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  1. Exploring amino acid and peptide transporters as therapeutic targets to attenuate virulence and antibiotic resistance in Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, January 2021, PLOS

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  2. Tandem Amplification of the Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome mec Element Can Drive High-Level Methicillin Resistance in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, July 2017, ASM Journals

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  3. AraC-Type Regulator Rbf Controls the Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm Phenotype by Negatively Regulating theicaADBCRepressor SarR

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  4. Role for the A Domain of Unprocessed Accumulation-Associated Protein (Aap) in the Attachment Phase of the Staphylococcus epidermidis Biofilm Phenotype

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2014, ASM Journals

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  5. Fibronectin-binding proteins are required for biofilm formation by community-associated methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureusstrain LAC

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Joan A Geoghegan, Professor James P. O'Gara

  6. Oxacillin Alters the Toxin Expression Profile of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December 2013, ASM Journals

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  7. Rapid Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Biofilm Production by Staphylococcus epidermidis Under Static Growth Conditions

    Article • October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  8. Investigations into the Antibacterial Activity of the Silver-Based Antibiotic Drug Candidate SBC3

    Article • Antibiotics, November 2012, MDPI AG

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  9. Methicillin Resistance Alters the Biofilm Phenotype and Attenuates Virulence in Staphylococcus aureus Device-Associated Infections

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, April 2012, PLOS

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  10. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt-related infections caused byStaphylococcus epidermidis: pathogenesis and implications for treatment

    Article • British Journal of Neurosurgery, February 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  11. Methicillin Resistance Reduces the Virulence of Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Interfering With the agr Quorum Sensing System

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, February 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor James P. O'Gara, Professor Paul Williams

  12. Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus to the cationic antimicrobial agent poly(2-(dimethylamino ethyl)methacrylate) (pDMAEMA) is influenced by cell-surface charge and hydrophobicity

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, July 2011, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  13. A novel role for SarX in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm regulation

    Article • Microbiology, February 2011, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  14. Essential Role for the Major Autolysin in the Fibronectin-Binding Protein-MediatedStaphylococcus aureusBiofilm Phenotype

    Article • Infection and Immunity, December 2010, ASM Journals

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  15. Mutation of tagO reveals an essential role for wall teichoic acids in Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm development

    Article • Microbiology, November 2010, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  16. Anti-biofilm activity of sub-inhibitory povidone-iodine concentrations against Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Research®, February 2010, Wiley

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  17. Offsetting virulence and antibiotic resistance costs by MRSA

    Article • The ISME Journal, January 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  18. Biofilm characteristics of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates associated with device-related meningitis

    Article • Journal of Medical Microbiology, June 2009, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  19. Rapid depletion of dissolved oxygen in 96‐well microtiter plate Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm assays promotes biofilm development and is influenced by inoculum cell concentration

    Article • Biotechnology and Bioengineering, April 2009, Wiley

    Professor James P. O'Gara, Professor Eoin Casey

  20. Staphylococcus epidermidispolysaccharide intercellular adhesin induces IL-8 expression in human astrocytes via a mechanism involving TLR2

    Article • Cellular Microbiology, March 2009, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  21. Oxygen-Mediated Regulation of Biofilm Development Is Controlled by the Alternative Sigma Factor σB in Staphylococcus epidermidis

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2008, ASM Journals

    Professor James P. O'Gara, Professor Eoin Casey

  22. Hydrogen peroxide induced repression of icaADBC transcription and biofilm development in Staphylococcus epidermidis

    Article • Journal of Orthopaedic Research®, October 2008, Wiley

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  23. ica and beyond: biofilm mechanisms and regulation in Staphylococcus epidermidis and Staphylococcus aureus

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, May 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  24. Association between Methicillin Susceptibility and Biofilm Regulation in Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Device-Related Infections

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

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  25. σBand SarA independently regulate polysaccharide intercellular adhesin production inStaphylococcus epidermidis

    Article • Canadian Journal of Microbiology, January 2007, Canadian Science Publishing

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  26. Environmental regulation of biofilm development in methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, January 2006, Elsevier

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  27. Genomic diversity of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolates from the intensive care unit

    Article • Clinical Microbiology and Infection, July 2005, Elsevier

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  28. Evidence for icaADBC-Independent Biofilm Development Mechanism in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, April 2005, ASM Journals

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  29. Inactivations of rsbU and sarA by IS256 Represent Novel Mechanisms of Biofilm Phenotypic Variation in Staphylococcus epidermidis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2004, ASM Journals

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  30. Regulation of icaR gene expression in Staphylococcus epidermidis

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, November 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  31. Environmental regulation of biofilm formation in intensive care unit isolates of Staphylococcus epidermidis

    Article • Journal of Hospital Infection, November 2002, Elsevier

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  32. icaR Encodes a Transcriptional Repressor Involved in Environmental Regulation of ica Operon Expression and Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2002, ASM Journals

    Professor James P. O'Gara

  33. Effects of local transcription and H‐NS on inversion of the fim switch of Escherichia coli

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2000, Wiley

    Professor James P. O'Gara, Professor Charles J Dorman