Marc Marenda

Mycoplasma bovis mbfN Encodes a Novel LRR Lipoprotein That Undergoes Proteolytic Processing and Binds Host Extracellular Matrix Components

James Y Adamu, Filimon Mitiku, Carol A Hartley, Fiona M Sansom, Marc S Marenda, Philip F Markham, Glenn F Browning, Kelly A Tivendale

Journal article  |  2021  |  Journal of Bacteriology

Mycoplasma bovis causes serious infections in ruminants, leading to huge economic losses. Lipoproteins are key components of the m..

Faecal microbiota and antimicrobial resistance gene profiles of healthy foals

Yuhong Liu, Kirsten E Bailey, Michael Dyall-Smith, Marc S Marenda, Laura Y Hardefeldt, Glenn F Browning, James R Gilkerson, Helen Billman-Jacobe

Journal article  |  2020  |  Equine Veterinary Journal

BACKGROUND: The human and domestic animal faecal microbiota can carry various antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs), especially if..

Targeted mutagenesis of Mycoplasma gallisepticum using its endogenous CRISPR/Cas system

Sara Mahdizadeh, Fiona M Sansom, Sang-Won Lee, Glenn F Browning, Marc S Marenda

Journal article  |  2020  |  Veterinary Microbiology

New, more efficient methods are needed to facilitate studies of gene function in the mycoplasmas. CRISPR/Cas systems, which provid..

Detection of naturally aerosolized Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae on pig farms by cyclonic air sampling and qPCR

Anne E Watt, Glenn F Browning, Philip F Markham, Marc S Marenda

Journal article  |  2020  |  Veterinary Microbiology

Respiratory infections caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae have a large impact on commercial pig farms globally. As current ..

Colonization of a hand washing sink in a veterinary hospital by an Enterobacter hormaechei strain carrying multiple resistances to high importance antimicrobials

Kanishka Kamathewatta, Rhys Bushell, Fannana Rafa, Glenn Browning, Helen Billman-Jacobe, Marc Marenda

Journal article  |  2020  |  Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

BACKGROUND: Hospital intensive care units (ICUs) are known reservoirs of multidrug resistant nosocomial bacteria. Targeted environ..

Preliminary comparative analysis of the genomes of selected field reisolates of the Mycoplasma synoviae vaccine strain MS-H reveals both stable and unstable mutations after passage in vivo (vol 21, 598, 2020)

Somayeh Kordafshari, Pollob Shil, Marc S Marenda, Olusola M Olaogun, Barbara Konsak-Ilievski, Jillian Disint, Amir H Noormohammadi

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Genomics

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

Development of a rapid technique for extraction of viral DNA/RNA for whole genome sequencing directly from clinical liver tissues

Kinza Asif, Denise O'Rourke, Alistair R Legione, Penelope A Steer-Cope, Pollob Shil, Marc S Marenda, Amir H Noormohammadi

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Virological Methods

Characterisation of the entire genome of Fowl aviadenoviruses (FAdV) requires isolation and propagation of the virus in chicken em..

Preliminary comparative analysis of the genomes of selected field reisolates of theMycoplasma synoviaevaccine strain MS-H reveals both stable and unstable mutations after passage in vivo

Somayeh Kordafshari, Pollob Shil, Marc S Marenda, Olusola M Olaogun, Barbara Konsak-Ilievski, Jillian Disint, Amir H Noormohammadi

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Genomics

BACKGROUND: Genomic comparison of Mycoplasma synoviae vaccine strain MS-H and the MS-H parental strain 86,079/7NS established a pr..

Mycoplasma bovis Membrane Protein MilA Is a Multifunctional Lipase with Novel Lipid and Glycosaminoglycan Binding Activity

James Yazah Adamu, Nadeeka Kumari Wawegama, Anna Kanci Condello, Marc Serge Marenda, Philip Francis Markham, Glenn Francis Browning, Kelly Anne Tivendale

Journal article  |  2020  |  Infection and Immunity

The survival, replication, and virulence of mycoplasmas depend on their ability to capture and import host-derived nutrients using..

Complementation of the Mycoplasma synoviae MS-H vaccine strain with wild-type oppF(1) influences its growth characteristics

Somayeh Kordafshari, Marc S Marenda, Rebecca Agnew, Pollob Shil, Muhammad A Shahid, Christina Marth, Barbara M Konsak, Amir H Noormohammadi

Journal article  |  2020  |  Avian Pathology

The Mycoplasma synoviae (MS) vaccine strain MS-H harbors a frameshift mutation in oppF1 (oligopeptide permease transporter) which ..