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Overview

Michael McClelland is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, contributing a substantial body of work with 67 publications in the former and 30 in the latter.

The scientist's work covers several subfields including Molecular Biology, Food Science, Endocrinology, Biotechnology, and Ecology. This diverse range highlights their involvement in various aspects of biological and molecular sciences.

In terms of research topics, McClelland focuses on areas related to bacterial pathogens and microbial ecology. Key topics addressed in their work include:

  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Vibrio bacteria research studies
  • Escherichia coli research studies
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety
  • Gut microbiota and health

They have published notable papers including:

  • Import of Aspartate and Malate by DcuABC Drives H2/Fumarate Respiration to Promote Initial Salmonella Gut-Lumen Colonization in Mice, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Identification of Novel Genes Mediating Survival of Salmonella on Low-Moisture Foods via Transposon Sequencing Analysis, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Glycolytic reprograming in Salmonella counters NOX2-mediated dissipation of ΔpH, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The Multidrug Efflux System AcrABZ-TolC Is Essential for Infection of Salmonella Typhimurium by the Flagellum-Dependent Bacteriophage Chi, 2021, Journal of Virology
  • YeiE Regulates Motility and Gut Colonization in Salmonella enterica Serotype Typhimurium, 2021, mBio

Frequently publishing in journals such as Frontiers in Microbiology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), mBio, Cancers, and SSRN Electronic Journal, McClelland maintains an active presence in diverse scientific platforms.

Their collaborative efforts include frequent coauthors like Steffen Porwollik, Weiping Chu, Farah Rahmatpanah, Andrés Vázquez-Torres, and Dan Mercola, reflecting ongoing teamwork and multidisciplinary engagement in their research projects.

Best Publications

  • Fingerprinting genomes using PCR with arbitrary primers

    John Welsh;Michael McClelland

  • Complete genome sequence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2

    Michael McClelland;Kenneth E. Sanderson;John Spieth;Sandra W. Clifton

  • Selective silencing of foreign DNA with low GC content by the H-NS protein in Salmonella.

    William Wiley Navarre;Steffen Porwollik;Yipeng Wang;Michael McClelland

  • Arbitrarily primed PCR fingerprinting of RNA.

    John Welsh;Kiran Chada;Seema S. Dalal;Rita Cheng

  • Space flight alters bacterial gene expression and virulence and reveals a role for global regulator Hfq

    J. W. Wilson;C. M. Ott;K. Höner zu Bentrup;R. Ramamurthy

  • Polymorphisms generated by arbitrarily primed PCR in the mouse: application to strain identification and genetic mapping.

    John Welsh;Charles Petersen;Michael McClelland

  • Effect of site-specific modification on restriction endonucleases and DNA modification methyltransferases.

    Michael McClelland;Michael Nelson;Eberhard Raschke

  • Genetic and Phenotypic Analysis of Borrelia miyamotoi sp. nov., Isolated from the Ixodid Tick Ixodes persulcatus, the Vector for Lyme Disease in Japan

    Masahito Fukunaga;Yukie Takahashi;Yasuto Tsuruta;Osamu Matsushita

  • Comparison of genome degradation in Paratyphi A and Typhi, human-restricted serovars of Salmonella enterica that cause typhoid.

    Michael McClelland;Kenneth E Sanderson;Sandra W Clifton;Phil Latreille

  • Genomic fingerprinting using arbitrarily primed PCR and a matrix of pairwise combinations of primers.

    J Welsh;M McClelland

  • Silencing of xenogeneic DNA by H-NS—facilitation of lateral gene transfer in bacteria by a defense system that recognizes foreign DNA

    William Wiley Navarre;Michael McClelland;Stephen J. Libby;Ferric C. Fang

  • Restriction endonucleases for pulsed field mapping of bacterial genomes

    Michael McClelland;Robert Jones;Yogesh Patel;Michael Nelson

  • Regulation of Salmonella typhimurium virulence gene expression by cationic antimicrobial peptides

    Martin W. Bader;William Wiley Navarre;Whitney Shiau;Hiroshi Nikaido

  • Characterization of Salmonella enterica Subspecies I Genovars by Use of Microarrays

    S. Porwollik;E. F. Boyd;C. Choy;P. Cheng

  • RNA fingerprinting and differential display using arbitrarily primed PCR

    Michael McClelland;Francoise Mathieu-Daude;John Welsh

  • Evolutionary genomics of Salmonella: gene acquisitions revealed by microarray analysis.

    Steffen Porwollik;Rita Mei-Yi Wong;Michael McClelland

  • Parentage determination in maize hybrids using the arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR).

    J. Welsh;R. J. Honeycutt;M. McClelland;B. W. S. Sobral

  • Gene expression patterns during swarming in Salmonella typhimurium: genes specific to surface growth and putative new motility and pathogenicity genes

    Qingfeng Wang;Jonathan G. Frye;Michael McClelland;Rasika M. Harshey

  • Genomic fingerprints produced by PCR with consensus tRNA gene primers

    John Welsh;Michael McClelland

  • A genetic linkage map of Saccharum spontaneum L. 'SES 208'.

    Salah M. Al-Janabi;Rhonda J. Honeycutt;Michael McClelland;Bruno W. S. Sobral

Frequent Co-Authors

Steffen Porwollik
Steffen Porwollik APEX Think Consulting
Dan Mercola
Dan Mercola University of California, Irvine
Jonathan G. Frye
Jonathan G. Frye United States Department of Agriculture
Andrés Vázquez-Torres
Andrés Vázquez-Torres University of Colorado Denver
Ferric C. Fang
Ferric C. Fang University of Washington
Bruno W. S. Sobral
Bruno W. S. Sobral Virginia Tech
Max Teplitski
Max Teplitski University of Florida
Stephen J. Libby
Stephen J. Libby University of Washington
Hubert Serve
Hubert Serve Goethe University Frankfurt
Michael Landthaler
Michael Landthaler University of Regensburg

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