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Publications*

 

*Selected refereed papers

 

  1. Diamandas, A., Razon, M.R., Ramirez-Arcos, S. and Brassinga, A.K.C. (2021) The virulence of S. marcescens strains isolated from contaminated blood products is divergent in the C. elegans infection model. Frontiers in Genetics 12:667062.

  2. Ghergab, A., Mohanan, N., Saliga, G., Brassinga, A.K.C., Levin, D. and de Kievit, T. (2021) The effect of polyhydroxyalkanoates in Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 biofim formation, stress endurance, and interaction with the protozoan predator Acanthamoeba castellanii. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 67:476-490.

  3. Graham, C.I., Patel, P.G., Tanner, J.R., Hellinga, J., MacMartin, T.L., Hausner, G. and Brassinga, A.K.C. (2021) Autorepressor PsrA is required for optimal Legionella pneumophila growth in Acanthamoeba castellanii protozoa. Molecular Microbiology 116(2):624-647.

  4. Almblad, H., Randall, T.E., Liu, F., Leblanc, K., Groves, R.A., Kittichotirat, W., Winsor, G.L., Fournier, N., Au, E., Groizeleau, J., Rich, J.D., Lou, Y., Granton, E., Jennings, L.K., Singletary, L.A., Winstone, T.M.L., Good, N.M., Bumgarner, R.E., Hynes, M.F., Singh, M., Stietz, M.S., Brinkman, F.S.L., Kumar, A, Brassinga, A.K.C., Parsek, M.R., Tseng, B.S., Lewis, I.A., Yipp, B.G., MacCallum, J.L. and Harrison, J.J. (2021) Bacterial cyclic diguanylate signaling networks sense temperature. Nature Communications 12(1):1986.

  5. Head, B.M., Graham, C.I., MacMartin, T., Keynan, Y. and Brassinga, A.K.C. (2021) Development of a Fluorescent Tool for Studying Legionella bozemanae Intracellular Infection. Microorganisms 9(2):379.

  6. MacMartin, T.L., Graham, C.I., Farenhorst, A. and Brassinga, A.K.C. (2021) Complete genome sequences of two environmental Legionella isolates obtained from potable water sourced in a First Nation Community. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10(4):e01237-20.

  7. Ghergab, A., Selin, C., Tanner, J., Brassinga, A.K.C. and de Kievit, T.R. (2021) Pseudomonas chlororaphis PA23 metabolites protect against protozoan grazing by the predator Acanthamoeba castellanii. Peer Journal 9:e10756. 

  8. Diamandas, A., Razon, R.M., Sykes, E., Kumar, A., Ramirez-Arcos, S. and Brassinga, A.K.C. (2020) Complete genome sequences of two distinct strains of Serratia marcescens isolated from contaminated platelet concentrates from Canadian Donors. Microbiology Resource Announcements 9(41):e0082920.

  9. Malaka De Silva, P., Patidar, R., Graham, C., Brassinga, A.K. and Kumar, A. (2020) A response regulator protein AvnR in Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978 impacts its virulence and amino acid metabolism. Microbiology 166(6):554-566.

  10. Brassinga, A.K.C. and Sifri, C.D. (2019) The Caenorhabditis elegans model of Legionella infection. Methods in Molecular Biology 1921:371-397.

  11. Tanner, J., Li, L., Faucher, S. and Brassinga, A.K.C. (2016) The CpxRA two-component system contributes to Legionella pneumophila virulence. Molecular Microbiology 100:1017-1038.

  12. Nandi, M., Berry, C., Brassinga, A.K., Belmonte, M.F., Fernando, W.G., Loewen, P.C. and de Kievit, T.R. (2016) Pseudomonas brassicacearum strain DF41 kills Caenorhabditis elegans through biofilm-dependent and biofilm-independent mechanisms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 82:6889-6898.

  13. Tanner, J.R., Patel, P.G., Hellinga, J.R., Donald, L.J., Jimenez, C., LeBlanc, J.J. and Brassinga, A.K. (2016) Legionella pneumophila OxyR is a redundant transcriptional regulator that contributes to expression control of the two-component CpxRA system. Journal of Bacteriology 199(5):e00690-16.

  14. Hellinga, J.R., Garduño, R.A., Kormish, J.D., Tanner, J.R., Khan, D., Buchko, K., Jimenez, C., Pinette, M.M. and Brassinga, A.K. (2015) Identification of vacuoles containing extraintestinal differentiated forms of Legionella pneumophila in colonized Caenorhabditis elegans soil nematodes. Microbiology Open 4:660-81.

  15. Nandi, M., Selin, C., Brassinga, A.K.C., Belmonte, M.F., Fernando, D., Loewen, P.C. and de Kievit, T. (2015) Pyrrolnitrin and hydrogen cyanide production by Pseudomonas chloroaphis strain PA23 exhibits potent nematicidal and repellent activity against Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS One 10:e9123184.

  16. Moya-Torres, A., Mulvey, M.R., Kumar, A., Oresnik, I.J. and Brassinga, A.K. (2014) The lack of OmpF, but not OmpC, contributes to increased antibiotic resistance in Serratia marcescens. Microbiology 160:1882-92.

  17. Hodgson, S.D., Greco-Stewart, V., Jimenez, C., Sifri, C. D., Brassinga, A. K. and Ramirez-Arcos, S.M. (2014) Enhanced pathogenicity of biofilm-negative Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from platelet preparations. Transfusion 54:461-70.

  18. Pitre, C. A., Tanner, J. R., Patel, P. and Brassinga, A. K. (2013) Regulatory control of temporally expressed integration host factor in Legionella pneumophila. Microbiology 159:475-92.

  19. Brassinga, A. K. and Sifri, C. D. (2013) The Caenorhabditis elegans model of Legionella infection. Methods in Molecular Biology 954:439-61.

  20. Brassinga, A. K. C., Kinchen, J. M., Cupp, M. E., Day, S. R., Hoffman, P. S. and Sifri, C. D. Caenorhabditis is a metazoan host for Legionella. (2010) Cellular Microbiology 12(3):343-61.

  21. Morash, M. G., Brassinga, A. K. C, Warthan, M., Gourabathini, P., Garduño, R. A., Goodman, S. D. and Hoffman, P. S. 2009. Reciprocal expression of integration host factor and HU in the developmental cycle and infectivity of Legionella pneumophila. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 75:1826-37.

  22. LeBlanc, J. J., Brassinga, A. K. C., Ewann, F., Davidson, R. J. and Hoffman, P. S. 2008. An ortholog of OxyR in Legionella pneumophila is expressed postexponentially and negatively regulates the alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (ahpC2D) operon. Journal of Bacteriology 190:3444-55.

 

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