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Journal articles
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
,2013, 'The Prevalence and Polymorphisms of Zonula Occluden Toxin Gene in Multiple Campylobacter concisus Strains Isolated from Saliva of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Controls', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0075525
,2013, 'Development of Multiplex PCR Assays for the Identification of the 33 Serotypes of Streptococcus suis', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0072070
,2013, 'Minimum core genome sequence typing of bacterial pathogens: A unified approach for clinical and public health microbiology', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 51, pp. 2582 - 2591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00535-13
,2013, 'Identification and Characterization of a Novel Shigella flexneri Serotype Yv in China', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070238
,2013, 'Population Structure and Evolution of Non-O1/Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae by Multilocus Sequence Typing', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065342
,2013, 'Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli in Yaks (Bos grunniens) from the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065537
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