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/

  1. 2021
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    E. coli Is a Poor End-Product Criterion for Assessing the General Microbial Risk Posed From Consuming Norovirus Contaminated Shellfish

    Sharp, J. H., Clements, K., Diggens, M., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K. & Jones, D. L., 19 Chwef 2021, Yn: Frontiers in Microbiology. 12, t. 608888

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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.

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  4. 2020
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    Application of ecological and evolutionary theory to microbiome community dynamics across systems

    McDonald, J., Marchesi, J. R. & Koskella, B., 23 Rhag 2020, Yn: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1941, 20202886.

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    Shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in feces and urine and its potential role in person-to-person transmission and the environment-based spread of COVID-19

    Jones, D. L., Baluja, M. Q., Graham, D. W., Corbishley, A., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K., Hillary, L. S., Connor, T. R., Gaze, W. H., Moura, I. B., Wilcox, M. H. & Farkas, K., 20 Rhag 2020, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 749, 141364.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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    Viral indicators for tracking domestic wastewater contamination in the aquatic environment

    Farkas, K., Walker, D., Adriaenssens, E., McDonald, J., Hillary, L., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 15 Awst 2020, Yn: Water Research. 181, 115926.

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    Survival of Brenneria goodwinii and Gibbsiella quercinecans, Associated with Acute Oak Decline, in Rainwater and Forest Soil

    Pettifor, B. J., Doonan, J., Denman, S. & McDonald, J., Maw 2020, Yn: Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 43, 2

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