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...
The rise and spread of a new pathogen: seroresistant Moraxella catarrhalis. (2007)
Wirth, Thierry, Morelli, Giovanna, Kusecek, Barica, Van Belkum, Alex, Van Der Schee, Cindy, Meyer, Axel, ...
Mark Eppinger, Claudia Baar, Bodo Linz, Günter Raddatz, Christa Lanz, Heike Keller, ...
Helicobacter pylori infection of humans is so old that its population genetic structure reflects that of ancient human migrations. A closely related species, Helicobacter acinonychis, is specific for...
Mark Eppinger, Claudia Baar, Bodo Linz, Günter Raddatz, Christa Lanz, Heike Keller, ...
Helicobacter pylori infection of humans is so old that the population genetic structure of H. pylori reflects ancient human migrations. A closely related species, Helicobacter acinonychis, is...
Bonadio, Mario, Costarelli, Silvia, Morelli, Giovanna, Tartaglia, Tiziana
Abstract Background The role of Diabetes mellitus (DM) in the etiology and in the antimicrobial resistance of uropathogens in patients with urinary tract infection has not been well clarified. For...
Eppinger, Mark, Baar, Claudia, Linz, Bodo, Raddatz, Günter, Lanz, Christa, Keller, Heike, ...
Helicobacter pylori infection of humans is so old that its population genetic structure reflects that of ancient human migrations. A closely related species, Helicobacter acinonychis, is specific for...
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...
Wirth,Thierry, Wang,Xiaoyan, Linz,Bodo, Novick,Richard P., Lum,J. Koji, Blaser,Martin, ...
The history of mankind remains one of the most challenging fields of study. However, the emergence of anatomically modern humans has been so recent that only a few genetically informative...
Genetics of capsule O-acetylation in serogroup C, W-135 and Y meningococci (2004)
Claus,Heike, Borrow,Ray, Achtman,Mark, Morelli,Giovanna, Kantelberg,Carmen, Longworth,Emma, ...
Capsular polysaccharides of serogroup C, W-135 and Y meningococci were previously reported to be O-acetylated at the sialic acid residues. There is evidence that O-acetylation affects the...
Genetics of capsule O-acetylation in serogroup C, W-135 and Y meningococci (2004)
Claus, Heike, Borrow, Ray, Achtman, Mark, Morelli, Giovanna, Kantelberg, Carmen, Longworth, Emma, ...
Microevolution and history of the plague bacillus, Yersinia pestis (2004)
Achtman, Mark, Morelli, Giovanna, Zhu, Peixuan X., Wirth, Thierry, Diehl, Ines, Kusecek, Barica, ...
Clonal groupings in serogroup X Neisseria meningitis (2002)
Gagneux,Sébastien, Wirth,Thierry, Hodgson,Abraham, Ehrhard,Ingrid, Morelli,Giovanna, Kriz,Paula, ...
The genetic diversity of 134 serogroup X Neisseria meningitis isolates from Africa, Europe, and North America was analyzed by multilocus sequence typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Although...
Prospective study of a serogroup X Neisseria meningitidis outbreak in northern Ghana (2002)
Gagneux,Sebastien P., Hodgson,Abraham, Smith,Tom A., Wirth,Thierry, Ehrhard,Ingrid, Morelli,Giovanna, ...
After an epidemic of serogroup A meningococcal meningitis in northern Ghana, a gradual disappearance of the epidemic strain was observed in a series of five 6-month carriage surveys of 37 randomly...
Prospective study of a serogroup X Neisseria meningitidis outbreak in northern Ghana (2002)
Gagneux, Sébastien, Hodgson, Abraham, Smith, Tom A., Wirth, Thierry, Ehrhard, Ingrid, Morelli, Giovanna, ...
Clonal groupings in serogroup X Neisseria meningitis (2002)
Gagneux, Sébastien, Wirth, Thierry, Hodgson, Abraham, Ehrhard, Ingrid, Morelli, Giovanna, Kriz, Paula, ...
Microevolution and History of the Plague Bacillus, Yersinia pestis (1998)
Achtman, Mark, Morelli, Giovanna, Zhu, Peixuan, Wirth, Thierry, Diehl, Ines
The association of historical plague pandemics with Yersinia pestis remains controversial, partly because the evolutionary history of this largely monomorphic bacterium was unknown. The...
Zu Bau und Funktion der Antennendrüsen von Gammarus pulex (L). (1974)
Berlin, Freie Univ., Fachbereich 23 - Biologie, Diss., 1974.
Maiden, Martin C. J., Bygraves, Jane A., Feil, Edward, Morelli, Giovanna, Russell, Joanne E., Urwin, Rachel, ...
Traditional and molecular typing schemes for the characterization of pathogenic microorganisms are poorly portable because they index variation that is difficult to compare among laboratories. To...
Free recombination within Helicobacter pylori
Suerbaum, Sebastian, Smith, John Maynard, Bapumia, Khairun, Morelli, Giovanna, Smith, Noel H., Kunstmann, Erdmute, ...
Sequences of three gene fragments (flaA, flaB, and vacA) from Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from patients in Germany, Canada, and South Africa were analyzed for diversity and for linkage...
Yersinia pestis, the cause of plague, is a recently emerged clone of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Achtman, Mark, Zurth, Kerstin, Morelli, Giovanna, Torrea, Gabriela, Guiyoule, Annie, Carniel, Elisabeth
Plague, one of the most devastating diseases of human history, is caused by Yersinia pestis. In this study, we analyzed the population genetic structure of Y. pestis and the two other pathogenic...
Zhu, Peixuan, Van Der Ende, Arie, Falush, Daniel, Brieske, Norbert, Morelli, Giovanna, Linz, Bodo, ...
The genetic variability at six polymorphic loci was examined within a global collection of 502 isolates of subgroup III, serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis. Nine “genoclouds” were identified,...
Vogel, Ulrich, Morelli, Giovanna, Zurth, Kerstin, Claus, Heike, Kriener, Eugen, Achtman, Mark, ...
Serogroup C strains of Neisseria meningitidis were isolated from a Germany patient with severe meningococcal disease after a trip to the Czech Republic. These strains (case isolates) were...
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...
traG protein of the F sex factor of Escherichia coli K-12 and its role in conjugation
Manning, Paul A., Morelli, Giovanna, Achtman, Mark
The traG protein of the F sex factor is an inner membrane protein with a molecular weight of 116,000. Mutants in traG (or in traN) are able to trigger conjugal DNA replication even though they cannot...
Wirth, Thierry, Wang, Xiaoyan, Linz, Bodo, Novick, Richard P., Lum, J. Koji, Blaser, Martin, ...
The history of mankind remains one of the most challenging fields of study. However, the emergence of anatomically modern humans has been so recent that only a few genetically informative...
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...
Eppinger, Mark, Baar, Claudia, Linz, Bodo, Raddatz, Günter, Lanz, Christa, Keller, Heike, ...
Helicobacter pylori infection of humans is so old that its population genetic structure reflects that of ancient human migrations. A closely related species, Helicobacter acinonychis, is specific for...
Maiden, Martin C. J., Bygraves, Jane A., Feil, Edward, Morelli, Giovanna, Russell, Joanne E., Urwin, Rachel, ...
Traditional and molecular typing schemes for the characterization of pathogenic microorganisms are poorly portable because they index variation that is difficult to compare among laboratories. To...
Free recombination within Helicobacter pylori
Suerbaum, Sebastian, Smith, John Maynard, Bapumia, Khairun, Morelli, Giovanna, Smith, Noel H., Kunstmann, Erdmute, ...
Sequences of three gene fragments (flaA, flaB, and vacA) from Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from patients in Germany, Canada, and South Africa were analyzed for diversity and for linkage...
Yersinia pestis, the cause of plague, is a recently emerged clone of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Achtman, Mark, Zurth, Kerstin, Morelli, Giovanna, Torrea, Gabriela, Guiyoule, Annie, Carniel, Elisabeth
Plague, one of the most devastating diseases of human history, is caused by Yersinia pestis. In this study, we analyzed the population genetic structure of Y. pestis and the two other pathogenic...
Zhu, Peixuan, Van Der Ende, Arie, Falush, Daniel, Brieske, Norbert, Morelli, Giovanna, Linz, Bodo, ...
The genetic variability at six polymorphic loci was examined within a global collection of 502 isolates of subgroup III, serogroup A Neisseria meningitidis. Nine “genoclouds” were identified,...
Vogel, Ulrich, Morelli, Giovanna, Zurth, Kerstin, Claus, Heike, Kriener, Eugen, Achtman, Mark, ...
Serogroup C strains of Neisseria meningitidis were isolated from a Germany patient with severe meningococcal disease after a trip to the Czech Republic. These strains (case isolates) were...
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...
traG protein of the F sex factor of Escherichia coli K-12 and its role in conjugation
Manning, Paul A., Morelli, Giovanna, Achtman, Mark
The traG protein of the F sex factor is an inner membrane protein with a molecular weight of 116,000. Mutants in traG (or in traN) are able to trigger conjugal DNA replication even though they cannot...
Wirth, Thierry, Wang, Xiaoyan, Linz, Bodo, Novick, Richard P., Lum, J. Koji, Blaser, Martin, ...
The history of mankind remains one of the most challenging fields of study. However, the emergence of anatomically modern humans has been so recent that only a few genetically informative...
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...
Eppinger, Mark, Baar, Claudia, Linz, Bodo, Raddatz, Günter, Lanz, Christa, Keller, Heike, ...
Helicobacter pylori infection of humans is so old that its population genetic structure reflects that of ancient human migrations. A closely related species, Helicobacter acinonychis, is specific for...
Pannekoek, Yvonne, Morelli, Giovanna, Kusecek, Barica, Morré, Servaas A, Ossewaarde, Jacobus M, Langerak, Ankie A, ...
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...