Leighton Pritchard

Leighton Pritchard

University of Strathclyde

H-index: 39

Europe-United Kingdom

About Leighton Pritchard

Leighton Pritchard, With an exceptional h-index of 39 and a recent h-index of 28 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Strathclyde, specializes in the field of Genomics, Computational Biology, Systems Biology, Bioinformatics.

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

Biological ammonium transporters: evolution and diversification

Genomic diversity of novel strains of mammalian gut microbiome derived Clostridium XIVa strains is driven by mobile genetic element acquisition

Biological ammonium transporters from the Amt/Mep/Rh superfamily: mechanism, energetics, and technical limitations

THAPBI PICT—a fast, cautious, and accurate metabarcoding analysis pipeline

cazy_webscraper: local compilation and interrogation of comprehensive CAZyme datasets

16S rRNA phylogeny and clustering is not a reliable proxy for genome-based taxonomy in Streptomyces

Intraspecies-Resolution Metabarcoding: automated primer design and a plant pathology case study

genomeRxiv: a microbial whole-genome database and diagnostic marker design resource for classification, identification, and data sharing

Leighton Pritchard Information

University

Position

___

Citations(all)

10383

Citations(since 2020)

4293

Cited By

7877

hIndex(all)

39

hIndex(since 2020)

28

i10Index(all)

53

i10Index(since 2020)

45

Email

University Profile Page

University of Strathclyde

Google Scholar

View Google Scholar Profile

Leighton Pritchard Skills & Research Interests

Genomics

Computational Biology

Systems Biology

Bioinformatics

Top articles of Leighton Pritchard

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Biological ammonium transporters: evolution and diversification

Gordon Williamson

Thomas Harris

Adriana Bizior

Paul Alan Hoskisson

Leighton Pritchard

...

2024/1/24

Genomic diversity of novel strains of mammalian gut microbiome derived Clostridium XIVa strains is driven by mobile genetic element acquisition

bioRxiv

Maya T Kamat

Michael J Ormsby

Suzanne Humphrey

Shivendra Dixit

Katja Thümmler

...

2024/1/23

Biological ammonium transporters from the Amt/Mep/Rh superfamily: mechanism, energetics, and technical limitations

Gordon Williamson

Adriana Bizior

Thomas Harris

Leighton Pritchard

Paul A Hoskisson

...

2024/1

THAPBI PICT—a fast, cautious, and accurate metabarcoding analysis pipeline

PeerJ

Peter JA Cock

David EL Cooke

Peter Thorpe

Leighton Pritchard

2023/8/18

cazy_webscraper: local compilation and interrogation of comprehensive CAZyme datasets

Microbial Genomics

Emma EM Hobbs

Tracey M Gloster

Leighton Pritchard

2023/8/14

16S rRNA phylogeny and clustering is not a reliable proxy for genome-based taxonomy in Streptomyces

bioRxiv

Angelika B Kiepas

Paul A Hoskisson

Leighton Pritchard

2023

Intraspecies-Resolution Metabarcoding: automated primer design and a plant pathology case study

Leighton Pritchard

Sonia Humphris

Emma Campbell

Lauren Watts

Ed Haynes

...

2022/5/27

genomeRxiv: a microbial whole-genome database and diagnostic marker design resource for classification, identification, and data sharing

Access Microbiology

Leighton Pritchard

Parul Sharma

Reza Mazloom

Tessa Pierce

Luiz Irber

...

2022/5/27

ActinoBase: tools and protocols for researchers working on Streptomyces and other filamentous actinomycetes

Microbial genomics

Morgan Anne Feeney

Jake Terry Newitt

Emily Addington

Lis Algora-Gallardo

Craig Allan

...

2022/7/1

Exploiting breakdown in nonhost effector–target interactions to boost host disease resistance

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Hazel McLellan

Sarah E Harvey

Jens Steinbrenner

Miles R Armstrong

Qin He

...

2022/8/30

Could a Focus on the “Why” of Taxonomy Help Taxonomy Better Respond to the Needs of Science and Society?

Leighton Pritchard

C Titus Brown

Bailey Harrington

Lenwood S Heath

N Tessa Pierce-Ward

...

2022/3/3

LINgroups as a principled approach to compare and integrate multiple bacterial taxonomies

Reza Mazloom

Leighton Pritchard

C Titus Brown

Boris A Vinatzer

Lenwood S Heath

2022/8/7

Proposal for the creation of a new genus Musicola gen. nov., reclassification of Dickeya paradisiaca (Samson et al. 2005) as Musicola paradisiaca comb. nov. and description of …

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Nicole Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat

Cécile Jacot-des-Combes

Jérôme Briolay

Leighton Pritchard

2021/10/7

Isolation, Detection and Characterization of Pectobacterium and Dickeya Species

Plant Diseases Caused by Dickeya and Pectobacterium Species

Jan M van der Wolf

Greig Cahill

Frédérique Van Gijsegem

Valérie Helias

Sonia Humphris

...

2021

PHYTO-THREATS: Addressing threats to UK forests and woodlands from Phytophthora; identifying risks of spread in trade and methods for mitigation

Forests

Sarah Green

David EL Cooke

Mike Dunn

Louise Barwell

Bethan Purse

...

2021/12

Pectobacterium parvum sp. nov., having a Salmonella SPI-1-like Type III secretion system and low virulence

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Miia Pasanen

Malgorzata Waleron

Thomas Schott

Ilse Cleenwerck

Agnieszka Misztak

...

2020/4

Diversity of woody-host infecting Phytophthora species in public parks and botanic gardens as revealed by metabarcoding, and opportunities for mitigation through best practice

Sibbaldia: The Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture

Sarah Green

Carolyn E Riddell

Debbie Frederickson-Matika

April Armstrong

Matt Elliot

...

2020/2/21

A high-throughput genomic screen identifies a role for the plasmid-borne type II secretion system of Escherichia coli O157: H7 (Sakai) in plant-microbe interactions

Genomics

Ashleigh Holmes

Leighton Pritchard

Peter Hedley

Jenny Morris

Sean P McAteer

...

2020/11/1

Easy phylotyping of Escherichia coli via the EzClermont web app and command-line tool

Access Microbiology

Nicholas R Waters

Florence Abram

Fiona Brennan

Ashleigh Holmes

Leighton Pritchard

2020/9

Dataset of Escherichia coli O157: H7 genes enriched in adherence to spinach root tissue

Data in Brief

Ashleigh Holmes

Leighton Pritchard

Peter Hedley

Jenny Morris

Sean P McAteer

...

2020/5/28

See List of Professors in Leighton Pritchard University(University of Strathclyde)

Co-Authors

H-index: 52
David F Marshall

David F Marshall

Scotland's Rural College

H-index: 52
Pieter van West

Pieter van West

University of Aberdeen

H-index: 22
Morales Osorio Juan Gonzalo

Morales Osorio Juan Gonzalo

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

H-index: 19
Hazel McLellan

Hazel McLellan

University of Dundee

H-index: 13
Eduard Venter

Eduard Venter

University of Johannesburg

H-index: 9
Nicholas R Waters

Nicholas R Waters

National University of Ireland, Galway

academic-engine