Professor James McDonald
Honorary Professor

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James McDonald is Professor of microbial ecology at Bangor University.
Current research themes include microbiome analysis of biomass-degrading microorganisms for biofuels and biotechnology, high-throughput methods for the detection of human pathogens in aquatic environments, and microbiome analysis of the complex tree disease, Acute Oak Decline.
His group applies a combination of microbiological culture techniques and contemporary ‘omics’ technologies (e.g. genomics, metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics) to address these research themes.
Location: 2nd Floor ECW Building
Tel: +44 (0)1248 383077
Personal webpage: https://www.jamesmcdonaldlab.com/
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Concentration and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater using polyethylene glycol-based concentration and qRT-PCR
Farkas, K., Hillary, L., Thorpe, J., Walker, D., Lowther, J. A., McDonald, J., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 23 Chwef 2021, Yn: Methods and Protocols. 4, 1, 10 t., 17.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Evaluation of Two Triplex One-Step qRT-PCR Assays for the Quantification of Human Enteric Viruses in Environmental Samples
Farkas, K., Peters, D. E., McDonald, J., de Rougemont, A., Malham, S. & Jones, D., Medi 2017, Yn: Food and Environmental Virology. 9, 3, t. 342-349Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Wastewater and public health: the potential of wastewater surveillance for monitoring COVID-19
Farkas, K., Hillary, L., Malham, S., McDonald, J. & Jones, D. L., Hyd 2020, Yn: Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 17, t. 14-20 7 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Spatial patterns and environmental constraints on ecosystem services at a catchment scale
Emmett, B., Cooper, D., Smart, S., Jackson, B., Thomas, A., Cosby, B., Evans, C., Glanville, H., McDonald, J., Malham, S., Marshall, M., Jarvis, S., Rajko-Nenow, P., Webb, G. P., Ward, S., Rowe, E., Jones, L., Vanbergen, E. J., Keith, A., Carter, H., Pereira, M. G., Hughes, S., Lebron, I., Wade, A. & Jones, D., 1 Rhag 2016, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 572, t. 1586-1600Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Taxonomic description and genome sequence of Anaerorudis cellulosivorans gen. Nov. sp. nov., a novel cellulose- and Xylan-degrading bacterium of the Bacteroidota phylum isolated from a lab-scale methanogenic landfill bioreactor digesting municipal solid waste
El Houari, A., Carpenter, M., Chaplin, D., Golyshin, P. & McDonald, J., 1 Maw 2025, Yn: Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 49, 2, 126590.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Identification of carbohydrate metabolism genes in the metagenome of a marine biofilm community shown to be dominated by gammaproteobacteria and bacteroidetes
Edwards, J. L., Smith, D. L., Connolly, J., McDonald, J. E., Cox, M. J., Joint, I., Edwards, C. & McCarthy, A. J., 26 Hyd 2010, Yn: Genes. 1, 3, t. 371-84 14 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing Analysis of Soft-Rot Enterobacteriaceae in Polymicrobial Communities
Doonan, J., Denman, S., McDonald, J. & Golyshin, P., 30 Tach 2016, Metagenomics. Streit , W. R. & Daniel, R. (gol.). Springer New York, Cyfrol 1539. t. 85-97 (Methods in Molecular Biology; Cyfrol 1539).Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
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Genomic analysis of bacteria in the Acute Oak Decline pathobiome
Doonan, J., Denman, S., Pachebat, J. A. & McDonald, J., 8 Ion 2019, Yn: Microbial Genomics. 5, 1, 15 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The intergenic transcribed spacer region 1 as a molecular marker for identification and discrimination of Enterobacteriaceae associated with acute oak decline
Doonan, J., Denman, S., Gertler, C., Pachebat, J. A., Golyshin, P. N. & McDonald, J. E., 1 Ion 2015, Yn: Journal of Applied Microbiology. 118, 1, t. 193-201 9 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Host–microbiota–insect interactions drive emergent virulence in a complex tree disease
Doonan, J., Broberg, M., Denman, S. & McDonald, J., 26 Awst 2020, Yn: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1933, 20200956.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Isolation studies reveal a shift in the cultivable microbiome of oak affected with Acute Oak Decline
Denman, S., Plummer, S., Peace, A. & McDonald, J., 1 Hyd 2016, Yn: Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 39, 7, t. 484-490Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Microbiome and infectivity studies reveal complex polyspecies tree disease in Acute Oak Decline
Denman, S., Doonan, J., Ransom-Jones, E., Broberg, M., Plummer, S., Kirk, S. A., Scarlett, K., Griffiths, A., Kaczmarek, M., Foster, J., Peace, A., Golyshin, P., Hassard, F., Brown, N., Kenny, J. G. & McDonald, J., 2018, Yn: The ISME Journal. 12, t. 386-399Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Identification of Armillaria species on declined oak in Britain: implications for oak health
Denman, S., Barrett, G., Kirk, S. A., McDonald, J. & Coetzee, M. P. A., 7 Ion 2017, Yn: Forestry. 90, 1, t. 148-161Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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A multiplex real‐time PCR assay enables simultaneous rapid detection and quantification of bacteria associated with acute oak decline
Crampton, B. G., Plummer, S., Kaczmarek, M., McDonald, J. & Denman, S., Medi 2020, Yn: Plant Pathology. 69, 7, t. 1301-1310 10 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Soil metabolomics - current challenges and future perspectives
Brown, R., Reay, M. K., Centler, F., Chadwick, D., Bull, I. D., McDonald, J., Evershed, R. P. & Jones, D. L., 1 Meh 2024, Yn: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 109382.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Extraction of Microbial and Host DNA, RNA, and Proteins from Oak Bark Tissue
Broberg, M. & McDonald, J., 5 Chwef 2019, Yn: Methods and Protocols. 2, 1, 15.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Integrated multi-omic analysis of host-microbiota interactions in acute oak decline
Broberg, M., Doonan, J., Mundt, F. & McDonald, J., 30 Ion 2018, Yn: Microbiome. 6, 21.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
Taxonomy and identification of bacteria associated with acute oak decline
Brady, C., Arnold, D., McDonald, J. & Denman, S., Gorff 2017, Yn: World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 33, 7, t. 143Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Impact of Sediment Concentration on the Survival of Wastewater-Derived blaCTX-M-15-Producing E. coli, and the Implications for Dispersal into Estuarine Waters
Bashawri, Y. M. A., Robins, P., Jones, D. L., McDonald, J., Cooper, D. & Williams, P., 19 Hyd 2020, Yn: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17, 20, 15 t., 7608.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Fifty important research questions in microbial ecology
Antwis, R. E., Griffiths, S. M., Harrison, X. A., Aranega-Bou, P., Arce, A., Bettridge, A. S., Brailsford, F., de Menezes, A., Devaynes, A., Forbes, K. M., Fry, E. L., Goodhead, I., Haskell, E., Heys, C., James, C., Johnston, S. R., Lewis, G. R., Lewis, Z., Macey, M. C., McCarthy, A., McDonald, J., Mejia-Florez, N. L., O'Brien, D., Orland, C., Pautasso, M., Reid, W. D. K., Robinson, H. A., Wilson, K. & Sutherland, W. J., Mai 2017, Yn: Fems Microbiology Ecology. 93, 5, fix044.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Improving quantification of bivalve larvae in mixed plankton samples using qPCR: A case study on Mytilus edulis
Alexander, J., Malham, S., Smyth, D., Webb, J., Fidler, D., Bayford, P., McDonald, J. & Le Vay, L., 15 Chwef 2021, Yn: Aquaculture. 532, 736003.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Tracing the fate of wastewater viruses reveals catchment-scale virome diversity and connectivity
Adriaenssens, E. M., Farkas, K., McDonald, J. E., Jones, D. L., Allison, H. E. & McCarthy, A. J., 15 Medi 2021, Yn: Water Research. 203Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid