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  1. Distinct microbiome composition and metabolome exists across subgroups of elite Irish athletes

    Article • Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, January 2020, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  2. Metabolic phenotyping of the human microbiome

    Article • F1000Research, November 2019, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Paul Cotter

  3. Production of multiple bacteriocins, including the novel bacteriocin gassericin M, by Lactobacillus gasseri LM19, a strain isolated from human milk

    Article • November 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Paul Cotter

  4. First evidence of production of the lantibiotic nisin P

    Article • November 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Paul Cotter

  5. Identification and characterisation of capidermicin, a novel bacteriocin produced by Staphylococcus capitis

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2019, PLOS

    Paul Cotter, Dr Des Field

  6. Caprine milk fermentation enhances the antithrombotic properties of cheese polar lipids

    Article • Journal of Functional Foods, October 2019, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  7. The Potential Impact of Probiotics on the Gut Microbiome of Athletes

    Article • Nutrients, September 2019, MDPI AG

    Paul Cotter

  8. Improvement of Feed Efficiency in Pigs through Microbial Modulation via Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Sows and Dietary Supplementation of Inulin in Offspring

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2019, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter, Dr Christopher J Creevey

  9. Four men in a boat: Ultra-endurance exercise alters the gut microbiome

    Article • Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, September 2019, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  10. Cholestasis induced by bile duct ligation promotes changes in the intestinal microbiome in mice

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  11. Diversity and composition of the gut microbiota of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) farmed in Irish waters

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, June 2019, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  12. Porcine Feed Efficiency-Associated Intestinal Microbiota and Physiological Traits: Finding Consistent Cross-Locational Biomarkers for Residual Feed Intake

    Article • mSystems, June 2019, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  13. Analysis of Health Benefits Conferred by Lactobacillus Species from Kefir

    Article • Nutrients, June 2019, MDPI AG

    Paul Cotter

  14. Potential for enriching next-generation health-promoting gut bacteria through prebiotics and other dietary components

    Article • Gut Microbes, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Paul Cotter, Cathy Lordan

  15. Brevibacillus laterosporus strains BGSP7, BGSP9 and BGSP11 isolated from silage produce broad spectrum multi-antimicrobials

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2019, PLOS

    Paul Cotter, PhD Milan Kojic

  16. Influence of the Intestinal Microbiota on Colonization Resistance to Salmonella and the Shedding Pattern of Naturally Exposed Pigs

    Article • mSystems, April 2019, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  17. Biofilms in Food Processing Environments: Challenges and Opportunities

    Article • Annual Review of Food Science and Technology, March 2019, Annual Reviews

    Paul Cotter

  18. The dynamics of the antibiotic resistome in the feces of freshly weaned pigs following therapeutic administration of oxytetracycline

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  19. Multiparametric liquid biopsy analysis in metastatic prostate cancer

    Article • JCI Insight, March 2019, American Society for Clinical Investigation

    Paul Cotter

  20. Dietary α-lactalbumin alters energy balance, gut microbiota composition and intestinal nutrient transporter expression in high-fat diet-fed mice

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, March 2019, Cambridge University Press

    Paul Cotter

  21. The effect of ovine milk fermentation on the antithrombotic properties of polar lipids

    Article • Journal of Functional Foods, March 2019, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  22. Lactobacillus gasseri APC 678 Reduces Shedding of the Pathogen Clostridium difficile in a Murine Model

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2019, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  23. Moderate-intensity aerobic and resistance exercise is safe and favorably influences body composition in patients with quiescent Inflammatory Bowel Disease: a randomized controlled cross-over trial

    Article • BMC Gastroenterology, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  24. Short-term consumption of a high-fat diet increases host susceptibility to Listeria monocytogenes infection

    Article • Microbiome, January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  25. Bioengineering Nisin to overcome the Nisin Resistance Protein

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2018, Wiley

    Dr Des Field, Paul Cotter

  26. In silico Prediction and Exploration of Potential Bacteriocin Gene Clusters Within the Bacterial Genus Geobacillus

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, September 2018, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  27. The Human Mesenteric Lymph Node Microbiome Differentiates Between Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

    Article • Journal of Crohn s and Colitis, September 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Paul Cotter

  28. The rumen microbiome: a crucial consideration when optimising milk and meat production and nitrogen utilisation efficiency

    Article • Gut Microbes, September 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Paul Cotter

  29. Tracing mother-infant transmission of bacteriophages by means of a novel analytical tool for shotgun metagenomic datasets: METAnnotatorX

    Article • Microbiome, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  30. The potency of the broad spectrum bacteriocin, bactofencin A, against staphylococci is highly dependent on primary structure, N-terminal charge and disulphide formation

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  31. Mesophilic Sporeformers Identified in Whey Powder by Using Shotgun Metagenomic Sequencing

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2018, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  32. A Diverse Range of Human Gut Bacteria Have the Potential To Metabolize the Dietary Component Gallic Acid

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2018, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  33. Heterologous Expression of Biopreservative Bacteriocins With a View to Low Cost Production

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, July 2018, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  34. Genomic Characterization of Sulphite Reducing Bacteria Isolated From the Dairy Production Chain

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, July 2018, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  35. Effect of milk centrifugation and incorporation of high heat-treated centrifugate on the microbial composition and levels of volatile organic compounds of Maasdam cheese

    Article • Journal of Dairy Science, July 2018, American Dairy Science Association

    Paul Cotter

  36. Oral Delivery of Nisin in Resistant Starch Based Matrices Alters the Gut Microbiota in Mice

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2018, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  37. Sequencing of the Cheese Microbiome and Its Relevance to Industry

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, May 2018, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  38. Early Salmonella Typhimurium infection in pigs disrupts Microbiome composition and functionality principally at the ileum mucosa

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  39. A Prospective Metagenomic and Metabolomic Analysis of the Impact of Exercise and/or Whey Protein Supplementation on the Gut Microbiome of Sedentary Adults

    Article • mSystems, April 2018, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  40. Fighting biofilms with lantibiotics and other groups of bacteriocins

    Article • npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, April 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  41. Loss of MicroRNA-21 Influences the Gut Microbiota, Causing Reduced Susceptibility in a Murine Model of Colitis

    Article • Journal of Crohn s and Colitis, March 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Paul Cotter

  42. Gut microbiota as a source of novel antimicrobials

    Article • Gut Microbes, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Paul Cotter, Enriqueta Garcia-Gutierrez

  43. Species classifier choice is a key consideration when analysing low-complexity food microbiome data

    Article • Microbiome, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  44. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Gestating Sows and Neonatal Offspring Alters Lifetime Intestinal Microbiota and Growth in Offspring

    Article • mSystems, March 2018, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter, Dr Christopher J Creevey

  45. The intestinal protist Blastocystis is not a common member of the healthy infant gut microbiota in a Westernized country (Ireland)

    Article • Parasitology, February 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Pauline Scanlan, Paul Cotter

  46. Post-weaning social isolation of rats leads to long-term disruption of the gut microbiota-immune-brain axis

    Article • Brain Behavior and Immunity, February 2018, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  47. Novel insights into the microbiology of fermented dairy foods

    Article • Current Opinion in Biotechnology, February 2018, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  48. Omics-Based Insights into Flavor Development and Microbial Succession within Surface-Ripened Cheese

    Article • mSystems, January 2018, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  49. Build the Read: A Hands-On Activity for Introducing Microbiology Students to NGS and Bioinformatics.

    Article • Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, October 2017, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter, Angelo Romano

  50. Genome Sequence of Geobacillus stearothermophilus DSM 458, an Antimicrobial-Producing Thermophilic Bacterium, Isolated from a Sugar Beet Factory

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2017, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  51. Plantaricyclin A, a Novel Circular Bacteriocin Produced by Lactobacillus plantarum NI326: Purification, Characterization, and Heterologous Production

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2017, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  52. Application of bacteriocin-producing Enterococcus faecium isolated from donkey milk, in the bio-control of Listeria monocytogenes in fresh whey cheese

    Article • International Dairy Journal, October 2017, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  53. Lack of Heterogeneity in Bacteriocin Production Across a Selection of Commercial Probiotic Products

    Article • Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  54. Metagenome-based surveillance and diagnostic approaches to studying the microbial ecology of food production and processing environments

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, September 2017, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  55. Bacteriocin with broad spectrum of activity

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2017, ASM Journals

    PhD Milan Kojic, Paul Cotter

  56. Crop Establishment Practices Are a Driver of the Plant Microbiota in Winter Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus)

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, August 2017, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  57. High-throughput metataxonomic characterization of the raw milk microbiota identifies changes reflecting lactation stage and storage conditions

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, August 2017, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  58. Use of enhanced nisin derivatives in combination with food-grade oils or citric acid to control Cronobacter sakazakii and Escherichia coli O157:H7

    Article • Food Microbiology, August 2017, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  59. The Fungal Frontier: A Comparative Analysis of Methods Used in the Study of the Human Gut Mycobiome

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, July 2017, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  60. Whole-Genome Shotgun Sequence of Salmonella bongori, First Isolated in Northwestern Italy

    Article • Genome Announcements, July 2017, ASM Journals

    Angelo Romano, Paul Cotter

  61. Whey protein effects on energy balance link the intestinal mechanisms of energy absorption with adiposity and hypothalamic neuropeptide gene expression

    Article • AJP Endocrinology and Metabolism, July 2017, American Physiological Society

    Paul Cotter

  62. Bacteriocin-Antimicrobial Synergy: A Medical and Food Perspective

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2017, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  63. Strain-Level Metagenomic Analysis of the Fermented Dairy Beverage Nunu Highlights Potential Food Safety Risks

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2017, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter, Kareem Daari

  64. Controlled functional expression of the bacteriocins pediocin PA-1 and bactofencin A in Escherichia coli

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2017, Nature

    Paul Cotter

  65. Exploring a Possible Link between the Intestinal Microbiota and Feed Efficiency in Pigs

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2017, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  66. The influence of rosuvastatin on the gastrointestinal microbiota and host gene expression profiles

    Article • AJP Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, May 2017, American Physiological Society

    Paul Cotter

  67. A Profile Hidden Markov Model to investigate the distribution and frequency of LanB-encoding lantibiotic modification genes in the human oral and gut microbiome

    Article • PeerJ, April 2017, PeerJ

    Paul Cotter

  68. Erratum to: The altered gut microbiota in adults with cystic fibrosis

    Article • BMC Microbiology, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  69. Insights into the Mode of Action of the Sactibiotic Thuricin CD

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, April 2017, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  70. Forgotten fungi—the gut mycobiome in human health and disease

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, April 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Paul Cotter

  71. Health benefits of fermented foods: microbiota and beyond

    Article • Current Opinion in Biotechnology, April 2017, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  72. Drunk bugs: Chronic vapour alcohol exposure induces marked changes in the gut microbiome in mice

    Article • Behavioural Brain Research, April 2017, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  73. The microbiome of professional athletes differs from that of more sedentary subjects in composition and particularly at the functional metabolic level

    Article • Gut, March 2017, BMJ

    Paul Cotter

  74. The altered gut microbiota in adults with cystic fibrosis

    Article • BMC Microbiology, March 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  75. Translating Omics to Food Microbiology

    Article • Annual Review of Food Science and Technology, February 2017, Annual Reviews

    Paul Cotter

  76. Unravelling the metabolic impact of SBS-associated microbial dysbiosis: Insights from the piglet short bowel syndrome model

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2017, Nature

    Paul Cotter

  77. Correction for Walsh et al., Microbial Succession and Flavor Production in the Fermented Dairy Beverage Kefir

    Article • mSystems, February 2017, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  78. Detection and Enumeration of Spore-Forming Bacteria in Powdered Dairy Products

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2017, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  79. ‘Microbes in sport’ – The potential role of the gut microbiota in athlete health and performance

    Article • British Journal of Sports Medicine, January 2017, BMJ

    Paul Cotter

  80. Gut microbiota: implications for sports and exercise medicine

    Article • British Journal of Sports Medicine, January 2017, BMJ

    Paul Cotter

  81. Preface to the Fourth Edition

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  82. Microbiome Changes During Ripening

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  83. Microbiota of Raw Milk and Raw Milk Cheeses

    Article • January 2017, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  84. A Bioengineered Nisin Derivative, M21A, in Combination with Food Grade Additives Eradicates Biofilms of Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2016, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  85. Short bowel syndrome (SBS)-associated alterations within the gut-liver axis evolve early and persist long-term in the piglet model of short bowel syndrome

    Article • Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, November 2016, Wiley

    Paul Cotter, Prue Pereira-Fantini

  86. Impacts of Seasonal Housing and Teat Preparation on Raw Milk Microbiota: a High-Throughput Sequencing Study

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2016, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  87. Prevalence and genetic diversity of Blastocystis in family units living in the United States

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, November 2016, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  88. Bacteriocin production: a relatively unharnessed probiotic trait?

    Article • F1000Research, October 2016, Faculty of 1000, Ltd.

    Paul Cotter

  89. Synergistic Nisin-Polymyxin Combinations for the Control of Pseudomonas Biofilm Formation

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, October 2016, Frontiers

    Dr Des Field, Paul Cotter

  90. New Weapons to Fight Old Enemies: Novel Strategies for the (Bio)control of Bacterial Biofilms in the Food Industry

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, October 2016, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  91. Microbial Succession and Flavor Production in the Fermented Dairy Beverage Kefir

    Article • mSystems, October 2016, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  92. The bacteriocin bactofencin A subtly modulates gut microbial populations

    Article • Anaerobe, August 2016, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  93. Miscanthus biochar promotes growth of spring barley and shifts bacterial community structures including phosphorus and sulfur mobilizing bacteria

    Article • Pedobiologia, July 2016, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  94. 16S rRNA gene sequencing of mock microbial populations- impact of DNA extraction method, primer choice and sequencing platform

    Article • BMC Microbiology, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  95. The efficacy of thuricin CD, tigecycline, vancomycin, teicoplanin, rifampicin and nitazoxanide, independently and in paired combinations against Clostridium difficile biofilms and planktonic cells

    Article • Gut Pathogens, June 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  96. Influence of GABA and GABA-producing Lactobacillus brevis DPC 6108 on the development of diabetes in a streptozotocin rat model

    Article • Beneficial Microbes, June 2016, Wageningen Academic Publishers

    Professor CATHERINE STANTON, Paul Cotter, Prof. John Cryan

  97. The Microbiota and Health Promoting Characteristics of the Fermented Beverage Kefir

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, May 2016, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  98. In Vitro Activities of Nisin and Nisin Derivatives Alone and In Combination with Antibiotics against Staphylococcus Biofilms

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, April 2016, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter, Dr Des Field

  99. Bacteriocins: Novel Solutions to Age Old Spore-Related Problems?

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, April 2016, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  100. Compromised Lactobacillus helveticus starter activity in the presence of facultative heterofermentative Lactobacillus casei DPC6987 results in atypical eye formation in Swiss-type cheese

    Article • Journal of Dairy Science, April 2016, American Dairy Science Association

    Paul Cotter

  101. Comparative Genomic Analysis Reveals a Diverse Repertoire of Genes Involved in Prokaryote-Eukaryote Interactions within the Pseudovibrio Genus

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2016, Frontiers

    Dr Stefano Romano, Paul Cotter

  102. Draft Genome Sequence of Lactobacillus casei DPC6800, an Isolate with the Potential to Diversify Flavor in Cheese

    Article • Genome Announcements, March 2016, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  103. Comparing Apples and Oranges?: Next Generation Sequencing and Its Impact on Microbiome Analysis

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2016, PLOS

    Paul Cotter

  104. FoodMicrobionet: A database for the visualisation and exploration of food bacterial communities based on network analysis

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, February 2016, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  105. Somatic/gonadal mosaicism for structural autosomal rearrangements: female predominance among carriers of gonadal mosaicism for unbalanced rearrangements

    Article • Molecular Cytogenetics, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  106. A novel method of microsatellite genotyping-by-sequencing using individual combinatorial barcoding

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, January 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Paul Cotter, Dr. José Luis Villanueva-Cañas

  107. Detection of presumptive Bacillus cereus in the Irish dairy farm environment

    Article • Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research, January 2016, De Gruyter

    Paul Cotter

  108. Value of Microbial Genome Sequencing for Probiotic Strain Identification and Characterization

    Article • January 2016, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  109. The Prevalence and Control of Bacillus and Related Spore-Forming Bacteria in the Dairy Industry

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, December 2015, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  110. Compared to casein, bovine lactoferrin reduces plasma leptin and corticosterone and affects hypothalamic gene expression without altering weight gain or fat mass in high fat diet fed C57/BL6J mice

    Article • Nutrition & Metabolism, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  111. Bioengineering Lantibiotics for Therapeutic Success

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2015, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  112. High-throughput DNA sequencing to survey bacterial histidine and tyrosine decarboxylases in raw milk cheeses

    Article • BMC Microbiology, November 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  113. Re: Gut microbiota depletion from early adolescence in mice: Implications for brain and behaviour

    Article • Brain Behavior and Immunity, November 2015, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  114. Correction: N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) Reverse the Impact of Early-Life Stress on the Gut Microbiota

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2015, PLOS

    Paul Cotter

  115. Prenatal stress-induced alterations in major physiological systems correlate with gut microbiota composition in adulthood

    Article • Psychoneuroendocrinology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  116. Generation of the antimicrobial peptide caseicin A from casein by hydrolysis with thermolysin enzymes

    Article • International Dairy Journal, October 2015, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  117. N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFAs) Reverse the Impact of Early-Life Stress on the Gut Microbiota

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2015, PLOS

    Paul Cotter

  118. In silico identification of bacteriocin gene clusters in the gastrointestinal tract, based on the Human Microbiome Project’s reference genome database

    Article • BMC Microbiology, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  119. Impact of Environmental Factors on Bacteriocin Promoter Activity in Gut-Derived Lactobacillus salivarius

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2015, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  120. Gut microbiota depletion from early adolescence in mice: Implications for brain and behaviour

    Article • Brain Behavior and Immunity, August 2015, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  121. Bovine serum albumin as the dominant form of dietary protein reduces subcutaneous fat mass, plasma leptin and plasma corticosterone in high fat-fed C57/BL6J mice

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, July 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Paul Cotter

  122. The Sactibiotic Subclass of Bacteriocins: An Update

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, July 2015, Bentham Science Publishers

    Paul Cotter

  123. Biotechnological applications of functional metagenomics in the food and pharmaceutical industries

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2015, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  124. Bioengineering of the model lantibiotic nisin

    Article • Bioengineered, May 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Paul Cotter, Dr Des Field

  125. Nisin H Is a New Nisin Variant Produced by the Gut-Derived Strain Streptococcus hyointestinalis DPC6484

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2015, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  126. Development and Application of a Blastocystis Subtype-Specific PCR Assay Reveals that Mixed-Subtype Infections Are Common in a Healthy Human Population

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2015, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  127. Evaluation of Lactococcus lactis Isolates from Nondairy Sources with Potential Dairy Applications Reveals Extensive Phenotype-Genotype Disparity and Implications for a Revised Species

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2015, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  128. Antimicrobial antagonists against food pathogens: a bacteriocin perspective

    Article • Current Opinion in Food Science, April 2015, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  129. The metabolic role of the microbiota

    Article • Clinical Liver Disease, April 2015, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  130. A Bioengineered Nisin Derivative to Control Biofilms of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2015, PLOS

    Paul Cotter, Dr Des Field

  131. Lantibiotic Resistance

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, March 2015, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  132. Exercise and the microbiota

    Article • Gut Microbes, March 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Paul Cotter

  133. Proteomics as the final step in the functional metagenomics study of antimicrobial resistance

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2015, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  134. Anaerobic sporeformers and their significance with respect to milk and dairy products

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, March 2015, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  135. Dietary trans-10, cis-12-conjugated linoleic acid alters fatty acid metabolism and microbiota composition in mice

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, February 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Paul Cotter

  136. Engineered nisin variants control Listeria in food

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Des Field, Paul Cotter

  137. Temporal and Spatial Differences in Microbial Composition during the Manufacture of a Continental-Type Cheese

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2015, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  138. Spatial variation of the colonic microbiota in patients with ulcerative colitis and control volunteers

    Article • Gut, January 2015, BMJ

    Paul Cotter

  139. Changes in the colon microbiota and intestinal cytokine gene expression following minimal intestinal surgery

    Article • World Journal of Gastroenterology, January 2015, Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited (formerly WJG Press)

    Paul Cotter

  140. Streptozotocin-induced type-1-diabetes disease onset in Sprague–Dawley rats is associated with an altered intestinal microbiota composition and decreased diversity

    Article • Microbiology, January 2015, Society for General Microbiology

    Paul Cotter

  141. Bacteriocin Mining in Metagenomes

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  142. Marine Pseudovibrio sp. as a Novel Source of Antimicrobials

    Article • Marine Drugs, December 2014, MDPI AG

    Paul Cotter

  143. The potential for emerging therapeutic options forClostridium difficileinfection

    Article • Gut Microbes, November 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Paul Cotter

  144. Altered FXR signalling is associated with bile acid dysmetabolism in short bowel syndrome-associated liver disease

    Article • Journal of Hepatology, November 2014, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  145. Exopolysaccharide-Producing Probiotic Lactobacilli Reduce Serum Cholesterol and Modify Enteric Microbiota in ApoE-Deficient Mice1,2

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, October 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Paul Cotter

  146. Identification of Aminoglycoside and β-Lactam Resistance Genes from within an Infant Gut Functional Metagenomic Library

    Article • PLoS ONE, September 2014, PLOS

    Paul Cotter

  147. The microbial eukaryoteBlastocystisis a prevalent and diverse member of the healthy human gut microbiota

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, September 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Paul Cotter

  148. Author response: linking lifestyle and microbes

    Article • Gut, August 2014, BMJ

    Paul Cotter

  149. Fermented beverages with health-promoting potential: Past and future perspectives

    Article • Trends in Food Science & Technology, August 2014, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  150. Exercise and associated dietary extremes impact on gut microbial diversity

    Article • Gut, June 2014, BMJ

    Paul Cotter

  151. An ‘Upp'-turn in bacteriocin receptor identification

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2014, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  152. Draft Genome Sequence of Campylobacter ureolyticus Strain CIT007, the First Whole-Genome Sequence of a Clinical Isolate

    Article • Genome Announcements, April 2014, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  153. Heterologous Expression of Thuricin CD Immunity Genes in Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2014, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  154. Sequence-based analysis of the bacterial and fungal compositions of multiple kombucha (tea fungus) samples

    Article • Food Microbiology, April 2014, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  155. Beneficial modulation of the gut microbiota

    Article • FEBS Letters, March 2014, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  156. Impact of dietary fatty acids on metabolic activity and host intestinal microbiota composition in C57BL/6J mice

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, February 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Professor CATHERINE STANTON, Paul Cotter

  157. Protein Quality and the Protein to Carbohydrate Ratio within a High Fat Diet Influences Energy Balance and the Gut Microbiota In C57BL/6J Mice

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2014, PLOS

    Paul Cotter

  158. A degenerate PCR-based strategy as a means of identifying homologues of aminoglycoside and β-lactam resistance genes in the gut microbiota

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  159. Atypical Listeria innocua strains possess an intact LIPI-3

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  160. Generation of Nonpolar Deletion Mutants in Listeria monocytogenes Using the “SOEing” Method

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  161. In Silico Assigned Resistance Genes Confer Bifidobacterium with Partial Resistance to Aminoglycosides but Not to Β-Lactams

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2013, PLOS

    Paul Cotter

  162. Intensive Mutagenesis of the Nisin Hinge Leads to the Rational Design of Enhanced Derivatives

    Article • PLoS ONE, November 2013, PLOS

    Paul Cotter, Dr Des Field

  163. Interactions between gut microbiota, food and the obese host

    Article • Trends in Food Science & Technology, November 2013, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  164. Bactofencin A, a New Type of Cationic Bacteriocin with Unusual Immunity

    Article • mBio, October 2013, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  165. Sequence-Based Analysis of the Intestinal Microbiota of Sows and Their Offspring Fed Genetically Modified Maize Expressing a Truncated Form of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab Protein (Bt Maize)

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2013, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  166. Tn6188 - A Novel Transposon in Listeria monocytogenes Responsible for Tolerance to Benzalkonium Chloride

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2013, PLOS

    Paul Cotter

  167. Antipsychotics and the gut microbiome: olanzapine-induced metabolic dysfunction is attenuated by antibiotic administration in the rat

    Article • Translational Psychiatry, October 2013, Nature

    Paul Cotter

  168. Sequence-based analysis of the microbial composition of water kefir from multiple sources

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, September 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Paul Cotter

  169. The complex microbiota of raw milk

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Reviews, September 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Paul Cotter

  170. The microbial content of raw and pasteurized cow milk as determined by molecular approaches

    Article • Journal of Dairy Science, August 2013, American Dairy Science Association

    Paul Cotter

  171. Sequencing-Based Analysis of the Bacterial and Fungal Composition of Kefir Grains and Milks from Multiple Sources

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2013, PLOS

    Paul Cotter

  172. Bacteriocin production by Bifidobacterium spp. A review

    Article • Biotechnology Advances, July 2013, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  173. Bacterial Communities Established in Bauxite Residues with Different Restoration Histories

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, June 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Paul Cotter

  174. Targeting the Microbiota to Address Diet-Induced Obesity: A Time Dependent Challenge

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2013, PLOS

    Paul Cotter

  175. Subtilomycin: A New Lantibiotic from Bacillus subtilis Strain MMA7 Isolated from the Marine Sponge Haliclona simulans

    Article • Marine Drugs, June 2013, MDPI AG

    Paul Cotter

  176. Gut microbial diversity is reduced and is associated with colonic inflammation in a piglet model of short bowel syndrome

    Article • Gut Microbes, May 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Paul Cotter

  177. Analysis of Anti-Clostridium difficile Activity of Thuricin CD, Vancomycin, Metronidazole, Ramoplanin, and Actagardine, both Singly and in Paired Combinations

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  178. Strategies to improve the bacteriocin protection provided by lactic acid bacteria

    Article • Current Opinion in Biotechnology, April 2013, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  179. Role of the gut microbiota in health and chronic gastrointestinal disease: understanding a hidden metabolic organ

    Article • Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology, March 2013, SAGE Publications

    Paul Cotter

  180. Saturation Mutagenesis of Lysine 12 Leads to the Identification of Derivatives of Nisin A with Enhanced Antimicrobial Activity

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2013, PLOS

    Paul Cotter, Dr Des Field

  181. Saturation mutagenesis of selected residues of the α-peptide of the lantibiotic lacticin 3147 yields a derivative with enhanced antimicrobial activity

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, February 2013, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  182. Microbiota diversity and stability of the preterm neonatal ileum and colon of two infants

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, January 2013, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  183. Microbial Composition of Human Appendices from Patients following Appendectomy

    Article • mBio, January 2013, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  184. The individual-specific and diverse nature of the preterm infant microbiota

    Article • Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal, January 2013, BMJ

    Paul Cotter

  185. Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide natural products: overview and recommendations for a universal nomenclature

    Article • Natural Product Reports, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Paul Cotter

  186. Additions and corrections

    Article • Natural Product Reports, January 2013, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Paul Cotter

  187. Antimicrobials

    Article • Gut Microbes, January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Paul Cotter

  188. In vivo activity of Nisin A and Nisin V against Listeria monocytogenes in mice

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter, Dr Des Field

  189. Microbial production of bacteriocins for use in foods

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  190. Nucleic acid-based approaches to investigate microbial-related cheese quality defects

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Paul Cotter

  191. The two peptide lantibiotic lacticin 3147 acts synergistically with polymyxin to inhibit Gram negative bacteria

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  192. Bacteriocin Mining in Metagenomes

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  193. Bacteriocins — a viable alternative to antibiotics?

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, December 2012, Nature

    Paul Cotter

  194. Bioengineering

    Article • Bioengineered, November 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Paul Cotter

  195. Assessment of the Bacteriocinogenic Potential of Marine Bacteria Reveals Lichenicidin Production by Seaweed-Derived Bacillus spp.

    Article • Marine Drugs, October 2012, MDPI AG

    Paul Cotter

  196. Bioengineered Nisin A Derivatives with Enhanced Activity against Both Gram Positive and Gram Negative Pathogens

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2012, PLOS

    Paul Cotter, Dr Des Field

  197. Lantibiotic Production by Pathogenic Microorganisms

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, October 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Paul Cotter

  198. High-Throughput Sequencing Reveals the Incomplete, Short-Term Recovery of Infant Gut Microbiota following Parenteral Antibiotic Treatment with Ampicillin and Gentamicin

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2012, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  199. Insights into Lantibiotic Immunity Provided by Bioengineering of LtnI

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2012, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  200. High-Throughput Sequencing for Detection of Subpopulations of Bacteria Not Previously Associated with Artisanal Cheeses

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2012, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  201. Supernumerary marker chromosomes derived from chromosome 6: Cytogenetic, molecular cytogenetic, and array CGH characterization

    Article • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, May 2012, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  202. The Effect of Feeding Bt MON810 Maize to Pigs for 110 Days on Intestinal Microbiota

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2012, PLOS

    Paul Cotter

  203. Lacticin 3147 - Biosynthesis, Molecular Analysis, Immunity, Bioengineering and Applications

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, May 2012, Bentham Science Publishers

    Paul Cotter

  204. Composition of the early intestinal microbiota

    Article • Gut Microbes, May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Paul Cotter

  205. The gut microbiota and its relationship to diet and obesity

    Article • Gut Microbes, May 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Paul Cotter

  206. Impact of leucine on energy balance

    Article • Journal of Physiology and Biochemistry, April 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Riitta A Korpela, Paul Cotter

  207. A comparison of methods used to extract bacterial DNA from raw milk and raw milk cheese

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, April 2012, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  208. Contrasting effects of Bifidobacterium breve NCIMB 702258 and Bifidobacterium breve DPC 6330 on the composition of murine brain fatty acids and gut microbiota

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, April 2012, American Society for Nutrition

    Paul Cotter

  209. High-Throughput Sequence-Based Analysis of the Intestinal Microbiota of Weanling Pigs Fed Genetically Modified MON810 Maize Expressing Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1Ab (Bt Maize) for 31 Days

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2012, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  210. Comparison of the Potency of the Lipid II Targeting Antimicrobials Nisin, Lacticin 3147 and Vancomycin Against Gram-Positive Bacteria

    Article • Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter, Dr Des Field

  211. Cronobacter spp. in Powdered Infant Formula

    Article • Journal of Food Protection, March 2012, International Association for Food Protection

    Paul Cotter

  212. Divergent metabolic outcomes arising from targeted manipulation of the gut microbiota in diet-induced obesity

    Article • Gut, February 2012, BMJ

    Paul Cotter

  213. Assessing the Contributions of the LiaS Histidine Kinase to the Innate Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes to Nisin, Cephalosporins, and Disinfectants

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2012, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  214. Technological characterization of bacteriocin producing Lactococcus lactis strains employed to control Listeria monocytogenes in Cottage cheese

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, February 2012, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  215. Bioengineered nisin derivatives with enhanced activity in complex matrices

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, January 2012, Wiley

    Paul Cotter, Dr Des Field

  216. Extensive Manipulation of Caseicins A and B Highlights the Tolerance of These Antimicrobial Peptides to Change

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2012, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  217. Gender-dependent consequences of chronic olanzapine in the rat: effects on body weight, inflammatory, metabolic and microbiota parameters

    Article • Psychopharmacology, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  218. Antimicrobial Peptides as Therapeutic Agents

    Article • International Journal of Microbiology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Paul Cotter

  219. Production of bioactive substances by intestinal bacteria as a basis for explaining probiotic mechanisms: Bacteriocins and conjugated linoleic acid

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, January 2012, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  220. The Lantibiotic Lacticin 3147 Prevents Systemic Spread ofStaphylococcus aureusin a Murine Infection Model

    Article • International Journal of Microbiology, January 2012, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Paul Cotter

  221. Homologues and Bioengineered Derivatives of LtnJ Vary in Ability to Form D-Alanine in the Lantibiotic Lacticin 3147

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2011, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  222. ThespiFEGLocus in Streptococcus infantarius subsp. infantarius BAA-102 Confers Protection against Nisin U

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, November 2011, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  223. Molecular approaches to analysing the microbial composition of raw milk and raw milk cheese

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, November 2011, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  224. Bacteriocin Production: a Probiotic Trait?

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2011, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  225. Impact of the broad-spectrum antimicrobial peptide, lacticin 3147, on Streptococcus mutans growing in a biofilm and in human saliva

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, October 2011, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  226. Production of Multiple Bacteriocins from a Single Locus by Gastrointestinal Strains of Lactobacillus salivarius

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2011, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  227. Flagging flora: help from bacteriocins?

    Article • Nature, September 2011, Nature

    Paul Cotter

  228. Streptolysin S-like virulence factors: the continuing sagA

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, August 2011, Nature

    Paul Cotter

  229. Genome Mining for Radical SAM Protein Determinants Reveals Multiple Sactibiotic-Like Gene Clusters

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2011, PLOS

    Paul Cotter

  230. High-throughput sequence-based analysis of the bacterial composition of kefir and an associated kefir grain

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, May 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Paul Cotter

  231. An International Network for Improving Health Properties of Food by Sharing our Knowledge on the Digestive Process

    Article • Food Digestion, April 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  232. Bacteriocins as Natural Antilisterial Food Preservatives

    Article • April 2011, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  233. The impact of nisin on sensitive and resistant mutants of Listeria monocytogenes in cottage cheese

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, April 2011, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  234. Fate and efficacy of lacticin 3147-producing Lactococcus lactis in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, March 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Paul Cotter

  235. Small intestine and microbiota

    Article • Current Opinion in Gastroenterology, March 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Paul Cotter

  236. Further Identification of Novel Lantibiotic Operons Using LanM-Based Genome Mining

    Article • Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins, February 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  237. Altering the Composition of Caseicins A and B as a Means of Determining the Contribution of Specific Residues to Antimicrobial Activity

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2011, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  238. Real-Time PCR Assay To Differentiate Listeriolysin S-Positive and -Negative Strains ofListeria monocytogenes

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2010, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  239. The gene encoded antimicrobial peptides, a template for the design of novel anti-mycobacterial drugs

    Article • Bioengineered Bugs, November 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Paul Cotter

  240. The dawning of a ‘Golden era’ in lantibiotic bioengineering

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, October 2010, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  241. Composition and energy harvesting capacity of the gut microbiota: relationship to diet, obesity and time in mouse models

    Article • Gut, October 2010, BMJ

    Paul Cotter

  242. Effect of Bioengineering Lacticin 3147 Lanthionine Bridges on Specific Activity and Resistance to Heat and Proteases

    Article • Chemistry & Biology, October 2010, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  243. Bioengineering of a Nisin A-producing Lactococcus lactis to create isogenic strains producing the natural variants Nisin F, Q and Z

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, September 2010, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  244. Investigating the importance of charged residues in lantibiotics

    Article • Bioengineered Bugs, September 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Paul Cotter

  245. TelA Contributes to the Innate Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes to Nisin and Other Cell Wall-Acting Antibiotics

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2010, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  246. Glutamate Decarboxylase-Mediated Nisin Resistance in Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2010, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  247. Comparison of the activities of the lantibiotics nisin and lacticin 3147 against clinically significant mycobacteria

    Article • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, August 2010, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  248. The ABC Transporter AnrAB Contributes to the Innate Resistance of Listeria monocytogenes to Nisin, Bacitracin, and Various β-Lactam Antibiotics

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2010, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  249. Effect of broad- and narrow-spectrum antimicrobials on Clostridium difficile and microbial diversity in a model of the distal colon

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, June 2010, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Paul Cotter

  250. Synthesis of Trypsin-Resistant Variants of the Listeria-Active Bacteriocin Salivaricin P

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2010, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  251. Studies with bioengineered Nisin peptides highlight the broad-spectrum potency of Nisin V

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, June 2010, Wiley

    Paul Cotter, Dr Des Field

  252. In silico analysis highlights the frequency and diversity of type 1 lantibiotic gene clusters in genome sequenced bacteria

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  253. Production of the Bsa Lantibiotic by Community-Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Strains

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2009, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  254. Manipulation of charged residues within the two-peptide lantibiotic lacticin 3147

    Article • Microbial Biotechnology, August 2009, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  255. Identification of a Novel Two-Peptide Lantibiotic, Lichenicidin, following Rational Genome Mining for LanM Proteins

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2009, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  256. A comparison of the activities of lacticin 3147 and nisin against drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus species

    Article • Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, June 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Paul Cotter

  257. Discovery of Medically Significant Lantibiotics

    Article • Current Drug Discovery Technologies, March 2009, Bentham Science Publishers

    Paul Cotter

  258. Cross-immunity and immune mimicry as mechanisms of resistance to the lantibiotic lacticin 3147

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2009, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  259. Isolation and Analysis of Bacteria with Antimicrobial Activities from the Marine Sponge Haliclona simulans Collected from Irish Waters

    Article • Marine Biotechnology, October 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  260. Listeriolysin S, a Novel Peptide Haemolysin Associated with a Subset of Lineage I Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, September 2008, PLOS

    Paul Cotter

  261. The generation of nisin variants with enhanced activity against specific Gram-positive pathogens

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, July 2008, Wiley

    Paul Cotter, Dr Des Field

  262. Controlling Listeria monocytogenes in Cottage cheese through heterologous production of enterocin A by Lactococcus lactis

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, April 2008, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  263. Lantibiotic Immunity

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, February 2008, Bentham Science Publishers

    Paul Cotter

  264. Two-Peptide Lantibiotics: A Medical Perspective

    Article • Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, December 2007, Bentham Science Publishers

    Paul Cotter

  265. A System for the Random Mutagenesis of the Two-Peptide Lantibiotic Lacticin 3147: Analysis of Mutants Producing Reduced Antibacterial Activities

    Article • Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, September 2007, Karger Publishers

    Paul Cotter

  266. The glutamate decarboxylase acid resistance mechanism affects survival of Listeria monocytogenes LO28 in modified atmosphere-packaged foods

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, June 2007, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  267. Insertional Mutagenesis To Generate Lantibiotic Resistance in Lactococcus lactis

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2007, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  268. Identification of a novel two-peptide lantibiotic, Haloduracin, produced by the alkaliphileBacillus haloduransC-125

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, February 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Paul Cotter

  269. Relatedness between the two-component lantibiotics lacticin 3147 and staphylococcin C55 based on structure, genetics and biological activity

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Paul Cotter

  270. Complete alanine scanning of the two-component lantibiotic lacticin 3147: generating a blueprint for rational drug design

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, November 2006, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  271. Bacteriocins: Biological tools for bio-preservation and shelf-life extension

    Article • International Dairy Journal, September 2006, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  272. Contribution of Penicillin-Binding Protein Homologs to Antibiotic Resistance, Cell Morphology, and Virulence of Listeria monocytogenes EGDe

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2006, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  273. Spontaneous resistance inLactococcus lactisIL1403 to the lantibiotic lacticin 3147

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, July 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Paul Cotter

  274. Overproduction of Wild-Type and Bioengineered Derivatives of the Lantibiotic Lacticin 3147

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2006, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  275. Posttranslational conversion of l -serines to d -alanines is vital for optimal production and activity of the lantibiotic lacticin 3147

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2005, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Paul Cotter

  276. Food Microbiology: Bacteriocins: developing innate immunity for food

    Article • Nature Reviews Microbiology, October 2005, Nature

    Paul Cotter

  277. Sequential Actions of the Two Component Peptides of the Lantibiotic Lacticin 3147 Explain Its Antimicrobial Activity at Nanomolar Concentrations

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2005, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  278. Presence of GadD1 Glutamate Decarboxylase in Selected Listeria monocytogenes Strains Is Associated with an Ability To Grow at Low pH

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2005, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  279. Microbial solutions to microbial problems; lactococcal bacteriocins for the control of undesirable biota in food

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, June 2005, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  280. Bacterial Lantibiotics: Strategies to Improve Therapeutic Potential

    Article • Current Protein and Peptide Science, February 2005, Bentham Science Publishers

    Paul Cotter

  281. Structural Characterization of Lacticin 3147, a Two-Peptide Lantibiotic with Synergistic Activity†

    Article • Biochemistry, March 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Paul Cotter

  282. Surviving the Acid Test: Responses of Gram-Positive Bacteria to Low pH

    Article • Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, September 2003, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  283. A Food-Grade Approach for Functional Analysis and Modification of Native Plasmids in Lactococcus lactis

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2003, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  284. The LisRK Signal Transduction System Determines the Sensitivity of Listeria monocytogenes to Nisin and Cephalosporins

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, September 2002, ASM Journals

    Paul Cotter

  285. Bacterial stress response in Listeria monocytogenes: jumping the hurdles imposed by minimal processing

    Article • International Dairy Journal, January 2002, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  286. A glutamate decarboxylase system protects Listeria monocytogenes in gastric fluid

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2001, Wiley

    Paul Cotter

  287. Analysis of the role of the Listeria monocytogenes F0F1-ATPase operon in the acid tolerance response

    Article • International Journal of Food Microbiology, September 2000, Elsevier

    Paul Cotter

  288. Applications of Lactic Acid Bacteria-Produced Bacteriocins

    Article • Wiley

    Paul Cotter