Journal Articles
White, Rhys T., Bull, Matthew J., Barker, Clare R., Arnott, Julie M., Wootton, Mandy, Jones, Lim S., Howe, Robin A., Morgan, Mari, Ashcroft, Melinda M., Forde, Brian M., Connor, Thomas R. and Beatson, Scott A. (2024). Genomic epidemiology reveals geographical clustering of multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli ST131 associated with bacteraemia in Wales. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 1371, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45608-1
Jelocnik, Martina, White, Rhys T., Clune, Tom, O’Connell, John, Foxwell, Jonathan, Hair, Sam, Besier, Shane, Tom, La, Phillips, Nyree, Robbins, Amy, Bogema, Daniel, Vaz, Paola K., Legione, Alistair R., Jenkins, Cheryl and Jacobson, Caroline (2023). Molecular characterisation of the Australian and New Zealand livestock Chlamydia pecorum strains confirms novel but clonal ST23 in association with ovine foetal loss. Veterinary Microbiology, 283 109774, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109774
Kasimov, Vasilli, White, Rhys T., Foxwell, Jonathan, Jenkins, Cheryl, Gedye, Kristene, Pannekoek, Yvonne and Jelocnik, Martina (2023). Whole-genome sequencing of Chlamydia psittaci from Australasian avian hosts: A genomics approach to a pathogen that still ruffles feathers. Microbial Genomics, 9 (7) 001072. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001072
White, Rhys T., Jelocnik, Martina, Klukowski, Natalie, Haque, Md. Hakimul and Sarker, Subir (2023). The first genomic insight into Chlamydia psittaci sequence type (ST)24 from a healthy captive psittacine host in Australia demonstrates evolutionary proximity with strains from psittacine, human, and equine hosts. Veterinary Microbiology, 280 109704, 109704. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2023.109704
White, Rhys T., Anstey, Susan I., Kasimov, Vasilli, Jenkins, Cheryl, Devlin, Joanne, El-Hage, Charles, Pannekoek, Yvonne, Legione, Alistair R. and Jelocnik, Martina (2022). One clone to rule them all: Culture-independent genomics of Chlamydia psittaci from equine and avian hosts in Australia. Microbial Genomics, 8 (10) 000888. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000888
Omaleki, Lida, Blackall, Patrick J., Cuddihy, Thom, White, Rhys T., Courtice, Jodi M., Turni, Conny, Forde, Brian M. and Beatson, Scott A. (2022). Phase variation in the glycosyltransferase genes of Pasteurella multocida associated with outbreaks of fowl cholera on free-range layer farms. Microbial Genomics, 8 (3) 000772. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000772
White, Rhys T., Legione, Alistair R., Taylor-Brown, Alyce, Fernandez, Cristina M., Higgins, Damien P., Timms, Peter and Jelocnik, Martina (2021). Completing the genome sequence of Chlamydia pecorum strains MC/MarsBar and DBDeUG: new insights into this enigmatic koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) pathogen. Pathogens, 10 (12) 1543. doi: 10.3390/pathogens10121543
White, Rhys T. (2021). Escherichia coli: placing resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones in Australia and New Zealand into perspective. Microbiology Australia, 42 (3), 104-110. doi: 10.1071/ma21031
Kidsley, Amanda K., White, Rhys T., Beatson, Scott A., Saputra, Sugiyono, Schembri, Mark A., Gordon, David, Johnson, James R., O’Dea, Mark, Mollinger, Joanne L., Abraham, Sam and Trott, Darren J. (2020). Companion animals are spillover hosts of the multidrug-resistant human extraintestinal Escherichia coli pandemic clones ST131 and ST1193. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11 1968, 1968. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01968
Conference Paper
Omaleki, Lida, Blyde, David, McKay, Philippa, Lobo, Edina T., Zhang, Ge, Harris, Louise M., Sinclair, Holly A., Bergh, Haakon, White, Rhys T., Forde, Brian M., Beatson, Scott A., Turni, Conny and Blackall, Patrick J. (2022). Lonepinella - the devil in the oral cavity (of the koala). One Health Downunder Symposium 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 12-13 September 2022.
Thesis
White, Rhys (2022). Comparative Genomics of Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli. PhD Thesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/ba1cc53