Publications

Peer-reviewed articles:

(Last updated: July 2012)

Boden R (2012) Emended description of the genus Methylophaga Janvier et al. 1985.International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. In Press.

Antony CP, Doronina NV, Boden R, Trotsenko YA, Shouche YS, Murrell JC (2012)Methylophaga lonarensis sp. nov., a novel moderately haloalkaliphilic methylotroph isolated from the soda lake sediments of a meteorite impact crater. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. In Press.

Boden R, Cunliffe M, Scanlan J, Moussard H, Kits KD, Klotz MG, Jetten MS, Vuilleumier S, Han J, Peters L, Mikhailova N, Teshima H, Tapia R, Kyrpides N, Ivanova N, Pagani, I, Cheng J-F, Goodwin LA, Han CS, Hauser LJ, Land ML, Lapidus A, Lucas S, Pitluck S, Woyke T, Stein LY, Murrell JC (2011) Complete genome sequence of the aerobic marine methanotroph Methylomonas methanica MC09. Journal of Bacteriology 193: 7001-7002.

Boden R, Murrell JC (2011) Response to mercury (II) ions in Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath). FEMS Microbiology Letters 324: 106-110.

Boden R, Cleland D, Green PN, Katayama Y, Uchino Y, Murrell JC, Kelly DP (2011) Phylogenetic assessment of culture collection strains of Thiobacillus thioparus, and definative 16S rRNA gene sequences for T. thioparus, T. denitrificans andHalothiobacillus neapolitanus. Archives of Microbiology. 194: 1090-1098.

Boden R, Murrell JC, Schäfer H (2011) Dimethylsulfide is an energy source for the heterotrophic marine bacterium Sagittula stellata. FEMS Microbiology Letters 322: 188-193.

Boden R, Ferriera S, Johnson J, Kelly DP, Murrell JC, Schäfer H (2011) The draft genome of the chemolithoheterotrophic halophilic methylotroph Methylophaga thiooxydans DMS010. Journal of Bacteriology 193: 3154-3155.

Hung W-L, Wade W, Boden R, Kelly DP, Wood AP (2011) Facultative methylotrophs from the human oral cavity and methylotrophy in strains of Gordonia, Leifsonia andMicrobacterium. Archives of Microbiology 193: 407-417.

Boden R, Borodina E, Wood AP, Kelly DP, Murrell JC, Schäfer H (2011) Purification and characterization of dimethylsulfide monooxygenase from Hyphomicrobium sulfonivorans. Journal of Bacteriology. 193: 1250-1258.

Antony CP, Kumaresan D, Ferrando F, Boden R, Moussard H, Scavino AF, Shouche Y, Murrell JC (2010) Active methylotrophs in the sediments of Lonar Lake, a saline and alkaline ecosystem formed by meteor impact. ISME Journal 4: 1470-1480.

Boden R, Kelly DP, Murrell JC, Schäfer H (2010) Oxidation of dimethylsulfide to tetrathionate by Methylophaga thiooxidans sp. nov.: a new link in the sulfur cycle.Environmental Microbiology 12: 2688-2699.

[Note: The name Methylophaga thiooxydans corrig. became valid from January 2011 -cf. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 61: 1-3]

Schäfer H, Myronova N, Boden R (2010) Microbial degradation of dimethylsulphide and related C₁-sulphur compounds: organisms and pathways controlling fluxes of sulphur in the biosphere. Journal of Experimental Botany 61: 315-334. 

Chen Y, Wu L, Boden R, Hillebrand A, Kumaresan D, Moussard H, Baciu M, Lu Y, Murrell JC (2009) Life without light: microbial diversity and evidence of sulfur- and ammonium-based chemolithotrophy in Movile Cave. ISME Journal 3: 1093-1104.

Boden R, Thomas E, Savani P, Kelly DP, Wood AP (2008) Novel methylotrophic bacteria isolated from the River Thames (London, UK). Environmental Microbiology 10: 3225-3236.

Neufeld JD, Boden R, Moussard H, Schäfer H, Murrell JC (2008) Substrate-specific clades of active marine methylotrophs associated with a phytoplankton bloom in a temperate coastal environment. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74: 7321-7328.

Neufeld JD, Schäfer H, Cox MJ, Boden, R, McDonald IR and Murrell JC (2007) Stable-isotope probing implicates Methylophaga spp. and novel Gammaproteobacteria in marine methanol and methylamine metabolism. ISME Journal 1:480-491.

Ebringer A, Rashid T, Wilson C, Boden R, Thompson E (2005) A possible link between multiple sclerosis and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease based on clinical, genetic, pathological and immunological evidence involving Acinetobacter bacteria. Medical Hypotheses 64: 487-494. 

Lay press:

Boden R (2012) Into The Darkness: Movile Cave. Descent 224: 28-30.

Boden R (2008) Stumped. New Scientist 198: 73.

Boden R (2008) Slime time. New Scientist 198: 65.