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The minor flagellin of Campylobacter jejuni (FlaB) confers defensive properties against bacteriophage infection (2016)
Journal Article
Lis, L., & Connerton, I. F. (in press). The minor flagellin of Campylobacter jejuni (FlaB) confers defensive properties against bacteriophage infection. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01908

A screen of bacteriophages infecting a panel of Campylobacter jejuni PT14 gene knock-out mutants identified a role for the minor flagellin encoded by the flaB gene, in the defense of the host against CP8unalikevirus bacteriophage CP_F1 infection. Ina... Read More about The minor flagellin of Campylobacter jejuni (FlaB) confers defensive properties against bacteriophage infection.

Campylobacters and their bacteriophages from chicken liver: the prospect for phage biocontrol (2016)
Journal Article
Firlieyanti, A. S., Connerton, P. L., & Connerton, I. F. (2016). Campylobacters and their bacteriophages from chicken liver: the prospect for phage biocontrol. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 237, 121-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2016.08.026

Consumption of foods containing chicken liver has been associated with Campylobacter enteritis. Campylobacters can contaminate the surface of livers post-mortem but can also arise through systemic infection of colonising bacteria in live birds. The u... Read More about Campylobacters and their bacteriophages from chicken liver: the prospect for phage biocontrol.

The effect of thermal processing in oil on the macromolecular integrity and acrylamide formation from starch of three potato cultivars organically fertilized (2016)
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Varzakas, T., Alghamdi, A., Alghamdi, H., Linforth, R. S., Dinu, V., Besong, T. D., …Israilides, C. (2016). The effect of thermal processing in oil on the macromolecular integrity and acrylamide formation from starch of three potato cultivars organically fertilized. Cogent Food and Agriculture, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2016.1180950

Starches from three organically produced cultivars of potato tuber (Lady Rosetta, Spunta and Voyager) have been studied in relation to (i) acrylamide production (ii) macromolecular integrity after frying with extra virgin olive oil, soybean oil and c... Read More about The effect of thermal processing in oil on the macromolecular integrity and acrylamide formation from starch of three potato cultivars organically fertilized.

The bacteriophage carrier state of Campylobacter jejuni features changes in host non-coding RNAs and the acquisition of new host-derived CRISPR spacer sequences (2016)
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Hooton, S. P., Brathwaite, K. J., & Connerton, I. F. (2016). The bacteriophage carrier state of Campylobacter jejuni features changes in host non-coding RNAs and the acquisition of new host-derived CRISPR spacer sequences. Frontiers in Microbiology, 7(355), Article 355. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00355

Incorporation of self-derived CRISPR DNA protospacers in Campylobacter jejuni PT14 occurs in the presence of bacteriophages encoding a CRISPR-like Cas4 protein. This phenomenon was evident in carrier state infections where both bacteriophages and ho... Read More about The bacteriophage carrier state of Campylobacter jejuni features changes in host non-coding RNAs and the acquisition of new host-derived CRISPR spacer sequences.

Pilot study of long-term anaesthesia in broiler chickens (2016)
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O'Kane, P. M., Connerton, I. F., & White, K. L. (2016). Pilot study of long-term anaesthesia in broiler chickens. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, 43(1), 72-75. https://doi.org/10.1111/vaa.12305

Objective: To provide stable anaesthesia of long duration in broiler chickens in order to perform a terminal caecal ligated loop procedure. Study design: Prospective experimental study. Animals: Seven clinically healthy broiler chickens (Gallus... Read More about Pilot study of long-term anaesthesia in broiler chickens.

Phase variation of a Type IIG restriction-modification enzyme alters site-specific methylation patterns and gene expression in Campylobacter jejuni strain NCTC11168 (2016)
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Anjum, A., Kelly, B., Aidley, J. B., Connerton, P. L., Cummings, N. J., Parkhill, J., …Bayliss, C. D. (2016). Phase variation of a Type IIG restriction-modification enzyme alters site-specific methylation patterns and gene expression in Campylobacter jejuni strain NCTC11168. Nucleic Acids Research, https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkw019

Phase-variable restriction-modification systems are a feature of a diverse range of bacterial species. Stochastic, reversible switches in expression of the methyltransferase produces variation in methylation of specific sequences. Phase-variable meth... Read More about Phase variation of a Type IIG restriction-modification enzyme alters site-specific methylation patterns and gene expression in Campylobacter jejuni strain NCTC11168.