Dr Robert Griffiths

Professor in Environmental Microbiology

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Rob Griffiths is an environmental microbiologist whose research focuses on understanding the "natural" and human associated drivers of microbial biodiversity, and understanding the role of microbiomes in environmental health. He uses molecular, biogeochemical and data-driven approaches to uncover fundamental ecological processes operating on microbial communities and impacting functional outcomes.

  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage

    Lange, M., Eisenhauer, N., Sierra, C. A., Bessler, H., Engels, C., Griffiths, R. I., Mellado-Vázquez, P. G., Malik, A. A., Roy, J., Scheu, S., Steinbeiss, S., Thomson, B. C., Trumbore, S. E. & Gleixner, G., 7 Apr 2015, In: Nature Communications. 6, 1, 6707.

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  3. Plant soil interactions alter carbon cycling in an upland grassland soil

    Thomson, B., Ostle, NI., McNamara, N., Oakley, S., Whiteley, A., Bailey, M. & Griffiths, R., 10 Sept 2013, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 4

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  4. Plants with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi efficiently acquire Nitrogen from substrate additions by shaping the decomposer community composition and their net plant carbon demand

    Chowdhury, S., Lange, M., Malik, A. A., Goodall, T., Huang, J., Griffiths, R. I. & Gleixner, G., Jun 2022, In: Plant and Soil. 475, 1, p. 473-490 18 p.

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  5. Protists have divergent effects on bacterial diversity along a productivity gradient

    Bell, T., Bonsall, M. B., Buckling, A., Whiteley, A. S., Goodall, T. & Griffiths, R. I., 10 Mar 2010, In: Biology letters. 6, 5, p. 639-642 4 p.

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  6. RNA Stable Isotope Probing, a Novel Means of Linking Microbial Community Function to Phylogeny

    Mike, M., S., W. A., I., G. R. & J., B. M., Nov 2002, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 68, 11, p. 5367-5373 7 p.

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  7. Raman Microscopic Analysis of Single Microbial Cells: Analytical Chemistry

    Huang, W. E., Griffiths, R. I., Thompson, I. P., Bailey, M. J. & Whiteley, A. S., 2004, In: Analytical Chemistry. 76, 15, p. 4452-4458 7 p.

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  8. Raman-FISH: combining stable-isotope Raman spectroscopy and fluorescence in situ hybridization for the single cell analysis of identity and function

    Huang, W. E., Stoecker, K., Griffiths, R., Newbold, L., Daims, H., Whiteley, A. S. & Wagner, M., 15 Jun 2007, In: Environmental Microbiology. 9, 8, p. 1878-1889 12 p.

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  9. Rapid Method for Coextraction of DNA and RNA from Natural Environments for Analysis of Ribosomal DNA- and rRNA-Based Microbial Community Composition

    I., G. R., S., W. A., G., OD. A. & J., B. M., Dec 2000, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66, 12, p. 5488-5491 4 p.

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  10. Relative contribution of high and low elevation soil microbes and nematodes to ecosystem functioning

    Semeraro, S., Kergunteuil, A., Sánchez-Moreno, S., Puissant, J., Goodall, T., Griffiths, R. & Rasmann, S., 5 Apr 2022, In: Functional Ecology. 36, 4, p. 974-986 13 p.

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  11. Rhizosphere bacterial carbon turnover is higher in nucleic acids than membrane lipids: implications for understanding soil carbon cycling

    Malik, A. A., Dannert, H., Griffiths, R. I., Thomson, B. C. & Gleixner, G., 9 Apr 2015, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 6

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