Phil Poole

Recent publications

Prell, J., Mulley, G., Haufe, F., White, J.P., Williams, A., Karunakaran, R., Downie J.A. and Poole, P.S. (2012) The PTS(Ntr) system globally regulates ATP-dependent transporters in Rhizobium leguminosarum. Molecular Microbiology. 84: 117-129

Ramachandran, V.K., East, A.K., Karunakaran, R., Downie, J.A. and Poole, P.S. (2011) Adaptation of Rhizobium leguminosarum to pea, alfalfa and sugar beet rhizospheres investigated by comparative transcriptomics Genome Biology. 12: R106

Mulley, G., White, J.P., Karunakaran, R., Prell, J., Bourdes, A., Bunnewell, S., Hill, L. and Poole P. S. (2011) Mutation of GOGAT prevents pea bacteroid formation and N₂ fixation by globally down-regulating transport of organic nitrogen sources. Molecular Microbiology. 80: 149-167

Oldroyd, G.E., Murray, J.D., Poole, P.S. and Downie, J.A. (2010) The rules of engagement in the legume-rhizobial symbiosis. Annual Review of Genetics. 45: 119-144

Prell, J., Bourdes, A., Kumar, S., Lodwig, E., Hosie, A., Kinghorn, S., White, J. and Poole P. (2010) Role of symbiotic auxotrophy in the Rhizobium-legume symbioses. PLoS ONE.5 e13933

Karunakaran, R., Haag, A.F., East, A.K., Ramachandran, V.K., Prell, J., James, E.K., Scocchi, M., Ferguson, G.P. and Poole, P.S. (2010) BacA is essential for bacteroid development in nodules of galegoid, but not phaseoloid, legumes. J Bacteriol. 192(11): 2920-2928.

Prell, J., White, J.P., Bourdes, A., Bunnewell, S., Bongaerts, R.J. and Poole, P.S. (2009) Legumes regulate Rhizobium bacteroid development and persistence by the supply of branched-chain amino acids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U S A 106: 12477-12482.

Karunakaran, R., Ramachandran, V.K., Seaman, J.C., East, A.K., Mouhsine, B., Mauchline, T.H., Prell, J., Skeffington, A. and Poole, P.S. (2009) Transcriptomic analysis of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae in symbiosis with host plants Pisum sativum and Vicia cracca. J Bacteriol. 191: 4002-4014.

Prell, J., Bourdès, A., Karunakaran, R., Lopez-Gomez, M. and Poole, P. (2009) Pathway of {gamma}-aminobutyrate (GABA) metabolism in Rhizobium leguminosarum 3841 and its role in symbiosis. J Bacteriol. 191: 2177-2186.

White, J.P., Prell, J., Ramachandran, V.K. and Poole, P.S. (2009) Characterization of a {gamma}-aminobutyric acid transport system of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae 3841. J Bacteriol 191: 1547-1555.

Fox, M.A., Karunakaran, R., Leonard, M.E., Mouhsine, B., Williams, A., East, A.K., Downie, J.A. and Poole P.S. (2008) Characterization of the quaternary amine transporters of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae 3841. FEMS Microbiol Lett 287: 212-220.

East, A.K., Mauchline, T.H. and Poole, P.S. (2008) Biosensors for ligand detection. Adv Appl Microbiol. 64: 137-166.

Barr, M., East, A.K., Leonard, M., Mauchline, T.H. and Poole, P.S. (2008) In vivo expression technology (IVET) selection of genes of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar viciae A34 expressed in the rhizosphere. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 282: 219-227.

White, J., Prell, J., James, K. and Poole, P. (2007) Nutrient sharing between symbionts. Plant Physiology 144: 604-614.

Young, J.P., Crossman, L.C., Johnston, A.W., Thomson, N.R., Ghazoui, Z.F., Hull, K.H., Wexler, M., Curson, A.R., Todd, J.D., Poole, P.S., Mauchline, T.H., East, A.K., Quail, M.A., Churcher, C., Arrowsmith, C., Cherevach, I., Chillingworth, T., Clarke, K., Cronin, A., Davis, P., Fraser, A., Hance, Z., Hauser, H., Jagels, K., Moule, S., Mungall, K., Norbertczak, H., Rabbinowitsch, E., Sanders, M., Simmonds, M., Whitehead, S. and Parkhill, J. (2006) The genome of Rhizobium leguminosarum has recognizable core and accessory components. Genome Biol. 7(4):R34.

Mauchline, T. H., Fowler, J. E., East, A. K., Sartor, A. L., Zaheer, R., Hosie, A. H. F., Poole, P. S. and Finan, T. M. (2006). Mapping the Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021 solute binding protein-dependent transportome. Proceedings on the National Academy of Sciences USA 103: 17933-17938.

Karunakaran, R., Ebert, K., Harvey, S., Leonard, M.E., Ramachandran, V. and Poole, P.S. (2006). Thiamine is synthesized by a salvage pathway in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv viciae strain 3841. Journal of Bacteriology 188: 6661-6668.

Jurgen Prell and Philip Poole (2006) Metabolic changes in rhizobia. Trends in Microbiology. 141: 161-168.

Kumar, S., Bourdes, A., Poole, P. (2005) De novo alanine synthesis by bacteroids of Mesorhizobium loti is not required for nitrogen transfer in the determinate nodules of Lotus corniculatus. Journal of Bacteriology. 187: 5493-5495.

Lodwig, E.M., Hosie, A.H.F., Bourdes, A., Findlay, K., Karunakaran, R., Downie, J.A. and Poole P.S. (2003) Amino-acid cycling drives nitrogen fixation in the legume-Rhizobium symbiosis. Nature 422: 722-726.