Recent publications by Researchers affiliated with the Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health
Orientia and Rickettsia: different flowers from the same garden.
Gillespie JJ. and Salje J., (2023), Curr Opin Microbiol, 74
The obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi differentiates into a developmentally distinct extracellular state.
Atwal S. et al, (2022), Nature communications, 13
Discovery of a Diverse Set of Bacteria That Build Their Cell Walls without the Canonical Peptidoglycan Polymerase aPBP.
Atwal S. et al, (2021), mBio, 12
Cells within cells: Rickettsiales and the obligate intracellular bacterial lifestyle.
Salje J., (2021), Nature reviews. Microbiology, 19, 375 - 390
Rickettsial infections: A blind spot in our view of neglected tropical diseases
Salje J. et al, (2021), PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 15, e0009353 - e0009353
Dual RNA-seq of Orientia tsutsugamushi informs on host-pathogen interactions for this neglected intracellular human pathogen.
Mika-Gospodorz B. et al, (2020), Nature communications, 11
Clickable methionine as a universal probe for labelling intracellular bacteria.
Atwal S. et al, (2020), Journal of microbiological methods, 169
Biosafety and biosecurity requirements for Orientia spp. diagnosis and research: recommendations for risk-based biocontainment, work practices and the case for reclassification to risk group 2
Blacksell SD. et al, (2019), BMC Infectious Diseases, 19
Shigella MreB promotes polar IcsA positioning for actin tail formation.
Krokowski S. et al, (2019), Journal of cell science, 132
Enterococcus faecium secreted antigen A generates muropeptides to enhance host immunity and limit bacterial pathogenesis.
Kim B. et al, (2019), eLife, 8
Long-read whole genome sequencing and comparative analysis of six strains of the human pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi
Batty EM. et al, (2018), PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 12, e0006566 - e0006566
Peptidoglycan in obligate intracellular bacteria
Otten C. et al, (2018), Molecular Microbiology, 107, 142 - 163
Orientia tsutsugamushi: A neglected but fascinating obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen
Salje J., (2017), PLOS Pathogens, 13, e1006657 - e1006657
Evidence for a peptidoglycan-like structure inOrientia tsutsugamushi
Atwal S. et al, (2017), Molecular Microbiology, 105, 440 - 452
Live imaging of the genetically intractable obligate intracellular bacteria Orientia tsutsugamushi using a panel of fluorescent dyes
Atwal S. et al, (2016), Journal of Microbiological Methods, 130, 169 - 176
Competition between Burkholderia pseudomallei and B. thailandensis
Ngamdee W. et al, (2015), BMC Microbiology, 15