Prof Gareth Griffith BSc Microbiology (University of Wales); PhD Fungal ecology (University of Wales)
Professor
- ProfessorDepartment of Life Sciences - Teaching And Research
Department of Life Sciences

ORCID: 0000-0001-6914-3745
- 2023
Rising stars in systems microbiology: 2021
Puniya, A. K., Griffith, G. & Ungerfeld, E. M., 08 Feb 2023, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 14, 1137550.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
- 2022
Simultaneous Metabarcoding and Quantification of Neocallimastigomycetes from Environmental Samples: Insights into Community Composition and Novel Lineages
Young, D., Joshi, A., Huang, L., Munk, B., Wurzbacher, C., Youssef, N. H., Elshahed, M. S., Moon, C. D., Ochsenreither, K., Griffith, G., Callaghan, T. M., Sczyrba, A., Lebuhn, M. & Flad, V., 30 Aug 2022, In: Microorganisms. 10, 9, 23 p., e1749.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Characterization and rank assignment criteria for the anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigomycota)
Elshahed, M. S., Hanafy, R. A., Cheng, Y., Dagar, S. S., Edwards, J. E., Flad, V., Fliegerová, K. O., Griffith, G., Kittelmann, S., Lebuhn, M., O'malley, M. A., Podmirseg, S. M., Solomon, K. V., Vinzelj, J., Young, D. & Youssef, N. H., 19 Jul 2022, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 72, 7, 7 p., 005449.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Taxonomy of the anaerobic gut fungi (Neocallimastigomycota): A review of classification criteria and description of current taxa
Hanafy, R. A., Dagar, S. S., Griffith, G., Pratt, C. J., Youssef, N. H. & Elshahed, M. S., 01 Jul 2022, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 72, 7, 38 p., 005322.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
- 2021
Mulching has negative impact on fungal and plant diversity in Slovak oligotrophic grasslands
Caboň, M., Galvánek, D., Detheridge, A., Griffith, G., Maráková, S. & Adamčík, S., 31 May 2021, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 52, p. 24-37 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Environmental DNA reveals links between abundance and composition of airborne grass pollen and respiratory health
PollerGEN Consortium, P. C., Rowney, F. M., Brennan, G. L., Skjøth, C. A., Griffith, G., McInnes, R. N., Clewlow, Y., Adams-Groom, B., Barber, A., de Vere, N., Economou, T., Hegarty, M., Hanlon, H. M., Jones, L., Kurganskiy, A., Petch, G. M., Potter, C., Rafiq, A. M., Warner, A., Wheeler, B., & 2 othersOsborne, N. J. & Creer, S., 10 May 2021, In: Current Biology. 31, 9, p. 1995-2003 14 p., e4.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Predicting the severity of the grass pollen season and the effect of climate change in Northwest Europe
Kurganskiy, A., Creer, S., De Vere, N., Griffith, G., Osborne, N. J., Wheeler, B. W., McInnes, R. N., Clewlow, Y., Barber, A., Brennan, G. L., Hanlon, H. M., Hegarty, M., Potter, C., Rowney, F., Adams-Groom, B., Petch, G. M., Pashley, C. H., Satchwell, J., De Weger, L. A., Rasmussen, K., & 5 othersOliver, G., Sindt, C., Bruffaerts, N., PollerGEN Consortium, P. C. & Skjøth, C. A., 26 Mar 2021, In: Science Advances. 7, 13, 11 p., eabd7658.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
FungalTraits: A user-friendly traits database of fungi and fungus-like stramenopiles
Põlme, S., Abarenkov, K., Henrik Nilsson, R., Lindahl, B. D., Clemmensen, K. E., Kauserud, H., Nguyen, N., Kjøller, R., Bates, S. T., Baldrian, P., Frøslev, T. G., Adojaan, K., Vizzini, A., Suija, A., Pfister, D., Baral, H. O., Järv, H., Madrid, H., Nordén, J., Liu, J. K., & 108 othersPawlowska, J., Põldmaa, K., Pärtel, K., Runnel, K., Hansen, K., Larsson, K. H., Hyde, K. D., Sandoval-Denis, M., Smith, M. E., Toome-Heller, M., Wijayawardene, N. N., Menolli, N., Reynolds, N. K., Drenkhan, R., Maharachchikumbura, S. S. N., Gibertoni, T. B., Læssøe, T., Davis, W., Tokarev, Y., Corrales, A., Soares, A. M., Agan, A., Machado, A. R., Argüelles-Moyao, A., Detheridge, A., de Meiras-Ottoni, A., Verbeken, A., Dutta, A. K., Cui, B. K., Pradeep, C. K., Marín, C., Stanton, D., Gohar, D., Wanasinghe, D. N., Otsing, E., Aslani, F., Griffith, G., Lumbsch, T. H., Grossart, H. P., Masigol, H., Timling, I., Hiiesalu, I., Oja, J., Kupagme, J. Y., Geml, J., Alvarez-Manjarrez, J., Ilves, K., Loit, K., Adamson, K., Nara, K., Küngas, K., Rojas-Jimenez, K., Bitenieks, K., Irinyi, L., Nagy, L. L., Soonvald, L., Zhou, L. W., Wagner, L., Aime, M. C., Öpik, M., Mujica, M. I., Metsoja, M., Ryberg, M., Vasar, M., Murata, M., Nelsen, M. P., Cleary, M., Samarakoon, M. C., Doilom, M., Bahram, M., Hagh-Doust, N., Dulya, O., Johnston, P., Kohout, P., Chen, Q., Tian, Q., Nandi, R., Amiri, R., Perera, R. H., dos Santos Chikowski, R., Mendes-Alvarenga, R. L., Garibay-Orijel, R., Gielen, R., Phookamsak, R., Jayawardena, R. S., Rahimlou, S., Karunarathna, S. C., Tibpromma, S., Brown, S. P., Sepp, S. K., Mundra, S., Luo, Z. H., Bose, T., Vahter, T., Netherway, T., Yang, T., May, T., Varga, T., Li, W., Coimbra, V. R. M., de Oliveira, V. R. T., de Lima, V. X., Mikryukov, V. S., Lu, Y., Matsuda, Y., Miyamoto, Y., Kõljalg, U. & Tedersoo, L., 19 Jan 2021, In: Fungal Diversity. 105, 1, p. 1-16 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2020
Soil stabilisation for DNA metabarcoding of plants and fungi. Implications for sampling at remote locations or via third-parties
Clasen, L. A., Detheridge, A., Scullion, J. & Griffith, G., 26 Nov 2020, In: Metabarcoding and Metagenomics. 4, p. 135-147 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
DOI: 10.3897/MBMG.4.58365Seven new Neocallimastigomycota genera from wild, zoo-housed, and domesticated herbivores greatly expand the taxonomic diversity of the phylum
Hanafy, R. A., Lanjekar, V. B., Dhakephalkar, P. K., Callaghan, T. M., Dagar, S. S., Griffith, G., Elshahed, M. S. & Youssef, N. H., 14 Feb 2020, In: Mycologia. 112, 6, p. 1212-1239 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review