Bacillus anthracisin China and its relationship to worldwide lineages (2009)
Simonson, Tatum S, Okinaka, Richard T, Wang, Bingxiang, Easterday, W Ryan, Huynh, Lynn, U'Ren, Jana M, ...
Abstract Background The global pattern of distribution of 1033 B. anthracis isolates has previously been defined by a set of 12 conserved canonical single nucleotide polymorphisms (canSNP). These...
Bacillus anthracis in China and Its Relationship to Worldwide Lineages (2009)
Simonson, Tatum S., Okinaka, Richard T., Wang, Bingxiang, Easterday, W. Ryan, Huynh, Lynn, U'Ren, Jana M., ...
Background: The global pattern of distribution of 1033 B. anthracis isolates has previously been defined by a set of 12 conserved canonical single nucleotide polymorphisms (canSNP). These studies...
Mark Eppinger, M. J. Rosovitz, Wolfgang Florian Fricke, David A. Rasko, Galina Kokorina, Corinne Fayolle, ...
The first reported Far East scarlet-like fever (FESLF) epidemic swept the Pacific coastal region of Russia in the late 1950s. Symptoms of the severe infection included erythematous skin rash and...
Mark Eppinger, M. J. Rosovitz, W. Florian Fricke, David Rasko, Galina Kokorina, Corinne Fayolle, ...
The first reported Far East Scarlet Like Fever (FESLF) epidemic swept the Pacific coastal region of Russia in the late 1950s. Symptoms of the severe infection included erythematous skin rash and...
Romero, Claudia M, DeShazer, David, Feldblyum, Tamara, Ravel, Jacques, Woods, Donald, Kim, H Stanley, ...
Abstract Background More than 12,000 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) have been identified in the genome of Burkholderia mallei ATCC 23344. As a demonstrated mechanism of phase variation in other...
Rasko, David A., Ravel, Jacques, Okstad, Ole A., Helgason, Erlendur, Cer, Regina Z., Jiang, Lingxia, ...
We sequenced the complete genome of Bacillus cereus ATCC 10987, a non-lethal dairy isolate in the same genetic subgroup as Bacillus anthracis. Comparison of the chromosomes demonstrated that B.cereus...
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...
Romero, Claudia M., DeShazer, David, Feldblyum, Tamara, Ravel, Jacques, Woods, Donald, Kim, H. S., ...
Background: More than 12,000 simple sequence repeats (SSRs) have been identified in the genome of Burkholderia mallei ATCC 23344. As a demonstrated mechanism of phase variation in other pathogenic...
Myers, Garry S.A., Rasko, David A., Cheung, Jackie K., Ravel, Jacques, Seshadri, Rekha, DeBoy, Robert T., ...
Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive, anaerobic spore-forming bacterium commonly found in soil, sediments, and the human gastrointestinal tract. C. perfringens is responsible for a wide...
Myers, Garry S.A., Rasko, David A., Cheung, Jackie K., Ravel, Jacques, Seshadri, Rekha, DeBoy, Robert T., ...
Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive, anaerobic spore-forming bacterium commonly found in soil, sediments, and the human gastrointestinal tract. C. perfringens is responsible for a wide...
Visualization of comparative genomic analyses by BLAST score ratio (2005)
Rasko, David A, Myers, Garry SA, Ravel, Jacques
Abstract Background The first microbial genome sequence, Haemophilus influenzae , was published in 1995. Since then, more than 400 microbial genome sequences have been completed or commenced. This...
Derrick E. Fouts, Emmanuel F. Mongodin, Robert E. Mandrell, William G. Miller, David A. Rasko, Jacques Ravel, ...
Although the single genome sequence of the human Campylobacter jejuni yielded some insight, comparison of multiple species of the same genus elucidated greater understanding of virulence mechanisms.
Derrick E. Fouts, Emmanuel F. Mongodin, Robert E. Mandrell, William G. Miller, David A. Rasko, Jacques Ravel, ...
Sequencing and comparative genome analysis of four strains of Campylobacter including C. lari RM2100, C. upsaliensis RM3195, and C. coli RM2228 has revealed major structural differences that are...
Microarray-based resequencing of multiple Bacillus anthracisisolates (2004)
Zwick, Michael E, Mcafee, Farrell, Cutler, David J, Read, Timothy D, Ravel, Jacques, Bowman, Gregory R, ...
Abstract We used custom-designed resequencing arrays to generate 3.1 Mb of genomic sequence from a panel of 56 Bacillus anthracis strains. Sequence quality was shown to be very high by replication...
Naomi Ward, Øivind Larsen, James Sakwa, Live Bruseth, Hoda Khouri, A. Scott Durkin, ...
Methanotrophs are bacteria that use methane as a sole carbon source. The genome sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus deepens our understanding of methanotroph biology and its relationship to global...
Naomi Ward, Øivind Larsen, James Sakwa, Live Bruseth, Hoda Khouri, A. Scott Durkin, ...
Methanotrophs are ubiquitous bacteria that can use the greenhouse gas methane as a sole carbon and energy source for growth, thus playing major roles in global carbon cycles, and in particular,...
Ward, Naomi, Larsen, Øivind, Sakwa, James, Bruseth, Live, Khouri, Hoda, Durkin, A. Scott, ...
Methanotrophs are ubiquitous bacteria that can use the greenhouse gas methane as a sole carbon and energy source for growth, thus playing major roles in global carbon cycles, and in particular,...
Ward, Naomi, Larsen, Øivind, Sakwa, James, Bruseth, Live, Khouri, Hoda, Durkin, A. Scott, ...
Methanotrophs are ubiquitous bacteria that can use the greenhouse gas methane as a sole carbon and energy source for growth, thus playing major roles in global carbon cycles, and in particular,...
Nelson, Karen E., Fouts, Derrick E., Mongodin, Emmanuel F., Ravel, Jacques, DeBoy, Robert T., Kolonay, James F., ...
The genomes of three strains of Listeria monocytogenes that have been associated with food‐borne illness in the USA were subjected to whole genome comparative analysis. A total of 51, 97 and 69...
Rasko, David A., Ravel, Jacques, Økstad, Ole Andreas, Helgason, Erlendur, Cer, Regina Z., Jiang, Lingxia, ...
We sequenced the complete genome of Bacillus cereus ATCC 10987, a non‐lethal dairy isolate in the same genetic subgroup as Bacillus anthracis. Comparison of the chromosomes demonstrated that...
Spectre irreductible d'un module / (1973)
Thesis (doctoral)--Université Claude Bernard-Lyon I, 1973.
Wommack, K. Eric, Ravel, Jacques, Hill, Russell T., Chun, Jongsik, Colwell, Rita R.
Recognition of viruses as the most abundant component of aquatic microbial communities has stimulated investigations of the impact of viruses on bacterio- and phytoplankton host communities. From...
Hybridization Analysis of Chesapeake Bay Virioplankton†
Wommack, K. Eric, Ravel, Jacques, Hill, Russell T., Colwell, Rita R.
It has been hypothesized that, by specifically lysing numerically dominant host strains, the virioplankton may play a role in maintaining clonal diversity of heterotrophic bacteria and phytoplankton...
Interspecific Transfer of Streptomyces Giant Linear Plasmids in Sterile Amended Soil Microcosms†
Ravel, Jacques, Wellington, Elizabeth M. H., Hill, Russell T.
The interspecific transfer of two giant linear plasmids was investigated in sterile soil microcosms. Plasmids pRJ3L (322 kb) and pRJ28 (330 kb), both encoding mercury resistance, were successfully...
Ravel, Jacques, Schrempf, Hildgund, Hill, Russell T.
The Streptomyces strains CHR3 and CHR28, isolated from the Baltimore Inner Harbor, contained two and one, respectively, giant linear plasmids which carry terminally bound proteins. The plasmids pRJ3L...
Ravel, Jacques, DiRuggiero, Jocelyne, Robb, Frank T., Hill, Russell T.
A DNA library of pRJ28, a large linear plasmid encoding mercury resistance, was constructed, and the mercury resistance genes were cloned. The 5,921-bp sequence was analyzed and showed a high degree...
Formation and Composition of the Bacillus anthracis Endospore†
Liu, Hongbin, Bergman, Nicholas H., Thomason, Brendan, Shallom, Shamira, Hazen, Alyson, Crossno, Joseph, ...
The endospores of Bacillus anthracis are the infectious particles of anthrax. Spores are dormant bacterial morphotypes able to withstand harsh environments for decades, which contributes to their...
Rasko, David A., Ravel, Jacques, Økstad, Ole Andreas, Helgason, Erlendur, Cer, Regina Z., Jiang, Lingxia, ...
We sequenced the complete genome of Bacillus cereus ATCC 10987, a non-lethal dairy isolate in the same genetic subgroup as Bacillus anthracis. Comparison of the chromosomes demonstrated that B.cereus...
Nelson, Karen E., Fouts, Derrick E., Mongodin, Emmanuel F., Ravel, Jacques, DeBoy, Robert T., Kolonay, James F., ...
The genomes of three strains of Listeria monocytogenes that have been associated with food-borne illness in the USA were subjected to whole genome comparative analysis. A total of 51, 97 and 69...
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...
Genomic Insights into Methanotrophy: The Complete Genome Sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath)
Ward, Naomi, Larsen, Øivind, Sakwa, James, Bruseth, Live, Khouri, Hoda, Durkin, A. Scott, ...
Methanotrophs are ubiquitous bacteria that can use the greenhouse gas methane as a sole carbon and energy source for growth, thus playing major roles in global carbon cycles, and in particular,...
Pearson, Talima, Busch, Joseph D., Ravel, Jacques, Read, Timothy D., Rhoton, Shane D., U'Ren, Jana M., ...
Phylogenetic reconstruction using molecular data is often subject to homoplasy, leading to inaccurate conclusions about phylogenetic relationships among operational taxonomic units. Compared with...
Fouts, Derrick E, Mongodin, Emmanuel F, Mandrell, Robert E, Miller, William G, Rasko, David A, Ravel, Jacques, ...
Sequencing and comparative genome analysis of four strains of Campylobacter including C. lari RM2100, C. upsaliensis RM3195, and C. coli RM2228 has revealed major structural differences that are...
Microarray-based resequencing of multiple Bacillus anthracis isolates
Zwick, Michael E, Mcafee, Farrell, Cutler, David J, Read, Timothy D, Ravel, Jacques, Bowman, Gregory R, ...
Custom-designed resequencing arrays were used to generate 3.1 Mb of genomic sequence from a panel of 56 Bacillus anthracis strains. Sequence quality was shown to be very high by replication and by...
Gill, Steven R., Fouts, Derrick E., Archer, Gordon L., Mongodin, Emmanuel F., DeBoy, Robert T., Ravel, Jacques, ...
Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen and the major causative agent of numerous hospital- and community-acquired infections. Staphylococcus epidermidis has emerged as a causative agent...
Toward a System of Microbial Forensics: from Sample Collection to Interpretation of Evidence
Budowle, Bruce, Schutzer, Steven E., Ascher, Michael S., Atlas, Ronald M., Burans, James P., Chakraborty, Ranajit, ...
Schmidt, Eric W., Nelson, James T., Rasko, David A., Sudek, Sebastian, Eisen, Jonathan A., Haygood, Margo G., ...
Prochloron spp. are obligate cyanobacterial symbionts of many didemnid family ascidians. It has been proposed that the cyclic peptides of the patellamide class found in didemnid extracts are...
Romero, Claudia M, DeShazer, David, Feldblyum, Tamara, Ravel, Jacques, Woods, Donald, Kim, H Stanley, ...
Dempsey, Michael P., Nietfeldt, Joseph, Ravel, Jacques, Hinrichs, Steven, Crawford, Robert, Benson, Andrew K.
Comparative genome hybridization of the Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis and F. tularensis subsp. holarctica populations have shown that genome content is highly conserved, with relatively...
Wommack, K. Eric, Ravel, Jacques, Hill, Russell T., Chun, Jongsik, Colwell, Rita R.
Recognition of viruses as the most abundant component of aquatic microbial communities has stimulated investigations of the impact of viruses on bacterio- and phytoplankton host communities. From...
Hybridization Analysis of Chesapeake Bay Virioplankton†
Wommack, K. Eric, Ravel, Jacques, Hill, Russell T., Colwell, Rita R.
It has been hypothesized that, by specifically lysing numerically dominant host strains, the virioplankton may play a role in maintaining clonal diversity of heterotrophic bacteria and phytoplankton...
Interspecific Transfer of Streptomyces Giant Linear Plasmids in Sterile Amended Soil Microcosms†
Ravel, Jacques, Wellington, Elizabeth M. H., Hill, Russell T.
The interspecific transfer of two giant linear plasmids was investigated in sterile soil microcosms. Plasmids pRJ3L (322 kb) and pRJ28 (330 kb), both encoding mercury resistance, were successfully...
Ravel, Jacques, Schrempf, Hildgund, Hill, Russell T.
The Streptomyces strains CHR3 and CHR28, isolated from the Baltimore Inner Harbor, contained two and one, respectively, giant linear plasmids which carry terminally bound proteins. The plasmids pRJ3L...
Ravel, Jacques, DiRuggiero, Jocelyne, Robb, Frank T., Hill, Russell T.
A DNA library of pRJ28, a large linear plasmid encoding mercury resistance, was constructed, and the mercury resistance genes were cloned. The 5,921-bp sequence was analyzed and showed a high degree...
Formation and Composition of the Bacillus anthracis Endospore†
Liu, Hongbin, Bergman, Nicholas H., Thomason, Brendan, Shallom, Shamira, Hazen, Alyson, Crossno, Joseph, ...
The endospores of Bacillus anthracis are the infectious particles of anthrax. Spores are dormant bacterial morphotypes able to withstand harsh environments for decades, which contributes to their...
Rasko, David A., Ravel, Jacques, Økstad, Ole Andreas, Helgason, Erlendur, Cer, Regina Z., Jiang, Lingxia, ...
We sequenced the complete genome of Bacillus cereus ATCC 10987, a non-lethal dairy isolate in the same genetic subgroup as Bacillus anthracis. Comparison of the chromosomes demonstrated that B.cereus...
Nelson, Karen E., Fouts, Derrick E., Mongodin, Emmanuel F., Ravel, Jacques, DeBoy, Robert T., Kolonay, James F., ...
The genomes of three strains of Listeria monocytogenes that have been associated with food-borne illness in the USA were subjected to whole genome comparative analysis. A total of 51, 97 and 69...
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...
Genomic Insights into Methanotrophy: The Complete Genome Sequence of Methylococcus capsulatus (Bath)
Ward, Naomi, Larsen, Øivind, Sakwa, James, Bruseth, Live, Khouri, Hoda, Durkin, A. Scott, ...
Methanotrophs are ubiquitous bacteria that can use the greenhouse gas methane as a sole carbon and energy source for growth, thus playing major roles in global carbon cycles, and in particular,...
Pearson, Talima, Busch, Joseph D., Ravel, Jacques, Read, Timothy D., Rhoton, Shane D., U'Ren, Jana M., ...
Phylogenetic reconstruction using molecular data is often subject to homoplasy, leading to inaccurate conclusions about phylogenetic relationships among operational taxonomic units. Compared with...
Fouts, Derrick E, Mongodin, Emmanuel F, Mandrell, Robert E, Miller, William G, Rasko, David A, Ravel, Jacques, ...
Sequencing and comparative genome analysis of four strains of Campylobacter including C. lari RM2100, C. upsaliensis RM3195, and C. coli RM2228 has revealed major structural differences that are...
Microarray-based resequencing of multiple Bacillus anthracis isolates
Zwick, Michael E, Mcafee, Farrell, Cutler, David J, Read, Timothy D, Ravel, Jacques, Bowman, Gregory R, ...
Custom-designed resequencing arrays were used to generate 3.1 Mb of genomic sequence from a panel of 56 Bacillus anthracis strains. Sequence quality was shown to be very high by replication and by...
Gill, Steven R., Fouts, Derrick E., Archer, Gordon L., Mongodin, Emmanuel F., DeBoy, Robert T., Ravel, Jacques, ...
Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen and the major causative agent of numerous hospital- and community-acquired infections. Staphylococcus epidermidis has emerged as a causative agent...
Toward a System of Microbial Forensics: from Sample Collection to Interpretation of Evidence
Budowle, Bruce, Schutzer, Steven E., Ascher, Michael S., Atlas, Ronald M., Burans, James P., Chakraborty, Ranajit, ...
Schmidt, Eric W., Nelson, James T., Rasko, David A., Sudek, Sebastian, Eisen, Jonathan A., Haygood, Margo G., ...
Prochloron spp. are obligate cyanobacterial symbionts of many didemnid family ascidians. It has been proposed that the cyclic peptides of the patellamide class found in didemnid extracts are...
Dempsey, Michael P., Nietfeldt, Joseph, Ravel, Jacques, Hinrichs, Steven, Crawford, Robert, Benson, Andrew K.
Comparative genome hybridization of the Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis and F. tularensis subsp. holarctica populations have shown that genome content is highly conserved, with relatively...
Romero, Claudia M, DeShazer, David, Feldblyum, Tamara, Ravel, Jacques, Woods, Donald, Kim, H Stanley, ...
Skewed genomic variability in strains of the toxigenic bacterial pathogen, Clostridium perfringens
Myers, Garry S.A., Rasko, David A., Cheung, Jackie K., Ravel, Jacques, Seshadri, Rekha, DeBoy, Robert T., ...
Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive, anaerobic spore-forming bacterium commonly found in soil, sediments, and the human gastrointestinal tract. C. perfringens is responsible for a wide...
Multiple Antimicrobial Resistance in Plague: An Emerging Public Health Risk
Welch, Timothy J., Fricke, W. Florian, McDermott, Patrick F., White, David G., Rosso, Marie-Laure, Rasko, David A., ...
Antimicrobial resistance in Yersinia pestis is rare, yet constitutes a significant international public health and biodefense threat. In 1995, the first multidrug resistant (MDR) isolate of Y. pestis...
Rasko, David A., Rosovitz, M. J., Økstad, Ole Andreas, Fouts, Derrick E., Jiang, Lingxia, Cer, Regina Z., ...
The plasmids of the members of the Bacillus cereus sensu lato group of organisms are essential in defining the phenotypic traits associated with pathogenesis and ecology. For example, Bacillus...
Strain-Specific Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism Assays for the Bacillus anthracis Ames Strain† ▿
Van Ert, Matthew N., Easterday, W. Ryan, Simonson, Tatum S., U'Ren, Jana M., Pearson, Talima, Kenefic, Leo J., ...
Highly precise diagnostics and forensic assays can be developed through a combination of evolutionary analysis and the exhaustive examination of genomic sequences. In Bacillus anthracis, whole-genome...
Global Genetic Population Structure of Bacillus anthracis
Van Ert, Matthew N., Easterday, W. Ryan, Huynh, Lynn Y., Okinaka, Richard T., Hugh-Jones, Martin E., Ravel, Jacques, ...
Anthrax, caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis, is a disease of historical and current importance that is found throughout the world. The basis of its historical transmission is anecdotal and...
Auerbach, Raymond K., Tuanyok, Apichai, Probert, William S., Kenefic, Leo, Vogler, Amy J., Bruce, David C., ...
Eppinger, Mark, Rosovitz, M. J, Fricke, Wolfgang Florian, Rasko, David A, Kokorina, Galina, Fayolle, Corinne, ...
The first reported Far East scarlet-like fever (FESLF) epidemic swept the Pacific coastal region of Russia in the late 1950s. Symptoms of the severe infection included erythematous skin rash and...
Schutzer, Steven E., Schlater, Linda R. K., Ronning, Catherine M., DeShazer, David, Luft, Benjamin J., Dunn, John J., ...
Metagenomics: Read Length Matters▿ †
Wommack, K. Eric, Bhavsar, Jaysheel, Ravel, Jacques
Obtaining an unbiased view of the phylogenetic composition and functional diversity within a microbial community is one central objective of metagenomic analysis. New technologies, such as 454...
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...
Fricke, W. Florian, Wright, Meredith S., Lindell, Angela H., Harkins, Derek M., Baker-Austin, Craig, Ravel, Jacques, ...
The increasing occurrence of multidrug-resistant pathogens of clinical and agricultural importance is a global public health concern. While antimicrobial use in human and veterinary medicine is known...
Rasko, David A., Rosovitz, M. J., Myers, Garry S. A., Mongodin, Emmanuel F., Fricke, W. Florian, Gajer, Pawel, ...
Whole-genome sequencing has been skewed toward bacterial pathogens as a consequence of the prioritization of medical and veterinary diseases. However, it is becoming clear that in order to accurately...
Bacillus anthracis in China and its relationship to worldwide lineages
Simonson, Tatum S, Okinaka, Richard T, Wang, Bingxiang, Easterday, W Ryan, Huynh, Lynn, U'Ren, Jana M, ...
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., ...
The Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus anthracis Ames “Ancestor”▿
Ravel, Jacques, Jiang, Lingxia, Stanley, Scott T., Wilson, Mark R., Decker, R. Scott, Read, Timothy D., ...
The pathogenic bacterium Bacillus anthracis has become the subject of intense study as a result of its use in a bioterrorism attack in the United States in September and October 2001. Previous...
Price, Lance B., Liu, Cindy M., Melendez, Johan H., Frankel, Yelena M., Engelthaler, David, Aziz, Maliha, ...
The Role of Genomics in the Identification, Prediction, and Prevention of Biological Threats
Fricke, W. Florian, Rasko, David A., Ravel, Jacques
In all likelihood, it is only a matter of time before our public health system will face a major biological threat, whether intentionally dispersed or originating from a known or newly emerging...