Ann P. Wood Explained

Ann Wood
Birth Date:1952
Birth Place:Yorkshire, UK
Workplaces:University of Warwick, King's College London
Alma Mater:Queen Elizabeth College
Thesis Title:Heterotrophic growth and metabolism of the facultative autotroph Thiobacillus A2
Thesis Url:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.477842
Thesis Year:1977
Academic Advisors:Donovan Kelly

Ann Patricia Wood is a retired British biochemist and bacteriologist who specialized in the ecology, taxonomy and physiology of sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic bacteria and how methylotrophic bacteria play a role in the degradation of odour causing compounds in the human mouth, vagina and skin. The bacterial genus Annwoodia was named to honor her contributions to microbial research in 2017.

Education and career

Wood earned her Ph.D. in 1977 from Queen Elizabeth College working on the growth of Paracoccus versutus strain A2 (then "Thiobacillus sp. A2").[1] Wood worked at the University of Warwick from the mid-1970s until the late 1980s and then King's College London as a Lecturer and Senior Lecturer from June 1991 to August 2015 when she retired.[2] Wood was a member of the editorial board of Archives of Microbiology.[3]

Research

Wood's post-2000 work is associated with odours in the mouth,[4] work that was covered in the popular press.[5] [6] She has also examined the link between odours in the feet, as well as the bacteria in bacterial vaginosis and periodontitis. She has also investigated the presence and role of methylotrophic bacteria in the natural world, including as symbionts of Thyasira flexuosa Montagu and living in association with Tagetes erecta L.[7] [8] These natural settings have included such places as the River Thames,[9] thermal sulfur springs,[10] [11] and in Antarctica.[12] Beyond studying the presence and effect of methylotrophs and sulfur oxidizing bacteria, she looked at their metabolism, taxonomy and diversity/

Wood's research on microbial use of one-carbon organic compounds that contain sulfur was reviewedin a 2018 publication, which named two metabolic pathways after Wood: the Padden-Wood pathway based on work with Xanthobacter tagetidis, an organism able to grow on substituted thiophenes,[7] and the Borodonia-Wood pathway based on microbial growth on dimethylsulfone and dimethylsulfide in Hyphomicrobium sulfonivorans.[13] [14]

Taxa named by Wood

The genera Acidithiobacillus and Thermithiobacillus of the class Acidithiobacillia, Halothiobacillus of the class Gammaproteobacteria and Starkeya of the Alphaproteobacteria, all in the phylum Pseudomonadota

The species Annwoodia aquaesulis (originally Thiobacillus aquaesulis) of the Betaproteobacteria; the species Methylorubrum podarium (originally Methylobacterium podarium), Methylorubrum thiocyanatum (originally Methylobacterium thiocyanatum), Hyphomicrobium sulfonivorans and Xanthobacter tagetidis of the Alphaproteobacteria; the species Guyparkeria halophila (originally Thiobacillus halophilus and later Halothiobacillus halophilus) of the Gammaproteobacteria, all in the phylum Pseudomonadota.The species Pseudarthrobacter sulfonivorans (originally Arthobacter sulfonivorans) and Arthrobacter methylotrophus of the Actinomycetota in the phylum Actinomycetota.

Selected publications

Honors and awards

In 2017, the bacterial genus Annwoodia was named in honor of the contributions made by Wood, including her description of the type species Annwoodia aquaesulis, originally described as a member of the genus Thiobacillus,[10] and her "significant contributions to the taxonomy of the ‘sulfur bacteria’ and methylotrophic "Proteobacteria" [now [[Pseudomonadota]]], their physiology and ecology".[15]

Notes and References

  1. Heterotrophic growth and metabolism of the facultative autotroph Thiobacilius A2. 1977. English. Ann Patricia. Wood. 731237501.
  2. Web site: Ann Wood - Research Portal, King's College, London. 2021-12-19. kclpure.kcl.ac.uk.
  3. Web site: King's College London. Dr. Ann Wood. January 12, 2021.
  4. Anesti. Vasiliki. McDonald. Ian R.. Ramaswamy. Meghna. Wade. William G.. Kelly. Donovan P.. Wood. Ann P.. 2005. Isolation and molecular detection of methylotrophic bacteria occurring in the human mouth. Environmental Microbiology. en. 7. 8. 1227–1238. 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00805.x. 16011760. 1462-2920.
  5. B.. C.. 2005. Bacteria Feed on Stinky Breath. Science News. 168. 6. 93–94. 10.1002/scin.5591680614. 4016569. 0036-8423.
  6. Web site: Hitti. Miranda. July 27, 2005. 'Good' Bacteria Fight Bad Breath. 2021-12-19. www.cbsnews.com. en-US.
  7. Padden. A. N.. Rainey. F. A.. Kelly. D. P.. Wood. A. P.. 1997. Xanthobacter tagetidis sp. nov., an organism associated with Tagetes species and able to grow on substituted thiophenes. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 47. 2. 394–401. 10.1099/00207713-47-2-394. 0020-7713. 9103627. free.
  8. Wood. Ann P.. Kelly. Don P.. 1989. Methylotrophic and autotrophic bacteria isolated from lucinid and thyasirid bivalves containing symbiotic bacteria in their gills. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. en. 69. 1. 165–179. 10.1017/S0025315400049171. 84163028 . 1469-7769.
  9. Boden. Rich. Thomas. Elizabeth. Savani. Parita. Kelly. Donovan P.. Wood. Ann P.. 2008. Novel methylotrophic bacteria isolated from the River Thames (London, UK). Environmental Microbiology. 10. 12. 3225–3236. 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01711.x. 1462-2920. 18681896.
  10. Wood. Ann P.. Kelly. Don P.. 1988-02-01. Isolation and physiological characterisation of Thiobacillus aquaesulis sp. nov., a novel facultatively autotrophic moderate thermophile. Archives of Microbiology. en. 149. 4. 339–343. 10.1007/BF00411653. 12123675. 1432-072X.
  11. Wood. Ann P.. Woodall. Claire A.. Kelly. Donovan P.. 2005. Halothiobacillus neapolitanus strain OSWA isolated from "The Old Sulphur Well" at Harrogate (Yorkshire, England). Systematic and Applied Microbiology. en. 28. 8. 746–748. 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.05.013. 16261864.
  12. Moosvi. S. Azra. McDonald. Ian R.. Pearce. David A.. Kelly. Donovan P.. Wood. Ann P.. 2005. Molecular detection and isolation from antarctica of methylotrophic bacteria able to grow with methylated sulfur compounds. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 28. 6. 541–554. 10.1016/j.syapm.2005.03.002. 0723-2020. 16104352.
  13. Borodina. Elena. Kelly. Donovan P.. Schumann. Peter. Rainey. Frederick A.. Ward-Rainey. Naomi L.. Wood. Ann P.. 2002. Enzymes of dimethylsulfone metabolism and the phylogenetic characterization of the facultative methylotrophs Arthrobacter sulfonivorans sp. nov., Arthrobacter methylotrophus sp. nov., and Hyphomicrobium sulfonivorans sp. nov. Archives of Microbiology. 177. 2. 173–183. 10.1007/s00203-001-0373-3. 0302-8933. 11807567. 37279524.
  14. Borodina. E.. Kelly. D. P.. Rainey. F. A.. Ward-Rainey. N. L.. Wood. A. P.. 2000. Dimethylsulfone as a growth substrate for novel methylotrophic species of Hyphomicrobium and Arthrobacter. Archives of Microbiology. 173. 5–6. 425–437. 10.1007/s002030000165. 0302-8933. 10896224. 23958029.
  15. Boden. Rich. Hutt. Lee P. Rae. Alex WYR 2017. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2017. 67. 5. 1191–1205. 10.1099/ijsem.0.001927. 28581923. 1466-5034. free. 10026.1/8740. free.

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