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Mark J. McBride is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work in immunology and microbiology. The scientist's research spans several subfields including molecular biology, genetics, immunology, endocrinology, and microbiology.

The main topics covered by their work include bacterial genetics and biotechnology, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, Vibrio bacteria research studies, bacterial infections and vaccines, genomics and phylogenetic studies, biochemical and structural characterization, as well as bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing.

They have contributed to numerous publications in recognized venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
  • eLife
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Mark J. McBride are:

  • The Type IX Secretion System Is Required for Virulence of the Fish Pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum, 2020, Applied and Environmental Microbiology
  • Cooperation between Different CRISPR-Cas Types Enables Adaptation in an RNA-Targeting System, 2021, mBio
  • In situ imaging of bacterial outer membrane projections and associated protein complexes using electron cryo-tomography, 2021, eLife
  • Dynamic proton-dependent motors power type IX secretion and gliding motility in Flavobacterium, 2022, PLoS Biology
  • Type B CTD Proteins Secreted by the Type IX Secretion System Associate with PorP-like Proteins for Cell Surface Anchorage, 2022, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Rachel A. Conrad
  • Yongtao Zhu
  • Jason P. Evenhuis
  • Ryan S. Lipscomb
  • Clayton Birkett

Mark J. McBride's work covers fundamental aspects of bacterial secretion systems, CRISPR-Cas mechanisms, and bacterial motility, contributing to the understanding of bacterial pathogenesis and molecular microbiology. Their research outputs demonstrate an integration of molecular techniques and applied research relevant to disease management in aquaculture and bacterial biotechnology.

Best Publications

  • The surprisingly diverse ways that prokaryotes move

    Ken F. Jarrell;Mark J. McBride

  • Bacterial gliding motility : multiple mechanisms for cell movement over surfaces

    Mark J. McBride

  • A protein secretion system linked to bacteroidete gliding motility and pathogenesis

    Keiko Sato;Mariko Naito;Hideharu Yukitake;Hideki Hirakawa

  • Gliding motility and Por secretion system genes are widespread among members of the phylum bacteroidetes.

    Mark J. McBride;Yongtao Zhu

  • Novel Features of the Polysaccharide-Digesting Gliding Bacterium Flavobacterium johnsoniae as Revealed by Genome Sequence Analysis

    Mark J. McBride;Gary Xie;Gary Xie;Eric C. Martens;Eric C. Martens;Alla Lapidus

  • Genome sequence of the cellulolytic gliding bacterium Cytophaga hutchinsonii.

    Gary Xie;Gary Xie;David C. Bruce;David C. Bruce;Jean F. Challacombe;Jean F. Challacombe;Olga Chertkov;Olga Chertkov

  • "Frizzy" aggregation genes of the gliding bacterium Myxococcus xanthus show sequence similarities to the chemotaxis genes of enteric bacteria.

    Mark J. McBride;Robin A. Weinberg;David R. Zusman

  • Cloning and characterization of the Flavobacterium johnsoniae (Cytophaga johnsonae) gliding motility gene, gldA

    Sarika Agarwal;David W. Hunnicutt;Mark J. McBride

  • Flavobacterium johnsoniae Gliding Motility Genes Identified by mariner Mutagenesis

    Timothy F. Braun;Manjeet K. Khubbar;Daad A. Saffarini;Mark J. McBride

  • The Family Flavobacteriaceae

    Mark J. McBride

  • Helical flow of surface protein required for bacterial gliding motility

    Daisuke Nakane;Keiko Sato;Hirofumi Wada;Mark J. McBride

  • Carrageenan catabolism is encoded by a complex regulon in marine heterotrophic bacteria

    Elizabeth Ficko-Blean;Aurélie Préchoux;François Thomas;Tatiana Rochat

  • Development of techniques for the genetic manipulation of the gliding bacterium Cytophaga johnsonae.

    M J McBride;M J Kempf

  • Flavobacterium johnsoniae GldK, GldL, GldM, and SprA Are Required for Secretion of the Cell Surface Gliding Motility Adhesins SprB and RemA

    Abhishek Shrivastava;Joseph J. Johnston;Jessica M. van Baaren;Mark J. McBride

  • Developmental sensory transduction in Myxococcus xanthus involves methylation and demethylation of FrzCD.

    W R McCleary;M J McBride;D R Zusman

  • Flavobacterium johnsoniae Chitinase ChiA Is Required for Chitin Utilization and Is Secreted by the Type IX Secretion System

    Sampada S. Kharade;Mark J. McBride

  • Flavobacterium gliding motility and the type IX secretion system.

    Mark J McBride;Daisuke Nakane

  • Cloning and characterization of the Flavobacterium johnsoniae gliding-motility genes gldB and gldC.

    David W. Hunnicutt;Mark J. McBride

  • Flavobacterium johnsoniae GldJ Is a Lipoprotein That Is Required for Gliding Motility

    Timothy F. Braun;Mark J. McBride

  • Methylation of FrzCD, a methyl-accepting taxis protein of Myxococcus xanthus, is correlated with factors affecting cell behavior.

    M J McBride;T Köhler;D R Zusman

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Zusman
David R. Zusman University of California, Berkeley
Koji Nakayama
Koji Nakayama Nagasaki University
Gary Xie
Gary Xie Los Alamos National Laboratory
David Bruce
David Bruce Pebble Labs
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Eric C. Martens
Eric C. Martens University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Pin Nie
Pin Nie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Cliff Han
Cliff Han Los Alamos National Laboratory
Thomas Brettin
Thomas Brettin Argonne National Laboratory
Gurvan Michel
Gurvan Michel Université Paris Cité

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