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Iain L. Lamont is a researcher affiliated with the University of Otago in New Zealand. Their scholarly work primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with notable contributions spanning medicine. The main subfields of study include molecular medicine, molecular biology, genetics, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and epidemiology.

Their research covers a diverse range of topics, notably:

  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Lamont has contributed frequently to several publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in the following journals:

  • Antibiotics
  • Pathogens
  • PLoS ONE
  • Microbial Genomics
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Recent papers authored by or associated with Lamont include:

  • β-lactam Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Current Status, Future Prospects, 2021, Pathogens
  • Aminoglycoside-Modifying Enzymes Are Sufficient to Make Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinically Resistant to Key Antibiotics, 2022, Antibiotics
  • Genome evolution drives transcriptomic and phenotypic adaptation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa during 20 years of infection, 2021, Microbial Genomics
  • Gene-Gene Interactions Dictate Ciprofloxacin Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Facilitate Prediction of Resistance Phenotype from Genome Sequence Data, 2021, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • The Iron-chelator, N,N'-bis (2-hydroxybenzyl) Ethylenediamine-N,N'-diacetic acid is an Effective Colistin Adjunct against Clinical Strains of Biofilm-Dwelling Pseudomonas aeruginosa, 2020, Antibiotics

They collaborate frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Lois W. Martin
  • Daniel Pletzer
  • Roger C. Lévesque
  • Yongxin Jin
  • Weihui Wu

Best Publications

  • Siderophore-mediated signaling regulates virulence factor production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Iain L. Lamont;Paul A. Beare;Urs Ochsner;Adriana I. Vasil

  • Pyoverdine siderophores: from biogenesis to biosignificance

    Paolo Visca;Francesco Imperi;Iain L. Lamont

  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-Quinolone Signal Molecules HHQ and PQS Play Multifunctional Roles in Quorum Sensing and Iron Entrapment

    Stephen P. Diggle;Sandra Matthijs;Victoria J. Wright;Matthew P. Fletcher

  • Iron transport and regulation, cell signalling and genomics: lessons from Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas.

    Paolo Visca;Livia Leoni;Megan J. Wilson;Iain L. Lamont

  • Siderophore-mediated cell signalling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: divergent pathways regulate virulence factor production and siderophore receptor synthesis

    Paul A. Beare;Raewyn J. For;Lois W. Martin;Iain L. Lamont

  • Characterization of an endoprotease (PrpL) encoded by a PvdS-regulated gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Paula J. Wilderman;Adriana I. Vasil;Zaiga Johnson;Megan J. Wilson

  • Biochemistry Changes That Occur after Death: Potential Markers for Determining Post-Mortem Interval

    Andrea E. Donaldson;Iain L. Lamont

  • Identification and characterization of novel pyoverdine synthesis genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Iain L. Lamont;Lois W. Martin

  • Cloning and characterization of pvdS, a gene required for pyoverdine synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: PvdS is probably an alternative sigma factor.

    H E Cunliffe;T R Merriman;I L Lamont

  • Exotoxin A production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa requires the iron‐regulated pvdS gene encoding an alternative sigma factor

    Urs A. Ochsner;Zaiga Johnson;Iain L. Lamont;Heather E. Cunliffe

  • Excision and transfer of the Mesorhizobium loti R7A symbiosis island requires an integrase IntS, a novel recombination directionality factor RdfS, and a putative relaxase RlxS.

    Joshua P. Ramsay;John T. Sullivan;Gabriella S. Stuart;Iain L. Lamont

  • Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae from recent outbreaks of kiwifruit bacterial canker belong to different clones that originated in China.

    Margi I. Butler;Peter A. Stockwell;Michael A. Black;Robert C. Day

  • Cell‐surface signaling in Pseudomonas: stress responses, iron transport, and pathogenicity

    María A. Llamas;Francesco Imperi;Paolo Visca;Iain L. Lamont

  • Mechanisms of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: new approaches to an old problem.

    Attika Rehman;Wayne M. Patrick;Wayne M. Patrick;Iain L. Lamont

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

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

  • Adaptation of Iron Homeostasis Pathways by a Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pyoverdine Mutant in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung

    Angela T. Nguyen;Maura J. O'Neill;Annabelle M. Watts;Cynthia L. Robson

  • Candida albicans Inhibits Pseudomonas aeruginosa Virulence through Suppression of Pyochelin and Pyoverdine Biosynthesis

    Eduardo Lopez-Medina;Di Fan;Laura A. Coughlin;Evi X. Ho

  • Nucleotide sequence of pvdD, a pyoverdine biosynthetic gene from Pseudomonas aeruginosa: PvdD has similarity to peptide synthetases.

    T R Merriman;M E Merriman;I L Lamont

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses multiple pathways to acquire iron during chronic infection in cystic fibrosis lungs.

    Anna F. Konings;Lois W. Martin;Katrina J. Sharples;Louise F. Roddam

  • Nucleoside Analogues as Antibacterial Agents.

    Jessica M Thomson;Iain L Lamont

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig Winstanley
Craig Winstanley University of Liverpool
Scott C. Bell
Scott C. Bell University of Queensland
Paolo Visca
Paolo Visca Roma Tre University
Isabelle J. Schalk
Isabelle J. Schalk University of Strasbourg
A. James McQuillan
A. James McQuillan University of Otago
Gregory J. Anderson
Gregory J. Anderson QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Tony R. Merriman
Tony R. Merriman University of Otago
Paul Williams
Paul Williams University of Nottingham
Miguel Cámara
Miguel Cámara University of Nottingham
Roger C. Levesque
Roger C. Levesque Université Laval

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