John William Gibson Cairney (1959–2012) was an eminent Scottish–Australian mycologist and Director of the UWS Centre for Plants and the Environment.[1][2] Cairney specialised in mycorrhizal biology and ecology, particularly of ericoid- and Ectomycorrhiza.[3] Cairney contributed significantly to mycorrhizal research, publishing over 150 manuscripts and serving as the associate editor, editor or on the advisoral panel for numerous scientific journals including: New Phytologist, Plant and Soil, Mycological Research and the Journal of Soils and Sediments.[3]
Professor John William Gibson Cairney | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1959 |
| Died | 2012 Sydney |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mycorrhizal biology, mycology, microbial ecology |
The Australian ericoid mycorrhizal fungal genus Cairneyella is named in his honour.[4]
References edit
- ^ Chambers, Susan (19 December 2012). "Mycologist had passion for research". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ Smith, Sally and Andrew (2013). "A Sad Loss for Australian Plant Science" (PDF). Phytogen. 15 (1).
- ^ a b Anderson, Ian C (2013). "Prof. John William Gibson Cairney, 1959–2012". New Phytologist. 197 (3): 694–695. doi:10.1111/nph.12111.
- ^ David Midgley; Carly Rosewarne; Paul Greenfield; Dongmei Li; Cassandra Vockler; Catherine Hitchcock; Nicole Sawyer; Nai Tran-Dinh (2016). "Genomic insights into the carbohydrate catabolism of Cairneyella variabilis gen. nov. sp. nov., the first reports from a genome of an ericoid mycorrhizal fungus from the southern hemisphere". Mycorrhiza. 26 (4): 345–352. doi:10.1007/s00572-016-0683-6. PMID 26861481.