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Gareth W. Griffith is affiliated with Aberystwyth University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Plant Science, Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Pharmacology.

The scientist's work covers key topics including Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Fungal Biology and Applications, Lichen and Fungal Ecology, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure, and Plant Pathogens and Resistance.

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Gareth W. Griffith include:

  • FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles (2020, Fungal Diversity)
  • Early-diverging fungal phyla: taxonomy, species concept, ecology, distribution, anthropogenic impact, and novel phylogenetic proposals (2021, Fungal Diversity)
  • Seven new Neocallimastigomycota genera from wild, zoo-housed, and domesticated herbivores greatly expand the taxonomic diversity of the phylum (2020, Mycologia)
  • Predicting the severity of the grass pollen season and the effect of climate change in Northwest Europe (2021, Science Advances)
  • Airborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi (2024, Nature)

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Fungal Diversity, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, and Microorganisms.

Gareth W. Griffith collaborates regularly with several researchers, including Kevin D. Hyde, R. Henrik Nilsson, Jenni Nordén, Kadri Runnel, and Georgina Brennan, with multiple joint publications reflecting ongoing cooperative research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi

    Conrad L. Schoch;Keith A. Seifert;Sabine Huhndorf;Vincent Robert

  • Towards a unified paradigm for sequence-based identification of fungi

    Urmas Koljalg;Urmas Koljalg;R. Henrik Nilsson;Kessy Abarenkov;Leho Tedersoo

  • A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi

    David S Hibbett;Manfred Binder;Joseph F Bischoff;Meredith Blackwell

  • Reconstructing the early evolution of Fungi using a six-gene phylogeny

    Timothy Y. James;Frank Kauff;Conrad L. Schoch;P. Brandon Matheny

  • FungalTraits: a user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles

    Sergei Põlme;Sergei Põlme;Kessy Abarenkov;R. Henrik Nilsson;Björn D. Lindahl

  • The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits

    Conrad L. Schoch;Gi Ho Sung;Francesc López-Giráldez;Jeffrey P. Townsend

  • Fungal diversity notes 111–252—taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions to fungal taxa

    Guo Jie Li;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Kevin D. Hyde;Rui Lin Zhao;Sinang Hongsanan;Sinang Hongsanan

  • A molecular phylogeny of the flagellated fungi (Chytridiomycota) and description of a new phylum (Blastocladiomycota).

    Timothy Y. James;Peter M. Letcher;Joyce E. Longcore;Sharon E. Mozley-Standridge

  • Finding needles in haystacks: Linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi

    Conrad L. Schoch;Barbara Robbertse;Vincent Robert;Duong Vu

  • Anaerobic fungi (phylum Neocallimastigomycota): advances in understanding their taxonomy, life cycle, ecology, role and biotechnological potential

    Robert J. Gruninger;Anil K. Puniya;Tony M. Callaghan;Joan E. Edwards

  • Polymorphisms in Phytophthora infestans: Four Mitochondrial Haplotypes Are Detected after PCR Amplification of DNA from Pure Cultures or from Host Lesions

    Gareth W. Griffith;David S. Shaw

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards;Andy F.S. Taylor

  • Molecular phylogeny, morphology, pigment chemistry and ecology in Hygrophoraceae (Agaricales)

    D. Jean Lodge;Mahajabeen Padamsee;P. Brandon Matheny;M. Catherine Aime

  • Moniliophthora perniciosa, the causal agent of witches' broom disease of cacao: what's new from this old foe?

    Lyndel W. Meinhardt;Johana Rincones;Bryan A. Bailey;M. Catherine Aime

  • Possible interactions between bacterial diversity, microbial activity and supraglacial hydrology of cryoconite holes in Svalbard

    Arwyn Edwards;Alexandre Magno Anesio;Sara Maria Edwards Rassner;Birgit Sattler

  • A fungal perspective on conservation biology.

    Jacob Heilmann-Clausen;Jacob Heilmann-Clausen;Jacob Heilmann-Clausen;Elizabeth S. Barron;Lynne Boddy;Anders Dahlberg

  • New aspects and strategies for methane mitigation from ruminants

    Sanjay Kumar;Sanjay Kumar;Prasanta Kumar Choudhury;Maria Dolores Carro;Gareth Wyn Griffith

  • An automated system for measuring gas production from forages inoculated with rumen fluid and its use in determining the effect of enzymes on grass silage

    Z.S Davies;D Mason;A.E Brooks;G.W Griffith

  • Factors affecting rumen methanogens and methane mitigation strategies

    Sanjay Kumar;Anil Kumar Puniya;Monica Puniya;Sumit Singh Dagar

  • Preserving accuracy in GenBank

    M. I. Bidartondo;Thomas D. Bruns;Meredith Blackwell;Ivan Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Urmas Kõljalg
Urmas Kõljalg University of Tartu
Karl-Henrik Larsson
Karl-Henrik Larsson University of Oslo
Leho Tedersoo
Leho Tedersoo University of Tartu
M. Catherine Aime
M. Catherine Aime Purdue University West Lafayette
Michael K. Theodorou
Michael K. Theodorou Aberystwyth University
József Geml
József Geml Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Douglas B. Kell
Douglas B. Kell University of Liverpool
Carsten Ambelas Skjøth
Carsten Ambelas Skjøth Aarhus University
Simon Creer
Simon Creer Bangor University
Mostafa S. Elshahed
Mostafa S. Elshahed Oklahoma State University

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