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Marcelo Gottschalk

Marcelo Gottschalk

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Canada
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
86
Citations
24953
World Ranking
46
National Ranking
7

Microbiology

D-Index
86
Citations
24887
World Ranking
844
National Ranking
21

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Marcelo Gottschalk is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Immunology and Microbiology. Their work spans several subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Plant Science, and Ecology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Neonatal and Maternal Infections
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Infections and bacterial resistance

Marcelo Gottschalk has authored numerous papers in well-known scientific venues. Among the recent publications are:

  • "Coinfections and their molecular consequences in the porcine respiratory tract," 2020, Veterinary Research
  • "Update on Streptococcus suis Research and Prevention in the Era of Antimicrobial Restriction: 4th International Workshop on S. suis," 2020, Pathogens
  • "Proposal of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serovar 19, and reformulation of previous multiplex PCRs for capsule-specific typing of all known serovars," 2021, Veterinary Microbiology
  • "Genome Reduction Is Associated with Bacterial Pathogenicity across Different Scales of Temporal and Ecological Divergence," 2020, Molecular Biology and Evolution
  • "Large-scale genomic analysis of antimicrobial resistance in the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis," 2021, BMC Biology

Their research is frequently published in journals such as:

  • Veterinary Research
  • Pathogens
  • Veterinary Microbiology
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Marcelo Gottschalk has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Mariela Segura
  • Anusak Kerdsin
  • Sonia Lacouture
  • Nahuel Fittipaldi
  • Alexander W. Tucker

Best Publications

  • Streptococcus suis, an important pig pathogen and emerging zoonotic agent-an update on the worldwide distribution based on serotyping and sequence typing.

    Guillaume Goyette-Desjardins;Jean-Philippe Auger;Jianguo Xu;Mariela Segura

  • Streptococcus suis: a new emerging or an old neglected zoonotic pathogen?

    Marcelo Gottschalk;Jianguo Xu;Cynthia Calzas;Mariela Segura

  • The pathogenesis of the meningitis caused by Streptococcus suis: the unresolved questions.

    Marcelo Gottschalk;Mariela Segura

  • Virulence factors involved in the pathogenesis of the infection caused by the swine pathogen and zoonotic agent Streptococcus suis

    Nahuel Fittipaldi;Mariela Segura;Daniel Grenier;Marcelo Gottschalk

  • Streptococcus suis infections in humans: the Chinese experience and the situation in North America.

    Marcelo Gottschalk;Mariela Segura;Jiangu Xu

  • Critical Streptococcus suis Virulence Factors: Are They All Really Critical?

    Mariela Segura;Nahuel Fittipaldi;Nahuel Fittipaldi;Cynthia Calzas;Marcelo Gottschalk

  • Description of 14 new capsular types of Streptococcus suis.

    M. Gottschalk;Robert Higgins;M. Jacques;K. R. Mittal

  • Biochemical analysis, cpn60 and 16S rDNA sequence data indicate that Streptococcus suis serotypes 32 and 34, isolated from pigs, are Streptococcus orisratti.

    Janet E. Hill;Marcelo Gottschalk;Roland Brousseau;Josée Harel

  • Rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance in the emerging zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis

    Matthew T. G. Holden;Heidi Hauser;Mandy Sanders;Thi Hoa Ngo

  • Description of Six New Capsular Types (29–34) of Streptococcus Suis

    Robert Higgins;M. Gottschalk;M. Boudreau;A. Lebrun

  • Streptococcus suis serotype 2 mutants deficient in capsular expression.

    Nathalie Charland;Josée Harel;Marylène Kobisch;Serge Lacasse

  • Streptococcus suis Sequence Type 7 Outbreak, Sichuan, China

    Changyun Ye;Xiaoping Zhu;Huaiqi Jing;Huamao Du

  • Streptococcus suis Serotype 2, an Important Swine and Human Pathogen, Induces Strong Systemic and Cerebral Inflammatory Responses in a Mouse Model of Infection

    María C. Domínguez-Punaro;Mariela Segura;Marie-Michèle Plante;Sonia Lacouture

  • Characterization of six new capsular types (23 through 28) of Streptococcus suis.

    M. Gottschalk;Robert Higgins;M. Jacques;M. Beaudoin

  • Identification and detection of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae by PCR based on the gene apxIVA.

    Alain Schaller;Steven P Djordjevic;Graeme J Eamens;Wendy A Forbes

  • An update on Streptococcus suis identification.

    Robert Higgins;Marcelo Gottschalk

  • Streptococcus suis serotype 2 interactions with human brain microvascular endothelial cells

    Nathalie Charland;Victor Nizet;Craig E. Rubens;Kwang Sik Kim

  • Coinfections and their molecular consequences in the porcine respiratory tract

    Georges Saade;Céline Deblanc;Juliette Bougon;Juliette Bougon;Corinne Marois-Créhan

  • Update on Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae-knowledge, gaps and challenges.

    E. L. Sassu;J. T. Bossé;T. J. Tobias;M. Gottschalk

  • Isolation and characterization of α-enolase, a novel fibronectin-binding protein from Streptococcus suis

    Miriam Esgleas;Yuanyi Li;Mark A. Hancock;Josée Harel

  • Multiplex PCR Assay for Detection of Streptococcus suis Species and Serotypes 2 and 1/2 in Tonsils of Live and Dead Pigs

    C. Marois;S. Bougeard;M. Gottschalk;M. Kobisch

  • Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae surface polysaccharides: their role in diagnosis and immunogenicity.

    J D Dubreuil;M Jacques;K R Mittal;M Gottschalk

  • Phagocytosis and killing of Streptococcus suis by porcine neutrophils

    Geneviève Chabot-Roy;Philip Willson;Mariela Segura;Sonia Lacouture

  • Cloning and purification of the Streptococcus suis serotype 2 glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase and its involvement as an adhesin

    Julie Brassard;Marcelo Gottschalk;Sylvain Quessy

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Higgins
Robert Higgins University of California, Davis
Jianguo Xu
Jianguo Xu Chinese Center For Disease Control and Prevention
Josée Harel
Josée Harel University of Montreal
Daniel Grenier
Daniel Grenier Université Laval
Mario Jacques
Mario Jacques University of Montreal
Kazunori Oishi
Kazunori Oishi National Institutes of Health
Yukihiro Akeda
Yukihiro Akeda National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Shigeyuki Hamada
Shigeyuki Hamada Osaka University
Ruiting Lan
Ruiting Lan University of New South Wales
Duncan J. Maskell
Duncan J. Maskell University of Melbourne

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