Leoff, Christine, Saile, Elke, Rauvolfova, Jana, Quinn, Conrad P, Hoffmaster, Alex R, Zhong, Wei, ...
The immunoreactivities of hydrogen fluoride (HF)-released cell wall polysaccharides (HF-PSs) from selected Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus strains were compared using antisera against live and...
Genetic diversity of clinical isolates of Bacillus cereususing multilocus sequence typing (2008)
Hoffmaster, Alex R, Novak, Ryan T, Marston, Chung K, Gee, Jay E, Helsel, Leta, Pruckler, James M, ...
Abstract Background Bacillus cereus is most commonly associated with foodborne illness (diarrheal and emetic) but is also an opportunistic pathogen that can cause severe and fatal infections. Several...
Marston, Chung K, Gee, Jay E, Popovic, Tanja, Hoffmaster, Alex R
Abstract Background Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus can usually be distinguished by standard microbiological methods (e.g., motility, hemolysis, penicillin susceptibility and susceptibility to...
Hoffmaster, Alex R., Ravel, Jacques, Rasko, David A., Chapman, Gail D., Chute, Michael D., Marston, CHung K., ...
Bacillus anthracis is the etiologic agent of anthrax, an acute fatal disease among mammals. It was thought to differ from Bacillus cereus, an opportunistic pathogen and cause of food poisoning, by...
ATXA-dependent gene expression in Bacillus anthracis (1999)
The Bacillus anthracis toxin genes, cya, lef , and pag , can be viewed as a regulon, in which transcription of all three genes is activated in trans by the same regulatory gene, atxA , in response to...
De, Barun K., Bragg, Sandra L., Sanden, Gary N., Wilson, Kathy E., Diem, Lois A., Marston, Chung K., ...
A two-component direct fluorescent-antibody (DFA) assay, using fluorescein-labeled monoclonal antibodies specific to the Bacillus anthracis cell wall (CW-DFA) and capsule (CAP-DFA) antigens, was...
Autogenous Regulation of the Bacillus anthracis pag Operon
Hoffmaster, Alex R., Koehler, Theresa M.
Protective antigen (PA) is an important component of the edema and lethal toxins produced by Bacillus anthracis. PA is essential for binding the toxins to the target cell receptor and for...
Gee, Jay E., Sacchi, Claudio T., Glass, Mindy B., De, Barun K., Weyant, Robbin S., Levett, Paul N., ...
Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. mallei, the causative agents of melioidosis and glanders, respectively, are designated category B biothreat agents. Current methods for identifying these organisms...
Hoffmaster, Alex R., Ravel, Jacques, Rasko, David A., Chapman, Gail D., Chute, Michael D., Marston, Chung K., ...
Bacillus anthracis is the etiologic agent of anthrax, an acute fatal disease among mammals. It was thought to differ from Bacillus cereus, an opportunistic pathogen and cause of food poisoning, by...
Cheung, Danny T. L., Kam, Kai Man, Hau, Kong Lung, Au, Tak Kong, Marston, Chung K., Gee, Jay E., ...
We used multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) and pagA sequencing to genotype a Bacillus anthracis isolate from a fatal case of human anthrax in Hong Kong. The isolate has a...
Effects of Long-Term Storage on Plasmid Stability in Bacillus anthracis
Marston, Chung K., Hoffmaster, Alex R., Wilson, Kathy E., Bragg, Sandra L., Plikaytis, Brian, Brachman, Philip, ...
The plasmid profiles of 619 cultures of Bacillus anthracis which had been isolated and stored between 1954 and 1989 were analyzed using the Laboratory Response Network real-time PCR assay targeting a...
Autogenous Regulation of the Bacillus anthracis pag Operon
Hoffmaster, Alex R., Koehler, Theresa M.
Protective antigen (PA) is an important component of the edema and lethal toxins produced by Bacillus anthracis. PA is essential for binding the toxins to the target cell receptor and for...
Gee, Jay E., Sacchi, Claudio T., Glass, Mindy B., De, Barun K., Weyant, Robbin S., Levett, Paul N., ...
Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. mallei, the causative agents of melioidosis and glanders, respectively, are designated category B biothreat agents. Current methods for identifying these organisms...
Hoffmaster, Alex R., Ravel, Jacques, Rasko, David A., Chapman, Gail D., Chute, Michael D., Marston, Chung K., ...
Bacillus anthracis is the etiologic agent of anthrax, an acute fatal disease among mammals. It was thought to differ from Bacillus cereus, an opportunistic pathogen and cause of food poisoning, by...
Cheung, Danny T. L., Kam, Kai Man, Hau, Kong Lung, Au, Tak Kong, Marston, Chung K., Gee, Jay E., ...
We used multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) and pagA sequencing to genotype a Bacillus anthracis isolate from a fatal case of human anthrax in Hong Kong. The isolate has a...
Effects of Long-Term Storage on Plasmid Stability in Bacillus anthracis
Marston, Chung K., Hoffmaster, Alex R., Wilson, Kathy E., Bragg, Sandra L., Plikaytis, Brian, Brachman, Philip, ...
The plasmid profiles of 619 cultures of Bacillus anthracis which had been isolated and stored between 1954 and 1989 were analyzed using the Laboratory Response Network real-time PCR assay targeting a...
Capsule Production in Bacillus cereus Strains Associated with Severe Pneumonia
Sue, David, Hoffmaster, Alex R., Popovic, Tanja, Wilkins, Patricia P.
We identified three encapsulated Bacillus cereus strains, isolated from patients with severe pneumonia, in a collection of B. cereus isolates associated with human illness. We found that the extent...
Hoffmaster, Alex R., Hill, Karen K., Gee, Jay E., Marston, Chung K., De, Barun K., Popovic, Tanja, ...
Bacillus cereus is ubiquitous in nature, and while most isolates appear to be harmless, some are associated with food-borne illnesses, periodontal diseases, and other more serious infections. In one...
Genetic Diversity in a Bacillus anthracis Historical Collection (1954 to 1988)▿
Sue, David, Marston, Chung K., Hoffmaster, Alex R., Wilkins, Patricia P.
Bacillus anthracis, the etiologic agent of anthrax, has been widely described as a genetically monomorphic species. We used both multiple-locus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis (MLVA) and pagA...
Genetic diversity of clinical isolates of Bacillus cereus using multilocus sequence typing
Hoffmaster, Alex R, Novak, Ryan T, Marston, Chung K, Gee, Jay E, Helsel, Leta, Pruckler, James M, ...
Texas Isolates Closely Related to Bacillus anthracis Ames
Kenefic, Leo J., Pearson, Talima, Okinaka, Richard T., Chung, Wai-Kwan, Max, Tamara, Van Ert, Matthew N., ...
Pre-Columbian Origins for North American Anthrax
Kenefic, Leo J., Pearson, Talima, Okinaka, Richard T., Schupp, James M., Wagner, David M., Ravel, Jacques, ...
Disease introduction into the New World during colonial expansion is well documented and had a major impact on indigenous populations; however, few diseases have been associated with early human...
Correction: Pre-Columbian Origins for North American Anthrax
Kenefic, Leo J., Pearson, Talima, Okinaka, Richard T., Schupp, James M., Wagner, David M., Hoffmaster, Alex R., ...
Two-Component Direct Fluorescent-Antibody Assay for Rapid Identification of Bacillus anthracis
De, Barun K., Bragg, Sandra L., Sanden, Gary N., Wilson, Kathy E., Diem, Lois A., Marston, Chung K., ...
A two-component direct fluorescent-antibody (DFA) assay, using fluorescein-labeled monoclonal antibodies specific to the Bacillus anthracis cell wall (CW-DFA) and capsule (CAP-DFA) antigens, was...
Hoffmaster, Alex R., Fitzgerald, Collette C., Ribot, Efrain, Mayer, Leonard W., Popovic, Tanja
Molecular subtyping of Bacillus anthracis played an important role in differentiating and identifying anthrax strains during the 2001 bioterrorism-associated outbreak. Because B. anthracis has a low...