Nigel G. Ternan

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Nigel G. Ternan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pollution and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Nigel G. Ternan has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Pollution and 10 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Nigel G. Ternan's work include Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (9 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (8 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (6 papers). Nigel G. Ternan is often cited by papers focused on Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (9 papers), Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (8 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (6 papers). Nigel G. Ternan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Nigel G. Ternan's co-authors include Geoff McMullan, James Dooley, Chris I. R. Gill, Gordon J. McDougall, Deborah J. Smyth, J. William Allwood, Susan R. Verrall, John P. Quinn, Dario Fornara and Michael J. Crawley and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Nigel G. Ternan

66 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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Increased sporulation underpins adaptation of Clostridium difficile strain 630 to a biologically–relevant faecal environment, with implications for pathogenicity

2018 344 citations Nigel G. Ternan, Deborah J. Smyth et al. Scientific Reports profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nigel G. Ternan United Kingdom	25	690	341	327	314	234	67	2.0k
Lee A. Beaudette Canada	19	688 1.0×	584 1.7×	589 1.8×	383 1.2×	268 1.1×	34	2.2k
Qian Yang China	31	1.3k 1.8×	247 0.7×	429 1.3×	295 0.9×	349 1.5×	215	3.8k
Giorgio Milazzo Italy	12	1.0k 1.5×	198 0.6×	373 1.1×	311 1.0×	171 0.7×	20	2.2k
Ricardo Henrique Krüger Brazil	26	866 1.3×	369 1.1×	797 2.4×	373 1.2×	160 0.7×	98	2.5k
Milton Wainwright United Kingdom	29	493 0.7×	344 1.0×	398 1.2×	699 2.2×	232 1.0×	195	2.7k
James H. Campbell United States	18	1.0k 1.5×	165 0.5×	711 2.2×	158 0.5×	127 0.5×	34	2.5k
Andrea Thürmer Germany	25	1.3k 1.8×	174 0.5×	969 3.0×	342 1.1×	176 0.8×	58	2.7k
David Stopar Slovenia	27	915 1.3×	165 0.5×	830 2.5×	285 0.9×	427 1.8×	82	2.8k

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Pourshahidi, L. Kirsty, Nigel G. Ternan, Gordon J. McDougall, et al.. (2025). A review on the effects of flavan-3-ols, their metabolites, and their dietary sources on gut barrier integrity. Food & Function. 16(3). 815–830. 2 indexed citations

Guilhaudis, Laure, et al.. (2025). Substitution of a proline residue in the frog skin host-defense peptide, figainin-2PL by D-lysine generates an analog with potent activity against antibiotic-resistant ESKAPE pathogens. Peptides. 192. 171430–171430.

Allen, Susan E., Zahoor Ahmad, Joerg Arnscheidt, et al.. (2025). Fitting soil extracellular enzyme activity into the complex network of abiotic and biotic soil properties often associated with soil health. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1638267–1638267. 1 indexed citations

Pablos, Cristina, Javier Marugán, R. Van Grieken, et al.. (2024). Assessment of Photoactivated Chlorophyllin Production of Singlet Oxygen and Inactivation of Foodborne Pathogens. Catalysts. 14(8). 507–507. 2 indexed citations

Naughton, Patrick, et al.. (2024). Microbial Biosurfactants: Antimicrobial Activity and Potential Biomedical and Therapeutic Exploits. Pharmaceuticals. 17(1). 138–138. 23 indexed citations

Conlon, J. Michael, Dawood Khan, Nigel G. Ternan, et al.. (2024). Multifunctional host-defense peptides isolated from skin secretions of the banana tree dwelling frog Boana platanera (Hylidae; Hylinae). Biochimie. 223. 23–30. 3 indexed citations

Millar, B. Cherie, Andrei I. Tarasov, Nigel G. Ternan, John E. Moore, & Colette Murphy. (2023). Embedding Scientific Communication and Digital Capabilities in the Undergraduate Biomedical Science Curriculum. British Journal of Biomedical Science. 80. 11284–11284. 6 indexed citations

O’Hagan, Barry, et al.. (2023). Furanone loaded aerogels are effective antibiofilm therapeutics in a model of chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa wound infection. Biofilm. 5. 100128–100128. 11 indexed citations

Mechkarska, Milena, Nigel G. Ternan, Jérôme Leprince, et al.. (2023). Identification of an Antimicrobial Peptide from the Venom of the Trinidad Thick-Tailed Scorpion Tityus trinitatis with Potent Activity against ESKAPE Pathogens and Clostridioides difficile. Antibiotics. 12(9). 1404–1404. 7 indexed citations

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Dooley, James, Nigel G. Ternan, William J. Snelling, et al.. (2019). Electroanalytical properties of chlorophenol red at disposable carbon electrodes: Implications for Escherichia coli detection. Bioelectrochemistry. 130. 107321–107321. 2 indexed citations

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Jain, Shailesh, Deborah J. Smyth, Barry O’Hagan, et al.. (2017). Inactivation of the dnaK gene in Clostridium difficile 630 Δerm yields a temperature-sensitive phenotype and increases biofilm-forming ability. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17522–17522. 36 indexed citations

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Nesbitt, Heather, Nigel G. Ternan, James Dooley, et al.. (2016). Sonodynamic inactivation of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria using a Rose Bengal–antimicrobial peptide conjugate. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 49(1). 31–36. 69 indexed citations

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Hashim, Yumi Zuhanis Has-Yun, Jenny Worthington, Philip J. Allsopp, et al.. (2014). Virgin olive oil phenolics extract inhibit invasion of HT115 human colon cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. Food & Function. 5(7). 1513–1513. 28 indexed citations

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Ternan, Nigel G., et al.. (2012). Comparative Transcriptional Analysis of Clinically Relevant Heat Stress Response in Clostridium difficile Strain 630. PLoS ONE. 7(7). e42410–e42410. 28 indexed citations

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Graham, R. L., Mohit Sharma, Nigel G. Ternan, et al.. (2007). A semi-quantitative GeLC-MS analysis of temporal proteome expression in the emerging nosocomial pathogen Ochrobactrum anthropi. Genome biology. 8(6). R110–R110. 23 indexed citations

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Pavlostathis, Spyros G., Roger Marchant, İbrahim M. Banat, Nigel G. Ternan, & Geoff McMullan. (2006). High growth rate and substrate exhaustion results in rapid cell death and lysis in the thermophilic bacterium Geobacillus thermoleovorans. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 95(1). 84–95. 17 indexed citations

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Ternan, Nigel G. & Geoff McMullan. (2002). Utilisation of aminomethane sulfonate byChromohalobacter marismortuiVH1. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 207(1). 49–53. 4 indexed citations

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Ternan, Nigel G. & Geoff McMullan. (2000). The utilization of 4-aminobutylphosphonate as sole nitrogen source by a strain ofKluyveromyces fragilis. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 184(2). 237–240. 13 indexed citations

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Ternan, Nigel G., et al.. (2000). Organophosphonate metabolism by a moderately halophilic bacterial isolate. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 186(2). 171–175. 18 indexed citations

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Ternan, Nigel G., et al.. (1998). Phosphate Starvation-independent 2-Aminoethylphosphonic Acid Biodegradation in a Newly Isolated Strain of Pseudomonas putida, NG2. Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 21(3). 346–352. 41 indexed citations

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