James McDonald

James McDonald

Bangor University

H-index: 36

Europe-United Kingdom

About James McDonald

James McDonald, With an exceptional h-index of 36 and a recent h-index of 31 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Bangor University, specializes in the field of Microbial ecology, Microbiome analysis, Tree health, Biomass decomposition, Environment and human health.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Soil metabolomics-current challenges and future perspectives

Impacts of plant exclusion on soil lignocellulolytic microbial community composition and function

Investigating the impact of temperature on growth rate of the root rot fungus, Gymnopus fusipes

Lutispora saccharofermentans sp. nov., a mesophilic, non-spore-forming bacterium isolated from a lab-scale methanogenic landfill bioreactor digesting anaerobic sludge, and …

Chemical cues from beetle larvae trigger proliferation and virulence of a plant pathogen

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

Using a systematic approach to synthesize existing knowledge on Gymnopus fusipes (syn. Collybia fusipes), the cause of Collybia root rot

A comparison of precipitation and filtration-based SARS-CoV-2 recovery methods and the influence of temperature, turbidity, and surfactant load in urban wastewater

James McDonald Information

University

Position

Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences

Citations(all)

6209

Citations(since 2020)

5110

Cited By

2845

hIndex(all)

36

hIndex(since 2020)

31

i10Index(all)

61

i10Index(since 2020)

54

Email

University Profile Page

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James McDonald Skills & Research Interests

Microbial ecology

Microbiome analysis

Tree health

Biomass decomposition

Environment and human health

Top articles of James McDonald

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Soil metabolomics-current challenges and future perspectives

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Robert W Brown

Michaela K Reay

Florian Centler

David R Chadwick

Ian D Bull

...

2024/3/12

Impacts of plant exclusion on soil lignocellulolytic microbial community composition and function

Available at SSRN 4499267

James Edward McDonald

David Benjamin Fidler

Paul Bryn Llewellyn George

Robert Iwan Griffiths

David L Jones

2023

Investigating the impact of temperature on growth rate of the root rot fungus, Gymnopus fusipes

Access Microbiology

Bethany J Pettifor

Anparasy Kajamuhan

Sandra Denman

James E McDonald

2023/11/14

Lutispora saccharofermentans sp. nov., a mesophilic, non-spore-forming bacterium isolated from a lab-scale methanogenic landfill bioreactor digesting anaerobic sludge, and …

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Abdelaziz El Houari

Morgan Carpenter

Daniel Chaplin

Peter Golyshin

James E McDonald

2023/1/25

Chemical cues from beetle larvae trigger proliferation and virulence of a plant pathogen

bioRxiv

Marine C Cambon

Gareth Thomas

John C Caulfield

Michael Crampton

James M Doonan

...

2023

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

ISME communications

Luke S Hillary

Evelien M Adriaenssens

David L Jones

James E McDonald

2022/12

Using a systematic approach to synthesize existing knowledge on Gymnopus fusipes (syn. Collybia fusipes), the cause of Collybia root rot

Bethany J Pettifor

Sandra Denman

James E McDonald

2022/10

A comparison of precipitation and filtration-based SARS-CoV-2 recovery methods and the influence of temperature, turbidity, and surfactant load in urban wastewater

Science of The Total Environment

Jessica L Kevill

Cameron Pellett

Kata Farkas

Mathew R Brown

Irene Bassano

...

2022/2/20

Characterising Disease Suppressive Members of the Oak Microbiome

Marcus Jones

2022

Can ARIA save UK innovation?

Jim McDonald

2021/4

Tracing the fate of wastewater viruses reveals catchment-scale virome diversity and connectivity

Water Research

Evelien M Adriaenssens

Kata Farkas

James E McDonald

David L Jones

Heather E Allison

...

2021/9/15

Concentration and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater using polyethylene glycol-based concentration and qRT-PCR

Methods and protocols

Kata Farkas

Luke S Hillary

Jamie Thorpe

David I Walker

James A Lowther

...

2021/2/23

Shifts in soil structure, biological, and functional diversity under long-term carbon deprivation

Frontiers in microbiology

Paul BL George

David B Fidler

Joy D Van Nostrand

Jonathan A Atkinson

Sacha J Mooney

...

2021/9/14

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

Frontiers in microbiology

Jasmine H Sharp

Katie Clements

Mallory Diggens

James E McDonald

Shelagh K Malham

...

2021/2/19

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

Water Research

Luke S Hillary

Kata Farkas

Kathryn H Maher

Anita Lucaci

Jamie Thorpe

...

2021/7/15

Improving quantification of bivalve larvae in mixed plankton samples using qPCR: A case study on Mytilus edulis

Aquaculture

Jenna L Alexander

Shelagh K Malham

David Smyth

Julie Webb

David Fidler

...

2021/2/15

Diverse soil RNA viral communities have the potential to influence grassland ecosystems across multiple trophic levels

bioRxiv

Luke S Hillary

Evelien M Adriaenssens

David L Jones

James E McDonald

2021/6/30

Bacterial biota of forest trees

Bethany J Pettifor

James E McDonald

2021/1/1

The association of child maltreatment and systemic inflammation in adulthood: a systematic review

Daniel M Kerr

James McDonald

Helen Minnis

2021/4/8

Survival of Brenneria goodwinii and Gibbsiella quercinecans, associated with acute oak decline, in rainwater and forest soil

Systematic and applied microbiology

Bethany J Pettifor

James Doonan

Sandra Denman

James E McDonald

2020/3/1

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