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Patrick J. Blackall

Patrick J. Blackall

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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47
Citations
8636
World Ranking
723
National Ranking
46

Microbiology

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46
Citations
8510
World Ranking
4895
National Ranking
147

Overview

Patrick J. Blackall is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia. Their research spans several interconnected fields primarily focusing on microbiology, molecular biology, and immunology within biological sciences.

The main fields of study for Blackall include:

  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

The subfields of their research are:

  • Microbiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Ecology
  • Food Science
  • Immunology

The key topics covered in Blackall's work involve:

  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
  • Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
  • Streptococcal Infections and Treatments
  • Rabies epidemiology and control

They have published extensively in various venues, with frequent contributions appearing in:

  • Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • Avian Pathology
  • Australian Veterinary Journal
  • Poultry Science
  • Veterinary Microbiology

Blackall often collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Conny Turni
  • Lida Omaleki
  • John M. Atack
  • Thotsapol Thomrongsuwannakij
  • Tamsin S. Barnes

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Patrick J. Blackall include:

  • Interrogating the bovine reproductive tract metagenomes using culture-independent approaches: a systematic review, 2021, Animal Microbiome
  • Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae: The molecular determinants of virulence and pathogenesis, 2021, Advances in Microbial Physiology
  • A comparison of virulence genes, antimicrobial resistance profiles and genetic diversity of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) isolates from broilers and broiler breeders in Thailand and Australia, 2020, Avian Pathology
  • Streptococcus suis pathogenesis-A diverse array of virulence factors for a zoonotic lifestyle, 2021, Advances in Microbial Physiology
  • Systematic Analysis of REBASE Identifies Numerous Type I Restriction-Modification Systems with Duplicated, Distinct hsdS Specificity Genes That Can Switch System Specificity by Recombination, 2020, mSystems

Best Publications

  • Proposal of a new serovar of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae: serovar 15.

    P. J. Blackall;H. L. B. M. Klaasen;H. van den Bosch;Peter Kuhnert

  • Nucleic acid purification from plants, animals and microbes in under 30 seconds.

    Yiping Zou;Michael Glenn Mason;Yuling Wang;Eugene Wee

  • Serological characterization of Haemophilus parasuis isolates from China.

    Xuwang Cai;Huanchun Chen;P J Blackall;Zhengyan Yin

  • Infectious Coryza: Overview of the Disease and New Diagnostic Options

    P. J. Blackall

  • Characterization of the diversity of Haemophilus parasuis field isolates by use of serotyping and genotyping.

    Simone Oliveira;P. J. Blackall;Carlos Pijoan

  • Reclassification of Pasteurella gallinarum, [Haemophilus] paragallinarum, Pasteurella avium and Pasteurella volantium as Avibacterium gallinarum gen. nov., comb. nov., Avibacterium paragallinarum comb. nov., Avibacterium avium comb. nov. and Avibacterium volantium comb. nov.

    Patrick J. Blackall;Henrik Christensen;Tim Beckenham;Linda L. Blackall

  • Development and application of DNA probes and PCR tests for Haemophilus paragallinarum

    X. Chen;J.K. Miflin;P. Zhang;P.J. Blackall

  • Bordetella hinzii sp. nov., Isolated from Poultry and Humans

    P. Vandamme;J. Hommez;M. Vancanneyt;M. Monsieurs

  • Development of a Rapid Multiplex PCR Assay To Genotype Pasteurella multocida Strains by Use of the Lipopolysaccharide Outer Core Biosynthesis Locus

    Marina Harper;Marietta John;Conny Turni;Mark L Edmunds

  • Real-time measurement of bacterial aerosols with the UVAPS: performance evaluation

    Victoria Agranovski;Zoran Ristovski;Megan Hargreaves;Patrick.J Blackall

  • Proposal of a new serovar and altered nomenclature for Haemophilus paragallinarum in the Kume hemagglutinin scheme.

    P J Blackall;L E Eaves;D G Rogers

  • Reclassification of [Pasteurella] trehalosi as Bibersteinia trehalosi gen. nov., comb. nov.

    P. J. Blackall;Anders Miki Bojesen;Henrik Christensen;Magne Bisgaard

  • Mechanically Ventilated Broiler Sheds: a Possible Source of Aerosolized Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Escherichia coli.

    H. N. Chinivasagam;T. Tran;L. Maddock;A. Gale

  • Development of a multi-locus sequence typing scheme for avian isolates of Pasteurella multocida.

    S. Subaaharan;L.L. Blackall;P.J. Blackall

  • Application of ERIC-PCR for the comparison of isolates of Haemophilus parasuis.

    M. Rafiee;M. Bara;C. P. Stephens;P. J. Blackall

  • Phenotypic characterisation of Pasteurella multocida isolates from Australian poultry

    N. Fegan;P.J. Blackall;J.L. Pahoff

  • Comparison of adjuvants for an inactivated infectious coryza vaccine.

    G G Reid;P J Blackall

  • Establishment, validation and use of the Kielstein-Rapp-Gabrielson serotyping scheme for Haemophilus parasuis

    M. Rafiee;P. J. Blackall

  • Performance evaluation of the UVAPS: influence of physiological age of airborne bacteria and bacterial stress

    Victoria Agranovski;Zoran Ristovski;Megan Hargreaves;Patrick J. Blackall

  • Plasmid-Encoded Tet B Tetracycline Resistance in Haemophilus parasuis

    John F. Lancashire;Tamsin D. Terry;P. J. Blackall;Michael P. Jennings

  • Population structure and diversity of avian isolates of Pasteurella multocida from Australia

    Patrick J. Blackall;Narelle Fegan;Gerard T. I. Chew;David J. Hampson

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael P. Jennings
Michael P. Jennings Griffith University
Magne Bisgaard
Magne Bisgaard Bisgaard Consulting
Philip M. Giffard
Philip M. Giffard Charles Darwin University
John D. Boyce
John D. Boyce Monash University
Henrik Christensen
Henrik Christensen University of Copenhagen
Ben Adler
Ben Adler Monash University
Linda L. Blackall
Linda L. Blackall University of Melbourne
David J. Hampson
David J. Hampson Murdoch University
Lidia Morawska
Lidia Morawska Queensland University of Technology
Zoran Ristovski
Zoran Ristovski Queensland University of Technology

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