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Stephen P. Diggle is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine. Within these broad areas, their work has addressed subfields such as Molecular Biology, Molecular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Genetics, and Ecology.

The main topics covered in Stephen P. Diggle's research include:

  • Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Recent publications by Stephen P. Diggle offer insight into the scope of their scientific inquiries. Notable papers include:

  • "Bacterial Quorum Sensing During Infection," 2020, Annual Review of Microbiology
  • "Allelic polymorphism shapes community function in evolving Pseudomonas aeruginosa populations," 2020, The ISME Journal
  • "O-Specific Antigen-Dependent Surface Hydrophobicity Mediates Aggregate Assembly Type in Pseudomonas aeruginosa," 2021, DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
  • "The evolution of virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa during chronic wound infection," 2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Frequency of quorum-sensing mutations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains isolated from different environments," 2022, Microbiology

Stephen P. Diggle frequently publishes in several scientific venues, with notable repeat publications in:

  • Microbiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • mBio
  • Annual Review of Microbiology
  • DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, among whom the most frequent include:

  • Sheyda Azimi
  • Madeline Mei
  • Jelly Vanderwoude
  • Jacob Thomas
  • Joanna B. Goldberg

Best Publications

  • Social evolution theory for microorganisms

    Stuart A West;Ashleigh S Griffin;Andy Gardner;Andy Gardner;Stephen P Diggle

  • Progress in and promise of bacterial quorum sensing research

    Marvin Whiteley;Stephen P. Diggle;E. Peter Greenberg;E. Peter Greenberg

  • Cooperation and conflict in quorum-sensing bacterial populations

    Stephen P. Diggle;Ashleigh S. Griffin;Genevieve S. Campbell;Stuart A. West

  • The Social Lives of Microbes

    Stuart A. West;Stephen P. Diggle;Angus Buckling;Andy Gardner

  • Quinolones: from antibiotics to autoinducers

    Stephan Heeb;Matthew P. Fletcher;Siri Ram Chhabra;Stephen P. Diggle

  • Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Quorum Sensing: From Evolution to Application

    Martin Schuster;D. Joseph Sexton;Stephen P. Diggle;E. Peter Greenberg

  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-Quinolone Signal Molecules HHQ and PQS Play Multifunctional Roles in Quorum Sensing and Iron Entrapment

    Stephen P. Diggle;Sandra Matthijs;Victoria J. Wright;Matthew P. Fletcher

  • Targeting virulence: can we make evolution-proof drugs?

    Richard C. Allen;Roman Popat;Stephen P. Diggle;Sam P. Brown

  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa quinolone signal molecule overcomes the cell density‐dependency of the quorum sensing hierarchy, regulates rhl‐dependent genes at the onset of stationary phase and can be produced in the absence of LasR

    Stephen P. Diggle;Klaus Winzer;Siri Ram Chhabra;Kathryn E. Worrall

  • Microbe Profile: Pseudomonas aeruginosa: opportunistic pathogen and lab rat

    Stephen P Diggle;Marvin Whiteley

  • The galactophilic lectin, LecA, contributes to biofilm development in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Stephen P. Diggle;Rachael E. Stacey;Christine Dodd;Miguel Cámara

  • Quorum Quenching by an N-Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Acylase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1

    Charles F. Sio;Linda G. Otten;Robbert H. Cool;Stephen P. Diggle

  • 4-Quinolone signalling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Old molecules, new perspectives

    Stephen P. Diggle;Pierre Cornelis;Paul Williams;Miguel Cámara

  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Lectins PA-IL and PA-IIL Are Controlled by Quorum Sensing and by RpoS

    Klaus Winzer;Colin Falconer;Nachman C. Garber;Stephen P. Diggle

  • Quorum Sensing and the Social Evolution of Bacterial Virulence

    Kendra P. Rumbaugh;Stephen P. Diggle;Chase M. Watters;Adin Ross-Gillespie

  • Evolutionary theory of bacterial quorum sensing: when is a signal not a signal?

    Stephen P Diggle;Andy Gardner;Stuart A West;Ashleigh S Griffin

  • Role of Multicellular Aggregates in Biofilm Formation

    Kasper N. Kragh;Jaime B. Hutchison;Gavin Melaugh;Chris Rodesney

  • Quorum sensing by 2-alkyl-4-quinolones in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other bacterial species

    Jean-Frédéric Dubern;Stephen P. Diggle

  • Advancing the Quorum in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: MvaT and the Regulation of N-Acylhomoserine Lactone Production and Virulence Gene Expression

    Stephen P. Diggle;Klaus Winzer;Andrée Lazdunski;Paul Williams

  • Density-dependent fitness benefits in quorum-sensing bacterial populations

    Sophie E. Darch;Stuart A. West;Klaus Winzer;Stephen P. Diggle

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Williams
Paul Williams University of Nottingham
Miguel Cámara
Miguel Cámara University of Nottingham
Stuart A. West
Stuart A. West University of Oxford
Ashleigh S. Griffin
Ashleigh S. Griffin University of Oxford
Sam P. Brown
Sam P. Brown Georgia Institute of Technology
Thomas Bjarnsholt
Thomas Bjarnsholt University of Copenhagen
Klaus Winzer
Klaus Winzer University of Nottingham
Marvin Whiteley
Marvin Whiteley Georgia Institute of Technology
Siri Ram Chhabra
Siri Ram Chhabra University of Nottingham
Alan McNally
Alan McNally University of Birmingham

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