Rich Boden

Dr Rich Boden - ()

Job title: Lecturer in Ecology/Environmental Biology, School of Biomedical and Biological Sciences (Faculty of Science and Technology)
Address: B429, Portland Square, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon,
Postal address: B429, Portland Square, Drake Circus,
Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA
Telephone: +441752584452
Email: rich.boden@plymouth.ac.uk

Role
Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology & Biotechnology

Qualifications & background
Ph.D Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, UK ("The Metabolism of Dimethylsulfide in the Bacteria")
B.Sc Biochemistry, King's College London, UK

Professional membership
Fellow, Linnean Society of London (FLS)
Member, Society for Biology (MSB)
Member, Royal Microscopical Society (MRMS)
Member, Biochemical Society
Member, Society for General Microbiology
Member, Society for Applied Microbiology

Teaching interests
ENV5113 Investigation and Assessment of Contaminated Environments

ENVS206 Environmental Pollution

ENVS307 Reclamation of Contaminated Land

Research interests
My research interests span physiology, biochemistry, ecology, systems ecophysiology and taxonomy, with specific focus on members of the Bacteria and Archaea. I have particular interests in organisms involved in the aerobic sulfur , metal and metalloid biogeochemical cycles in addition to organisms that degrade "C1 " compounds (those that contain no carbon-carbon bonds, such as methane, methanol and dimethylsulfide ). My more applied interests concern biomining , bioleaching, bioprecipitation and remediation, with particular focus on lanthanide and actinide metals and toxic organic pollutants such as methylated phosphorus compounds and phenolics .

Journals

Articles

Boden, R., Cleland, D., Green, PN., Katayama, Y., Uchino, Y., Murrell, JC. & Kelly, DP. (2012) 'Phylogenetic assessment of culture collection strains of Thiobacillus thioparus, and definative 16S rRNA gene sequences for T. thioparus, T. denitrificans and Halothiobacillus neapolitanus.' Archives of Microbiology 194, pp 187 - 195

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

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 and Microbacterium' Archives of Microbiology 193, pp 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, pp 1250 - 1258

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

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, pp 1470 - 1480

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, pp 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, pp 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, pp 7321 - 7328

Neufeld, JD., Schäfer, H., Cox, MJ., Boden, R., McDonald, IR. & Murrell, JC. (2007) 'Stable-isotope probing implicates Methylophaga spp. and novel Gammaproteobacteria in marine methanol and methylamine metabolism' ISME Journal 1, pp 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 , pp 487 - 494

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. 'Complete genome sequence of the aerobic marine methanotroph Methylomonas methanica MC09' Journal of Bacteriology ,

Boden, R. 'Emended description of the genus Methylophaga Janvier et al. 1985.' International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology ,

Antony, CP., Doronina, NV., Boden, R., Trotsenko, YA., Shouche, YS. & Murrell, JC. '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 ,

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

Boden, R. & Murrell, JC. 'Response to mercury (II) ions in Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath)' FEMS Microbiology Letters ,

Reviews

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, pp 315 - 334

Other academic activities
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology (2011 -)
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism (2012 -)
Review Editor, Frontiers in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism (2011 - 2012)

Peer reviewer for Environmental Microbiology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry.