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Cormac G. M. Gahan

Cormac G. M. Gahan

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Microbiology

D-Index
78
Citations
21289
World Ranking
1288
National Ranking
12

Overview

Cormac G. M. Gahan is affiliated with University College Cork in Ireland and has a significant body of research mainly concentrated in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their academic contributions extend across 48 publications in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and 22 in Medicine, with a specialized focus on Molecular Biology, Food Science, Biotechnology, Infectious Diseases, and Oncology.

Their research covers various main topics, including gut microbiota and health, probiotics and fermented foods, and Listeria monocytogenes in food safety. Other important areas of study are viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, drug transport and resistance mechanisms, and research on Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens.

Frequent frequent collaborators in their research include Silvia Melgar, María Ángeles Núñez-Sánchez, Cara M. Hueston, Natalia García-González, and Jack Daly. These co-authors have been involved in multiple joint publications, signaling ongoing research partnerships.

Many of Cormac G. M. Gahan's publications have appeared in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Frontiers in Microbiology, Gut Microbes, Annual Review of Food Science and Technology, and Microorganisms. Zenodo hosts the largest number of their works, with 12 publications, followed by Frontiers in Microbiology with 5, and Gut Microbes with 4.

Selected recent papers include:

  • When Rhythms Meet the Blues: Circadian Interactions with the Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis, 2020, Cell Metabolism
  • Beneficial bile acid metabolism from Lactobacillus plantarum of food origin, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Mouse models for bacterial enteropathogen infections: insights into the role of colonization resistance, 2023, Gut Microbes
  • The Influence of the Western Diet on Microbiota and Gastrointestinal Immunity, 2022, Annual Review of Food Science and Technology
  • Quorum sensing in human gut and food microbiomes: Significance and potential for therapeutic targeting, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • The interaction between bacteria and bile

    Máire Begley;Cormac G.M. Gahan;Colin Hill

  • Bile salt hydrolase activity in probiotics.

    Máire Begley;Colin Hill;Cormac G. M. Gahan

  • Functional and comparative metagenomic analysis of bile salt hydrolase activity in the human gut microbiome

    Brian V. Jones;Máire Begley;Colin Hill;Cormac G. M. Gahan

  • Bacteriocin production as a mechanism for the antiinfective activity of Lactobacillus salivarius UCC118

    Sinéad C. Corr;Yin Li;Christian U. Riedel;Paul W. O'Toole

  • Regulation of host weight gain and lipid metabolism by bacterial bile acid modification in the gut.

    Susan A. Joyce;John MacSharry;Patrick G. Casey;Michael Kinsella

  • Adaptive acid tolerance response in Listeria monocytogenes: isolation of an acid-tolerant mutant which demonstrates increased virulence

    B. O'driscoll;C. G. M. Gahan;C. Hill

  • Interactions between gut bacteria and bile in health and disease.

    Sarah L. Long;Cormac G.M. Gahan;Susan A. Joyce

  • A glutamate decarboxylase system protects Listeria monocytogenes in gastric fluid.

    Paul D. Cotter;Cormac G. M. Gahan;Colin Hill

  • M-cells: origin, morphology and role in mucosal immunity and microbial pathogenesis

    Sinead C. Corr;Cormac C.G.M. Gahan;Colin Hill

  • Acid adaptation of Listeria monocytogenes can enhance survival in acidic foods and during milk fermentation.

    C. G. M. Gahan;B. O'driscoll;C. Hill

  • Microbiota-related Changes in Bile Acid & Tryptophan Metabolism are Associated with Gastrointestinal Dysfunction in a Mouse Model of Autism.

    Anna V. Golubeva;Susan A. Joyce;Gerard M. Moloney;Aurelijus Burokas

  • Contribution of Three Bile-Associated Loci, bsh, pva, and btlB, to Gastrointestinal Persistence and Bile Tolerance of Listeria monocytogenes

    Máire Begley;Roy D. Sleator;Cormac G. M. Gahan;Colin Hill

  • Microbial bile salt hydrolases mediate the efficacy of faecal microbiota transplant in the treatment of recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection.

    Benjamin H Mullish;Julie A K McDonald;Alexandros Pechlivanis;Jessica R Allegretti

  • Tools for Functional Postgenomic Analysis of Listeria monocytogenes

    Ian R. Monk;Cormac G. M. Gahan;Colin Hill

  • Bacterial stress response in Listeria monocytogenes: jumping the hurdles imposed by minimal processing

    Colin Hill;Paul D Cotter;Roy D Sleator;Cormac G.M Gahan

  • Bile stress response in Listeria monocytogenes LO28: adaptation, cross-protection, and identification of genetic loci involved in bile resistance.

    Máire Begley;Cormac G. M. Gahan;Colin Hill

  • Molecular characterization of the arginine deiminase system in Listeria monocytogenes: regulation and role in acid tolerance.

    Sheila Ryan;Máire Begley;Máire Begley;Cormac G. M. Gahan;Colin Hill

  • AgrD-dependent quorum sensing affects biofilm formation, invasion, virulence and global gene expression profiles in Listeria monocytogenes

    Christian U. Riedel;Ian R. Monk;Pat G. Casey;Mark S. Waidmann

  • Bile Acid Modifications at the Microbe-Host Interface: Potential for Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Interventions in Host Health.

    Susan A. Joyce;Cormac G.M. Gahan

  • Identification and disruption of lisRK, a genetic locus encoding a two-component signal transduction system involved in stress tolerance and virulence in Listeria monocytogenes.

    Paul D. Cotter;Nathan Emerson;Cormac G. M. Gahan;Colin Hill

  • Human microbiota in health and disease

    W.M. de Vos;L. Engstrand;L. Drago;G. Reid

Frequent Co-Authors

Colin Hill
Colin Hill University College Cork
Roy D. Sleator
Roy D. Sleator Munster Technological University
Paul D. Cotter
Paul D. Cotter University College Cork
Fergus Shanahan
Fergus Shanahan National University of Ireland
Tjakko Abee
Tjakko Abee Wageningen University & Research
Catherine Stanton
Catherine Stanton Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority
Julian R. Marchesi
Julian R. Marchesi Imperial College London
Matthias Eberl
Matthias Eberl Cardiff University
John Kevin Collins
John Kevin Collins University College Cork
Olivia McAuliffe
Olivia McAuliffe Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority

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