S. Brisse

The paper develops a bioinformatics pipeline to analyze C. diphtheriae genomes, revealing virulence and resistance heterogeneities and emerging threats.

This paper characterizes 64 cases of Corynebacteria of the diphtheriae complex (Cdc) infections in companion animals, identifying C. ulcerans as a zoonotic risk and highlighting the need for improved detection and management.

This study analyzes C. diphtheriae isolates in New Caledonia, identifying tox-positive strains linked to travel and local transmission, while most isolates are non-toxigenic and antibiotic-susceptible.

This study isolates and compares phages targeting capsule-deficient Klebsiella pneumoniae strains, finding they have broader host ranges and slower resistance emergence than phages targeting capsule-expressing strains.

This study identifies transmission clusters and plasmid exchange among Klebsiella strains in Grey-headed flying foxes, showing gene flow between bat and human-associated isolates.

This paper introduces a framework to determine genomic relatedness thresholds for outbreak strains based on outbreak-specific parameters, improving accuracy in identifying clusters.

The paper creates a unified genomic library of Bordetella strains, revealing new species and phylogenetic insights, and provides resources for studying Bordetella evolution and epidemiology.

The paper identifies high prevalence of Klebsiella pneumoniae in European chicken meat and salad samples using culture and molecular methods, revealing genetic diversity and potential transmission within the food sector.

The paper curates 37 strain-specific genome-scale metabolic models for Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex isolates, revealing strain-specific metabolic differences and gene essentiality.

This study models Klebsiella transmission across human, animal, and environmental sources, finding limited AMR spread outside clinical settings and human-to-human transmission dominance.

The paper introduces a dual barcoding system for bacterial strain classification using Klebsiella pneumoniae genomes, defining sublineages with genetic dissimilarity thresholds and providing a publicly accessible taxonomy platform.

This study develops a cgMLST scheme for C. diphtheriae to track outbreaks and reveals cryptic transmission chains and sublineages.

The paper identifies antibiotic resistance elements shared between humans and animals in Cambodia, highlighting the need to address human-animal interface leaks to combat antimicrobial resistance.

This study investigates antimicrobial resistance in Corynebacterium diphtheriae by analyzing genomic and phenotypic data from 247 strains, identifying resistance mechanisms and plasmids.

The paper develops the ZKIR assay, a real-time PCR method for detecting Klebsiella pneumoniae in environmental samples, showing it is more sensitive than culture-based methods and reveals genetic differences between environmental and clinical isolates.

The paper describes a new Corynebacterium species, C. rouxii, based on genomic and phenotypic analysis of six isolates previously classified as C. diphtheriae biovar Belfanti.

This paper describes two new Klebsiella species, K. spallanzanii and K. pasteurii, based on genomic and biochemical analyses of phylogroups Ko3 and Ko4, with type strains isolated from various sources.

The paper improves a quadruplex real-time PCR assay for diphtheria diagnosis by adding an internal control and validates its performance across multiple labs and platforms.

This study investigates the speciation and hybridization history of Salmonella, identifying eleven phylogroups and revealing complex hybridization events that challenge traditional speciation models.

This study identifies a non-toxigenic C. belfantii strain persistently colonizing four CF patients and transmitted within a CF care center over six years.

The paper describes three new bacterial taxa within the Klebsiella genus based on genomic and biochemical analyses.

This study identifies MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry biomarkers for distinguishing Klebsiella pneumoniae complex phylogroups with high sensitivity and specificity.

The paper analyzes the prevalence and evolution of yersiniabactin-encoding mobile elements in Klebsiella pneumoniae using whole genome sequences, identifying diverse lineages and novel dispersal mechanisms.

This study analyzes 834 Klebsiella pneumoniae genomes to investigate the frequency, distribution, and dynamics of large recombination events, finding that gene composition influences the success of such events.

This study used whole genome sequencing to investigate an outbreak of invasive wound mucormycosis in a burn unit, revealing multiple strains from an environmental reservoir rather than direct patient-to-patient transmission.