David Whitworth
BA, PhD, FRSB, SFHEA
Professor
Contact Details
- Email: dew@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0002-0302-7722
- Office: S22, Cledwyn Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 621828
- Research Portal Profile
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- BR22920 - Practical Skills for Biochemists
- BR12010 - Metabolism
- BR12210 - Molecular Laboratory Skills
Coordinator
- BR12010 - Metabolism
- BR12210 - Molecular Laboratory Skills
- BR22920 - Practical Skills for Biochemists
Lecturer
- BR23920 - Behavioural Ecology
- BR26620 - Proteins and Enzymes
- BR15320 - Biochemistry and the Cellular Basis of Life
- BR36020 - Molecular Biology of Development
Tutor
Research
My research focuses on the myxobacterial predator Myxococcus xanthus and how it preys upon other microbes. We are studying natural myxobacterial isolates using a variety of genomic, proteomic and phenotypic techniques to identify the genes conferring antimicrobial activity. Particular topics of interest include the predatory vesicles shed by myxobacteria, and myxobacterial signalling pathways and how they alter behaviour in response to a changing environment.
Publications
Whitworth, D 2022, 'Myxobacteria: Physiology and Regulation', Microorganisms, vol. 10, no. 4, 805. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10040805, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10040805, https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10040805
Chambers, J, Sparks, N, Sydney, N, Livingstone, PG, Cookson, AR & Whitworth, DE 2021, 'Corrigendum to: “Comparative genomics and pan-genomics of the Myxococcaceae, including a description of five novel species: Myxococcus eversor sp. nov., Myxococcus llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogochensis sp. nov., Myxococcus vastator sp. nov., Pyxidicoccus caerfyrddinensis sp. nov. and Pyxidicoccus trucidator sp. nov.” [Genome Biol. Evol. 12(12) (2020) 2289-2302] ', Genome Biology and Evolution, vol. 13, no. 4. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evab040
Ortet, P, Fochesato, S, Bitbol, A-F, Whitworth, DE, Lalaouna, D, Santaella, C, Heulin, T, Achouak, W & Barakat, M 2021, 'Evolutionary history expands the range of signaling interactions in hybrid multikinase networks', Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 11763. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-91260-w
Sydney, N, Swain, MT, So, JMT, Hoiczyk, E, Tucker, NP & Whitworth, DE 2021, 'The Genetics of Prey Susceptibility to Myxobacterial Predation: A Review, including an Investigation into Pseudomonas aeruginosa Mutations Affecting Predation by Myxococcus xanthus', Microbial Physiology. https://doi.org/10.1159/000515546
Whitworth, DE & Zwarycz, A 2020, 'A genomic survey of signalling in the myxococcaceae', Microorganisms, vol. 8, no. 11, 1739. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8111739
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