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  1. Precision long-read metagenomics sequencing for food safety by detection and assembly of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in irrigation water

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2021, PLOS

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  2. Nanopore sequencing for fast determination of plasmids, phages, virulence markers, and antimicrobial resistance genes in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli

    Article • PLoS ONE, July 2019, PLOS

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  3. Virulence gene profiles and phylogeny of Shiga toxin-positive Escherichia coli strains isolated from FDA regulated foods during 2010-2017

    Article • PLoS ONE, April 2019, PLOS

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  4. Closed Genome Sequence of Salmonella enterica Serovar Richmond Strain CFSAN000191, Obtained with Nanopore Sequencing

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, December 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  5. Closed Genome Sequences of Two Clostridium botulinum Strains Obtained by Nanopore Sequencing

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, September 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  6. Defining a Core Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for the Global Epidemiology of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  7. Non-Cholera Vibrios: The Microbial Barometer of Climate Change

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, January 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  8. Sequence Type 631 Vibrio parahaemolyticus, an Emerging Foodborne Pathogen in North America

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  9. Complete Genome Sequences of Four Enterohemolysin-Positive (ehxA) Enterocyte Effacement-Negative Shiga Toxin-ProducingEscherichia coliStrains: TABLE 1

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  10. Core Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing for Identification of Globally Distributed Clonal Groups and Differentiation of Outbreak Strains of Listeria monocytogenes

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  11. Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis Isolates in Chile Provides Insights into Possible Transmission between Gulls, Poultry, and Humans

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  12. Outbreak ofVibrio parahaemolyticusSequence Type 120, Peru, 2009

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, July 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  13. Virulence Gene Profiles and Clonal Relationships of Escherichia coli O26:H11 Isolates from Feedlot Cattle as Determined by Whole-Genome Sequencing

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  14. A Nonautochthonous U.S. Strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Isolated from Chesapeake Bay Oysters Caused the Outbreak in Maryland in 2010

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  15. Is El Niño a long-distance corridor for waterborne disease?

    Article • Nature Microbiology, February 2016, Nature

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  16. Draft Genome Sequences of FourXanthomonas arboricolapv. juglandis Strains Associated with Walnut Blight in Chile: TABLE 1

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  17. Genome Sequences of 64 Non-O157:H7 Shiga Toxin-ProducingEscherichia coliStrains: TABLE 1 

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  18. Simultaneous Presence of Insertion Sequence Excision Enhancer and Insertion Sequence IS629Correlates with Increased Diversity and Virulence in Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  19. Draft Genome Sequences of 33 Salmonella enterica Clinical and Wildlife Isolates from Chile: TABLE 1 

    Article • Genome Announcements, March 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  20. Characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus clinical strains from Maryland (2012–2013) and comparisons to a locally and globally diverse V. parahaemolyticus strains by whole-genome sequence analysis

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2015, Frontiers

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  21. Draft Genome Sequences of Clinical Vibrio parahaemolyticus Strains Isolated in Maryland (2010 to 2013)

    Article • Genome Announcements, August 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  22. PandemicVibrio parahaemolyticus, Maryland, USA, 2012

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, April 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  23. Whole-Genome Single-Nucleotide-Polymorphism Analysis for Discrimination of Clostridium botulinum Group I Strains

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, January 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  24. 12. Molecular Typing and Differentiation

    Article • December 2013, American Public Health Association

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  25. Draft Genome Sequences of Two O104:H21 Escherichia coli Isolates Causing Hemorrhagic Colitis during a 1994 Montana Outbreak Provide Insight into Their Pathogenicity

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  26. Draft Genome Sequences of Two Salmonella Strains from the SARA Collection, SARA64 (Muenchen) and SARA33 (Heidelberg), Provide Insight into Their Antibiotic Resistance

    Article • Genome Announcements, October 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  27. Genetic characterization of trh positive Vibrio spp. isolated from Norway

    Article • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, January 2013, Frontiers

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  28. Corrigendum to “Development and evaluation of a multiplex real-time PCR (qPCR) assay targeting ttrRSBCA locus and invA gene for accurate detection of Salmonella spp. in fresh produce and eggs”

    Article • Food Research International, November 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  29. Reticulate Evolution Among the Group I Salmonellae: An Ongoing Role for Horizontal Gene Transfer

    Article • January 2012, IntechOpen

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  30. Multiplex TaqMan Real-Time PCR (qPCR) Assay Targeting prot6E and invA Genes for Fast and Accurate Detection of Salmonella Enteritidis

    Article • January 2012, IntechOpen

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  31. Direct sequencing of hepatitis A virus and norovirus RT-PCR products from environmentally contaminated oyster using M13-tailed primers

    Article • Journal of Virological Methods, December 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  32. Phylogenetic evaluation of the ‘Typhimurium’ complex of Salmonella strains using a seven-gene multi-locus sequence analysis☆

    Article • Infection Genetics and Evolution, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  33. Epidemiology ofVibrio parahaemolyticusOutbreaks, Southern Chile

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 2009, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Mr Jaime Romero, Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  34. Typing ofVibrio vulnificusStrains by Variability in Their 16S-23S rRNA Intergenic Spacer Regions

    Article • Foodborne Pathogens and Disease, September 2007, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  35. Accurate identification of desired clones from 16S–23S rDNA spacer libraries using single PCR

    Article • Analytical Biochemistry, January 2007, Elsevier

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  36. Quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction analysis of Vibrio cholerae cells entering the viable but non-culturable state and starvation in response to cold shock

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, April 2006, Wiley

    Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  37. Polymorphism and gene conversion of the 16S rRNA genes in the multiple rRNA operons ofVibrio parahaemolyticus

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

    Mr Jaime Romero, Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona

  38. Vibrio parahaemolyticusDiarrhea, Chile, 1998 and 2004

    Article • Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 2005, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

    Mr Jaime Romero, Dr. Narjol Gonzalez-Escalona