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Jean-Yves Maillard

Jean-Yves Maillard

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
57
Citations
11422
World Ranking
3581
National Ranking
315

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - WH Pierce Prize, The Society for Applied Microbiology

Overview

Jean-Yves Maillard is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with substantial contributions to Infectious Diseases, Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Pollution.

The research topics covered by Jean-Yves Maillard include antimicrobial agents and applications, infection control in healthcare settings, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, infection control and ventilation, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, dental research with relevance to COVID-19, and antimicrobial resistance in Staphylococcus species.

Frequent publication venues for Jean-Yves Maillard consist of the Journal of Hospital Infection, Journal of Applied Microbiology, Letters in Applied Microbiology, American Journal of Infection Control, and Infection Disease & Health.

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Jean-Yves Maillard include:

  • Disinfectants and antiseptics: mechanisms of action and resistance (2023), published in Nature Reviews Microbiology
  • How biofilm changes our understanding of cleaning and disinfection (2023), published in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
  • Emerging contaminants affect the microbiome of water systems-strategies for their mitigation (2020), published in npj Clean Water
  • Potential Role of Oral Rinses Targeting the Viral Lipid Envelope in SARS-CoV-2 Infection (2020), published in Function
  • A residue-free approach to water disinfection using catalytic in situ generation of reactive oxygen species (2021), published in Nature Catalysis

Jean-Yves Maillard has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including Isabella Centeleghe, R. Wesgate, K. Ledwoch, Katrina Duggan, and Michael Pascoe.

Their work has been recognized with the WH Pierce Prize by The Society for Applied Microbiology in 2003.

Best Publications

  • Activity and mechanisms of action of selected biocidal agents on Gram-positive and -negative bacteria.

    Susannah E. Walsh;J-Y. Maillard;A. D. Russell;C. E. Catrenich

  • Use of hydrogen peroxide as a biocide: new consideration of its mechanisms of biocidal action

    Ezra Linley;Stephen Paul Denyer;Gerald McDonnell;Claire Simons

  • Bacterial target sites for biocide action.

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  • Silver as an antimicrobial: facts and gaps in knowledge

    Jean-Yves Maillard;Philippe Hartemann

  • Mode of action of hydrogen peroxide and other oxidizing agents: differences between liquid and gas forms

    Michelle Finnegan;Ezra Linley;Stephen Paul Denyer;Gerald McDonnell

  • Free-living amoebae and their intracellular pathogenic microorganisms: risks for water quality.

    Vincent Thomas;Gerald McDonnell;Stephen Paul Denyer;Jean-Yves Maillard

  • Cellular impermeability and uptake of biocides and antibiotics in Gram-negative bacteria.

    Stephen Paul Denyer;Jean-Yves Maillard

  • Bacterial spore structures and their protective role in biocide resistance

    Mark J. Leggett;Gerald McDonnell;Stephen P. Denyer;P. Setlow

  • Development of resistance to chlorhexidine diacetate in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and the effect of a 'residual' concentration

    Louise Thomas;J.-Y. Maillard;R.J.W. Lambert;A.D. Russell

  • Disinfectants and antiseptics: mechanisms of action and resistance

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  • Possible link between bacterial resistance and use of antibiotics and biocides.

    A. D. Russell;Unchalee Tattawasart;J.-Y. Maillard;J. R. Furr

  • Development of bacterial resistance to several biocides and effects on antibiotic susceptibility

    Susannah E. Walsh;J-Y. Maillard;A. D. Russell;C. E. Catrenich

  • Development of resistance to chlorhexidine diacetate and cetylpyridinium chloride in Pseudomonas stutzeri and changes in antibiotic susceptibility

    U. Tattawasart;J.-Y. Maillard;J.R. Furr;A.D. Russell

  • Antimicrobial biocides in the healthcare environment: efficacy, usage, policies, and perceived problems.

    Jean-Yves Maillard

  • Emerging contaminants affect the microbiome of water systems—strategies for their mitigation

    Inês B. Gomes;Jean-Yves Maillard;Lúcia Chaves Simões;Lúcia Chaves Simões;Manuel Simões

  • Potential Role of Oral Rinses Targeting the Viral Lipid Envelope in SARS-CoV-2 Infection.

    Valerie B O'Donnell;David Thomas;Richard Stanton;Jean-Yves Maillard

  • Ortho-phthalaldehyde: a possible alternative to glutaraldehyde for high level disinfection.

    Susannah E. Walsh;J-Y. Maillard;A. D. Russell

  • Aspects of the antimicrobial mechanisms of action of a polyquaternium and an amidoamine

    Caroline E Codling;Jean-Yves Maillard;A Denver Russell

  • Bacterial resistance to biocides in the healthcare environment: should it be of genuine concern?

    Jean Yves Maillard

  • Beware biofilm! Dry biofilms containing bacterial pathogens on multiple healthcare surfaces; a multi-centre study.

    K. Ledwoch;S.J. Dancer;S.J. Dancer;J.A. Otter;J.A. Otter;K. Kerr

  • Efflux pump induction by quaternary ammonium compounds and fluoroquinolone resistance in bacteria

    Sylvie Buffet-Bataillon;Pierre Tattevin;Jean-Yves Maillard;Martine Bonnaure-Mallet

  • Triclosan¿bacteria interactions: single or multiple target sites?

    M. Gomez Escalada;A.D. Russell;J.-Y. Maillard;D. Ochs

  • Nanosilver: Safety, health and environmental effects and role in antimicrobial resistance

    Philippe Hartemann;Peter Hoet;Ana Proykova;Teresa Fernandes

Frequent Co-Authors

A. D. Russell
A. D. Russell Cardiff University
Syed A. Sattar
Syed A. Sattar University of Ottawa
Manuel Simões
Manuel Simões University of Porto
Eshwar Mahenthiralingam
Eshwar Mahenthiralingam Cardiff University
Fernanda Borges
Fernanda Borges University of Porto
Andrew W. Robertson
Andrew W. Robertson Columbia University
Marco R. Oggioni
Marco R. Oggioni University of Leicester
Romain Briandet
Romain Briandet University of Paris-Saclay
Andrew J. McBain
Andrew J. McBain University of Manchester
Séamus Fanning
Séamus Fanning University College Dublin

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