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Overview

David E. Minnikin is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research spans a range of topics primarily focused on infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis and related bacterial infections, within the broader field of medicine.

Their published work covers a variety of themes such as tuberculosis research and epidemiology, mycobacterium research and diagnosis, paleopathology and ancient diseases, forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology studies, osteomyelitis and bone disorders research, as well as the study of Yersinia bacterium, plague, and ectoparasites.

  • Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
  • Mycobacterium research and diagnosis
  • Paleopathology and ancient diseases
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
  • Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

Several subfields within medicine are represented in their work, including infectious diseases, surgery, archeology, epidemiology, and rheumatology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to studying disease processes and their historical and biological contexts.

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Surgery
  • Archeology
  • Epidemiology
  • Rheumatology

Key publication venues for David E. Minnikin include journals that focus on microbiology, infectious disease, and biological sciences. These venues provide a platform for disseminating research on tuberculosis and related fields.

  • Tuberculosis
  • Biochemical Journal
  • PLoS ONE
  • Chemistry and Physics of Lipids
  • Acta Biologica Szegediensis

Frequent coauthors in Minnikin's research network include Helen D. Donoghue, György Pálfi, Gurdyal S. Besra, Oona Y.-C. Lee, and Ildikó Pap.

  • Helen D. Donoghue
  • György Pálfi
  • Gurdyal S. Besra
  • Oona Y.-C. Lee
  • Ildikó Pap

Selected recent publications highlight the focus on tuberculosis and ancient disease investigation:

  • The thick waxy coat of mycobacteria, a protective layer against antibiotics and the host's immune system, 2020, Biochemical Journal
  • Oldest evidence of tuberculosis in Argentina: A multidisciplinary investigation in an adult male skeleton from Saujil, Tinogasta, Catamarca (905-1030 CE), 2020, Tuberculosis
  • Verification of tuberculosis infection among Vác mummies (18th century CE, Hungary) based on lipid biomarker profiling with a new HPLC-HESI-MS approach, 2020, Tuberculosis
  • The two extremes of Hansen's disease-Different manifestations of leprosy and their biological consequences in an Avar Age (late 7th century CE) osteoarchaeological series of the Duna-Tisza Interfluve (Kiskundorozsma-Daruhalom-dűlő II, Hungary), 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Re-examination of the Subalyuk Neanderthal remains uncovers signs of probable TB infection (Subalyuk Cave, Hungary), 2023, Tuberculosis

Best Publications

  • AN INTEGRATED PROCEDURE FOR THE EXTRACTION OF BACTERIAL ISOPRENOID QUINONES AND POLAR LIPIDS

    D.E. Minnikin;A.G. O'Donnell;M. Goodfellow;G. Alderson

  • Distribution of Menaquinones in Actinomycetes and Corynebacteria

    M. D. Collins;T. Pirouz;M. Goodfellow;D. E. Minnikin

  • Fatty acid and polar lipid composition in the classification of Cellulomonas, Oerskovia and related taxa

    D. E. Minnikin;M. D. Collins;M. Goodfellow

  • Polar Lipid Composition in the Classification of Nocardia and Related Bacteria

    D. E. Minnikin;P. V. Patel;L. Alshamaony;M. Goodfellow

  • Chemical methods in bacterial systematics

    M. Goodfellow;David E. Minnikin

  • Detection and Molecular Characterization of 9000-Year-Old Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a Neolithic Settlement in the Eastern Mediterranean

    Israel Hershkovitz;Helen D. Donoghue;David E. Minnikin;Gurdyal S. Besra

  • Thin-layer chromatography of methanolysates of mycolic acid-containing bacteria

    D.E. Minnikin;Iwona G. Hutchinson;A.B. Caldicott;M. Goodfellow

  • Differentiation of Mycobacterium, Nocardia, and Related Taxa by Thin-layer Chromatographic Analysis of Whole-organism Methanolysates

    D. E. Minnikin;L. Alshamaony;M. Goodfellow

  • Genome-wide comparison of medieval and modern Mycobacterium leprae

    Verena J. Schuenemann;Pushpendra Singh;Thomas A. Mendum;Ben Krause-Kyora

  • The methyl-branched fortifications of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    David E Minnikin;Laurent Kremer;Lynn G Dover;Gurdyal S Besra

  • Thiolactomycin and related analogues as novel anti-mycobacterial agents targeting KasA and KasB condensing enzymes in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

    Laurent Kremer;James D. Douglas;Alain R. Baulard;Caroline Morehouse

  • Intracellular lipophilic inclusions of mycobacteria in vitro and in sputum

    Natalie J. Garton;Henriette Christensen;David E. Minnikin;Richard A. Adegbola

  • A Type II Pathway for Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Presents Drug Targets in Plasmodium falciparum

    Ross F. Waller;Stuart A. Ralph;Michael B. Reed;Vanessa Su

  • Fatty acid, isoprenoid quinone and polar lipid composition in the classification of Curtobacterium and related taxa.

    M. D. Collins;M. Goodfellow;D. E. Minnikin

  • Lipid composition in the classification and identification of acid-fast bacteria.

    Minnikin De;Goodfellow M

  • Separation and characterization of individual mycolic acids in representative mycobacteria.

    Motoko Watanabe;Yutaka Aoyagi;Malin Ridell;David E. Minnikin

  • Isoprenoid quinones in the classification of coryneform and related bacteria.

    M. D. Collins;M. Goodfellow;D. E. Minnikin

  • A survey of the structures of mycolic acids in Corynebacterium and related taxa.

    M. D. Collins;M. Goodfellow;D. E. Minnikin

  • Systematic analysis of complex mycobacterial lipids

    G. Dobson;D. E. Minnikin;S. M. Minnikin;J. H. Parlett

  • Aerobic Mineralization of Trichloroethylene, Vinyl Chloride, and Aromatic Compounds by Rhodococcus Species

    K. J. Malachowsky;T. J. Phelps;T. J. Phelps;A. B. Teboli;D. E. Minnikin

  • Whole-Genome Sequencing for Rapid Susceptibility Testing of M. tuberculosis

    Martin J. Sergeant;David E. Minnikin;S. Besra;Ilidkó Pap

Frequent Co-Authors

Gurdyal S. Besra
Gurdyal S. Besra University of Birmingham
Michael Goodfellow
Michael Goodfellow Newcastle University
Matthew D. Collins
Matthew D. Collins University of Reading
Patrick J. Brennan
Patrick J. Brennan Colorado State University
Anthony G. O'Donnell
Anthony G. O'Donnell University of Western Australia
Laurent Kremer
Laurent Kremer Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de Montpellier
Ruth McNerney
Ruth McNerney University of Cape Town
Colin Ratledge
Colin Ratledge University of Hull
Stewart T. Cole
Stewart T. Cole Institut Pasteur
Michael R. Barer
Michael R. Barer University of Leicester

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