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  1. Population and Whole Genome Sequence Based Characterization of Invasive Group A Streptococci Recovered in the United States during 2015

    Article • mBio, September 2017, ASM Journals

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  2. Biological and Epidemiological Features of Antibiotic-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae in Pre- and Post-Conjugate Vaccine Eras: a United States Perspective

    Article • Clinical Microbiology Reviews, April 2016, ASM Journals

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  3. Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus Infections Associated with Guinea Pigs

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

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  4. streptococcal vanG elements within widely used Gram-positive insertion site

    Article • mBio, July 2014, ASM Journals

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  5. Population-Based Analysis of Invasive Nontypeable Pneumococci Reveals That Most Have Defective Capsule Synthesis Genes

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2014, PLOS

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  6. Non-pneumococcal mitis-group streptococci confound detection of pneumococcal capsular serotype-specific loci in upper respiratory tract

    Article • PeerJ, June 2013, PeerJ

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  7. Update of Pneumococcal PCR Serotyping Assay for Detection of a Commonly Occurring Type 19F wzy Variant in Brazil

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2013, ASM Journals

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  8. Sequential Triplex Real-Time PCR Assay for Detecting 21 Pneumococcal Capsular Serotypes That Account for a High Global Disease Burden

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, December 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Nicole Wolter, Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  9. Concurrent Serotyping and Genotyping of Pneumococci by Use of PCR and Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry

    Article • Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2012, ASM Journals

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  10. Outbreak of Bacterial Meningitis Among Patients Undergoing Myelography at an Outpatient Radiology Clinic

    Article • Journal of the American College of Radiology, March 2012, Elsevier

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  11. Using PCR-Based Detection and Genotyping to Trace Streptococcus salivarius Meningitis Outbreak Strain to Oral Flora of Radiology Physician Assistant

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2012, PLOS

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  12. Population Snapshot of Emergent Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 19A in the United States, 2005

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, April 2008, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  13. Vaccination with the pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate: a successful experiment but the species is adapting

    Article • Expert Review of Vaccines, June 2007, Taylor & Francis

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  14. Vaccine Escape Recombinants Emerge after Pneumococcal Vaccination in the United States

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, January 2007, PLOS

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  15. Postvaccine Genetic Structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 19A from Children in the United States

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, December 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  16. Novel Antibiotic-Resistant Pneumococcal Strains Recovered from the Upper Respiratory Tracts of HIV-Infected Adults and Their Children in Kisumu, Kenya

    Article • Microbial Drug Resistance, March 2005, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  17. Array of M Protein Gene Subtypes in 1064 Recent Invasive Group A Streptococcus Isolates Recovered from the Active Bacterial Core Surveillance

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, November 2003, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  18. A Novel, Multiple Drug–Resistant, Serotype 24F Strain of Streptococcus pneumoniae That Caused Meningitis in Patients in Naples, Italy

    Article • Clinical Infectious Diseases, July 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  19. Emergence of a Novel Penicillin‐Nonsusceptible, Invasive Serotype 35B Clone of Streptococcus pneumoniae within the United States

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, July 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  20. emm and sof gene sequence variation in relation to serological typing of opacity-factor-positive group A streptococci

    Article • Microbiology, May 2000, Society for General Microbiology

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  21. Major Related Sets of Antibiotic‐Resistant Pneumococci in the United States as Determined by Pulsed‐Field Gel Electrophoresis and pbp1a‐pbp2b‐pbp2x‐dhf Restriction Profiles

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, January 2000, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  22. Disruption of tonB in Bordetella bronchiseptica and Bordetella pertussis prevents utilization of ferric siderophores, haemin and haemoglobin as iron sources

    Article • Microbiology, September 1999, Society for General Microbiology

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  23. Genetic Linkage of Exotoxin Alleles and emm Gene Markers for Tissue Tropism in Group A Streptococci

    Article • The Journal of Infectious Diseases, March 1999, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  24. Two iron-regulated putative ferric siderophore receptor genes in Bordetella bronchiseptica and Bordetella pertussis

    Article • Research in Microbiology, March 1998, Elsevier

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  25. An iron-Regulated Outer-Membrane Protein Specific to Bordetella Bronchiseptica and Homologous to Ferric Siderophore Receptors

    Article • Microbiology, January 1997, Society for General Microbiology

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  26. A Bordetella pertussis fepA homologue required for utilization of exogenous ferric enterobactin

    Article • Microbiology, December 1995, Society for General Microbiology

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall

  27. FtsZ in Bacillus subtilis is required for vegetative septation and for asymmetric septation during sporulation.

    Article • Genes & Development, March 1991, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Director, Streptococcus Laboratory Bernard William Beall