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Journal articles
2017, 'Whole-genome sequencing and comparative genomic analysis of Bordetella pertussis isolates from the 2007–2008 epidemic in Israel', Journal of Infection, 74, pp. 204 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2016.11.012
,2016, 'Insights into the evolution of pathogenicity of Escherichia coli from genomic analysis of intestinal E. coli of Marmota himalayana in Qinghai-Tibet plateau of China', Emerging Microbes and Infections, 5, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/emi.2016.122
,2016, 'Genome analysis of Campylobacter concisus strains from patients with inflammatory bowel disease and gastroenteritis provides new insights into pathogenicity', Scientific Reports, 6, pp. 38442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep38442
,2016, 'SnpFilt: A pipeline for reference-free assembly-based identification of SNPs in bacterial genomes', Computational Biology and Chemistry, 65, pp. 178 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2016.09.004
,2016, 'Highlights of the 11th international Bordetella symposium: From basic biology to vaccine development', Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 23, pp. 842 - 850, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CVI.00388-16
,2016, 'Streptococcus marmotae sp. Nov., isolated from the respiratory tract of marmota himalayana', International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 66, pp. 4315 - 4322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001350
,2016, 'Streptococcus halotolerans sp. nov. isolated from the respiratory tract of Marmota himalayana in Qinghai-Tibet plateau of China', International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 66, pp. 4211 - 4217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.001337
,2016, 'Whole genome sequencing of Salmonella Typhimurium illuminates distinct outbreaks caused by an endemic multi-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis type in Australia, 2014', BMC Microbiology, 16, pp. 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0831-3
,2016, 'Zonula occludens toxins and their prophages in Campylobacter species', Gut Pathogens, 8, pp. 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13099-016-0125-1
,2016, 'High resolution melting curve analysis with MATLAB-based program', Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 90, pp. 178 - 186, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2016.04.057
,2016, 'Better colonisation of newly emerged Bordetella pertussis in the co-infection mouse model study', Vaccine, 34, pp. 3967 - 3971, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.06.052
,2016, 'US Gulf-like toxigenic O1 Vibrio cholerae causing sporadic cholera outbreaks in China', Journal of Infection, 72, pp. 564 - 572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2016.02.005
,2016, 'Genomic dissection of Australian Bordetella pertussis isolates from the 2008-2012 epidemic', Journal of Infection, 72, pp. 468 - 477, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2016.01.005
,2016, 'Population structure and minimum core genome typing of Legionella pneumophila', Scientific Reports, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep21356
,2016, 'Infection by and dissemination of NDM-5-producing Escherichia coli in China', Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 71, pp. 563 - 565, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jac/dkv352
,2016, 'The relationship between Bordetella pertussis genotype and clinical severity in Australian children with pertussis', Journal of Infection, 72, pp. 171 - 178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jinf.2015.11.004
,2016, 'Evolution of variable number tandem repeats and its relationship with genomic diversity in Salmonella typhimurium', Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, pp. 2002, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.02002
,2016, 'Novel capsular polysaccharide loci and new diagnostic tools for high-throughput capsular gene typing in Streptococcus suis', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 82, pp. 7102 - 7112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02102-16
,2015, 'Prevalence of salmonella isolates from chicken and pig slaughterhouses and emergence of ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime co-resistant S. enterica serovar Indiana in Henan, China', PLoS ONE, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144532
,2015, 'Pertactin negative Bordetella pertussis demonstrates higher fitness under vaccine selection pressure in a mixed infection model', Vaccine, 33, pp. 6277 - 6281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.09.064
,2015, 'Genomic variability of serial human isolates of salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium associated with prolonged carriage', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53, pp. 3507 - 3514, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01733-15
,2015, 'Defining the core genome of salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium for genomic surveillance and epidemiological typing', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53, pp. 2530 - 2538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.03407-14
,2015, 'Delineation of genetic relatedness and population structure of oral and enteric Campylobacter concisus strains by analysis of housekeeping genes', Microbiology (United Kingdom), 161, pp. 1600 - 1612, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000112
,2015, 'Escherichia marmotae sp. nov., isolated from faeces of Marmota himalayana', International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65, pp. 2130 - 2134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.000228
,2015, 'Multiple endonuclease restriction real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification: A novel analytically rapid, sensitive, multiplex loop-mediated isothermal amplification detection technique', Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, 17, pp. 392 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoldx.2015.03.002
,2015, 'A preliminary stochastic model for managing microorganisms in a recirculating aquaculture system', Annals of Microbiology, 65, pp. 1119 - 1129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13213-014-0958-0
,2015, 'Characterization of a large novel phage-like plasmid in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnv044
,2015, 'Delineating community outbreaks of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium by use of whole-genome sequencing: Insights into genomic variability within an outbreak', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 53, pp. 1063 - 1071, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.03235-14
,2015, 'Genotypic characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates in food products from china between 2005 and 2010', Food Control, 50, pp. 209 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.08.045
,2015, 'Virulence variations in Shigella and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli using the Caenorhabditis elegans model', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnu045
,2015, 'Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes isolated from human Listeriosis cases in China', Emerging Microbes and Infections, 4, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/emi.2015.50
,2015, 'Eight novel capsular polysaccharide synthesis gene loci identified in nontypeable Streptococcus suis isolates', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81, pp. 4111 - 4119, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00315-15
,2015, 'The type VI secretion system modulates flagellar gene expression and secretion in Citrobacter freundii and contributes to adhesion and cytotoxicity to host cells', Infection and Immunity, 83, pp. 2596 - 2604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.03071-14
,2014, 'Erratum: Correction for Chen et al., minimum core genome sequence typing of bacterial pathogens: A unified approach for clinical and public health microbiology (J. Clin. Microbiol. (2014) 52:11 (4120) 10.1128/JCM.02282-14)', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52, pp. 4120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02282-14
,2014, 'Population analysis of Streptococcus suis Isolates from slaughtered swine by use of minimum core genome sequence typing', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52, pp. 3568 - 3572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00536-14
,2014, 'Global population structure and evolution of Bordetella pertussis and their relationship with vaccination', mBio, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01074-14
,2014, 'Sequential isolation in a patient of Raoultella planticola and Escherichia coli bearing a novel IS CR1 element carrying bla
2014, 'Dissemination and serotype modification potential of pSFxv-2, an O-antigen PEtN modification plasmid in Shigella flexneri', Glycobiology, 24, pp. 305 - 313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/glycob/cwt115
,2014, 'Comparative genomic hybridization identifies virulence differences in Streptococcus suis', PLoS ONE, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087866
,2014, 'Characterization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from healthy pigs in China', BMC Microbiology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-14-5
,2014, 'Examination of the anaerobic growth of Campylobacter concisus strains', International Journal of Microbiology, 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/476047
,2014, 'Genetic and structural identification of an O-acyltransferase gene (oacC) responsible for the 3/4-O-acetylation on rhamnose III in Shigella flexneri serotype 6', BMC Microbiology, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-014-0266-7
,2014, 'Genomic portrait of the evolution and epidemic spread of a recently emerged multidrug-resistant shigella flexneri clone in China', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52, pp. 1119 - 1126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02669-13
,2014, 'Identification of an O-acyltransferase gene (oacB) that mediates 3-and 4-O-acetylation of Rhamnose III in Shigella flexneri O antigens', Journal of Bacteriology, 196, pp. 1525 - 1531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.01393-13
,2014, 'Investigating genome reduction of Bordetella pertussis using a multiplex PCR-based reverse line blot assay (mPCR/RLB)', BMC Research Notes, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-727
,2014, 'Rapid increase in pertactin-deficient Bordetella pertussis isolates, Australia', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 20, pp. 626 - 633, http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2004.131478
,2014, 'Serological identification and prevalence of a novel o-antigen epitope linked to 3-and 4-o-acetylated rhamnose III of lipopolysaccharide in shigella flexneri', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 52, pp. 2033 - 2038, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00197-14
,2014, 'Serotype-converting bacteriophage SfII encodes an acyltransferase protein that mediates 6-O-acetylation of GlcNAc in Shigella flexneri O-antigens, conferring on the host a novel O-antigen epitope', Journal of Bacteriology, 196, pp. 3656 - 3666, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.02009-14
,2014, 'Population structure and virulence content of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from outbreaks in Sri Lanka', Veterinary Microbiology, 168, pp. 403 - 412, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.11.028
,2013, 'Genomic diversity and adaptation of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium from analysis of six genomes of different phage types', BMC Genomics, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-718
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