Dr David Whitworth
PhD, FRSB, SFHEA
Reader
Contact Details
- Email: dew@aber.ac.uk
- Office: S22, Cledwyn Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 621828
- Twitter: @whitworth_dave
- Research Portal Profile
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- BR12210 - Molecular Laboratory Skills
- BR15810 - Biological Molecules
- BR22920 - Practical Skills for Biochemists
- BR32110 - Data-Handling for Biochemists
Lecturer
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. In particular, I am interested in the social and predatory myxobacteria, and how they use two-component signalling pathways to co-ordinate group behaviour.
Publications
Genome Sequencing and Comparative Transcriptomics Provide a Holistic View of 4-Nitrophenol Degradation and Concurrent Fatty Acid Catabolism by Rhodococcus sp. Strain BUPNP1Sengupta, K., Swain, M., Livingstone, P., Whitworth, D. & Saha, P., 2019 , In : Frontiers in Microbiology.9, 3209.
Genome Sequencing and Pan-Genome Analysis of 23 Corallococcus spp. Strains Reveal Unexpected Diversity, With Particular Plasticity of Predatory Gene SetsLivingstone, P., Morphew, R. & Whitworth, D., 2018 , In : Frontiers in Microbiology.9, 3187.
Genome Analysis, Metabolic Potential and Predatory Capabilities of Herpetosiphon llansteffanense sp. nov.Livingstone, P., Morphew, R., Cookson, A. & Whitworth, D., 2018 , In : Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Interspecies conflict affects RNA expressionWhitworth, D., 2018 , In : FEMS Microbiology Letters.365, 10, fny096.
Transcriptional changes when Myxococcus xanthus preys on Escherichia coli suggest myxobacterial predators are consititutively toxic but regulate their feedingLivingstone, P., Millard, A., Swain, M. T. & Whitworth, D. E., 2018 , In : Microbial Genomics.4, 2, 152.