A Gene Transfer Agent and a Dynamic Repertoire of Secretion Systems Hold the Keys to the Explosive Radiation of the Emerging Pathogen Bartonella

A genome-wide study of recombination rate variation in Bartonella henselae

(2012) Lionel Guy et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Bartonella entry mechanisms into mammalian host cells

(2012) Simone C. Eicher et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Regulatory systems controlling motility and gene transfer agent production and release in Rhodobacter capsulatus

(2012) Ryan G. Mercer et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Bacterial effector binds host cell adenylyl cyclase to potentiate G s-dependent cAMP production

(2012) A. T. Pulliainen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Parallel Evolution of a Type IV Secretion System in Radiating Lineages of the Host-Restricted Bacterial Pathogen Bartonella

(2011) Philipp Engel et al.   PLoS Genetics

Multi-Locus Sequence Analysis Reveals Profound Genetic Diversity among Isolates of the Human Pathogen Bartonella bacilliformis

(2011) Gemma L. Chaloner et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

genoPlotR: comparative gene and genome visualization in R

(2010) L. Guy et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Prodigal: prokaryotic gene recognition and translation initiation site identification

(2010) Doug Hyatt et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Rapid diversification by recombination in Bartonella grahamii from wild rodents in Asia contrasts with low levels of genomic divergence in Northern Europe and America

(2010) EVA C. BERGLUND et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

GenePRIMP: a gene prediction improvement pipeline for prokaryotic genomes

(2010) Amrita Pati et al.   NATURE METHODS

Evolutionary microbial genomics: insights into bacterial host adaptation

(2010) Christina Toft et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

The Trw Type IV Secretion System of Bartonella Mediates Host-Specific Adhesion to Erythrocytes

(2010) Muriel Vayssier-Taussat et al.   PLoS Pathogens

DIYA: a bacterial annotation pipeline for any genomics lab

(2009) Andrew C. Stewart et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

PhyloBayes 3: a Bayesian software package for phylogenetic reconstruction and molecular dating

(2009) Nicolas Lartillot et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

A translocated protein ofBartonella henselaeinterferes with endocytic uptake of individual bacteria and triggers uptake of large bacterial aggregates via the invasome

(2009) Thomas A. Rhomberg et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Horizontal Gene Transfer of the Secretome Drives the Evolution of Bacterial Cooperation and Virulence

(2009) Teresa Nogueira et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Pestilence, persistence and pathogenicity: infection strategies ofBartonella

(2009) Michael F Minnick et al.   Future Microbiology

Simpson's Paradox in a Synthetic Microbial System

(2009) J. S. Chuang et al.   SCIENCE

Why do bacteria engage in homologous recombination?

(2009) Michiel Vos   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Detection of Bartonella tamiae DNA in Ectoparasites from Rodents in Thailand and Their Sequence Similarity with Bacterial Cultures from Thai Patients

(2009) Hidenori Kabeya et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Run-Off Replication of Host-Adaptability Genes Is Associated with Gene Transfer Agents in the Genome of Mouse-Infecting Bartonella grahamii

(2009) Eva C. Berglund et al.   PLoS Genetics

Organised Genome Dynamics in the Escherichia coli Species Results in Highly Diverse Adaptive Paths

(2009) Marie Touchon et al.   PLoS Genetics

Analysis of a Novel Insect Cell Culture Medium-Based Growth Medium for Bartonella Species

(2008) T. Riess et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Occurrence and Expression of Gene Transfer Agent Genes in Marine Bacterioplankton

(2008) E. J. Biers et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Artemis and ACT: viewing, annotating and comparing sequences stored in a relational database

(2008) Tim Carver et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Recent developments in the MAFFT multiple sequence alignment program

(2008) K. Katoh et al.   BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS

The Evolution of the Flagellar Assembly Pathway in Endosymbiotic Bacterial Genomes

(2008) C. Toft et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Enteric infection meets intestinal function: how bacterial pathogens cause diarrhoea

(2008) V. K. Viswanathan et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of genes associated with prophage-like gene transfer agents in the pathogenic intestinal spirochaetes Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, Brachyspira pilosicoli and Brachyspira intermedia

(2008) Y MOTRO et al.   VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Diversifying Selection and Concerted Evolution of a Type IV Secretion System in Bartonella

(2007) B. Nystedt et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION