Ann P. Wood

Ann Wood
Born1952[1]
Yorkshire, UK
Alma materQueen Elizabeth College
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Warwick, King's College London
ThesisHeterotrophic growth and metabolism of the facultative autotroph Thiobacillus A2 (1977)
Academic advisorsDonovan 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.

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