Ruth Haites

Intraspecies Variation in Tetrahymena rostrata

Anne Watt, Neil Young, Ruth Haites, Kerry Dunse, Derek Russell, Helen Billman-Jacobe

Journal article  |  2021  |  MICROORGANISMS

Two distinct isolates of the facultative parasite, Tetrahymena rostrata were compared, identifying and utilising markers that are ..

Infection of Slugs with Theronts of the Ciliate Protozoan, Tetrahymena rostrata

Ruth E Haites, Anne E Watt, Derek A Russell, Helen Billman-Jacobe

Journal article  |  2021  |  MICROORGANISMS

Tetrahymena rostrata is a free-living ciliated protozoan and is a facultative parasite of some species of terrestrial mollusks. It..

A practical guide for managing a self-sustaining colony ofDeroceras reticulatum(Muller) (Mollusca: Pulmonata)

Helen Billman-Jacobe, Anne Watt, Denya Heap, Ruth Haites

Journal article  |  2020  |  BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Deroceras reticulatum also known as the Grey Field Slug is a serious agricultural and horticultural pest. Integrated pest manageme..

The mitochondrial genome of Tetrahymena rostrata

A Watt, R Haites, N Young, H Billman-Jacobe

Journal article  |  2020  |  MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PART B-RESOURCES

Tetrahymena rostrata is a ciliated protist which can parasitize the gray field slug, Deroceras reticulatum. Here, we report the se..

Z/I1 Hybrid Virulence Plasmids Carrying Antimicrobial Resistance genes in S. Typhimurium from Australian Food Animal Production

Ethan R Wyrsch, Jane Hawkey, Louise M Judd, Ruth Haites, Kathryn E Holt, Steven P Djordjevic, Helen Billman-Jacobe

Journal article  |  2019  |  MICROORGANISMS

Knowledge of mobile genetic elements that capture and disseminate antimicrobial resistance genes between diverse environments, par..

pSTM6-275, a Conjugative IncHI2 Plasmid of Salmonella enterica That Confers Antibiotic and Heavy-Metal Resistance under Changing Physiological Conditions

Helen Billman-Jacobe, Yuhong Liu, Ruth Haites, Tom Weaver, Lily Robinson, Marc Marenda, Mike Dyall-Smith

Journal article  |  2018  |  ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Detailed annotation of an IncHI2 plasmid, pSTM6-275, from Salmonella enterica serotype 1,4,5,12:i:- strain TW-Stm6 revealed a comp..

Investigating the function of the putative mycolic acid methyltransferase UmaA - Divergence between the Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins

Francoise Laval, Ruth Haites, Farahnaz Movahedzadeh, Anne Lemassu, Chinn Yi Wong, Neil Stoker, Helen Billman-Jacobe, Mamadou Daffe

Journal article  |  2008  |  JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Mycolic acids are major and specific lipid components of the cell envelope of mycobacteria that include the causative agents of tu..

PimE is a polyprenol-phosphate-mannose-dependent mannosyltransferase that transfers the fifth mannose of phosphatidylinositol mannoside in mycobacteria

Yasu S Morita, Chubert BC Sena, Ross F Waller, Ken Kurokawa, M Fleur Sernee, Fumiki Nakatani, Ruth E Haites, Helen Billman-Jacobe, Malcolm J McConville, Yusuke Maeda, Taroh Kinoshita

Journal article  |  2006  |  JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Phosphatidylinositol mannosides (PIMs) are a major class of glycolipids in all mycobacteria. AcPIM2, a dimannosyl PIM, is both an ..

Identification of a novel protein with a role in lipoarabinomannan biosynthesis in mycobacteria

S Kovacevic, D Anderson, YS Morita, J Patterson, R Haites, BNI McMillan, R Coppel, MJ McConville, H Billman-Jacobe

Journal article  |  2006  |  JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

All species of Mycobacteria synthesize distinctive cell walls that are rich in phosphatidylinositol mannosides (PIMs), lipomannan ..

Function of phosphatidylinositol in mycobacteria

RE Haites, YS Morita, MJ McConville, HB Jacobe

Journal article  |  2005  |  JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Phosphatidylinositol (PI) is an abundant phospholipid in the cytoplasmic membrane of mycobacteria and the precursor for more compl..