Professor Willie Wilson
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Professor Willie Wilson

Professor of Marine Virology

School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

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Articles
Branscombe L, Harrison EL, Choong ZYD, Swink C, Keys M, Widdicombe C, Wilson WH, Cunliffe M & Helliwell K (2023) 'Cryptic bacterial pathogens of diatoms peak during senescence of a winter diatom bloom' New Phytologist , DOI Open access
Uliano-Silva M, Ferreira JGRN, Krasheninnikova K, Blaxter M, Mieszkowska N, Hall N, Holland P, Durbin R, Richards T & Kersey P (2023) 'MitoHiFi: a python pipeline for mitochondrial genome assembly from PacBio high fidelity reads' BMC Bioinformatics 24, (1) , DOI Open access
Mulhair PO, Crowley L, Boyes DH, Harper A, Lewis OT & Holland PWH (2022) 'Diversity, duplication, and genomic organization of homeobox genes in Lepidoptera' Genome Research 33, (1) 32-44 , DOI Open access
Flynn KJ, Mitra A, Wilson WH, Kimmance SA, Clark DR, Pelusi A & Polimene L (2022) '“Boom‐and‐busted‐dynamics” of phytoplankton‐virus interactions explain the paradox of the plankton' New Phytologist , DOI Open access
Michniewski S, Rihtman B, Cook R, Jones MA, Wilson WH, Scanlan DJ & Millard A (2021) 'A new family of “megaphages” abundant in the marine environment' ISME Communications 1, (1) , DOI Open access
Campbell MD, Schoeman DS, Venables W, Abu-Alhaija R, Batten SD, Chiba S, Coman F, Davies CH, Edwards M & Eriksen RS (2021) 'Testing Bergmann's rule in marine copepods' Ecography 44, (9) 1283-1295 , DOI
Vezzulli L, Oliveri C, Borello A, Gregory L, Kimirei I, Brunetta M, Stern R, Coco S, Longo L & Taviani E (2021) 'Aquatic reservoir of <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> in an African Great Lake assessed by large scale plankton sampling and ultrasensitive molecular methods' ISME Communications 1, (1) , DOI
Flynn KJ, Kimmance SA, Clark DR, Mitra A, Polimene L & Wilson WH (2021) 'Modelling the Effects of Traits and Abiotic Factors on Viral Lysis in Phytoplankton' Frontiers in Marine Science 8, , DOI Open access
Nissimov JI, Campbell CN, Probert I & Wilson WH (2020) 'Aquatic virus culture collection: an absent (but necessary) safety net for environmental microbiologists' Applied Phycology 3, (1) 211-225 , DOI
Batten SD, Abu-Alhaija R, Chiba S, Edwards M, Graham G, Jyothibabu R, Kitchener JA, Koubbi P, McQuatters-Gollop A & Muxagata E (2019) 'A Global Plankton Diversity Monitoring Program' Frontiers in Marine Science 6, , DOI Open access
Di Cesare A, Petrin S, Fontaneto D, Losasso C, Eckert EM, Tassistro G, Borello A, Ricci A, Wilson WH & Pruzzo C (2018) 'ddPCR applied on archived Continuous Plankton Recorder samples reveals long‐term occurrence of class 1 integrons and a sulphonamide resistance gene in marine plankton communities' Environmental Microbiology Reports 10, (4) 458-464 , DOI
Wigington CH, Sonderegger D, Brussaard CPD, Buchan A, Finke JF, Fuhrman JA, Lennon JT, Middelboe M, Suttle CA & Stock C (2017) 'Author Correction: Re-examination of the relationship between marine virus and microbial cell abundances' Nature Microbiology 2, (11) 1571-1571 , DOI
Lawrence SA, Floge SA, Davy JE, Davy SK & Wilson WH (2017) 'Exploratory analysis of <i>Symbiodinium</i> transcriptomes reveals potential latent infection by large dsDNA viruses' Environmental Microbiology 19, (10) 3909-3919 , DOI
Wilson WH, Gilg IC, Moniruzzaman M, Field EK, Koren S, LeCleir GR, Martínez Martínez J, Poulton NJ, Swan BK & Stepanauskas R (2017) 'Genomic exploration of individual giant ocean viruses' The ISME Journal 11, (8) 1736-1745 , DOI
Weynberg K, Allen M & Wilson W (2017) 'Marine Prasinoviruses and Their Tiny Plankton Hosts: A Review' Viruses 9, (3) 43-43 , DOI
Middleton JE, Martínez Martínez J, Wilson WH & Record NR (2017) 'Functional dynamics of Emiliania huxleyi virus-host interactions across multiple spatial scales' Limnology and Oceanography 62, (3) 922-933 , DOI
Evans C, Brandsma J, Pond DW, Venables HJ, Meredith MP, Witte HJ, Stammerjohn S, Wilson WH, Clarke A & Brussaard CPD (2017) 'Drivers of interannual variability in virioplankton abundance at the coastal western Antarctic peninsula and the potential effects of climate change' Environmental Microbiology 19, (2) 740-755 , DOI
Brown T, Kelly DD, Vercauteren SM, Wilson WH & Werner A (2016) 'How Biobanks Are Assessing and Measuring Their Financial Sustainability' Biopreservation and Biobanking 15, (1) 65-71 , DOI
Vermont AI, Martínez Martínez J, Waller JD, Gilg IC, Leavitt AH, Floge SA, Archer SD, Wilson WH & Fields DM (2016) 'Virus infection of Emiliania huxleyi deters grazing by the copepod Acartia tonsa' Journal of Plankton Research 38, (5) 1194-1205 , DOI
Gilg IC, Archer SD, Floge SA, Fields DM, Vermont AI, Leavitt AH, Wilson WH & Martínez Martínez J (2016) 'Differential gene expression is tied to photochemical efficiency reduction in virally infected Emiliania huxleyi' Marine Ecology Progress Series 555, 13-27 , DOI
Wigington CH, Sonderegger D, Brussaard CPD, Buchan A, Finke JF, Fuhrman JA, Lennon JT, Middelboe M, Suttle CA & Stock C (2016) 'Re-examination of the relationship between marine virus and microbial cell abundances' Nature Microbiology 1, (3) 0-0 , DOI
Lawrence SA, Wilkinson SP, Davy JE, Arlidge WNS, Williams GJ, Wilson WH, Aeby GS & Davy SK (2015) 'Influence of local environmental variables on the viral consortia associated with the coral Montipora capitata from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, USA' Aquatic Microbial Ecology 74, (3) 251-262 , DOI
Weitz JS, Stock CA, Wilhelm SW, Bourouiba L, Coleman ML, Buchan A, Follows MJ, Fuhrman JA, Jover LF & Lennon JT (2015) 'A multitrophic model to quantify the effects of marine viruses on microbial food webs and ecosystem processes' The ISME Journal 9, (6) 1352-1364 , DOI
Lawrence SA, Wilson WH, Davy JE & Davy SK (2014) 'Latent virus‐like infections are present in a diverse range of <i><scp>S</scp>ymbiodinium</i> spp. (Dinophyta)' Journal of Phycology 50, (6) 984-997 , DOI
Lawrence SA, Davy JE, Wilson WH, Hoegh-Guldberg O & Davy SK (2014) 'Porites white patch syndrome: associated viruses and disease physiology' Coral Reefs 34, (1) 249-257 , DOI
Wilson WH, Gilg IC, Duarte A & Ogata H (2014) 'Development of DNA mismatch repair gene, MutS, as a diagnostic marker for detection and phylogenetic analysis of algal Megaviruses' Virology 466-467, 123-128 , DOI
Moniruzzaman M, LeCleir GR, Brown CM, Gobler CJ, Bidle KD, Wilson WH & Wilhelm SW (2014) 'Genome of brown tide virus (AaV), the little giant of the Megaviridae, elucidates NCLDV genome expansion and host–virus coevolution' Virology 466-467, 60-70 , DOI
Keeling PJ, Burki F, Wilcox HM, Allam B, Allen EE, Amaral-Zettler LA, Armbrust EV, Archibald JM, Bharti AK & Bell CJ (2014) 'The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): Illuminating the Functional Diversity of Eukaryotic Life in the Oceans through Transcriptome Sequencing' PLoS Biology 12, (6) e1001889-e1001889 , DOI
Pagarete A, Kusonmano K, Petersen K, Kimmance SA, Martínez Martínez J, Wilson WH, Hehemann J-H, Allen MJ & Sandaa R-A (2014) 'Dip in the gene pool: Metagenomic survey of natural coccolithovirus communities' Virology 466-467, 129-137 , DOI
Ankrah NYD, Budinoff CR, Wilson WH, Wilhelm SW & Buchan A (2014) 'Genome Sequences of Two Temperate Phages, ΦCB2047-A and ΦCB2047-C, Infecting <i>Sulfitobacter</i> sp. Strain 2047' Genome Announcements 2, (3) , DOI
Lawrence SA, Davy JE, Aeby GS, Wilson WH & Davy SK (2014) 'Quantification of virus-like particles suggests viral infection in corals affected by Porites tissue loss' Coral Reefs 33, (3) 687-691 , DOI
Ankrah NYD, Budinoff CR, Wilson WH, Wilhelm SW & Buchan A (2014) 'Genome Sequence of the <i>Sulfitobacter</i> sp. Strain 2047-Infecting Lytic Phage ΦCB2047-B' Genome Announcements 2, (1) , DOI
Kimmance SA, Allen MJ, Pagarete A, Martínez Martínez J & Wilson WH (2014) 'Reduction in photosystem II efficiency during a virus-controlled Emiliania huxleyi bloom' Marine Ecology Progress Series 495, 65-76 , DOI
Ankrah NYD, Budinoff CR, Wilson WH, Wilhelm SW & Buchan A (2014) 'Genome sequence of the Sulfitobacter sp. strain 2047-infecting lytic phage ΦCB2047-B' Genome Announcements 2, (1) , DOI
Martínez JM, Swan BK & Wilson WH (2013) 'Marine viruses, a genetic reservoir revealed by targeted viromics' The ISME Journal 8, (5) 1079-1088 , DOI
Reid EL, Weynberg KD, Love J, Isupov MN, Littlechild JA, Wilson WH, Kelly SL, Lamb DC & Allen MJ (2013) 'Functional and structural characterisation of a viral cytochrome <i>b</i>5' FEBS Letters 587, (22) 3633-3639 , DOI
Read BA, Kegel J, Klute MJ, Kuo A, Lefebvre SC, Maumus F, Mayer C, Miller J, Monier A & Salamov A (2013) 'Pan genome of the phytoplankton Emiliania underpins its global distribution' Nature 499, (7457) 209-213 , DOI
Martínez JM, Schroeder DC & Wilson WH (2012) 'Dynamics and genotypic composition of Emiliania huxleyi and their co-occurring viruses during a coccolithophore bloom in the North Sea' FEMS Microbiology Ecology 81, (2) 315-323 , DOI
Wilson WH (2012) 'NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARINE ALGAE AND MICROBIOTA (FORMERLY CCMP): RENAMING THE NATION'S “LIVING LIBRARY” OF MARINE PHYTOPLANKTON' Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 21, (1) 2-4 , DOI
Mazard S, Wilson WH & Scanlan DJ (2011) 'DISSECTING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO PHOSPHORUS STRESS IN MARINE <i>SYNECHOCOCCUS</i> ISOLATES (CYANOPHYCEAE)<sup>1</sup>' Journal of Phycology 48, (1) 94-105 , DOI
Pagarete A, Corguillé G, Tiwari B, Ogata H, Vargas C, Wilson WH & Allen MJ (2011) 'Unveiling the transcriptional features associated with coccolithovirus infection of natural Emiliania huxleyi blooms' FEMS Microbiology Ecology 78, (3) 555-564 , DOI
Martínez Martínez J, Poulton NJ, Stepanauskas R, Sieracki ME & Wilson WH (2011) 'Targeted Sorting of Single Virus-Infected Cells of the Coccolithophore Emiliania huxleyi' PLoS ONE 6, (7) e22520-e22520 , DOI
Li WKW, Andersen RA, Gifford DJ, Incze LS, Martin JL, Pilskaln CH, Rooney-Varga JN, Sieracki ME, Wilson WH & Wolff NH (2011) 'Planktonic Microbes in the Gulf of Maine Area' PLoS ONE 6, (6) e20981-e20981 , DOI
Yoon HS, Price DC, Stepanauskas R, Rajah VD, Sieracki ME, Wilson WH, Yang EC, Duffy S & Bhattacharya D (2011) 'Single-Cell Genomics Reveals Organismal Interactions in Uncultivated Marine Protists' Science 332, (6030) 714-717 , DOI
Rowe JM, Fabre M-F, Gobena D, Wilson WH & Wilhelm SW (2011) 'Application of the major capsid protein as a marker of the phylogenetic diversity of Emiliania huxleyi viruses' FEMS Microbiology Ecology 76, (2) 373-380 , DOI
Weynberg KD, Allen MJ, Gilg IC, Scanlan DJ & Wilson WH (2011) 'Genome Sequence of Ostreococcus tauri Virus OtV-2 Throws Light on the Role of Picoeukaryote Niche Separation in the Ocean' Journal of Virology 85, (9) 4520-4529 , DOI
Allen M & Wilson W (2010) 'Survival of the fattest' Planet Earth (SPRING) 14-15
Kegel JU, Blaxter M, Allen MJ, Metfies K, Wilson WH & Valentin K (2010) 'Transcriptional host–virus interaction of<i>Emiliania huxleyi</i>(Haptophyceae) and EhV-86 deduced from combined analysis of expressed sequence tags and microarrays' European Journal of Phycology 45, (1) 1-12 , DOI
Emerson D & Wilson W (2009) 'Giving microbial diversity a home' Nature Reviews Microbiology 7, (11) 758-758 , DOI
Weynberg KD, Allen MJ, Ashelford K, Scanlan DJ & Wilson WH (2009) 'From small hosts come big viruses: the complete genome of a second <i>Ostreococcus tauri</i> virus, OtV‐1' Environmental Microbiology 11, (11) 2821-2839 , DOI
Pagarete A, Allen MJ, Wilson WH, Kimmance SA & De Vargas C (2009) 'Host–virus shift of the sphingolipid pathway along an <i>Emiliania huxleyi</i> bloom: survival of the fattest' Environmental Microbiology 11, (11) 2840-2848 , DOI
(2009) 'Small Things Considered' Microbe Magazine 4, (7) 350-350 , DOI
Mackinder LCM, Worthy CA, Biggi G, Hall M, Ryan KP, Varsani A, Harper GM, Wilson WH, Brownlee C & Schroeder DC (2009) 'A unicellular algal virus, Emiliania huxleyi virus 86, exploits an animal-like infection strategy' Journal of General Virology 90, (9) 2306-2316 , DOI
Evans C, Pond DW & Wilson WH (2009) 'Changes in Emiliania huxleyi fatty acid profiles during infection with E. huxleyi virus 86: physiological and ecological implications' Aquatic Microbial Ecology 55, (3) 219-228 , DOI
Wilson WH, Van Etten JL & Allen MJ (2009) 'The Phycodnaviridae: The Story of How Tiny Giants Rule the World' 1-42 , DOI
Frada M, Probert I, Allen MJ, Wilson WH & de Vargas C (2008) 'The “Cheshire Cat” escape strategy of the coccolithophore <i>Emiliania huxleyi</i> in response to viral infection' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105, (41) 15944-15949 , DOI
Evans C & Wilson WH (2008) 'Preferential grazing of Oxyrrhis marina on virus infected Emiliania huxleyi' Limnology and Oceanography 53, (5) 2035-2040 , DOI
Allen MJ & Wilson WH (2008) 'Aquatic virus diversity accessed through omic techniques: A route map to function' Current Opinion in Microbiology 11, (3) 226-232 , DOI
Allen MJ, Howard JA, Lilley KS & Wilson WH (2008) 'Proteomic analysis of the EhV-86 virion' Proteome Science 6, (1) 11-11 , DOI
Llewellyn CA, Tarran GA, Galliene CP, Cummings DG, De Menezes A, Rees AP, Dixon JL, Widdicombe CE, Fileman ES & Wilson WH (2007) 'Microbial dynamics during the decline of a spring diatom bloom in the Northeast Atlantic' Journal of Plankton Research 30, (3) 261-273 , DOI
Kimmance SA, Wilson WH & Archer SD (2007) 'Modified dilution technique to estimate viral versus grazing mortality of phytoplankton: limitations associated with method sensitivity in natural waters' Aquatic Microbial Ecology 49, 207-222 , DOI
Kegel J, Allen MJ, Metfies K, Wilson WH, Wolf-Gladrow D & Valentin K (2007) 'Pilot study of an EST approach of the coccolithophorid Emiliania huxleyi during a virus infection' Gene 406, (1-2) 209-216 , DOI
Wharam SD, Hall MJ & Wilson WH (2007) 'Detection of virus mRNA within infected host cells using an isothermal nucleic acid amplification assay: marine cyanophage gene expression within Synechococcus sp' Virology Journal 4, (1) , DOI
Llewellyn CA, Evans C, Airs RL, Cook I, Bale N & Wilson WH (2007) 'The response of carotenoids and chlorophylls during virus infection of Emiliania huxleyi (Prymnesiophyceae)' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 344, (1) 101-112 , DOI
Evans C, Kadner SV, Darroch LJ, Wilson WH, Liss PS & Malin G (2007) 'The relative significance of viral lysis and microzooplankton grazing as pathways of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) cleavage: An <i>Emiliania huxleyi</i> culture study' Limnology and Oceanography 52, (3) 1036-1045 , DOI
Allen MJ, Martinez-Martinez J, Schroeder DC, Somerfield PJ & Wilson WH (2007) 'Use of microarrays to assess viral diversity: from genotype to phenotype' Environmental Microbiology 9, (4) 971-982 , DOI
Lohr J, Munn CB & Wilson WH (2007) 'Characterization of a latent virus-like infection of symbiotic zooxanthellae' Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73, (9) 2976-2981
Mühling M, Fuller NJ, Somerfield PJ, Post AF, Wilson WH, Scanlan DJ, Joint I & Mann NH (2006) 'High resolution genetic diversity studies of marine Synechococcus isolates using rpoC1-based restriction fragment length polymorphism' Aquatic Microbial Ecology 45, 263-275 , DOI
Marti´nez JM, Schroeder DC, Larsen A, Bratbak G & Wilson WH (2006) 'Molecular Dynamics of <i>Emiliania huxleyi</i> and Cooccurring Viruses during Two Separate Mesocosm Studies' Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73, (2) 554-562 , DOI
Han G, Gable K, Yan L, Allen MJ, Wilson WH, Moitra P, Harmon JM & Dunn TM (2006) 'Expression of a Novel Marine Viral Single-chain Serine Palmitoyltransferase and Construction of Yeast and Mammalian Single-chain Chimera' Journal of Biological Chemistry 281, (52) 39935-39942 , DOI
Evans C, Malin G, Mills GP & Wilson WH (2006) 'VIRAL INFECTION OF <i>EMILIANIA HUXLEYI</i> (PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE) LEADS TO ELEVATED PRODUCTION OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES<sup>1</sup>' Journal of Phycology 42, (5) 1040-1047 , DOI
Evans C, Malin G, Wilson WH & Liss PS (2006) 'Infectious titres of <i>Emiliania huxleyi</i> virus 86 are reduced by exposure to millimolar dimethyl sulfide and acrylic acid' Limnology and Oceanography 51, (5) 2468-2471 , DOI
Baker AC, Goddard VJ, Davy J, Schroeder DC, Adams DG & Wilson WH (2006) 'Identification of a Diagnostic Marker To Detect Freshwater Cyanophages of Filamentous Cyanobacteria' Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72, (9) 5713-5719 , DOI
Martínez-Martínez J, Norland S, Thingstad TF, Schroeder DC, Bratbak G, Wilson WH & Larsen A (2006) 'Variability in microbial population dynamics between similarly perturbed mesocosms' Journal of Plankton Research 28, (8) 783-791 , DOI
Allen MJ, Forster T, Schroeder DC, Hall M, Roy D, Ghazal P & Wilson WH (2006) 'Locus-Specific Gene Expression Pattern Suggests a Unique Propagation Strategy for a Giant Algal Virus' Journal of Virology 80, (15) 7699-7705 , DOI
Morrison N, Wood AJ, Hancock D, Shah S, Hakes L, Gray T, Tiwari B, Kille P, Cossins A & Hegarty M (2006) 'Standard Annotation of Environmental OMICS Data: Application to the Transcriptomics Domain' OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology 10, (2) 172-178 , DOI
Allen MJ & Wilson WH (2006) 'The coccolithovirus microarray: an array of uses' Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics 5, (4) 273-279 , DOI
Wilson WH, Schroeder DC, Ho J & Canty M (2006) 'Phylogenetic analysis of PgV-102P, a new virus from the English Channel that infects <i>Phaeocystis globosa</i>' Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 86, (3) 485-490 , DOI
Allen MJ, Schroeder DC, Donkin A, Crawfurd KJ & Wilson WH (2006) 'Genome comparison of two Coccolithoviruses' Virology Journal 3, (1) , DOI
Davy SK, Burchett SG, Dale AL, Davies P, Davy JE, Muncke C, Hoegh-Guldberg O & Wilson WH (2006) 'Viruses: agents of coral disease?' Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 69, (1) 101-110
Allen MJ, Schroeder DC & Wilson WH (2005) 'Preliminary characterisation of repeat families in the genome of EhV-86, a giant algal virus that infects the marine microalga Emiliania huxleyi' Archives of Virology 151, (3) 525-535 , DOI
Allen MJ, Schroeder DC, Holden MTG & Wilson WH (2005) 'Evolutionary History of the Coccolithoviridae' Molecular Biology and Evolution 23, (1) 86-92 , DOI
Wilson WH, Schroeder DC, Allen MJ, Holden MTG, Parkhill J, Barrell BG, Churcher C, Hamlin N, Mungall K & Norbertczak H (2005) 'Complete Genome Sequence and Lytic Phase Transcription Profile of a <i>Coccolithovirus</i>' Science 309, (5737) 1090-1092 , DOI
Schroeder DC, Biggi GF, Hall M, Davy J, Martínez JM, Richardson AJ, Malin G & Wilson WH (2005) 'A GENETIC MARKER TO SEPARATE<i>EMILIANIA HUXLEYI</i>(PRYMNESIOPHYCEAE) MORPHOTYPES<sup>1</sup>' Journal of Phycology 41, (4) 874-879 , DOI
Mann NH, Clokie MRJ, Millard A, Cook A, Wilson WH, Wheatley PJ, Letarov A & Krisch HM (2005) 'The Genome of S-PM2, a “Photosynthetic” T4-Type Bacteriophage That Infects Marine <i>Synechococcus</i> Strains' Journal of Bacteriology 187, (9) 3188-3200 , DOI
Mühling M, Fuller NJ, Millard A, Somerfield PJ, Marie D, Wilson WH, Scanlan DJ, Post AF, Joint I & Mann NH (2005) 'Genetic diversity of marine <i>Synechococcus</i> and co‐occurring cyanophage communities: evidence for viral control of phytoplankton' Environmental Microbiology 7, (4) 499-508 , DOI
Goddard VJ, Baker AC, Davy JE, Adams DG, De Ville MM, Thackeray SJ, Maberly SC & Wilson WH (2005) 'Temporal distribution of viruses, bacteria and phytoplankton throughout the water column in a freshwater hypereutrophic lake' Aquatic Microbial Ecology 39, 211-223 , DOI
Wilson WH, Dale AL, Davy JE & Davy SK (2004) 'An enemy within? Observations of virus-like particles in reef corals' Coral Reefs 24, (1) 145-148 , DOI
Muller FLL, Jacquet S & Wilson WH (2003) 'Biological factors regulating the chemical speciation of Cu, Zn, and Mn under different nutrient regimes in a marine mesocosm experiment' Limnology and Oceanography 48, (6) 2289-2302 , DOI
PEARCE DA & WILSON WH (2003) 'Viruses in Antarctic ecosystems' Antarctic Science 15, (3) 319-331 , DOI
Schroeder DC, Oke J, Hall M, Malin G & Wilson WH (2003) 'Virus Succession Observed during an <i>Emiliania huxleyi</i> Bloom' Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69, (5) 2484-2490 , DOI
Evans C, Archer SD, Jacquet S & Wilson WH (2003) 'Direct estimates of the contribution of viral lysis and microzooplankton grazing to the decline of a Micromonas spp. population' Aquatic Microbial Ecology 30, 207-219 , DOI
Schroeder DC, Oke J, Malin G & Wilson WH (2002) 'Coccolithovirus (Phycodnaviridae): Characterisation of a new large dsDNA algal virus that infects Emiliana huxleyi' Archives of Virology 147, (9) 1685-1698 , DOI
Wilson WH, Tarran GA, Schroeder D, Cox M, Oke J & Malin G (2002) 'Isolation of viruses responsible for the demise of an <i>Emiliania huxleyi</i> bloom in the English Channel' Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 82, (3) 369-377 , DOI
Hall MJ, Wharam SD, Weston A, Cardy DLN & Wilson WH (2002) 'Use of Signal-Mediated Amplification of RNA Technology (SMART) to Detect Marine Cyanophage DNA' BioTechniques 32, (3) 604-611 , DOI
Jacquet S, Heldal M, Iglesias-Rodriguez D, Larsen A, Wilson W & Bratbak G (2002) 'Flow cytometric analysis of an Emiliana huxleyi bloom terminated by viral infection' Aquatic Microbial Ecology 27, 111-124 , DOI
Wilson WH, Tarran G & Zubkov MV (2002) 'Virus dynamics in a coccolithophore-dominated bloom in the North Sea' Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 49, (15) 2951-2963 , DOI
Wilson WH & Chapman DM (2001) 'Observation of virus-like particles in thin sections of the plumose anemone, <i>Metridium senile</i>' Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 81, (5) 879-880 , DOI
Hambly E, Tétart F, Desplats C, Wilson WH, Krisch HM & Mann NH (2001) 'A conserved genetic module that encodes the major virion components in both the coliphage T4 and the marine cyanophage S-PM2' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98, (20) 11411-11416 , DOI
Wilson WH, Francis I, Ryan K & Davy SK (2001) 'Temperature induction of viruses in symbiotic dinoflagellates' Aquatic Microbial Ecology 25, 99-102 , DOI
Wilson WH, Lane D, Pearce DA & Ellis-Evans JC (2000) 'Transmission electron microscope analysis of virus-like particles in the freshwater lakes of Signy Island, Antarctica' Polar Biology 23, (9) 657-660 , DOI
Malin G, Wilson WH, Bratbak G, Liss PS & Mann NH (1998) 'Elevated production of dimethylsulfide resulting from viral infection of cultures of <i>Phaeocystis pouchetii</i>' Limnology and Oceanography 43, (6) 1389-1393 , DOI
Fuller NJ, Wilson WH, Joint IR & Mann NH (1998) 'Occurrence of a Sequence in Marine Cyanophages Similar to That of T4 g20 and Its Application to PCR-Based Detection and Quantification Techniques' Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64, (6) 2051-2060 , DOI
Wilson WH, Turner S & Mann NH (1998) 'Population Dynamics of Phytoplankton and Viruses in a Phosphate-limited Mesocosm and their Effect on DMSP and DMS Production' Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 46, (2) 49-59 , DOI
Scanlan DJ, Silman NJ, Donald KM, Wilson WH, Carr NG, Joint I & Mann NH (1997) 'An immunological approach to detect phosphate stress in populations and single cells of photosynthetic picoplankton' Applied and Environmental Microbiology 63, (6) 2411-2420 , DOI
Wilson WH & Mann NH (1997) 'Lysogenic and lytic viral production in marine microbial communities' Aquatic Microbial Ecology 13, 95-100 , DOI
Bratbak G, Wilson W & Heldal M (1996) 'Viral control of Emiliania huxleyi blooms?' Journal of Marine Systems 9, (1-2) 75-81 , DOI
Wilson WH, Carr NG & Mann NH (1996) 'THE EFFECT OF PHOSPHATE STATUS ON THE KINETICS OF CYANOPHAGE INFECTION IN THE OCEANIC CYANOBACTERIUM <i>SYNECHOCOCCUS</i> SP. WH7803<sup>1</sup>' Journal of Phycology 32, (4) 506-516 , DOI
Wilson WH, Joint IR, Carr NG & Mann NH (1993) 'Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Five Marine Cyanophages Propagated on <i>Synechococcus</i> sp. Strain WH7803' Applied and Environmental Microbiology 59, (11) 3736-3743 , DOI
Wilson WH, Newman J, Mann NH & Carr NG (1991) 'Cloning and sequence analysis of the phycocyanin genes of the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. WH7803' Plant Molecular Biology 17, (4) 931-933 , DOI
Chapters
Wilson WH & Woodley CM (2015) 'Viruses and Coral Disease' Wiley 284-290 , DOI
Wilson WH & Allen MJ (2011) 'Viruses of Eukaryotic Algae' Wiley 189-203 , DOI
Wilson WH (2011) 'Coral Viruses' Wiley 141-151 , DOI
Wilson WH, Allen MJ & Pagarete A (2011) 'Coccolithovirus' The Springer Index of Viruses Springer New York 1253-1257 , DOI
Wilson WH & Allen MJ (2009) 'Giant viruses and their genomes' Viral Genomes: Diversity, Properties and Parameters 145-157
McClanahan TR, McLaughlin SM, Davy JE, Wilson WH, Peters EC, Price KL & Maina J (2004) 'Observations of a new source of coral mortality along the Kenyan coast' Coelenterate Biology 2003 Springer Netherlands 469-479 , DOI
Scanlan DJ & Wilson WH (1999) 'Application of molecular techniques to addressing the role of P as a key effector in marine ecosystems' Molecular Ecology of Aquatic Communities Springer Netherlands 149-175 , DOI
Conference Papers
Fischer MG, Allen MJ, Wilson WH & Suttle CA (2010) 'Giant virus with a remarkable complement of genes infects marine zooplankton' Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 19508-19513 , DOI
McClanahan TR, McLaughlin SM, Davy JE, Wilson WH, Peters EC, Price KL & Maina J (2004) 'Observations of a new source of coral mortality along the Kenyan coast' Springer Science and Business Media LLC 469-479 , DOI
Clokie MRJ, Millard AD, Wilson WH & Mann NH (2003) 'Encapsidation of host DNA by bacteriophages infecting marine Synechococcus strains' Oxford University Press (OUP) 349-352 , DOI