Dr Iain MacArthur

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• Towards comprehensive understanding of bacterial genetic diversity: large-scale amplifications in Bordetella pertussis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Abrahams, J., Weigand, M., Ring, N., MacArthur, I., Etty, J., Peng, S., Williams, M., Bready, B., Catalano, A., Davis, J., Kaiser, M., Oliver, J., Sage, J., Bagby, S., Tondella, M., Gorringe, A., Preston, A. 10 Feb 2022, In: Microbial genomics
• A qPCR assay for Bordetella pertussis cells that enumerates both live and dead bacteria, Ramkissoon, S., MacArthur, I., Ibrahim, M., de Graaf, H., Read, R., Preston, A. 30 Apr 2020, In: PLoS One
• Fundamental differences in physiology of Bordetella pertussis dependent on the two-component system Bvg revealed by gene essentiality studies, Belcher, T., MacArthur, I., King, J., Langridge, G., Mayho, M., Parkhill, J., Preston, A. 1 Dec 2020, In: Microbial genomics
• How Genomics Is Changing What We Know About the Evolution and Genome of Bordetella pertussis, MacArthur, I. 6 Jan 2020, Pertussis Infection and Vaccines, Springer
• The evolution of Bordetella pertussis has selected for mutations of acr that lead to sensitivity to hydrophobic molecules and fatty acids, MacArthur, I., Belcher, T., King, J., Ramasamy, V., Alhammadi, M., Preston, A. Apr 2019, In: Emerging Microbes and Infections
• Congenerics: What can be learned about pertussis from pertussis-like disease caused by other bordetella?, MacArthur, I., Preston, A. 20 Dec 2018, Pertussis, Oxford, Oxford University Press
• Comparative Genomics of Rhodococcus equi Virulence Plasmids Indicates Host-Driven Evolution of the vap Pathogenicity Island, MacArthur, I., Anastasi, E., Alvarez, S., Scortti, M., Vázquez-Boland, J. 1 May 2017, In: Genome Biology and Evolution
• Pangenome and Phylogenomic Analysis of the Pathogenic Actinobacterium Rhodococcus equi, Anastasi, E., MacArthur, I., Scortti, M., Alvarez, S., Giguère, S., Vázquez-Boland, J. 1 Oct 2016, In: Genome Biology and Evolution
• An invertron-like linear plasmid mediates intracellular survival and virulence in bovine isolates of Rhodococcus equi, Valero-Rello, A., Hapeshi, A., Anastasi, E., Alvarez, S., Scortti, M., Meijer, W., MacArthur, I., Vázquez-Boland, J. 1 Jul 2015, In: Infection and Immunity
• Novel transferable erm(46) determinant responsible for emerging macrolide resistance in Rhodococcus equi, Anastasi, E., Giguère, S., Berghaus, L., Hondalus, M., Willingham-Lane, J., MacArthur, I., Cohen, N., Roberts, M., Vázquez-Boland, J. 1 Dec 2015, In: Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

• Samuel Rattray Investigating Synthetic Textile and Plastic Biodegradation Start Date: 01/10/2024
• Michael Gollan Functional and immune characterisation of a novel adhesin of Bordetella pertussis the causative agent of Whooping Cough Start Date: 01/10/2022 End Date: 17/10/2025
• Michael Gollan unctional and immune characterisation of a novel adhesin of Bordetella pertussis, the causative agent of Whooping Cough Start Date: 01/10/2022 End Date: 22/04/2026
• Samuel Rattray Investigating Synthetic Textile and Plastic Biodegradation Start Date: 01/10/2024 End Date: 17/10/2025

Medicine PhD July 02 2016