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  1. Abundant ticks but limited Borrelia spp. pathogens in Mojave desert tortoise habitat

    Article • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, November 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  2. Conservation genetics of the spotted bat: Insights from ancient, historical, and modern samples

    Article • PLOS One, October 2026, PLOS

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  3. Phylogeography and Cross-Border Movement of Brucella

    Article • Revista Ciencias Veterinarias, July 2026, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  4. Discovery of a New Specific Bacteriophage for Brucella canis

    Article • Revista Ciencias Veterinarias, July 2026, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  5. Outbreak of Brucella melitensis in goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) on a Turkish farm

    Article • Revista Ciencias Veterinarias, May 2026, Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  6. Variation in pathogen load and the pathogen load–infectiousness relationship broaden avian malaria’s distribution

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Francisco Ferreira-Junior, Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  7. Ultraviolet light and polyethylene glycol as environmental cleaning agents to reduce contamination of Pseudogymnoascus destructans in bat hibernacula

    Article • PLOS One, January 2026, PLOS

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  8. Pathogen detection success and trends in lethal sampling during bacterial pathogen research in bats

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, January 2026, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  9. Complex Patterns of Bat Diversity in Agricultural Mosaics: Evidence from Three Neotropical Regions

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  10. White-nose syndrome restructures bat skin microbiomes

    Article • Microbiology Spectrum, December 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  11. DNA metabarcoding reveals diet composition of invasive rats and mice in Hawaiian forests

    Article • Biological Invasions, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  12. Trends in Bacterial Pathogens of Bats: Global Distribution and Knowledge Gaps

    Article • Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, March 2023, Wiley

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  13. First report and whole-genome sequencing of Pseudochrobactrum saccharolyticum in Latin America

    Article • Microbes and Infection, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  14. Shifting effects of host physiological condition following pathogen establishment

    Article • December 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  15. Host infection dynamics and disease induced mortality modify species contributions to the environmental reservoir

    Article • September 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  16. Mechanisms underlying interaction frequencies and robustness in a novel seed dispersal network: lessons for restoration

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, September 2022, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  17. Genetic structure and population history in two critically endangered Kaua‘i honeycreepers

    Article • Conservation Genetics, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  18. Mobility and infectiousness in the spatial spread of an emerging fungal pathogen

    Article • Journal of Animal Ecology, February 2021, Wiley

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  19. Introduced species now dominate a Hawaiian interaction network

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, January 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Dr Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni, Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  20. Evolutionary history and current distribution of the West Mediterranean lineage of Brucella melitensis in Italy

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

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  21. RESCRIPt: Reproducible sequence taxonomy reference database management for the masses

    Article • October 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  22. A total crapshoot? Evaluating bioinformatic decisions in animal diet metabarcoding analyses

    Article • Ecology and Evolution, July 2020, Wiley

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  23. Ambiguities in using telomere length for age determination in two North American bat species

    Article • Journal of Mammalogy, June 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  24. Ricin forensics

    Article • January 2020, Elsevier

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  25. Field trial of a probiotic bacteria to protect bats from white-nose syndrome

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

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  26. Structure, spatial dynamics, and stability of novel seed dispersal mutualistic networks in Hawaiʻi

    Article • Science, April 2019, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster, Dr Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni

  27. Whole genome SNP analysis suggests unique virulence factor differences of the Beijing and Manila families of Mycobacterium tuberculosis found in Hawaii

    Article • PLOS One, July 2018, PLOS

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster, Dr Xuehua Wan

  28. Extreme sensitivity to ultraviolet light in the fungal pathogen causing white-nose syndrome of bats

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2018, Nature

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  29. VNTR diversity in Yersinia pestis isolates from an animal challenge study reveals the potential for in vitro mutations during laboratory cultivation

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  30. First Detection of Bat White-Nose Syndrome in Western North America

    Article • mSphere, August 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  31. White-Nose Syndrome Fungus Genome

    Article • Genome Announcements, June 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  32. Genomics reveals historic and contemporary transmission dynamics of a bacterial disease among wildlife and livestock

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2016, Nature

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  33. Application of genetics and genomics to wildlife epidemiology

    Article • The Journal of Wildlife Management, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  34. Host persistence or extinction from emerging infectious disease: insights from white-nose syndrome in endemic and invading regions

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, March 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Mr Joseph R Hoyt, Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  35. Comparative genomic analyses reveal broad diversity in botulinum-toxin-producing Clostridia

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

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  36. White-Nose Syndrome Disease Severity and a Comparison of Diagnostic Methods

    Article • EcoHealth, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  37. Genomics in Conservation: Case Studies and Bridging the Gap between Data and Application

    Article • Trends in Ecology & Evolution, February 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster, Dr Phillip A Morin

  38. Genome Sequences of 11 Brucella abortus Isolates from Persistently Infected Italian Regions: TABLE 1 

    Article • Genome Announcements, December 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  39. Investigation of Yersinia pestis Laboratory Adaptation through a Combined Genomics and Proteomics Approach

    Article • PLOS One, November 2015, PLOS

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  40. Nesting success of native and introduced forest birds on the island of Kaua‘i

    Article • Journal of Avian Biology, November 2015, Wiley

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  41. Efficacy of Visual Surveys for White-Nose Syndrome at Bat Hibernacula

    Article • PLOS One, July 2015, PLOS

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  42. First isolation and characterization of Brucella microti from wild boar

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  43. Best practices for evaluating single nucleotide variant calling methods for microbial genomics

    Article • Frontiers in Genetics, July 2015, Frontiers

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  44. Phylogenetically typing bacterial strains from partial SNP genotypes observed from direct sequencing of clinical specimen metagenomic data

    Article • Genome Medicine, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  45. Invasion Dynamics of White-Nose Syndrome Fungus, Midwestern United States, 2012–2014

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, June 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  46. First confirmation ofPseudogymnoascus destructansin British bats and hibernacula

    Article • Veterinary Record, May 2015, BMJ

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster, Andy Borman

  47. Molecular Detection of the Causative Agent of White-nose Syndrome on Rafinesque's Big-eared Bats ( Corynorhinus rafinesquii ) and Two Species of Migratory Bats in the Southeastern USA

    Article • Journal of Wildlife Diseases, April 2015, Wildlife Disease Association

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  48. Genomic sequences of six botulinum neurotoxin-producing strains representing three clostridial species illustrate the mobility and diversity of botulinum neurotoxin genes

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, March 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster, Dr Shannon Lyn Johnson

  49. Breeding biology of two endangered forest birds on the island of Kauai, Hawaii

    Article • Ornithological Applications, February 2015, Cooper Ornithological Society

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  50. Disease alters macroecological patterns of North American bats

    Article • Global Ecology and Biogeography, January 2015, Wiley

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  51. Widespread Bat White-Nose Syndrome Fungus, Northeastern China

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2015, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  52. Host and pathogen ecology drive the seasonal dynamics of a fungal disease, white-nose syndrome

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, December 2014, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  53. Complete Genome Sequences of Beijing and Manila Family Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

    Article • Genome Announcements, November 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor James T. Douglas, Dr Xuehua Wan, Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  54. MetaGeniE: Characterizing Human Clinical Samples Using Deep Metagenomic Sequencing

    Article • PLOS One, November 2014, PLOS

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  55. Whole-Genome Sequencing of Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolates from an Unusual Melioidosis Case Identifies a Polyclonal Infection with the Same Multilocus Sequence Type

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Derek S Sarovich, Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  56. Genome Sequence of Bacillus anthracis STI, a Sterne-Like Georgian/Soviet Vaccine Strain

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  57. Genetic relatedness of Brucella suis biovar 2 isolates from hares, wild boars and domestic pigs

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Zsuzsanna Rónai, Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  58. No selection on immunological markers in response to a highly virulent pathogen in an A rctic breeding bird

    Article • Evolutionary Applications, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  59. Changing climate and the altitudinal range of avian malaria in the Hawaiian Islands – an ongoing conservation crisis on the island of Kaua'i

    Article • Global Change Biology, February 2014, Wiley

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  60. Incongruence between multi-locus sequence analysis (MLSA) and whole-genome-based phylogenies:Pseudomonas syringaepathovarpisias a cautionary tale

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, January 2014, Wiley

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  61. Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum) microsatellite discovery using illumina sequencing

    Article • Conservation Genetics Resources, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  62. Development and assessment of multiplex high resolution melting assay as a tool for rapid single-tube identification of five Brucella species

    Article • BMC Research Notes, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  63. Highly Sensitive Quantitative PCR for the Detection and Differentiation of Pseudogymnoascus destructans and Other Pseudogymnoascus Species

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  64. Comparative Phylogenomics and Evolution of the Brucellae Reveal a Path to Virulence

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  65. THE INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE MAY BE IMPORTANT FOR SURVIVING PLAGUE IN WILD GUNNISON'S PRAIRIE DOGS

    Article • Journal of Wildlife Diseases, October 2013, Wildlife Disease Association

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  66. Investigating genetic diversity of Brucella abortus and Brucella melitensis in Italy with MLVA-16

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, October 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  67. Feral swine brucellosis in the United States and prospective genomic techniques for disease epidemiology

    Article • Veterinary Microbiology, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  68. Accurate and Rapid Identification of the Burkholderia pseudomallei Near-Neighbour, Burkholderia ubonensis, Using Real-Time PCR

    Article • PLOS One, August 2013, PLOS

    Dr Derek S Sarovich, Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  69. Francisella guangzhouensis sp. nov., isolated from air-conditioning systems

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, April 2013, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  70. Draft Genome Sequences of Two Bulgarian Bacillus anthracis Strains

    Article • Genome Announcements, April 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  71. Worldwide Phylogenetic Relationship of Avian Poxviruses

    Article • Journal of Virology, February 2013, ASM Journals

    Ursula Hofle Hansen, Dr Jeffrey T Foster, Dr Hon S Ip

  72. Within-host evolution of Brucella canis during a canine brucellosis outbreak in a kennel

    Article • BMC Veterinary Research, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  73. Molecular Epidemiologic Investigation of an Anthrax Outbreak among Heroin Users, Europe

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, August 2012, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Nicholas Bergman, Dr Derek S Sarovich, Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  74. Development and Validation of Burkholderia pseudomallei-Specific Real-Time PCR Assays for Clinical, Environmental or Forensic Detection Applications

    Article • PLOS One, May 2012, PLOS

    Dr Derek S Sarovich, Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  75. Staphylococcus aureus CC398: Host Adaptation and Emergence of Methicillin Resistance in Livestock

    Article • mBio, February 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  76. Genotyping of Brucella species using clade specific SNPs

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

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  77. Epidemiological Tracking and Population Assignment of the Non-Clonal Bacterium, Burkholderia pseudomallei

    Article • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, December 2011, PLOS

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  78. Castor Bean Organelle Genome Sequencing and Worldwide Genetic Diversity Analysis

    Article • PLOS One, July 2011, PLOS

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  79. Multidrug-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in US Meat and Poultry

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, April 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  80. Ricin Forensics

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  81. Phylogeography of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica from the country of Georgia

    Article • BMC Microbiology, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  82. Forensic Analysis in Bacterial Pathogens

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  83. Interactions Between the Yeast Ogataea pini and Filamentous Fungi Associated with the Western Pine Beetle

    Article • Microbial Ecology, November 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  84. Within-Host Evolution of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Four Cases of Acute Melioidosis

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, January 2010, PLOS

    Dr Derek S Sarovich, Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  85. Single nucleotide polymorphisms for assessing genetic diversity in castor bean (Ricinus communis)

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  86. Phylogenetic understanding of clonal populations in an era of whole genome sequencing

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, September 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  87. Pre-Columbian Origins for North American Anthrax

    Article • PLOS One, March 2009, PLOS

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  88. Whole-Genome-Based Phylogeny and Divergence of the Genus Brucella

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  89. Phylogeographic reconstruction of a bacterial species with high levels of lateral gene transfer

    Article • BMC Biology, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  90. Convergent evolution of 'creepers' in the Hawaiian honeycreeper radiation

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, December 2008, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  91. Real-Time PCR Assays of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Defining the Major Brucella Clades

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2008, ASM Journals

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  92. Real-Time PCR Assays of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Defining the Major Brucella Clades

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  93. Genetic structure and evolved malaria resistance in Hawaiian honeycreepers

    Article • Molecular Ecology, November 2007, Wiley

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  94. Introduced Birds and the Fate of Hawaiian Rainforests

    Article • Conservation Biology, October 2007, Wiley

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  95. BREEDING BIOLOGY AND SUCCESS OF A REINTRODUCED POPULATION OF THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED PUAIOHI (MYADESTES PALMERI)

    Article • Ornithology, January 2006, American Ornithologists' Union

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  96. Long-Term Population Changes of Native and Introduced Birds in the Alaka?i Swamp, Kaua?i

    Article • Conservation Biology, June 2004, Wiley

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  97. Survival, dispersal, and home-range establishment of reintroduced captive-bred puaiohi, Myadestes palmeri

    Article • Biological Conservation, May 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster

  98. 'Akikiki (Oreomystis bairdi)

    Article • The Birds of North America Online, January 2000, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology

    Dr Jeffrey T Foster