of the protist parasite Entamoeba histolytica. Nature. vol 433 p. 865-8 (2005). pubmed
  • Nicol GW, Tscherko D, Embley TM and Prosser JI. Primary succession of soil Crenarchaeota across a receding glacier foreland. Environ Microbiol. vol 7 p. 337-47 (2005). pubmed
  • Webster G, Embley TM, Freitag TE, Smith Z and Prosser JI. Links between ammonia oxidizer species composition, functional diversity and nitrification kinetics in grassland soils. Environ Microbiol. vol 7 p. 676-84 (2005). pubmed
  • Coombs GH, Westrop GD, Suchan P, Puzova G, Hirt RP, Embley TM, Mottram JC and Muller S. The amitochondriate eukaryote Trichomonas vaginalis contains a divergent thioredoxin-linked peroxiredoxin antioxidant system. J Biol Chem. vol 279 p. 5249-56 (2004). pubmed
  • Hrdy I, Hirt RP, Dolezal P, Bardonova L, Foster PG, Tachezy J and Embley TM. Trichomonas hydrogenosomes contain the NADH dehydrogenase module of mitochondrial complex I. Nature. vol 432 p. 618-22 (2004). pubmed
  • Martin W and Embley TM. Evolutionary biology: Early evolution comes full circle. Nature. vol 431 p. 134-7 (2004). pubmed
  • Purdy KJ, Cresswell-Maynard TD, Nedwell DB, McGenity TJ, Grant WD, Timmis KN and Embley TM. Isolation of haloarchaea that grow at low salinities. Environ Microbiol. vol 6 p. 591-5 (2004). pubmed
  • Andersson JO, Sjogren AM, Davis LA, Embley TM and Roger AJ. Phylogenetic analyses of diplomonad genes reveal frequent lateral gene transfers affecting eukaryotes. Curr Biol. vol 13 p. 94-104 (2003). pubmed
  • Embley TM, van der Giezen M, Horner DS, Dyal PL and Foster P. Mitochondria and hydrogenosomes are two forms of the same fundamental organelle. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. vol 358 p. 191-201; dis (2003). pubmed
  • Embley TM, van der Giezen M, Horner DS, Dyal PL, Bell S and Foster PG. Hydrogenosomes, mitochondria and early eukaryotic evolution. IUBMB Life. vol 55 p. 387-95 (2003). pubmed
  • Hirt RP, Lal K, Pinxteren J, Warwicker J, Healy B, Coombs GH, Field MC and Embley TM. Biochemical and genetic evidence for a family of heterotrimeric G-proteins in Trichomonas vaginalis. Mol Biochem Parasitol. vol 129 p. 179-89 (2003). pubmed
  • Purdy KJ, Nedwell DB and Embley TM. Analysis of the sulfate-reducing bacterial and methanogenic archaeal populations in contrasting Antarctic sediments. Appl Environ Microbiol. vol 69 p. 3181-91 (2003). pubmed
  • Richards TA, Hirt RP, Williams BA and Embley TM. Horizontal gene transfer and the evolution of parasitic protozoa. Protist. vol 154 p. 17-32 (2003). pubmed
  • van der Giezen M, Birdsey GM, Horner DS, Lucocq J, Dyal PL, Benchimol M, Danpure CJ and Embley TM. Fungal hydrogenosomes contain mitochondrial heat-shock proteins. Mol Biol Evol. vol 20 p. 1051-61 (2003). pubmed
  • Baxter NJ, Hirt RP, Bodrossy L, Kovacs KL, Embley TM, Prosser JI and Murrell JC. The ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase gene cluster of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). Arch Microbiol. vol 177 p. 279-89 (2002). pubmed
  • Davidson EA, van der Giezen M, Horner DS, Embley TM and Howe CJ. An [Fe] hydrogenase from the anaerobic hydrogenosome-containing fungus Neocallimastix frontalis L2. Gene. vol 296 p. 45-52 (2002). pubmed
  • Embley TM. Anaerobic eukaryotes and their archaebacterial endosymbionts. Environ Microbiol. vol 4 p. 15-Jun (2002). pubmed
  • Hirt RP, Harriman N, Kajava AV and Embley TM. A novel potential surface protein in Trichomonas vaginalis contains a leucine-rich repeat shared by micro-organisms from all three domains of life. Mol Biochem Parasitol. vol 125 p. 195-9 (2002). pubmed
  • Hirt RP, Muller S, Embley TM and Coombs GH. The diversity and evolution of thioredoxin reductase: new perspectives. Trends Parasitol. vol 18 p. 302-8 (2002). pubmed
  • Horner DS, Heil B, Happe T and Embley TM. Iron hydrogenases--ancient enzymes in modern eukaryotes. Trends Biochem Sci. vol 27 p. 148-53 (2002). pubmed
  • Prosser JI and Embley TM. Cultivation-based and molecular approaches to characterisation of terrestrial and aquatic nitrifiers. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. vol 81 p. 165-79 (2002). pubmed
  • Purdy KJ, Embley TM and Nedwell DB. The distribution and activity of sulphate reducing bacteria in estuarine and coastal marine sediments. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. vol 81 p. 181-7 (2002). pubmed
  • Sanchez L, Horner D, Moore D, Henze K, Embley T and Muller M. Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolases in amitochondriate protists constitute a single protein subfamily with eubacterial relationships. Gene. vol 295 p. 51-9 (2002). pubmed
  • van der Giezen M, Slotboom DJ, Horner DS, Dyal PL, Harding M, Xue GP, Embley TM and Kunji ER. Conserved properties of hydrogenosomal and mitochondrial ADP/ATP carriers: a common origin for both organelles. Embo J. vol 21 p. 572-9 (2002). pubmed
  • Webster G, Embley TM and Prosser JI. Grassland management regimens reduce small-scale heterogeneity and species diversity of beta-proteobacterial ammonia pxidizer populations. Appl Environ Microbiol. vol 68 p. 20-30 (2002). pubmed
  • Williams BA, Hirt RP, Lucocq JM and Embley TM. A mitochondrial remnant in the microsporidian Trachipleistophora hominis. Nature. vol 418 p. 865-9 (2002). pubmed
  • Henze K, Horner DS, Suguri S, Moore DV, Sanchez LB, Muller M and Embley TM. Unique phylogenetic relationships of glucokinase and glucosephosphate isomerase of the amitochondriate eukaryotes Giardia intestinalis, Spironucleus barkhanus and Trichomonas vaginalis. Gene. vol 281 p. 123-31 (2001). pubmed
  • Horner DS and Embley TM. Chaperonin 60 phylogeny provides further evidence for secondary loss of mitochondria among putative early-branching eukaryotes. Mol Biol Evol. vol 18 p. 1970-5 (2001). pubmed
  • Purdy KJ, Nedwell DB, Embley TM and Takii S. Use of 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes to investigate the distribution of sulphate-reducing bacteria in estuarine sediments. FEMS Microbiol Ecol. vol 36 p. 165-168 (2001). pubmed
  • Smith Z, McCaig AE, Stephen JR, Embley TM and Prosser JI. Species Diversity of Uncultured and Cultured Populations of Soil and Marine Ammonia Oxidizing Bacteria. Microb Ecol. vol 42 p. 228-237 (2001). pubmed
  • Horner DS, Foster PG and Embley TM. Iron hydrogenases and the evolution of anaerobic eukaryotes. Mol Biol Evol. vol 17 p. 1695-709 (2000). pubmed
  • Hirt RP, Logsdon JM Jr, Healy B, Dorey MW, Doolittle WF and Embley TM. Microsporidia are related to Fungi: evidence from the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II and other proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. vol 96 p. 580-5 (1999). pubmed
  • Horner DS, Hirt RP and Embley TM. A single eubacterial origin of eukaryotic pyruvate: ferredoxin oxidoreductase genes: implications for the evolution of anaerobic eukaryotes. Mol Biol Evol. vol 16 p. 1280-91 (1999). pubmed
  • McCaig AE, Phillips CJ, Stephen JR, Kowalchuk GA, Harvey SM, Herbert RA, Embley TM and Prosser JI. Nitrogen cycling and community structure of proteobacterial beta-subgroup ammonia-oxidizing bacteria within polluted marine fish farm sediments. Appl Environ Microbiol. vol 65 p. 213-20 (1999). pubmed
  • Phillips CJ, Smith Z, Embley TM and Prosser JI. Phylogenetic differences between particle-associated and planktonic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria of the beta subdivision of the class Proteobacteria in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Appl Environ Microbiol. vol 65 p. 779-86 (1999). pubmed
  • Embley TM and Hirt RP. Early branching eukaryotes?. Curr Opin Genet Dev. vol 8 p. 624-9 (1998). pubmed
  • Embley TM and Martin W. A hydrogen-producing mitochondrion. Nature. vol 396 p. 517-9 (1998). pubmed
  • Stephen JR, Kowalchuk GA, Bruns MAV, McCaig AE, Phillips CJ, Embley TM and Prosser JI. Analysis of beta-subgroup proteobacterial ammonia oxidizer populations in soil by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis and hierarchical phylogenetic probing. Appl Environ Microbiol. vol 64 p. 2958-65 (1998). pubmed
  • Einvik C, Decatur WA, Embley TM, Vogt VM and Johansen S. Naegleria nucleolar introns contain two group I ribozymes with different functions in RNA splicing and processing. Rna. vol 3 p. 710-20 (1997). pubmed
  • Hirt RP, Healy B, Vossbrinck CR, Canning EU and Embley TM. A mitochondrial Hsp70 orthologue in Vairimorpha necatrix: molecular evidence that microsporidia once contained mitochondria. Curr Biol. vol 7 p. 995-8 (1997). pubmed
  • Kowalchuk GA, Stephen JR, De Boer W, Prosser JI, Embley TM and Woldendorp JW. 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. Appl Environ Microbiol. vol 63 p. 1489-97 (1997). pubmed
  • Munson MA, Nedwell DB and Embley TM. Phylogenetic diversity of Archaea in sediment samples from a coastal salt marsh. Appl Environ Microbiol. vol 63 p. 4729-33 (1997). pubmed
  • van der Giezen M, Rechinger KB, Svendsen I, Dur and R, Hirt RP, Fevre M, Embley TM and Prins RA. A mitochondrial-like targeting signal on the hydrogenosomal malic enzyme from the anaerobic fungus Neocallimastix frontalis: support for the hypothesis that hydrogenosomes are modified mitochondria. Mol Microbiol. vol 23 p. Nov-21 (1997). pubmed
  • Horner DS, Hirt RP, Kilvington S, Lloyd D and Embley TM. Molecular data suggest an early acquisition of the mitochondrion endosymbiont. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. vol 263 p. 1053-9 (1996). pubmed
  • Stephen JR, McCaig AE, Smith Z, Prosser JI and Embley TM. Molecular diversity of soil and marine 16S rRNA gene sequences related to beta-subgroup ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Appl Environ Microbiol. vol 62 p. 4147-54 (1996). pubmed
  • Dyal PL, Hope S, Roberts DM and Embley TM. Use of the PCR and fluorescent probes to recover SSU rRNA gene sequences from single cells of the ciliate protozoon Spathidium. Mol Ecol. vol 4 p. 499-503 (1995). pubmed
  • Embley TM, Finlay BJ, Dyal PL, Hirt RP, Wilkinson M and Williams AG. Multiple origins of anaerobic ciliates with hydrogenosomes within the radiation of aerobic ciliates. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. vol 262 p. 87-93 (1995). pubmed
  • Hirt RP, Dyal PL, Wilkinson M, Finlay BJ, Roberts DM and Embley TM. Phylogenetic relationships among karyorelictids and heterotrichs inferred from small subunit rRNA sequences: resolution at the base of the ciliate tree. Mol Phylogenet Evol. vol 4 p. 77-87 (1995). pubmed
  • McInerney JO, Wilkinson M, Patching JW, Embley TM and Powell R. Recovery and phylogenetic analysis of novel archaeal rRNA sequences from a deep-sea deposit feeder. Appl Environ Microbiol. vol 61 p. 1646-8 (1995). pubmed
  • Embley TM and Finlay BJ. The use of small subunit rRNA sequences to unravel the relationships between anaerobic ciliates and their methanogen endosymbionts. Microbiology. vol 140 ( p. 225-35 (1994). pubmed
  • Embley TM and Stackebrandt E. The molecular phylogeny and systematics of the actinomycetes. Annu Rev Microbiol. vol 48 p. 257-89 (1994). pubmed
  • Embley TM, Hirt RP and Williams DM. Biodiversity at the molecular level: the domains, kingdoms and phyla of life. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. vol 345 p. 21-33 (1994). pubmed
  • Finlay BJ, Esteban G, Clarke KJ, Williams AG, Embley TM and Hirt RP. Some rumen ciliates have endosymbiotic methanogens. FEMS Microbiol Lett. vol 117 p. 157-61 (1994). pubmed
  • Macnaughton SJ, O'Donnell AG and Embley TM. Permeabilization of mycolic-acid-containing actinomycetes for in situ hybridization with fluorescently labelled oligonucleotide probes. Microbiology. vol 140 ( p. 2859-65 (1994). pubmed
  • McCaig AE, Embley TM and Prosser JI. Molecular analysis of enrichment cultures of marine ammonia oxidisers. FEMS Microbiol Lett. vol 120 p. 363-7 (1994). pubmed
  • McVeigh HP, Munro J and Embley TM. The phylogenetic position of Pseudoamycolata halophobica (Akimov et al. 1989) and a proposal to reclassify it as Pseudonocardia halophobica. Int J Syst Bacteriol. vol 44 p. 300-2 (1994). pubmed
  • Warwick S, Bowen T, McVeigh H and Embley TM. A phylogenetic analysis of the family Pseudonocardiaceae and the genera Actinokineospora and Saccharothrix with 16S rRNA sequences and a proposal to combine the genera Amycolata and Pseudonocardia in an emended genus Pseudonocardia. Int J Syst Bacteriol. vol 44 p. 293-9 (1994). pubmed
  • Embley TM and Finlay BJ. Systematic and morphological diversity of endosymbiotic methanogens in anaerobic ciliates. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. vol 64 p. 261-71 (1993). pubmed
  • Finlay BJ, Embley TM and Fenchel T. A new polymorphic methanogen, closely related to Methanocorpusculum parvum, living in stable symbiosis within the anaerobic ciliate Trimyema sp. J Gen Microbiol. vol 139 ( p. 371-8 (1993). pubmed
  • Head IM, Hiorns WD, Embley TM, McCarthy AJ and Saunders JR. The phylogeny of autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria as determined by analysis of 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. J Gen Microbiol. vol 139 ( p. 1147-53 (1993). pubmed
  • Johansen S, Embley TM and Willassen NP. A family of nuclear homing endonucleases. Nucleic Acids Res. vol 21 p. 4405 (1993). pubmed
  • Embley TM, Dyal P and Kilvington S. A group I intron in the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene from Naegleria andersoni ssp. andersoni strain PPMFB-6. Nucleic Acids Res. vol 20 p. 6411 (1992). pubmed
  • Embley TM, Finlay BJ and Brown S. RNA sequence analysis shows that the symbionts in the ciliate Metopus contortus are polymorphs of a single methanogen species. FEMS Microbiol Lett. vol 76 p. 57-61 (1992). pubmed
  • Embley TM, Finlay BJ, Thomas RH and Dyal PL. The use of rRNA sequences and fluorescent probes to investigate the phylogenetic positions of the anaerobic ciliate Metopus palaeformis and its archaeobacterial endosymbiont. J Gen Microbiol. vol 138 ( p. 1479-87 (1992). pubmed
  • Embley TM. The linear PCR reaction: a simple and robust method for sequencing amplified rRNA genes. Lett Appl Microbiol. vol 13 p. 171-4 (1991). pubmed
  • Fry NK, Rowbotham TJ, Saunders NA and Embley TM. Direct amplification and sequencing of the 16S ribosomal DNA of an intracellular Legionella species recovered by amoebal enrichment from the sputum of a patient with pneumonia. FEMS Microbiol Lett. vol 67 p. 165-8 (1991). pubmed
  • Fry NK, Warwick S, Saunders NA and Embley TM. The use of 16S ribosomal RNA analyses to investigate the phylogeny of the family Legionellaceae. J Gen Microbiol. vol 137 ( p. 1215-22 (1991). pubmed
  • Embley TM, Smida J and Stackebrandt E. Reverse transcriptase sequencing of 16S ribosomal RNA from Faenia rectivirgula, Pseudonocardia thermophila and Saccharopolyspora hirsuta, three wall type IV actinomycetes which lack mycolic acids. J Gen Microbiol. vol 134 ( p. 961-6 (1988). pubmed
  • Embley TM, Goodfellow M, Minnikin DE and O'Donnell AG. Lipid and wall amino acid composition in the classification of Rothia dentocariosa. Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg [A]. vol 257 p. 285-95 (1984). pubmed