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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    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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    High-Throughput Method for Rapid Induction of Prophages from Lysogens and Its Application in the Study of Shiga Toxin-Encoding Escherichia coli Strains

    McDonald, J. E., Smith, D. L., Fogg, P. C., McCarthy, A. J. & Allison, H. E., 1 Ebr 2010, Yn: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76, 7, t. 2360-2365

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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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    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. 148-161

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  6. 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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    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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    Impact of climate change on UK estuaries: A review of past trends and potential projections

    Robins, P. E., Skov, M. W., Lewis, M. J., Gimenez, L., Davies, A. G., Malham, S. K., Neill, S. P., McDonald, J. E., Whitton, T. A., Jackson, S. E. & Jago, C. F., 17 Rhag 2015, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 169, t. 119-135

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    Importance of Micromonospora spp. as colonizers of cellulose in freshwater lakes as demonstrated by quantitative reverse transcriptase PCR of 16S rRNA

    de Menezes, A. B., McDonald, J. E., Allison, H. E. & McCarthy, A. J., Mai 2012, Yn: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78, 9, t. 3495-9 5 t.

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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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    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.

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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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    Lignocellulose-Degrading Microbial Communities in Landfill Sites Represent a Repository of Unexplored Biomass- Degrading Diversity Emma

    Ransom-Jones, E., McCarthy, AJ., Haldenby, S., Doonan, J. & McDonald, JE., Awst 2017, Yn: mSphere. 2, 4, e00300.

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    Metagenomic approaches to the discovery of cellulases

    Rooks, D. J., McDonald, J. E. & McCarthy, A. J., 2012, Yn: Methods in Enzymology. 510, t. 375-94 20 t.

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    Methods for the isolation of cellulose-degrading microorganisms

    McDonald, J. E., Rooks, D. J. & McCarthy, A. J., 2012, Yn: Methods in Enzymology. 510, t. 349-74 26 t.

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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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    Molecular biological detection and quantification of novel Fibrobacter populations in freshwater lakes.

    McDonald, J. E., De Menezes, A. B., Allison, H. E. & McCarthy, A. J., 1 Awst 2009, Yn: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75, 15, t. 5148-5152

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    Monitoring SARS-CoV-2 in municipal wastewater to evaluate the success of lockdown measures for controlling COVID-19 in the UK

    Hillary, L. S., Farkas, K., Maher, K. H., Lucaci, A., Thorpe, J., Distaso, M. A., Gaze, W. H., Paterson, S., Burke, T., Connor, T. R., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K. & Jones, D. L., 15 Gorff 2021, Yn: Water Research. 200, t. 117214 1 t.

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    Multilocus sequence typing provides insights into the population structure and evolutionary potential of Brenneria goodwinii, associated with acute oak decline

    Kaczmarek, M., Mullett, M. S., McDonald, J. & Denman, S., 1 Meh 2017, Yn: PLoS ONE. 12, 6, e0178390.

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    Physicochemical Factors Influence the Abundance and Culturability of Human Enteric Pathogens and Fecal Indicator Organisms in Estuarine Water and Sediment

    Hassard, F., Andrews, A., Jones, D. L., Parsons, L., Jones, V., Cox, B. A., Daldorph, P., Brett, H., McDonald, J. & Malham, S., Hyd 2017, Yn: Frontiers in Microbiology. 8, 1996.

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    RNA-viromics reveals diverse communities of soil RNA viruses with the potential to affect grassland ecosystems across multiple trophic levels

    Hillary, L. S., Adriaenssens, E. M., Jones, D. L. & McDonald, J. E., 8 Ebr 2022, Yn: ISME Communications. 2, 1, t. 34 34.

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    Seasonal and diurnal surveillance of treated and untreated wastewater for human enteric viruses

    Farkas, K., Marshall, M., Cooper, D., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K., Peters, D. E., Maloney, J. D. & Jones, D. L., Tach 2018, Yn: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25, 33, t. 33391-33401

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    Seasonal and spatial dynamics of enteric viruses in wastewater and in riverine and estuarine receiving waters

    Malham, S., Farkas, K., McDonald, J., Jones, D. L., Cooper, D. & de Rougemont, A., 1 Medi 2018, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 634, t. 1174 1183 t.

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    Sediment Composition Influences Spatial Variation in the Abundance of Human Pathogen Indicator Bacteria within an Estuarine Environment

    Perkins, T. L., Clements, K., Baas, J. H., Jago, C. F., Jones, D. L., Malham, S. K. & McDonald, J. E., 14 Tach 2014, Yn: PLoS ONE. 9, 11

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    Shifts in Soil Structure, Biological, and Functional Diversity Under Long-Term Carbon Deprivation

    George, P. B. L., Fidler, D. B., Van Nostrand, J. D., Atkinson, J. A., Mooney, S. J., Creer, S., Griffiths, R. I., McDonald, J. E., Robinson, D. A. & Jones, D. L., 14 Medi 2021, Yn: Frontiers in Microbiology. 12, 735022.

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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.

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