Sam Manna

Discovery of a Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 33F capsular polysaccharide locus that lacks wcjE and contains a wcyO pseudogene

Sam Manna, Eileen M Dunne, Belinda D Ortika, Casey L Pell, Mike Kama, Fiona M Russell, Tuya Mungun, E Kim Mulholland, Jason Hinds, Catherine Satzke

Journal article  |  2018  |  PLOS ONE

The transcriptomic response of Streptococcus pneumoniae following exposure to cigarette smoke extract

Sam Manna, Alicia Waring, Angelica Papanicolaou, Nathan E Hall, Steven Bozinovski, Eileen M Dunne, Catherine Satzke

Journal article  |  2018  |  Scientific Reports

Discovery of a Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 33F capsular polysaccharide locus that lacks wcjE and contains a wcyO pseudogene

Sam Manna, Eileen Dunne, Belinda Ortika, Casey Pell, Mike Kama, Fiona Russell, Tuya Mungun, Kim Mulholland, Jason Hinds, Catherine Satzke

Journal article  |  2018

Abstract Objectives As part of large on-going vaccine impact studies in Fiji and Mongolia, we identified 25/2750 (0.9%) of nasopha..

A novel genetic variant of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 11A discovered in Fiji

S Manna, BD Ortika, EM Dunne, KE Holt, M Kama, FM Russell, J Hinds, C Satzke

Journal article  |  2018  |  Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Identification of Pif1 helicases with novel accessory domains in various amoebae

Ashley Harman, Sam Manna

Journal article  |  2016  |  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Horizontal gene transfer of a Chlamydial tRNA-guanine transglycosylase gene to eukaryotic microbes

Sam Manna, Ashley Harman

Journal article  |  2016  |  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Innovative biological approaches for monitoring and improving water quality

Sanja Aracic, Sam Manna, Steve Petrovski, Jennifer L Wiltshire, Guelay Mann, Ashley E Franks

Journal article  |  2015  |  Frontiers in Microbiology

An overview of pentatricopeptide repeat proteins and their applications

Sam Manna

Journal article  |  2015  |  Biochimie

A Unique Mitochondrial Transcription Factor B Protein in Dictyostelium discoideum

Sam Manna, Phuong Le, Christian Barth

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLoS ONE

Altering the selection capabilities of common cloning vectors via restriction enzyme mediated gene disruption.

Sam Manna, Ashley Harman, Jessica Accari, Christian Barth

Journal article  |  2013  |  BMC Research Notes

BACKGROUND: The cloning of gene sequences forms the basis for many molecular biological studies. One important step in the cloning..

Identification of Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins in the Model Organism Dictyostelium discoideum

Sam Manna, Jessica Brewster, Christian Barth

Journal article  |  2013  |  International Journal of Genomics

Analysis of mitochondrial gene expression.

Jessica E Accari, Sam Manna, Paul R Fisher, Christian Barth

Journal article  |  2013  |  Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)

Dictyostelium provides a well-established model system for the study of mitochondrial biology and disease. A complete mitochondria..