Author(s): Méric G, Miragaia M, de Been M, Yahara K, Pascoe B, Mageiros L, Mikhail J, Harris LG, Wilkinson TS, Rolo J, Lamble S, Bray JE, Jolley KA, Hanage WP, Bowden R, Maiden MC, Mack D, de Lencastre H, Feil EJ, Corander J, Sheppard SK|Journal: Genome Biol Evol|PMID:25888688| April 2015
The opportunistic pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis represent major causes of severe nosocomial infection, and are associated with high…
Author(s): Sheppard SK, Cheng L, Méric G, de Haan CP, Llarena AK, Marttinen P, Vidal A, Ridley A, Clifton-Hadley F, Connor TR, Strachan NJ, Forbes K, Colles FM, Jolley KA, Bentley SD, Maiden MC, Hänninen ML, Parkhill J, Hanage WP, Corander J|Journal: Mol Ecol|PMID:24689900| May 2014
Homologous recombination between bacterial strains is theoretically capable of preventing the separation of daughter clusters, and producing cohesive clouds of…
Author(s): Connor TR, Corander J, Hanage WP|Journal: Microbiology|PMID:23038806| December 2012
The disparity in diversity between unencapsulated (non-typable; NT) and encapsulated, serotypable Haemophilus influenzae (Hi) has been recognized for some time.…
Author(s): Willems RJ, Top J, van Schaik W, Leavis H, Bonten M, Sirén J, Hanage WP, Corander J|Journal: MBio|PMID:22807567| July 2012
Enterococcus faecium has recently emerged as an important multiresistant nosocomial pathogen. Defining population structure in this species is required to…
Analysis of important human pathogen populations is currently under transition toward whole-genome sequencing of growing numbers of samples collected on…
