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An Unresolved Environmental Problem—Small-Scale Unattributable Marine Oil Spills in Musandam, Oman Open

Amran Al-Kamzari, T. I. Gray, Clare Fitzsimmons, J. Grant Burgess · 2025

This article discusses unattributable small-scale marine oil spills, particularly focusing on their environmental and socio-economic impacts in Musandam, Oman. There is a research gap in the literature on unattributable small-scale marine …

The problem of small-scale marine oil spills discharged by unattributable vessels: A review Open

Amran Al-Kamzari, Jayne Carrick, T. I. Gray, Clare Fitzsimmons, J. Grant Burgess · 2025

Oil pollution is one of the most conspicuous forms of damage to the marine environment. It can be divided into two categories: large-scale and small-scale spills. Considerable research has been conducted on large-scale spills, including in…

Chemical mapping of xyloglucan distribution and cellulose crystallinity in cotton textiles reveals novel enzymatic targets to improve clothing longevity Open

Max R. Kelly, Neil J. Lant, Rolando Berlinguer‐Palmini, J. Grant Burgess · 2024

Pilling is a form of textile mechanical damage, forming fibrous bobbles on the surface of garments, resulting in premature disposal of clothing by consumers. However, our understanding on how the structural properties of the cellulosic mat…

Isolation and Staining Reveal the Presence of Extracellular DNA in Marine Gel Particles Open

Aisha S. M. Al-Wahaibi, Robert C. Upstill‐Goddard, J. Grant Burgess · 2023

Marine gel particles (MGP) are amorphous hydrogel exudates from bacteria and microalgae that are ubiquitous in the oceans, but their biochemical composition and function are poorly understood. While dynamic ecological interactions between …

Analysis of glycans in a Burnt-on/Baked-on (BoBo) model food soil using Microarray Polymer Profiling (MAPP) and immunofluorescence microscopy Open

Cassie R. Bakshani, Fiona Cuskin, Neil J. Lant, Hamish C. L. Yau, William G. T. Willats , et al. · 2023

Burning of food materials during cooking can increase the difficulty in removal from solid surfaces, forming residual food soils. Using molecular probe-based technologies, the aim of this work was to elucidate the composition and relative …

Bacterial colonisation of plastic in the Rockall Trough, North-East Atlantic: An improved understanding of the deep-sea plastisphere Open

Max R. Kelly, Paul Whitworth, Alan J. Jamieson, J. Grant Burgess · 2022

Plastic pollution has now been found within multiple ecosystems across the globe. Characterisation of microbial assemblages associated with marine plastic, or the so-called 'plastisphere', has focused predominantly on plastic in the epipel…

Micrococcin P1 and P2 from Epibiotic Bacteria Associated with Isolates of Moorea producens from Kenya Open

Thomas Dzeha, Michael J. Hall, J. Grant Burgess · 2022

Epibiotic bacteria associated with the filamentous marine cyanobacterium Moorea producens were explored as a novel source of antibiotics and to establish whether they can produce cyclodepsipeptides on their own. Here, we report the isolati…

Nonlinear rheological characteristics of single species bacterial biofilms Open

Saikat Jana, Sam Charlton, Lucy E. Eland, J. Grant Burgess, Anil Wipat , et al. · 2020

Bacterial biofilms in natural and artificial environments perform a wide array of beneficial or detrimental functions and exhibit resistance to physical as well as chemical perturbations. In dynamic environments, where periodic or aperiodi…

Dataset for publication titled "Nonlinear rheological characteristics of single species bacterial biofilms" Open

Saikat Jana, Sam Charlton, Lucy E. Eland, J. Grant Burgess, Anil Wipat , et al. · 2020

The contents of the zip files are described as follows:1) Fig1_confocal.zip - Contains images used for figure 1 in manuscript.2) Figure 2_raw data.zip - Contains rheometer data for generating figure 2 in manuscript.3) Figure 3_4_5 raw data…

The role of polymers in cross-kingdom bioadhesion Open

Ana L. Morales‐Garcia, Richard G. Bailey, Saikat Jana, J. Grant Burgess · 2019

The secretion of extracellular polymeric substances provides an evolutionary advantage found in many organisms that can adhere to surfaces and cover themselves in a protective matrix. This ability is found in prokaryotes, archaea and eukar…

Aggregation Pheromone for an Invasive Mussel Consists of a Precise Combination of Three Common Purines Open

Jian He, Qi Dai, Yuxuan Qi, Zhiwen Wu, Qianyun Fang , et al. · 2019

Most marine benthic invertebrates have a pelagic larval phase, after which they settle preferentially on or near conspecific adults, forming aggregations. Although settlement pheromones from conspecific adults have been implicated as criti…

Future CO2-induced ocean acidification enhances resilience of a green tide alga to low-salinity stress Open

Guang Gao, Liming Qu, Tianpeng Xu, J. Grant Burgess, Xinshu Li , et al. · 2019

To understand how Ulva species might respond to salinity stress during future ocean acidification we cultured a green tide alga Ulva linza at various salinities (control salinity, 30 PSU; medium salinity, 20 PSU; low salinity, 10 PSU) and …

Regulating, Measuring, and Modeling the Viscoelasticity of Bacterial Biofilms Open

Sam Charlton, Michael A. White, Saikat Jana, Lucy E. Eland, Pahala Gedara Jayathilake , et al. · 2019

Biofilms occur in a broad range of environments under heterogeneous physicochemical conditions, such as in bioremediation plants, on surfaces of biomedical implants, and in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. In these scenarios, biofilm…

Antimicrobial properties of Cu-based bulk metallic glass composites after surface modification Open

Victor M. Villapún, Sabrina Tardio, Peter J. Cumpson, J. Grant Burgess, Lynn G. Dover , et al. · 2019

Secretion of DNases by Marine Bacteria: A Culture Based and Bioinformatics Approach Open

Aisha S. M. Al-Wahaibi, Emilia Lapinska, Nithyalakshmy Rajarajan, Sergey Dobretsov, Robert C. Upstill‐Goddard , et al. · 2019

The vast majority of bacteria present in the natural environment are present in the form of aggregates and/or biofilms. Microbial aggregates are ubiquitous in the marine environment and are inhabited by diverse microbial communities which …

<span>UV</span> Resistance of bacteria from the Kenyan Marine cyanobacterium <i>Moorea producens</i> Open

Thomas Dzeha, Constance Dzame Nyiro, Dimitris Kardasopoulos, David Mburu, Joseph Mwafaida , et al. · 2018

UV resistance of bacteria isolated from the marine cyanobacterium Moorea producens has not been observed previously, findings which highlight how unsafe germicidal UV irradiation for sterilization of air, food, and water could be. Further,…

Measurement of open innovation in the marine biotechnology sector in Oman Open

Kawther I.A. Al-Belushi, Selina M. Stead, Tim Gray, J. Grant Burgess · 2018

National economies are often strengthened by diversification, which is built in turn on a healthy and productive culture of national innovation. Innovation is a complex process, which is difficult to measure in an objective manner. In this…

Evolutionary conservation of the antimicrobial function of mucus: a first defence against infection Open

Cassie R. Bakshani, Ana L. Morales‐Garcia, Mike Althaus, Matthew D. Wilcox, Jeffrey P. Pearson , et al. · 2018

Mucus layers often provide a unique and multi-functional hydrogel interface between the epithelial cells of organisms and their external environment. Mucus has exceptional properties including elasticity, changeable rheology and an ability…

Enhanced eicosapentaenoic acid production by a new deep-sea marine bacterium Shewanella electrodiphila MAR441T Open

Jinwei Zhang, J. Grant Burgess · 2017

Omega-3 fatty acids are products of secondary metabolism, essential for growth and important for human health. Although there are numerous reports of bacterial production of omega-3 fatty acids, less information is available on the biotech…

Crystal structure of NucB, a biofilm-degrading endonuclease Open

Arnaud Baslé, Lorraine Hewitt, Alan Koh, Heather K. Lamb, Paul Thompson , et al. · 2017

Bacterial biofilms are a complex architecture of cells that grow on moist interfaces, and are held together by a molecular glue of extracellular proteins, sugars and nucleic acids. Biofilms are particularly problematic in human healthcare …

The promise of marine molecules as cosmetic active ingredients Open

E. G. Brunt, J. Grant Burgess · 2017

The marine environment represents an underexploited resource for the discovery of novel products, despite its high level of biological and chemical diversity. With increasing awareness of the harmful effects of chronic ultraviolet exposure…

BOA Section of SARS Annual Meeting Open

O Godsafe, Ruth H. Whitham, Simon R. White, Ahmed Magan, Adam Devany , et al. · 2016

multiligament complex whose primary role is to stabilise the medial longitudinal arch

The development of marine biotechnology in Oman: Potential for capacity building through open innovation Open

Kawther I.A. Al-Belushi, Selina M. Stead, J. Grant Burgess · 2015

Bioemulsifiers are not biosurfactants and require different screening approaches Open

Chibuzo Uzoigwe, J. Grant Burgess, Christopher J. Ennis, Pattanathu Rahman · 2015

The terms biosurfactant and bioemulsifier have often been used interchangeably to describe surface active biomolecules. However, it is important to note that there are marked differences between them especially based on their physico-chemi…

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