Publications
Performance assessment of DNA sequencing platforms in the ABRF Next-Generation Sequencing Study. Nat Biotechnol. 2021 ;39(9):1129-1140.
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Challenges of Francisella classification exemplified by an atypical clinical isolate. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 ;90(4):241-247.
. Complete genome sequence of Enterococcus faecium strain TX16 and comparative genomic analysis of Enterococcus faecium genomes. BMC Microbiol. 2012 ;12:135.
. Genomic and SNP analyses demonstrate a distant separation of the hospital and community-associated clades of Enterococcus faecium. PLoS One. 2012 ;7(1):e30187.
. Treponema pallidum infection in the wild baboons of East Africa: distribution and genetic characterization of the strains responsible. PLoS One. 2012 ;7(12):e50882.
. Whole genome sequence of Treponema pallidum ssp. pallidum, strain Mexico A, suggests recombination between yaws and syphilis strains. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 ;6(9):e1832.
. Whole genome sequences of three Treponema pallidum ssp. pertenue strains: yaws and syphilis treponemes differ in less than 0.2% of the genome sequence. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2012 ;6(1):e1471.
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Metagenomic pyrosequencing and microbial identification. Clin Chem. 2009 ;55(5):856-66.
. Identification and phenotypic characterization of a second collagen adhesin, Scm, and genome-based identification and analysis of 13 other predicted MSCRAMMs, including four distinct pilus loci, in Enterococcus faecium. Microbiology (Reading). 2008 ;154(Pt 10):3199-3211.
. Large scale variation in Enterococcus faecalis illustrated by the genome analysis of strain OG1RF. Genome Biol. 2008 ;9(7):R110.
. Elevated expression of DNA polymerase II increases spontaneous mutagenesis in Escherichia coli. Mutat Res. 2007 ;625(1-2):29-39.
. Genome sequence of Fusobacterium nucleatum subspecies polymorphum - a genetically tractable fusobacterium. PLoS One. 2007 ;2(7):e659.
. Widespread lateral gene transfer from intracellular bacteria to multicellular eukaryotes. Science. 2007 ;317(5845):1753-6.
. Chromosome rearrangement and diversification of Francisella tularensis revealed by the type B (OSU18) genome sequence. J Bacteriol. 2006 ;188(19):6977-85.
. The genome sequence of Mannheimia haemolytica A1: insights into virulence, natural competence, and Pasteurellaceae phylogeny. J Bacteriol. 2006 ;188(20):7257-66.
. Hypermutagenesis in mutA cells is mediated by mistranslational corruption of polymerase, and is accompanied by replication fork collapse. Mol Microbiol. 2006 ;62(6):1752-63.
. Complete genome sequence of Rickettsia typhi and comparison with sequences of other rickettsiae. J Bacteriol. 2004 ;186(17):5842-55.
. Construction of small genome BAC library for functional and genomic applications. Methods Mol Biol. 2004 ;255:47-56.
. Preparation of BAC libraries from bacterial genomes by in vitro packaging. Methods Mol Biol. 2004 ;255:57-68.
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DNA polymerase III from Escherichia coli cells expressing mutA mistranslator tRNA is error-prone. J Biol Chem. 2002 ;277(48):46319-27.
. Effects of Enterococcus faecalis fsr genes on production of gelatinase and a serine protease and virulence. Infect Immun. 2000 ;68(5):2579-86.
. Sequence and organization of pXO1, the large Bacillus anthracis plasmid harboring the anthrax toxin genes. J Bacteriol. 1999 ;181(20):6509-15.
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