Publications
2012
- Boyce JD, Seemann T, Adler B, Harper M. Pathogenomics of Pasteurella multocida. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2012 Mar 9. [Epub ahead of print] [online]
- Lam MMC, Seemann T, Bulach DM, Gladman SL, Chen H, Haring V, Moore RJ, Ballard S, Grayson ML, Johnson PDR, Howden BP, Stinear TP. Comparative Analysis of the First Complete Enterococcus faecium Genome J. Bacteriol. Feb 2012 [Epub]. [online]
- Castro-Nallar E, Chen H, Gladman S, Moore SC, Seemann T, Powell IB, Hillier A, Crandall KA, Chandry PS. Population Genomics and Phylogeography of an Australian Dairy Factory Derived Lytic Bacteriophage Genome Biol Evol. 2012 Feb 21 [Epub]. [online]
- Shepard S, Danzeisen J, Isaacson R, Seemann T, Achtman M, Johnson T. Genome Sequences and Phylogenetic Analysis of K88- and F18-Positive Porcine Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli J. Bacteriol. 2012 Jan;194(2):395-405. [online]
- Henry R, Vithanage N, Harrison PF, Seemann T, Coutts S, Moffatt JH, Nation RL, Li J, Harper M, Adler B. 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 Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2012 Jan;56(1):59-69. [online]
2011
- Howden BP, McEvoy CRE, Allen DL, Harrison PF, Jensen SO, Firth N, Bell J, Coombs G, Bennett-Wood V, Robins-Browne R, Davies JK, Seemann T, Stinear TP. Evolution of multidrug resistance during Staphylococcus aureus infection involves the essential cell wall biosynthesis regulator WalKR PLoS Pathog. 2011 Nov;7(11):e1002359. [online]
- Chua KYL, Seemann T, Harrison PF, Monagle S, Korman TM, Johnson PDR, Coombs GW, Howden BO, Davies JK, Howden BP, Stinear TP. The Dominant Australian Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clone ST93-IV [2B] is Highly Virulent and Genetically Distinct PLoS ONE 2011;6(10):e25887. [online]
- Bannam T, Yan X, Harrison PF, Seemann T, Keyburn A, Stubenrauch C, Weeramantri L, Cheung J, McClane B, Boyce JD, Moore R, Rood JI. Necrotic enteritis-derived Clostridium perfringens with three closely related independently conjugative toxin and antibiotic resistance plasmids mBio 2011 Sep 27;2(5):e00190-11. [online]
- Naughton S, Parker D, Seemann T, Thomas T, Turnbull L, Rose B, Bye P, Cordwell S, Whitchurch C, Manos J. Pseudomonas aeruginosa AES-1 exhibits increased virulence gene expression during chronic infection of cystic fibrosis lung PLoS ONE 2011 Sep;6(9):e24526 [online]
- Wynne JW, Bull TJ, Seemann T, Bulach DM, Wagner J, Kirkwood CD, Michalski WP. Exploring the zoonotic potential of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis through comparative genomics. PLoS ONE 2011:6(7):e22171. [online]
- Johnson TJ, Fernandez-Alarcon C, Bojesen AM, Nolan LK, Trampel DW, Seemann T. Complete Genome Sequence of Gallibacterium anatis strain UMN179, isolated from laying hen peritonitis. J Bacteriol. 2011 Jul;193(14):3676-7 [online]
- Adler B, Lo M, Seemann T, Murray GL. Pathogenesis of leptospirosis: The influence of genomics. Vet Microbiol. 2011 Mar 5. [online]
- Carter GP, Awad MM, Hao Y, Thelen T, Bergin IL, Howarth PM, Seemann T, Rood JI, Aronoff DM, Lyras D. TcsL is an essential virulence factor in Clostridium sordellii ATCC9714. Infect Immun. 2011 Jan 3. [online]
2010
- Charles Ma, Paul Harrison, Lina Wang, Ross Coppel. Automated estimation of parasitaemia of Plasmodium yoelii-infected mice by digital image analysis of Giemsa-stained thin blood smears Malaria Journal 2010 Dec 1; 9:348. [online]
- Pidot S, Porter J, Tobias N, Catmull D, Seemann T, Kidd S, Davies J, Dashper S, Stinear T. Regulation of the 18 kDa heat shock protein in Mycobacterium ulcerans: an alpha-crystallin ortholog that promotes biofilm formation Molecular Microbiology 2010 Dec;78(5):1216-31. [online]
- Pidot SJ, Porter JL, Marsollier L, Chauty A, Migot-Nabias F, Badaut C, Benard A, Ruf MT, Seemann T, Johnson PD, Davies JK, Jenkin GA, Pluschke G, Stinear TP. Serological Evaluation of Mycobacterium ulcerans Antigens Identified by Comparative Genomics. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010 Nov 2;4(11):e872. [online]
- Wynne JW, Seemann T, Bulach D, Coutts SA, Talaat AM, Michalski WP. Re-sequencing the Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis K10 genome: improved annotation and revised genome sequence. J Bacteriol. 2010 Dec;192(23):6319-20. [online]
- Moffatt JH, Harper M, Harrison P, Hale JD, Vinogradov E, Seemann T, Henry R, Crane B, St Michael F, Cox AD, Adler B, Nation RL, Li J, Boyce JD. Colistin resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii is mediated by complete loss of lipopolysaccharide. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2010 Dec;54(12):4971-7. [online]
- Johnson PD, Ballard SA, Grabsch EA, Stinear TP, Seemann T, Young HL, Grayson ML, Howden BP. A Sustained Hospital Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Bacteremia due to Emergence of vanB E. faecium Sequence Type 203. J Infect Dis. 2010;202(8):1278-86. [online]
- Howden BP, Seemann T, Harrison PF, McEvoy CR, Stanton JA, Rand CJ, Mason CW, Jensen SO, Firth N, Davies JK, Johnson PD, Stinear TP. Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus strain JKD6008, a ST239 clone of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus with intermediate level vancomycin resistance. J Bacteriol. 2010 Nov;192(21):5848-9. [online]
- Chua K, Seemann T, Harrison PF, Davies JK, Coutts SJ, Chen H, Haring V, Moore R, Howden BP, Stinear TP. Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus aureus strain JKD6159, a Unique Australian clone of ST93-IV Community Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol. 2010 Oct;192(20):5556-7. [online]
- Fyfe JAM, Lavender CJ, Handasyde KA, Legione AR, O'Brien CR, Stinear TP, Pidot SJ, Seemann T, Benbow EM, Wallace JR, McCowan C, Johnson PDR. A Major Role for Mammals in the Ecology of Mycobacterium ulcerans. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010 4(8):e791. [online]
- Robinson N, Piedrafita D, Snibson K, Harrison P, Meeusen EN. Immune cell kinetics in the ovine abomasal mucosa following hyperimmunization and challenge with Haemonchus contortus. Vet Res. 2010 Jul-Aug;41(4):37. [online]
- Röltgen K, Qi W, Ruf MT, Mensah-Quainoo E, Pidot SJ, Seemann T, Stinear TP, Käser M, Yeboah-Manu D, Pluschke G. Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Typing of Mycobacterium ulcerans Reveals Focal Transmission of Buruli Ulcer in a Highly Endemic Region of Ghana PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2010 Jul 20;4(7):e751. [online]
- Gao W, Chua K, Davies JK, Newton HJ, Seemann T, Harrison PF, Holmes NE, Rhee HW, Hong JI, Hartland EL, Stinear TP, Howden BP. Two Novel Point Mutations in Clinical Staphylococcus aureus Reduce Linezolid Susceptibility and Switch on the Stringent Response to Promote Persistent Infection PLoS Pathog. 2010 Jun 10;6(6):e1000944 [online]
- Steen JA, Steen JA, Harrison P, Seemann T, Wilkie I, Harper M, Adler B, Boyce JD. Fis is essential for capsule production in Pasteurella multocida and regulates expression of other important virulence factors PLoS Pathog. 2010 Feb 5;6(2):e1000750 [online]
2009
- Tobias NJ, Seemann T, Pidot SJ, Porter JL, Marsollier L, Marion E, Letournel F, Zakir T, Azuolas J, Wallace JR, Hong H, Davies JK, Howden BP, Johnson PD, Jenkin GA, Stinear TP. Mycolactone Gene Expression Is Controlled by Strong SigA-Like Promoters with Utility in Studies of Mycobacterium ulcerans and Buruli Ulcer PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2009 3(11):e553. [online]
- K. Chua, G. Coombs, T. Seemann, J.K. Davies, R. Moore, V. Haring, T.P. Stinear, B.P. Howden Whole Genome Sequence of ST93-MRSA-IV, a Unique Australian Clone of Community-Associated, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus 49th ICAAC, Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy San Francisco, California 12-15 Sep 2009. [online]
- Newton HJ, Sloan J, Bulach DM, Seemann T, Allison CC, Tauschek M, Robins-Browne RM, Paton JC, Whittam TS, Paton AW, Hartland EL. Shiga Toxin producing Escherichia coli Strains Negative for Locus of Enterocyte Effacement Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Mar;15(3):372-80. [online]
2008
- Pidot SJ, Hong H, Seemann T, Porter JL, Yip MJ, Men A, Johnson M, Wilson P, Davies JK, Leadlay PF, Stinear TP. Deciphering the Genetic Basis for Polyketide Variation Among Mycobacteria Producing Mycolactones BMC Genomics 2008 Oct 7;9:462 [online]
- Kevin R Nicholas, Amit Kumar, Yvan Strahm, David Powell, Torsten Seemann, Kerry A. Daly, Amelia Brennan, Karensa Menzies, Julie Sharp, Matthew Digby and Christophe Lefevre. MammoSapiens: eResearch of the lactation program.Building online facilities for collaborative molecular and evolutionary analysis of lactation and other biological systems from gene sequences and gene expression data. eResearch Australasia 2008 29 Sep - 1 Oct, Melbourne, Australia. [online]
- Stinear TP, Seemann T, Harrison PF, Jenkin GA, Davies JK, Johnson PD, Abdellah Z, Arrowsmith C, Chillingworth T, Churcher C, Clarke K, Cronin A, Davis P, Goodhead I, Holroyd N, Jagels K, Lord A, Moule S, Mungall K, Norbertczak H, Quail MA, Rabbinowitsch E, Walker D, White B, Whitehead S, Small PL, Brosch R, Ramakrishnan L, Fischbach MA, Parkhill J, Cole ST. Insights from the complete genome sequence of Mycobacterium marinum on the evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Genome Res. 2008 May;18(5):729-41. [online]
- Picardeau M, Bulach DM, Bouchier C, Zuerner RL, Zidane N, Wilson PJ, Creno S, Kuczek ES, Bommezzadri S, Davis JC, McGrath A, Johnson MJ, Boursaux-Eude C, Seemann T, Rouy Z, Coppel RL, Rood JI, Lajus A, Davies JK, Medigue C, Adler B. Genome Sequence of the Saprophyte Leptospira biflexa Provides Insights into the Evolution of Leptospira and the Pathogenesis of Leptospirosis. PLoS ONE. 2008 Feb 13;3(2):e1607. [online]
2007
- Myers GS, Parker D, Al-Hasani K, Kennan RM, Seemann T, Ren Q, Badger JH, Selengut JD, Deboy RT, Tettelin H, Boyce JD, McCarl VP, Han X, Nelson WC, Madupu R, Mohamoud Y, Holley T, Fedorova N, Khouri H, Bottomley SP, Whittington RJ, Adler B, Songer JG, Rood JI, Paulsen IT. Genome sequence and identification of candidate vaccine antigens from the animal pathogen Dichelobacter nodosus Nat Biotechnol. 2007 May;25(5):569-75. [online]
- Stinear TP, Seemann T, Pidot S, Frigui W, Reysset G, Garnier T, Meurice G, Simon D, Bouchier C, Ma L, Tichit M, Porter JL, Ryan J, Johnson PD, Davies JK, Jenkin GA, Small PL, Jones LM, Tekaia F, Laval F, Daffé M, Parkhill J, Cole ST. Reductive evolution and niche adaptation inferred from the genome of Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of Buruli ulcer Genome Res. 2007 Feb;17(2):192-200. [online]
- Dix TI, Powell DR, Allison L, Bernal J, Jaeger S, Stern L. Comparative analysis of long DNA sequences by per element information content using different contexts. BMC Bioinformatics. 2007 May 3;8 Suppl 2:S10. [online]
2006
- Torsten Seemann, Victorian Bioinformatics Consortium, Asia Pacific Biotech News, Vol 10, No 24, 30 December 2006 [online]
- Strahm Y, Powell D, Lefevre C. EST-PAC a web package for EST annotation and protein sequence prediction. Source Code Biol Med. 2006 Oct 12;1:2. [online]
- Bulach DM, Zuerner RL, Wilson P, Seemann T, McGrath A, Cullen PA, Davis J, Johnson M, Kuczek E, Alt DP, Peterson-Burch B, Coppel RL, Rood JI, Davies JK, Adler B. Genomic Reduction in Leptospira borgpetersenii reflects Limited Transmission Potential., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2006 Sep 26;103(39):14560-5. [online]
- Zuerner R, Bulach D, Seemann T et al, Chapter Comparative Analysis of Pathogenic Leptospira Genomes Molecular Biology of Spirochetes, Volume 373 NATO Science Series: Life and Behavioural Sciences, Edited by: F.C. Cabello, D. Hulinska and H.P. Godfrey October 2006, IOS Press. The Netherlands. ISBN: 1-58603-665-2 [online]
- Bulach DM, Seemann T, Zuerner RL, Adler B. The organization of Leptospira at a genomic level. In, Bacterial Genomes and Infectious Diseases (Chan VL, Sherman PM, Bourke B, Eds). pp 109-123. Humana Press, Totowa, USA. 2006. ISBN 1-58829-496-X [online]
- Lo M, Bulach DM, Powell DR, Haake DA, Matsunaga J, Paustian ML, Zuerner RL, Adler B. Effects of temperature on gene expression patterns in Leptospira interrogans serovar Lai as assessed by whole-genome microarrays. Infect Immun. 2006 Oct;74(10):5848-59.
- O'Connor JR, Lyras D, Farrow KA, Adams V, Powell DR, Hinds J, Cheung JK, Rood JI. Construction and analysis of chromosomal Clostridium difficile mutants. Mol Microbiol. 2006 Sep;61(5):1335-51. [online]
- Gunesekere IC, Kahler CM, Powell DR, Snyder LA, Saunders NJ, Rood JI, Davies JK. Comparison of the RpoH-dependent regulon and general stress response in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. J Bacteriol. 2006 Jul;188(13):4769-76. [online]
2005
- B Adler, D Bulach, P Cullen, J Davies, J Rood, R Coppel, T Seemann, R Zuerner, D Alt, A McGrath, P Wilson and E Kuczek: What Can We Learn From Comparative Genomics of Leptospira?, (abstract), 4th International Leptospirosis Society Meeting Abstracts and Proceedings, November 2005, pp 130.
- D M Bulach, T Seemann, A McGrath, E Kuczek, R L Coppel, J K Davies, J I Rood, D P Alt, R L Zuerner and B Adler: The Genome of Leptospira Biflexa, (abstract), 4th International Leptospirosis Society Meeting Abstracts and proceedings, November 2005, pp 136. [online]
2004
- Adler B, Bulach D, Cullen P, Davies J, Rood J, Coppel R, Seemann T, Zuerner R, Alt D, McGrath A, Wilson P & Kuczek E What can we learn from comparative genomics of Leptospira?, Aust. Soc. Microbiol. SY 11.1 Sydney, Australia. (2004).
2003
- A McGrath, J Davis, P J Wilson, D Bulach, T Seemann, J Davies, R Coppel, B Adler and E S Kuczek, Assembly and Annotation of the Leptospira Borgpetersenii Serovar Hardjobovis Genome Sequence, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB 2003) , Brisbane,QLD, Australia, 29 June - 3 July 2003, 1pp. [online]
