Dr Amanda Jones

Associate Professor

School: Geography and Natural Sciences

After obtaining a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Sciences at Sunderland University, Amanda worked for a number of years in microbial research at Freeman Hospital, who subsequently cofounded her PhD at Newcastle University under the supervision of Professor Michael Goodfellow. Amanda continued to work as a postgraduate research associate, in the field of microbial systematics at Newcastle University until the beginning of 2009, where upon Amanda took her post as a Lecturer in Biology.

Amanda was a member of the ISBA 14 Organising Committee, the 14th International Symposium on the Biology of the Actinomycetes, Newcastle upon Tyne, August 2007. In 2009 Amanda was appointed guest editor for the Antonie van Leeuwenhoek special issue from the 15th International Symposium on the Biology of the Actinomycetes, Shanghai. In 2011 Amanda was appointed co-chair for the Emerging pathogenic actinomycetes at the 16th International Symposium on the Biology of the Actinomycetes, Mexico and guest editor for the Antonie van Leeuwenhoek special issue from the same conference. In addition to being elected chairperson of the International Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Nocardia and related genera. Amanda is currently a Charter Member of Bergey’s International Society for Microbial Systematics, a member of The Society for General Microbiology and Society for Applied Microbiology.

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Professional Activity

Associate Editor, Bergey’s International Society for Microbial Systematics (BISMiS) Bulletin.

http://www.bismis.org/

Associate Editor, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology.

http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/content/journal/ijsem

Key Publications

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An investigation on the suitability of tailored selective isolation techniques for the isolation of Actinomycetes, Hossain, M., Lawson, P., Brown, A., Jones, A. 31 Mar 2025, Microbiology conference Poster abstract booklet, London, Microbiology Society
An investigation on the suitability of tailored selective isolation techniques for the isolation of Actinomycetes, Hossain, M., Walker, K., Lawson, P., Brown, A., Jones, A. 17 Oct 2025, The Sixth Meeting of Bergey’s International Society for Microbial Systematics (BISMiS)
An investigation on the suitability of tailored selective isolation techniques for the isolation of Actinomycetes. , Hossain, M., Lawson, P., Brown, A., Jones, A. 2 Apr 2025, Microbiology Society Annual Conference 2025
Antrihabitans spumae sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from stable foams formed in wastewater treatment plants, and emended description of the genus Antrihabitans, Suescún-Sepúlveda, J., Riesco, R., Petrovski, S., Soddell, J., Sangal, V., Jones, A., Sánchez- Juanes, F., Seviour, R., Goodfellow, M., Trujillo, M. 28 Feb 2025, In: International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology
A study on the approaches in selective isolation for recovery of actinomycetes from an extreme environment, Hossain, M., Lawson, P., Brown, A., Jones, A. 17 Jun 2025, 20th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes
Genomic analysis of Aeromonas species isolated from retail foods suggests an under-investigated population, Harding-Crooks, R., Macori, G., Sangal, V., Jones, A., Smith, D., Fanning, S., Fox, E. 2 Nov 2025, In: International Journal of Food Microbiology
Novel diagnostic approaches to the recovery of nontuberculous mycobacteria from clinical samples, Stephenson, D., Preece, C., Perry, A., Nelson, A., Perry, J., Jones, A. 17 Jun 2025, 20th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes
Using a polyphasic approach to investigate novel Streptomyces Spp. isolated from soil from the Great Salt Plains, Oklahoma, USA, Walker, K., Lawson, P., Hossain, M., Alhejaili, A., Brown, A., Jones, A. 17 Oct 2025, The Sixth Meeting of Bergey’s International Society for Microbial Systematics (BISMiS)
Utilising metagenomics to investigate presumptive novel actinomycete spp isolated from the Great Salt Plains, Oklahoma, Walker, K., Lawson, P., Alhejaili, A., Brown, A., Jones, A. 17 Jun 2025, 20th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes
Utilising metagenomics to investigate presumptive novel actinomycete spp. isolated from the Great Salt Plains, Oklahoma, Walker, K., Lawson, P., Alhejaili, A., Brown, A., Jones, A. 31 Mar 2025, Microbiology conference Poster abstract booklet, London, Microbiology Society

Professional Activity

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Invited talk: Determining bioactive properties of novel Streptomyces spp., isolated from soil samples from the Great Salt Plains, Oklahoma, USA, an extreme hypersaline environment. 2025
Invited talk: Novel diagnostic approaches to the recovery of novel NTM species from clinical samples 2025
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: The Sixth Meeting of Bergey’s International Society for Microbial Systematics (BISMiS) 2025
Invited talk: Life: The Greatest Show 2025
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Early Career Summer Conference 2025 2025
Invited talk: Early Career Summer Conference 2025 2025
Invited talk: Presumptive Novel Streptomyces spp. from Great Salt Plains, Oklahoma 2025
Oral presentation: Utilising actinobacteria diversity in the Great Salt Plains to look for novel TB therapeutics 2025
Invited talk: Utilising actinobacteria diversity in the Great Salt Plains to look for novel TB therapeutics 2024
Invited talk: Legitimate, illegitimate, valid, correct, rejected: negotiating a nomenclatural minefield with Prescottella equi. 2023

PGR Supervision

Md Hossain Utilization of Novel Approaches in the Bioprospecting of Extreme Habitats for Novel Antimicrobial Agents Start Date: 01/03/2024
Karen Walker Utilisations of metagenomics to underpin novel culture based approaches in the bioprospecting of extreme habitats for novel antimicrobial agents. Start Date: 01/03/2019 End Date: 17/10/2025
Dominic Stephenson Modifying Mycobacterial Isolation and Identification Approaches for Patients with Pulmonary Disease Start Date: 01/05/2017 End Date: 17/10/2025
Md Hossain Utilization of Novel Approaches in the Bioprospecting of Extreme Habitats for Novel Antimicrobial Agents Start Date: 01/03/2024 End Date: 01/04/2026
Karen Walker Exploring biodiversity of the Great Salt Plains, Oklahoma, an extreme environment: Adaptation to hypersaline conditions and bioactive potential. Start Date: 01/03/2019
Dominic Stephenson Modifying Mycobacterial Isolation and Identification Approaches for Patients with Pulmonary Disease Start Date: 01/05/2017 End Date: 22/04/2026
Md Hossain Utilization of Novel Approaches in the Bioprospecting of Extreme Habitats for Novel Antimicrobial Agents Start Date: 01/03/2024 End Date: 17/10/2025