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Prof. John Beringer

Contact Details

School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, Bristol, BS8 1UG
tel: +44 (0)117 928 7471 (Internal 7471), Fax: +44 (0)117 925 7374
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Research

• The ecological importance of the production of antibiotic-like compounds by soil microorganisms.
• The genetics and ecology of bacteriocin production and resistance in Rhizobium
• Rhizobium plasmid genetics.
• The ecology of Rhizobium and Bradyrhizobium.
• Risk assessment and risk management of genetically modified organisms.

I am affiliated to the Microbial Ecology Research Group.

Key Publications

• BREWIN, N.J., BERINGER, J.E., BUCHANAN-WOLLASTON, A.V., JOHNSTON, A.W.B. & HIRSCH, P.R. (1980). Transfer of symbiotic genes with bacteriocinogenic plasmids in Rhizobium leguminosarum. Journal of General Microbiology 116, 261-270.
• COUTINHO, H.L.C., HANDLEY, B.A., KAY, H.E., STEVENSON, L. & BERINGER, J.E. (1993). The effect of colony age on PCR fingerprinting. Letters in Applied Microbiology 17, 282-284.
• 3. KAY, H.E., COUTINHO, H.L.C., FATTORI, M., MANFIO, G.P., GOODACRE, R., NUTI, M.P., BASAGLIA, M. & BERINGER, J.E. (1994). The identification of Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains isolated from Italian soils. Microbiology, 140, 2333-2339.
• ANON (1996). UNEP International Technical Guidelines for Safety in Biotechnology. Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme, pp. 31.
• HUDDLESTON, A.S., CRESSWELL, N., NEVES, C., BERINGER, J.E., BAUMBERG, S., THOMAS, D.I. & WELLINGTON, E.M.H. (1997). Molecular detection and characterization of streptomycin-producing streptomycetes in Brazilian soils. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 63, 1288-1297.
• HANDLEY, B.A., HEDGES, A.J. & BERINGER, J.E. (1998). The importance of host plants for detecting the population diversity of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae in soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 30, 241-249.
• WILSON, R.A., HANDLEY,B.A. & BERINGER, J.E. (1998). Bacteriocin production and resistance in a field population of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 30, 413-417.
• BERINGER, J.E. (1999). Keeping watch over genetically modified crops and foods. The Lancet 353, 605-606.
• ELLIS, R.J., TIMMS-WILSON, T.M., BERINGER, J.E., RHODES, D., RENWICK, A., STEVENSON, L. & BAILEY, M.J. (1999). Ecological basis for biocontrol of damping-off disease by Pseudomonas fluorescens 54/96. Journal of Applied Bacteriology, submitted.
• COUTINHO, H.L.C., KAY, H.E., MANFIO, G.P., NEVES, C.P., RIBEIRO, J.R.A., RUMJANEK, N.G. & BERINGER, J.E. (1999). Molecular adaptation of soybean bradyrhizobia to the Brazilian Cerrado soils. Environmental Microbiology, submitted.

Further Publications

• Publications Held in the University of Bristol's IRIS database

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