Prof Gareth Griffith

BSc Microbiology (University of Wales); PhD Fungal ecology (University of Wales)

Prof Gareth Griffith

Professor

Department of Life Sciences

Contact Details

Additional Information

Member of the editorial boards for journals Fungal Ecology and Plant Pathology.

Member of the Conservation Committee of the Mycological Society of America and a past member of the Council of the British Mycological Society.

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a member of the British Mycological Society, Mycological Society of America, British Society for Plant Pathology and the Microbiology Society

Teaching

Module Coordinator
Lecturer
Coordinator
Tutor
Grader
Moderator

Co-ordinator of the following modules in English (BR12110, BR26020, BR36620, PGM2410) and Welsh (BG12110, BG26020, BG36620), and contributes to teaching on BR01340, BR12210, BG12410, BR12410, BR13320, BR14310, BR15700, BR24720, BR33720, BR35520, BR36440, BRM2860, BRM3560 and BRM6420

Research

1) Ecology of Grassland Fungi

  • Use of eDNA in fungal ecology
  • Ecology and conservation of grassland macrofungi (Hygrocybe spp. and other waxcap fungi).
  • Role of Dark Septate endophytes (DSE) in temperate grasslands).
  • Ecology of anaerobic rumen fungi (phylum Neocallimastigomycota).

2) Fungal Taxonomy and DNA barcoding

  • Molecular phylogenetics of anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigomycota), Dark Septate Endophytes; mollisioid fungi (Helotiales), rusts (Pucciniales), Coral fungi (Pterulaceae, Clavariaceae) and waxcaps (Hygrophoraceae)

3) Aerobiology

  • Detection of airborne propagules of fungi, plant pathogens etc (e.g. sporangia of the potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans) and pollen using novel air sampling devices, flow cytometry and DNA metabarcoding.

4) Cacao Pathology

  • Pathogenesis, host specificity, population genetics, genomics and infection biology of Moniliophthora perniciosa, causal agent of witches' broom disease.

5) Silage microbiology

  • Role of fungi in the spoilage of silage

These research programmes are funded by NERC, BBSRC, DEFRA, Natural Resources Wales, Cocoa Research UK Ltd. Silage Solutions Ltd., KESS and the Dutch Government.

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/GW_Griffith

Responsibilities

Head of the Microbiology Group within IBERS.

Organiser of the weekly IBERS Research Seminar series.

Disability coordinator for IBERS.

Curator of the IBERS Herbarium/Fungarium, the university's official biorepository (code ABS).

 

Publications

Abrego, N, Furneaux, B, Hardwick, B, Somervuo, P, Palorinne, I, Aguilar-Trigueros, CA, Andrew, NR, Babiy, UV, Bao, T, Bazzano, G, Bondarchuk, SN, Bonebrake, TC, Brennan, GL, Bret-Harte, S, Bässler, C, Cagnolo, L, Cameron, EK, Chapurlat, E, Creer, S, D’Acqui, LP, de Vere, N, Desprez-Loustau, ML, Dongmo, MAK, Jacobsen, IBD, Fisher, BL, Flores de Jesus, M, Gilbert, GS, Griffith, GW, Gritsuk, AA, Gross, A, Grudd, H, Halme, P, Hanna, R, Hansen, J, Hansen, LH, Hegbe, ADMT, Hill, S, Hogg, ID, Hultman, J, Hyde, KD, Hynson, NA, Ivanova, N, Karisto, P, Kerdraon, D, Knorre, A, Krisai-Greilhuber, I, Kurhinen, J, Kuzmina, M, Lecomte, N, Lecomte, E, Loaiza, V, Lundin, E, Meire, A, Mešić, A, Miettinen, O, Monkhouse, N, Mortimer, P, Müller, J, Nilsson, RH, Nonti, PYC, Nordén, J, Nordén, B, Norros, V, Paz, C, Pellikka, P, Pereira, D, Petch, G, Pitkänen, JM, Popa, F, Potter, C, Purhonen, J, Pätsi, S, Rafiq, A, Raharinjanahary, D, Rakos, N, Rathnayaka, AR, Raundrup, K, Rebriev, YA, Rikkinen, J, Rogers, HMK, Rogovsky, A, Rozhkov, Y, Runnel, K, Saarto, A, Savchenko, A, Schlegel, M, Schmidt, NM, Seibold, S, Skjøth, C, Stengel, E, Sutyrina, SV, Syvänperä, I, Tedersoo, L, Timm, J, Tipton, L, Toju, H, Uscka-Perzanowska, M, van der Bank, M, van der Bank, FH, Vandenbrink, B, Ventura, S, Vignisson, SR, Wang, X, Weisser, WW, Wijesinghe, SN, Wright, SJ, Yang, C, Yorou, NS, Young, A, Yu, DW, Zakharov, EV, Hebert, PDN, Roslin, T & Ovaskainen, O 2024, 'Airborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi', Nature, vol. 631, pp. 835-842. 10.1038/s41586-024-07658-9
Ovaskainen, O, Abrego, N, Furneaux, B, Hardwick, B, Somervuo, P, Palorinne, I, Andrew, NR, Babiy, UV, Bao, T, Bazzano, G, Bondarchuk, SN, Bonebrake, TC, Brennan, GL, Bret-Harte, S, Bässler, C, Cagnolo, L, Cameron, EK, Chapurlat, E, Creer, S, D’Acqui, LP, De Vere, N, Desprez-Loustau, M-L, Dongmo, MAK, Dyrholm Jacobsen, IB, Fisher, BL, Flores de Jesus, M, Gilbert, GS, Griffith, GW, Gritsuk, AA, Gross, A, Grudd, H, Halme, P, Hanna, R, Hansen, J, Hansen, LH, Hegbe, ADMT, Hill, S, Hogg, ID, Hultman, J, Hyde, KD, Hynson, NA, Ivanova, N, Karisto, P, Kerdraon, D, Knorre, A, Krisai-Greilhuber, I, Kurhinen, J, Kuzmina, M, Lecomte, N, Lecomte, E, Loaiza, V, Lundin, E, Meire, A, Mešić, A, Miettinen, O, Monkhause, N, Mortimer, P, Müller, J, Nilsson, RH, Nonti, PYC, Nordén, J, Nordén, B, Paz, C, Pellikka, P, Pereira, D, Petch, G, Pitkänen, JM, Popa, F, Potter, C, Purhonen, J, Pätsi, S, Rafiq, A, Raharinjanahary, D, Rakos, N, Rathnayaka, AR, Raundrup, K, Rebriev, YA, Rikkinen, J, Rogers, HMK, Rogovsky, A, Rozhkov, Y, Runnel, K, Saarto, A, Savchenko, A, Schlegel, M, Schmidt, NM, Seibold, S, Skjøth, C, Stengel, E, Sutyrina, SV, Syvänperä, I, Tedersoo, L, Timm, J, Tipton, L, Toju, H, Uscka-Perzanowska, M, van der Bank, M, Herman van der Bank, F, Vandenbrink, B, Ventura, S, Vignisson, SR, Wang, X, Weisser, WW, Wijesinghe, SN, Joseph Wright, S, Yang, C, Yorou, NS, Young, A, Yu, DW, Zakharov, EV, Hebert, PDN & Roslin, T 2024, 'Global Spore Sampling Project: A global, standardized dataset of airborne fungal DNA', Scientific data, vol. 11, no. 1, 561. 10.1038/s41597-024-03410-0
Hyde, KD, Abdel-Wahab, MA, Abdollahzadeh, J, Abeywickrama, PD, Absalan, S, Afshari, N, Ainsworth, AM, Akulov, OY, Aleoshin, VV, Al-Sadi, AM, Alvarado, P, Alves, A, Alves-Silva, G, Amalfi, M, Amira, Y, Amuhenage, TB, Anderson, JL, Antonín, V, Aouali, S, Aptroot, A, Apurillo, CCS, Araújo, JPM, Ariyawansa, HA, Armand, A, Arumugam, E, Asghari, R, Assis, DMA, Atienza, V, Avasthi, S, Azevedo, E, Bahkali, AH, Bakhshi, M, Banihashemi, Z, Bao, DF, Baral, HO, Barata, M, Barbosa, FR, Barbosa, RN, Barreto, RW, Baschien, C, Belamesiatseva, DB, Reuel, MB, Bera, I, Bezerra, JDP, Bezerra, JL, Bhat, DJ, Bhunjun, CS, Bianchinotti, MV, Błaszkowski, J, Blondelle, A, Boekhout, T, Bonito, G, Boonmee, S, Boonyuen, N, Bregant, C, Buchanan, P, Bundhun, D, Burgaud, G, Burgess, T, Buyck, B, Cabarroi-Hernández, M, Cáceres, MES, Caeiro, MF, Cai, L, Cai, MF, Calabon, MS, Calaça, FJS, Callalli, M, Camara, MPS, Cano-Lira, JF, Cantillo, T, Cao, B, Carlavilla, JR, Carvalho, A, Castañeda-Ruiz, RF, Castlebury, L, Castro-Jauregui, O, Catania, MDV, Cavalcanti, LH, Cazabonne, J, Cedeño-Sanchez, ML, Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani, S, Chaiwan, N, Chakraborty, N, Chaverri, P, Cheewangkoon, R, Chen, C, Chen, CY, Chen, KH, Chen, J, Chen, Q, Chen, WH, Chen, YP, Chethana, KWT, Coleine, C, Condé, TO, Corazon-Guivin, MA, Cortés-Pérez, A, Costa-Rezende, DH, Courtecuisse, R, Crouch, JA, Crous, PW, Cui, BK, Cui, YY, da Silva, DKA, da Silva, GA, da Silva, IR, da Silva, RMF, da Silva Santos, AC, Dai, DQ, Dai, YC, Damm, U, Darmostuk, V, Zoha, D, Das, K, Das, K, Davoodian, N, Davydov, EA, Dayarathne, MC, Decock, C, de Groot, MD, De Kesel, A, de la Cruz, TEE, De Lange, R, Delgado, G, Denchev, CM, Denchev, TT, de Oliveira, NT, de Silva, NI, de Souza, FA, Dentinger, B, Devadatha, B, Dianese, JC, Dima, B, Diniz, AG, Dissanayake, AJ, Dissanayake, LS, Doğan, HH, Doilom, M, Dolatabadi, S, Dong, W, Dong, ZY, Dos Santos, LA, Drechsler-Santos, ER, Du, TY, Dubey, MK, Dutta, AK, Egidi, E, Elliott, TF, Elshahed, MS, Erdoğdu, M, Ertz, D, Etayo, J, Evans, HC, Fan, XL, Fan, YG, Fedosova, AG, Fell, J, Fernandes, I, Firmino, AL, Fiuza, PO, Flakus, A, de Souza, CAF, Frisvad, JC, Fryar, SC, Gabaldón, T, Gajanayake, AJ, Galindo, LJ, Gannibal, PB, García, D, García-Sandoval, SR, Garrido-Benavent, I, Garzoli, L, Gautam, AK, Ge, ZW, Gené, DJ, Gentekaki, E, Ghobad-Nejhad, M, Giachini, AJ, Gibertoni, TB, Góes-Neto, A, Gomdola, D, de Farias, ARG, Gorjón, SP, Goto, BT, Granados-Montero, MM, Griffith, GW, Groenewald, JZ, Groenewald, M, Grossart, HP, Gueidan, C, Gunarathne, A, Gunaseelan, S, Gusmão, LFP, Gutierrez, AC, Guzmán-Dávalos, L, Haelewaters, D, Halling, R, Han, YF, Hapuarachchi, KK, Harder, CB, Harrington, TC, Hattori, T, He, MQ, He, S, He, SH, Healy, R, Herández-Restrepo, M, Heredia, G, Hodge, KT, Holgado-Rojas, M, Hongsanan, S, Horak, E, Hosoya, T, Houbraken, J, Huang, SK, Huanraluek, N, Hur, JS, Hurdeal, VG, Hustad, VP, Iotti, M, Iturriaga, T, Jafar, E, Janik, P, Jany, JL, Jayalal, RGU, Jayasiri, SC, Jayawardena, RS, Jeewon, R, Jerônimo, GH, Jesus, AL, Jin, J, Johnston, PR, Jones, EBG, Joshi, Y, Justo, A, Kaishian, P, Kakishima, M, Kaliyaperumal, M, Kang, GP, Kang, JC, Karakehian, JM, Karimi, O, Karpov, SA, Karunarathna, SC, Kaufmann, M, Kemler, M, Kezo, K, Khyaju, S, Kirchmair, M, Kirk, PM, Kitaura, MJ, Klawonn, I, Kolarik, M, Kong, A, Kuhar, F, Kukwa, M, Kumar, S, Kušan, I, Lado, C, Larsson, KH, Latha, KPD, Lee, HB, Leonardi, M, Leontyev, DL, Lestari, AS, Li, CJY, Li, DW, Li, H, Li, HY, Li, L, Li, QR, Li, Q, Li, WL, Li, Y, Li, YC, Li, YX, Liao, CF, Liimatainen, K, Lim, YW, Lin, CG, Linaldeddu, BT, Linde, CC, Linn, MM, Liu, F, Liu, JK, Liu, NG, Liu, S, Liu, SL, Liu, XF, Liu, XY, Liu, XZ, Liu, ZB, Lu, L, Lu, YZ, Luangharn, T, Luangsa-ard, JJ, Lumbsch, HT, Lumyong, S, Luo, L, Luo, M, Luo, ZL, Ma, J, Machado, AR, Madagammana, AD, Madrid, H, Magurno, F, Magyar, D, Mahadevan, N, Maharachchikumbura, SSN, Maimaiti, Y, Malosso, E, Manamgoda, DS, Manawasinghe, IS, Mapook, A, Marasinghe, DS, Mardones, M, Marin-Felix, Y, Márquez, R, Masigol, H, Matočec, N, May, TW, McKenzie, EHC, Meiras-Ottoni, A, Melo, RFR, Mendes-Alvarenga, RL, Mendieta, S, Meng, QF, Menkis, A, Menolli, N, Mešić, A, Calvo, JGM, Mikhailov, KV, Miller, SL, Moncada, B, Moncalvo, JM, Monteiro, JS, Monteiro, M, Mora-Montes, HM, Moreau, PA, Mueller, GM, Mukhopadyay, S, Murugadoss, R, Nagy, LG, Najafiniya, M, Nanayakkara, CM, Nascimento, CC, Nei, Y, Neves, MA, Neuhauser, S, Niego, AGT, Nilsson, RH, Niskanen, T, Niveiro, N, Noorabadi, MT, Noordeloos, ME, Norphanphoun, C, Otaño, NBN, O’Donnell, RP, Oehl, F, Olariaga, I, Orlando, OP, Pang, KL, Papp, V, Pawłowska, J, Peintner, U, Pem, D, Pereira, OL, Perera, RH, Perez-Moreno, J, Perez-Ortega, S, Péter, G, Phillips, AJL, Phonemany, M, Phukhamsakda, C, Phutthacharoen, K, Piepenbring, M, Pires-Zottarelli, CLA, Poinar, G, Pošta, A, Prieto, M, Promputtha, I, Quandt, CA, Radek, R, Rahnama, K, Raj, KNA, Rajeshkumar, KC, Rämä, T, Rambold, G, Ramírez-Cruz, V, Rasconi, S, Rathnayaka, AR, Raza, M, Ren, GC, Robledo, GL, Rodriguez-Flakus, P, Ronikier, A, Rossi, W, Ryberg, M, Ryvarden, LR, Salvador-Montoya, CA, Samant, B, Samarakoon, BC, Samarakoon, MC, Sánchez-Castro, I, Sánchez-García, M, Sandoval-Denis, M, Santamaria, B, Santiago, ALCMA, Sarma, VV, Savchenko, A, Savchenko, K, Saxena, RK, Scholler, M, Schoutteten, N, Seifollahi, E, Selbmann, L, Selcuk, F, Senanayake, IC, Shabashova, TG, Shen, HW, Shen, YM, Silva-Filho, AGS, Simmons, DR, Singh, R, Sir, EB, Song, CG, Souza-Motta, CM, Sruthi, OP, Stadler, M, Stchigel, AM, Stemler, J, Stephenson, SL, Strassert, JFH, Su, HL, Su, L, Suetrong, S, Sulistyo, B, Sun, YF, Sun, YR, Svantesson, S, Sysouphanthong, P, Takamatsu, S, Tan, TH, Tanaka, K, Tang, AMC, Tang, X, Tanney, JB, Tavakol, NM, Taylor, JE, Taylor, PWJ, Tedersoo, L, Tennakoon, DS, Thamodini, GK, Thines, M, Thiyagaraja, V, Thongklang, N, Tiago, PV, Tian, Q, Tian, WH, Tibell, L, Tibell, S, Tibpromma, S, Tkalčec, Z, Tomšovský, M, Toome-Heller, M, Torruella, G, Tsurykau, A, Udayanga, D, Ulukapi, M, Untereiner, WA, Uzunov, BA, Valle, LG, Van Caenegem, W, Van den Wyngaert, S, Van Vooren, N, Velez, P, Verma, RK, Vieira, LC, Vieira, WAS, Vizzini, A, Walker, A, Walker, AK, Wanasinghe, DN, Wang, CG, Wang, K, Wang, SX, Wang, XY, Wang, Y, Wannasawang, N, Wartchow, F, Wei, DP, Wei, XL, White, JF, Wijayawardene, NN, Wijesinghe, SN, Wijesundara, DSA, Wisitrassameewong, K, Worthy, FR, Wu, F, Wu, G, Wu, HX, Wu, N, Wu, WP, Wurzbacher, C, Xiao, YP, Xiong, YR, Xu, B, Xu, LJ, Xu, R, Xu, RF, Xu, RJ, Xu, TM, Yakovchenko, L, Yan, JY, Yang, HD, Yang, J, Yang, ZL, Yang, YH, Yapa, N, Yasanthika, E, Youssef, NH, Yu, FM, Yu, Q, Yu, XD, Yu, YX, Yu, ZF, Yuan, HS, Yuan, Y, Yurkov, A, Zafari, D, Zamora, JC, Zare, R, Zeng, M, Zeng, NK, Zeng, XY, Zhang, F, Zhang, H, Zhang, JF, Zhang, JY, Zhang, QY, Zhang, SN, Zhang, W, Zhang, Y, Zhang, YX, Zhao, CL, Zhao, H, Zhao, Q, Zhao, RL, Zhou, LW, Zhou, M, Zhurbenko, MP, Zin, HH & Zucconi, L 2023, 'Global consortium for the classification of fungi and fungus-like taxa', Mycosphere, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 1960-2012. 10.5943/mycosphere/14/1/23
Bensaci, MB, Toumatia, O, Bouras, N, Rahmania, F, Douglas, B, Wade, S, Griffith, GW & Mur, LAJ 2023, 'Phylogenetic and pathogenic characterization of Mauginiella scaettae as the causal agent of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) inflorescence rot in southeast of Algeria', Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, vol. 127, 102062. 10.1016/j.pmpp.2023.102062
Fennelly, M, Hellebust, S, Wenger, J, O'Connor, DJ, Griffith, GW, Plant, BJ & Prentice, MB 2023, 'Portable HEPA filtration successfully augments natural-ventilation-mediated airborne particle clearance in a legacy design hospital ward', Journal of Hospital Infection, vol. 131, pp. 54-57. 10.1016/j.jhin.2022.09.017
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