John Cairney (mycologist)

For the New Zealand anatomist, see John Cairney (anatomist).

Professor
John William Gibson Cairney
Born1959
Kilmarnock
Died2012
Sydney
Scientific career
FieldsMycorrhizal biology, mycology, microbial ecology

John William Gibson Cairney (1959–2012) was an eminent Scottish–Australian mycologist and Director of the UWS Centre for Plants and the Environment.[1][2] Cairney specialised in mycorrhizal biology and ecology, particularly of ericoid- and Ectomycorrhiza.[3] Cairney contributed significantly to mycorrhizal research, publishing over 150 manuscripts and serving as the associate editor, editor or on the advisoral panel for numerous scientific journals including: New Phytologist, Plant and Soil, Mycological Research and the Journal of Soils and Sediments.[3]

The Australian ericoid mycorrhizal fungal genus Cairneyella is named in his honour.[4]

  1. ^ Chambers, Susan (19 December 2012). "Mycologist had passion for research". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  2. ^ Smith, Sally and Andrew (2013). "A Sad Loss for Australian Plant Science" (PDF). Phytogen. 15 (1).
  3. ^ a b Anderson, Ian C (2013). "Prof. John William Gibson Cairney, 1959–2012". New Phytologist. 197 (3): 694–695. doi:10.1111/nph.12111.
  4. ^ David Midgley; Carly Rosewarne; Paul Greenfield; Dongmei Li; Cassandra Vockler; Catherine Hitchcock; Nicole Sawyer; Nai Tran-Dinh (2016). "Genomic insights into the carbohydrate catabolism of Cairneyella variabilis gen. nov. sp. nov., the first reports from a genome of an ericoid mycorrhizal fungus from the southern hemisphere". Mycorrhiza. 26 (4): 345–352. doi:10.1007/s00572-016-0683-6. PMID 26861481.