Dr Alistair C Darby

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1. 
   Mosquito Viromes in England and Wales Reveal Hidden Arbovirus Signals and Limited Ecological Structuring

   Article • November 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

   Dr Alistair C Darby

2. 
   Genome assembly of five Tephritid species for the enhancement of the Sterile Insect Technique

   Article • September 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

   Dr Alistair C Darby

3. 
   Hybrid short- and long-read assembly of an experimentally evolved Sodalis glossinidius strain SgGmmC1*

   Article • June 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

   Dr Alistair C Darby

4. 
   Enhancing infectious intestinal disease diagnosis through metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequencing of 1000 human diarrhoeal samples

   Article • Genome Medicine, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

   Dr Alistair C Darby

5. 
   Emergence Risks from Within? Metagenomic Analysis of Mosquito Viromes from Two Zoos Reveals Mosquito-associated Orthobunyaviruses in the UK

   Article • May 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

   Dr Alistair C Darby

6. 
   Using minor variant genomes and machine learning to study the genome biology of SARS-CoV-2 over time

   Article • Nucleic Acids Research, February 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

   Dr Alistair C Darby

7. 
   Cappable-Seq reveals the transcriptional landscape of stress responses in the bacterial endosymbiontWolbachia

   Article • August 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

   Dr Alistair C Darby

8. 
   Establishment and partial characterisation of a new cell line derived from adult tissues of the tsetse fly Glossina morsitans morsitans

   Article • Parasites & Vectors, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

   Dr Alistair C Darby

9. 
   Thoughts and perspectives of metagenome sequencing as a diagnostic tool for infectious disease: an interpretive phenomenological study

   Article • January 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

   Dr Alistair C Darby

10. 
    Arsenophonus symbiosis with louse flies: multiple origins, coevolutionary dynamics, and metabolic significance

    Article • mSystems, October 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Alistair C Darby

11. 
    Arsenophonussymbiosis with louse flies: multiple origins, coevolutionary dynamics, and metabolic significance

    Article • July 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alistair C Darby

12. 
    Metagenomics of culture isolates and insect tissue illuminate the evolution of Wolbachia, Rickettsia and Bartonella symbionts in Ctenocephalides spp. fleas

    Article • Microbial Genomics, July 2023, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Alistair C Darby

13. 
    Genomic insights into clonal diversity in UK populations of the Potato aphid,Macrosiphum euphorbiae

    Article • May 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alistair C Darby

14. 
    Increased bacterial taxonomic and functional diversity is associated with impaired rotavirus vaccine immunogenicity in infants from India and Malawi

    Article • March 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alistair C Darby

15. 
    Genomic and cytogenetic analysis of the Ceratitis capitata temperature-sensitive lethal region

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, March 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alistair C Darby

16. 
    The P323L substitution in the SARS-CoV-2 polymerase (NSP12) confers a selective advantage during infection

    Article • March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Ahilanandan Dushianthan, Dr Alistair C Darby

17. 
    Metagenomics of culture isolates and insect tissue illuminate the evolution ofWolbachia,RickettsiaandBartonellasymbionts inCtenocephalidesspp. fleas

    Article • February 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alistair C Darby

18. 
    Selecting for infectivity across metapopulations can increase virulence in the social microbe Bacillus thuringiensis

    Article • Evolutionary Applications, January 2023, Wiley

    Dr Alistair C Darby

19. 
    The bovine foot skin microbiota is associated with host genotype and the development of infectious digital dermatitis lesions

    Article • Microbiome, January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby

20. 
    Characterisation of SARS-CoV-2 genomic variation in response to molnupiravir treatment in the AGILE Phase IIa clinical trial

    Article • Nature Communications, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby

21. 
    Emerging variants of canine enteric coronavirus associated with seasonal outbreaks of severe canine gastroenteric disease

    Article • October 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alistair C Darby

22. 
    Effectiveness of rapid SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing in supporting infection control for hospital-onset COVID-19 infection: Multicentre, prospective study

    Article • eLife, September 2022, eLife

    Dr Alistair C Darby

23. 
    Recovering individual haplotypes and a contiguous genome assembly from pooled long-read sequencing of the diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)

    Article • G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, August 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alistair C Darby

24. 
    Re-inventing pathogen passage for social microbes

    Article • August 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alistair C Darby

25. 
    Genomic diversity across the Rickettsia and ‘Candidatus Megaira’ genera and proposal of genus status for the Torix group

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby

26. 
    Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 known and novel subgenomic mRNAs in cell culture, animal model, and clinical samples using LeTRS, a bioinformatic tool to identify unique sequence identifiers

    Article • GigaScience, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alistair C Darby

27. 
    Impact of maternal antibodies and microbiota development on the immunogenicity of oral rotavirus vaccine in African, Indian, and European infants

    Article • Nature Communications, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby

28. 
    Large-scale comparative genomics unravels great genomic diversity across the Rickettsia and Ca. Megaira genera and identifies Torix group as an evolutionarily distinct clade

    Article • October 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alistair C Darby

29. 
    Isolation in Natural Host Cell Lines of Wolbachia Strains wPip from the Mosquito Culex pipiens and wPap from the Sand Fly Phlebotomus papatasi

    Article • Insects, September 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Alistair C Darby

30. 
    The Impact of Real-Time Whole-Genome Sequencing in Controlling Healthcare-Associated SARS-CoV-2 Outbreaks

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, September 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alistair C Darby

31. 
    Generation and transmission of interlineage recombinants in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

    Article • Cell, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Alistair C Darby

32. 
    Rapid feedback on hospital onset SARS-CoV-2 infections combining epidemiological and sequencing data

    Article • eLife, June 2021, eLife

    Dr Alistair C Darby

33. 
    Dissecting the molecular diversity and commonality of bovine and human treponemes identifies key survival and adhesion mechanisms

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, March 2021, PLOS

    Dr Alistair C Darby

34. 
    Complete genome characterization of human noroviruses allows comparison of minor alleles during acute and chronic infections

    Article • Access Microbiology, March 2021, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Alistair C Darby

35. 
    White pupae phenotype of tephritids is caused by parallel mutations of a MFS transporter

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby

36. 
    Stepwise evolution of Salmonella Typhimurium ST313 causing bloodstream infection in Africa

    Article • Nature Microbiology, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby

37. 
    Impact of maternal antibodies and microbiota development on the immunogenicity of oral rotavirus vaccine in African, Indian, and European infants: a prospective cohort study

    Article • November 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alistair C Darby

38. 
    An integrated national scale SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance network

    Article • The Lancet Microbe, July 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Alistair C Darby

39. 
    The Hypercomplex Genome of an Insect Reproductive Parasite Highlights the Importance of Lateral Gene Transfer in Symbiont Biology

    Article • mBio, April 2020, ASM Journals

    Dr Alistair C Darby

40. 
    Intermittent Lactobacilli-containing Vaginal Probiotic or Metronidazole Use to Prevent Bacterial Vaginosis Recurrence: A Pilot Study Incorporating Microscopy and Sequencing

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby

41. 
    Characterization of Circulating Clostridium difficile Strains, Host Response and Intestinal Microbiome in Hospitalized Children With Diarrhea

    Article • The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, March 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Alistair C Darby

42. 
    Impact of oral metronidazole treatment on the vaginal microbiota and correlates of treatment failure

    Article • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, February 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Alistair C Darby

43. 
    Trypanosomatid parasite dynamically changes the transcriptome during infection and modifies honey bee physiology

    Article • Communications Biology, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby

44. 
    Human papillomavirus infection and cervical dysplasia in HIV-positive women

    Article • AIDS, January 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Alistair C Darby

45. 
    Large-scale and significant expression from pseudogenes in Sodalis glossinidius – a facultative bacterial endosymbiont

    Article • Microbial Genomics, January 2020, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Alistair C Darby

46. 
    Functional Genomics of a Symbiotic Community: Shared Traits in the Olive Fruit Fly Gut Microbiota

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, December 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alistair C Darby

47. 
    Aquatic Hemiptera in Southwest Cameroon: Biodiversity of Potential Reservoirs of Mycobacterium ulcerans and Multiple Wolbachia Sequence Types Revealed by Metagenomics

    Article • Diversity, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Seraphine Esemu, Dr Alistair C Darby

48. 
    “Bowel on the Bench”: Proof of Concept of a Three-Stage, In Vitro Fermentation Model of the Equine Large Intestine

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Alistair C Darby

49. 
    High-Quality Draft Genome Sequence and Annotation of the Basidiomycete Yeast Sporisorium graminicola CBS10092, a Producer of Mannosylerythritol Lipids

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, October 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Alistair C Darby

50. 
    Draft Genome of Busseola fusca, the Maize Stalk Borer, a Major Crop Pest in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, July 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alistair C Darby

51. 
    DNA extraction and amplicon production strategies deeply inf luence the outcome of gut mycobiome studies

    Article • Scientific Reports, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Michael Burkitt

52. 
    Functional genomics of a symbiotic community: shared traits in the olive fruit fly gut microbiota

    Article • March 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alistair C Darby

53. 
    Insect—symbiont gene expression in the midgut bacteriocytes of a blood-sucking parasite

    Article • March 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alistair C Darby

54. 
    The draft genome of strain cCpun from biting midges confirms insect Cardinium are not a monophyletic group and reveals a novel gene family expansion in a symbiont

    Article • PeerJ, February 2019, PeerJ

    Dr Alistair C Darby

55. 
    A Tale of Three Species: Adaptation of Sodalis glossinidius to Tsetse Biology, Wigglesworthia Metabolism, and Host Diet

    Article • mBio, January 2019, ASM Journals

    Dr Alistair C Darby

56. 
    Comparative Genomics of Staphylococcus Reveals Determinants of Speciation and Diversification of Antimicrobial Defense

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2018, Frontiers

    Dr Alistair C Darby

57. 
    Genomes of trombidid mites reveal novel predicted allergens and laterally-transferred genes associated with secondary metabolism

    Article • GigaScience, November 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alistair C Darby

58. 
    Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control

    Article • Nature, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby

59. 
    The sequence of a male-specific genome region containing the sex determination switch in Aedes aegypti

    Article • Parasites & Vectors, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby

60. 
    The draft genome of strain cCpun from biting midges establishes Cardinium as a paraphyletic group, and reveals a novel gene family expansion in a symbiont

    Article • September 2018, PeerJ

    Dr Alistair C Darby

61. 
    The draft genome of strain cCpun from biting midges establishes Cardinium as a paraphyletic group, and reveals a novel gene family expansion in a symbiont

    Article • September 2018, PeerJ

    Dr Alistair C Darby

62. 
    A Conserved Telomeric Region Associated with Variant Antigens in Trypanosoma congolense

    Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, August 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Sara Silva Pereira, Dr Alistair C Darby

63. 
    Multi-locus sequence typing of Ixodes ricinus and its symbiont Candidatus Midichloria mitochondrii across Europe reveals evidence of local co-cladogenesis in Scotland

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, August 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Alistair C Darby

64. 
    OWE-010 Bacterial and fungal communities in faeces and biopsies in IBD

    Article • June 2018, BMJ

    Dr Alistair C Darby

65. 
    The Tick Cell Biobank: A global resource for in vitro research on ticks, other arthropods and the pathogens they transmit

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Alistair C Darby

66. 
    The effect of gut microbiota elimination in Drosophila melanogaster : A how-to guide for host-microbiota studies

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, March 2018, Wiley

    Dr Alistair C Darby

67. 
    Genomes of trombidid mites reveal novel predicted allergens and laterally-transferred genes associated with secondary metabolism

    Article • February 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alistair C Darby

68. 
    Exploration of the Fecal Microbiota and Biomarker Discovery in Equine Grass Sickness

    Article • Journal of Proteome Research, February 2018, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Alistair C Darby

69. 
    Mycoplasma tullyi sp. nov., isolated from penguins of the genus Spheniscus

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, October 2017, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Alistair C Darby

70. 
    Optimised conditions for handling and transport of male Anopheles arabiensis : effects of low temperature, compaction, and ventilation on male quality

    Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Alistair C Darby

71. 
    Transcriptome sequencing of human breast cancer reveals aberrant intronic transcription in amplicons and dysregulation of alternative splicing with major therapeutic implications

    Article • International Journal of Oncology, July 2017, Spandidos Publications

    Dr Alistair C Darby

72. 
    Challenging the Wigglesworthia, Sodalis, Wolbachia symbiosis dogma in tsetse flies: Spiroplasma is present in both laboratory and natural populations

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby

73. 
    Draft Genome Sequence of Chryseobacterium Strain CBo1 Isolated from Bactrocera oleae

    Article • Genome Announcements, May 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Alistair C Darby

74. 
    The sequence of a male-specific genome region containing the sex determination switch in Aedes aegypti

    Article • April 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Alistair C Darby

75. 
    Impact of maternal antibodies and infant gut microbiota on the immunogenicity of rotavirus vaccines in African, Indian and European infants: protocol for a prospective cohort study

    Article • BMJ Open, March 2017, BMJ

    Dr Alistair C Darby

76. 
    Draft genome of the honey bee ectoparasitic mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae, is shaped by the parasitic life history

    Article • GigaScience, February 2017, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alistair C Darby

77. 
    Low calorie sweeteners and gut microbiota

    Article • Physiology & Behavior, October 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

78. 
    Draft Genome Sequence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia SBo1 Isolated from Bactrocera oleae

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

79. 
    Evaluation of Lysis Methods for the Extraction of Bacterial DNA for Analysis of the Vaginal Microbiota

    Article • PLOS One, September 2016, PLOS

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

80. 
    Genome sequence of Candidatus Arsenophonus lipopteni, the exclusive symbiont of a blood sucking fly Lipoptena cervi (Diptera: Hippoboscidae)

    Article • Standards in Genomic Sciences, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

81. 
    Draft Genome Sequence of theBactrocera oleaeSymbiont “CandidatusErwinia dacicola”

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

82. 
    The industrial melanism mutation in British peppered moths is a transposable element

    Article • Nature, June 2016, Nature

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

83. 
    Revised Genome Sequence of the Purple Photosynthetic Bacterium Blastochloris viridis

    Article • Genome Announcements, January 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby, Luning Liu

84. 
    A comprehensive benchmarking study of protocols and sequencing platforms for 16S rRNA community profiling

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

85. 
    Supergroup C Wolbachia , mutualist symbionts of filarial nematodes, have a distinct genome structure

    Article • Open Biology, December 2015, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

86. 
    Transcriptome sequencing of human breast cancer reveals aberrant intronic transcription in amplicons and dysregulation of alternative splicing with major therapeutic implications

    Article • International Journal of Oncology, October 2015, Spandidos Publications

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

87. 
    Bacterial sensing underlies artificial sweetener-induced growth of gutLactobacillus

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2015, Wiley

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

88. 
    Complete Genome Sequence ofLeptospira interrogansSerovar Bratislava, Strain PigK151

    Article • Genome Announcements, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

89. 
    Acetogenesis from H 2 plus CO 2 and nitrogen fixation by an endosymbiotic spirochete of a termite-gut cellulolytic protist

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

90. 
    Taking the pseudo out of pseudogenes

    Article • Current Opinion in Microbiology, February 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

91. 
    Divergence of a strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa during an outbreak of ovine mastitis

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, January 2015, Elsevier

    Professor Carlo Viti, Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

92. 
    Iron Necessity: The Secret of Wolbachia's Success?

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, October 2014, PLOS

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

93. 
    Characterisation of the faecal metabolome and microbiome of Thoroughbred racehorses

    Article • Equine Veterinary Journal, September 2014, Wiley

    Dr Alistair C Darby

94. 
    Novel Host-Related Virulence Factors Are Encoded by Squirrelpox Virus, the Main Causative Agent of Epidemic Disease in Red Squirrels in the UK

    Article • PLOS One, July 2014, PLOS

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

95. 
    The evolutionary dynamics of variant antigen genes in Babesia reveal a history of genomic innovation underlying host-parasite interaction

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, May 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Alistair C Darby

96. 
    Genome Sequence of the Tsetse Fly (Glossina morsitans): Vector of African Trypanosomiasis

    Article • Science, April 2014, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Alistair C Darby

97. 
    Draft Genome Sequence of Cytophaga fermentans JCM 21142T, a Facultative Anaerobe Isolated from Marine Mud

    Article • Genome Announcements, March 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Alistair C Darby

98. 
    Postprocedure Mapping of Cardiac Resynchronization Lead Position Using Standard Fluoroscopy Systems: Implications for the Nonresponder with Scar

    Article • Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr Alistair C Darby

99. 
    Dietary supplementation with lactose or artificial sweetener enhances swine gutLactobacilluspopulation abundance

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, January 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

100. 
     Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of the global response of Wolbachia to doxycycline-induced stress

     Article • The ISME Journal, October 2013, Nature

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

101. 
     Phylogenomics and Analysis of Shared Genes Suggest a Single Transition to Mutualism in Wolbachia of Nematodes

     Article • Genome Biology and Evolution, August 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Dr Sujai Kumar, Dr Alistair C Darby

102. 
     Phylogeny and prevalence of kobuviruses in dogs and cats in the UK

     Article • Veterinary Microbiology, June 2013, Elsevier

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Jenny Stavisky

103. 
     Characterisation of the genomes of four putative vesiculoviruses: tench rhabdovirus, grass carp rhabdovirus, perch rhabdovirus and eel rhabdovirus European X

     Article • Archives of Virology, May 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

104. 
     COPD Causation and Workplace Exposures: An Assessment of Agreement among Expert Clinical Raters

     Article • COPD Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

     Dr Alistair C Darby

105. 
     Analysis of gene expression from the Wolbachia genome of a filarial nematode supports both metabolic and defensive roles within the symbiosis

     Article • Genome Research, August 2012, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

     Dr Alistair C Darby

106. 
     Investigation of the Bacterial Communities Associated with Females of Lutzomyia Sand Fly Species from South America

     Article • PLOS One, August 2012, PLOS

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

107. 
     Application of next-generation sequencing technologies in virology

     Article • Journal of General Virology, May 2012, Society for General Microbiology

     Dr Alistair C Darby

108. 
     Genome Sequence for "Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum," a Low-Pathogenicity Hemoplasma Species

     Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2012, ASM Journals

     Dr Alistair C Darby

109. 
     Comparative genomics of Brachyspira pilosicoli strains: genome rearrangements, reductions and correlation of genetic compliment with phenotypic diversity

     Article • BMC Genomics, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

     Professor Julian Parkhill, Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby, Emeritus Professor David John Hampson

110. 
     Comparative genomics of Shiga toxin encoding bacteriophages

     Article • BMC Genomics, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Paul CM Fogg, Dr Heather Elizabeth Allison

111. 
     Cryptic Diversity within the Major Trypanosomiasis Vector Glossina fuscipes Revealed by Molecular Markers

     Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, August 2011, PLOS

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

112. 
     Genomic Analysis of Highly Virulent Georgia 2007/1 Isolate of African Swine Fever Virus

     Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2011, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Chris Upton, Dr Alistair C Darby

113. 
     A De Novo Expression Profiling of Anopheles funestus, Malaria Vector in Africa, Using 454 Pyrosequencing

     Article • PLOS One, February 2011, PLOS

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

114. 
     Complete Genome Sequence of Mycoplasma haemofelis, a Hemotropic Mycoplasma

     Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2011, ASM Journals

     Dr Alistair C Darby

115. 
     Molecular characterization of the uncultivatable hemotropic bacterium Mycoplasma haemofelis

     Article • Veterinary Research, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

116. 
     10.1023/A:1003942204931

     Article • January 2011, CrossRef Test Account

     Dr Alistair C Darby

117. 
     Characterization of Pneumonia Due to Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus in Dogs

     Article • Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, September 2010, ASM Journals

     Dr Alistair C Darby

118. 
     Identification of Three Novel Superantigen-Encoding Genes in Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus, szeF, szeN, and szeP

     Article • Infection and Immunity, August 2010, ASM Journals

     Professor ANDROULLA EFSTRATIOU, Dr Alistair C Darby

119. 
     The draft genome sequence ofArsenophonus nasoniae, son-killer bacterium ofNasonia vitripennis, reveals genes associated with virulence and symbiosis

     Article • Insect Molecular Biology, February 2010, Wiley

     Dr Alistair C Darby

120. 
     Characteristics of the genome ofArsenophonus nasoniae, son-killer bacterium of the waspNasonia

     Article • Insect Molecular Biology, February 2010, Wiley

     Dr Alistair C Darby

121. 
     Functional and Evolutionary Insights from the Genomes of Three Parasitoid Nasonia Species

     Article • Science, January 2010, American Association for the Advancement of Science

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Prof. Angel R. Barchuk

122. 
     Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis of closely related wild and captive tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans morsitans) populations

     Article • Parasites & Vectors, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

123. 
     Comparative Genomics and Transduction Potential of Enterococcus faecalis Temperate Bacteriophages

     Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2009, ASM Journals

     Dr Alistair C Darby

124. 
     The inherited microbiota of arthropods, and their importance in understanding resistance and immunity

     Article • June 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

125. 
     The mosaic genome structure of the Wolbachia w Ri strain infecting Drosophila simulans

     Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2009, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

     Dr Alistair C Darby

126. 
     Symbiosis Research as a Novel Strategy for Insect Pest Control

     Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

127. 
     Fast forward genetics

     Article • Nature Biotechnology, November 2008, Nature

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

128. 
     Endosymbiont gene functions impaired and rescued by polymerase infidelity at poly(A) tracts

     Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2008, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

     Dr Alistair C Darby

129. 
     Visualization of pseudogenes in intracellular bacteria reveals the different tracks to gene destruction

     Article • Genome Biology, January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

130. 
     The genomic and metabolic diversity of Rickettsia

     Article • Research in Microbiology, December 2007, Elsevier

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

131. 
     Intracellular pathogens go extreme: genome evolution in the Rickettsiales

     Article • Trends in Genetics, October 2007, Elsevier

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

132. 
     The Orientia tsutsugamushi genome reveals massive proliferation of conjugative type IV secretion system and host–cell interaction genes

     Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2007, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

     Dr Alistair C Darby

133. 
     Factors Affecting Trypanosome Maturation in Tsetse Flies

     Article • PLOS One, February 2007, PLOS

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

134. 
     Antioxidants promote establishment of trypanosome infections in tsetse

     Article • Parasitology, February 2007, Cambridge University Press

     Dr Alistair C Darby

135. 
     Aphid-Symbiotic Bacteria Cultured in Insect Cell Lines

     Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2005, ASM Journals

     Dr Alistair C Darby

136. 
     Extrachromosomal DNA of the Symbiont Sodalis glossinidius

     Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2005, ASM Journals

     Dr Alistair C Darby

137. 
     The rapid isolation and growth dynamics of the tsetse symbiont Sodalis glossinidius

     Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, July 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

138. 
     Linking the bacterial community in pea aphids with host-plant use and natural enemy resistance

     Article • Ecological Entomology, February 2004, Wiley

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

139. 
     Diversity of Bacteria Associated with Natural Aphid Populations

     Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2003, ASM Journals

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Gordon Webster

140. 
     Elucidation of the Transmission Patterns of an Insect-Borne Bacterium

     Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2003, ASM Journals

     Dr Alistair C Darby

141. 
     The significance of a facultative bacterium to natural populations of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

     Article • Ecological Entomology, March 2003, Wiley

     Dr Alistair C Darby

142. 
     An aphid-borne bacterium allied to the secondary symbionts of whitefly

     Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, June 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Dr Alistair C Darby

143. 
     An aphid-borne bacterium allied to the secondary symbionts of whitefly

     Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, June 2001, Oxford University Press (OUP)

     Dr Alistair C Darby, Dr Alistair C Darby

144. 
     Intraguild predators and the spatial distribution of a parasitoid

     Article • Oecologia, August 2000, Springer Science + Business Media

     Dr Alistair C Darby

145. 
     The olfactory responses of coccinellids to aphids on plants

     Article • Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, April 2000, Wiley

     Dr Alistair C Darby

146. 
     Article • PLOS

     Dr Alistair C Darby

147. 
     Article • PLOS

     Dr Alistair C Darby