A5076843743- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Escherichia coli research studies
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms
- Insect and Pesticide Research
University of York
2014-2024
Fera Science (United Kingdom)
2024
University of Sheffield
2018
Staphylococcus aureus is a human commensal that can also cause systemic infections. This transition requires evasion of the immune response and ability to exploit different niches within host. However, disease mechanisms dominant mediators against infection are poorly understood. Previously it has been shown infecting S. population goes through bottleneck, from which very few bacteria escape establish abscesses characteristic many Here we examine host factors underlying bottleneck subsequent...
Abstract The rise of next generation sequencing is revealing a hidden diversity temperate phages within the microbial community. While handful these have been well characterized, for vast majority, role phage carriage, and especially multiple poorly understood. Liverpool epidemic strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa an aggressive pathogen in cystic fibrosis lung infections that has recently found to contain several unique prophages its genome. Here, we experimentally investigate two vivo , using...
European foulbrood (EFB) is a severe bacterial honey bee brood disease caused by the Gram-positive bacterium Melissocccus plutonius. The widely distributed worldwide, and an increasing problem in some areas. Although causative agent of EFB was described almost century ago, many basic aspects its pathogenesis are still unknown. Earlier studies were hampered insensitive unspecific methods such as culture based techniques. Recent advances molecular technologies have led to boom available study...