Molecular mechanisms underlying the emergence of bacterial pathogens: an ecological perspective

Insights into epidemiology and control of diseases of annual plants caused by the Pseudomonas syringae species complex

(2015) Jay Ram Lamichhane et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PLANT PATHOLOGY

Mutability inPseudomonas viridiflavaas a programmed balance between antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity

(2015) Claudia Bartoli et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

“Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus” Prophage Late Genes May Limit Host Range and Culturability

(2014) Laura A. Fleites et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The utility of PacBio circular consensus sequencing for characterizing complex gene families in non-model organisms

(2014) Peter A Larsen et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Analysis of genomic rearrangements, horizontal gene transfer and role of plasmids in the evolution of industrial important Thermus species

(2014) Benjamin Kumwenda et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Investigating the zoonotic origin of the West African Ebola epidemic

(2014) A. Mari Saez et al.   EMBO Molecular Medicine

10 years of surveillance of human tularaemia in France

(2014) A Mailles et al.   Eurosurveillance

Multihost Experimental Evolution of the Pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum Unveils Genes Involved in Adaptation to Plants

(2014) Alice Guidot et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

A framework to gauge the epidemic potential of plant pathogens in environmental reservoirs: the example of kiwifruit canker

(2014) Claudia Bartoli et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY

The long-term maintenance of a resistance polymorphism through diffuse interactions

(2014) Talia L. Karasov et al.   NATURE

Genomic surveillance elucidates Ebola virus origin and transmission during the 2014 outbreak

(2014) S. K. Gire et al.   SCIENCE

Large Chromosomal Rearrangements during a Long-Term Evolution Experiment with Escherichia coli

(2014) C. Raeside et al.   mBio

A mutation burst during the acute phase of Helicobacter pylori infection in humans and rhesus macaques

(2014) Bodo Linz et al.   Nature Communications

Transient Hypermutagenesis Accelerates the Evolution of Legume Endosymbionts following Horizontal Gene Transfer

(2014) Philippe Remigi et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

The Role of Prophage in Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria

(2013) Alessandro M. Varani et al.   Annual Review of Phytopathology

Host immune responses accelerate pathogen evolution

(2013) Pankaj Trivedi et al.   ISME Journal

Nonagricultural reservoirs contribute to emergence and evolution ofPseudomonas syringaecrop pathogens

(2013) Caroline L. Monteil et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A trade-off between oxidative stress resistance and DNA repair plays a role in the evolution of elevated mutation rates in bacteria

(2013) C. Torres-Barcelo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Horizontal gene transfer and the evolution of bacterial and archaeal population structure

(2013) Martin F. Polz et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Emergence of the Epidemic Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Strain USA300 Coincides with Horizontal Transfer of the Arginine Catabolic Mobile Element and speG-mediated Adaptations for Survival on Skin

(2013) P. J. Planet et al.   mBio

Emerging Infectious Diseases: Threats to Human Health and Global Stability

(2013) David M. Morens et al.   PLoS Pathogens

As it happens: current directions in experimental evolution

(2012) T. Bataillon et al.   Biology Letters

Potential of weed species to serve as a reservoir for Xanthomonas campestris pv. vitians, the causal agent of bacterial leaf spot of lettuce

(2012) V. Toussaint et al.   CROP PROTECTION

Deletion and acquisition of genomic content during early stage adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to a human host environment

(2012) Martin H. Rau et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Environmental Factors Influencing Gene Transfer Agent (GTA) Mediated Transduction in the Subtropical Ocean

(2012) Lauren D. McDaniel et al.   PLoS One

Coordinated phenotype switching with large-scale chromosome flip-flop inversion observed in bacteria

(2012) L. Cui et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Airborne Transmission of Influenza A/H5N1 Virus Between Ferrets

(2012) S. Herfst et al.   SCIENCE

Stress responses as determinants of antimicrobial resistance in Gram-negative bacteria

(2012) Keith Poole   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Insights from Genomics into Bacterial Pathogen Populations

(2012) Daniel J. Wilson   PLoS Pathogens

Origin and Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance: The Common Mechanisms of Emergence and Spread in Water Bodies

(2012) Agnese Lupo et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Pseudomonas syringae Type III Effector HopZ1 Targets a Host Enzyme to Suppress Isoflavone Biosynthesis and Promote Infection in Soybean

(2011) Huanbin Zhou et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Cheating, trade-offs and the evolution of aggressiveness in a natural pathogen population

(2011) Luke G. Barrett et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Directed networks reveal genomic barriers and DNA repair bypasses to lateral gene transfer among prokaryotes

(2011) O. Popa et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Ecology drives a global network of gene exchange connecting the human microbiome

(2011) Chris S. Smillie et al.   NATURE

Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Bacteriophage DNA Fraction of Environmental Samples

(2011) Marta Colomer-Lluch et al.   PLoS One

‘Ca.Liberibacter asiaticus’ Carries an Excision Plasmid Prophage and a Chromosomally Integrated Prophage That Becomes Lytic in Plant Infections

(2010) Shujian Zhang et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Bacterial pathogen evolution: breaking news

(2010) Robert W. Jackson et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Inferring the Evolutionary History of the Plant Pathogen Pseudomonas syringae from Its Biogeography in Headwaters of Rivers in North America, Europe, and New Zealand

(2010) C. E. Morris et al.   mBio

Recent Evolution of Bacterial Pathogens: The Gall-FormingPantoea agglomeransCase

(2009) Isaac Barash et al.   Annual Review of Phytopathology

Bacterial Evolution by Genomic Island Transfer Occurs via DNA Transformation In Planta

(2009) Helen C. Lovell et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Genomic variation and evolution of Staphylococcus aureus

(2009) Jodi A. Lindsay   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Expanding the Paradigms of Plant Pathogen Life History and Evolution of Parasitic Fitness beyond Agricultural Boundaries

(2009) Cindy E. Morris et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Laterally transferred genomic islands in Xanthomonadales related to pathogenicity and primary metabolism

(2008) Wanessa C. Lima et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Global trends in emerging infectious diseases

(2008) Kate E. Jones et al.   NATURE

Phages across the biosphere: contrasts of viruses in soil and aquatic environments

(2008) Sharath Srinivasiah et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Dynamics of Genome Rearrangement in Bacterial Populations

(2008) Aaron E. Darling et al.   PLoS Genetics

Molecular mechanisms driving Darwinian evolution

(2007) Werner Arber   MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER MODELLING