Jon Lloyd (microbiologist) explained

Jonathan Richard Lloyd
Fields:Microbiology, radiochemistry
Workplaces:The University of Manchester
Thesis Title:The physiological state of microbial cells immobilised in hollow-fibre membrane bioreactors

Jonathan Richard Lloyd is a professor of geomicrobiology and director of the Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Science, and is based in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Manchester.[1] His research is based at the interface between microbiology, geology and chemistry.[2] His research focuses on the mechanisms of microbial metal-reduction, with emphasis on the environmental impact and biotechnological applications of metal-reducing bacteria. Some of the contaminants he studies include As, Tc, Sr, U, Np and Pu.[3] [4] [5] [6] Current activities are supported by funds from NERC, BBSRC, EPSRC (The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council), the EU and industry. Lloyd is also a senior visiting fellow at the National Nuclear Laboratory, which helps support the development of a nuclear geomicrobiology programme.

Education

Lloyd was born in Hemel Hempstead UK in 1966. He holds a BSc(Hons) Applied Biology from the University of Bath, following this Lloyd read his PhD in Microbiology at the University of Kent. He completed his thesis titled: The physiological state of microbial cells immobilised in hollow-fibre membrane bioreactors in 1993.[7]

Research and career

Lloyd has published more than 250 papers that focus on understanding how microbes interact with, and control the chemistry of the subsurface, and how natural microbial processes and microbial metabolisms can be harnessed for a wide range of biotechnological applications.[8] [9] His publications have featured in nature, ES&T, Chemical Geology, Mineralogical Magazine, and Science of the Total Environment.[8] [10] His research has investigated the role of U(V) during U(VI) bioreduction by Fe(III)-reducing bacteria Geobacter sulfurreducens and Shewanella oneidensis MR1.[11] [12] [13] Lloyd has also led investigations into microbial activities under highly alkaline conditions such as those that would be found in a geological disposal facility,[14] or those found in Nuclear legacy cooling ponds.[15] [16]

Major reviews

  1. Newsome . Laura . Morris . Katherine . Lloyd . Jonathan R. . The biogeochemistry and bioremediation of uranium and other priority radionuclides . Chemical Geology . January 2014 . 363 . 164–184 . 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.10.034 . 2014ChGeo.363..164N . free .
  2. Renshaw . Joanna C. . Lloyd . Jonathon R. . Livens . Francis R. . Microbial interactions with actinides and long-lived fission products . Comptes Rendus Chimie . October 2007 . 10 . 10–11 . 1067–1077 . 10.1016/j.crci.2007.02.013 .
  3. Lloyd . Jonathan R. . Microbial reduction of metals and radionuclides . FEMS Microbiology Reviews . June 2003 . 27 . 2–3 . 411–425 . 10.1016/S0168-6445(03)00044-5 . 12829277 . free .
  4. Lloyd . J. R. . Chesnes . J. . Glasauer . S. . Bunker . D. J. . Livens . F. R. . Lovley . D. R. . Reduction of Actinides and Fission Products by Fe(III)-Reducing Bacteria . Geomicrobiology Journal . January 2002 . 19 . 1 . 103–120 . 10.1080/014904502317246200 . 98661795 .
  5. Lloyd . Jonathan R . Lovley . Derek R . Microbial detoxification of metals and radionuclides . Current Opinion in Biotechnology . June 2001 . 12 . 3 . 248–253 . 10.1016/s0958-1669(00)00207-x . 11404102 .

Awards and honours

Lloyd was awarded the 2006 Geological Society of London Bigsby Medal, the 2018 Schlumberger Medal of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and in 2014 was cited as one of the Top 100 Practicing UK Scientists by the UK Science Council.  From 2010 to 2014 he was a Royal Society Industrial Fellow, and from 2015 to 2020 a Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship Award holder.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof Jonathan Lloyd The University of Manchester. www.research.manchester.ac.uk. en. 2020-05-06.
  2. Web site: Prof Jonathan Lloyd - Publications The University of Manchester. 2020-10-13. www.research.manchester.ac.uk. en.
  3. Lloyd . J R . Cole . J A . Macaskie . L E . Reduction and removal of heptavalent technetium from solution by Escherichia coli . Journal of Bacteriology . March 1997 . 179 . 6 . 2014–2021 . 10.1128/jb.179.6.2014-2021.1997 . 9068649 . 178927 .
  4. Lloyd . J. R. . Sole . V. A. . Van Praagh . C. V. G. . Lovley . D. R. . Direct and Fe(II)-Mediated Reduction of Technetium by Fe(III)-Reducing Bacteria . Applied and Environmental Microbiology . September 2000 . 66 . 9 . 3743–3749 . 10.1128/AEM.66.9.3743-3749.2000 . 10966385 . 92215 . 2000ApEnM..66.3743L .
  5. Thorpe . Clare L. . Lloyd . Jonathan R. . Law . Gareth T.W. . Burke . Ian T. . Shaw . Samuel . Bryan . Nicholas D. . Morris . Katherine . Strontium sorption and precipitation behaviour during bioreduction in nitrate impacted sediments . Chemical Geology . May 2012 . 306-307 . 114–122 . 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.03.001 . 2012ChGeo.306..114T . free .
  6. Kimber . R. L. . Boothman . C. . Purdie . P. . Livens . F. R. . Lloyd . J. R. . Biogeochemical behaviour of plutonium during anoxic biostimulation of contaminated sediments . Mineralogical Magazine . June 2012 . 76 . 3 . 567–578 . 10.1180/minmag.2012.076.3.08 . 2012MinM...76..567K . 94949899 .
  7. Lloyd . Jonathan Richard . The physiological state of microbial cells immobilised in hollow-fibre membrane bioreactors. . 1993 .
  8. Islam . Farhana S. . Gault . Andrew G. . Boothman . Christopher . Polya . David A. . Charnock . John M. . Chatterjee . Debashis . Lloyd . Jonathan R. . Role of metal-reducing bacteria in arsenic release from Bengal delta sediments . Nature . July 2004 . 430 . 6995 . 68–71 . 10.1038/nature02638 . 15229598 . 2004Natur.430...68I . 4399444 .
  9. Foster . Lynn . Boothman . Christopher . Ruiz-Lopez . Sharon . Boshoff . Genevieve . Jenkinson . Peter . Sigee . David . Pittman . Jon K. . Morris . Katherine . Lloyd . Jonathan R. . Microbial bloom formation in a high pH spent nuclear fuel pond . Science of the Total Environment . June 2020 . 720 . 137515 . 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137515 . 32325573. 2020ScTEn.720m7515F . 213506585 .
  10. Bassil . Naji M. . Bewsher . Alastair D. . Thompson . Olivia R. . Lloyd . Jonathan R. . Microbial degradation of cellulosic material under intermediate-level waste simulated conditions . Mineralogical Magazine . November 2015 . 79 . 6 . 1433–1441 . 10.1180/minmag.2015.079.6.18 . 2015MinM...79.1433B . 55220400 . free .
  11. Vettese . Gianni F. . Morris . Katherine . Natrajan . Louise S. . Shaw . Samuel . Vitova . Tonya . Galanzew . Jurij . Jones . Debbie L. . Lloyd . Jonathan R. . Multiple Lines of Evidence Identify U(V) as a Key Intermediate during U(VI) Reduction by Shewanella oneidensis MR1 . Environmental Science & Technology . 18 February 2020 . 54 . 4 . 2268–2276 . 10.1021/acs.est.9b05285 . 31934763 . 2020EnST...54.2268V . free .
  12. Renshaw . Joanna C. . Butchins . Laura J. C. . Livens . Francis R. . May . Iain . Charnock . John M. . Lloyd . Jonathan R. . Bioreduction of Uranium: Environmental Implications of a Pentavalent Intermediate . Environmental Science & Technology . August 2005 . 39 . 15 . 5657–5660 . 10.1021/es048232b . 16124300 . 2005EnST...39.5657R .
  13. Jones . Debbie L. . Andrews . Michael B. . Swinburne . Adam N. . Botchway . Stanley W. . Ward . Andrew D. . Lloyd . Jonathan R. . Natrajan . Louise S. . Fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy as tools for monitoring redox transformations of uranium in biological systems . Chemical Science . 2015 . 6 . 9 . 5133–5138 . 10.1039/c5sc00661a . 29142731 . 5666681 .
  14. Bassil . Naji M . Small . Joe S . Lloyd . Jonathan R . Enhanced microbial degradation of irradiated cellulose under hyperalkaline conditions . FEMS Microbiology Ecology . 1 July 2020 . 96 . 7 . fiaa102 . 10.1093/femsec/fiaa102 . 32459307 . 7329180 .
  15. Neill . Thomas S. . Morris . Katherine . Pearce . Carolyn I. . Abrahamsen-Mills . Liam . Kovarik . Libor . Kellet . Simon . Rigby . Bruce . Vitova . Tonya . Schacherl . Bianca . Shaw . Samuel . Silicate stabilisation of colloidal UO2 produced by uranium metal corrosion . Journal of Nuclear Materials . December 2019 . 526 . 151751 . 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2019.151751 . 2019JNuM..52651751N . free .
  16. Foster . Lynn . Muhamadali . Howbeer . Boothman . Christopher . Sigee . David . Pittman . Jon K. . Goodacre . Royston . Morris . Katherine . Lloyd . Jonathan R. . Radiation Tolerance of Pseudanabaena catenata, a Cyanobacterium Relevant to the First Generation Magnox Storage Pond . Frontiers in Microbiology . 7 April 2020 . 11 . 515 . 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00515 . 32318035 . 7154117 . 214807317 . free .
  17. Web site: Prof Jonathan Lloyd - Prizes The University of Manchester. 2020-10-13. www.research.manchester.ac.uk. en.

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