Population Genetics of Bacterial Pathogenesis

The Neutral Theory of Molecular Evolution

1983 • 6,141 citations

The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change.

1975 • 1,439 citations

Methods of multilocus enzyme electrophoresis for bacterial population genetics and systematics

1986 • 1,415 citations

Molecular Evolutionary Genetics

1988 • 1,062 citations

Standard reference strains of Escherichia coli from natural populations

1984 • 766 citations

Shiga and Shiga-like toxins

1987 • 695 citations

2 Serotyping of Escherichia coli

1984 • 586 citations

A Broad-Spectrum Probe for Molecular Epidemiology of Bacteria: Ribosomal RNA

1988 • 444 citations

Genetic Diversity and Structure in Escherichia coli Populations

1980 • 422 citations

Genetic characterization of clones of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes causing epidemic disease.

1989 • 356 citations

Intercontinental spread of a genetically distinctive complex of clones of Neisseria meningitidis causing epidemic disease.

1986 • 327 citations

Genetic variability and effective population size when local extinction and recolonization of subpopulations are frequent

1980 • 271 citations

Epidemiology of virulence-associated plasmids and outer membrane protein patterns within seven common Salmonella serotypes

1985 • 261 citations

Genetic structure of Neisseria meningitidis populations in relation to serogroup, serotype, and outer membrane protein pattern

1987 • 260 citations

Genetic relationships of serologically nontypable and serotype b strains of Haemophilus influenzae

1986 • 257 citations

Genetic diversity and relationships in populations of Bordetella spp

1986 • 242 citations

Enzyme Polymorphism and Genetic Population Structure in Escherichia coli and Shigella

1983 • 240 citations

Genetic structure of populations of Legionella pneumophila

1985 • 240 citations

Multilocus genetic structure in natural populations of Escherichia coli.

1983 • 234 citations

Bordetella parapertussis and Bordetella bronchiseptica contain transcriptionally silent pertussis toxin genes

1987 • 234 citations

THE POPULATION GENETICS OF ESCHERICHIA COLI

1984 • 233 citations

Global Genetic Structure and Molecular Epidemiology of Encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae

1990 • 232 citations

Population Genetics and Molecular Evolution

2020 • 215 citations

Toward a population genetic analysis of Salmonella: genetic diversity and relationships among strains of serotypes S. choleraesuis, S. derby, S. dublin, S. enteritidis, S. heidelberg, S. infantis, S. newport, and S. typhimurium.

1988 • 210 citations

Identification of a high-virulence clone of type III Streptococcus agalactiae (group B Streptococcus) causing invasive neonatal disease.

1989 • 200 citations

Population genetics of pathogenic bacteria

1987 • 197 citations

A single clone of Staphylococcus aureus causes the majority of cases of toxic shock syndrome.

1990 • 190 citations

Clonal Population Structure of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup A Isolated from Epidemics and Pandemics Between 1915 and 1983

1987 • 183 citations

Pathogenic neisseriae

1990 • 175 citations

Use of plasmid profiles in epidemiologic surveillance of disease outbreaks and in tracing the transmission of antibiotic resistance

1988 • 164 citations

Genetic Evidence of Clonal Descent of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Associated with Hemorrhagic Colitis and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome

1988 • 161 citations

Clonal Analysis of Descent and Virulence Among Selected Escherichia Coli

1986 • 161 citations

A population genetic framework for the study of invasive diseases caused by serotype b strains of Haemophilus influenzae.

1985 • 157 citations

Genetic diversity in relation to serotype in Escherichia coli

1985 • 150 citations

GENETICS OF BACTERIAL DIVERSITY

1989 • 145 citations

Molecular Epidemiology of Bacterial Infections: Examples of Methodology and of Investigations of Outbreaks

1986 • 145 citations

Reference collection of strains of the Salmonella typhimurium complex from natural populations

1991 • 139 citations

Genetic relationships and clonal structure of strains of Escherichia coli causing neonatal septicemia and meningitis

1986 • 132 citations

Clonal diversity of Neisseria meningitidis from a population of asymptomatic carriers

1988 • 131 citations

Evolution in the Microbial World

1975 • 129 citations

Clonal population structure of encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae

1988 • 128 citations

MENINGOCOCCAL SEROTYPES AND SEROGROUP B DISEASE IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE

1986 • 126 citations

Genetic exchange among natural isolates of bacteria: recombination within the phoA gene of Escherichia coli.

1988 • 124 citations

Cloned, Random Chromosomal Sequences as Probes to Identify Salmonella Species

1986 • 114 citations

Genetic Diversity and Relationships of Two Pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae

1988 • 108 citations

Molecular Epidemiology of the 1984–1986 Outbreak of Diphtheria in Sweden

1988 • 107 citations

Recombination of Salmonella phase 1 flagellin genes generates new serovars

1990 • 107 citations

Induction of bacteremia in newborn rats by Escherichia coli K1 is correlated with only certain O (lipopolysaccharide) antigen types

1983 • 105 citations

Legionella pneumophila serogroup Lansing 3 isolated from a patient with fatal pneumonia, and descriptions of L. pneumophila subsp. pneumophila subsp. nov., L. pneumophila subsp. fraseri subsp. nov., and L. pneumophila subsp. pascullei subsp. nov

1988 • 99 citations

Clonal diversity and host distribution in Bordetella bronchiseptica

1987 • 95 citations

Geographic components of linkage disequilibrium in natural populations of Escherichia coli.

1984 • 93 citations

Genetic relationships among the oral streptococci

1987 • 89 citations

Molecular Analysis of Plasmids in Epidemiologic Investigation

1983 • 89 citations

Paleoepidemiologic investigation of Legionnaires disease at Wadsworth Veterans Administration Hospital by using three typing methods for comparison of legionellae from clinical and environmental sources

1986 • 84 citations

Clustered Third-Base Substitutions Among Wild Strains of Escherichia coli

1983 • 82 citations

Sequence invariance of the antigen-coding central region of the phase 1 flagellar filament gene (fliC) among strains of Salmonella typhimurium

1990 • 81 citations

Virulence Factors of Escherichia coli in Urinary Isolates from Pregnant Women

1987 • 76 citations

Comparative virulence of porcine Haemophilus bacteria.

1985 • 73 citations

THE PERTINENCE OF THE PERIODIC SELECTION PHENOMENON TO PROKARYOTE EVOLUTION

1974 • 68 citations

Genetic relationships among pathogenic Escherichia coli of serogroup O157

1988 • 67 citations

An outbreak of group B meningococcal disease: tracing the causative strain of Neisseria meningitidis by DNA fingerprinting

1986 • 59 citations

Nucleotide sequence homology to pertussis toxin gene in Bordetella bronchiseptica and Bordetella parapertussis

1987 • 51 citations

Genetic relationships and clonal population structure of serotype 2 strains of Neisseria meningitidis

1987 • 49 citations

Clonal diversity in Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae

1987 • 49 citations

Limited genetic diversity of Haemophilus influenzae (type b)

1987 • 40 citations

The evolution of DNA sequences inEscherichia coli

1986 • 38 citations

Phylogenetic analysis using insertion sequence fingerprinting in Escherichia coli.

1989 • 35 citations

Brazilian Purpuric Fever: Evolutionary Genetic Relationships of the Case Clone of Haemophilus influenzae Biogroup Aegyptius to Encapsulated Strains of Haemophilus influenzae

1990 • 35 citations

DNA element of Corynebacterium diphtheriae with properties of an insertion sequence and usefulness for epidemiological studies

1987 • 35 citations

Genetic Diversity and Relationships among Strains of Escherichia coli in the Intestine and Those Causing Urinary Tract Infections

2015 • 34 citations

IS103, a new insertion element in Escherichia coli: characterization and distribution in natural populations.

1989 • 31 citations

Serological and genotypic diversity among serogroup 5- reacting environmental Legionella isolates

1982 • 30 citations

PARAPERTUSSIS: AN ABORTIVE PERTUSSIS INFECTION?

1982 • 28 citations

Genetic Relationships among Neisseria Species Assessed by Comparative Enzyme Electrophoresis

1985 • 24 citations

Conversion of Bordetella pertussis to Bordetella parapertussis

1978 • 23 citations

Biotyping Confirms a Nearly Clonal Population Structure in Escherichia coli

1986 • 10 citations

Changes within the genus Bordetella influenced by phages.

1985 • 6 citations

Failure to convertBordetella parapertussistoBordetella pertussiswith a pertussis phage

1987 • 4 citations