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D-Index
48
Citations
8431
World Ranking
4691
National Ranking
1811

Larry S. McDaniel publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Larry S. McDaniel sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 130 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Larry S. McDaniel D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Larry S. McDaniel sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Larry S. McDaniel is affiliated with the University of Mississippi Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions in epidemiology, microbiology, pediatrics, perinatology, child health, public health, environmental and occupational health, and molecular biology.

The scientist has a considerable publication record in the study of infectious diseases and respiratory infections. Main topics addressed in their work include pneumonia and respiratory infections, bacterial infections and vaccines, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, neonatal health and biochemistry, streptococcal infections and treatments, hemoglobin structure and function, and heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with McDaniel include Jorge E. Vidal, Jessica L. Bradshaw, Anna Scasny, Lance E. Keller, and Courtney D. Thompson.

McDaniel's recent published papers include the following:

  • Hydrogen Peroxide Production by Streptococcus pneumoniae Results in Alpha-hemolysis by Oxidation of Oxy-hemoglobin to Met-hemoglobin (2020, mSphere)
  • Oxidative killing of encapsulated and nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae by lactoperoxidase-generated hypothiocyanite (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • Transformation of nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae during systemic infection (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Oligopeptide Transporters of Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae Regulate CbpAC and PspA Expression and Reduce Complement-Mediated Clearance (2023, mBio)
  • Molecular and structural basis of oligopeptide recognition by the Ami transporter system in pneumococci (2024, PLoS Pathogens)

Their works have appeared frequently in the venues bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), The Journal of Immunology, mSphere, mBio, and PLoS ONE.

Best Publications

  • Polyamine transporter potABCD is required for virulence of encapsulated but not nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae

    Haley R. Pipkins;Jessica L. Bradshaw;Lance E. Keller;Edwin Swiatlo

  • Pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) is serologically highly variable and is expressed by all clinically important capsular serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    M. J. Crain;W. D. Waltman;J. S. Turner;J. Yother

  • PspA, a surface protein of Streptococcus pneumoniae, is capable of eliciting protection against pneumococci of more than one capsular type.

    L S McDaniel;J S Sheffield;P Delucchi;D E Briles

  • PspC, a pneumococcal surface protein, binds human factor H.

    Sandhya Dave;Alexis Brooks-Walter;Michael K. Pangburn;Larry S. McDaniel

  • Use of insertional inactivation to facilitate studies of biological properties of pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA).

    L S McDaniel;J Yother;M Vijayakumar;L McGarry

  • Pneumococcal Diversity: Considerations for New Vaccine Strategies with Emphasis on Pneumococcal Surface Protein A (PspA)

    David E. Briles;Rebecca Creech Tart;Edwin Swiatlo;Joseph P. Dillard

  • PspA, a protection-eliciting pneumococcal protein: immunogenicity of isolated native PspA in mice.

    David E. Briles;Janice D. King;Mary Ann Gray;Larry S. McDaniel

  • Monoclonal antibodies against protease-sensitive pneumococcal antigens can protect mice from fatal infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    L S McDaniel;G Scott;J F Kearney;D E Briles

  • Localization of protection-eliciting epitopes on PspA of Streptococcus pneumoniae between amino acid residues 192 and 260

    L S McDaniel;B A Ralph;D O McDaniel;D E Briles

  • Dual Roles of PspC, a Surface Protein of Streptococcus pneumoniae, in Binding Human Secretory IgA and Factor H

    Sandhya Dave;Stephanie Carmicle;Sven Hammerschmidt;Michael K. Pangburn

  • Nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae: Emergence and Pathogenesis

    Lance E. Keller;D. Ashley Robinson;Larry S. McDaniel

  • Truncated Streptococcus pneumoniae PspA Molecules Elicit Cross-Protective Immunity against Pneumococcal Challenge in Mice

    Rebecca Creech Tart;Larry S. McDaniel;Beth A. Ralph;David E. Briles

  • Characterization of Binding of Human Lactoferrin to Pneumococcal Surface Protein A

    Anders Håkansson;Anders Håkansson;Hazeline Roche;Shaper Mirza;Larry S. McDaniel

  • PspA and PspC: Their Potential for Use as Pneumococcal Vaccines

    David E. Briles;Susan K. Hollingshead;Edwin Swiatlo;Alexis Brooks-Walter

  • Antipneumococcal effects of C-reactive protein and monoclonal antibodies to pneumococcal cell wall and capsular antigens.

    D E Briles;C Forman;J C Horowitz;J E Volanakis

  • Transformation of encapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    J Yother;L S McDaniel;D E Briles

  • Role of Pneumococcal Surface Protein A in the Virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae

    David E. Briles;Janet Yother;Larry S. McDaniel

  • A live recombinant avirulent oral Salmonella vaccine expressing pneumococcal surface protein A induces protective responses against Streptococcus pneumoniae.

    Amiya R. Nayak;Steven A. Tinge;Rebecca C. Tart;Larry S. McDaniel

  • Nontypeable Pneumococci Can Be Divided into Multiple cps Types, Including One Type Expressing the Novel Gene pspK

    In Ho Park;Kyung-Hyo Kim;Ana Lucia Andrade;David E. Briles

  • Serum resistance and biofilm formation in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii

    Lauren B. King;Edwin Swiatlo;Andrea Swiatlo;Andrea Swiatlo;Larry S. McDaniel

  • Human papillomavirus genotyping and p16INK4a expression in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia of adolescents

    Lulin Hu;Ming Guo;Zhi He;Justin Thornton

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Briles
David E. Briles University of Alabama at Birmingham
Janet Yother
Janet Yother University of Alabama at Birmingham
Susan K. Hollingshead
Susan K. Hollingshead University of Alabama at Birmingham
Hiroshi Kiyono
Hiroshi Kiyono University of Tokyo
Richard J. O'Callaghan
Richard J. O'Callaghan University of Mississippi Medical Center
Moon H. Nahm
Moon H. Nahm University of Alabama at Birmingham
William H. Benjamin
William H. Benjamin University of Alabama at Birmingham
Michael K. Pangburn
Michael K. Pangburn The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
D. Ashley Robinson
D. Ashley Robinson University of Mississippi Medical Center
P. David Rogers
P. David Rogers St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

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