Genome sequence of a serotype M3 strain of group A Streptococcus: Phage-encoded toxins, the high-virulence phenotype, and clone emergence SB Beres, GL Sylva, KD Barbian, B Lei, JS Hoff, ND Mammarella, MY Liu, ... Proceedings of the national academy of sciences 99 (15), 10078-10083, 2002 | 628 | 2002 |
Genome sequence and comparative microarray analysis of serotype M18 group A Streptococcus strains associated with acute rheumatic fever outbreaks JC Smoot, KD Barbian, JJ Van Gompel, LM Smoot, MS Chaussee, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (7), 4668-4673, 2002 | 414 | 2002 |
Genome Sequence of a Serotype M28 Strain of Group A Streptococcus: Potential New Insights into Puerperal Sepsis and Bacterial Disease Specificity NM Green, S Zhang, SF Porcella, MJ Nagiec, KD Barbian, SB Beres, ... The Journal of infectious diseases 192 (5), 760-770, 2005 | 289 | 2005 |
Evolutionary pathway to increased virulence and epidemic group A Streptococcus disease derived from 3,615 genome sequences W Nasser, SB Beres, RJ Olsen, MA Dean, KA Rice, SW Long, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111 (17), E1768-E1776, 2014 | 284 | 2014 |
The fundamental contribution of phages to GAS evolution, genome diversification and strain emergence DJ Banks, SB Beres, JM Musser Trends in microbiology 10 (11), 515-521, 2002 | 278 | 2002 |
Molecular genetic anatomy of inter-and intraserotype variation in the human bacterial pathogen group A Streptococcus SB Beres, EW Richter, MJ Nagiec, P Sumby, SF Porcella, FR DeLeo, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (18), 7059-7064, 2006 | 244 | 2006 |
Progress toward characterization of the group A Streptococcus metagenome: Complete genome sequence of a macrolide-resistant serotype M6 strain DJ Banks, SF Porcella, KD Barbian, SB Beres, LE Philips, JM Voyich, ... Journal of Infectious Diseases 190 (4), 727-738, 2004 | 232 | 2004 |
Contribution of Exogenous Genetic Elements to the Group A Streptococcus Metagenome SB Beres, JM Musser PloS one 2 (8), e800, 2007 | 228 | 2007 |
In Vitro Serial Passage of Staphylococcus aureus: Changes in Physiology, Virulence Factor Production, and agr Nucleotide Sequence GA Somerville, SB Beres, JR Fitzgerald, FR DeLeo, RL Cole, JS Hoff, ... Journal of bacteriology 184 (5), 1430-1437, 2002 | 210 | 2002 |
Molecular complexity of successive bacterial epidemics deconvoluted by comparative pathogenomics SB Beres, RK Carroll, PR Shea, I Sitkiewicz, JC Martinez-Gutierrez, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (9), 4371-4376, 2010 | 190 | 2010 |
The serotype of type Ia and III group B streptococci is determined by the polymerase gene within the polycistronic capsule operon DO Chaffin, SB Beres, HH Yim, CE Rubens Journal of bacteriology 182 (16), 4466-4477, 2000 | 160 | 2000 |
Population Genomic Analysis of 1,777 Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates, Houston, Texas: Unexpected Abundance … SW Long, RJ Olsen, TN Eagar, SB Beres, P Zhao, JJ Davis, T Brettin, ... MBio 8 (3), 10.1128/mbio. 00489-17, 2017 | 157 | 2017 |
Genome-wide molecular dissection of serotype M3 group A Streptococcus strains causing two epidemics of invasive infections SB Beres, GL Sylva, DE Sturdevant, CN Granville, M Liu, SM Ricklefs, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (32), 11833-11838, 2004 | 157 | 2004 |
Genome Sequence of a Lancefield Group C Streptococcus zooepidemicus Strain Causing Epidemic Nephritis: New Information about an Old Disease SB Beres, R Sesso, SWL Pinto, NP Hoe, SF Porcella, FR DeLeo, ... PloS one 3 (8), e3026, 2008 | 146 | 2008 |
A molecular trigger for intercontinental epidemics of group A Streptococcus L Zhu, RJ Olsen, W Nasser, SB Beres, J Vuopio, KG Kristinsson, ... The Journal of clinical investigation 125 (9), 3545-3559, 2015 | 129 | 2015 |
Decreased necrotizing fasciitis capacity caused by a single nucleotide mutation that alters a multiple gene virulence axis RJ Olsen, I Sitkiewicz, AA Ayeras, VE Gonulal, C Cantu, SB Beres, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 (2), 888-893, 2010 | 119 | 2010 |
Interacting networks of resistance, virulence and core machinery genes identified by genome-wide epistasis analysis MJ Skwark, NJ Croucher, S Puranen, C Chewapreecha, M Pesonen, ... PLoS genetics 13 (2), e1006508, 2017 | 112 | 2017 |
Distinct signatures of diversifying selection revealed by genome analysis of respiratory tract and invasive bacterial populations PR Shea, SB Beres, AR Flores, AL Ewbank, JH Gonzalez-Lugo, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (12), 5039-5044, 2011 | 111 | 2011 |
Virulence of serotype M3 Group A Streptococcus strains in wax worms (Galleria mellonella larvae) RJ Olsen, ME Watkins, CC Cantu, SB Beres, JM Musser Virulence 2 (2), 111-119, 2011 | 110 | 2011 |
Group A Streptococcus emm gene types in pharyngeal isolates, Ontario, Canada, 2002–2010 PR Shea, AL Ewbank, JH Gonzalez-Lugo, AJ Martagon-Rosado, ... Emerging infectious diseases 17 (11), 2010, 2011 | 90 | 2011 |