Torsten Seemann

Search and Contain: Impact of an integrated genomic and epidemiological surveillance and response program for control of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales.

Courtney R Lane, Judith Brett, Mark Schultz, Claire L Gorrie, Kerrie Stevens, Donna RM Cameron, Siobhan St George, Annaliese van Diemen, Marion Easton, Rhonda L Stuart, Michelle Sait, Anton Y Peleg, Andrew J Stewardson, Allen C Cheng, Denis W Spelman, Mary Jo Waters, Susan A Ballard, Norelle L Sherry, Deborah A Williamson, Finn Romanes, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

BACKGROUND: Multi-resistant organisms (MROs) pose a critical threat to public health. Population-based programs for control of MRO..

Incursions of Candida auris into Australia, 2018

Courtney R Lane, Torsten Seemann, Leon J Worth, Marion Easton, William Pitchers, Jenny Wong, Donna Cameron, Francesca Azzato, Richard Bartolo, Cristina Mateevici, Caroline Marshall, Monica A Slavin, Benjamin P Howden, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Emerging Infectious Diseases

Candida auris is an emerging global healthcare-associated pathogen. During July-December 2018, four patients with C. auris were id..

Isolation and rapid sharing of the 2019 novel coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) from the first patient diagnosed with COVID-19 in Australia

Leon Caly, Julian Druce, Jason Roberts, Katherine Bond, Thomas Tran, Renata Kostecki, Yano Yoga, William Naughton, George Taiaroa, Torsten Seemann, Mark B Schultz, Benjamin P Howden, Tony M Korman, Sharon R Lewin, Deborah A Williamson, Mike G Catton

Journal article  |  2020  |  Medical Journal of Australia

OBJECTIVES: To describe the first isolation and sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in Australia and rapid sharing of the isolate. SETTING: S..

Comparative Transcriptomic and Functional Assessments o Linezolid-Responsive Small RNA Genes in Staphylococcus aureus

Wei Gao, Romain Guerillot, Ya Hsun Lin, Jai Tree, Marie Beaume, Patrice Francois, Ian R Monk, Torsten Seemann, Jacques Schrenzel, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2020  |  mSystems

Staphylococcus aureus contains a repertoire of at least 50 and possibly 500 small RNAs (sRNAs). The functions of most sRNAs are no..

Temporal development of the oral microbiome and prediction of early childhood caries

SG Dashper, HL Mitchell, K-A Le Cao, L Carpenter, MG Gussy, H Calache, SL Gladman, DM Bulach, B Hoffmann, D Catmull, S Pruilh, S Johnson, L Gibbs, E Amezdroz, U Bhatnagar, T Seemann, G Mnatzaganian, DJ Manton, EC Reynolds

Journal article  |  2019  |  Scientific Reports

Human microbiomes are predicted to assemble in a reproducible and ordered manner yet there is limited knowledge on the development..

Mining the Methylome Reveals Extensive Diversity in Staphylococcus epidermidis Restriction Modification

Jean YH Lee, Glen P Carter, Sacha J Pidot, Romain Guerillot, Torsten Seemann, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Timothy J Foster, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear, Ian R Monk

Journal article  |  2019  |  mBio

Staphylococcus epidermidis is a significant opportunistic pathogen of humans. Molecular studies in this species have been hampered..

Genomic investigation of Staphylococcus aureus recovered from Gambian women and newborns following an oral dose of intra-partum azithromycin

Abdoulie Bojang, Sarah L Baines, Liam Donovan, Romain Guerillot, Kerrie Stevens, Charlie Higgs, Christian Bottomley, Ousman Secka, Mark B Schultz, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Anna Roca, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

BACKGROUND: Oral azithromycin given during labour reduces carriage of bacteria responsible for neonatal sepsis, including Staphylo..

Co-circulation of Multidrug-resistant Shigella Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Australia

Danielle J Ingle, Marion Easton, Mary Valcanis, Torsten Seemann, Jason C Kwong, Nicola Stephens, Glen P Carter, Anders Goncalves da Silva, James Adamopoulos, Sarah L Baines, Kathryn E Holt, Eric PF Chow, Christopher K Fairley, Marcus Y Chen, Martyn D Kirk, Benjamin P Howden, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Background: In urban Australia, the burden of shigellosis is either in returning travellers from shigellosis-endemic regions, or i..

A nonclonal outbreak of vancomycin-sensitive Enterococcus faecalis bacteremia in a neonatal intensive care unit

Despina Kotsanas, Kenneth Tan, Carmel Scott, Britta Baade, Michaela Hui Ling Cheng, Zien Vanessa Tan, Jacqueline E Taylor, Jason C Kwong, Torsten Seemann, Geoffrey W Coombs, Benjamin P Howden, Rhonda L Stuart

Journal article  |  2019  |  Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Unstable chromosome rearrangements in Staphylococcus aureus cause phenotype switching associated with persistent infections

Romain Guerillot, Xenia Kostoulias, Liam Donovan, Lucy Li, Glen P Carter, Abderrahman Hachani, Koen Vandelannoote, Stefano Giulieri, Ian R Monk, Mayu Kunimoto, Lora Starrs, Gaetan Burgio, Torsten Seemann, Anton Y Peleg, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2019  |  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Bridging of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineages across sexual networks in the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis era

Deborah A Williamson, Eric PF Chow, Claire L Gorrie, Torsten Seemann, Danielle J Ingle, Nasra Higgins, Marion Easton, George Taiaroa, Yonatan H Grad, Jason C Kwong, Christopher K Fairley, Marcus Y Chen, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2019  |  Nature Communications

Bionitio: demonstrating and facilitating best practices for bioinformatics command-line software

Peter Georgeson, Anna Syme, Clare Sloggett, Jessica Chung, Harriet Dashnow, Michael Milton, Andrew Lonsdale, David Powell, Torsten Seemann, Bernard Pope

Journal article  |  2019  |  GigaScience

Genomics for Molecular Epidemiology and Detecting Transmission of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacterales in Victoria, Australia, 2012 to 2016

Norelle L Sherry, Courtney R Lane, Jason C Kwong, Mark Schultz, Michelle Sait, Kerrie Stevens, Susan Ballard, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Torsten Seemann, Claire L Gorrie, Timothy P Stinear, Deborah A Williamson, Judith Brett, Annaliese van Diemen, Marion Easton, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Background Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales (CPE) are being increasingly reported in Australia, and i..

Zinc-binding to the cytoplasmic PAS domain regulates the essential WalK histidine kinase of Staphylococcus aureus

Ian R Monk, Nausad Shaikh, Stephanie L Begg, Mike Gajdiss, Liam KR Sharkey, Jean YH Lee, Sacha J Pidot, Torsten Seemann, Michael Kuiper, Brit Winnen, Rikki Hvorup, Brett M Collins, Gabriele Bierbaum, Saumya R Udagedara, Jacqueline R Morey, Neha Pulyani, Benjamin P Howden, Megan J Maher, Christopher A McDevitt, Glenn F King, et al.

Journal article  |  2019  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

MULTIPLE LINEAGES OF MULTIRESISTANT SHIGELLA IN AUSTRALIA

Deborah Williamson, Danielle Ingle, Marion Easton, Eric Chow, Torsten Seemann, Jason Kwong, Christopher Fairley, Martyn Kirk, Benjamin Howden, Marcus Chen

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Oral Presentations

BRIDGING OF NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE ACROSS DIVERSE SEXUAL NETWORKS IN THE HIV PREP ERA

Deborah Williamson, Eric Chow, Claire Gorrie, Danielle Ingle, Marion Easton, Torsten Seemann, George Taiaroa, Yonatan Grad, Jason Kwong, Christopher Fairley, Marcus Chen, Benjamin Howden

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Oral Presentations

Functional genomics reveals extensive diversity in Staphylococcus epidermidis restriction modification systems compared to Staphylococcus aureus

Jean YH Lee, Glen Carter, Sacha Pidot, Romain Guérillot, Torsten Seemann, Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Timothy Foster, Benjamin Howden, Timothy Stinear, Ian Monk

Journal article  |  2019

Abstract Staphylococcus epidermidis is a significant opportunistic pathogen of humans. Molecular studies in this species have been..

Emergence and divergence of major lineages of Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli in Australia

Danielle J Ingle, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Mary Valcanis, Susan A Ballard, Torsten Seemann, Amy Jennison, Ivan Bastian, Rolf Wise, Martyn D Kirk, Benjamin P Howden, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2019  |  Microbial Genomics

Remodeling of pSK1 Family Plasmids and Enhanced Chlorhexidine Tolerance in a Dominant Hospital Lineage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Sarah L Baines, Slade O Jensen, Neville Firth, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Torsten Seemann, Glen P Carter, Deborah A Williamson, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2019  |  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Biosynthesis and Ether-Bridge Formation in Nargenicin Macrolides

Sacha J Pidot, Marion Herisse, Liam Sharkey, Liselle Atkin, Jessica L Porter, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden, Mark A Rizzacasa, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2019  |  Angewandte Chemie International Edition

TipToft: detecting plasmids contained in uncorrected long read sequencing data

Andrew Page, Torsten Seemann

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Open Source Software

Wave 2 strains of atypical Vibrio cholerae El Tor caused the 2009-2011 cholera outbreak in Papua New Guinea

Andrew R Greenhill, Ankur Mutreja, Dieter Bulach, Matthew J Belousoff, Marinjho H Jonduo, Deirdre A Collins, Monalisa P Kas, Johanna Wapling, Torsten Seemann, Alice Lafana, Gordon Dougan, Mark Brown, Paul F Horwood

Journal article  |  2019  |  Microbial Genomics

Biosynthesis and Ether‐Bridge Formation in Nargenicin Macrolides

Sacha J Pidot, Marion Herisse, Liam Sharkey, Liselle Atkin, Jessica L Porter, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden, Mark A Rizzacasa, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2019  |  Angewandte Chemie

Abstract: The nargenicin family of antibiotics are macrolides containing a rare ether‐bridged cis‐decalin motif. Several of these ..

Reconstruction of the Genomes of Drug-Resistant Pathogens for Outbreak Investigation through Metagenomic Sequencing

Andre Mu, Jason C Kwong, Nicole S Isles, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Mark B Schultz, Susan A Ballard, Courtney R Lane, Glen P Carter, Deborah A Williamson, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2019  |  mSphere

Capacity To Utilize Raffinose Dictates Pneumococcal Disease Phenotype

Vikrant Minhas, Richard M Harvey, Lauren J McAllister, Torsten Seemann, Anna E Syme, Sarah L Baines, James C Paton, Claudia Trappetti

Journal article  |  2019  |  mBio

The changing landscape of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Australia: a population-level genomic study

Robyn S Lee, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Sarah L Baines, Janet Strachan, Susan Ballard, Glen P Carter, Jason C Kwong, Mark B Schultz, Dieter M Bulach, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Remodelling of pSK1 Family Plasmids and Enhanced Chlorhexidine Tolerance in Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus

Sarah Baines, Slade Jensen, Neville Firth, Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Torsten Seemann, Glen Carter, Deborah Williamson, Benjamin Howden, Timothy Stinear

Journal article  |  2018

Abstract Staphylococcus aureus is a significant human pathogen whose evolution and adaptation has been shaped in part by mobile ge..

Global spread of three multidrug-resistant lineages of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Jean YH Lee, Ian R Monk, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Torsten Seemann, Kyra YL Chua, Angela Kearns, Robert Hill, Neil Woodford, Mette D Bartels, Birgit Strommenger, Frederic Laurent, Magali Dodemont, Ariane Deplano, Robin Patel, Anders R Larsen, Tony M Korman, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2018  |  Nature Microbiology

Zinc-binding to the cytoplasmic PAS domain regulates the essential WalK histidine kinase of Staphylococcus aureus

Ian Monk, Nausad Shaikh, Stephanie Begg, Mike Gajdiss, Jean Lee, Sacha Pidot, Torsten Seemann, Michael Kuiper, Brit Winnen, Rikki Hvorup, Brett Collins, Gabriele Bierbaum, Benjamin Howden, Christopher McDevitt, Glenn King, Timothy Stinear

Journal article  |  2018

ABSTRACT WalKR (YycFG) is the only essential two-component regulator in the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. WalKR regulates ..

Comprehensive antibiotic-linked mutation assessment by resistance mutation sequencing (RM-seq)

Romain Guerillot, Lucy Li, Sarah Baines, Brian Howden, Mark B Schultz, Torsten Seemann, Ian Monk, Sacha J Pidot, Wei Gao, Stefano Giulieri, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Anthony D'Agata, Takehiro Tomita, Anton Y Peleg, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2018  |  GENOME MEDICINE

Genomic exploration of sequential clinical isolates reveals a distinctive molecular signature of persistent Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

Stefano G Giulieri, Sarah L Baines, Romain Guerillot, Torsten Seemann, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Mark Schultz, Ruth C Massey, Natasha E Holmes, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2018  |  Genome Medicine

Increasing tolerance of hospital Enterococcus faecium to handwash alcohols

Sacha J Pidot, Wei Gao, Andrew H Buultjens, Ian R Monk, Romain Guerillot, Glen P Carter, Jean YH Lee, Margaret MC Lam, M Lindsay Grayson, Susan A Ballard, Andrew A Mahony, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Despina Kotsanas, Tony M Korman, Geoffrey W Coombs, J Owen Robinson, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden, Paul DR Johnson, et al.

Journal article  |  2018  |  Science Translational Medicine

Emergence of High-Level Colistin Resistance in an Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolate Mediated by Inactivation of the Global Regulator H-NS

Deanna Deveson Lucas, Bethany Crane, Amy Wright, Mei-Ling Han, Jennifer Moffatt, Dieter Bulach, Simon L Gladman, David Powell, Jesus Aranda, Torsten Seemann, Diana Machado, Teresa Pacheco, Teresa Marques, Miguel Viveiros, Roger Nation, Jian Li, Marina Harper, John D Boyce

Journal article  |  2018  |  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Mobile phones and computer keyboards: unlikely reservoirs of multidrug-resistant organisms in the tertiary intensive care unit

OC Smibert, AK Aung, E Woolnough, GP Carter, MB Schultz, BP Howden, T Seemann, D Spelman, S McGloughlin, AY Peleg

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Hospital Infection

Best practice data life cycle approaches for the life sciences

Philippa Griffin, Jyoti Khadake, Kate LeMay, Suzanna Lewis, Sandra Orchard, Andrew Pask, Bernard Pope, Ute Roessner, Keith Russell, Torsten Seemann, Andrew Treloar, Sonika Tyagi, Jeffrey Christiansen, Saravanan Dayalan, Simon Gladman, Sandra Hangartner, Helen Hayden, William WH Ho, Gabriel Keeble-Gagnère, Pasi Korhonen, et al.

Journal article  |  2018  |  F1000Research

Throughout history, the life sciences have been revolutionised by technological advances; in our era this is manifested by advance..

The First Isolation and Whole Genome Sequencing of Murray Valley Encephalitis Virus from Cerebrospinal Fluid of a Patient with Encephalitis

Jessica S Russell, Leon Caly, Renata Kostecki, Sarah L McGuinness, Glen Carter, Dieter Bulach, Torsten Seemann, Tim P Stinear, Rob Baird, Mike Catton, Julian Druce

Journal article  |  2018  |  Viruses

Whole genome analysis reveals the diversity and evolutionary relationships between necrotic enteritis-causing strains of Clostridium perfringens

Jake A Lacey, Theodore R Allnutt, Ben Vezina, Thu Hao Van Thi, Thomas Stent, Xiaoyan Han, Julian Rood, Ben Wade, Anthony L Keyburn, Torsten Seemann, Honglei Chen, Volker Haring, Priscilla A Johanesen, Dena Lyras, Robert J Moore

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMC Genomics

The Phi BT1 large serine recombinase catalyzes DNA integration at pseudo-attB sites in the genus Nocardia

Marion Herisse, Jessica L Porter, Romain Guerillot, Takehiro Tomita, Anders Goncalves Da Silva, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear, Sacha J Pidot

Journal article  |  2018  |  PEERJ

Human blood MAIT cell subsets defined using MR1 tetramers

Nicholas A Gherardin, Michael NT Souter, Hui-Fern Koay, Kirstie M Mangas, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Sidonia BG Eckle, Stuart P Berzins, Yves d'Udekem, Igor E Konstantinov, David P Fairlie, David S Ritchie, Paul J Neeson, Daniel G Pellicci, Adam P Uldrich, James McCluskey, Dale I Godfrey

Journal article  |  2018  |  IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY

Determination of the small RNA GcvB regulon in the Gram-negative bacterial pathogen Pasteurella multocida and identification of the GcvB seed binding region

Emily L Gulliver, Amy Wright, Deanna Deveson Lucas, Marianne Megroz, Oded Kleifeld, Ralf B Schittenhelm, David R Powell, Torsten Seemann, Juergen B Bulitta, Marina Harper, John D Boyce

Journal article  |  2018  |  RNA

Structure, Function, and Biosynthetic Origin of Octapeptin Antibiotics Active against Extensively Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria

Tony Velkov, Alejandra Gallardo-Godoy, James D Swarbrick, Mark AT Blaskovich, Alysha G Elliott, Meiling Han, Philip E Thompson, Kade D Roberts, Johnny X Huang, Bernd Becker, Mark S Butler, Lawrence H Lash, Sonia Troeira Henriques, Roger L Nation, Sivashangarie Sivanesan, Marc-Antoine Sani, Frances Separovic, Haydyn Mertens, Dieter Bulach, Torsten Seemann, et al.

Journal article  |  2018  |  Cell Chemical Biology

Comparative Genomics Shows That Mycobacterium ulcerans Migration and Expansion Preceded the Rise of Buruli Ulcer in Southeastern Australia

Andrew H Buultjens, Koen Vandelannoote, Conor J Meehan, Miriam Eddyani, Bouke C de Jong, Janet AM Fyfe, Maria Globan, Nicholas J Tobias, Jessica L Porter, Takehiro Tomita, Ee Laine Tay, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden, Paul DR Johnson, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2018  |  Applied and Environmental Microbiology

The changing landscape of VREfm in Victoria, Australia: a State-wide genomic snapshot

Robyn Lee, Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Sarah Baines, Janet Strachan, Susan Ballard, Glen Carter, Jason Kwong, Mark Schultz, Dieter Bulach, Torsten Seemann, Timothy Stinear, Benjamin Howden

Journal article  |  2018

Abstract Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) represent a major source of nosocomial infection worldwide. In Australi..

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium sequence type 796-rapid international dissemination of a new epidemic clone

Andrew A Mahony, Andrew H Buultjens, Susan A Ballard, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Shirley Xie, Torsten Seemann, Rhonda L Stuart, Despina Kotsanas, Allen Cheng, Helen Heffernan, Sally A Roberts, Geoffrey W Coombs, Narin Bak, John K Ferguson, Glen C Carter, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear, Paul DR Johnson

Journal article  |  2018  |  Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

Seven Salmonella Typhimurium Outbreaks in Australia Linked by Trace-Back and Whole Genome Sequencing

Laura Ford, Qinning Wang, Russell Stafford, Kelly-Anne Ressler, Sophie Norton, Craig Shadbolt, Kirsty Hope, Neil Franklin, Radomir Krsteski, Adrienne Carswell, Glen P Carter, Torsten Seemann, Peter Howard, Mary Valcanis, Cristina Fabiola Sotomayor Castillo, John Bates, Kathryn Glass, Deborah A Williamson, Vitali Sintchenko, Benjamin P Howden, et al.

Journal article  |  2018  |  Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Whole-genome sequencing reveals transmission of gonococcal antibiotic resistance among men who have sex with men: an observational study

Jason C Kwong, Eric PF Chow, Kerrie Stevens, Timothy P Stinear, Torsten Seemann, Christopher K Fairley, Marcus Y Chen, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2018  |  Sexually Transmitted Infections

Genomic Exploration of Within-Host Microevolution Reveals a Distinctive Molecular Signature of Persistent Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia

Stefano Giulieri, Sarah Baines, Romain Guerillot, Torsten Semann, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Mark Schultz, Ruth Massey, Natasha Holmes, Timothy Stinear, Benjamin Howden

Journal article  |  2018  |  Genome Medicine

Background: Large-scale genomic studies of within-host evolution during Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SAB) are needed to unde..

Genomic epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Neisseria gonorrhoeae in New Zealand

Robyn S Lee, Torsten Seemann, Helen Heffernan, Jason C Kwong, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Glen P Carter, Rosemary Woodhouse, Kristin H Dyet, Dieter M Bulach, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2018  |  Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Incorporating Whole-Genome Sequencing into Public Health Surveillance: Lessons from Prospective Sequencing of Salmonella Typhimurium in Australia

Laura Ford, Glen P Carter, Qinning Wang, Torsten Seemann, Vitali Sintchenko, Kathryn Glass, Deborah A Williamson, Peter Howard, Mary Valcanis, Cristina Fabiola Sotomayor Castillo, Michelle Sait, Benjamin P Howden, Martyn D Kirk

Journal article  |  2018  |  Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Translating genomics into practice for real-time surveillance and response to carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae: evidence from a complex multi-institutional KPC outbreak

Jason C Kwong, Courtney R Lane, Finn Romanes, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Marion Easton, Katie Cronin, Mary Jo Waters, Takehiro Tomita, Kerrie Stevens, Mark B Schultz, Sarah L Baines, Norelle L Sherry, Glen P Carter, Andre Mu, Michelle Sait, Susan A Ballard, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2018  |  PEERJ

Convergent Evolution Driven by Rifampin Exacerbates the Global Burden of Drug-Resistant &ITStaphylococcus aureus&IT

Romain Guerillot, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Ian Monk, Stefano Giulieri, Takehiro Tomita, Eloise Alison, Jessica Porter, Sacha Pidot, Wei Gao, Anton Y Peleg, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2018  |  MSPHERE

A Supervised Statistical Learning Approach for Accurate Legionella pneumophila Source Attribution during Outbreaks

Andrew H Buultjens, Kyra YL Chua, Sarah L Baines, Jason Kwong, Wei Gao, Zoe Cutcher, Stuart Adcock, Susan Ballard, Mark B Schultz, Takehiro Tomita, Nela Subasinghe, Glen P Carter, Sacha J Pidot, Lucinda Franklin, Torsten Seemann, Anders Goncalves Da Silva, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2017  |  APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Transmission in a Ghanaian Burn Unit: The Importance of Active Surveillance in Resource-Limited Settings

Nana Ama Amissah, Andrew H Buultjens, Anthony Ablordey, Lieke van Dam, Ampomah Opoku-Ware, Sarah L Baines, Dieter Bulach, Caitlin S Tetteh, Isaac Prah, Tjip S van der Werf, Alexander W Friedrich, Torsten Seemann, Jan Maarten van Dijl, Ymkje Stienstra, Timothy P Stinear, John W Rossen

Journal article  |  2017  |  Frontiers in Microbiology

Draft Genome Sequences of Two Strains of a Newly Described Species, Sphingobacterium cellulitidis

Torsten Seemann, Dieter M Bulach, Glen Carter, M John Albert

Journal article  |  2017  |  Genome Announcements

De novo transcriptome assembly for the spiny mouse (Acomys cahirinus)

Jared Mamrot, Roxane Legaie, Stacey J Ellery, Trevor Wilson, Torsten Seemann, David R Powell, David K Gardner, David W Walker, Peter Temple-Smith, Anthony T Papenfuss, Hayley Dickinson

Journal article  |  2017  |  Scientific Reports

Comparison of classical multi-locus sequence typing software for next-generation sequencing data

Andrew J Page, Nabil-Fareed Alikhan, Heather A Carleton, Torsten Seemann, Jacqueline A Keane, Lee S Katz

Journal article  |  2017  |  Microbial Genomics

Emergence of multidrug resistance in locally-acquired human infections with Salmonella Typhimurium in Australia owing to a new clade harbouring bla(CTX-M-9)

Sarah J Sparham, Jason C Kwong, Mary Valcanis, Marion Easton, Darren J Trott, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Target-Specific Assay for Rapid and Quantitative Detection of Mycobacterium chimaera DNA

Enrique Zozaya-Valdes, Jessica L Porter, John Coventry, Janet AM Fyfe, Glen P Carter, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Mark B Schultz, Torsten Seemann, Paul DR Johnson, Andrew J Stewardson, Ivan Bastian, Sally A Roberts, Benjamin P Howden, Deborah A Williamson, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Clinical Microbiology

SaffronTree: Fast, reference-free pseudo-phylogenomic trees from reads or contigs.

Andrew J. Page, Martin Hunt, Torsten Seemann, Jacqueline A. Keane

Journal article  |  2017  |  The Journal of Open Source Software

Sphingobacterium cellulitidis sp nov., isolated from clinical and environmental sources

Geert Huys, Prashant Purohit, Chuan Hao Tan, Cindy Snauwaert, Paul De Vos, Huda Al Saffar, Ina'am Al Obaid, Hans-Juergen Busse, Torsten Seemann, M John Albert

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Multiple Introductions and Recent Spread of the Emerging Human Pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans across Africa

Koen Vandelannoote, Conor J Meehan, Miriam Eddyani, Dissou Affolabi, Delphin Mavinga Phanzu, Sara Eyangoh, Kurt Jordaens, Francoise Portaels, Kirstie Mangas, Torsten Seemann, Laurent Marsollier, Estelle Marion, Annick Chauty, Jordi Landier, Arnaud Fontanet, Herwig Leirs, Timothy P Stinear, Bouke C de Jong

Journal article  |  2017  |  Genome Biology and Evolution

Genomic analysis of ST88 community-acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Ghana

Grace Kpeli, Andrew H Buultjens, Stefano Giulieri, Evelyn Owusu-Mireku, Samuel Y Aboagye, Sarah L Baines, Torsten Seemann, Dieter Bulach, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Ian R Monk, Benjamin P Howden, Gerd Pluschke, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Timothy Stinear

Journal article  |  2017  |  PEERJ

Correspondence: Spontaneous secondary mutations confound analysis of the essential two-component system WalKR in Staphylococcus aureus

Ian R Monk, Benjamin P Howden, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2017  |  NATURE COMMUNICATIONS

Comment on: Benchmarking of methods for identification of antimicrobial resistance genes in bacterial whole genome data

Jason C Kwong, Mark B Schultz, Deborah A Williamson, Timothy P Stinear, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2017  |  Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Porphyromonas gingivalis Uses Specific Domain Rearrangements and Allelic Exchange to Generate Diversity in Surface Virulence Factors

Stuart G Dashper, Helen L Mitchell, Christine A Seers, Simon L Gladman, Torsten Seemann, Dieter M Bulach, P Scott Chandry, Keith J Cross, Steven M Cleal, Ericc Reynolds

Journal article  |  2017  |  FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Evolutionary origins of the emergent ST796 clone of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium

Andrew H Buultjens, Margaret MC Lam, Susan Ballard, Ian R Monk, Andrew A Mahony, Elizabeth A Grabsch, M Lindsay Grayson, Stanley Pang, Geoffrey W Coombs, J Owen Robinson, Torsten Seemann, Paul DR Johnson, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2017  |  PEERJ

Genomic insights into a sustained national outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis.

Deborah A Williamson, Sarah L Baines, Glen Carter, Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Xiaoyun Ren, Jill Sherwood, Muriel Dufour, Mark B Schultz, Nigel P French, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2017  |  Genome Biol Evol

In 2014, a sustained outbreak of yersiniosis due to Yersinia pseudotuberculosis occurred across all major cities in New Zealand (N..

A phylogenomic framework for assessing the global emergence and evolution of clonal complex 398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Anders Goncalves da Silva, Sarah L Baines, Glen P Carter, Helen Heffernan, Nigel P French, Xiaoyun Ren, Torsten Seemann, Dieter Bulach, Jason Kwong, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2017  |  Microbial Genomics

Best practice data life cycle approaches for the life sciences.

Philippa C Griffin, Jyoti Khadake, Kate S LeMay, Suzanna E Lewis, Sandra Orchard, Andrew Pask, Bernard Pope, Ute Roessner, Keith Russell, Torsten Seemann, Andrew Treloar, Sonika Tyagi, Jeffrey H Christiansen, Saravanan Dayalan, Simon Gladman, Sandra B Hangartner, Helen L Hayden, William WH Ho, Gabriel Keeble-Gagnère, Pasi K Korhonen, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  F1000Research

Throughout history, the life sciences have been revolutionised by technological advances; in our era this is manifested by advance..

Best practice data life cycle approaches for the life sciences.

Philippa C Griffin, Jyoti Khadake, Kate S LeMay, Suzanna E Lewis, Sandra Orchard, Andrew Pask, Bernard Pope, Ute Roessner, Keith Russell, Torsten Seemann, Andrew Treloar, Sonika Tyagi, Jeffrey H Christiansen, Saravanan Dayalan, Simon Gladman, Sandra B Hangartner, Helen L Hayden, William WH Ho, Gabriel Keeble-Gagnère, Pasi K Korhonen, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  F1000Research

Throughout history, the life sciences have been revolutionised by technological advances; in our era this is manifested by advance..

Genomic Insights into a Sustained National Outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Deborah A Williamson, Sarah L Baines, Glen P Carter, Anders Goncalves da silva, Xiaoyun Ren, Jill Sherwood, Muriel Dufour, Mark B Schultz, Nigel P French, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2016  |  Genome Biology and Evolution

Emergence of endemic MLST non-typeable vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

Glen P Carter, Andrew H Buultjens, Susan A Ballard, Sarah L Baines, Takehiro Tomita, Janet Strachan, Paul DR Johnson, John K Ferguson, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Evolutionary origins of the emergent ST796 clone of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium

Andrew Buultjens, Margaret Lam, Susan Ballard, Ian Monk, Andrew Mahony, Elizabeth Grabsch, Lindsay Grayson, Stanley Pang, Geoffrey Coombs, Owen Robinson, Torsten Seemann, Paul Johnson, Benjamin Howden, Timothy Stinear

Journal article  |  2016

From early 2012, a novel clone of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (assigned the multi locus sequence type ST796) was sim..

GFF3toEMBL: Preparing annotated assemblies for submission to EMBL

Andrew J. Page, Sascha Steinbiss, Ben Taylor, Torsten Seemann, Jacqueline A. Keane

Journal article  |  2016  |  The Journal of Open Source Software

A large outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni infection in a university college caused by chicken liver pate Australia, 2013

CRM Moffatt, A Greig, M Valcanis, W Gao, T Seemann, BP Howden, MD Kirk

Journal article  |  2016  |  Epidemiology and Infection

A large outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni infection in a university college caused by chicken liver pâté, Australia, 2013

CRM Moffatt, A Greig, M Valcanis, W Gao, T Seemann, BP Howden, MD Kirk

Journal article  |  2016  |  Epidemiology and infection

Sharing Is Caring: International Sharing of Data Enhances Genomic Surveillance of Listeria monocytogenes

Jason C Kwong, Russell Stafford, Errol Strain, Timothy P Stinear, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2016  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Functional analysis of the first complete genome sequence of a multidrug resistant sequence type 2 Staphylococcus epidermidis

Jean YH Lee, Ian R Monk, Sacha J Pidot, Siddarth Singh, Kyra YL Chua, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2016  |  MICROBIAL GENOMICS

Possible healthcare-associated transmission as a cause of secondary infection and population structure of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from two wound treatment centres in Ghana.

G Kpeli, I Darko Otchere, A Lamelas, AL Buultjens, D Bulach, SL Baines, T Seemann, S Giulieri, Z Nakobu, SY Aboagye, E Owusu-Mireku, G Pluschke, TP Stinear, D Yeboah-Manu

Journal article  |  2016  |  New Microbes and New Infections

We have previously shown that secondary infections of Buruli ulcer wounds were frequently caused by Staphylococcus aureus. To gain..

Key experimental evidence of chromosomal DNA transfer among selected tuberculosis-causing mycobacteria

Eva C Boritsch, Varun Khanna, Alexandre Pawlik, Nadine Honore, Victor H Navas, Laurence Ma, Christiane Bouchier, Torsten Seemann, Philip Supply, Timothy P Stinear, Roland Brosch

Journal article  |  2016  |  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Isolation of an antimicrobial compound produced by bacteria associated with reef-building corals

Jean-Baptiste Raina, Dianne Tapiolas, Cherie A Motti, Sylvain Foret, Torsten Seemann, Jan Tebben, Bette L Willis, David G Bourne

Journal article  |  2016  |  PeerJ

NGMASTER: in silico multi-antigen sequence typing for Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Jason C Kwong, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Kristin Dyet, Deborah A Williamson, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden, Torsten Seemann

Journal article  |  2016  |  Microbial Genomics

Isolation of an antimicrobial compound produced by bacteria associated with reef-building corals

Jean-Baptiste Raina, Dianne Tapiolas, Cherie Motti, Sylvain Foret, Torsten Seemann, Jan Tebben, Bette Willis, David Bourne

Journal article  |  2016

Bacterial communities associated with healthy corals produce antimicrobial compounds that inhibit the colonization and growth of i..

Genomic resources and draft assemblies of the human and porcine varieties of scabies mites, Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis and var. suis

Ehtesham Mofiz, Deborah C Holt, Torsten Seemann, Bart J Currie, Katja Fischer, Anthony T Papenfuss

Journal article  |  2016  |  GigaScience

Rapid Emergence and Evolution of Staphylococcus aureus Clones Harboring fusC-Containing Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome Elements

Sarah L Baines, Benjamin P Howden, Helen Heffernan, Timothy P Stinear, Glen P Carter, Torsten Seemann, Jason C Kwong, Stephen R Ritchie, Deborah A Williamson

Journal article  |  2016  |  Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

SNP-sites: rapid efficient extraction of SNPs from multi-FASTA alignments

Andrew J Page, Ben Taylor, Aidan J Delaney, Jorge Soares, Torsten Seemann, Jacqueline A Keane, Simon R Harris

Journal article  |  2016  |  Microbial Genomics

Prospective Whole-Genome Sequencing Enhances National Surveillance of Listeria monocytogenes

Jason C Kwong, Karolina Mercoulia, Takehiro Tomita, Marion Easton, Hua Y Li, Dieter M Bulach, Timothy P Stinear, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Mitochondrial Genome Sequence of the Scabies Mite Provides Insight into the Genetic Diversity of Individual Scabies Infections

Ehtesham Mofiz, Torsten Seemann, Melanie Bahlo, Deborah Holt, Bart J Currie, Katja Fischer, Anthony T Papenfuss

Journal article  |  2016  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Binding of Clostridium perfringens to collagen correlates with the ability to cause necrotic enteritis in chickens

B Wade, AL Keyburn, T Seemann, JI Rood, RJ Moore

Journal article  |  2015  |  Veterinary microbiology

Functional Analysis of a Bacitracin Resistance Determinant Located on ICECp1, a Novel Tn916-Like Element from a Conjugative Plasmid in Clostridium perfringens

Xiaoyan Han, Xiang-Dang Du, Luke Southey, Dieter M Bulach, Torsten Seemann, Xu-Xia Yan, Trudi L Bannam, Julian I Rood

Journal article  |  2015  |  Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

A Genomic Approach to Resolving Relapse versus Reinfection among Four Cases of Buruli Ulcer

Miriam Eddyani, Koen Vandelannoote, Conor J Meehan, Sabin Bhuju, Jessica L Porter, Julia Aguiar, Torsten Seemann, Michael Jarek, Mahavir Singh, Francoise Portaels, Timothy P Stinear, Bouke C de Jong

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Genome sequence comparisons of serial multi-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates over 21 years of infection in a single patient

Ella M Meumann, Maria Globan, Janet AM Fyfe, David Leslie, Jessica L Porter, Torsten Seemann, Justin Denholm, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2015  |  MICROBIAL GENOMICS

Large tandem chromosome expansions facilitate niche adaptation during persistent infection with drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Wei Gao, Ian R Monk, Nicholas J Tobias, Simon L Gladman, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2015  |  MICROBIAL GENOMICS

PAT-seq: a method to study the integration of 3 '-UTR dynamics with gene expression in the eukaryotic transcriptome

Paul F Harrison, David R Powell, Jennifer L Clancy, Thomas Preiss, Peter R Boag, Ana Traven, Torsten Seemann, Traude H Beilharz

Journal article  |  2015  |  RNA

Comparative Genomic Analysis of Asian Haemorrhagic Septicaemia-Associated Strains of Pasteurella multocida Identifies More than 90 Haemorrhagic Septicaemia-Specific Genes

Ahmed M Moustafa, Torsten Seemann, Simon Gladman, Ben Adler, Marina Harper, John D Boyce, Mark D Bennett

Journal article  |  2015  |  PloS one

Complete Genome Sequence of Leptospira interrogans Serovar Bratislava, Strain PigK151

David P Alt, Jennifer H Wilson-Welder, Darrell O Bayles, Caroline Cameron, Ben Adler, Dieter M Bulach, Torsten Seemann, Michael J Lehane, Lee R Haines, Alistair C Darby, Neil Hall, Alan D Radford, Richard L Zuerner

Journal article  |  2015  |  Genome announcements

Natural Variation Identifies ICARUS1, a Universal Gene Required for Cell Proliferation and Growth at High Temperatures in Arabidopsis thaliana

Wangsheng Zhu, Israel Ausin, Andrei Seleznev, Belen Mendez-Vigo, F Xavier Pico, Sridevi Sureshkumar, Vignesh Sundaramoorthi, Dieter Bulach, David Powell, Torsten Seemann, Carlos Alonso-Blanco, Sureshkumar Balasubramanian

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLoS Genet

Convergent Adaptation in the Dominant Global Hospital Clone ST239 of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Sarah L Baines, Kathryn E Holt, Mark B Schultz, Torsten Seemann, Brian O Howden, Slade O Jensen, Sebastiaan J van Hal, Geoffrey W Coombs, Neville Firth, David R Powell, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2015  |  MBIO

Whole Genome Comparisons Suggest Random Distribution of Mycobacterium ulcerans Genotypes in a Buruli Ulcer Endemic Region of Ghana

Anthony S Ablordey, Koen Vandelannoote, Isaac A Frimpong, Evans K Ahortor, Nana Ama Amissah, Miriam Eddyani, Lies Durnez, Francoise Portaels, Bouke C de Jong, Herwig Leirs, Jessica L Porter, Kirstie M Mangas, Margaret MC Lam, Andrew Buultjens, Torsten Seemann, Nicholas J Tobias, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2015  |  PLoS Negl Trop Dis

Prospective whole genome sequencing enhances national surveillance of Listeria monocytogenes

Jason C Kwong, Karolina Mercoulia, Takehiro Tomita, Marion Easton, Hua Y Li, Dieter M Bulach, Timothy P Stinear, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2015  |  Journal of clinical microbiology

Community-driven development for computational biology at Sprints, Hackathons and Codefests

Steffen Moeller, Enis Afgan, Michael Banck, Raoul JP Bonnal, Timothy Booth, John Chilton, Peter JA Cock, Markus Gumbel, Nomi Harris, Richard Holland, Matus Kalas, Laszlo Kajan, Eri Kibukawa, David R Powel, Pjotr Prins, Jacqueline Quinn, Olivier Sallou, Francesco Strozzi, Torsten Seemann, Clare Sloggett, et al.

Journal article  |  2014  |  BMC bioinformatics

Isolation of Salmonella enterica Serovar Kentucky Strain ST 198 and Its H2S-Negative Variant from a Patient: Implications for Diagnosis

M John Albert, Khaled Al Obaid, Wadha Alfouzan, Abdul Rashid Sheikh, Edet Udo, Hidemasa Izumiya, Dieter M Bulach, Torsten Seemann

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of clinical microbiology

Genomic Evidence for a Globally Distributed, Bimodal Population in the Ovine Footrot Pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus

Ruth M Kennan, Marianne Gilhuus, Sara Frosth, Torsten Seemann, Om P Dhungyel, Richard J Whittington, John D Boyce, David R Powell, Anna Aspan, Hannah J Jorgensen, Dieter M Bulach, Julian I Rood

Journal article  |  2014  |  mBio

A glimpse into the past and predictions for the future: the molecular evolution of the tuberculosis agent

Eva C Boritsch, Philip Supply, Nadine Honore, Torsten Seeman, Timothy P Stinear, Roland Brosch

Journal article  |  2014  |  Molecular Microbiology

In silico prediction of Gallibacterium anatis pan-immunogens

Ragnhild J Bager, Egle Kudirkiene, Isabelle da Piedade, Torsten Seemann, Tine K Nielsen, Susanne E Pors, Andreas H Mattsson, John D Boyce, Ben Adler, Anders M Bojesen

Journal article  |  2014  |  Vet Research

Prokka: rapid prokaryotic genome annotation

Torsten Seemann

Journal article  |  2014  |  Bioinformatics

Emergence of a Ribotype 244 Strain of Clostridium difficile Associated With Severe Disease and Related to the Epidemic Ribotype 027 Strain

Sze K Lim, Rhonda L Stuart, Kate E Mackin, Glen P Carter, Despina Kotsanas, Michelle J Francis, Marion Easton, Karolina Dimovski, Briony Elliott, Thomas V Riley, Geoff Hogg, Eldho Paul, Tony M Korman, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Dena Lyras, Grant A Jenkin

Journal article  |  2014  |  Clinical Infectious Diseases

Hyperexpression of alpha-hemolysin explains enhanced virulence of sequence type 93 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Kyra YL Chua, Ian R Monk, Ya-Hsun Lin, Torsten Seemann, Kellie L Tuck, Jessica L Porter, Justin Stepnell, Geoffrey W Coombs, John K Davies, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2014  |  BMC MICROBIOLOGY

The Use of High-Throughput DNA Sequencing in the Investigation of Antigenic Variation: Application to Neisseria Species

John K Davies, Paul F Harrison, Ya-Hsun Lin, Stephanie Bartley, Chen Ai Khoo, Torsten Seemann, Catherine S Ryan, Charlene M Kahler, Stuart A Hill

Journal article  |  2014  |  PloS one

Genomic evidence for a globally distributed, bimodal population in the ovine foot rot pathogen

RM Kennan, M Gilhuus, S Frosth, T Seemann, OP Dhungyel, RJ Whittington, JD Boyce, DR Powell, A Aspán, HJ Jørgensen, undefined others

Journal article  |  2014  |  Dichelobacter nodosus

Adaptive Change Inferred from Genomic Population Analysis of the ST93 Epidemic Clone of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Timothy P Stinear, Kathryn E Holt, Kyra Chua, Justin Stepnell, Kellie L Tuck, Geoffrey Coombs, Paul Francis Harrison, Torsten Seemann, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2014  |  Genome Biology & Evolution

Hyperexpression of alpha-hemolysin explains enhanced virulence of sequence type 93 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

KYL Chua, IR Monk, YH Lin, T Seemann, KL Tuck, JL Porter, J STEPNELL, GW Coombs, JK Davies, TP Stinear, BP Howden, TP Stinear

Journal article  |  2014  |  BMC Microbiology

Leptospiral LruA Is Required for Virulence and Modulates an Interaction with Mammalian Apolipoprotein AI

Kunkun Zhang, Gerald L Murray, Torsten Seemann, Amporn Srikram, Thanatchaporn Bartpho, Rasana W Sermswan, Ben Adler, David E Hoke

Journal article  |  2013  |  Infection and immunity

Comparative analysis of the complete genome of an epidemic hospital sequence type 203 clone of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

Margaret MC Lam, Torsten Seemann, Nicholas J Tobias, Honglei Chen, Volker Haring, Robert J Moore, Susan Ballard, Lindsay M Grayson, Paul DR Johnson, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2013  |  BMC Genomics

Analysis of the Small RNA Transcriptional Response in Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus after Antimicrobial Exposure

Benjamin P Howden, Marie Beaume, Paul F Harrison, David Hernandez, Jacques Schrenzel, Torsten Seemann, Patrice Francois, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2013  |  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Decreased Vancomycin Susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus Caused by IS256 Tempering of WalKR Expression

Christopher RE McEvoy, Brian Tsuji, Wei Gao, Torsten Seemann, Jessica L Porter, Kenneth Doig, Dung Ngo, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stineara

Journal article  |  2013  |  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Genomic Insights to Control the Emergence of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

Benjamin P Howden, Kathryn E Holt, Margaret MC Lam, Torsten Seemann, Susan Ballard, Geoffrey W Coombs, Steven YC Tong, M Lindsay Grayson, Paul DR Johnson, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2013  |  MBIO

Outbreak Investigation Using High-Throughput Genome Sequencing within a Diagnostic Microbiology Laboratory

Norelle L Sherry, Jessica L Porter, Torsten Seemann, Andrew Watkins, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Bioinformatic prediction of the exportome of Babesia bovis and identification of novel proteins in parasite-infected red blood cells

Sejal Gohil, Lev M Kats, Torsten Seemann, Kate M Fernandez, Ghizal Siddiqui, Brian M Cooke

Journal article  |  2013  |  International journal for parasitology

Attachment and Invasion of Neisseria meningitidis to Host Cells Is Related to Surface Hydrophobicity, Bacterial Cell Size and Capsule

Stephanie N Bartley, Yih-Ling Tzeng, Kathryn Heel, Chiang W Lee, Shakeel Mowlaboccus, Torsten Seemann, Wei Lu, Ya-Hsun Lin, Catherine S Ryan, Christopher Peacock, David S Stephens, John K Davies, Charlene M Kahler

Journal article  |  2013  |  PloS one

Complete Genome Sequence of the Frog Pathogen Mycobacterium ulcerans Ecovar Liflandii

Nicholas J Tobias, Kenneth D Doig, Marnix H Medema, Honglei Chen, Volker Haring, Robert Moore, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Bacteriology

Genomic analysis of smooth tubercle bacilli provides insights into ancestry and pathoadaptation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Philip Supply, Michael Marceau, Sophie Mangenot, David Roche, Carine Rouanet, Varun Khanna, Laleh Majlessi, Alexis Criscuolo, Julien Tap, Alexandre Pawlik, Laurence Fiette, Mickael Orgeur, Michel Fabre, Cecile Parmentier, Wafa Frigui, Roxane Simeone, Eva C Boritsch, Anne-Sophie Debrie, Eve Willery, Danielle Walker, et al.

Journal article  |  2013  |  Nature Genetics

Genome Analysis and Phylogenetic Relatedness of Gallibacterium anatis Strains from Poultry

Timothy J Johnson, Jessica L Danzeisen, Darrell Trampel, Lisa K Nolan, Torsten Seemann, Ragnhild J Bager, Anders M Bojesen

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLoS One

VAGUE: a graphical user interface for the Velvet assembler

David R Powell, Torsten Seemann

Journal article  |  2013  |  Bioinformatics

Evaluation of 238 antigens of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Hardjo for protection against kidney colonisation

Gerald L Murray, Miranda Lo, Dieter M Bulach, Amporn Srikram, Torsten Seemann, Noelene S Quinsey, Rasana W Sermswan, Andy Allen, Ben Adler

Journal article  |  2013  |  Vaccine

Ten recommendations for creating usable bioinformatics command line software

Torsten Seemann

Journal article  |  2013  |  GigaScience

Complete genome sequence of the avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strain APEC O78

Paul Mangiamele, Bryon Nicholson, Yvonne Wannemuehler, Torsten Seemann, Catherine M Logue, Ganwu Li, Kelly A Tivendale, Lisa K Nolan

Journal article  |  2013  |  Genome announcements

Colibacillosis, caused by avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC), is a significant disease, causing extensive animal and financi..

Sprints, Hackathons and Codefests as community gluons in computational biology

Steffen Möller, Enis Afgan, Michael Banck, Peter JA Cock, Matus Kalas, Laszlo Kajan, Pjotr Prins, Jacqueline Quinn, Olivier Sallou, Francesco Strozzi, undefined others

Journal article  |  2013  |  EMBnet. journal

The Lipoprotein LpqW Is Essential for the Mannosylation of Periplasmic Glycolipids in Corynebacteria

Arek K Rainczuk, Yoshiki Yamaryo-Botte, Rajini Brammananth, Timothy P Stinear, Torsten Seemann, Ross L Coppel, Malcolm J McConville, Paul K Crellin

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Biological Chemistry

Transcriptional Profiling of a Yeast Colony Provides New Insight into the Heterogeneity of Multicellular Fungal Communities

Ana Traven, Amrei Jaenicke, Paul Harrison, Angavai Swaminathan, Torsten Seemann, Traude H Beilharz

Journal article  |  2012  |  PLoS One

A Genomic Island in Salmonella enterica ssp salamae Provides New Insights on the Genealogy of the Locus of Enterocyte Effacement

P Scott Chandry, Simon Gladman, Sean C Moore, Torsten Seemann, Keith A Crandall, Narelle Fegan

Journal article  |  2012  |  PloS one

On the origin of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer

Kenneth D Doig, Kathryn E Holt, Janet AM Fyfe, Caroline J Lavender, Miriam Eddyani, Francoise Portaels, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Gerd Pluschke, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2012  |  BMC GENOMICS

Comparative Analysis of the First Complete Enterococcus faecium Genome

Margaret MC Lam, Torsten Seemann, Dieter M Bulach, Simon L Gladman, Honglei Chen, Volker Haring, Robert J Moore, Susan Ballard, M Lindsay Grayson, Paul DR Johnson, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of Bacteriology

Colistin-resistant, lipopolysaccharide-deficient Acinetobacter baumannii responds to lipopolysaccharide loss through increased expression of genes involved in the synthesis and transport of lipoproteins, phospholipids and poly-$$beta$$-1, 6-N

Rebekah Henry, Nuwan Vithanage, Paul Harrison, Torsten Seemann, Scott Coutts, Jennifer H Moffatt, Roger L Nation, Jian Li, Marina Harper, Ben Adler, undefined others

Journal article  |  2012  |  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Genome Sequences and Phylogenetic Analysis of K88-and F18-Positive Porcine Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

Sara M Shepard, Jessica L Danzeisen, Richard E Isaacson, Torsten Seemann, Mark Achtman, Timothy J Johnson

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of bacteriology

MammoSapiens: eResearch of the lactation program.

Kevin R Nicholas, Amit Kumar, Yvan Strahm, David Powell, Torsten Seemann, Kerry A Daly, Amelia Brennan, Karensa Menzies, Julie Sharp, Matthew Digby, undefined others

Conference Proceedings  |  2012  |  Proceedings of eResearch Australasia 2008

Pathogenomics of Pasteurella multocida

JD Boyce, T Seemann, B Adler, M Harper

Book Chapter  |  2012  |  Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Colistin-Resistant, Lipopolysaccharide-Deficient Acinetobacter baumannii Responds to Lipopolysaccharide Loss through Increased Expression of Genes Involved in the Synthesis and Transport of Lipoproteins, Phospholipids, and Poly-beta-1,6-N-Acetylglucosamine

Rebekah Henry, Nuwan Vithanage, Paul Harrison, Torsten Seemann, Scott Coutts, Jennifer H Moffatt, Roger L Nation, Jian Li, Marina Harper, Ben Adler, John D Boyce

Journal article  |  2012  |  Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Population Genomics and Phylogeography of an Australian Dairy Factory Derived Lytic Bacteriophage

Eduardo Castro-Nallar, Honglei Chen, Simon Gladman, Sean C Moore, Torsten Seemann, Ian B Powell, Alan Hillier, Keith A Crandall, P Scott Chandry

Journal article  |  2012  |  Genome biology and evolution

Pathogenomics of Pasteurella multocida

JD Boyce, T Seemann, B Adler, M Harper

Journal article  |  2012  |  Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Pathogenesis of leptospirosis: The influence of genomics

Ben Adler, Miranda Lo, Torsten Seemann, Gerald L Murray

Journal article  |  2011  |  Veterinary microbiology

Evolution of Multidrug Resistance during Staphylococcus aureus Infection Involves Mutation of the Essential Two Component Regulator WalKR

Benjamin P Howden, Christopher RE McEvoy, David L Allen, Kyra Chua, Wei Gao, Paul F Harrison, Jan Bell, Geoffrey Coombs, Vicki Bennett-Wood, Jessica L Porter, Roy Robins-Browne, John K Davies, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2011  |  PLoS Pathogens

The Dominant Australian Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone ST93-IV [2B] Is Highly Virulent and Genetically Distinct

Kyra YL Chua, Torsten Seemann, Paul F Harrison, Shaun Monagle, Tony M Korman, Paul DR Johnson, Geoffrey W Coombs, Brian O Howden, John K Davies, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2011  |  PLoS One

Pseudomonas aeruginosa AES-1 Exhibits Increased Virulence Gene Expression during Chronic Infection of Cystic Fibrosis Lung

Sharna Naughton, Dane Parker, Torsten Seemann, Torsten Thomas, Lynne Turnbull, Barbara Rose, Peter Bye, Stuart Cordwell, Cynthia Whitchurch, Jim Manos

Journal article  |  2011  |  PLoS One

Necrotic Enteritis-Derived Clostridium perfringens Strain with Three Closely Related Independently Conjugative Toxin and Antibiotic Resistance Plasmids

Trudi L Bannam, Xu-Xia Yan, Paul F Harrison, Torsten Seemann, Anthony L Keyburn, Christopher Stubenrauch, Lakmini H Weeramantri, Jackie K Cheung, Bruce A McClane, John D Boyce, Robert J Moore, Julian I Rood

Journal article  |  2011  |  MBio

Exploring the Zoonotic Potential of Mycobacterium avium Subspecies paratuberculosis through Comparative Genomics

James W Wynne, Tim J Bull, Torsten Seemann, Dieter M Bulach, Josef Wagner, Carl D Kirkwood, Wojtek P Michalski

Journal article  |  2011  |  PLoS One

Complete Genome Sequence of Gallibacterium anatis Strain UMN179, Isolated from a Laying Hen with Peritonitis

Timothy J Johnson, Claudia Fernandez-Alarcon, Anders Miki Bojesen, Lisa K Nolan, Darrell W Trampel, Torsten Seemann

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Bacteriology

Treatment of Acute Delayed Visceral Hemorrhage After Pancreatic Surgery From Hepatic Arteries with Covered Stents

Torsten Herzog, Dominique Suelberg, Orlin Belyaev, Waldemar Uhl, Marcus Seemann, Matthias H Seelig

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

TcsL Is an Essential Virulence Factor in Clostridium sordellii ATCC 9714

Glen P Carter, Milena M Awad, Yibai Hao, Tennille Thelen, Ingrid L Bergin, Pauline M Howarth, Torsten Seemann, Julian I Rood, David M Aronoff, Dena Lyras

Journal article  |  2011  |  Infection and immunity

Functionalized, Biocompatible Coating for Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles by Controlled Polymerization of a Thioglycosidic Monomer

Krzysztof Babiuch, Ralf Wyrwa, Kerstin Wagner, Thomas Seemann, Stephanie Hoeppener, C Remzi Becer, Ralf Linke, Michael Gottschaldt, Juergen Weisser, Matthias Schnabelrauch, Ulrich S Schubert

Journal article  |  2011  |  Biomacromolecules

Complete Genome Sequence of Gallibacterium anatis strain UMN179, isolated from laying hen peritonitis

Timothy J Johnson, Claudia Fernandez-Alarcon, Anders Miki Bojesen, Lisa K Nolan, Darrell W Trampel, Torsten Seemann

Journal article  |  2011  |  Journal of bacteriology

Colistin Resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii Is Mediated by Complete Loss of Lipopolysaccharide Production

Jennifer H Moffatt, Marina Harper, Paul Harrison, John DF Hale, Evgeny Vinogradov, Torsten Seemann, Rebekah Henry, Bethany Crane, Frank St Michael, Andrew D Cox, Ben Adler, Roger L Nation, Jian Li, John D Boyce

Journal article  |  2010  |  Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy

Regulation of the 18 kDa heat shock protein in Mycobacterium ulcerans: an alpha-crystallin orthologue that promotes biofilm formation

Sacha J Pidot, Jessica L Porter, Nicholas J Tobias, Jeffrey Anderson, Deanne Catmull, Torsten Seemann, Stephen Kidd, John K Davies, Eric Reynolds, Stuart Dashper, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2010  |  Molecular Microbiology

Resequencing the Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis K10 Genome: Improved Annotation and Revised Genome Sequence

James W Wynne, Torsten Seemann, Dieter Bulach, Scott A Coutts, Adel M Talaat, Wojtek P Michalski

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of bacteriology

Serological Evaluation of Mycobacterium ulcerans Antigens Identified by Comparative Genomics

Sacha J Pidot, Jessica L Porter, Laurent Marsollier, Annick Chauty, Florence Migot-Nabias, Cyril Badaut, Angele Benard, Marie-Therese Ruf, Torsten Seemann, Paul DR Johnson, John K Davies, Grant A Jenkin, Gerd Pluschke, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2010  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus Strain JKD6008, an ST239 Clone of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus with Intermediate-Level Vancomycin Resistance

Benjamin P Howden, Torsten Seemann, Paul F Harrison, Chris R McEvoy, Jo-Ann L Stanton, Christy J Rand, Chris W Mason, Slade O Jensen, Neville Firth, John K Davies, Paul DR Johnson, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Bacteriology

A Sustained Hospital Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Bacteremia due to Emergence of vanB E. faecium Sequence Type 203

Paul DR Johnson, Susan A Ballard, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Timothy P Stinear, Torsten Seemann, Heather L Young, M Lindsay Grayson, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Infectious Diseases

Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus Strain JKD6159, a Unique Australian Clone of ST93-IV Community Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Kyra Chua, Torsten Seemann, Paul F Harrison, John K Davies, Scott J Coutts, Honglei Chen, Volker Haring, Robert Moore, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2010  |  Journal of Bacteriology

A Major Role for Mammals in the Ecology of Mycobacterium ulcerans

Janet AM Fyfe, Caroline J Lavender, Kathrine A Handasyde, Alistair R Legione, Carolyn R O'Brien, Timothy P Stinear, Sacha J Pidot, Torsten Seemann, M Eric Benbow, John R Wallace, Christina McCowan, Paul DR Johnson

Journal article  |  2010  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing of Mycobacterium ulcerans Reveals Focal Transmission of Buruli Ulcer in a Highly Endemic Region of Ghana

Katharina Roeltgen, Weihong Qi, Marie-Therese Ruf, Ernestina Mensah-Quainoo, Sacha J Pidot, Torsten Seemann, Timothy P Stinear, Michael Kaeser, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Gerd Pluschke

Journal article  |  2010  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Two Novel Point Mutations in Clinical Staphylococcus aureus Reduce Linezolid Susceptibility and Switch on the Stringent Response to Promote Persistent Infection

Wei Gao, Kyra Chua, John K Davies, Hayley J Newton, Torsten Seemann, Paul F Harrison, Natasha E Holmes, Hyun-Woo Rhee, Jong-In Hong, Elizabeth L Hartland, Timothy P Stinear, Benjamin P Howden

Journal article  |  2010  |  PLoS Pathogens

Fis Is Essential for Capsule Production in Pasteurella multocida and Regulates Expression of Other Important Virulence Factors

Jason A Steen, Jennifer A Steen, Paul Harrison, Torsten Seemann, Ian Wilkie, Marina Harper, Ben Adler, John D Boyce

Journal article  |  2010  |  PLoS Pathog

Mycolactone Gene Expression Is Controlled by Strong SigA-Like Promoters with Utility in Studies of Mycobacterium ulcerans and Buruli Ulcer

Nicholas J Tobias, Torsten Seemann, Sacha J Pidot, Jessica L Porter, Laurent Marsollier, Estelle Marion, Franck Letournel, Tasnim Zakir, Joseph Azuolas, John R Wallace, Hui Hong, John K Davies, Benjamin P Howden, Paul DR Johnson, Grant A Jenkin, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2009  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli Strains Negative for Locus of Enterocyte Effacement

Hayley J Newton, Joan Sloan, Dieter M Bulach, Torsten Seemann, Cody C Allison, Marija Tauschek, Roy M Robins-Browne, James C Paton, Thomas S Whittam, Adrienne W Paton, Elizabeth L Hartland

Journal article  |  2009  |  Emerging Infectious Diseases

From high-throughput sequencing read alignments to confident, biologically relevant conclusions with Nesoni

Paul Harrison, Torsten Seemann

Journal article  |  2009

Deciphering the genetic basis for polyketide variation among mycobacteria producing mycolactones

Sacha J Pidot, Hui Hong, Torsten Seemann, Jessica L Porter, Marcus J Yip, Artem Men, Matthew Johnson, Peter Wilson, John K Davies, Peter F Leadlay, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article  |  2008  |  BMC GENOMICS

Insights from the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium marinum on the evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (vol 18, pg 729, 2008)

Timothy P Stinear, Torsten Seemann, Paul F Harrison, Grant A Jenkin, John K Davies, Paul DR Johnson, Zahra Abdellah, Claire Arrowsmith, Tracey Chillingworth, Carol Churcher, Kay Clarke, Ann Cronin, Paul Davis, Ian Goodhead, Nancy Holroyd, Kay Jagels, Angela Lord, Sharon Moule, Karen Mungall, Halina Norbertczak, et al.

Journal article  |  2008  |  Genome Research

Insights from the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium marinum on the evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Timothy P Stinear, Torsten Seemann, Paul F Harrison, Grant A Jenkin, John K Davies, Paul DR Johnson, Zahra Abdellah, Claire Arrowsmith, Tracey Chillingworth, Carol Churcher, Kay Clarke, Ann Cronin, Paul Davis, Ian Goodhead, Nancy Holroyd, Kay Jagels, Angela Lord, Sharon Moule, Karen Mungall, Halina Norbertczak, et al.

Journal article  |  2008  |  Genome research

Genome Sequence of the Saprophyte Leptospira biflexa Provides Insights into the Evolution of Leptospira and the Pathogenesis of Leptospirosis

Mathieu Picardeau, Dieter M Bulach, Christiane Bouchier, Richard L Zuerner, Nora Zidane, Peter J Wilson, Sophie Creno, Elizabeth S Kuczek, Simona Bommezzadri, John C Davis, Annette McGrath, Matthew J Johnson, Caroline Boursaux-Eude, Torsten Seemann, Zoe Rouy, Ross L Coppel, Julian I Rood, Aurelie Lajus, John K Davies, Claudine Medigue, et al.

Journal article  |  2008  |  PLoS One

Genome sequence and identification of candidate vaccine antigens from the animal pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus

Garry SA Myers, Dane Parker, Keith Al-Hasani, Ruth M Kennan, Torsten Seemann, Qinghu Ren, Jonathan H Badger, Jeremy D Selengut, Robert T DeBoy, Herve Tettelin, John D Boyce, Victoria P McCarl, Xiaoyan Han, William C Nelson, Ramana Madupu, Yasmin Mohamoud, Tara Holley, Nadia Fedorova, Hoda Khouri, Steven P Bottomley, et al.

Journal article  |  2007  |  Nature biotechnology

Reductive evolution and niche adaptation inferred from the genome of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer

Timothy P Stinear, Torsten Seemann, Sacha Pidot, Wafa Frigui, Gilles Reysset, Thierry Garnier, Guillaume Meurice, David Simon, Christiane Bouchier, Laurence Ma, Magali Tichit, Jessica L Porter, Janine Ryan, Paul DR Johnson, John K Davies, Grant A Jenkin, Pamela LC Small, Louis M Jones, Fredj Tekaia, Francoise Laval, et al.

Journal article  |  2007  |  GENOME RESEARCH

Victorian Bioinformatics Consortium: Providing Essential Support for Victorian Science

Torsten Seemann

Journal article  |  2006  |  Asia-Pacific Biotech News

This article provides essential support for victorian Science.

The organization of leptospira at a genomic level

DM Bulach, T Seemann, RL Zuerner, B Adler

Book Chapter  |  2006

Genome reduction in Leptospira borgpetersenii reflects limited transmission potential

Dieter M Bulach, Richard L Zuerner, Peter Wilson, Torsten Seemann, Annette McGrath, Paul A Cullen, John Davis, Matthew Johnson, Elizabeth Kuczek, David P Alt, Brooke Peterson-Burch, Ross L Coppel, Julian I Rood, John K Davies, Ben Adler

Journal article  |  2006  |  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Comparative analysis of pathogenic leptospira genomes

Richard L Zuerner, Dieter M Bulach, Torsten Seemann, Ross L Coppel, Ben Adler

Book  |  2006

The Genome of Leptospira Borgpetersenii

DM Bulach, T Seemann, A Mcgrath, E Kuczek, RL Coppel, JK Davies, JI Rood, DP Alt, RL Zuerner, B Adler

Conference Proceedings  |  2005  |  International Leptospirosis Society Meeting Abstracts and Proceedings

Digital image processing using local segmentation

Torsten Seemann

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2002

Structure preserving noise filtering of images using explicit local segmentation

T Seemann, P Tischer

Conference Proceedings  |  1998  |  Pattern Recognition, 1998. Proceedings. Fourteenth International Conference on

MML based noise cleaning of images

T Seemann, P Tischer

Conference Proceedings  |  1997  |  ITG FACHBERICHT

MML Based Noise Cleaning of Images

T Seemann, P Tischer

Conference Proceedings  |  1997  |  ITG-Fachbericht

History-Based Blending of Image Sub-Predictors

T Seemann, P Tischer, B Meyer

Conference Proceedings  |  1997  |  ITG-Fachbericht

Generalised locally adaptive DPCM

T Seemann, P Tischer

Conference Proceedings  |  1997  |  Proceedings of the Conference on Data Compression, USA

History-based blending of image sub-predictors

Torsten Seemann, Peter Tischer, Bernd Meyer

Conference Proceedings  |  1997  |  ITG FACHBERICHT

Shiga Toxin–producingEscherichia coliStrains Negative for Locus of Enterocyte Effacement

Hayley J Newton, Joan Sloan, Dieter M Bulach, Torsten Seemann, Cody C Allison, Marija Tauschek, Roy M Robins-Browne, James C Paton, Thomas S Whittam, Adrienne W Paton, Elizabeth L Hartland

Journal article  |  Emerging Infectious Diseases

Tracking the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia using genomics

Torsten Seemann, Courtney Lane, Norelle Sherry, Sebastian Duchene, Anders Goncalves da Silva, Leon Caly, Michelle Sait, Susan A Ballard, Kristy Horan, Mark B Schultz, Tuyet Hoang, Marion Easton, Sally Dougall, Tim Stinear, Julian Druce, mike Catton, Brett Sutton, Annaliese van Diemen, Charles Alpren, Deborah Williamson, et al.

Journal article

BACKGROUND: Whole-genome sequencing of pathogens can improve resolution of outbreak clusters and define possible transmission net..

Complete microbial genomes for public health in Australia and Southwest Pacific

Sarah L Baines, Anders Gonçalves da Silva, Glen Carter, Amy V Jennison, Irani Rathnayake, Rikki M Graham, Vitali Sintchenko, Qinning Wang, Rebecca J Rockett, Verlaine J Timms, Elena Martinez, Susan Ballard, Takehiro Tomita, Nicole Isles, Kristy A Horan, William Pitchers, Timothy P Stinear, Deborah A Williamson, Benjamin P Howden, Torsten Seemann

Journal article

AbstractComplete genomes of microbial pathogens are essential for the phylogenomic analyses that increasingly underpin core public..

Isolation of an antimicrobial compound produced by bacteria associated with reef-building corals

Jean-Baptiste Raina, Dianne Tapiolas, Cherie A Motti, Sylvain Foret, Torsten Seemann, Jan Tebben, Bette L Willis, David G Bourne

Journal article

Bacterial communities associated with healthy corals produce antimicrobial compounds that inhibit the colonization and growth of i..

Evolutionary origins of the emergent ST796 clone of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium

Andrew H Buultjens, Margaret MC Lam, Susan Ballard, Ian R Monk, Andrew A Mahony, Elizabeth A Grabsch, M Lindsay Grayson, Stanley Pang, Geoffrey W Coombs, J Owen Robinson, Torsten Seemann, Paul DR Johnson, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear

Journal article

From early 2012, a novel clone of vancomycin resistant Enterococcus faecium (assigned the multi locus sequence type ST796) was sim..