Barica Kusecek

Multi locus sequence typing of Chlamydiales: clonal groupings within the obligate intracellular bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis (2008)

Pannekoek, Yvonne, Morelli, Giovanna, Kusecek, Barica, Morré, Servaas A, Ossewaarde, Jacobus M, Langerak, Ankie A, ...

Abstract Background The obligate intracellular growing bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis causes diseases like trachoma, urogenital infection and lymphogranuloma venereum with severe morbidity. Several...

Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis (2004)

Achtman,Mark, Morelli,Giovanna, Zhu,Peixuan X., Wirth,Thierry, Diehl,Ines, Kusecek,Barica, ...

The association of historical plague pandemics with Yersinia pestis remains controversial, partly because the evolutionary history of this largely monomorphic bacterium was unknown. The...

Molecular and Biological Analysis of Eight Genetic Islands That Distinguish Neisseria meningitidis from the Closely Related Pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Klee, Silke R., Nassif, Xavier, Kusecek, Barica, Merker, Petra, Beretti, Jean-Luc, Achtman, Mark, ...

The pathogenic species Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae cause dramatically different diseases despite strong relatedness at the genetic and biochemical levels. N. meningitidis can...

Sequence Diversity, Predicted Two-Dimensional Protein Structure, and Epitope Mapping of Neisserial Opa Proteins

Malorny, Burkhard, Morelli, Giovanna, Kusecek, Barica, Kolberg, Jan, Achtman, Mark

The sequence diversity of 45 Opa outer membrane proteins from Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria sicca, and Neisseria flava indicates that horizontal genetic exchange of opa...

Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis

Achtman, Mark, Morelli, Giovanna, Zhu, Peixuan, Wirth, Thierry, Diehl, Ines, Kusecek, Barica, ...

The association of historical plague pandemics with Yersinia pestis remains controversial, partly because the evolutionary history of this largely monomorphic bacterium was unknown. The...

Molecular and Biological Analysis of Eight Genetic Islands That Distinguish Neisseria meningitidis from the Closely Related Pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Klee, Silke R., Nassif, Xavier, Kusecek, Barica, Merker, Petra, Beretti, Jean-Luc, Achtman, Mark, ...

The pathogenic species Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae cause dramatically different diseases despite strong relatedness at the genetic and biochemical levels. N. meningitidis can...

Sequence Diversity, Predicted Two-Dimensional Protein Structure, and Epitope Mapping of Neisserial Opa Proteins

Malorny, Burkhard, Morelli, Giovanna, Kusecek, Barica, Kolberg, Jan, Achtman, Mark

The sequence diversity of 45 Opa outer membrane proteins from Neisseria meningitidis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria sicca, and Neisseria flava indicates that horizontal genetic exchange of opa...

Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis

Achtman, Mark, Morelli, Giovanna, Zhu, Peixuan, Wirth, Thierry, Diehl, Ines, Kusecek, Barica, ...

The association of historical plague pandemics with Yersinia pestis remains controversial, partly because the evolutionary history of this largely monomorphic bacterium was unknown. The...

The rise and spread of a new pathogen: Seroresistant Moraxella catarrhalis

Wirth, Thierry, Morelli, Giovanna, Kusecek, Barica, Van Belkum, Alex, Van Der Schee, Cindy, Meyer, Axel, ...

The nosocomial human pathogen Moraxella catarrhalis is one the most important agents of human respiratory tract infections. This species is composed of two distinct lineages, one of only moderate...