Dr Paul Johnston
Senior Bioinformatician
PhD supervision
- Allan Zuza
Selected publications
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Open access
Staphylococcus aureus COL: an atypical model strain of MRSA that exhibits slow growth and antibiotic tolerance due to a mutation in PRPP synthetase
Stevens, C. E., Deventer, A. T., Johnston, P. R., Lowe, P. T., Boraston, A. B. & Hobbs, J. K., Sept 2025, In: Molecular Microbiology. 124, 3, p. 189-203 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Surviving colonies of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated in vivo from infected, antibiotic-treated Galleria mellonella larvae acquire an antibiotic-tolerant phenotype
McCormack, A., Hobbs, J., Johnston, P. & Coote, P. J., 15 May 2025, In: Antibiotics. 14, 22 p., 507.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Microbial associates of the elm leaf beetle: uncovering the absence of resident bacteria and the influence of fungi on insect performance
Schott, J., Rakei, J., Remus-Emsermann, M., Johnston, P., Mbedi, S., Sparmann, S., Hilker, M. & Paniagua Voirol, L. R., 24 Jan 2024, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 90, 1, 18 p., e0105723.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The evolution of antimicrobial peptide resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is severely constrained by random peptide mixtures
Antunes, B., Zanchi, C., Johnston, P., Maron, B., Witzany, C., Regoes, R. R., Hayouka, Z. & Rolff, J., 2 Jul 2024, In: PLoS Biology. 22, 7, 28 p., e3002692.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Unearthing new learning opportunities: adapting and innovating through the 'Antibiotics Under Our Feet' citizen science project in Scotland during COVID-19
Cornwell, R. M., Ross, K. S., Gibeily, C., Guthrie, I., Li, P. H., Seeley, L. T., Kong, Y., True, A., Barnes, A., Nimmo, E., Len, G., Oprea, I., Lin, B., Sasi, A., Chu, V., Davidson, C., Ulasavets, D., Renouf-Bilanski, G., Dmitrieva, M. & Leung, Y. & 9 others, , 19 Jun 2024, In: Access Microbiology. 6, 6, 13 p., acmi000710.v3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Complete metamorphosis and microbiota turnover in insects
Manthey, C., Johnston, P. R., Nakagawa, S. & Rolff, J., Dec 2023, In: Molecular Ecology. 32, 23, p. 6543-6551 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Early preantral follicles of the domestic cat express gonadotropin and sex steroid signaling potential
Kehoe, S., Jewgenow, K., Johnston, P. & Braun, B., Jan 2022, In: Biology of Reproduction. 106, 1, p. 95-107 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Eating in a losing cause: limited benefit of modified macronutrient consumption following infection in the oriental cockroach Blatta orientalis
Sieksmeyer, T., He, S., Esparza-Mora, M. A., Jiang, S., Petrašiūnaitė, V., Kuropka, B., Banasiak, R., Julseth, M. J., Weise, C., Johnston, P. R., Rodríguez-Rojas, A. & McMahon, D. P., 18 May 2022, In: BMC Ecology and Evolution. 22, 14 p., 67.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tachykinin-related peptides modulate immune-gene expression in the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor L
Urbański, A., Johnston, P., Bittermann, E., Keshavarz, M., Paris, V., Walkowiak-Nowicka, K., Konopińska, N., Marciniak, P. & Rolff, J., 14 Oct 2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 19 p., 17277.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bacteria primed by antimicrobial peptides develop tolerance and persist
Rodríguez-Rojas, A., Baeder, D. Y., Johnston, P., Regoes, R. R. & Rolff, J., 31 Mar 2021, In: PLoS Pathogens. 17, 3, 30 p., e1009443.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review