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Alastair G. McEwan

Alastair G. McEwan

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Microbiology

D-Index
69
Citations
13255
World Ranking
2104
National Ranking
72

Overview

Alastair G. McEwan is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Their work spans subfields including Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Endocrinology.

The scientist has focused their research on several main topics:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Trace Elements in Health
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Legionella and Acanthamoeba research
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Gut microbiota and health

Recent publications by Alastair G. McEwan include:

  • Role of Glutathione in Buffering Excess Intracellular Copper in Streptococcus pyogenes, 2020, mBio
  • Bacterial acetate metabolism and its influence on human epithelia., 2024, PubMed
  • Repurposing a neurodegenerative disease drug to treat Gram-negative antibiotic-resistant bacterial sepsis, 2020, Science Translational Medicine
  • Dysregulation of Streptococcus pneumoniae zinc homeostasis breaks ampicillin resistance in a pneumonia infection model, 2022, Cell Reports
  • Rescuing Tetracycline Class Antibiotics for the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Pulmonary Infection, 2022, mBio

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this scientist include:

  • Ulrike Kappler
  • Mark J. Walker
  • Jennifer Hosmer
  • Marufa Nasreen
  • Stephan Brouwer

Alastair G. McEwan has published prominently in several scientific venues:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology (3 publications)
  • mBio (2 publications)
  • PubMed (2 publications)
  • Science Translational Medicine (1 publication)
  • Cell Reports (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • A Molecular Mechanism for Bacterial Susceptibility to Zinc.

    Christopher A. McDevitt;Abiodun D. Ogunniyi;Eugene Valkov;Michael C. Lawrence

  • The Role of Copper and Zinc Toxicity in Innate Immune Defense against Bacterial Pathogens

    Karrera Y. Djoko;Cheryl Lynn Y. Ong;Mark J. Walker;Alastair G. McEwan

  • Anaerobic respiration in the Rhodospirillaceae: characterisation of pathways and evaluation of roles in redox balancing during photosynthesis

    Stuart J. Ferguson;J.Barry Jackson;Alastair G. McEwan

  • Metal ions in macrophage antimicrobial pathways: emerging roles for zinc and copper

    Sian L. Stafford;Nilesh J. Bokil;Maud E. S. Achard;Ronan Kapetanovic

  • The high resolution crystal structure of DMSO reductase in complex with DMSO.

    A.S. McAlpine;A.G. McEwan;S. Bailey

  • Sulfite:Cytochrome c oxidoreductase from Thiobacillus novellus. Purification, characterization, and molecular biology of a heterodimeric member of the sulfite oxidase family.

    Ulrike Kappler;Brian Bennett;Jörg Rethmeier;Günter Schwarz

  • Identification of Type 3 Fimbriae in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Reveals a Role in Biofilm Formation

    Cheryl-Lynn Y. Ong;Glen Charles Ulett;Amada N. Mabbett;Scott A. Beatson

  • Virulence of Streptococcus Pneumoniae: PsaA Mutants Are Hypersensitive to Oxidative Stress

    Hsing-Ju Tseng;Alastair G. McEwan;James C. Paton;Michael P. Jennings

  • Molybdenum Active Centre of Dmso Reductase from Rhodobacter Capsulatus: Crystal Structure of the Oxidised Enzyme at 1.82-A Resolution and the Dithionite-Reduced Enzyme at 2.8-A Resolution

    A. S. McAlpine;A. G. McEwan;A. L. Shaw;S. Bailey

  • Defenses against Oxidative Stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a System Tailored for a Challenging Environment

    Kate L. Seib;Hsing Ju Wu;Stephen P. Kidd;Michael A. Apicella

  • Copper redistribution in murine macrophages in response to Salmonella infection.

    Maud E. S. Achard;Sian L. Stafford;Nilesh J. Bokil;Jy Chartres

  • Cloning, DNA sequence, and expression of the Rhodobacter sphaeroides cytochrome c2 gene.

    T J Donohue;A G McEwan;S Kaplan

  • Molecular analysis of dimethyl sulphide dehydrogenase from Rhodovulum sulfidophilum: its place in the dimethyl sulphoxide reductase family of microbial molybdopterin-containing enzymes.

    Christopher A. McDevitt;Philip Hugenholtz;Graeme R. Hanson;Alastair G. McEwan

  • A multicopper oxidase is essential for manganese oxidation and laccase-like activity in Pedomicrobium sp. ACM 3067

    Justin P. Ridge;Marianne Lin;Eloise I. Larsen;Mark Fegan

  • Molecular analysis of the psa permease complex of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Lauren J. McAllister;Hsing-Ju Tseng;A. David Ogunniyi;Michael P. Jennings

  • Formaldehyde Stress Responses in Bacterial Pathogens

    Nathan H. Chen;Karrera Y. Djoko;Frédéric J. Veyrier;Alastair G. McEwan

  • Accumulation of manganese in Neisseria gonorrhoeae correlates with resistance to oxidative killing by superoxide anion and is independent of superoxide dismutase activity.

    Hsing-Ju Tseng;Yogitha Srikhanta;Alastair G. McEwan;Michael P. Jennings

  • Defenses against oxidative stress in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis: distinctive systems for different lifestyles.

    Kate L. Seib;Hsing-Ju Tseng;Alastair G. McEwan;Michael A. Apicella

  • Imperfect coordination chemistry facilitates metal ion release in the Psa permease

    Rafael M Couñago;Miranda P Ween;Stephanie L Begg;Megha Bajaj

  • An Antimicrobial Role for Zinc in Innate Immune Defense Against Group A Streptococcus

    Cheryl Lynn Y. Ong;Christine M. Gillen;Timothy C. Barnett;Mark J. Walker

  • The DMSO Reductase Family of Microbial Molybdenum Enzymes; Molecular Properties and Role in the Dissimilatory Reduction of Toxic Elements

    Alastair G. McEwan;Justin P. Ridge;Christopher A. McDevitt;Philip Hugenholtz

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Jennings
Michael P. Jennings Griffith University
Graeme R. Hanson
Graeme R. Hanson University of Queensland
Michael A. Apicella
Michael A. Apicella University of Iowa
Mark A. Schembri
Mark A. Schembri University of Queensland
Paul V. Bernhardt
Paul V. Bernhardt University of Queensland
Mark J. Walker
Mark J. Walker University of Queensland
James C. Paton
James C. Paton University of Adelaide
Bostjan Kobe
Bostjan Kobe University of Queensland
Peter S. Solomon
Peter S. Solomon Australian National University
Kate L. Seib
Kate L. Seib Griffith University

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