Area of research
Ecology · Biotechnology
Research interest
Research interests include Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions.
Restriction endonuclease cleavage of phage DNA enables resuscitation from Cas13-induced bacterial dormancy
Taxonomy, ecology, and relevance to food safety of the genus <i>Listeria</i> with a particular consideration of new <i>Listeria</i> species described between 2010 and 2022
Comparative genomics unveils extensive genomic variation between populations of <i>Listeria</i> species in natural and food-associated environments
Nationwide genomic atlas of soil-dwelling Listeria reveals effects of selection and population ecology on pangenome evolution
Listeria cossartiae sp. nov., Listeria immobilis sp. nov., Listeria portnoyi sp. nov. and Listeria rustica sp. nov., isolated from agricultural water and natural environments
A phage-encoded anti-CRISPR enables complete evasion of type VI-A CRISPR-Cas immunity
Serotype-specific evolutionary patterns of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella enterica