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Overview

Timothy R. McDermott is affiliated with Montana State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with notable contributions across several related subfields.

The main areas of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Molecular Biology
  • Global and Planetary Change

McDermott's work covers a diverse range of topics within environmental science. Key topics addressed in their research are:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Chromium effects and bioremediation
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Recent publications illustrate the scope and interdisciplinary nature of their research. These include:

  • "Aerobic bacterial methane synthesis" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Introducing the ArsR-Regulated Arsenic Stimulon" (2021), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • "Revised classification of the Cyanidiophyceae based on plastid genome data with descriptions of the Cavernulicolales ord. nov. and Galdieriales ord. nov. (Rhodophyta)" (2023), published in Journal of Phycology
  • "Aerobic methane synthesis and dynamics in a river water environment" (2023), published in Limnology and Oceanography
  • "Arsenate-Induced Changes in Bacterial Metabolite and Lipid Pools during Phosphate Stress" (2020), published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with McDermott on multiple publications include:

  • Brian Bothner
  • William Christian
  • Qian Wang
  • Timothy G. Stephens
  • Julia Van Etten

The venues in which McDermott's research has appeared most often include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Journal of Phycology
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Limnology and Oceanography

Best Publications

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa Anaerobic Respiration in Biofilms: Relationships to Cystic Fibrosis Pathogenesis

    Sang Sun Yoon;Robert F. Hennigan;George M. Hilliard;Urs A. Ochsner

  • Quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa controls expression of catalase and superoxide dismutase genes and mediates biofilm susceptibility to hydrogen peroxide

    Daniel J. Hassett;Ju-Fang Ma;James G. Elkins;James G. Elkins;Timothy R. McDermott;Timothy R. McDermott

  • Anaerobic metabolism and quorum sensing by Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms in chronically infected cystic fibrosis airways: rethinking antibiotic treatment strategies and drug targets.

    Daniel J Hassett;John Cuppoletti;Bruce Trapnell;Sergei V Lymar

  • Biotransformation of arsenic by a Yellowstone thermoacidophilic eukaryotic alga.

    Jie Qin;Corinne R. Lehr;Chungang Yuan;X. Chris Le

  • Bacterial populations associated with the oxidation and reduction of arsenic in an unsaturated soil.

    Richard E. Macur;Colin R. Jackson;Lina M. Botero;Timothy R. Mcdermott

  • Protective Role of Catalase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Resistance to Hydrogen Peroxide

    James G. Elkins;Daniel J. Hassett;Philip S. Stewart;Philip S. Stewart;Herbert P. Schweizer

  • Arsenic (V)/(III) cycling in soils and natural waters: chemical and microbiological processes.

    W. P. Inskeep;T. R. McDermott;S. Fendorf;W. T. Frankenberger

  • Rapid oxidation of arsenite in a hot spring ecosystem, Yellowstone National Park.

    Heiko W. Langner;Colin R. Jackson;Timothy R. Mcdermott;William P. Inskeep

  • Microbial populations associated with the reduction and enhanced mobilization of arsenic in mine tailings

    Richard E. Macur;Jacob T. Wheeler;Timothy R. Mcdermott;William P. Inskeep

  • Molecular analysis of microbial community structure in an arsenite-oxidizing acidic thermal spring

    Colin R. Jackson;Heiko W. Langner;Jessica Donahoe-Christiansen;William P. Inskeep

  • Viruses from extreme thermal environments.

    George Rice;Kenneth Stedman;Jamie Snyder;Blake Wiedenheft

  • Complex regulation of arsenite oxidation in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    Des R. Kashyap;Lina M. Botero;William L. Franck;Daniel J. Hassett

  • Rates of Microbially Mediated Arsenate Reduction and Solubilization

    C. A. Jones;H. W. Langner;K. Anderson;T. R. McDermott

  • Gene Expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Evidence of Iron Override Effects on Quorum Sensing and Biofilm-Specific Gene Regulation

    Nikki Bollinger;Daniel J. Hassett;Barbara H. Iglewski;J. William Costerton

  • Soil microbial community structure across a thermal gradient following a geothermal heating event.

    Tracy B. Norris;Jon M. Wraith;Richard W. Castenholz;Timothy R. McDermott

  • The gut microbiome is required for full protection against acute arsenic toxicity in mouse models

    Michael Coryell;Mark McAlpine;Nicholas V. Pinkham;Timothy R. McDermott

  • Arsenite-oxidizing Hydrogenobaculum strain isolated from an acid-sulfate-chloride geothermal spring in Yellowstone National Park.

    Jessica Donahoe-Christiansen;Seth D'Imperio;Colin R. Jackson;William P. Inskeep

  • Biogeographic and Phylogenetic Diversity of Thermoacidophilic Cyanidiales in Yellowstone National Park, Japan, and New Zealand

    J. A. Toplin;T. B. Norris;C. R. Lehr;T. R. McDermott

  • Bradyrhizobium japonicum Inoculant Mobility, Nodule Occupancy, and Acetylene Reduction in the Soybean Root System.

    Timothy R. McDermott;Peter H. Graham

  • P Metabolism in the Bean-Rhizobium tropici Symbiosis

    T. S. Al-Niemi;M. L. Kahn;T. R. McDermott

Frequent Co-Authors

William P. Inskeep
William P. Inskeep Montana State University
Daniel J. Hassett
Daniel J. Hassett University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Richard W. Castenholz
Richard W. Castenholz University of Oregon
Brian Bothner
Brian Bothner Montana State University
Christopher Rensing
Christopher Rensing Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University
Kenneth H. Nealson
Kenneth H. Nealson University of Southern California
John E. Dore
John E. Dore Montana State University
Barbara H. Iglewski
Barbara H. Iglewski University of Rochester
Mark J. Young
Mark J. Young Montana State University
Philip S. Stewart
Philip S. Stewart Montana State University

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