A.E. Walsby

Haloquadratum discovered by Anthony E. Walsby

Anthony Edward Walsby, FRS (died April 14, 2024[1]) was a Professor of Microbiology at the School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol.[citation needed]

He was a researcher in the fields of Algae, Cyanobacteria, lake ecology, gas vesicles and genetics, covering the European lakes and Baltic Sea.[2] He is noted for his discovery of Haloquadratum walsbyi in brine ponds on the Sinai Peninsula in 1980.[3] He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society, 11 March 1993.[4]

Specifically his research included:

  • Gas vesicles of cyanobacteria: physiology; structure; molecular biology; ecology
  • The natural selection of gas vesicles in relation to depth of lakes and oceans
  • Population genetics of cyanobacteria using PCR on single filaments from lakes
  • The cyanobacterium Planktothrix rubescens in stratified lakes
  • Calculating the daily integrals of growth and photosynthesis in lakes
  1. ^ "Professor Anthony Walsby FRS". Royal Society. May 31, 2024.
  2. ^ "Details of Professor A. WALSBY" Ocean Expert, 2002-03-02
  3. ^ Walsby, A. E. (1980). "A square bacterium". Nature. 283 (5742): 69–71. doi:10.1038/283069a0. S2CID 4341717.
  4. ^ "Royal Society". The Independent. 13 March 1993. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved July 28, 2010.