JACQUES SODDELL

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MICROBIOLOGIST

I was a microbiologist at Toohey's Brewery (Sydney), then Technical Officer in Microbiology at La Trobe University (Bendigo), and finally an academic at La Trobe University (Bendigo), before concentrating on producing & promoting sound & video art.

teaching

from 1997 to 2004 I lectured in microbiology in the Pharmacy Dept at La Trobe University (Bendigo). Subjects I taught included Introduction to Microbiology, Microbial Ecology and Systematics, Applications in Biotechnology, Molecular Biotechnology, Food Science Essentials, Water Science Essentials, Intermediary Metabolism, Pathology, Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Oncology, Infection and Immunity, Environmental Health, Pathophysiology for Nurses.

research

my main research interests in microbiology were:

bacteria causing foaming problems in activated sludge, especially members of the mycolata

taxonomy of mycolata

actinophages in activated sludge

fractal analysis  in microbiology

lindenmayer systems (modelling growth of microbes and musical interpretations of these models)

publications

Soddell, JA, McIlroy, SJ & Seviour, RJ (2012), 'Genus III. Millisia'. in WB Whitman, M Goodfellow, P Kampfer, HJ Busse, ME Trujillo, W Ludwig, K Suzuki & A Parte (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology: The Actinobacteria. 2 edn, vol. 5A, Springer Publishing Company, New York, pp. 435-437.

Soddell (J.A.), Stainsby (F.M.), Eales (K.L.), Seviour  (R.J.) and Goodfellow (M.) (2006): Gordonia defluvii sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2265-2269.

Soddell (J.A.), Stainsby (F.M.), Eales (K.L.), Kroppenstedt (R.M.), Seviour (R.J.) and Goodfellow (M.): Millisia brevis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinomycete isolated from activated sludge foam. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 739-744.

Stainsby FM. Soddell J. Seviour R. Upton J. Goodfellow M. (2002) Dispelling the "Nocardia amarae" myth: a phylogenetic and phenotypic study of mycolic acid-containing actinomycetes isolated from activated sludge foam. Water Science & Technology. 46(1-2):81-90.

Thomas J, Soddell J & Kurtboke I (2002). Fighting Foam with Phages. Water Science & Technology 46(1-2):511-518.

Soddell JA (2002). Activated Sludge - Foaming. In Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology Bitton G (ed) pp 1-7 (Review)

Carr E. Eason H. Feng S. Hoogenraad A. Croome R. Soddell J. Lindrea K. Seviour R. (2001). RAPD-PCR typing of Acinetobacter isolates from activated sludge systems designed to remove phosphorus microbiologically. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 90(3):309-319

Liu JR. Burrell P. Seviour EM. Soddell JA. Blackall LL. Seviour RJ. (2000). The filamentous bacterial morphotype 'Nostocoida limicola' I contains at least two previously described genera in the low G+C gram positive bacteria. Systematic & Applied Microbiology. 23(4):528-534, 2000 Dec.

Soddell FB. & Soddell JA. (2000). Microbes and Music. The Sixth Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI200). Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Series. Springer-Verlag

Seviour RJ, Maszenan AM, Soddell JA, Tandoi V., Patel BKC, Kong Y. & Schumann P. (2000). Microbiology of ‘G-Bacteria’ in activated sludge (Review). Environment. Microbiol. 2, 1-14.

Seviour RJ, Lindrea KC, Seviour EM, Soddell JA & McKenzie CM. (2000). Bulking and Foaming Filamentous Bacteria in Australian Activated Sludge Plants. In IWA Special Publication ‘Solids Separation Problems in Activated Sludge’ Eds V.Tandoi & D.Jenkins, IWA, London.

Seviour RJ, Soddell JA, Liu J-R, McKenzie CM & Saint C. (2000). The filamentous bacteria causing bulking and foaming in activated sludge plants. Australian Biotechnology. Vol 10, No 3, 24-29.

Soddell JA (1999) Foaming. pp 161-202. In Seviour RJ & Blackall LL (eds) The Microbiology of Activated Sludge. Kluwer

Lindrea KC, Seviour EM, Seviour RS, Blackall, LL & Soddell JA. (1999) Practical methods for the examination and characterisation of activated sludge. pp 256-300. In Seviour RJ & Blackall LL (eds) The Microbiology of Activated Sludge. Kluwer

Maszenan AM, Seviour RJ, Patel BKC, Schumann P, Burghart, J, Webb R, Soddell JA & Rees GN (1999). Two gram positive cocci growing in aggregates of repeating groups of cocci isolated from activated sludge foam belong to the genus Friedmaniella as new species, Friedmaniella spumicola sp. nov. and Friedmaniella capsulatus sp. nov. Int J Sys Bacteriol 49, 1667-1680.

Soddell J & Seviour R (1998). Numerical Taxonomy of Skermania piniformis and related isolates from activated sludge. Journal of Applied Microbiology 84(2):272-284.

Soddell JA, Seviour RJ, Blackall LL & Hugenholtz P (1998) New foam-forming nocardioforms found in activated sludge. Water Science & Technology. 37(4-5):495-502.

Maszenan AM. Seviour RJ. Mcdougall BM. Soddell JA.(1997) Diversity of isolates of Acinetobacter from activated sludge systems based on their whole cell protein patterns. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 18(4):267-271.

Soddell J & Seviour R (1996). Growth of an activated sludge foam-forming bacterium, Nocardia pinensis, on hydrophobic substrates. Water Science and Technology, 34, 113-118.

Stratton HM, Seviour RJ, Soddell JA, Blackall LL & Muir D (1996). The opportunistic pathogen Nocardia farcinica is a foam-producing bacterium in activated sludge plants. Letters in Applied Microbiology 22, 342-346.

Soddell J & Seviour R (1995). Relationship between temperature and growth of organisms causing Nocardia foams in activated sludge plants. Water Research 29, 1555-1558.

Knight GC, Seviour EM, Seviour RJ, Soddell JA, Lindrea KC, Strachan W, De Grey B & Bayly RC (1995). Development of the microbial community of a full scale biological nutrient removal activated sludge olant during start-up. Water Research 29, 2085-2093.

Hudson R, Williams C, Seviour RJ & Soddell JA (1994). variations in phenotypic characters of Type 021N from activated sludge systems. Water Science and Technology 29, 143-147.

Soddell J A & Seviour R J (1994). A comparison of methods for determining the Fractal Dimensions of filamentous bacteria. Binary 6, 21-31.

Soddell JA & Seviour RJ (1994). Incidence and morphological variability of Nocardia pinensis in Australian activated sludge plants. Water Research 28, 2343-2351.

Soddell J & Seviour R (1994). Using box counting techniques for measuring shape of colonies of filamentous micro-organisms. In Complex Systems: Mechanism of Adaptation, pp 313-320. Edited by R Stonier & X Yu. Amsterdam: IOS Press

Soddell F, Seviour R & Soddell J. (1994). Using Lindenmayer Systems to Investigate How Filamentous Fungi May Produce Round Colonies. In Complex Systems: Mechanism of Adaptation, pp 61-68. Edited by R Stonier & X Yu. Amsterdam: IOS Press

Knight GC, Seviour RJ, Seviour EM, Soddell JA & Bayly RC (1994). The development of the microbial community of the Bendigo BNR activated sludge plant during its start-up period. In Proceedings of Second Australian Conference on Biological Nutrient Removal from Wastewater (BNR2), (ed Pilkington NH & Bayly RC), Australian Water and Wastewater Association, pp.117-123.

Knight GC, Seviour RJ,Soddell JA McDonnell S & Bayly RC (1994). Metabolic variations among strains of Acinetobacter isolated from activated sludge. In Proceedings of Second Australian Conference on Biological Nutrient Removal from Wastewater (BNR2), (ed Pilkington NH & Bayly RC), Australian Water and Wastewater Association, pp.383-389.

Seviour EM, Lindrea KC, Seviour RJ, Soddell JA & Stratton HM (1994). Education in the waste water treatment industry. In Proceedings of Second Australian Conference on Biological Nutrient Removal from Wastewater (BNR2), (ed Pilkington NH & Bayly RC), Australian Water and Wastewater Association, pp. 447-450.

Seviour EM, Williams C, DeGrey B, Soddell JA, Seviour RJ & Lindrea KC (1994). Studies on filamentous bacteria from Australian activated sludge plants. Water Research 28, 2335-2342.

Soddell JA, Seviour RJ, Seviour EM & Stratton HM (1993) Foaming and foam control in activated sludge systems. In Prevention and Control of Bulking Activated Sludge. (Edited by Jenkins D, Ramadori R & Cingolani L), pp 115-132. Luigi Bazzucchi Centre, Perugia.

Stratton HM, Seviour RJ & Soddell JA (1993). Effect of culture conditions on cell surface hydrophobicity of nocardioforms. Actinomycetes 4, 40-46.

Seviour EM, Knight GC, DeGrey B, Soddell JA, Seviour RJ & Lindrea KC (1993) Development of filamentous bacteria during start-up of the Bendigo Biological Nutrient removal plant. In Prevention and Control of Bulking Activated Sludge. (Edited by Jenkins D, Ramadori R & Cingolani L), pp 167-168. Luigi Bazzucchi Centre, Perugia.

Seviour EM, Seviour RJ, Soddell JA, Lindrea KC, (1993). The identification of filamentous bacteria in Australian activated sludge plants. In Prevention and Control of Bulking Activated Sludge. (Edited by Jenkins D, Ramadori R & Cingolani L), pp 163-165. Luigi Bazzucchi Centre, Perugia.

Knight GC, McDonnell SA, Seviour RJ & Soddell JA (1993). Identification of Acinetobacter isolates using the Biolog identification system. Letters in Applied Microbiology 16, 261-264.

Soddell JA, Beacham AM & Seviour RJ (1993). Phenotypic identification of non-clinical isolates of Acinetobacter species. Journal of Applied Bacteriology. 74, 210-214.

Soddell J, Knight G, Strachan W & Seviour R (1992). Nocardioforms not Nocardia foams. Water Science and Technology 26, 455-460.

Soddell JA & Seviour RJ (1990). Microbiology of foaming in activated sludge plants - a review. Journal Applied Bacteriology 69, 145-176.

Seviour EM, Soddell JA, Seviour RJ, Knight GC, Lindrea KC & Murdoch WC (1990). Monitoring filamentous bacteria in activated sludge plants. Water August, 25-27

Seviour EM, Williams CJ, Seviour RJ, Soddell JA & Lindrea KC (1989). A survey of filamentous bacterial populations from foaming activated sludge plants in eastern states of Australia. Water Research 24, 493-498.

Seviour RJ, Pethica LM, Soddell JA & Pitt DE (1985). Electrophoretic patterns of sporangiospore proteins of Rhizopus isolates as taxonomic characters. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 84, 703-708.

Soddell JA & Seviour RJ (1985). CLASSIFY: A group teaching exercise in microbial identification and numerical taxonomy using a Commodore 64 microcomputer. Journal of Biological Education 19, 232-236.

Soddell J & Seviour (1985). SIMULBUG: A computer program to simulate bacterial cultures. Binary, Newsletter of the SGM Computer Club 6, 30-32.

Kennedy L & Soddell J. "Farm Scale Digestion of Pig Waste for Methane Production." Proceedings of Third National Chemical Engineering Conference, Mildura, 1975. pp T131-T133.