Peter J. McNamara

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Peter J. McNamara is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter J. McNamara has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Infectious Diseases, 9 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Peter J. McNamara's work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (12 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (5 papers). Peter J. McNamara is often cited by papers focused on Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (12 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers) and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (5 papers). Peter J. McNamara collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Switzerland. Peter J. McNamara's co-authors include Richard A. Proctor, Christof von Eiff, Georg Peters, Karsten Becker, Mathias Herrmann, Barbara C. Kahl, J. Glenn Songer, Shirin Khalili, Arnold S. Bayer and William A. Cuevas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Reviews Microbiology, Journal of Bacteriology and The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Peter J. McNamara

20 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Small colony variants: a pathogenic form of bacteria that facilitates persistent and recurrent infections

2006 891 citations Richard A. Proctor, Christof von Eiff et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter J. McNamara United States	17	1.4k	1.3k	437	268	264	20	2.3k
John F. Kokai‐Kun United States	27	1.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.4×	269 0.6×	516 1.9×	348 1.3×	47	3.0k
Silvia Herbert Germany	15	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	465 1.1×	404 1.5×	114 0.4×	17	2.0k
Jeremy M. Yarwood United States	14	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	319 0.7×	335 1.3×	187 0.7×	15	2.4k
Fionnuala McAleese United States	17	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 0.9×	314 0.7×	497 1.9×	202 0.8×	22	2.5k
Antoni P. A. Hendrickx Netherlands	27	1.5k 1.1×	1.1k 0.8×	238 0.5×	232 0.9×	255 1.0×	67	2.7k
Chia Y. Lee United States	32	2.4k 1.7×	2.1k 1.6×	782 1.8×	338 1.3×	145 0.5×	55	3.0k
Kyoko Kuwahara‐Arai Japan	29	1.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	309 0.7×	341 1.3×	336 1.3×	58	2.8k
Cyril J. Smyth Ireland	27	905 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	416 1.0×	244 0.9×	200 0.8×	67	2.6k
Som S. Chatterjee United States	20	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	316 0.7×	333 1.2×	152 0.6×	31	2.1k
Natalia Małachowa United States	22	1.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	218 0.5×	421 1.6×	250 0.9×	35	2.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

McNamara, Peter J., et al.. (2009). Surfactants, Aromatic and Isoprenoid Compounds, and Fatty Acid Biosynthesis Inhibitors Suppress Staphylococcus aureus Production of Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin 1. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 53(5). 1898–1906. 16 indexed citations

Köhler, Christian, Christof von Eiff, Manuel Liebeke, et al.. (2008). A Defect in Menadione Biosynthesis Induces Global Changes in Gene Expression in Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Bacteriology. 190(19). 6351–6364. 54 indexed citations

Mukhopadhyay, Kasturi, William M. Whitmire, Yan Q. Xiong, et al.. (2007). In vitro susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus to thrombin-induced platelet microbicidal protein-1 (tPMP-1) is influenced by cell membrane phospholipid composition and asymmetry. Microbiology. 153(4). 1187–1197. 81 indexed citations

Proctor, Richard A., Christof von Eiff, Barbara C. Kahl, et al.. (2006). Small colony variants: a pathogenic form of bacteria that facilitates persistent and recurrent infections. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 4(4). 295–305. 891 indexed citations breakdown →

Seggewiß, Jochen, Karsten Becker, Oliver Kotte, et al.. (2006). Reporter Metabolite Analysis of Transcriptional Profiles of a Staphylococcus aureus Strain with Normal Phenotype and Its Isogenic hemB Mutant Displaying the Small-Colony-Variant Phenotype. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(22). 7765–7777. 74 indexed citations

Bayer, Arnold S., Peter J. McNamara, Michael R. Yeaman, et al.. (2005). Transposon Disruption of the Complex I NADH Oxidoreductase Gene ( snoD ) in Staphylococcus aureus Is Associated with Reduced Susceptibility to the Microbicidal Activity of Thrombin-Induced Platelet Microbicidal Protein 1. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(1). 211–222. 43 indexed citations

Eiff, Christof von, Peter J. McNamara, Karsten Becker, et al.. (2005). Phenotype Microarray Profiling of Staphylococcus aureus menD and hemB Mutants with the Small-Colony-Variant Phenotype. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(2). 687–693. 109 indexed citations

McNamara, Peter J. & Arnold S. Bayer. (2005). A rot Mutation Restores Parental Virulence to an agr -Null Staphylococcus aureus Strain in a Rabbit Model of Endocarditis. Infection and Immunity. 73(6). 3806–3809. 24 indexed citations

Bates, Donna M., Christof von Eiff, Peter J. McNamara, et al.. (2003). Staphylococcus aureus menDandhemBMutants Are as Infective as the Parent Strains, but the Menadione Biosynthetic Mutant Persists within the Kidney. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 187(10). 1654–1661. 85 indexed citations

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Saïd‐Salim, Battouli, Paul M. Dunman, Fionnuala McAleese, et al.. (2003). Global Regulation of Staphylococcus aureus Genes by Rot. Journal of Bacteriology. 185(2). 610–619. 223 indexed citations

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Vaudaux, Pierre, Patrice François, Carmelo Bisognano, et al.. (2002). Increased Expression of Clumping Factor and Fibronectin-Binding Proteins by hemB Mutants of Staphylococcus aureus Expressing Small Colony Variant Phenotypes. Infection and Immunity. 70(10). 5428–5437. 151 indexed citations

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Uhlich, Gaylen A., Peter J. McNamara, J J Iandolo, & Derek A. Mosier. (2000). FnrP interactions with thePasteurella haemolyticaleukotoxin promoter. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 186(1). 73–77. 8 indexed citations

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McNamara, Peter J. & Richard A. Proctor. (2000). Staphylococcus aureus small colony variants, electron transport and persistent infections. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 14(2). 117–122. 102 indexed citations

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McNamara, Peter J., et al.. (2000). Identification, Cloning, and Initial Characterization of rot , a Locus Encoding a Regulator of Virulence Factor Expression in Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Bacteriology. 182(11). 3197–3203. 147 indexed citations

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Uhlich, Gaylen A., Peter J. McNamara, J J Iandolo, & Derek A. Mosier. (1999). Cloning and Characterization of the Gene EncodingPasteurella haemolyticaFnrP, a Regulator of theEscherichia coliSilent Hemolysin SheA. Journal of Bacteriology. 181(12). 3845–3848. 19 indexed citations

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McNamara, Peter J. & J J Iandolo. (1998). Genetic Instability of the Global Regulator agr Explains the Phenotype of the xpr Mutation in Staphylococcus aureus KSI9051. Journal of Bacteriology. 180(10). 2609–2615. 35 indexed citations

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Feder, Ingrid, Jerome C. Nietfeld, Barbara Kelly, et al.. (1998). Evaluation of enrichment techniques for the isolation of Salmonella choleraesuis from swine feces. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 33(2). 143–151. 7 indexed citations

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McNamara, Peter J., William A. Cuevas, & J. Glenn Songer. (1995). Toxic phospholipases D of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis, C. ulcerans and Arcanobacterium haemolyticum: cloning and sequence homology. Gene. 156(1). 113–118. 82 indexed citations

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McNamara, Peter J., Gregory A. Bradley, & J. Glenn Songer. (1994). Targeted mutagenesis of the phospholipase D gene results in decreased virulence ofCorynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. Molecular Microbiology. 12(6). 921–930. 81 indexed citations

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Egen, Ned B., William A. Cuevas, Peter J. McNamara, et al.. (1989). Purification of the phospholipase D of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis by recycling isoelectric focusing. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 50(8). 1319–1322. 20 indexed citations

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