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Skorn Mongkolsuk

Skorn Mongkolsuk

Overview

Skorn Mongkolsuk is affiliated with Mahidol University in Thailand and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their research integrates multidisciplinary approaches with particular emphasis on infectious diseases, pollution, molecular biology, water science and technology, and molecular medicine.

Their scholarly work covers main topics including pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, fecal contamination and water quality, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, and infections and bacterial resistance.

Notable recent publications include:

  • One Health drivers of antibacterial resistance: Quantifying the relative impacts of human, animal and environmental use and transmission (2021, One Health)
  • Capsid integrity quantitative PCR to determine virus infectivity in environmental and food applications - A systematic review (2020, Water Research X)
  • SARS-CoV-2 RNA surveillance in large to small centralized wastewater treatment plants preceding the third COVID-19 resurgence in Bangkok, Thailand (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Persisting antibiotic resistance gene pollution and its association with human sewage sources in tropical marine beach waters (2021, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health)
  • Integrated analyses of fecal indicator bacteria, microbial source tracking markers, and pathogens for Southeast Asian beach water quality assessment (2021, Water Research)

The coauthors with whom Skorn Mongkolsuk has frequently collaborated include:

  • Kwanrawee Sirikanchana (37 publications)
  • Montakarn Sresung (15 publications)
  • Akechai Kongprajug (14 publications)
  • Jutamaad Satayavivad (11 publications)
  • Natcha Chyerochana (11 publications)

The scientist's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (10 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (7 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology (3 publications)
  • International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health (2 publications)

The research by Skorn Mongkolsuk addresses critical challenges in antibiotic resistance, environmental contamination, and viral surveillance. Their interdisciplinary focus contributes to understanding how environmental factors impact public health, including the dynamics of pathogen transmission and persistence in various ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • Regulation of inducible peroxide stress responses.

    Skorn Mongkolsuk;John D. Helmann

  • Antifungal potential of extracellular metabolites produced by Streptomyces hygroscopicus against phytopathogenic fungi.

    Benjaphorn Prapagdee;Chutima Kuekulvong;Skorn Mongkolsuk

  • OhrR Is a Repressor of ohrA, a Key Organic Hydroperoxide Resistance Determinant in Bacillus subtilis

    Mayuree Fuangthong;Sopapan Atichartpongkul;Skorn Mongkolsuk;Skorn Mongkolsuk;John D. Helmann

  • Peroxide-Sensing Transcriptional Regulators in Bacteria

    James M. Dubbs;Skorn Mongkolsuk

  • Identification and Characterization of a New Organic Hydroperoxide Resistance (ohr) Gene with a Novel Pattern of Oxidative Stress Regulation from Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli

    Skorn Mongkolsuk;Skorn Mongkolsuk;Wipa Praituan;Wipa Praituan;Suvit Loprasert;Mayuree Fuangthong

  • Bioaugmentation with cadmium-resistant plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria to assist cadmium phytoextraction by Helianthus annuus

    Benjaphorn Prapagdee;Maesinee Chanprasert;Skorn Mongkolsuk;Skorn Mongkolsuk

  • Catalase-peroxidase KatG of Burkholderia pseudomallei at 1.7A resolution.

    Xavi Carpena;Suvit Loprasert;Skorn Mongkolsuk;Jacek Switala

  • Structural Mechanism of Organic Hydroperoxide Induction of the Transcription Regulator OhrR

    Kate J. Newberry;Mayuree Fuangthong;Warunya Panmanee;Skorn Mongkolsuk;Skorn Mongkolsuk

  • Novel Organic Hydroperoxide-Sensing and Responding Mechanisms for OhrR, a Major Bacterial Sensor and Regulator of Organic Hydroperoxide Stress

    Warunya Panmanee;Paiboon Vattanaviboon;Leslie B. Poole;Skorn Mongkolsuk;Skorn Mongkolsuk

  • Peroxiredoxins in bacterial antioxidant defense.

    James M. Dubbs;Skorn Mongkolsuk;Skorn Mongkolsuk

  • Bacterial Ohr and OsmC paralogues define two protein families with distinct functions and patterns of expression.

    Sopapan Atichartpongkul;Suvit Loprasert;Paiboon Vattanaviboon;Wirongrong Whangsuk

  • Complex regulation of the organic hydroperoxide resistance gene (ohr) from Xanthomonas involves OhrR, a novel organic peroxide-inducible negative regulator, and posttranscriptional modifications.

    Rojana Sukchawalit;Suvit Loprasert;Sopapan Atichartpongkul;Skorn Mongkolsuk;Skorn Mongkolsuk

  • Exposure to cadmium elevates expression of genes in the OxyR and OhrR regulons and induces cross-resistance to peroxide killing treatment in Xanthomonas campestris.

    Peerakan Banjerdkij;Peerakan Banjerdkij;Paiboon Vattanaviboon;Skorn Mongkolsuk;Skorn Mongkolsuk

  • ohrR and ohr Are the Primary Sensor/Regulator and Protective Genes against Organic Hydroperoxide Stress in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    Tatsanee Chuchue;Weerachai Tanboon;Benjaphorn Prapagdee;James M. Dubbs

  • Characterization of transcription organization and analysis of unique expression patterns of an alkyl hydroperoxide reductase C gene (ahpC) and the peroxide regulator operon ahpF-oxyR-orfX from Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli.

    Skorn Mongkolsuk;Suvit Loprasert;Wirongrong Whangsuk;Mayuree Fuangthong

  • Construction and characterization of regulated L-arabinose-inducible broad host range expression vectors in Xanthomonas.

    Rojana Sukchawalit;Paiboon Vattanaviboon;Paiboon Vattanaviboon;Ratiboot Sallabhan;Skorn Mongkolsuk;Skorn Mongkolsuk

  • A Xanthomonas Alkyl Hydroperoxide Reductase Subunit C (ahpC) Mutant Showed an Altered Peroxide Stress Response and Complex Regulation of the Compensatory Response of Peroxide Detoxification Enzymes

    Skorn Mongkolsuk;Skorn Mongkolsuk;Wirongrong Whangsuk;Wirongrong Whangsuk;Paiboon Vattanaviboon;Suvit Loprasert

  • OhrR, a transcription repressor that senses and responds to changes in organic peroxide levels in Xanthomonas campestris pv. phaseoli

    Warunya Panmanee;Paiboon Vattanaviboon;Warawan Eiamphungporn;Wirongrong Whangsuk

  • Roles of Agrobacterium tumefaciens RirA in Iron Regulation, Oxidative Stress Response, and Virulence

    Patchara Ngok-Ngam;Nantaporn Ruangkiattikul;Aekkapol Mahavihakanont;Susan S. Virgem

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens fur has important physiological roles in iron and manganese homeostasis, the oxidative stress response, and full virulence.

    Worawan Kitphati;Patchara Ngok-ngam;Patchara Ngok-ngam;Sukanya Suwanmaneerat;Rojana Sukchawalit

Frequent Co-Authors

Herbert P. Schweizer
Herbert P. Schweizer Colorado State University
Julien Lescar
Julien Lescar Nanyang Technological University
John D. Helmann
John D. Helmann Cornell University
Sakol Panyim
Sakol Panyim Mahidol University
Michael B. Cortie
Michael B. Cortie University of Technology Sydney
Motoyuki Sugai
Motoyuki Sugai National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Jetsumon Sattabongkot
Jetsumon Sattabongkot Mahidol University
Stephen K. Farrand
Stephen K. Farrand University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Leslie B. Poole
Leslie B. Poole Wake Forest University

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