Bart J. Currie

This paper introduces and validates population sequencing methods to analyze phylogenetic diversity in bacterial populations without haplotype reconstruction, demonstrating applications in tracking transmission and understanding pathogen dynamics.

The paper shows extensive genomic overlap between Streptococcus pyogenes and Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis, including shared genes and recombination events, with implications for vaccine development.

The paper uses genomic databanks and targeted assays to trace mosquito incursions and shows genomic tracing remains effective despite genetic divergence.

This study develops ARDaP, a tool for comprehensive antimicrobial resistance detection in Burkholderia pseudomallei, outperforming existing tools by identifying SNPs, indels, CNVs, and gene loss determinants, including previously undescribed ones.

This study uses whole-genome sequencing and geographical mapping to show that lipopolysaccharide (LPS) types in Burkholderia pseudomallei correlate with specific regions in the Northern Territory, Australia, and can serve as geographical markers.