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Journal articles
, 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 blaNDM-1', Plos One, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089893
, 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, pp. e72070 - e72070, 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, pp. e65537 - e65537, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065537
, 2013, 'Global Transcriptional and Phenotypic Analyses of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Strain Xuzhou21 and Its pO157_Sal Cured Mutant', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. e65466 - e65466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065466
, 2013, 'Molecular analysis of non-O1/non-O139 Vibrio cholerae isolated from hospitalised patients in China', BMC Microbiology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-13-52
, 2013, 'Isolation and genomic characterization of SfI, a serotype-converting bacteriophage of Shigella flexneri', BMC Microbiology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-13-39
, 2013, 'An O Island 172 Encoded RNA Helicase Regulates the Motility of Escherichia coli O157:H7', PLoS ONE, 8, pp. Article number e64211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064211
, 2013, 'O-antigen structure of Shigella flexneri serotype Yv and effect of the lpt-O gene variation on phosphoethanolamine modification of S. flexneri O-antigens', Glycobiology, 23, pp. 475 - 485, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/glycob/cws222
, 2013, 'SNP genotyping of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates from China and genomic identity of the 1999 Xuzhou outbreak', Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 16, pp. 275 - 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2013.02.018
, 2013, 'Structure of the O-antigen of a novel Shigella flexneri serotype, 1d (I: 7,8)', Carbohydrate Research, 373, pp. 93 - 96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2013.03.015
, 2012, '618 Gene Polymorphisms in Host-Adapted Helicobacter pylori: Loss of Type Four Secretion Functions Independent of the cag Pathogenicity Island', Gastroenterology, 142, pp. S - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5085(12)60458-2
, 2012, 'A novel escherichia coli O157:H7 clone causing a major hemolytic uremic syndrome outbreak in China', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. e36144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036144
, 2012, 'A novel plasmid-encoded serotype conversion mechanism through addition of phosphoethanolamine to the O-antigen of shigella flexneri.', PLoS ONE, 7, pp. e46095, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0046095
, 2012, 'Emergence of a novel Shigella flexneri serotype 1d in China.', Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 74, pp. 316 - 319, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.06.022
, 2012, 'Genetic diversity and molecular typing of Listeria monocytogenes in China.', BMC Microbiology, 12, pp. 1 - 9, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/12/119
, 2012, 'Genetic relationships of phage types and single nucleotide polymorphism typing of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 50, pp. 727 - 734, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01284-11
, 2012, 'Identification of a divergent O -acetyltransferase gene oac 1b from Shigella flexneri serotype 1b strains', Emerging Microbes & Infections, 1, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/emi.2012.22
, 2012, 'Investigation of the enteric pathogenic potential of oral campylobacter concisus strains isolated from patients with inflammatory bowel disease', PLoS One, 7(5), pp. 1 - 11, http://www.plosone.org/
, 2012, 'Isolation and characterization of cytotoxic,aggregative Citrobacter freundii.', PLoS One, 7, pp. e33054, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033054
, 2012, 'Multi-locus variable number tandem repeat analysis of 7th pandemic vibrio cholerae.', BMC Microbiology, 12, pp. 1 - 11, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/12/82
, 2012, 'Newly emerging clones of bordetella pertussis carrying prn2 and ptxP3 alleles implicated in Australian pertussis epidemic in 2008-2010', Journal of Infectious Diseases, 205, pp. 1220 - 1224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jis178
, 2012, 'Selection and emergence of pertussis toxin promoter ptxP3 allele in the evolution of Bordetella pertussis', Infection Genetics and Evolution, 12, pp. 492 - 495, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2012.01.001
, 2011, 'Bug breakfast in the Bulletin. Pertussis in NSW and its prevention in infants and children.', New South Wales Public Health Bulletin, 22, pp. 236, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/nb11032
, 2011, 'Bug breakfast in the Bulletin. Pertussis in NSW and its prevention in infants and children.', NSW Public Health Bulletin, 22, pp. 236 - 236
, 2011, 'Computational genome-wide analysis of phylogenetic profiles reveal potential virulence genes of Streptococcus agalactiae', PLoS One, 6, pp. e17964, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017964
, 2011, 'Development of a multiplex PCR assay targeting O-antigen modification genes for molecular serotyping of Shigella flexneri', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 49, pp. 3766 - 3770, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01259-11
, 2011, 'Genesis of a novel Shigella flexneri serotype by sequential infection of serotype-converting bacteriophages SfX and SfI', BMC Microbiology, 11, pp. 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-11-269