Emeritus Professor Iain Lamont

2024

Journal - Research Article

Glen, K. A., & Lamont, I. L. (2024). Penicillin-binding protein 3 sequence variations reduce susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to β-lactams but inhibit cell division. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkae203

Lyons, N., Wu, W., Jin, Y., Lamont, I. L., & Pletzer, D. (2024). Using host-mimicking conditions and a murine cutaneous abscess model to identify synergistic antibiotic combinations effective against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Frontiers in Cellular & Infection Microbiology, 14, 1352339. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2024.1352339

Journal - Research Other

Wei, X., Gao, J., Zhou, D., Xu, C., Chen, P., Chen, S., … Lamont, I. L., Pletzer, D., … Wu, W. (2024). Murepavadin promotes the killing efficacies of aminoglycoside antibiotics against Pseudomonas aeruginosa by enhancing membrane potential [Brief report]. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1128/aac.01539-23

2023

Journal - Research Article

Erdmann, M. B., Gardner, P. P., & Lamont, I. L. (2023). The PitA protein contributes to colistin susceptibility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS ONE, 18(10), e0292818. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292818

Wei, X., Gao, J., Xu, C., Pan, X., Jin, Y., Bai, F., … Lamont, I. L., Pletzer, D., & Wu, W. (2023). Murepavadin induces envelope stress response and enhances the killing efficacies of β-lactam antibiotics by impairing the outer membrane integrity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiology Spectrum. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.01257-23

Martin, L. W., Gray, A. R., Brockway, B., & Lamont, I. L. (2023). Pseudomonas aeruginosa is oxygen-deprived during infection in cystic fibrosis lungs, reducing the effectiveness of antibiotics. FEMS Microbiology Letters, fnad076. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnad076

Ramsay, K. A., Rehman, A., Taylor Wardell, S., Martin, L. W., Bell, S. C., Patrick, W. M., … Lamont, I. L. (2023). Ceftazidime resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is multigenic and complex. PLoS ONE, 18(5), e0285856. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285856

Thacharodi, A., & Lamont, I. L. (2023). Gene-gene interactions reduce aminoglycoside susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa through efflux pump-dependent and -independent mechanisms. Antibiotics, 12, 152. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics12010152

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lamont, I. (2023). Understanding a bacterial gene regulatory pathway: The importance of emerging technologies [Keynote]. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium & Workshops. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go

2022

Journal - Research Article

Adhikari, B. R., Sinha, S., Lyons, N., Pletzer, D., Lamont, I., Gordon, K. C., & Das, S. C. (2022). Inhalable ceftazidime-roflumilast powder targeting infection and inflammation: Influence of incorporating roflumilast into ceftazidime-leucine co-amorphous formulation. European Journal of Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics, 180, 260-268. doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2022.10.005

Thacharodi, A., & Lamont, I. L. (2022). Aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes are sufficient to make Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinically resistant to key antibiotics. Antibiotics, 11(7), 884. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11070884

Thacharodi, A., & Lamont, I. L. (2022). Aminoglycoside resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: The contribution of the MexXY-OprM efflux pump varies between isolates. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 71(6), 001551. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.001551

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Lyons, N. M. A., Wu, W., Jin, Y., Lamont, I. L., & Pletzer, D. (2022, August). Using antibiotic combinations to suppress development of resistance. Poster session presented at the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Taylor, S. J. W., Gauthier, J., Martin, L. W., Potvin, M., Brockway, B., Levesque, R. C., & Lamont, I. L. (2022, August). Genome evolution drives transcriptomic and phenotypic adaptation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa during 20 years of infection. Verbal presentation at the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases Satellite Meeting: Queenstown Research Week, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2021

Chapter in Book - Research

Brinkman, F. S. L., Winson, G. L., Done, R. E., Filloux, A., Francis, V. I., Goldberg, J. B., … Lamont, I. L., … Welch, M. (2021). The Pseudomonas aeruginosa whole genome sequence: A 20th anniversary celebration. In R. K. Poole & D. J. Kelly (Eds.), Advances in microbial physiology. (pp. 25-88). London, UK: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2021.07.001

Journal - Research Article

Ramsay, K. A., McTavish, S. M., Wardell, S. J. T., & Lamont, I. L. (2021). The effects of sub-inhibitory antibiotic concentrations on Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Reduced susceptibility due to mutations. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 789550. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.789550

Glen, K. A., & Lamont, I. L. (2021). β-lactam resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Current status, future prospects. Pathogens, 10(12), 1638. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10121638

Wardell, S. J. T., Gauthier, J., Martin, L. W., Potvin, M., Brockway, B., Levesque, R. C., & Lamont, I. L. (2021). Genome evolution drives transcriptomic and phenotypic adaptation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa during 20 years of infection. Microbial Genomics, 7(11), 681. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000681

Rehman, A., Jeukens, J., Levesque, R. C., & Lamont, I. L. (2021). Gene-gene interactions dictate ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and facilitate prediction of resistance phenotype from genome sequence data. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 65(7), e02696. doi: 10.1128/aac.02696-20

Moore, M. P., Lamont, I. L., Williams, D., Paterson, S., Kukavica-Ibrulj, I., Tucker, N. P., … Winstanley, C. (2021). Transmission, adaptation and geographical spread of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Liverpool epidemic strain. Microbial Genomics, 7, 000511. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000511

Philem, P., Kleffmann, T., Gai, S., Hawkins, B. C., Wilbanks, S. M., & Lamont, I. L. (2021). Identification of active site residues of the siderophore synthesis enzyme PvdF and evidence for interaction of PvdF with a substrate-providing enzyme. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(4), 2211. doi: 10.3390/ijms22042211

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Thacharodi, A., & Lamont, I. L. (2021). Investigating the role of aminoglycoside modifying enzymes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the Federation of Asian & Oceanic Biochemists & Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB). (pp. 26). Retrieved from https://www.faobmb2021.org

Glen, K., & Lamont, I. (2021). The genetic and biochemical basis of meropenem resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the Federation of Asian & Oceanic Biochemists & Molecular Biologists (FAOBMB). (pp. 9). Retrieved from https://www.faobmb2021.org

2020

Journal - Research Article

Mettrick, K., Hassan, K., Lamont, I., & Reid, D. (2020). The Iron-chelator, N,N'-bis (2-hydroxybenzyl) ethylenediamine-N,N'-diacetic acid is an effective colistin adjunct against clinical strains of biofilm-dwelling Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antibiotics, 9(4), 144. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9040144

Journal - Research Other

Heywood, A., & Lamont, I. L. (2020). Cell envelope proteases and peptidases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Multiple roles, multiple mechanisms. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 44, 857-873. doi: 10.1093/femsre/fuaa036

Murdoch, D., Addidle, M., Andersson, H.-S., Arnold, B., Balm, M., Benschop, J., … Birch, M., … Brunton, C., … Chambers, S., … Dalton, S., … Everts, R., … Freeman, J., French, N., … Hudson, B., … Ikram, R., Jack, S., Kelly, M., Lamont, I., Maze, M. J., … Metcalf, S., … Murton, S., … Pink, R., Pithie, A., … Priest, P., Raymond, N., … Taylor, J., … Upton, A., Ussher, J., Werno, A., & Wiles, S. (2020). Politicians: Please work together to minimise the spread of COVID-19. New Zealand Medical Journal, 133(1511), 7-8. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal

Harrison, S., Baker, M. G., Benschop, J., Death, R. G., French, N. P., Harmsworth, G., … Lamont, I. L., Priest, P. C., Ussher, J. E., & Murdoch, D. R. (2020). One Health Aotearoa: A transdisciplinary initiative to improve human, animal and environmental health in New Zealand. One Health Outlook, 2, 4. doi: 10.1186/s42522-020-0011-0

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Ramsay, K. A., McTavish, S., Wardell, S. J. T., & Lamont, I. L. (2020, December). The effect of sub-inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Poster session presented at the 6th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, [Online].

Erdmann, M. B., Gardener, P. P., & Lamont, I. L. (2020, December). Understanding mutations leading to colistin resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Poster session presented at the 6th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, [Online].

Thacharodi, A., & Lamont, I. L. (2020, December). Investigating acquired antimicrobial resistance genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from clinical and environmental settings. Poster session presented at the 6th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, [Online].

2019

Journal - Research Article

Wardell, S. J. T., Rehman, A., Martin, L. W., Winstanley, C., Patrick, W. M., & Lamont, I. L. (2019). A large-scale whole-genome comparison shows that experimental evolution in response to antibiotics predicts changes in naturally evolved clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 63(12), e01619-19. doi: 10.1128/aac.01619-19

Forester, N. T., Lane, G. A., McKenzie, C. M., Lamont, I. L., & Johnson, L. J. (2019). The role of SreA-mediated iron regulation in maintaining Epichloë festucae-Lolium perenne symbioses. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 32(10), 1324-1335. doi: 10.1094/mpmi-03-19-0060-r

Thomson, J. M., & Lamont, I. L. (2019). Nucleoside analogues as antibacterial agents. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00952

Casas Garcia, G. P., Perugini, M. A., Lamont, I. L., & Maher, M. J. (2019). The purification of the σ^FpvI/FpvR₂₀ and σ^PvdS/FpvR₂₀ protein complexes is facilitated at room temperature. Protein Expression & Purification, 160, 11-18. doi: 10.1016/j.pep.2019.03.005

Journal - Research Other

Ramsay, K. A., Wardell, S. J. T., Patrick, W. M., Brockway, B., Reid, D. W., Winstanley, C., … Lamont, I. L. (2019). Genomic and phenotypic comparison of environmental and patient-derived isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa suggest that antimicrobial resistance is rare within the environment. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 68, 1591-1595. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.001085

Rehman, A., Patrick, W. M., & Lamont, I. L. (2019). Mechanisms of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: New approaches to an old problem. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 68(1), 1-10. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.000873

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Poulter, R. T. M., Lamont, I., Stockwell, P., Butler, M. I., & Poulter, G. (2019). The completely assembled genome of a strain from the New Zealand Pseudomonas syringae pv. Actinidiae (PSA) outbreak. Acta Horticulturae, 1243, (pp. 23-28). doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1243.4

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lamont, I., Martin, L., Brockway, B., & Gray, A. (2019). Using gene expression to understand bacterial physiology during infection in humans. Proceedings of the 16th Asian Conference on Transcription. (pp. 52). Retrieved from https://act2019.p.events4you.currinda.com/days/2019-12-03

Erdmann, M. B., Gardner, P., & Lamont, I. (2019). Colistin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) Annual Conference. 645. Retrieved from https://www.nzmscoference.org.nz

Puvvadi, R., Mikkelsen, H., McCahon, L., Ditcham, W., Reid, D., Lamont, I., … Clements, B. (2019). EDTA combined with nebulised tobramycin improves bacterial clearance and lung function in cystic fibrosis patients with chronic pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. Pediatric Pulmonology, 54(Suppl. 2), (pp. 299). [Abstract]

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Heywood, A., Redmond, A., Rehman, A., Gavryushkin, A., & Lamont, I. (2019, August-September). The use of computational modelling to investigate gene-gene interactions in the context of antibiotic resistance. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

McTavish, S., Ramsay, K., & Lamont, I. (2019, December). The effect of sub-lethal concentrations of antibiotics on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Poster session presented at the 5th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Rehman, A., Patrick, W. M., & Lamont, I. L. (2019, November). Understanding ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) Annual Conference, Palmerston North, New Zealand.

2018

Journal - Research Article

Martin, L. W., Robson, C. L., Watts, A. M., Gray, A. R., Wainwright, C. E., Bell, S. C., Ramsay, K. A., … Brockway, B., & Lamont, I. L. (2018). Expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa antibiotic resistance genes varies greatly during infections in cystic fibrosis patients. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 62(11), e01789-18. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01789-18

Wee, B. A., Tai, A. S., Sherrard, L. J., Ben Zakour, N. L., Hanks, K. R., Kidd, T. J., Ramsay, K. A., Lamont, I., … Beatson, S. A. (2018). Whole genome sequencing reveals the emergence of a Pseudomonas aeruginosa shared strain sub-lineage among patients treated within a single cystic fibrosis centre. BMC Genomics, 19, 644. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-5018-x

Mastropasqua, M. C., Lamont, I., Martin, L. W., Reid, D. W., D'Orazio, M., & Battistoni, A. (2018). Efficient zinc uptake is critical for the ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to express virulence traits and colonize the human lung. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine & Biology, 48, 74-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2018.03.009

Forester, N. T., Lane, G. A., Steringa, M., Lamont, I. L., & Johnson, L. J. (2018). Contrasting roles of fungal siderophores in maintaining iron homeostasis in Epichloë festucae. Fungal Genetics & Biology, 111, 60-72. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2017.11.003

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Dass, P., Taylor-Wardell, S., & Lamont, I. (2018). The effects of large deletions on antibiotic resistance on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules. (pp. 95). Retrieved from https://www.nzmsconference.org.nz

Rehman, A., & Lamont, I. L. (2018). Understanding ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules. (pp. 94). Retrieved from https://www.nzmsconference.org.nz

Heywood, A., Forde, B. M., Beatson, S. A., & Lamont, I. L. (2018). Patterns of recombination in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules. (pp. 84). Retrieved from https://www.nzmsconference.org.nz

Wardell, S. J. T., Rehman, A., Patrick, W. M., & Lamont, I. L. (2018). In vitro evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa reveals clinically important resistance mechanisms. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules. (pp. 45). Retrieved from https://www.nzmsconference.org.nz

Ramsay, K., Taylor-Wardell, S., Patrick, W., Winstanley, C., Bell, S., & Lamont, I. (2018). Comparison study of the antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from the environment and people with cystic fibrosis. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules. (pp. 41-42). Retrieved from https://www.nzmsconference.org.nz

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Thomson, J., Algie, M., Kleffmann, T., & Lamont, I. (2018, November). Determining the molecular effects of 5-fluorocytosine on the pathogenicity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Poster session presented at the Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB) Joint Annual Conference: Microbes & Molecules, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Dass, P., Taylor-Wardell, S., & Lamont, I. (2018, September). The effects of large deletions on Pseudomonas Aeruginosa. Poster session presented at the Otago Spotlight Symposium on Infectious Disease, Wellington, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Ramsay, K., Taylor-Wardell, S., Patrick, W., Winstanley, C., Bell, S., & Lamont, I. (2018, December). Comparison study of the antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from the environment and people with cystic fibrosis. Verbal presentation at the 4th One Health Aotearoa (OHA) Symposium, Wellington, New Zealand.

2017

Journal - Research Article

Bishop, T. F., Martin, L. W., & Lamont, I. L. (2017). Activation of a cell surface signaling pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa requires ClpP protease and new sigma factor synthesis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 2442. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02442

Nunn, S., & Lamont, I. (2017). Beauty is the beast. Junctures, 2017(18), 100-105.

Edgar, R. J., Hampton, G. E., Casas Garcia, G. P., Maher, M. J., Perugini, M. A., Ackerley, D. F., & Lamont, I. L. (2017). Integrated activities of two alternative sigma factors coordinate iron acquisition and uptake by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecular Microbiology, 106(6), 891-904. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13855

Hilliam, Y., Moore, M. P., Lamont, I. L., Bilton, D., Haworth, C. S., Foweraker, J., … Winstanley, C. (2017). Pseudomonas aeruginosa adaptation and diversification in the non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis lung. European Respiratory Journal, 49(4), 1602108. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02108-2016

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lamont, I. (2017). Evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the 3rd One Health Aotearoa Symposium. Retrieved from https://onehealth.org.nz

Wardell, S. J. T., Martin, L. W., Patrick, W. M., & Lamont, I. L. (2017). Evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during long term infection in a patient with cystic fibrosis. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 709. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Thomson, J. M., & Lamont, I. L. (2017). Determining the molecular effects of 5-fluorocytosine on the pathogenicity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 732. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Rehman, A., Patrick, W. M., & Lamont, I. L. (2017). Understanding evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 724. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Philem, P. D., Wilbanks, S., & Lamont, I. L. (2017). Interactions between PvdA and PvdF, two enzymes involved in pyoverdine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 722. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Philem, P. D., Lamont, I. L., & Wilbanks, S. M. (2017). Interactions between PvdA and PvdF, enzymes involved in pyoverdine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) Annual Conference. 188. Retrieved from http://www.nzmsconference.org.nz/

Lamont, I. L., Taylor-Wardell, S. J., Patrick, W. M., & Martin, L. W. (2017). Evolution of antibiotic resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 736. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

Heywood, A., Forde, B., Beatson, S. A., & Lamont, I. L. (2017). Recombination drives evolution of the pyoverdine locus in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Genetics Society of Australasia (GSA) with the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB). 735. Retrieved from http://gen2017.w.events4you.currinda.com

2016

Journal - Research Article

Germoni, L. A. P., Bremer, P. J., & Lamont, I. L. (2016). The effect of alginate lyase on the gentamicin resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in mucoid biofilms. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 121(1), 126-135. doi: 10.1111/jam.13153

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Butler, M., Lamont, I. L., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2016, July). Acquisition of copper resistance by the bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv actinidae. Verbal presentation at the 10th International BioMetals Symposium, Dresden, Germany.

Wardell, S. J. T., Martin, L. W., Patrick, W. M., & Lamont, I. L. (2016, November). Evolution of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during long term infection in a patient with cystic fibrosis. Verbal presentation at the Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) and the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB), Christchurch, New Zealand.

Rehman, A., Patrick, W., & Lamont, I. (2016, November). Understanding evolution of ciprofloxacin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Verbal presentation at the Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) and the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB), Christchurch, New Zealand.

Philem, P. D., Wilbanks, S., & Lamont, I. (2016, November). Interactions between PvdA and PvdF, two enzymes involved in pyoverdine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Verbal presentation at the Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) and the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB), Christchurch, New Zealand.

Lamont, I. L., Martin, L. W., Gray, A., & Brockway, B. D. J. (2016, November). Expression of Pseudomonas aeruginosa antibiotic resistance genes during infection in cystic fibrosis. Verbal presentation at the Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) and the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB), Christchurch, New Zealand.

Heywood, A., Draper, R. C., & Lamont, I. L. (2016, November). Siderophore uptake and signalling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Verbal presentation at the Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) and the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB), Christchurch, New Zealand.

Thomson, J., & Lamont, I. (2016, November). Determining the molecular effects of the repurposed antibiotic 5-fluorocytosine on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Verbal presentation at the Joint Meeting of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) and the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NZSBMB), Christchurch, New Zealand.

2015

Journal - Research Article

Freschi, L., Jeukens, J., Kukavica-Ibrulj, I., Boyle, B., Dupont, M.-J., LaRoche, J., … Lamont, I. L., … Levesque, R. C. (2015). Clinical utilization of genomics data produced by the international Pseudomonas aeruginosa consortium. Frontiers in Microbiology, 6, 1036. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01036

Lopez-Medina, E., Fan, D., Coughlin, L. A., Ho, E. X., Lamont, I. L., Reimmann, C., … Koh, A. Y. (2015). Candida albicans inhibits Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence through suppression of pyochelin and pyoverdine biosynthesis. PLoS Pathogens, 11(8), e1005129. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005129

Tchesnokov, E. P., Fellner, M., Siakkou, E., Kleffmann, T., Martin, L. W., Aloi, S., Lamont, I. L., Wilbanks, S. M., & Jameson, G. N. L. (2015). The cysteine dioxygenase homologue from Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a 3-mercaptopropionate dioxygenase. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 290(40), 24424-24437. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M114.635672

Donaldson, A. E., & Lamont, I. L. (2015). Metabolomics of post-mortem blood: Identifying potential markers of post-mortem interval. Metabolomics, 11(1), 237-245. doi: 10.1007/s11306-014-0691-5

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Gallipoli, L., Butler, M., Mazzaglia, A., Stockwell, P., Lamont, I., Zhu, L., … Poulter, R. T. M. (2015). Genomic diversity of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) in China. Acta Horticulturae, 1095, (pp. 59-64). doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1095.6

Butler, M., Jung, J. S., Kim, G. H., Lamont, I., Stockwell, P., Koh, Y. J., & Poulter, R. (2015). Genome features of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae recently isolated in Korea. Acta Horticulturae, 1095, (pp. 75-79). doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2015.1095.8

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Forester, N. T., Lane, G. A., Lamont, I. L., & Johnson, L. J. (2015). An imbalanced siderophore-driven iron metabolism of Epichloë festucae antagonises its relationship with perennial ryegrass. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS) 60th Conference. (pp. 33). Retrieved from http://www.nzmsconference.org.nz/

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Philem, P., Wilbanks, S., & Lamont, I. (2015, August-September). Characterization of PvdF, interaction studies of PvdA and PvdF, enzymes involved in pyoverdine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Thomson, J., & Lamont, I. (2015, August-September). Determining the molecular effects of 5-fluorocytosine on the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Poster session presented at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Poulter, G. T. M., Stockwell, P. A., Lamont, I. L., Poulter, R. T. M., & Butler, M. I. (2015, August-September). The complete genome of PSA - Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae - and the recent emergence of antibiotic resistance in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2014

Journal - Research Article

Edgar, R. J., Xu, X., Shirley, M., Konings, A. F., Martin, L. W., Ackerley, D. F., & Lamont, I. L. (2014). Interactions between an anti-sigma protein and two sigma factors that regulate the pyoverdine signaling pathway in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. BMC Microbiology, 14, 287. doi: 10.1186/s12866-014-0287-2

Calcott, M. J., Owen, J. G., Lamont, I. L., & Ackerley, D. F. (2014). Biosynthesis of novel pyoverdines by domain substitution in a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 80(18), 5723-5731. doi: 10.1128/aem.01453-14

Llamas, M. A., Imperi, F., Visca, P., & Lamont, I. L. (2014). Cell-surface signaling in Pseudomonas: Stress responses, iron transport and pathogenicity. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 38, 569-597. doi: 10.1111/1574-6976.12078

Nguyen, A. T., O'Neill, M. J., Watts, A. M., Robson, C. L., Lamont, I. L., Wilks, A., & Oglesby-Sherrouse, A. G. (2014). Adaptation of iron homeostasis pathways by a Pseudomonas aeruginosa pyoverdine mutant in the cystic fibrosis lung. Journal of Bacteriology, 196(12), 2265-2276. doi: 10.1128/JB.01491-14

Donaldson, A. E., & Lamont, I. L. (2014). Estimation of post-mortem interval using biochemical markers. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 46(1), 8-26. doi: 10.1080/00450618.2013.784356

2013

Journal - Research Article

Smith, D. J., Lamont, I. L., Anderson, G. J., & Reid, D. W. (2013). Targeting iron uptake to control Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in cystic fibrosis. European Respiratory Journal, 42(6), 1723-1736. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00124012

Donaldson, A. E., & Lamont, I. L. (2013). Biochemistry changes that occur after death: Potential markers for determining post-mortem interval. PLoS ONE, 8(11), e82011. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082011

Konings, A. F., Martin, L. W., Sharples, K. J., Roddam, L. F., Latham, R., Reid, D. W., & Lamont, I. L. (2013). Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses multiple pathways to acquire iron during chronic infection in cystic fibrosis lungs. Infection & Immunity, 81(8), 2697-2704. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00418-13

Reid, D. W., Latham, R., Lamont, I. L., Camara, M., & Roddam, L. F. (2013). Molecular analysis of changes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa load during treatment of a pulmonary exacerbation in cystic fibrosis. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 12, 688-699. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2013.03.008

Butler, M. I., Stockwell, P. A., Black, M. A., Day, R. C., Lamont, I. L., & Poulter, R. T. M. (2013). Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae from recent outbreaks of kiwifruit bacterial canker belong to different clones that originated in China. PLoS ONE, 8(2), e57464. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0057464

Journal - Research Other

Smith, D. J., Anderson, G. J., Lamont, I. L., Masel, P., Campbell, S. C., & Reid, D. W. (2013). Accurate assessment of systemic iron status in cystic fibrosis will avoid the hazards of inappropriate iron supplementation. Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, 12(3), 303-304. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2012.10.001

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Reid, D. W., Lamont, I. L., Smith, D. J., Badrick, A. C., & Anderson, G. J. (2013). Airway iron in cystic fibrosis is associated with increased inflammation, enhanced Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection and reduced airway ph. Respirology, 18(Suppl. 2), (pp. 62). doi: 10.1111/resp.12046

2012

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Lamont, I. L., Konings, A. F., Martin, L. W., & Reid, D. W. (2012, August). Pseudomonas gene expression during infection in cystic fibrosis. Invited presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

2011

Journal - Research Article

Draper, R. C., Martin, L. W., Beare, P. A., & Lamont, I. L. (2011). Differential proteolysis of sigma regulators controls cell-surface signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecular Microbiology, 82(6), 1444-1453. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07901.x

Upritchard, H. G., Yang, J., Bremer, P. J., Lamont, I. L., & McQuillan, A. J. (2011). Adsorption of enterobactin to metal oxides and the role of siderophores in bacterial adhesion to metals. Langmuir, 27(17), 10587-10596. doi: 10.1021/la202352j

Martin, L. W., Reid, D. W., Sharples, K. J., & Lamont, I. L. (2011). Pseudomonas siderophores in the sputum of patients with cystic fibrosis. Biometals, 24(6), 1059-1067. doi: 10.1007/s10534-011-9464-z

Donaldson, A. E., Walker, N. K., Lamont, I. L., Cordiner, S. J., & Taylor, M. C. (2011). Characterising the dynamics of expirated bloodstain pattern formation using high-speed digital video imaging. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 125, 757-762. doi: 10.1007/s00414-010-0498-5

2010

Journal - Research Article

McMillan, D. G. G., Velasquez, I., Nunn, B. L., Goodlett, D. R., Hunter, K. A., Lamont, I., Sander, S. G., & Cook, G. M. (2010). Acquisition of iron by alkaliphilic Bacillus species. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 76(20), 6955-6961. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01393-10

Nakatani, Y., Lamont, I. L., & Cutfield, J. F. (2010). Discovery and characterization of a distinctive exo-1,3/1,4-β-glucanase from the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. strain BB1. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 76(20), 6760-6768. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00758-10

Yeterian, E., Martin, L. W., Lamont, I. L., & Schalk, I. J. (2010). An efflux pump is required for siderophore recycling by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 2(3), 412-418. doi: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00115.x

Yeterian, E., Martin, L. W., Guillon, L., Journet, L., Lamont, I. L., & Schalk, I. J. (2010). Synthesis of the siderophore pyoverdine in Pseudomonas aeruginosa involves a periplasmic maturation. Amino Acids, 38(5), 1447-1459. doi: 10.1007/s00726-009-0358-0

Donaldson, A., Taylor, M. C., Cordiner, S. J., & Lamont, I. L. (2010). Using oral microbial DNA analysis to identify expirated bloodspatter. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 124(6), 569-576. doi: 10.1007/s00414-010-0426-8

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Draper, R. C., & Lamont, I. L. (2010). Proteolysis of an anti-sigma factor controls siderophore synthesis and uptake in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the OzBio Combined Conference: The Molecules of Life: From Discovery to Biotechnology. (pp. 111). Retrieved from http://www.asbmb.org.au/ozbio2010/abstracts.html

Konings, A., Martin, L., Reid, D., & Lamont, I. (2010). Iron uptake mechanisms by Pseudomonas aeruginosa during chronic lung infection in cystic fibrosis patients. FEBS Journal, 277(Suppl. 1), (pp. 287-288). doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2010.07681.x

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Lamont, I. (2010, August-September). Signal transduction and gene expression in a pathogenic bacterium. Verbal presentation at the Queenstown Molecular Biology (QMB) Meetings, Queenstown, New Zealand.

Other Research Output

Lamont, I. (2010, October). Bacteria, iron and infection: What do we do and why we do it?. University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Inaugural Professorial Lecture].

2009

Journal - Research Article

Mettrick, K. A., & Lamont, I. L. (2009). Different roles for anti-sigma factors in siderophore signalling pathways of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Molecular Microbiology, 74(5), 1257-1271. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06932.x

Reid, D. W., Anderson, G. J., & Lamont, I. L. (2009). Role of lung iron in determining the bacterial and host struggle in cystic fibrosis. American Journal of Physiology: Lung Cellular & Molecular Physiology, 297(5), L795-L802. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00132.2009

Ramsay, J. P., Sullivan, J. T., Jambari, N., Ortori, C. A., Heeb, S., Williams, P., … Lamont, I. L., & Ronson, C. W. (2009). A LuxRI-family regulatory system controls excision and transfer of the Mesorhizobium loti strain R7A symbiosis island by activating expression of two conserved hypothetical genes. Molecular Microbiology, 73(6), 1141-1155. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06843.x

Shirley, M., & Lamont, I. L. (2009). Role of TonB1 in pyoverdine-mediated signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology, 191(18), 5634-5640. doi: 10.1128/JB.00742-09

Schalk, I. J., Lamont, I. L., & Cobessi, D. (2009). Structure-function relationships in the bifunctional ferrisiderophore FpvA receptor from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biometals, 22(4), 671-678. doi: 10.1007/s10534-008-9203-2

Lamont, I. L., Konings, A. F., & Reid, D. W. (2009). Iron acquisition by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis. Biometals, 22(1), 53-60. doi: 10.1007/s10534-008-9197-9

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Reid, D. W., O'May, C., Kirov, S. M., Roddam, L., Lamont, I. L., & Sanderson, K. (2009). Iron chelation directed against biofilms as an adjunct to conventional antibiotics [Letter to the editor]. American Journal of Physiology: Lung Cellular & Molecular Physiology, 296(5), L857-L858. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00058.2009

Reid, D. W., O'May, C., Roddam, L. F., & Lamont, I. L. (2009). Chelated iron as an anti-Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm therapeutic strategy. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 106(3), 1058. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03955.x

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Draper, III, R., & Lamont, I. L. (2009). Proteolysis of an anti-sigma factor controls pyoverdine production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the ComBio2009 Conference. [CD-ROM] [Abstract]

Xu, X., Edgar, R. J., McNeil, M., Cutfield, S. M., & Lamont, I. L. (2009). A genetic and biochemical approach to investigate anti-sigma: Sigma factor interactions. Proceedings of the ComBio2009 Conference. [CD-ROM] [Abstract]

Donaldson, A. E., Lamont, I. L., Taylor, M. C., & Cordiner, S. J. (2009). Using oral microbial DNA analysis to differentiate expirated bloodspatter from impact blood spatter. Proceedings of the ComBio2009 Conference. [CD-ROM] [Abstract]

McNeil, M., & Lamont, I. (2009). Interaction of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa sigma factor, PvdS, with the anti-sigma factor, FpvR. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1293). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1293/3572/content.pdf

Konings, A. F., Martin, L. W., Reid, D. W., & Lamont, I. L. (2009). Mechanisms of iron uptake by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the cystic fibrosis airway. Proceedings of the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases Symposium. WCID. Retrieved from http://www.webstercentre.otago.ac.nz/WCIDSymposiumProgramme.pdf

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Cutfield, J., Cutfield, S., Lamont, I., & Nakatani, Y. (2009, August). Getting what you screen for but not quite. Poster session presented at the 25th European Crystallographic Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Lamont, I. (2009, December). Contrasting roles of different signal-transducing proteins in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Verbal presentation at the ComBio2009 Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2008

Journal - Research Article

Spencer, M. R., Beare, P. A., & Lamont, I. L. (2008). Role of cell surface signaling in proteolysis of an alternative sigma factor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology, 190(14), 4865-4869.

Upritchard, H. G., Cordwell, S. J., & Lamont, I. L. (2008). Immunoproteomics to examine cystic fibrosis host interactions with extracellular Pseudomonas aeruginosa proteins. Infection & Immunity, 76(10), 4624-4632. doi: 10.1128/IAI.01707-07

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Reid, D. W., Anderson, G. J., & Lamont, I. L. (2008). Cystic fibrosis: Ironing out the problem of infection? American Journal of Physiology: Lung Cellular & Molecular Physiology, 295(1), L23-L24. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.90299.2008

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

McNeil, M., & Lamont, I. (2008). Pyoverdine production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from patients with cystic fibrosis. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1274). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1274/3078/content.pdf

Lamont, I. L., Martin, L. W., & Reid, D. W. (2008). Siderophore production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society Microbiology Conference. (pp. 42). NZMS. Retrieved from http://www.nzmsconference08.org.nz/files/Oral-Abstracts-NZMS-2008.pdf

Owen, J. G., Lamont, I. L., & Ackerley, D. F. (2008). Characterisation and manipulation of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases from fluorescent pseudomonads. Proceedings of the New Zealand Microbiological Society Microbiology Conference. (pp. 42-43). NZMS. Retrieved from http://www.nzmsconference08.org.nz/files/Oral-Abstracts-NZMS-2008.pdf

Mettrick, K. A., & Lamont, I. L. (2008). Iron signalling pathway interactions in the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. FEBS Journal, 275((Suppl.1)), (pp. 85). Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06446.x

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Konings, A. F., Martin, L. W., & Lamont, I. L. (2008, November-December). Mechanisms of iron uptake by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the cystic fibrosis airway. Poster session presented at the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists Combined Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Lamont, I. L. (2008, November). Siderophore production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis. Keynote presentation at the New Zealand Microbiological Society Microbiology Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Lamont, I. L., Konings, A. F., Martin, L. W., Shirley, M., Beare, P. A., & Spencer, M. R. (2008, November-December). Protein-protein interactions in a bacterial signal transduction system. Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the New Zealand Society of Plant Biologists Combined Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.

2007

Journal - Research Article

Visca, P., Imperi, F., & Lamont, I. L. (2007). Pyoverdine siderophores: From biogenesis to biosignificance. Trends in Microbiology, 15(1), 22-30.

Diggle, S. P., Matthijs, S., Wright, V. J., Fletcher, M. P., Chhabra, S. R., Lamont, I. L., … Williams, P. (2007). The Pseudomonas aeruginosa 4-quinolone signal molecules HHQ and PQS play multifunctional roles in quorum sensing and iron entrapment. Chemistry & Biology, 14, 87-96.

Carlton, T. M., Sullivan, J. T., Stuart, G. S., Hutt, K., Lamont, I. L., & Ronson, C. W. (2007). Ferrichrome utilization in a mesorhizobial population: Microevolution of a three-locus system. Environmental Microbiology, 9(12), 2923-2932.

Upritchard, H. G., Yang, J., Bremer, P. J., Lamont, I. L., & McQuillan, A. J. (2007). Adsorption to metal oxides of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa siderophore pyoverdine and implications for bacterial biofilm formation on metals. Langmuir, 23(13), 7189-7195.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Upritchard, H. G., Yang, J., Lamont, I. L., McQuillan, A. J., & Bremer, P. J. (2007). The role of siderophores in the binding of bacteria to metal oxide surfaces. Proceedings of the American Society for Microbiology Biofilms Conference. Retrieved from http://www.asm.org/Meetings/index.asp?bid=49591

2006

Journal - Research Article

Wilson, M. J., & Lamont, I. L. (2006). Mutational analysis of an extracytoplasmic-function sigma factor to investigate its interactions with RNA polymerase and DNA. Journal of Bacteriology, 188(5), 1935-1942.

Yang, J., Bremer, P. J., Lamont, I. L., & McQuillan, A. J. (2006). Infrared spectroscopic studies of siderophore-related hydroxamic acid ligands adsorbed on titanium dioxide. Langmuir, 22(24), 10109-10117.

Lamont, I. L., Martin, L. W., Sims, T., Scott, A., & Wallace, M. (2006). Characterization of a gene encoding an acetylase required for pyoverdine synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology, 188(8), 3149-3152. doi: 10.1128/JB.188.8.3149-3152.2006

Ramsay, J. P., Sullivan, J. T., Stuart, G. S., Lamont, I. L., & Ronson, C. W. (2006). Excision and transfer of the Mesorhizobium loti R7A symbiosis island requires an integrase IntS, a novel recombination directionality factor RdfS, and a putative relaxase RlxS. Molecular Microbiology, 62(3), 723-734. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05396.x

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Yang, J., Uprichard, H., Bremer, P. J., Lamont, I. L., & McQuillan, A. J. (2006). In situ IR spectroscopic studies of adsorption of catechol, L-dopa and esculetin to titanium dioxide surfaces. In M. Lein (Ed.), Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Conference. II, (pp. 166). Christchurch, New Zealand: NZIC. [Abstract]

2005

Journal - Research Article

James, H. E., Beare, P. A., Martin, L. W., & Lamont, I. L. (2005). Mutational analysis of a bifunctional ferrisiderophore receptor and signal-transducing protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology, 187(13), 4514-4520.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Upritchard, H. G., Lamont, I. L., Yang, J., McQuillan, A. J., & Bremer, P. J. (2005). Siderophore-mediated binding to metal (oxide) surfaces during the initiation of biofilms by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the 10th International Congress on Pseudomonas. (pp. 143). [Abstract]

Upritchard, H. G., Lamont, I. L., Yang, J., McQuillan, A. J., & Bremer, P. J. (2005). Siderephore-mediated binding to metal (oxide) surfaces during the initiation of biofilms by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the Joint Conference of the New Zealand Microbiological Society and the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. (pp. 194). [Abstract]

Bremer, P. J., Steel, A. K., Simmers, C. D. A., Riddington, T., Lamont, I., & Simmonds, R. (2005). Exploring the interactions between bacteriophages and bacteria within biofilms. Proceedings of the Joint Conference of the New Zealand Microbiological Society and the New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. (pp. 87). [Abstract]

2004

Journal - Research Article

Ackerley, D. F., & Lamont, I. L. (2004). Characterization and genetic manipulation of peptide synthetases in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 in order to generate novel pyoverdines. Chemistry & Biology, 11, 971-980.

Caradoc-Davies, T. T., Cutfield, S. M., Lamont, I. L., & Cutfield, J. F. (2004). Crystal structures of Escherichia coli uridine phosphorylase in two native and three complexed forms reveal basis of substrate specificity, induced conformational changes and influence of potassium. Journal of Molecular Biology, 337, 337-354.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Lamont, I. L., Ackerley, D. F., & Martin, L. W. (2004). Complex biosynthesis of microbial natural products. Proceedings of the National Conference of the Australian Society for Microbiology. (SY34). Retrieved from www.asm2004.org

Lamont, I. L. (2004). Siderophore synthesis and its regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting. (32). [Abstract]

Steel, A. K., Simmers, C. D. A., Lamont, I., Simmonds, R., & Bremer, P. J. (2004). The potential of bacteriophages to control bacterial biofilms. Proceedings of the NZIFST / DIANZ Joint Conference: Great Science! Great Food! (pp. 21). [Abstract]

2003

Journal - Research Article

Beare, P., For, R. J., Martin, L., & Lamont, I. L. (2003). Siderophore-mediated cell signalling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Divergent pathways regulate virulence factor production and siderophore receptor synthesis. Molecular Microbiology, 47(1), 195-207.

Lamont, I. L., & Martin, L. (2003). Identification and characterization of novel pyoverdine synthesis genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiology, 149, 833-842.

Ackerley, D. F., Caradoc-Davies, T. T., & Lamont, I. L. (2003). Substrate specificity of the nonribosomal peptide synthetase PvdD from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology, 185(9), 2848-2855.

McWhirter, M. J., Bremer, P. J., Lamont, I. L., & McQuillan, A. J. (2003). Siderophore-mediated covalent bonding to metal (oxide) surfaces during biofilm initiation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. Langmuir, 19, 3575-3577.

Journal - Research Other

Lamont, I. L. (2003). Bacterial intercellular signalling and infectious disease. Australian Biochemist, 34(2), 4-6.

Lamont, I. L., & Beare, P. (2003). Iron uptake, cell signalling and gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. New Zealand BioScience, 12(4), 15-16.

2002

Journal - Research Article

Visca, P., Leoni, L., Wilson, M. J., & Lamont, I. L. (2002). Iron transport and regulation, cell signalling and genomics: Lessons from Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas. Molecular Microbiology, 45(5), 1177-1190.

Lamont, I. L., Beare, P. A., Ochsner, U., Vasil, A., & Vasil, M. L. (2002). Siderophore-mediated signaling regulates virulence factor production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PNAS, 99(10), 7072-7077.

Adhikari, R. P., Cook, G. M., Lamont, I., Lang, S., Heffernan, H., & Smith, J. M. B. (2002). Phenotypic and molecular characterization of community occurring, Western Samoan phage pattern methicillin-resistant Staphyococcus aureus. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 50, 825-831.

2001

Journal - Research Article

Wilderman, P. J., Vasil, A. I., Johnson, Z., Wilson, M. J., Cunliffe, H. E., Lamont, I. L., & Vasil, M. L. (2001). Characterization of an endoprotease (PrpL) encoded by a PvdS-regulated gene in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Infection & Immunity, 69(9), 5385-5394.

Wilson, M. J., McMorran, B. J., & Lamont, I. L. (2001). Analysis of promoters recognized by PvdS, an extracytoplasmic function sigma factor protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology, 183(6), 2151-2155.

McMorran, B. J., Shantha Kumara, H. M., Sullivan, K., & Lamont, I. L. (2001). Involvement of a transformylase enzyme in siderophore synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiology, 147, 1-8.

2000

Journal - Research Article

Wilson, M. J., & Lamont, I. L. (2000). Characterization of an ECF sigma factor protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications, 273(2), 578-583.

Al-Samarrai, T. H., Zhang, N. X., Lamont, I. L., Martin, L., Kolbe, J., Wilsher, M., … Schmid, J. (2000). Simple and inexpensive but highly discriminating method of computer-assisted DNA fingerprinting of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 38(12), 4445-4452.

Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Upritchard, H. G., & Lamont, I. L. (2000, November). Identification of novel proteins secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa during infection. Poster session presented at the Australian Electrophoresis Society 7th Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia.

Upritchard, H. G., & Lamont, I. L. (2000, July). Identification of novel proteins secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa during infection. Poster session presented at the Australian Society for Microbiology Joint Scientific Meeting and Exhibition, Queensland, Australia.

1999

Journal - Professional & Other Non-Research Articles

Lamont, I. L., Beare, P. A., & Wilson, M. J. (1999). Iron uptake, cell signalling and gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. New Zealand BioScience, 7(4), 17-18.

1998

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Ackerley, D. F., & Lamont, I. L. (1998). PvdD, a peptide synthetase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the University of Otago Medical School. 76(3), (pp. 27). Dunedin: Otago Medical School Research Society. [Abstract]

1997

Journal - Research Article

Rae, J. L., Cutfield, J. F., & Lamont, I. L. (1997). Sequences and expression of pyruvate dehydrogenase genes from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Journal of Bacteriology, 179(11), 3561-3571.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

James, H. E., Muttilainen, T. S., & Lamont, I. L. (1997). Structure-function studies on the FPVA protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the University of Otago Medical School. 75(2), (pp. 34). Dunedin: University of Otago. [Abstract]

McMorran, B. J., & Lamont, I. L. (1997). The pvdF gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the University of Otago Medical School. 75(1), (pp. 19). Dunedin: University of Otago. [Abstract]

1996

Authored Book - Research

Brumby, A. M., Lamont, I. L., Dodd, I. B., Egan, J. B., Walling, G. A., McEwan, J. C., … Montgomery, G. (1996). Defining the SOS operon of coliphage 186. N/A, 114p.

Journal - Research Article

Ochsner, O. A., Johnson, Z., Lamont, I. L., Cunliffe, H. E., & Vasil, M. L. (1996). Exotoxin A production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa requires the iron-regulated pvdS gene encoding an alternative sigma factor. Molecular Microbiology, 21(5), 1019-1028. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.481425.x

McMorran, B. J., Merriman, M. E., Rombel, I. T., & Lamont, I. L. (1996). Characterisation of the pvdE gene which is required for pyoverdine synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Gene, 176(1/2), 55-59.

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

James, E., & Lamont, I. L. (1996). Ferripyoverdine receptor proteins from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the University of Otago Medical School. 74(2), (pp. 19). Dunedin: University of Otago. [Abstract]

Lamont, I. L. (1996). Iron uptake by bacteria. Proceedings of the University of Otago Medical School. 74(2), (pp. 24). Dunedin: University of Otago. [Abstract]

McMorran, B. J., & Lamont, I. L. (1996). Regulation of two divergently oriented promoters of pyoverdine biosynthetic genes from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proceedings of the University of Otago Medical School. 74(2), (pp. 27). Dunedin: University of Otago. [Abstract]

Wilson, M. J., & Lamont, I. L. (1996). Manipulation of expression of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa pvdS gene in order to study the functions of the protein. Proceedings of the University of Otago Medical School. 74(2), (pp. 32). Dunedin: University of Otago. [Abstract]

Porteous, S., Lamont, I. L., & Pfeffer, A. (1996). Molecular biology of potential allergens from the louse bovicola ovis. Proceedings of the University of Otago Medical School. 74(3), (pp. 45). Dunedin: University of Otago. [Abstract]

1995

Journal - Research Article

Cunliffe, H. E., Merriman, T. R., & Lamont, I. L. (1995). Cloning and characterization of pvdS, a gene required for pyoverdine synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: PvdS is probably an alternative sigma factor. Journal of Bacteriology, 177(10), 2744-2750. doi: 10.1128/jb.177.10.2744-2750.1995