Ann Wood | |
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Born | 1952[1] Yorkshire, UK |
Alma mater | Queen Elizabeth College |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | University of Warwick, King's College London |
Thesis | Heterotrophic growth and metabolism of the facultative autotroph Thiobacillus A2 (1977) |
Academic advisors | Donovan Kelly |
Ann Patricia Wood is a retired British biochemist and bacteriologist who specialized in the ecology, taxonomy and physiology of sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic bacteria and how methylotrophic bacteria play a role in the degradation of odour causing compounds in the human mouth, vagina and skin. The bacterial genus Annwoodia was named to honor her contributions to microbial research in 2017.