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R. J. Wallace is affiliated with the University of Aberdeen in the United Kingdom. Their research spans key areas within agricultural and biological sciences as well as biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on subfields including agronomy and crop science, molecular biology, genetics, and equine studies.

The scientific topics addressed in Wallace's work largely center on ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, with additional emphasis on genomics and phylogenetic studies, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, reproductive physiology in livestock, and veterinary equine medical research.

Among recent publications, Wallace has contributed to the following papers:

  • Metagenomic analysis of the cow, sheep, reindeer and red deer rumen, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Light microscopic observations of the ruminal papillae of cattle on diets with divergent forage to cereal ratios, 2022, animal
  • Metagenomic analysis of the cow, sheep, reindeer and red deer rumen, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Wallace's coauthors include Laura Glendinning, Buğra Genç, Mick Watson, Holly J. Ferguson, and H.H. Caline Koh-Tan.

Wallace's work has been published in a range of scientific venues, notably in Scientific Reports, animal, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Board-invited review: Recent advances in biohydrogenation of unsaturated fatty acids within the rumen microbial ecosystem.

    T. C. Jenkins;R. J. Wallace;P. J. Moate;E. E. Mosley

  • Guidance on the characterisation of microorganisms used as feed additives or as production organisms

    Efsa Panel on Additives;Guido Rychen;Gabriele Aquilina

  • Mode of action of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a feed additive for ruminants

    C. J. Newbold;R. J. Wallace;F. M. Mcintosh

  • Effects of essential oils on ruminal microorganisms and their protein metabolism.

    F. M. McIntosh;P. Williams;R. Losa;R. J. Wallace

  • Guidance on the assessment of the safety of feed additives for the consumer.

    Efsa Panel on Additives;Guido Rychen;Gabriele Aquilina

  • The role of microbes in rumen lipolysis and biohydrogenation and their manipulation

    Marta Ribeiro Alves Lourenço;E Ramos-Morales;RJ Wallace

  • EFFECTS OF A SPECIFIC BLEND OF ESSENTIAL OIL COMPOUNDS ON RUMEN FERMENTATION

    C.J Newbold;F.M McIntosh;P Williams;Riccardo Losa

  • Different strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae differ in their effects on ruminal bacterial numbers in vitro and in sheep.

    C J Newbold;R J Wallace;X B Chen;F M McIntosh

  • Influence of Yucca shidigera extract on ruminal ammonia concentrations and ruminal microorganisms

    R J Wallace;L Arthaud;C J Newbold

  • Influence of foliage from African multipurpose trees on activity of rumen protozoa and bacteria

    C.J Newbold;S. M. El Hassan;J Wang;M.E Ortega

  • Deletion of a Csf1r enhancer selectively impacts CSF1R expression and development of tissue macrophage populations

    Rocío Rojo;Rocío Rojo;Anna Raper;Derya D. Ozdemir;Lucas Lefevre

  • Toxicity of unsaturated fatty acids to the biohydrogenating ruminal bacterium, Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens

    Margarida R G Maia;Lal C Chaudhary;Lal C Chaudhary;Charles S Bestwick;Anthony J Richardson

  • Hybrid electrolytes with 3D bicontinuous ordered ceramic and polymer microchannels for all-solid-state batteries

    Stefanie Zekoll;Cassian Marriner-Edwards;A. K. Ola Hekselman;Jitti Kasemchainan

  • Ruminal microbiology, biotechnology, and ruminant nutrition: progress and problems.

    R J Wallace

  • Propionate precursors and other metabolic intermediates as possible alternative electron acceptors to methanogenesis in ruminal fermentation in vitro

    C J Newbold;S López;N Nelson;J O Ouda

  • Control of Rate and Extent of Protein Degradation

    G.A. Broderick;R.J. Wallace;E.R. Ørskov

  • In vitro screening of the potential of numerous plant species as antimethanogenic feed additives for ruminants

    R. Bodas;S. López;M. Fernández;R. García-González

  • Isomers of conjugated linoleic acids are synthesized via different mechanisms in ruminal digesta and bacteria

    R. John Wallace;Nest McKain;Kevin J. Shingfield;Estelle Devillard

  • Dietary plant bioactives for poultry health and productivity.

    R J Wallace;W Oleszek;C Franz;I Hahn

  • Energy-yielding and energy-consuming reactions

    J. B. Russell;R. J. Wallace

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles J. Newbold
Charles J. Newbold Scotland's Rural College
Kevin J. Shingfield
Kevin J. Shingfield Aberystwyth University
David A. Hume
David A. Hume University of Queensland
Peter G. Bruce
Peter G. Bruce University of Oxford
Neil A. Mabbott
Neil A. Mabbott University of Edinburgh
Ormond A. MacDougald
Ormond A. MacDougald University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Harry J. Flint
Harry J. Flint University of Aberdeen
Rainer Roehe
Rainer Roehe Scotland's Rural College
Lesley Hoyles
Lesley Hoyles Nottingham Trent University
David E.J. Armstrong
David E.J. Armstrong University of Oxford

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