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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    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. 386-399

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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. 484-490

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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.

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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.

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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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    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).

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  7. 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.

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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. 1586-1600

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    Evaluation of Molecular Methods for the Detection and Quantification of Pathogen-Derived Nucleic Acids in Sediment

    Farkas, K., Hassard, F., McDonald, J., Malham, S. & Jones, D., 24 Ion 2017, Yn: Frontiers in Microbiology. 6, t. 1-12 53.

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    Concentration and Quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in Wastewater Using Polyethylene Glycol-Based Concentration and qRT-PCR.(vol 4, 17, 2021)

    Farkas, K., Hillary, L. S., Thorpe, J., Walker, D. I., Lowther, J. A., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K. & Jones, D. L., 12 Tach 2021, Yn: Methods and Protocols. 4, 4

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