Prof Peter Golyshin is interested in the environmental genomics of microorganisms. He performed the first omics-based studies in marine obligate hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria that play a key role in marine oil degradation worldwide. He pioneered activity-based metagenomic enzyme discovery in cow rumen, earthworm gut and deep-sea environments.  His other significant achievements include the determination of the chaperonin-based cold adaptation in E. coli and Oleispira. His lab has isolated and described >15 microbial taxa at the level of the genus and above and performed culture-independent analysis of  deeply branching microbial phyla from extreme habitats. His current activities focus on mining (meta)genomes for enzymes of industrial relevance from extremophiles and biodegradation of organic pollutants (including plastics) in the environment.

Profile in Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?sortby=pubdate&hl=en&user=zc7Da-AAAAAJ&view_op=list_works

Projects (ongoing and past)

  • UKRI Engineering Biology Mission Hub EBIC-Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre, Grant Nr BB/Y008332/1, Lead, Cranfield University. Bangor PI, P. Golyshin, CoIs: A. Yakunin and D. Jones 14.02.2024-13.02.2029 Total budget, £13M, Bangor Uni share, £960k
  • UKRI Engineering Biology “Preventing Plastic Pollution with Engineering Biology (P3EB)” Mission Hub, Grant Nr BB/Y007972/1. Lead, Portsmouth University, Bangor PI, P. Golyshin, CoI, A. Yakunin. 14.02.2024-13.02.2029. Total budget, £11M, Bangor Uni share, £1.39M.
  • Centre for Environmental Biotechnology (CEB) ERDF/Welsh European Funding Organisaion-Bangor University co-funded, project ID:81280,  1.11.2017-31.12.2022,  Director, total grant £8.6 M. http://environmental-biotechnology.bangor.ac.uk/index.php.en
  • EU Horizon 2020, Grant Nr 101000327 FuturEnzyme: Enzymes for more environment-friendly consumer products (PI) 2021-2025, EUR 549,000.http://www.futurenzyme.eu/
  • NERC (Natural Environment Research Council UK) Grant Nr NE/S004548/1. Microbial hitch-hikers of marine plastics: the survival, persistence & ecology of microbial communities in the Plastisphere (PI ) 2019-2023, £599,000
  • NERC (joint with Davey Jones, SENR), Characterisation of the nature, origins and ecological significance of dissolved organic matter in freshwater ecosystems, Apr 1, 2014-May 31, 2017, £440.000 http://www.nerc-domaine.uk/
  • SynbiCITE: Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) in Synthetic Biology, co-funded by EPSRC (EP/L011573/1), 2013-2018 http://www.synbicite.com/ 
  • Innovate UK-BBSRC Grant  No. 101911 Biotechnology for Antiweeds (BaW) (PG with Dr Slava Tverezovskiy  (BioComposites) 1.09.2014-31.08.2017, £498.000.
  • ERA-Net IB2-BBSRC [14-ERA IB] Grant Nr BB/M029085/1. A metagenomic collection of novel and highly efficient biocatalysts for industrial biotechnology (MetaCat) PI, 1.03.2015-28.02.2018, £340.000
  • EU Horizon 2020 (Contract Nr 634486) Industrial applications of marine enzymes: Innovative screening and expression platforms to discover and use the functional protein diversity from the sea (INMARE) Co-ordinator, 01.04.2015-31.03.2019, €6.000.000 http://inmare.bangor.ac.uk/index.php.en
  • EU FP7. KBBE-226977 Marine Metagenomics for new Biotechnological Applications (MAMBA) 2009-2013. Coordinator, total 2.9 Mio EUR http://mamba.bangor.ac.uk Associated with a Partner Project BEEM (CAD 10M) http://www.beem.utoronto.ca/
  • EU FP7 KBBE-245226 Molecular Approaches and MetaGenomic Investigations for optimizing Clean-up of PAH-contaminated sites (MAGIC PAH) 2010-2014. €305.000 http://www.magicpah.org/
  • EU FP7 KBBE-266473 Unravelling and exploiting Mediterranean Sea microbial diversity and ecology for xenobiotics’ and pollutants’ clean up (ULIXES) 2011-2014. €300.000 http://www.ulixes.unimi.it/
  • Royal Society UK (2013 Russia (RFBR) cost share) Mining novel enzymes from new thermophilic microorganisms from subsurface,Sep 1, 2013-Aug 31, 2015, £12.000
  • Royal Society (RS-DFID Africa Network Grants) Assessment of water quality indices of some recreational surface waters in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa as a tool for capacity development in the impoverished Province,  Sep 1, 2013-Aug 31, 2014, £ 25.000
  • EU FP7 (OCEAN.2011-2 287589) Marine Microorganisms: Biodiversity, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology (MICROB3) 2012-2016. €300.000 http://microb3.eu/
  • EU FP7 Integrated Biotechnological Solutions for Combating Marine Oil Spills (Kill-Spill) 2013-2016, €312.000 http://www.killspill.eu/

Offices held

Committees:

  • SBS Board of Studies
  • SBS Research Committee

Groups:

Role

Chair in Environmental Genomics

Director, the Centre for Environmental Biotechnology (CEB)

http://environmental-biotechnology.bangor.ac.uk/index.php.en

 

Email

p.golyshin@bangor.ac.uk

Location

313.2, 2nd floor Thoday bldg

Phone

3629

  • PhD
    Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1987–1991
  • MSc: Diploma with Distinction
    Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1982–1987

At the Centre for Environmental Biotechnology we offer a range of postgraduate projects on topics exemplified below

  • discovery of novel enzymes of industrial relevance from extremophilic microorganisms and their communities;
  • microbiology of petroleum degradation in marine environments: cultivation and OMICS studies);
  • applications of marine oil-degrading bacteria (enzymes, surfactants, biopolymers, osmolytes);
  • culture-independent (metagenomic) analysis of taxonomic composition and functional potential of microbial communities;
  • investigation of the role of marine microorganisms and their enzymes in the fate of synthetic polyester plastics;
  • application of proteomics technologies to enzyme discovery (general principles, sample preparation and enzymatic digestion of proteins, LC-MS analysis of peptide mixtures and data analysis;
  • application of metabolomics technologies to enzyme discovery (general principles, sample preparation, targeted and discovery mode LC-MS analysis of complex metabolite mixtures and data analysis;
  • application of lipidomics technologies to study microbial communities (general principles, sample preparation, lipid extraction, targeted and discovery mode LC-MS analysis of complex lipid mixtures and data analysis.

To apply, please follow the guidance:

 http://environmental-biotechnology.bangor.ac.uk/postgrad-projects.php.en

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  • CyhoeddwydA communal catalogue reveals Earth's multiscale microbial diversity
    Thompson, L. R., Sanders, J. G., McDonald, D., Amir, A., Ladau, J., Locey, K. J., Prill, R. J., Tripathi, A., Gibbons, S. M., Ackermann, G., Navas-Molina, J. A., Janssen, S., Kopylova, E., Vazquez-Baeza, Y., Gonzalez, A., Morton, J. T., Mirarab, S., Xu, Z. Z., Jiang, L. & Haroon, M. F. & 283 eraill, Kanbar, J., Zhu, Q., Song, S. J., Kosciolek, T., Bokulich, N. A., Lefler, J., Brislawn, C. J., Humphrey, G., Owens, S. M., Hampton-Marcell, J., Berg-Lyons, D., McKenzie, V., Fierer, N., Fuhrman, J. A., Clauset, A., Stevens, R. L., Shade, A., Pollard, K. S., Goodwin, K. D., Jansson, J. K., Gilbert, J. A., Knight, R., Agosto Rivera, J. L., Al-Moosawi, L., Alverdy, J., Amato, K. R., Andras, J., Angenent, L. T., Antonopoulos, D. A., Apprill, A., Armitage, D., Ballantine, K., Bárta, J., Baum, J. K., Berry, A., Bhatnagar, A., Bhatnagar, M., Biddle, J. F., Bittner, L., Boldgiv, B., Bottos, E., Boyer, D. M., Braun, J., Brazelton, W., Brearley, F. Q., Campbell, A. H., Caporaso, J. G., Cardona, C., Carroll, J., Cary, S. C., Casper, B. B., Charles, T. C., Chu, H., Claar, D. C., Clark, R. G., Clayton, J. B., Clemente, J. C., Cochran, A., Coleman, M. L., Collins, G., Colwel, R. R., Contreras, M., Crary, B. B., Creer, S., Cristol, D. A., Crump, B. C., Cui, D., Daly, S. E., Davalos, L., Dawson, R. D., Defazio, J., Delsuc, F., Dionisi, H. M., Dominguez-Bello, M. G., Dowell, R., Dubinsky, E. A., Dunn, P. O., Ercolini, D., Espinoza, R. E., Ezenwa, V., Fenner, N., Findlay, H. S., Fleming, I. D., Fogliano, V., Forsman, A., Freeman, C., Friedman, E. S., Galindo, G., Garcia, L., Garcia-Amado, M. A., Garshelis, D., Gasser, R. B., Gerdts, G., Gibson, M. K., Gifford, I., Gill, R. T., Giray, T., Gittel, A., Golyshin, P., Gong, D., Grossart, H.-P., Guyton, K., Haig, S.-J., Hale, V., Hall, R. S., Hallam, S. J., Handley, K. M., Hasan, N. A., Haydon, S. R., Hickman, J. E., Hidalgo, G., Hofmockel, K. S., Hooker, J., Hulth, S., Hultman, J., Hyde, E., Ibáñez-Álamo, J. D., Jastrow, J. D., Jex, A. R., Johnson, L. S., Johnston, E. R., Joseph, S., Jurburg, S. D., Jurelevicius, D., Karlsson, A., Karlsson, R., Kauppinen, S., Kellogg, C. T. E., Kennedy, S. J., Kerkhof, L. J., King, G. M., Kling, G. W., Koehler, A. V., Krezalek, M., Kueneman, J., Lamendella, R., Landon, E. M., Lane-deGraaf, K., LaRoche, J., Larsen, P., Laverock, B., Lax, S., Lentino, M., Levin, I. I., Liancourt, P., Liang, W., Linz, A. M., Lipson, D. A., Liu, Y., Lladser, M. E., Lozada, M., Spirito, C. M., MacCormack, W. P., MacRae-Crerar, A., Magris, M., Martín-Platero, A. M., Martín-Vivaldi, M., Martínez, L. M., Martínez-Bueno, M., Marzinelli, E. M., Mason, O. U., Mayer, G. D., McDevitt-Irwin, J. M., McDonald, J., McGuire, K. L., McMahon, K. D., McMinds, R., Medina, M., Mendelson, J. R., Metcalf, J. L., Meyer, F., Michelangeli, F., Miller, K., Mills, D. A., Minich, J., Mocali, S., Moitinho-Silva, L., Moore, A., Morgan-Kiss, R. M., Munroe, P., Myrold, D., Neufeld, J. D., Ni, Y., Nicol, G. W., Nielsen, S., Nissimov, J. I., Niu, K., Nolan, M. J., Noyce, K., O’Brien, S. L., Okamoto, N., Orlando, L., Ortiz Castellano, Y., Osuolale, O., Oswald, W., Parnell, J., Peralta-Sánchez, J. M., Petraitis, P., Pfister, C., Pilon-Smits, E., Piombino, P., Pointing, S. B., Pollock, F. J., Potter, C., Prithiviraj, B., Quince, C., Rani, A., Ranjan, R., Rao, S., Rees, A. P., Richardson, M., Riebesell, U., Robinson, C., Rockne, K. J., Rodriguezl, S. M., Rohwer, F., Roundstone, W., Safran, R. J., Sangwan, N., Sanz, V., Schrenk, M., Schrenzel, M. D., Scott, N. M., Seger, R. L., Seguin-Orlando, A., Seldin, L., Seyler, L. M., Shakhsheer, B., Sheets, G. M., Shen, C., Shi, Y., Shin, H., Shogan, B. D., Shutler, D., Siegel, J., Simmons, S., Sjöling, S., Smith, D. P., Soler, J. J., Sperling, M., Steinberg, P. D., Stephens, B., Stevens, M. A., Taghavi, S., Tai, V., Tait, K., Tan, C. L., Tas, N., Taylor, D. L., Thomas, T., Timling, I., Turner, B. L., Urich, T., Ursell, L. K., van der Lelie, D., Van Treuren, W., van Zwieten, L., Vargas-Robles, D., Vega Thurber, R., Vitaglione, P., Walker, D. A., Walters, W. A., Wang, S., Wang, T., Weave, T., Webster, N. S., Wehrle, B., Weisenhorn, P., Weiss, S., Werner, J. J., West, K., Whitehead, A., Whitehead, S. R., Whittingham, L. A., Willerslev, E., Williams, A. E., Wood, S. A., Woodhams, D. C., Yang, Y., Zaneveld, J., Zarraonaindia, I., Zhang, Q. & Zhao, H., 23 Tach 2017, Yn: Nature. 551, 7681, t. 457-+
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydActivity screening of environmental metagenomic libraries reveals novel carboxylesterase families
    Popovic, A., Hai, T., Tchigvintsev, A., Hajighasemi, M., Nocek, B., Khusnutdinova, A. N., Brown, G., Glinos, J., Flick, R., Skarina, T., Chernikova, T., Yim, V., Bruls, T., Le Paslier, D., Yakimov, M. M., Joachimiak, A., Ferrer, M., Golyshina, O., Savchenko, A. & Golyshin, P. & 1 eraill, Yakunin, A. F., Maw 2017, Yn: Scientific Reports. 7, 44103, 44103.
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  • Cyhoeddwyd“ARMAN” archaea depend on association with euryarchaeal host in culture and in situ
    Golyshina, O., Toshchakov, S. V., Makarova, K. S., Gavrilov, S. N., Korzhenkov, A. A., La Cono, V., Arcadi, E., Nechitaylo, T. Y., Ferrer, M., Kublanov, I. V., Wolf, Y. I., Yakimov, M. M. & Golyshin, P., 2017, Yn: Nature Communications. 8, 60.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydBuwchitin: A Ruminal Peptide with Antimicrobial Potential against Enterococcus faecalis
    Oyama, L. B., Crochet, J.-A., Edwards, J. E., Girdwood, S. E., Cookson, A. R., Fernandez-Fuentes, N., Hilpert, K., Golyshin, P., Golyshina, O., Prive, F., Hess, M., Mantovani, H. C., Creevey, C. J. & Huws, S. A., 12 Gorff 2017, Yn: Frontiers in Chemistry.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydDiscovery of anaerobic lithoheterotrophic haloarchaea, ubiquitous in hypersaline habitats
    Sorokin, D. Y., Messina, E., Smedile, F., Roman, P., Sinninghe Damste, J. S., Ciordia, S., Mena, M. C., Ferrer, M., Golyshin, P., Kublanov, I. V., Samarov, N. I., Toshchakov, S. V., La Cono, V. & Yakimov, M. M., 20 Ion 2017, Yn: ISME Journal. 11, t. 1245-1260
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  • CyhoeddwydDiscovery of extremely halophilic, methyl-reducing euryarchaea provides insights into the evolutionary origin of methanogenesis
    Sorokin, D. Y., Makarova, K. S., Abbas, B., Ferrer, M., Golyshin, P., Galinski, E. A., Ciordia, S., Mena, M. C., Merkel, A. Y., Wolf, Y. I., van Loosdrecht, M. C. M. & Koonin, E. V., Mai 2017, Yn: Nature Microbiology. 2, 17081 .
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydFerrous iron- and ammonium-rich diffuse vents support habitat-specific communities in a shallow hydrothermal field off the Basiluzzo Islet (Aeolian Volcanic Archipelago)
    Bortoluzzi, G., Romeo, T., La Cono, V., La Spada, G., Smedile, F., Esposito, V., Sabatino, G., Di Bella, M., Canese, S., Scotti, G., Bo, M., Giuliano, L., Golyshin, P., Jones, D., Yakimov, M. M. & Andaloro, F., Medi 2017, Yn: Geobiology. 15, 5, t. 664-677
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydMetabolic and evolutionary patterns in the extremely acidophilic archaeon Ferroplasma acidiphilum YT
    Golyshina, O., Hai, T., Reva, O. N., Lemak, S., Yakunin, A. F., Goesmann, A., Nechitaylo, T. Y., LaCono, V., Smedile, F., Slesarev, A., Rojo, D., Barbas, C., Ferrer, M., Yakimov, M. M. & Golyshin, P., 16 Meh 2017, Yn: Scientific Reports. 7, 3682.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydMicrobial use of low molecular weight DOM in filtered and unfiltered freshwater: Role of ultra-small microorganisms and implications for water quality monitoring
    Brailsford, F., Glanville, H., Marshall, M., Golyshin, P., Jones, P. J., Yates, C. A., Owen, A. T. & Jones, D. L., 15 Tach 2017, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 598, t. 377-384
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  • CyhoeddwydMonaibacterium marinum, gen. nov, sp. nov, a new member of the Alphaproteobacteria isolated from seawater of Menai Straits, Wales, UK
    Chernikova, T., Dallimore, J., Lunsdorf, H., Heipieper, H. J. & Golyshin, P., 1 Medi 2017, Yn: International Journal of Systematic Evolutionary Microbiology. 67, t. 3310-3317
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydMultidrug Resistance and High Prevalence of class 1 Integrons in Escherichia coli Isolated from Irrigation Water and Vegetables in Parts of Nsukka and Enugu, Nigeria
    Chigor, C. B., Ibangha, I.-A. I., Onuora, V. C., Omotosho, O. E., Chernikova, T., Chigor, V. N. & Golyshin, P., 1 Ebr 2017, Yn: Faseb Journal. 31, S1, 777.22.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Crynodeb Cyfarfod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydSubtle shifts in microbial communities occur alongside the release of carbon induced by drought and rewetting in contrasting peatland ecosystems
    Potter, C., Freeman, C., Golyshin, P., Ackerman, G., Fenner, N., McDonald, J., Ehbair, A., Jones, T., Murphy, L. & Creer, S., Medi 2017, Yn: Scientific Reports. 7, 11314.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • CyhoeddwydThe genome analysis of Oleiphilus messinensis ME102 (DSM 13489T) reveals backgrounds of its obligate alkane-devouring marine lifestyle
    Toshchakov, S. V., Korzhenkov, A. A., Chernikova, T., Ferrer, M., Golyshina, O., Yakimov, M. M. & Golyshin, P., Rhag 2017, Yn: Marine Genomics. 36, t. 41-47
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  • CyhoeddwydThe rumen microbiome: an underexplored resource for novel antimicrobial discovery
    Oyama, L. B., Girdwood, S. E., Cookson, A. R., Fernanadez-Fuentes, N., Prive, F., Vallin, H. E., Wilkinson, T. J., Golyshin, P., Golyshina, O., Mikut, R., Hilpert, K., Richards, J., Wootton, M., Edwards, J. E., Maresca, M., Perrier, J., Lundy, F. T., Luo, Y., Zhou, M. & Hess, M. & 3 eraill, Mantovani, H. C., Creevey, C. J. & Huws, S. A., 1 Rhag 2017, Yn: NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes. 3, 33 .
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  • CyhoeddwydKlonirovanie gena vnekletochnoĭ RNKazy Bacillus circulans
    Fedorova, N. D., Shul'ga, A. A., Peredel'chuk, M. P., Kozharinova, L. V., Golyshin, P. N., Riabchenko, N. F. & Kirpichnikov, M. P., 1 Maw 1994, Yn: Molekuliarnaia biologiia. 28, 2, t. 468-71 4 t.
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  • CyhoeddwydVnekletochnaia shchelochnaia ribonukleaza Bacillus thuringiensis var. subtoxicus
    Dement'ev, A. A., Riabchenko, N. F., Protasevich, I. I., Golyshin, P. N., Stepanov, A. I., Orlov, V. M., Pustovaev, V. N., Makarov, A. A., Moiseev, G. P. & Karpeĭskiĭ, M. I., 1 Tach 1992, Yn: Molekuliarnaia biologiia. 26, 6, t. 1338-49 12 t.
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  • BU-IIA Funded Project: Exploring technology transfer options for microbial bioaugmentation of anaerobic waste biomass conversion to biogas

    The overarching aim of this application is to build on our current work on the EU SYNBIOGAS project which is developing engineered microbial communities to enhance waste biomass conversion to biomass. This proposal, which will fund additional plant-scale bioaugmentation of anaerobic digestion processes and techno-economic assessment of the bioprocess, enables us to increase our research activity at TRL6 and build a roadmap for technology adoption by our industrial partners. The project will facilitate applications for follow-on-funding, generate REF-relevant impact and provide possibilities for commercialisation. The project aligns directly with the University’s Strategy 2030 and the RWIF strategic priorities. 

    Funding awarded through the Bangor University Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £42,055

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