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Debbie McLaggan

University of AberdeenORCID 0000-0003-3044-7287Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:E. coli· 1 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1

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Franziska TruschiD· 1 shared Israt Jahan TumpaiD· 1 shared Mark van der GiezeniD· 1 shared Pieter van WestiD· 1 shared Wolfgang Epstein· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintJun 8, 2026

Phosphate and osmotic adaptation: a major role for phosphate in charge balance and metabolic responses in Escherichia coli

Debbie McLaggan, Wolfgang Epstein

This study shows that phosphate and phosphorylated metabolites, not just compatible solutes, are critical for charge balance and metabolic responses in E. coli during osmotic upshift.

DOI 10.64898/2026.06.06.730615

E. colimetabolomics

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintNov 2, 2025

Development of a stable transformation method for Saprolegnia parasitica

Franziska Trusch, Israt Jahan Tumpa, Debbie McLaggan…·Pieter van West

The paper develops a stable transformation method for Saprolegnia parasitica using a mutated CYP51 gene from Achlya hypogyna to confer imidazole resistance.

DOI 10.1101/2025.11.02.686010

experimental assay

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