By Professor Ruiting Lan

Journal articles

Zheng X; Zheng H; Lan R; Ye C; Wang Y; Zhang J; Jing H; Chen C; Segura M; Gottschalk M; Xu J, 2011, 'Identification of genes and genomic islands correlated with high pathogenicity in Streptococcus suis using whole genome tiling microarrays', PLoS One, 6, pp. e17987, http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi/10.1371/journal.pone.0017987

Octavia S; Maharjan RP; Sintchenko V; Stevenson GM; Reeves PR; Gilbert GL; Lan R, 2011, 'Insight into evolution of Bordetella pertussis from comparative genomic analysis: Evidence of vaccine-driven selection', Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28, pp. 707 - 715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msq245

Wang P; Xiong Y; Lan R; Ye C; Wang H; Ren J; Jing H; Wang Y; Zhou Z; Cui Z; Zhao H; Chen Y; Jin D; Bai X; Zhao A; Wang Y; Zhang S; Sun H; Li J; Wang T; Wang L; Xu J, 2011, 'PO157-Sal, a novel conjugative plasmid detected in outbreak isolates of Escherichia coli O157:H7', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 49, pp. 1594 - 1597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.02530-10

Ch'ng SL; Octavia S; Xia Q; Duong A; Tanaka MM; Fukushima H; Lan R, 2011, 'Population Structure and Evolution of Pathogenicity ofYersinia pseudotuberculosis', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77, pp. 768 - 775, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.01993-10

Reeves PR; Liu B; Zhou Z; Li D; Guo D; Ren Y; Clabots C; Lan R; Johnson J; Wang L, 2011, 'Rates of mutation and host transmission for an escherichia coli clone over 3 years', PLoS One, 6, pp. Article number e26907, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026907

Lan R, 2010, 'Bordetella pertussis clones identified by multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16, pp. 297 - 300

Ballouz S; Lan R; Francis AR; Tanaka M, 2010, 'Conditions for the evolution of gene clusters in bacterial genomes.', PLoS Computational Biology, 6, pp. e1000672 - e1000672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000672

Zhou Z; Li X; Liu B; Beutin L; Xu J; Ren Y; Feng L; Lan R; Reeves PR; Wang L, 2010, 'Derivation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from its O55:H7 precursor', PLoS One, 5, pp. e8700

Ye C; Lan R; Xia S; Zhang J; Sun Q; Zhang S; Jing H; Jing H; Wang L; Li Z; Zhou Z; Zhao A; Cui Z; Cui J; Jin D; Huang L; Wang Y; Luo X; Bai X; Wang Y; Wang P; Xu Q; Xu J, 2010, 'Emergence of a new multidrug-resistant serotype X variant in an epidemic clone of Shigella flexneri', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48, pp. 419 - 426

Lam C; Octavia S; Reeves PR; Wang L; Lan R, 2010, 'Evolution of seventh cholera pandemic and origin of 1991 epidemic, Latin America', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 16, pp. 1130 - 1132

Octavia S; Lan R, 2010, 'Single nucleotide polymorphism typing of global Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi isolates by use of a hairpin primer real-time PCR assay', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 48, pp. 3504 - 3509

Lin FP; Coiera E; Lan R; Sintchenko V, 2009, 'In silico prioritisation of candidate genes for prokaryotic gene function discovery: an application of phylogenetic profiles.', BMC bioinformatics, 10, pp. 86 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-10-86

Octavia S; Lan R, 2009, 'Multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 47, pp. 2369 - 2376

Tay CY; Mitchell HM; Dong Q; Goh K; Dawes IW; Lan R, 2009, 'Population structure of Helicobacter pylori among ethnic groups in Malaysia: Recent acquisition of the bacterium by the Malay population', BMC Microbiology, 9, pp. 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-126

Lan R; Reeves PR; Octavia S, 2009, 'Population structure, origins and evolution of major Salmonella enterica clones', Infection Genetics and Evolution, 9, pp. 996 - 1005

Chan W; Maharjan RP; Reeves PR; Sintchenko V; Gilbert GL; Lan R, 2009, 'Rapid and accurate typing of Bordetella pertussis targeting genes encoding acellular vaccine antigens using real time PCR and High Resolution Melt analysis', Journal of Microbiological Methods, 77, pp. 326 - 329

Lan R; Reeves PR; Octavia S, 2009, 'WITHDRAWN: Population structure, origins and evolution of major Salmonella enterica clones', Infection, Genetics and Evolution, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meegid.2009.02.004

Feng L; Reeves PR; Lan R; Ren Y; Gao C; Zhou Z; Ren Y; Cheng J; Weng W; Wang J; Qian WL; Li D; Wang L, 2008, 'A recalibrated molecular clock and independent origins for the cholera pandemic clones', PLoS One, 3, pp. 4053 - 4063

Maharjan RP; Gu C; Reeves PR; Sintchenko V; Gilbert GL; Lan R, 2008, 'Genome-wide analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in Bordetella pertussis using comparative genomic sequencing', Research in Microbiology, 159, pp. 602 - 608

Tay CY; Reeves PR; Lan R, 2008, 'Importation of the major pilin TcpA gene and frequent recombination drive the divergence of the Vibrio pathogenicity island in Vibrio cholerae', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 289, pp. 210 - 218

Lan R; Stevenson G; Donohoe K; Ward LA; Reeves PR, 2007, 'Molecular markers with potential to replace phage typing for Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium', Journal of Microbiological Methods, 68, pp. 145 - 156

Octavia S; Lan R, 2007, 'Single-Nucleotide-Polymorphism Typing and Genetic Relationships of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Isolates', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 45, pp. 3795 - 3801

Zaghloul L; Tang C; Chin H; Bek EJ; Lan R; Tanaka M, 2007, 'The distribution of insertion sequences in the genome of Shigella flexneri strain 2457T', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 277, pp. 197 - 204

Hu H; Lan R; Reeves PR, 2006, 'Adaptation of multilocus sequencing for studying variation within a major clone: Evolutionary relationships of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium', Genetics, 172, pp. 743 - 750

Octavia S; Lan R, 2006, 'Frequent recombination and low level of clonality within Salmonella enterica subspecies I', Microbiology, 152, pp. 1099 - 1108

Wirth T; Falush D; Lan R; Colles F; Mensa P; Wieler L; Karch H; Reeves PR; Maiden M; Ochman H; Achtman M, 2006, 'Sex and virulence in Escherichia coli: an evolutionary perspective', Molecular Microbiology, 60, pp. 1136 - 1151

Tominaga A; Lan R; Reeves PR, 2005, 'Evolutionary changes of the flhDC flagellar master operon in Shigella strains', Journal of Bacteriology, 187, pp. 4295 - 4302

Salim A; Lan R; Reeves PR, 2005, 'Vibrio cholerae pathogenic clones', Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11, pp. 1758 - 1760

Rezwan F; Lan R; Reeves PR, 2004, 'Molecular basis of the indole-negative reaction in Shigella strains:extensive damages to the tna operon by insertion sequences', Journal of Bacteriology, 186, pp. 7460 - 7465

Lan R; Alles MC; Donohoe K; Martinez M; Reeves PR, 2004, 'Molecular evolutionary relationships of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli and Shigella spp', Infection and Immunity, 72, pp. 5080 - 5088

Lan R; Davison AM; Reeves PR; Ward LR, 2003, 'AFLP analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates of phage types DT 9 and DT 135: Diversity within phage types and its epidemiological significance', Microbes and Infection, 5, pp. 841 - 850, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1286-4579(03)00174-6

Lan R; Stevenson G; Reeves PR, 2003, 'Comparison of two major forms of the Shigella virulence plasmid pINV: positive selection is a major force driving the divergence', Infection and Immunity, 71, pp. 6298 - 6306

Lan R; Reeves PR, 2002, 'Escherichia coli in disguise: Molecular origins of Shigella', Microbes and Infection, 4, pp. 1125 - 1132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1286-4579(02)01637-4

Hu H; Lan R; Reeves PR, 2002, 'Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium reveals phage-type-specific markers and potential for microarray typing', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 40, pp. 3406 - 3415, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.40.9.3406-3415.2002

Lan R; Reeves PR, 2002, 'Pandemic spread of cholera: Genetic diversity and relationships within the seventh pandemic clone of Vibrio cholerae determined by amplified fragment length polymorphism', Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 40, pp. 172 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.40.1.172-181.2002

Lan R; Lumb B; Ryan D; Reeves PR, 2001, 'Molecular evolution of large virulence plasmid in Shigella clones and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli', Infection and Immunity, 69, pp. 6303 - 6309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.69.10.6303-6309.2001

Lan R; Reeves PR, 2001, 'When does a clone deserve a name? A perspective on bacterial species based on population genetics', Trends in Microbiology, 9, pp. 419 - 424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0966-842X(01)02133-3

Karaolis DKR; Lan R; Kaper JB; Reeves PR, 2001, 'Comparison of Vibrio cholerae pathogenicity islands in sixth and seventh pandemic strains', Infection and Immunity, 69, pp. 1947 - 1952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/IAI.69.3.1947-1952.2001

Pupo GM; Lan R; Reeves PR; Baverstock PR, 2000, 'Population genetics of Escherichia coli in a natural population of native Australian rats', Environmental Microbiology, 2, pp. 594 - 610, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1462-2920.2000.00142.x

Stevenson G; Lan R; Reeves PR, 2000, 'The colanic acid gene cluster of Salmonella enterica has a complex history', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 191, pp. 11 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00361-X

Stevenson G, 2000, 'The colanic acid gene cluster of Salmonella enterica has a complex history', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 191, pp. 11 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0378-1097(00)00361-x

Pupo GM; Lan R; Reeves PR, 2000, 'Multiple independent origins of Shigella clones of Escherichia coli and convergent evolution of many of their characteristics', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97, pp. 10567 - 10572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.180094797

Lan R; Reeves PR, 2000, 'Intraspecies variation in bacterial genomes: The need for a species genome concept', Trends in Microbiology, 8, pp. 396 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0966-842X(00)01791-1

Lan R; Reeves PR, 2000, 'Unique adaptor design for AFLP fingerprinting', Biotechniques, 29, pp. 745 - 750, http://dx.doi.org/10.2144/00294bm14

Byun R; Elbourne LDH; Lan R; Reeves PR, 1999, 'Evolutionary relationships of pathogenic clones of VIbrio cholerae by sequence analysis of four housekeeping genes', Infection and Immunity, 67, pp. 1116 - 1124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/iai.67.3.1116-1124.1999

Reeves PR; Lan R, 1998, 'Cholera in the 1990s', British Medical Bulletin, 54, pp. 611 - 623, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.bmb.a011714

Lan R; Reeves PR, 1998, 'Molecular Basis of Ribotype Variation in the Seventh Pandemic Clone and its O139 Variant of Vibrio cholerae', Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 93, pp. 595 - 599, http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0074-02761998000500007

Lan R; Reeves PR, 1998, 'Recombination between rRNA operons created most of the ribotype variation observed in the seventh pandemic clone of Vibrio cholerae', Microbiology, 144, pp. 1213 - 1221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/00221287-144-5-1213

Pérez Luz S; Rodríguez-Valera F; Lan R; Reeves PR, 1998, 'Variation of the ribosomal operon 16S-23S gene spacer region in representatives of Salmonella enterica subspecies', Journal of Bacteriology, 180, pp. 2144 - 2151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.180.8.2144-2151.1998

Pupo GM; Karaolis DKR; Lan R; Reeves PR, 1997, 'Evolutionary relationships among pathogenic and nonpathogenic Escherichia coli strains inferred from multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and mdh sequence studies', Infection and Immunity, 65, pp. 2685 - 2692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/iai.65.7.2685-2692.1997

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