Staff Profile:Dr Liz Shaw

Name:

Dr Liz Shaw

Job Title:

Senior Lecturer in Soil Microbiology

Responsibilities:

• Programme Director  MSc Environmental Management
• School Radiation Protection Supervisor (SHES)

Areas of Interest:

• Microbial ecology and function of the rhizosphere and below-ground plant-microbe interactions
• Impacts of organic pollutants on soil microorganisms
• Microbial ecology of xenobiotic biodegradation

Research groups / Centres:

• Earth Systems Science Research Group
• Soil Research Centre
• Walker Institute

Key Facts

Liz Shaw joined the department in 2006. Previous to this she gained her PhD at the University of Kent and then worked as a post-doctoral scientist on the following projects:

• Bioluminescence-based bacterial sensing of the bioavailability of chlorophenols in soil - Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (Monks Wood)
• Mechanisms of enhanced biodegradation of xenobiotics in the rhizosphere - University of Kent
• Contribution of nitrifier denitrification to nitrous oxide emissions from soil - Imperial College
• Microbial interactions in the mycorrhizosphere - Manchester Metropolitan University

Liz is currently Subject Editor for the journal Soil Biology and Biochemistry and a member of the NERC peer review college.

Publications:

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Number of items: 11.

2011

• Veresoglou, S. D., Shaw, E. J. and Sen, R. (2011) Glomus intraradices and Gigaspora margarita arbuscular mycorrhizal associations differentially affect nitrogen and potassium nutrition of Plantago lanceolata in a low fertility dune soil. Plant and Soil, 340 (1-2). pp. 481-490. ISSN 0032-079X doi: 10.1007/s11104-010-0619-4
• Gougoulias, C. and Shaw, L. (2011) Evaluation of the environmental specificity of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) of probe (PSE1284)-positive cells extracted from rhizosphere soil. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. ISSN 0723-2020 (In Press)

2010

• Cullen, L. G., Tilston, E. L., Mitchell, G. R., Collins, C. D. and Shaw, L. J. (2010) Assessing the impact of nano- and micro-scale zerovalent iron particles on soil microbial activities: Particle reactivity interferes with assay conditions and interpretation of genuine microbial effects. Chemosphere, 82 (11). pp. 1675-1682. ISSN 0045-6535 doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.11.009
• Rodríguez-Cruz, S., Bælum, J., Shaw, L. J., Sørensen, S. R., Shi, S., Aspray, T., Jacobsen, C. and Bending, G. D. (2010) Biodegradation of the herbicide mecoprop-p with soil depth and its relationship with class III tfdA genes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 42 (1). pp. 32-39. ISSN 0038-0717 doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.09.018

2009

• Watkins, A. J., Nicol, G. W. and Shaw, L. J. (2009) Use of an artificial root to examine the influence of 8-hydroxyquinoline on soil microbial activity and bacterial community structure. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41 (3). pp. 580-585. ISSN 0038-0717 doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.12.019

2008

• Givens, G.I., Baxter, S., Minihane, A.M. and Shaw, E., eds. (2008) Health Benefits of Organic Food: effects of the environment. CABI, Wallingford, pp336. ISBN 9781845934590
• Shaw, L.J. and Hooker, J. E. (2008) The fate and toxicity of the flavonoids naringenin and formononetin in soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 40 (2). pp. 528-536. ISSN 0038-0717 doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.09.021

2007

• Shaw, L.J. and Burns, R.G. (2007) Influence of the rhizosphere on the biodegradation of organic xenobiotics - a case study with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. In: Heipieper, H. (ed.) Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Aromatic Compounds: effects of rhizosphere, bioavailability, gene regulation and stress adaptation. Springer, Berlin, pp. 5-30. ISBN 9781402056918 doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5693-2_1

2006

• Shaw, L. J. and Burns, R.G. (2006) Enzyme activity profiles and soil quality. In: Bloem, J., Hopkins, D. and Benedetti, A. (eds.) Microbiological Methods for Assessing Soil Quality. CABI, Wallingford, pp. 158-172.
• Shaw, L.J., Nicol, G.W., Smith, Z., Fear, J., Prosser, J.I. and Baggs, E.M. (2006) Nitrosospira spp. can produce nitrous oxide via a nitrifier denitrification pathway. Environmental Microbiology, 8 (2). pp. 214-222. ISSN 1462-2912 doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00882.x
• Shaw, L. J., Morris, P. and Hooker, J. E. (2006) Perception and modification of plant flavonoid signals by rhizosphere microorganisms. Environmental Microbiology, 8 (11). pp. 1867-1880. ISSN 1462-2912 doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01141.x

This list was generated on Sat May 26 17:49:48 2012 BST.

Earlier Publications:

Shaw, L.J., and Burns, R.G. (2005) Rhizodeposition and the enhanced mineralization of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in soil from the Trifolium pratense rhizosphere. Environmental Microbiology 7: 191-202.

Shaw, L.J., and Burns, R.G. (2005) Rhizodeposits of Trifolium pratense and Lolium perenne: their comparative effects on 2,4-D mineralization in two contrasting soils. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 37: 995-1002

Shaw, L.J., and Burns, R.G. (2004) Enhanced mineralization of [U-C-14]2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in soil from the rhizosphere of Trifolium pratense. Applied and Environmental Microbiology70: 4766-4774.

Silva, E., Fialho, A.M., Sa-Correia, I., Burns, R.G., and Shaw, L.J. (2004) Combined bioaugmentation and biostimulation to cleanup soil contaminated with high concentrations of atrazine. Environmental Science & Technology 38: 632-637

Garcia-Gonzalez, V., Govantes, F., Shaw, L.J., Burns, R.G., and Santero, E. (2003) Nitrogen control of atrazine utilization in Pseudomonas sp strain ADP. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 69: 6987-6993.

Shaw, L.J., and Burns, R.G. (2003) Biodegradation of organic pollutants in the rhizosphere. Advances in Applied Microbiology 53:  1-60.

Shaw, L.J., Beaton, Y., Sousa, S., Glover, L.A., Killham, K., and Meharg, A.A. (2002) Mineralisation of 2,4-dichlorophenol and glucose placed into the same or different hydrological domains as a bacterial inoculant.Soil Biology & Biochemistry 34: 531-539.

Shaw, L.J., Beaton, Y., Glover, L.A., Killham, K., and Meharg, A.A. (2000) Interactions between soil, toxicant, and a lux-marked bacterium during solid phase-contact toxicity testing. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 19: 1247-1252.

Shaw, L.J., Beaton, Y., Glover, L.A., Killham, K., Osborn, D., and Meharg, A.A. (2000) Bioavailability of 2,4-dichlorophenol associated with soil water-soluble humic material. Environmental Science & Technology34: 4721-4726.

Beaton, Y., Shaw, L.J., Glover, L.A., Meharg, A.A., and Killham, K. (1999) Biosensing 2,4-dichlorophenol toxicity during biodegradation by Burkholderia sp RASC c2 in soil. Environmental Science & Technology 33: 4086-4091.

Shaw, L.J., Beaton, Y., Glover, L.A., Killham, K., and Meharg, A.A. (1999) Development and characterization of a lux-modified 2,4-dichlorophenol-degrading Burkholderia sp RASC. Environmental Microbiology1: 393-399.

Shaw, L.J., Beaton, Y., Glover, L.A., Killham, K., and Meharg, A.A. (1999) Re-inoculation of autoclaved soil as a non-sterile treatment for xenobiotic sorption and biodegradation studies. Applied Soil Ecology11: 217-226.