Senior Lecturer in Genomics
Carrie.Brady@uwe.ac.uk
Research interests: forest pathogens, bacterial taxonomy, pathogen-host interactions
I am a bacterial taxonomist by training, and my research focuses on tree pathogens particularly acute oak decline (AOD) and more recently, bleeding cankers of other broadleaf hosts including Tilia. We use molecular methods to identify and classify the bacterial species responsible for causing disease on tree hosts; to develop novel screening techniques to detect common bacteria isolated from diseased plant tissue and also examine possible synergistic relationships between the bacteria and routes of infection from possible reservoirs such as rhizosphere soil. I work closely with Forest Research and Westonbirt Arboretum. I am leading PhD projects on management of AOD in parkland oak and determining the threat to Tilia health, part-funded by the charities Woodland Heritage and Friends of Westonbirt Arboretum, respectively.
Publications:
D. Maddock, C.L. Brady, S. Denman and D. Arnold. Bacteria associated with Acute Oak Decline: Where did they come from? We know where they go. Microorganisms (2023) 11:2789.
D. Maddock, C.L. Brady, S. Denman and D. Arnold. Description of Dryocola gen. nov. and two novel species, Dryocola boscaweniae sp. nov. and Dryocola clanedunensis sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of native British oaks. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. (2023) 46: 126399
D. Maddock, D. Arnold, S. Denman and C.L. Brady. Description of a novel species of Leclercia, Leclercia tamurae sp. nov. and proposal of a novel genus Silvania gen. nov. containing two novel species Silvania hatchlandensis sp. nov. and Silvania confinis sp. nov. isolated from the rhizosphere of oak. BMC Microbiol. (2022) 22:289
C.L. Brady, S. Kaur, B. Crampton, D. Maddock, D. Arnold and S. Denman. Transfer of Erwinia toletana and Erwinia iniecta to a novel genus Winslowiella gen. nov. as Winslowiella toletana comb. nov. and Winslowiella iniecta comb. nov. and description of Winslowiella arboricola sp. nov., isolated from bleeding cankers on broadleaf hosts. Front. Microbiol. (2022) doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1063107
D. Maddock, H. Kile, S. Denman, D. Arnold and C.L. Brady. Description of three novel species of Scandinavium: Scandinavium hiltneri sp. nov., Scandinavium manionii sp. nov. and Scandinavium tedordense sp. nov., isolated from the oak rhizosphere and bleeding cankers of broadleaf hosts. Front. Microbiol. (2022) doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1011653
H. Kile, D. Arnold, J. Allainguillaume, S. Denman and C.L. Brady. Brenneria tiliae sp. nov., isolated from symptomatic Tilia x moltkei and Tilia x europaea trees in the UK. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2022) 72: 005515
C.L. Brady, J. Asselin, S. Beer, M.B. Brurberg, B. Crampton, S. Venter, D. Arnold and S. Denman. Rahnella perminowiae sp. nov., Rahnella bonaserana sp. nov., Rahnella rivi sp. nov. and Rahnella ecdela sp. nov., isolated from diverse environmental sources, and emended description of the genus Rahnella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2022) 72: 005190
C.L. Brady, M. Orsi, J.M. Doonan, S. Denman and D. Arnold. Brenneria goodwinii growth in vitro is improved by competitive interactions with other bacterial species associated with Acute Oak Decline. Curr Res Microbiol (2021) 3: 100102
A. E. Murray, J. Freudenstein, […], S. Gribaldo, R. Hatzenpichler, C.L. Brady, […] and A. Reysenback. Roadmap for naming uncultivated archaea and bacteria. Nat Microbiol (2020) 5: 987-994
V. Bueno-Gonzalez, C.L. Brady, S. Denman, J. Allainguillaume and D. Arnold. Pseudomonas kirkiae sp. nov., a novel species isolated from oak in the United Kingdom, and phylogenetic considerations of the genera Pseudomonas, Azotobacter and Azomonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2020) 70: 2426-2434
V. Bueno-Gonzalez, C.L. Brady, S. Denman, S. Plummer, J. Allainguillaume and D. Arnold. Pseudomonas daroniae sp. nov. and Pseudomonas dryadis sp. nov. isolated from pedunculate oak affected by Acute Oak Decline in the United Kingdom. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2019) 69: 3368-3376
C.L. Brady, D. Arnold, J. McDonald and S. Denman. Taxonomy and identification of bacteria associated with acute oak decline. World J Microbiol Biotechnol (2017) 33: 143
C.L. Brady, J. Allainguillaume, S. Denman and D. Arnold. Rapid identification of bacteria associated with Acute Oak Decline by high-resolution melt analysis. Lett Appl Microbiol (2016) 63: 89-95
C.L. Brady, T. Irisawa, T, Iino, M., Ohkuma, D. Arnold and S. Denman. Gibbsiella papilionis Kim et al. 2013 is a later heterotypic synonym of Gibbsiella dentisursi Saito et al. 2012. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol (2015) 65: 4788-4791
C.L. Brady, G. Hunter, S. Kirk, D. Arnold and S. Denman. Rahnella victoriana sp. nov., Rahnella bruchi sp. nov., Rahnella woolbedingensis sp. nov., classification of Rahnella genomospecies 2 and 3 as Rahnella variigena sp. nov. and Rahnella inusitata sp. nov., respectively and emended description of the genus Rahnella. Syst Appl Microbiol (2014) 37: 545-552
C.L. Brady, G. Hunter, S. Kirk, D. Arnold and S. Denman. Gibbsiella greigii sp. nov., a novel species associated with oak decline in the USA. Syst Appl Microbiol (2014) 37: 417-422
C.L. Brady, G. Hunter, S. Kirk, D. Arnold and S. Denman. Description of Brenneria roseae sp. nov. and two subspecies, Brenneria roseae subspecies roseae ssp. nov and Brenneria roseae subspecies americana ssp. nov. isolated from symptomatic oak. Syst Appl Microbiol (2014) 37: 391-401
C.A.E. Hicks, E.N. Barker, C. Brady, C.R. Stokes, C.R. Helps and S. Tasker. Non-ribosomal phylogenetic exploration of Mollicute species: new insights into haemoplasma taxonomy. Infect Gen Evol (2014) 23: 99-105
C.L. Brady, I. Cleenwerck, S.N. Venter, T.A. Coutinho and P. De Vos. Taxonomic evaluation of the genus Enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA): proposal to reclassify E. nimipressuralis and E. amnigenus into Lelliottia gen. nov. as Lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and Lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, E. gergoviae and E. pyrinus into Pluralibacter gen. nov. as Pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and Pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, E. cowanii, E. radicincitans, E. oryzae and E. arachidis into Kosakonia gen. nov. as Kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., Kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., Kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and Kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, … and emended description of the genera Enterobacter and Cronobacter. Syst Appl Microbiol (2013) 36: 309-319