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François Malouin

François Malouin

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Microbiology

D-Index
47
Citations
7164
World Ranking
4820
National Ranking
144

Overview

François Malouin is affiliated with Université de Sherbrooke in Canada, working primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans a variety of subfields including Molecular Biology, Food Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Microbiology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics such as Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows, Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing, Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities, Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, ATP Synthase and ATPases Research, and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria.

François Malouin has published in several journals with frequent contributions to the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Journal of Dairy Science, Antibiotics, The Cambridge Structural Database, and Molecules.

Recent papers include the following:

  • Prevalence and characteristics of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (LA-MRSA) isolated from chicken meat in the province of Quebec, Canada, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Susceptibility to Nisin, Bactofencin, Pediocin and Reuterin of Multidrug Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus dysgalactiae and Streptococcus uberis Causing Bovine Mastitis, 2021, Antibiotics
  • Efficacy of bacteriocin-based formula for reducing staphylococci, streptococci, and total bacterial counts on teat skin of dairy cows, 2022, Journal of Dairy Science
  • The Therapeutic Value of Solanum Steroidal (Glyco)Alkaloids: A 10-Year Comprehensive Review, 2023, Molecules
  • Bactericidal Activity of the Bacterial ATP Synthase Inhibitor Tomatidine and the Combination of Tomatidine and Aminoglycoside Against Persistent and Virulent Forms of Staphylococcus aureus, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent co-authors of Malouin include Guillaume Millette, Suzanne Chamberland, Pierre-Luc Boudreault, Éric Brouillette, and Julien A. Delbrouck.

Best Publications

  • Plant antimicrobial agents and their effects on plant and human pathogens.

    Rocío González-Lamothe;Gabriel Mitchell;Mariza Gattuso;Moussa S. Diarra

  • Bacterial c-di-GMP Is an Immunostimulatory Molecule

    David K R Karaolis;Terry K Means;De Yang;Munehisa Takahashi

  • Binding of ceftaroline to penicillin-binding proteins of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Hélène Moisan;Mireille Pruneau;François Malouin

  • Novel Riboswitch Ligand Analogs as Selective Inhibitors of Guanine-Related Metabolic Pathways

    Jérôme Mulhbacher;Eric Brouillette;Marianne Allard;Louis-Charles Fortier

  • Staphylococcus aureus sigma B-dependent emergence of small-colony variants and biofilm production following exposure to Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-hydroxy-2-heptylquinoline-N-oxide

    Gabriel Mitchell;David Lalonde Séguin;Ann-Elise Asselin;Eric Déziel

  • Invited review: Incidence, risk factors, and effects of clinical mastitis recurrence in dairy cows.

    Hossein Jamali;Herman W. Barkema;Mario Jacques;Eve-Marie Lavallée-Bourget

  • Microbial iron chelators as drug delivery agents: the rational design and synthesis of siderophore-drug conjugates

    Marvin J. Miller;Francois Malouin

  • Clinical utilization of genomics data produced by the international Pseudomonas aeruginosa consortium

    Luca Freschi;Julie Jeukens;Irena Kukavica-Ibrulj;Brian Boyle

  • Transcription of virulence factors in Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variants isolated from cystic fibrosis patients is influenced by SigB.

    Hélène Moisan;Eric Brouillette;Christian Lebeau Jacob;Philippe Langlois-Bégin

  • The pathogenesis and control of Staphylococcus aureus-induced mastitis: study models in the mouse.

    Eric Brouillette;François Malouin

  • c-di-GMP turn-over in Clostridium difficile is controlled by a plethora of diguanylate cyclases and phosphodiesterases.

    Eric Bordeleau;Louis-Charles Fortier;François Malouin;Vincent Burrus

  • Utilization of microbial iron assimilation processes for the development of new antibiotics and inspiration for the design of new anticancer agents

    Marvin J. Miller;Helen Zhu;Yanping Xu;Chunrui Wu

  • SigB Is a Dominant Regulator of Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus Small-Colony Variants

    Gabriel Mitchell;Alexandre Fugère;Karine Pépin Gaudreau;Eric Brouillette

  • Pathogenic and multidrug-resistant Escherichia fergusonii from broiler chicken

    V. Forgetta;H. Rempel;F. Malouin;R. J. Vaillancourt

  • Interspecific Small Molecule Interactions between Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus from Adult Cystic Fibrosis Patients

    Alexandre Fugère;David Lalonde Séguin;Gabriel Mitchell;Eric Déziel

  • Molecular basis of the non-beta-lactamase-mediated resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics in strains of Haemophilus influenzae isolated in Canada.

    N Clairoux;M Picard;A Brochu;N Rousseau

  • Tomatidine acts in synergy with aminoglycoside antibiotics against multiresistant Staphylococcus aureus and prevents virulence gene expression

    Gabriel Mitchell;Myriame Lafrance;Simon Boulanger;David Lalonde Séguin

  • Iron transport-mediated drug delivery using mixed-ligand siderophore-β-lactam conjugates

    Arun Ghosh;Manuka Ghosh;Chuan Niu;François Malouin

  • Modification of penicillin-binding proteins as mechanisms of beta-lactam resistance

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  • Mouse mastitis model of infection for antimicrobial compound efficacy studies against intracellular and extracellular forms of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Eric Brouillette;Gilles Grondin;Céline Lefebvre;Brian G Talbot

  • 3′,5′-Cyclic Diguanylic Acid Reduces the Virulence of Biofilm-Forming Staphylococcus aureus Strains in a Mouse Model of Mastitis Infection

    Eric Brouillette;Mamoru Hyodo;Yoshihiro Hayakawa;David K. R. Karaolis

  • A role for sigma factor B in the emergence of Staphylococcus aureus small-colony variants and elevated biofilm production resulting from an exposure to aminoglycosides.

    Gabriel Mitchell;Eric Brouillette;David Lalonde Séguin;Ann-Elise Asselin

Frequent Co-Authors

Mario Jacques
Mario Jacques University of Montreal
Marvin J. Miller
Marvin J. Miller University of Notre Dame
Eric Déziel
Eric Déziel Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Edward Topp
Edward Topp Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada
Michael N. Dudley
Michael N. Dudley Qpex Biopharma
Gerard D. Wright
Gerard D. Wright McMaster University
Ken Dewar
Ken Dewar McGill University
Roger C. Levesque
Roger C. Levesque Université Laval
Greg P. Keefe
Greg P. Keefe University of Prince Edward Island
Kimberly M. Cheng
Kimberly M. Cheng University of British Columbia

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