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Brian J. Tindall is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a substantial number of publications also contributing to Environmental Science.

The scientist's work covers several specific subfields including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Biomedical Engineering. Their research topics focus on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Enzyme Production and Characterization, Metal Extraction and Bioleaching, Mine Drainage and Remediation Techniques, Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing, and Protist Diversity and Phylogeny.

Brian J. Tindall has published in various scientific journals with multiple contributions in these venues:

  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Systematic and Applied Microbiology
  • Current Microbiology
  • Archives of Microbiology

Frequent collaborators in their research include Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Rüdiger Pukall, Anton Hördt, and Marina García López.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Brian J. Tindall include:

  • Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Reclassification of Haloactinobacterium glacieicola as Occultella glacieicola gen. nov., comb. nov., of Haloactinobacterium album as Ruania alba comb. nov, with an emended description of the genus Ruania, recognition that the genus names Haloactinobacterium and Ruania are heterotypic synonyms and description of Occultella aeris sp. nov., a halotolerant isolate from surface soil sampled at an ancient copper smelter, 2021, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Acidiferrimicrobium australe gen. nov., sp. nov., an acidophilic and obligately heterotrophic, member of the Actinobacteria that catalyses dissimilatory oxido-reduction of iron isolated from metal-rich acidic water in Chile, 2020, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Genome-Based Comparison of All Species of the Genus Moorella, and Status of the Species Moorella thermoacetica and Moorella thermoautotrophica, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Desulfolutivibrio sulfoxidireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture and reclassification of Desulfovibrio sulfodismutans as Desulfolutivibrio sulfodismutans comb. nov, 2020, Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Lipid composition of Halobacterium lacusprofundi

    B.J. Tindall

  • A comparative study of the lipid composition of Halobacterium saccharovorum from various sources

    B.J. Tindall

  • Notes on the characterization of prokaryote strains for taxonomic purposes.

    Brian J. Tindall;Ramón Rosselló-Mora;Hans-Jürgen Busse;Wolfgang Ludwig

  • Phenotypic Characterization and the Principles of Comparative Systematics

    Brian J. Tindall;Johannes Sikorski;Robert A Smibert;Noel R. Krieg

  • A phylogeny-driven genomic encyclopaedia of Bacteria and Archaea.

    Dongying Wu;Dongying Wu;Philip Hugenholtz;Konstantinos Mavromatis;Rüdiger Pukall

  • International code of nomenclature of prokaryotes

    Charles T Parker;Brian J Tindall;George M Garrity

  • Nomenclature and taxonomy of the genus Salmonella.

    B. J. Tindall;P. A. D. Grimont;G. M. Garrity;J. P. Euzéby

  • Dehalobacter restrictus gen. nov. and sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium that reductively dechlorinates tetra- and trichloroethene in an anaerobic respiration

    Christof Holliger;Dittmar Hahn;Hermie Harmsen;Wolfgang Ludwig

  • Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria.

    Anton Hördt;Marina García López;Jan P Meier-Kolthoff;Marcel Schleuning

  • Petrimonas sulfuriphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic fermentative bacterium isolated from a biodegraded oil reservoir.

    Agnès Grabowski;Agnès Grabowski;Brian J. Tindall;Véronique Bardin;Denis Blanchet

  • Natronobacterium gen. nov. and Natronococcus gen. nov., Two New Genera of Haloalkaliphilic Archaebacteria

    B.J. Tindall;H.N.M. Ross;W.D. Grant

  • Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes .

    Marina García-López;Jan P. Meier-Kolthoff;Brian J. Tindall;Sabine Gronow

  • Phylogeny and polyphasic taxonomy of Caulobacter species. Proposal of Maricaulis gen. nov. with Maricaulis maris (Poindexter) comb. nov. as the type species, and emended description of the genera Brevundimonas and Caulobacter.

    Wolf-Rainer Abraham;Carsten Strömpl;Holger Meyer;Sabine Lindholst

  • Reclassification of Roseobacter gallaeciensis Ruiz-Ponte et al. 1998 as Phaeobacter gallaeciensis gen. nov., comb. nov., description of Phaeobacter inhibens sp. nov., reclassification of Ruegeria algicola (Lafay et al. 1995) Uchino et al. 1999 as Marinovum algicola gen. nov., comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genera Roseobacter, Ruegeria and Leisingera.

    Torben Martens;Thorsten Heidorn;Rüdiger Pukall;Meinhard Simon

  • Gracilibacillus gen. nov., with description of Gracilibacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.; transfer of Bacillus dipsosauri to Gracilibacillus dipsosauri comb. nov., and Bacillus salexigens to the genus Salibacillus gen. nov., as Salibacillus salexigens comb. nov.

    Michael Wainø;B. J. Tindall;Peter Schumann;Kjeld Ingvorsen

  • Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea: Sequencing a Myriad of Type Strains

    Nikos C. Kyrpides;Philip Hugenholtz;Jonathan A. Eisen;Tanja Woyke

  • Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation

    Scott A. Thomson;Richard L. Pyle;Shane T Ahyong;Shane T Ahyong;Miguel A. Alonso-Zarazaga

  • Cohnella thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., and classification of 'Paenibacillus hongkongensis' as Cohnella hongkongensis sp. nov.

    Peter Kämpfer;Ramon Rosselló-Mora;Enevold Falsen;Hans-Jürgen Busse

  • Chryseobacterium hispalense sp. nov., a plant-growth-promoting bacterium isolated from a rainwater pond in an olive plant nursery, and emended descriptions of Chryseobacterium defluvii, Chryseobacterium indologenes, Chryseobacterium wanjuense and Chryseobacterium gregarium.

    Maria del Carmen Montero-Calasanz;Markus Göker;Manfred Rohde;Cathrin Spröer

  • Mucilaginibacter paludis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Mucilaginibacter gracilis sp. nov., pectin-, xylan- and laminarin-degrading members of the family Sphingobacteriaceae from acidic Sphagnum peat bog

    Timofei A. Pankratov;Brian J. Tindall;Werner Liesack;Svetlana N. Dedysh

  • The MprF protein is required for lysinylation of phospholipids in listerial membranes and confers resistance to cationic antimicrobial peptides (CAMPs) on Listeria monocytogenes

    Kathrin Thedieck;Torsten Hain;Walid Mohamed;Brian J Tindall

Frequent Co-Authors

Erko Stackebrandt
Erko Stackebrandt Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Jörg Overmann
Jörg Overmann Leibniz Association
Hans-Jürgen Busse
Hans-Jürgen Busse University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
George M. Garrity
George M. Garrity Michigan State University
Heinrich Lünsdorf
Heinrich Lünsdorf Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann Leibniz Association
Rüdiger Pukall
Rüdiger Pukall Leibniz Association
Peter Kämpfer
Peter Kämpfer University of Giessen
Hans-Peter Klenk
Hans-Peter Klenk Newcastle University
Paul A. Lawson
Paul A. Lawson University of Oklahoma

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