Professor James McDonald
Honorary Professor
Contact info
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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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 Dec 2016, In: Science of the Total Environment. 572, p. 1586-1600Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Subtle shifts in microbial communities occur alongside the release of carbon induced by drought and rewetting in contrasting peatland ecosystems
Potter, C., Freeman, C., Golyshin, P., Ackerman, G., Fenner, N., McDonald, J., Ehbair, A., Jones, T., Murphy, L. & Creer, S., Sept 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 7, 11314.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Mar 2020, In: Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 43, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Fibrobacteres: an Important Phylum of Cellulose-Degrading Bacteria
Ransom-Jones, E., Jones, D., McCarthy, A. J. & McDonald, J. E., Feb 2012, In: Microbial Ecology. 63, 2, p. 267-281Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The interaction of human microbial pathogens, particulate material and nutrients in estuarine environments and their impacts on recreational and shellfish waters
Malham, S. K., Rajko-Nenow, P., Howlett, E., Tuson, K. E., Perkins, T. L., Pallett, D. W., Wang, H., Jago, C. F., Jones, D. L. & McDonald, J. E., 7 Jul 2014, In: Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 16, p. 2145-2155Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jan 2015, In: Journal of Applied Microbiology. 118, 1, p. 193-201 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The microbial ecology of anaerobic cellulose degradation in municipal waste landfill sites: evidence of a role for fibrobacters
McDonald, J. E., Houghton, J. N., Rooks, D. J., Allison, H. E. & McCarthy, A. J., 1 Apr 2012, In: Environmental Microbiology. 14, 4, p. 1077-1087Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Sept 2021, In: Water Research. 203Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Two-Step Concentration of Complex Water Samples for the Detection of Viruses
Farkas, K., McDonald, J., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 10 Sept 2018, In: Methods and Protocols. 1, 3, 35.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Use of Mytilus edulis biosentinels to investigate spatial patterns of norovirus and faecal indicator organism contamination around coastal sewage discharges
Winterbourn, J., Clements, K., Lowther, J. A., Malham, S., McDonald, J. & Jones, D., 15 Nov 2016, In: Water Research. 105, November, p. 241-250Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using chemical, microbial and fluorescence techniques to understand contaminant sources and pathways to wetlands in a conservation site
Rhymes, J. M., Rhymes, J., Jones, L., Lapworth, D. J., White, D., Fenner, N., McDonald, J. E. & Perkins, T. L., 20 Jan 2015, In: Science of the Total Environment. 511, p. 703-710Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Aug 2020, In: Water Research. 181, 115926.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Oct 2020, In: Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 17, p. 14-20 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing Analysis of Soft-Rot Enterobacteriaceae in Polymicrobial Communities
Doonan, J., Denman, S., McDonald, J. & Golyshin, P., 30 Nov 2016, Metagenomics. Streit , W. R. & Daniel, R. (eds.). Springer New York, Vol. 1539. p. 85-97 (Methods in Molecular Biology; vol. 1539).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Bacterial biota of forest trees
Pettifor, B. & McDonald, J., Aug 2021, Forest Microbiology: Tree Microbiome: Phyllosphere, Endosphere and Rhizosphere. Asiegbu, F. O. & Kovalchuk, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Academic Press, Elsevier, Vol. 1. p. 161 - 173 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Evaluation of spatial contamination patterns for norovirus and faecal indicator bacteria near to a coastal sewage discharge using Mytilus edulis as biosentinels
Winterbourn, J. B., Clements, K., Malham, S., McDonald, J. & Jones, D. L., Jan 2013, 92 McLeod et al (eds.). Proc. 9th Int. Conf. Molluscan Shellfish Safety . p. 89-92Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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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 Dec 2020, In: Science of the Total Environment. 749, 141364.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Taxonomy and identification of bacteria associated with acute oak decline
Brady, C., Arnold, D., McDonald, J. & Denman, S., Jul 2017, In: World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 33, 7, p. 143Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Using a systematic approach to synthesize existing knowledge on Gymnopus fusipes ( syn . Collybia fusipes ), the cause of Collybia root rot
Pettifor, B., McDonald, J. & Denman, S., Oct 2022, In: Forest Pathology. 52, 5, p. 1 - 14 e12766.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review