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Professor ROBERT WALLACE

Professor ROBERT WALLACE
Professor ROBERT WALLACE
Professor ROBERT WALLACE

Emeritus Professor

About
Email Address
john.wallace@abdn.ac.uk
School/Department
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition

Qualifications

  • BSc Biochemistry 
    1972 - University of Glasgow 
  • PhD Microbial biochemistry 
    1975 - University of Glasgow 
    Maintenance energy and molar growth yields of Escherichia coli

Latest Publications

  • The rumen microbiome: balancing food security and environmental impacts

    Mizrahi, I., Wallace, R. J., Moraïs, S.
    Nature reviews. Microbiology, vol. 19, pp. 553–566
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Postmortem observations on rumen wall histology and gene expression and ruminal and caecal content of beef cattle fattened on barley-based rations

    Jonsson, N. N., Ferguson, H. J., Koh-Tan, H. H., McCartney, C. A., Cernat, R. C., Strachan, E. M., Thomson, W., Snelling, T. J., Harvey, C. D., Andonovic, I., Michie, C., Wallace, R. J.
    Animal , vol. 14, no. 7, pp. 1447-1460
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of dietary fish oil supplements alone or in combination with sunflower and linseed oil on ruminal lipid metabolism and bacterial populations in lactating cows

    Kairenius, P., Leskinen, H., Toivonen, V., Muetzel, S., Ahvenjärvi, S., Vanhatalo, A., Huhtanen, P., Wallace, R. J., Shingfield, K. J.
    Journal of Dairy Science, vol. 101, no. 4, pp. 3021-3035
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Adipose specific disruption of seipin causes early-onset generalised lipodystrophy and altered fuel utilisation without severe metabolic disease

    McIlroy, G., Suchacki, K., Roelofs, A. J., Yang, W., Fu, Y., Bai, B., Wallace, R. J., de Bari, C., Cawthorn, W. P., Han, W., Delibegovic, M., Rochford, J. J.
    Molecular Metabolism, vol. 10, pp. 55-65
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cultivation and sequencing of rumen microbiome members from the Hungate1000 Collection

    Seshadri, R., Leahy, S. C., Attwood, G. T., Teh, K. H., Lambie, S. C., Cookson, A. L., Eloe-Fadrosh, E. A., Pavlopoulos, G. A., Hadjithomas, M., Varghese, N. J., Paez-Espino, D., Perry, R., Henderson, G., Creevey, C. J., Terrapon, N., Lapebie, P., Drula, E., Lombard, V., Rubin, E., Kyrpides, N. C., Henrissat, B., Woyke, T., Ivanova, N. N., Kelly, W. J., Palevic, N., Janssen, P. H., Ronimus, R. S., Noel, S., Soni, P., Reilly, K., Atherly, T., Ziemer, C., Wright, A. D., Ishaq, S., Cotta, M., Thompson, S., Crosley, K., McKain, N., Wallace, R. J., Flint, H. J., Martin, J. C., Forster, R. J., Gruninger, R. J., McAllister, T., Gilbert, R., Ouwerkerk, D. J., Gilbert, R., Ouwerkerk, D. J., Klieve, A. J., Jassim, R. A., Hungate1000 project collaborators
    Nature Biotechnology, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 359-367
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

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Research

Research Areas

Biological and Environmental Sciences

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Research Specialisms

  • Nutrition
  • Genetics
  • Microbiology
  • Genomics
  • Animal Nutrition

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Publications

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  • A survey of peptidase activity in rumen bacteria

    Wallace, R. J., McKain, N.
    Journal of General Microbiology, vol. 137, no. 9, pp. 2259-2264
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Control of rate and extent of protein degradation

    Broderick, G. A., Wallace, R. J., Orskov, E. R.
    Physiological Aspects of Digestion and Metabolism in Ruminants: Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology. Tsuda, T., Sasaki, Y., Kawashima, R. (eds.). Academic Press Ltd, pp. 541-592, 52 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Effects of bentonite on fermentation in the rumen simulation technique (Rusitec) and on rumen ciliate protozoa

    Wallace, R. J., Newbold, C. J.
    Journal of Agricultural Science, vol. 116, no. 1, pp. 163-168
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Influence of autoclaved or irradiated Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract on the fermentation in the rumen simulation technique (Rusitec)

    Newbold, C. J., Brock, R., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Agricultural Science, vol. 116, no. 1, pp. 159-162
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Rumen proteolysis and its control

    Wallace, R. J.
    Rumen Microbial Metabolism and Ruminant Digestion. Jouany, J. P. (ed.). Quae, pp. 131-150, 20 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Adhesion of cellulolytic ruminal bacteria to barley straw

    Bhat, S., Wallace, R. J., Orskov, E. R.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 56, no. 9, pp. 2698-2703
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effects of the ionophore tetronasin on nitrogen metabolism by ruminal microorganisms in vitro

    Newbold, C. J., Wallace, R. J., McKain, N.
    Journal of Animal Science, vol. 68, no. 4, pp. 1103-1109
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A comparison of methods for determining the concentration of extracellular peptides in rumen fluid of sheep

    Wallace, R. J., McKain, N.
    Journal of Agricultural Science, vol. 114, no. 1, pp. 101-105
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Metabolism of small peptides in rumen fluid: accumulation of intermediates during hydrolysis of alanine oligomers, and comparison of peptidolytic activities of bacteria and protozoa

    Wallace, R. J., McKain, N., Newbold, C. J.
    Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 191-199
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Patterns of peptide metabolism by rumen microorganisms

    Wallace, R. J., Newbold, C. J., McKain, N.
    The Rumen Ecosystem: The Microbial Metabolism and its Regulation. Hoshino, S., Onodera, R., Minato, H., Itabashi, H. (eds.). Japanese Scientific Societies Press-Springer Verlag, pp. 43-50, 8 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Peptide metabolism in the rumen

    Wallace, R. J.
    Abstracts of Eurolysine Nutrition Workshop, Marseilles-Liminy. Bercovicci, D. (ed.). Eurolysine
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Toxicity of volatile fatty acids at rumen pH prevents enrichment of Escherichia coli by sorbitol in rumen contents

    Wallace, R. J., Falconer, M. L., Bhargava, P. K.
    Current Microbiology, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 277-281
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Identification of slowly metabolized sugars and sugar derivatives that could be used to establish new or modified microbial species in the rumen

    Wallace, R. J.
    Current Microbiology, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 271-274
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Analysis of peptide metabolism by ruminal microorganisms.

    Wallace, R. J., McKain, N.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 2372-2376
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The role of protozoa in ruminal peptide metabolism

    Newbold, C. J., McKain, N., Wallace, R. J.
    Biochemistry and molecular biology of anaerobic protozoa. Lloyd, D., Coombs, G. H., Paget, T. A. (eds.). Harwood Academic Publishers, pp. 42-55, 14 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Protection of proteins from degradation in the rumen by heating in the presence of sugars

    Wallace, R. J.
    Animal Production, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 629-630
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts

  • Interactions between rumen bacteria and ciliate protozoa in their attachment to barley straw

    Newbold, C. J., Griffin, P. W., Wallace, R. J.
    Letters in Applied Microbiology, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 63-66
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effects of the ionophores monensin and tetronasin on simulated development of ruminal lactic acidosis in vitro

    Newbold, C. J., Wallace, R. J.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 54, no. 12, pp. 2981-2985
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Energy yielding and consuming reactions

    Russell, J. B., Wallace, R. J.
    The Rumen Microbial Ecosystem. Hobson, P. N. (ed.). 1st edition. Springer, pp. 185-216, 32 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Effects of dietary nitrogen source on concentrations of ammonia, free amino acids and fluorescamine-reactive peptides in the sheep rumen

    Broderick, G. A., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Animal Science, vol. 66, no. 9, pp. 2233-2238
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Comparison of estimates of ruminal protein degradation by in vitro and in situ methods

    Broderick, G. A., Wallace, R. J., Orskov, E. R., Hansen, L.
    Journal of Animal Science, vol. 66, no. 7, pp. 1739-1745
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of the novel ionophore tetronasin (ICI 139603) on ruminal microorganisms

    Newbold, C. J., Wallace, R. J., Watt, N. D., Richardson, A. J.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 544-547
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ecology of rumen micro-organisms: protein use

    Wallace, R. J.
    Aspects of digestive physiology in ruminants. Dobson, A., Dobson, M. J. (eds.). Cornell University Press, pp. 99-122, 24 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Metabolism of nitrogen-containing compounds

    Wallace, R. J., Cotta, M. A.
    The Rumen Microbial Ecosystem. Hobson, P. N. (ed.). 1st edition. Springer, pp. 217-250, 34 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Uptake of small neutral peptides by mixed rumen microorganisms in vitro

    Broderick, G. A., Wallace, R. J., McKain, N.
    Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 109-118
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Factors affecting the rate of breakdown of bacterial protein in rumen fluid

    Wallace, R. J., McPherson, C. A.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 313-323
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Microbial protein and peptide metabolism in rumen fluid from faunated and ciliate-free sheep

    Wallace, R. J., Broderick, G. A., Brammall, M. L.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 87-93
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Use of particle-bound microbial enzyme activity to predict the rate and extent of fibre degradation in the rumen

    Silva, A. T., Wallace, R. J., Orskov, E. R.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 407-415
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Protein degradation by ruminal microorganisms from sheep fed dietary supplements of urea, casein, or albumin

    Wallace, R. J., Broderick, G. A., Brammall, M. L.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 53, no. 4, pp. 751-753
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Maintenance coefficients and rates of turnover of cell material in Escherichia coli ML308 at different growth temperatures

    Wallace, R. J., Holms, W. H.
    FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 317-320
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Catabolism of amino acids by Megasphaera elsdenii LC1

    Wallace, R. J.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 1141-1143
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Influence of the rumen anaerobic fungus Neocallimastix frontalis on the proteolytic activity of a defined mixture of rumen bacteria growing on a solid substrate

    Wallace, R. J., Munro, C. A.
    Letters in Applied Microbiology, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 23-26
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Microbial events in the rumen

    Wallace, R. J.
    Feedingstuffs evaluation - modern aspects, problems, future trends: proceedings of an International Seminar at the Holiday Inn, Aberdeen Airport, Riverside Drive, Dyce, Aberdeen, 21st - 23rd October 1985. Livingstone, R. M. (ed.). Feedingstuffs Evaluation and Experimental Development Services, The Rowett Research Institute
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Rumen microbial metabolism and its manipulations

    Wallace, R. J.
    Proceedings of the XIII International Congress of Nutrition. Taylor, N. K., Jenkins, T. G. (eds.). John Libbey Eurotext, pp. 215-220, 6 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Proteolytic activity of a rumen anaerobic fungus

    Wallace, R. J., Joblin, K. N.
    FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol. 29, no. 1-2, pp. 119-125
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The role of different species of bacteria in the hydrolysis of protein in the rumen

    Wallace, R. J., Brammall, M. L.
    Journal of General Microbiology, vol. 131, no. 4, pp. 821-832
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Adsorption of soluble proteins to rumen bacteria and the role of adsorption in proteolysis

    Wallace, R. J.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 53, no. 2, pp. 399-408
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Synergism between different species of proteolytic rumen bacteria

    Wallace, R. J.
    Current Microbiology, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 59-63
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Influence of culture E(h) on the growth and metabolism of the rumen bacteria Selenomonas ruminantium, Bacteroides amylophilus, Bacteroides succinogenes and Streptococcus bovis in batch culture

    Marounek, M., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of General Microbiology, vol. 130, no. 2, pp. 223-229
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Hydrolysis of 14C-labelled proteins by rumen micro-organisms and by proteolytic enzymes prepared from rumen bacteria

    Wallace, R. J.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 345-355
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Breakdown of diazotized proteins and synthetic substrates by rumen bacterial proteases

    Wallace, R. J., Kopecny, J.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 212-217
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Digestion of rumen bacteria in vitro

    Wallace, R. J.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 49, no. 1, pp. 101-108
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • In vitro studies of potential inhibitors of protein degradation by rumen bacteria

    Wallace, R. J.
    Protein Metabolism and Nutrition: IV International Symposium of Protein Metabolism Inhibition. Pion, R., Arnal, M., Bodin, D. (eds.). INRA, pp. 219-222, 4 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Influence of plant phenolic acids on growth and cellulolytic activity of rumen bacteria

    Chesson, A., Stewart, C. S., Wallace, R. J.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 597-603
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cellular location and some properties of proteolytic enzymes of rumen bacteria

    Kopecny, J., Wallace, R. J.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 1026-1033
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Microbial ecology and activities in the rumen: part 2

    Hobson, P. N., Wallace, R. J.
    CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 253-320
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Microbial ecology and activities in the rumen: part I

    Hobson, P. N., Wallace, R. J.
    CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 165-225
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Adenosine 5'-triphosphate and adenylate energy charge in sheep digesta

    Wallace, R. J., West, A. A.
    Journal of Agricultural Science, vol. 98, no. 3, pp. 523-528
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of monensin on the fermentation of basal rations in the Rumen Simulation Technique (Rusitec)

    Wallace, R. J., Czerkawski, J. W., Breckenridge, G.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 46, no. 1, pp. 131-148
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Establishment of ureolytic staphylococci in the rumen of gnotobiotic lambs

    Barr, M. E., Mann, S. O., Richardson, A. J., Stewart, C. S., Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Applied Bacteriology, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 325-330
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of monensin on fermentation characteristics of the artificial rumen

    Wallace, R. J., Cheng, K. J., Czerkawski, J. W.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 672-674
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Digestion of epithelial tissue of the rumen wall by adherent bacteria in infused and conventionally fed sheep

    Dinsdale, D., Cheng, K. J., Wallace, R. J., Goodland, R. A.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 39, no. 5, pp. 1059-1066
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cytoplasmic reserve polysaccharide of Selenomonas ruminantium

    Wallace, R. J.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 630-634
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of ammonia concentration on the composition, hydrolytic activity and nitrogen metabolism of the microbial flora of the rumen

    Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of Applied Bacteriology, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 443-455
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The mechanism of passage of endogenous urea through the rumen wall and the role of ureolytic epithelial bacteria in the urea flux

    Cheng, K. J., Wallace, R. J.
    British Journal of Nutrition, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 553-557
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • An independent microbial flora of the epithelium and its role in the ecomicrobiology of the rumen

    Wallace, R. J., Cheng, K. J., Dinsdale, D., Orskov, E. R.
    Nature, vol. 279, no. 5712, pp. 424-426
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Control of lactate production by Selenomonas ruminantium: homotropic activation of lactate dehydrogenase by pyruvate

    Wallace, R. J.
    Journal of General Microbiology, vol. 107, no. 1, pp. 45-52
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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