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Tim Daniell

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Ecological Sciences
tim.daniell@hutton.ac.uk

The James Hutton Institute
Invergowrie
Dundee DD2 5DA
Scotland UK

Currently a project leader in the Ecological Sciences programme at The James Hutton Institute and an honorary lecturer at Dundee University teaching Microbial Ecology, I have held post-doctoral positions at York, Lancaster and Durham Universities after completing a PhD at Warwick University and degree at Nottingham University.

Current research interests 

  • Arbuscular Mycorrhizal (AM) Fungi
    High-throughput molecular and traditional techniques are being applied to gain a greater understanding of the ecology of this important fungal group.  Current projects are examining, for example, the functionality and diversity of mycorrhiza across disturbance gradients in arable systems and the relationships between plant host and fungus in boreal forest systems.
  • Functional Ecology
    Using key groups from the nitrogen cycle as models we are examining the links between functional expression and community structure across space and time in a conventional arable system.  The effects of agronomic practice on these key groups in addition to AM fungi and general diversity are also being analysed.
  • Environmental Monitoring
    We are currently developing and applying molecular tools to aid the measurement of environmental system quality. This work is initially focussed on aquatic systems focussing on key groups identified by SEPA and the EA and has resulted in the spin out of the company EnPrint.
  • Nematode Ecology
    A molecular means of characterising nematode communities is being developed, which will be deployed to enable high-throughput techniques to be applied to answer questions in nematode ecology that are currently difficult due to constraints in the number of samples easily analysed using conventional methods.
  • Sustainable land management
    We are investigating factors influencing key soil groups in a traditional low input agricultural ecosystem (machair) in the Outer Hebrides.This project has provided below ground data on the machair for the first time; results so far demonstrate that the soil responds relatively rapidly to change. This and the relatively rareness of long term traditional low input agriculture has suggested that it is an ideal system to estimate both effects of climate change and agricultural intensification.
    This work is supported through The James Hutton Institute/University joint PhD studentship held by Stefanie Vink and is jointly supervised with Roy Neilson and David Robinson (University of Aberdeen)

Bibliography 

  • Donn, S., Neilson, R., Griffiths, B.S. and Daniell T.J. 2011. Greater coverage of the Phylum Nematoda in SSU rDNA studies. Biology and Fertility of Soils. (doi 10.1007/s00374-010-0534-0)
  • Sun, B., Hallett P.D., Caul, S., Daniell T.J. and Hopkins D.W. 2011. Distribution of soil carbon and microbial biomass in arable soils under different tillage regimes. Plant and Soil (in press). (doi 10.1007/s11104-010-0459-2)
  • Chen, X., Daniell, T.J., Neilson R., O’Flaherty V. and Griffiths, B. S. 2010. A comparison of molecular methods for monitoring soil nematodes and their use as biological indicators. European Journal of Soil Science 46, 319-324
  • Deng, H., Zhang, B., Yin, R., Wang, H., Mitchell, S., Griffiths, B.S. and Daniell, T.J. 2010. Long-term effect of re-vegetation on the microbial community of a severely eroded soil in sub-tropical China. Plant and Soil 328, 447-458. 
  • Griffiths, B.S., Ball, B.C., Daniell, T.J., Hallett, P.D., Neilson, R., Wheatley, R.E., Osler, G., and Bohanec, M. 2010. Soil quality benefits and disadvantages to arable agricultural systems following organic matter addition, or adoption of a ley-arable rotation. Applied Soil Ecology 46, 43-53
  • Hinojosa, M.B., Carreira, J.A., Garcia-Ruiz, R., Jose, M., Rodriguez-Maroto, J.M., Daniell, T.J. and Griffiths, B.S. 2010. Rhizosphere microbial ecology of heavy metal polluted soils: soil-plant specific effects. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 73, 970-981
  • Newton, A.C., Fitt, B.D.L., Atkins, S.D., Walters, D.R. and Daniell, T.J. 2010. Pathogenesis, parasitism and mutualism, the trophic space of microbe-plant interactions. Trends in Microbiology 18, 365-373
  • Zhang, B., Deng, H., Wang, H., Yin, R., Hallett, P.D., Griffiths, B.S. and Daniell, T.J. 2010. Does habitat or community structure drive the functional resilience of microbes to stress in severely degraded soils restored with different vegetation? Soil Biology and Biochemistry 42, 850-859. 
  • George, T.S., Richardson, A.E., Li, S.M., Gregory, P.J. and Daniell, T.J. 2009. Extracellular release of a heterologous phytase from roots of transgenic plants: does manipulation of rhizosphere biochemistry impact microbial community structure?. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 70, 433-445. 
  • Uibopuu, A., Moora, M., Saks, U., Daniell, T.J., Öpik, M. and Zobel, M. 2009. Differential effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities from ecosystems along management gradient on the growth of forest understorey plant species. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 41, 2141-2146.
  • Öpik, M., Metsis, M., Daniell, T.J., Zobel, M. and Moora, M. 2009. Large-scale parallel 454 sequencing reveals host ecological group specificity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreonemoral forest. New Phytologist 184, 424-437.
  • Swanson, M.M., Fraser, G., Daniell, T.J., Torrance, L., Gregory, P.J. and Taliansky, M.E. 2009. Viruses in soils: morphological diversity and abundance in the rhizosphere. Annals of Applied Biology 155, 51-60.
  • Coucheney, E., Daniell, T.J., Chenu, C. and Nunan, N. 2008. Gas chromatographic metabolic profiling: A sensitive tool for functional microbial ecology. Journal of Microbiological Methods 75, 491-500.
  • Donn, S., Griffiths, B.S., Neilson, R. and Daniell, T.J. 2008. DNA extraction from soil nematodes for multi-sample community studies. Applied Soil Ecology 38, 20-26.
  • Griffiths, B.S., Liu, Q., Wang, H., Zhang, B., Kuan, H.L., McKenzie, B.M., Hallett, P.D., Neilson, R. and Daniell, T.J. 2008. Restoration of soil physical and biological stability are not coupled in response to plants and earthworms. Restoration Ecology 26, 102-104.
  • Öpik, M., Moora, M., Zobel, M., Saks, U., Wheatley, R.E., Wright, F. and Daniell, T.J. 2008. High diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreal, herb rich, coniferous forest. New Phytologist 179, 867-876.
  • Singh, B.K., Nunan, N., Ridgway, K.P., McNicol, J.W., Young, J.P.W., Daniell, T.J., Prosser, J.I. and Millard, P. 2008. Relationship between assemblages of mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria on grass roots. Environmental Microbiology 10, 534-541.
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Scientific/Conference Posters

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[file] Diversity of the nitrite reductase (NirK) gene in an upland pasture system 96.27 KB
[file] Spatial linkage between NirK diversity and denitrification activity in three arable fields 617.64 KB
[file] Nitrifiers in Space and Time 261.43 KB
[file] Molecular analysis of soil nematode communities 488.64 KB
[file] Can AM Fungi Recolonise Arable Fields from Refugia? 568.51 KB
[file] Diversity Patterns of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Forest Understorey Plants 117.3 KB
[file] Genetic fingerprinting for environmental quality 1.1 MB
[file] Viruses in Soil 494.3 KB
[file] Functional Soil Ecology and Conservation of Machair in relation to Changing Land Management 238.39 KB
[file] Functional Soil Ecology and Conservation of Machair in relation to Changing Land Management 162.85 KB
[file] How different successional stages of Abies pinsapo Boiss. fir forest affect understory and soil microbial diversity 341.92 KB
[file] Fungal denitrification in arable soil 205.8 KB
[file] Using molecular techniques to characterise and quantify the eubacteria associated with the Cabbage Aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae) 717.18 KB
[file] Resilience of soil microbial communities: relationships between land use microbial functional group and applied stress 1.14 MB
[file] T-RFLP analysis of nematode assemblages 401.11 KB
[file] T-RFLP analysis of nematode assemblages 390.33 KB
[file] Virus-like particles from Antarctic dry valley soil 915.72 KB
[file] Preliminary selection of phosphate solubilising plant growth promoting microorganisms 561.85 KB
[file] Above and below ground responses to the Machair agricultural system 431.76 KB
[file] The effect of moisture and plant communities on the mycorrhizal community structure in a low input agricultural system 458.98 KB
[file] High-throughput sequencing of soil nematode communities for ecological research 257.85 KB
[file] Where does denitrification occur in the rhizosphere? 249.44 KB
[file] Effects of pH and disturbance on nitrous oxide emission from arable soil - a role for fungal denitrification? 616.72 KB
[file] The rheology of rhizosphere formation by root exudates and soil microbes
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[file] Biological Nitrification Inhibition (BNI) in arable plants – a potential for reducing nitrogen losses from agriculture
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