Carmen Buchrieser

NeMeSys: a biological resource for narrowing the gap between sequence and function in the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis (2009)

Rusniok, Christophe, Vallenet, David, Floquet, Stéphanie, Ewles, Helen, Mouzé-Soulama, Coralie, Brown, Daniel, ...

Abstract Background Genome sequences, now available for most pathogens, hold promise for the rational design of new therapies. However, biological resources for genome-scale identification of gene...

Microbiology (1999), 145, 2625–2634 Printed in Great Britain REVIEW ARTICLE Overview (2009)

Lionel Frangeul, Karen E. Nelson, Carmen Buchrieser, Antoine Danchin, Frank Kunst

The knowledge of an entire genome sequence not only provides a wealth of data, but also specific information that can not be obtained by other approaches. Only after...

Multigenome analysis identifies a worldwide distributed epidemic Legionella pneumophila clone that emerged within a highly diverse species (2008)

Cazalet, Christel, Jarraud, Sophie, Ghavi-Helm, Yad, Kunst, Frank, Glaser, Philippe, Etienne, Jerome, ...

Genomics can provide the basis for understanding the evolution of emerging, lethal human pathogens such as Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease. This bacterium...

Analysis of genome plasticity in pathogenic and commensal Escherichia coli isolates by use of DNA arrays (2003)

Dobrindt, Ulrich, Michaelis, Kai, Janka, Andreas, Buchrieser, Carmen, Samuelson, Martin, Svanborg, Catharina, ...

Genomes of prokaryotes differ significantly in size and DNA composition. Escherichia coli is considered a model organism to analyze the processes involved in bacterial genome evolution, as the...

Characterization of a Variant of vga(A) Conferring Resistance to Streptogramin A and Related Compounds

Haroche, Julien, Allignet, Jeanine, Buchrieser, Carmen, El Solh, Névine

A variant of the vga(A) gene (1,575 bp), encoding an ATP-binding cassette protein conferring resistance to streptogramin A and related antibiotics, was cloned from the chromosome of a Staphylococcus...

The 102-Kilobase pgm Locus of Yersinia pestis: Sequence Analysis and Comparison of Selected Regions among Different Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Strains

Buchrieser, Carmen, Rusniok, Christophe, Frangeul, Lionel, Couve, Elisabeth, Billault, Alain, Kunst, Frank, ...

We report the complete 119,443-bp sequence of the pgm locus from Yersinia pestis and its flanking regions. Sequence analysis confirms that the 102-kb unstable pgm locus is composed of two distinct...

The High-Pathogenicity Island of Yersinia enterocolitica Ye8081 Undergoes Low-Frequency Deletion but Not Precise Excision, Suggesting Recent Stabilization in the Genome

Bach, Sandrine, Buchrieser, Carmen, Prentice, Michael, Guiyoule, Annie, Msadek, Tarek, Carniel, Elisabeth

Highly pathogenic strains of Yersinia pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis, and Y. enterocolitica are characterized by the possession of a pathogenicity island designated the high-pathogenicity island...

The 102-Kilobase Unstable Region of Yersinia pestis Comprises a High-Pathogenicity Island Linked to a Pigmentation Segment Which Undergoes Internal Rearrangement

Buchrieser, Carmen, Prentice, Michael, Carniel, Elisabeth

Several pathogenicity islands have recently been identified in different bacterial species, including a high-pathogenicity island (HPI) in Yersinia enterocolitica 1B. In Y. pestis, a 102-kb...

Analysis of Genome Plasticity in Pathogenic and Commensal Escherichia coli Isolates by Use of DNA Arrays

Dobrindt, Ulrich, Agerer, Franziska, Michaelis, Kai, Janka, Andreas, Buchrieser, Carmen, Samuelson, Martin, ...

Genomes of prokaryotes differ significantly in size and DNA composition. Escherichia coli is considered a model organism to analyze the processes involved in bacterial genome evolution, as the...

New Aspects Regarding Evolution and Virulence of Listeria monocytogenes Revealed by Comparative Genomics and DNA Arrays

Doumith, Michel, Cazalet, Christel, Simoes, Natalie, Frangeul, Lionel, Jacquet, Christine, Kunst, Frank, ...

Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne bacterial pathogen that causes a wide spectrum of diseases, such as meningitis, septicemia, abortion, and gastroenteritis, in humans and animals. Among the 13...

DNA Macroarray for Identification and Typing of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

Trad, Salim, Allignet, Jeanine, Frangeul, Lionel, Davi, Marilyne, Vergassola, Massimo, Couve, Elisabeth, ...

A DNA macroarray containing 465 intragenic amplicons was designed to identify Staphylococcus aureus at the species level and to type S. aureus isolates. The genes selected included those encoding (i)...

Differentiation of the Major Listeria monocytogenes Serovars by Multiplex PCR

Doumith, Michel, Buchrieser, Carmen, Glaser, Philippe, Jacquet, Christine, Martin, Paul

A new multiplex PCR assay was developed to separate the four major Listeria monocytogenes serovars isolated from food and patients (1/2a, 1/2b, 1/2c, and 4b) into distinct groups. The PCR test, which...

The Pathogenicity Island-Associated K15 Capsule Determinant Exhibits a Novel Genetic Structure and Correlates with Virulence in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strain 536

Schneider, György, Dobrindt, Ulrich, Brüggemann, Holger, Nagy, Gábor, Janke, Britta, Blum-Oehler, Gabriele, ...

The K15 capsule determinant of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536 (O6:K15:H31) is part of a novel 79.6-kb pathogenicity island (PAI) designated PAI V536 that is absent from the genome of...

Characterization of a Variant of vga(A) Conferring Resistance to Streptogramin A and Related Compounds

Haroche, Julien, Allignet, Jeanine, Buchrieser, Carmen, El Solh, Névine

A variant of the vga(A) gene (1,575 bp), encoding an ATP-binding cassette protein conferring resistance to streptogramin A and related antibiotics, was cloned from the chromosome of a Staphylococcus...

The 102-Kilobase pgm Locus of Yersinia pestis: Sequence Analysis and Comparison of Selected Regions among Different Yersinia pestis and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Strains

Buchrieser, Carmen, Rusniok, Christophe, Frangeul, Lionel, Couve, Elisabeth, Billault, Alain, Kunst, Frank, ...

We report the complete 119,443-bp sequence of the pgm locus from Yersinia pestis and its flanking regions. Sequence analysis confirms that the 102-kb unstable pgm locus is composed of two distinct...

The High-Pathogenicity Island of Yersinia enterocolitica Ye8081 Undergoes Low-Frequency Deletion but Not Precise Excision, Suggesting Recent Stabilization in the Genome

Bach, Sandrine, Buchrieser, Carmen, Prentice, Michael, Guiyoule, Annie, Msadek, Tarek, Carniel, Elisabeth

Highly pathogenic strains of Yersinia pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis, and Y. enterocolitica are characterized by the possession of a pathogenicity island designated the high-pathogenicity island...

The 102-Kilobase Unstable Region of Yersinia pestis Comprises a High-Pathogenicity Island Linked to a Pigmentation Segment Which Undergoes Internal Rearrangement

Buchrieser, Carmen, Prentice, Michael, Carniel, Elisabeth

Several pathogenicity islands have recently been identified in different bacterial species, including a high-pathogenicity island (HPI) in Yersinia enterocolitica 1B. In Y. pestis, a 102-kb...

Analysis of Genome Plasticity in Pathogenic and Commensal Escherichia coli Isolates by Use of DNA Arrays

Dobrindt, Ulrich, Agerer, Franziska, Michaelis, Kai, Janka, Andreas, Buchrieser, Carmen, Samuelson, Martin, ...

Genomes of prokaryotes differ significantly in size and DNA composition. Escherichia coli is considered a model organism to analyze the processes involved in bacterial genome evolution, as the...

New Aspects Regarding Evolution and Virulence of Listeria monocytogenes Revealed by Comparative Genomics and DNA Arrays

Doumith, Michel, Cazalet, Christel, Simoes, Natalie, Frangeul, Lionel, Jacquet, Christine, Kunst, Frank, ...

Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne bacterial pathogen that causes a wide spectrum of diseases, such as meningitis, septicemia, abortion, and gastroenteritis, in humans and animals. Among the 13...

DNA Macroarray for Identification and Typing of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

Trad, Salim, Allignet, Jeanine, Frangeul, Lionel, Davi, Marilyne, Vergassola, Massimo, Couve, Elisabeth, ...

A DNA macroarray containing 465 intragenic amplicons was designed to identify Staphylococcus aureus at the species level and to type S. aureus isolates. The genes selected included those encoding (i)...

Differentiation of the Major Listeria monocytogenes Serovars by Multiplex PCR

Doumith, Michel, Buchrieser, Carmen, Glaser, Philippe, Jacquet, Christine, Martin, Paul

A new multiplex PCR assay was developed to separate the four major Listeria monocytogenes serovars isolated from food and patients (1/2a, 1/2b, 1/2c, and 4b) into distinct groups. The PCR test, which...

The Pathogenicity Island-Associated K15 Capsule Determinant Exhibits a Novel Genetic Structure and Correlates with Virulence in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Strain 536

Schneider, György, Dobrindt, Ulrich, Brüggemann, Holger, Nagy, Gábor, Janke, Britta, Blum-Oehler, Gabriele, ...

The K15 capsule determinant of uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain 536 (O6:K15:H31) is part of a novel 79.6-kb pathogenicity island (PAI) designated PAI V536 that is absent from the genome of...

How to become a uropathogen: Comparative genomic analysis of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli strains

Brzuszkiewicz, Elzbieta, Brüggemann, Holger, Liesegang, Heiko, Emmerth, Melanie, Ölschläger, Tobias, Nagy, Gábor, ...

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strain 536 (O6:K15:H31) is one of the model organisms of extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli (ExPEC). To analyze this strain's genetic basis of urovirulence, we...

The Presence of the Internalin Gene in Natural Atypically Hemolytic Listeria innocua Strains Suggests Descent from L. monocytogenes▿ †

Volokhov, Dmitriy V., Duperrier, Sandra, Neverov, Alexander A., George, Joseph, Buchrieser, Carmen, Hitchins, Anthony D.

The atypical hemolytic Listeria innocua strains PRL/NW 15B95 and J1-023 were previously shown to contain gene clusters analogous to the pathogenicity island (LIPI-1) present in the related foodborne...

Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Listeria monocytogenes Strains of the Two Major Lineages Reveals Differences in Virulence, Cell Wall, and Stress Response▿ †

Severino , Patricia, Dussurget , Olivier, Vêncio, Ricardo Z. N., Dumas, Emilie, Garrido, Patricia, Padilla, Gabriel, ...

Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne, opportunistic, bacterial pathogen causing a wide spectrum of diseases, including meningitis, septicemia, abortion, and gastroenteritis, in humans and animals....

Comparative Genomics Uncovers Large Tandem Chromosomal Duplications in Mycobacterium Bovis BCG Pasteur

Brosch, Roland, Gordon, Stephen V., Buchrieser, Carmen, Pym, Alexander S., Garnier, Thierry, Cole, Stewart T.

On direct comparison of minimal sets of ordered clones from bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) libraries representing the complete genomes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv and the vaccine...

Multigenome analysis identifies a worldwide distributed epidemic Legionella pneumophila clone that emerged within a highly diverse species

Cazalet, Christel, Jarraud, Sophie, Ghavi-Helm, Yad, Kunst, Frank, Glaser, Philippe, ...

Genomics can provide the basis for understanding the evolution of emerging, lethal human pathogens such as Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires’ disease. This bacterium...

Significant Role for ladC in Initiation of Legionella pneumophila Infection▿

Newton, Hayley J., Sansom, Fiona M., Dao, Jenny, Cazalet, Christel, Bruggemann, Holger, Albert-Weissenberger, Christiane, ...

Previously, we identified ladC in a cohort of genes that were present in Legionella pneumophila but absent in other Legionella species. Here we constructed a ladC mutant of L. pneumophila and...

Synergistic Contribution of the Legionella pneumophila lqs Genes to Pathogen-Host Interactions▿ †

Tiaden, André, Spirig, Thomas, Carranza, Paula, Brüggemann, Holger, Riedel, Kathrin, Eberl, Leo, ...

The causative agent of Legionnaires' disease, Legionella pneumophila, is a natural parasite of environmental protozoa and employs a biphasic life style to switch between a replicative and a...

In Vivo Transcriptional Profiling of Listeria monocytogenes and Mutagenesis Identify New Virulence Factors Involved in Infection

Camejo, Ana, Buchrieser, Carmen, Couvé, Elisabeth, Carvalho, Filipe, Reis, Olga, Ferreira, Pierre, ...

Listeria monocytogenes is a human intracellular pathogen able to colonize host tissues after ingestion of contaminated food, causing severe invasive infections. In order to gain a better...

The Legionella Autoinducer Synthase LqsA Produces an α-Hydroxyketone Signaling Molecule*S⃞

Spirig, Thomas, Tiaden, André, Kiefer, Patrick, Buchrieser, Carmen, Vorholt, Julia A., Hilbi, Hubert

The opportunistic pathogen Legionella pneumophila replicates in human lung macrophages and in free-living amoebae. To accommodate the transfer between host cells, L. pneumophila switches from a...

NeMeSys: a biological resource for narrowing the gap between sequence and function in the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis

Rusniok, Christophe, Vallenet, David, Floquet, Stéphanie, Ewles, Helen, Mouzé-Soulama, Coralie, Brown, Daniel, ...

The genome of a clinical isolate of Neisseria meningitidis is described. This and other reannotated Neisseria genomes are compiled in a database.