J. Ross Fitzgerald

11.3k citations

111 papers · 7.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 48

Co-authors: James M. Musser Dermot Cox Timothy J. Foster Nouri L. Ben Zakour José R. Penadés Cyril J. Smyth P.J. Hartigan Caitriona M. Guinane
Topics: Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (71 papers)Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (35 papers)Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (17 papers)
Cited by: Infectious Diseases Clinical Biochemistry Microbiology
Journals: Science Cell Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Ireland

In The Last Decade

J. Ross Fitzgerald

108 papers receiving 7.6k citations

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Diversity and pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus from bovine mastitis: current understanding and future perspectives

2022 114 citations Amy C. Pickering, Mary Hellen Fabres-Klein et al. BMC Veterinary Research profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Genome-Scale Meta-analysis of Host Responses to Staphylococcus aureus Identifies Pathways for Host-Directed Therapeutic Targeting 2025 ·The Journal of Infectious Diseases ·Clark D Russell,(unknown),(unknown),Jonathan Millar,Bo Wang,Nick Parkinson,Sara Clohisey,Maaike Swets,J. Ross Fitzgerald,J. Kenneth Baillie,David H. Dockrell	0
2	Mechanisms of host adaptation by bacterial pathogens 2024 ·FEMS Microbiology Reviews ·Matthew F. Barber,J. Ross Fitzgerald	10
3	Experimental evolution of Staphylococcus aureus in macrophages: dissection of a conditional adaptive trait promoting intracellular survival 2024 ·mBio ·Joana Alves,Manouk Vrieling,Natalie Ring,Gonzalo Yebra,Amy C. Pickering,Tomasz K. Prajsnar,Stephen A. Renshaw,J. Ross Fitzgerald	1
4	Bacteriophage-driven emergence and expansion of Staphylococcus aureus in rodent populations 2024 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Gonzalo Yebra,Daniel M. Mrochen,Stefan Fischer,Florian Pfaff,Rainer G. Ulrich,Kathleen R. Pritchett‐Corning,Silva Holtfreter,J. Ross Fitzgerald	0
5	RNase III CLASH in MRSA uncovers sRNA regulatory networks coupling metabolism to toxin expression 2022 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown),Ivayla Ivanova,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Daniel G. Mediati,Amy C. Pickering,Paul Briaud,(unknown),Grzegorz Kudla,J. Ross Fitzgerald,Isabelle Caldelari,Ronan K. Carroll,Jai J. Tree,Sander Granneman	25
6	RNase III CLASH in MRSA uncovers sRNA regulatory networks coupling metabolism to toxin expression 2022 ·Edinburgh Research Explorer ·(unknown),Ivayla Ivanova,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Daniel G. Mediati,Amy C. Pickering,Paul Briaud,(unknown),Grzegorz Kudla,J. Ross Fitzgerald,Isabelle Caldelari,(unknown),Jai J. Tree,Sander Granneman	2
7	Diversity and pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus from bovine mastitis: current understanding and future perspectivesbreakdown → 2022 ·BMC Veterinary Research ·(unknown),Amy C. Pickering,(unknown),(unknown),Mary Hellen Fabres-Klein,Tiago Antônio de Oliveira Mendes,J. Ross Fitzgerald,Andréa de Oliveira Barros Ribon	114
8	Population analysis of Legionella pneumophila reveals a basis for resistance to complement-mediated killing 2021 ·Nature Communications ·Bryan A. Wee,Joana Alves,Diane Lindsay,(unknown),(unknown),Ross Cameron,Amy C. Pickering,(unknown),Jukka Corander,Pekka Marttinen,Bastian Opitz,Andrew Smith,J. Ross Fitzgerald	13
9	Evolutionary and Functional Analysis of Coagulase Positivity among the Staphylococci 2021 ·mSphere ·Amy C. Pickering,Gonzalo Yebra,Xiangyu Gong,Mariya I. Goncheva,Bryan A. Wee,(unknown),(unknown),Joana Alves,(unknown),Gavin K. Paterson,J. Ross Fitzgerald	13
10	Host-specialized fibrinogen-binding by a bacterial surface protein promotes biofilm formation and innate immune evasion 2019 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Amy C. Pickering,Pauline Vitry,(unknown),Brandon L. Garcia,Magnus Höök,Jeffrey J. Schoenebeck,Joan A. Geoghegan,Yves F. Dufrêne,J. Ross Fitzgerald	39
11	A multihost bacterial pathogen overcomes continuous population bottlenecks to adapt to new host species 2019 ·Science Advances ·Rodrigo Bacigalupe,María Ángeles Tormo‐Más,José R. Penadés,J. Ross Fitzgerald	19
12	Staphylococcus pseudintermedius Surface Protein L (SpsL) Is Required for Abscess Formation in a Murine Model of Cutaneous Infection 2018 ·Infection and Immunity ·Amy C. Richards,Marie O’Shea,Philippa M. Beard,Mariya I. Goncheva,Stephen W. Tuffs,J. Ross Fitzgerald,Andreas Lengeling	14
13	Gene exchange drives the ecological success of a multi-host bacterial pathogen 2018 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Emily J. Richardson,Rodrigo Bacigalupe,Ewan M. Harrison,Lucy A. Weinert,Samantha Lycett,Manouk Vrieling,(unknown),Paul A. Hoskisson,Matthew T. G. Holden,Edward J. Feil,Gavin K. Paterson,Steven Y. C. Tong,Adebayo Shittu,Willem J. B. van Wamel,David M. Aanensen,Julian Parkhill,Sharon J. Peacock,Jukka Corander,Mark A. Holmes,J. Ross Fitzgerald	156
14	The Staphylococcus aureus superantigen SElX is a bifunctional toxin that inhibits neutrophil function 2017 ·PLoS Pathogens ·Stephen W. Tuffs,David B. A. James,Jovanka Bestebroer,Amy C. Richards,Mariya I. Goncheva,Marie O’Shea,Bryan A. Wee,Keun Seok Seo,Patrick M. Schlievert,Andreas Lengeling,Jos A. G. van Strijp,Victor J. Torres,J. Ross Fitzgerald	34
15	Recombination-Mediated Host Adaptation by Avian Staphylococcus aureus 2017 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Susan Murray,Ben Pascoe,Guillaume Méric,Leonardos Mageiros,Koji Yahara,Matthew D. Hitchings,Yasmin Friedmann,Thomas S. Wilkinson,Fraser J. Gormley,Dietrich Mack,James E. Bray,Sarah Lamble,Rory Bowden,Keith A. Jolley,Martin Maiden,Sarah Wendlandt,Štefan Schwarz,Jukka Corander,J. Ross Fitzgerald,Samuel K. Sheppard	40
16	Gene flow in environmental Legionella pneumophila leads to genetic and pathogenic heterogeneity within a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak 2014 ·Genome biology ·Paul R. McAdam,(unknown),(unknown),Melissa J. Ward,Mary Hanson,Michael Gillies,Mick Watson,Joanne M. Stevens,Giles Edwards,J. Ross Fitzgerald	33
17	Genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism-based assay for high-resolution epidemiological analysis of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus hospital clone EMRSA-15 2013 ·Clinical Microbiology and Infection ·Anne Holmes,Gillian McAllister,Paul R. McAdam,Seong-Ho Choi,(unknown),Andrew Robb,Giles Edwards,Kate Templeton,J. Ross Fitzgerald	10
18	Evolutionary Genomics of Staphylococcus aureus Reveals Insights into the Origin and Molecular Basis of Ruminant Host Adaptation 2010 ·Genome Biology and Evolution ·Caitriona M. Guinane,Nouri L. Ben Zakour,María Ángeles Tormo‐Más,Lucy A. Weinert,(unknown),(unknown),Davida S. Smyth,Cyril J. Smyth,Jodi A. Lindsay,Katherine A. Gould,Adam A. Witney,Jason Hinds,Jonathan P. Bollback,Andrew Rambaut,José R. Penadés,J. Ross Fitzgerald	162
19	Recent human-to-poultry host jump, adaptation, and pandemic spread of Staphylococcus aureus 2009 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown),Caitriona M. Guinane,Nouri L. Ben Zakour,Lucy A. Weinert,Andrew Conway Morris,(unknown),A. John Simpson,Andrew Rambaut,Ulrich Nübel,J. Ross Fitzgerald	313
20	Evolutionary genomics of pathogenic bacteria 2001 ·Trends in Microbiology ·J. Ross Fitzgerald,James M. Musser	93

About J. Ross Fitzgerald

J. Ross Fitzgerald is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Microbiology and Clinical Biochemistry, having authored 111 papers that have together received 7.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (71 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (35 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (17 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Infectious Diseases (4.7k citations), Clinical Biochemistry (1.3k citations) and Microbiology (1.0k citations). J. Ross Fitzgerald has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Frequent co-authors include James M. Musser, Dermot Cox, Timothy J. Foster, Nouri L. Ben Zakour, José R. Penadés, Cyril J. Smyth, P.J. Hartigan, Caitriona M. Guinane, William J. Meaney and Paul R. McAdam. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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