Primary Investigators
Selected Publications of Dr. Keim
Pearson, T., J. Busch, J. Ravel, T. Read, S. Rhoton, J. U'Ren, T. Simonson, S. Kachur, R. Leadem, M. Cardon, M. Van Ert, L. Huynh, C. Fraser & P. Keim. Phylogenetic discovery bias in Bacillus anthracis using single-nucleotide polymorphisms from whole-genome sequencing. PNAS (USA) 101:13536-13541.
Johansson, A., J. Farlow, P. Larsson, M. Dukarich, E. Chambers, M. Byström, J. Fox, M. Chu, M. Forsman, A. Sjöstedt, & P. Keim. 2004. Worldwide genetic relationships among Francisella tularensis isolates determined by multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis. Journal of Bacteriology 186:5808-5818.
Girard, J.M., D.M. Wagner, A.J. Vogler, C. Keys, C.J. Allender, L.C. Drickamer, & P. Keim. 2004. Differential plague transmission dynamics determine Yersinia pestis population genetic structure on local, regional, and global scales. PNAS (USA) 101:8408-8413. (cover photo).
Keim, P., M. Van Ert, T. Pearson, A. Vogler, L. Huynh, & D. Wagner. 2004. Anthrax molecular epidemiology and forensics: using the appropriate marker for different evolutionary scales. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 4:205-213.
Hill, K.K., L.O. Ticknor, M. Asay, H. Blair, K. Bliss, M. Laker, P.E. Pardington, A.P. Richardson, M. Tonks, J.D. Kemp, A-B. Kolstø, A.C.L. Wong, P. Keim, & P.J. Jackson. 2004. Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis of Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis isolates. Applied Environmental Microbiology 70:1068-1080.
Takahashi, H., P. Keim, A.F. Kaufmann, K.L. Smith, C. Keys, K. Taniguchi, S. Inouye, & T. Kurata. 2004. Bacillus anthracis incident, Kameido, Tokyo, 1993. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 10:117-120.
Price, L.B., A. Vogler, T. Pearson, J.D. Busch, J.M. Schupp, & P. Keim. 2003. In vitro selection and characterization of Bacillus anthracis mutants with high-level resistance to ciprofloxacin. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 47:2362-2365.
Farlow, J., D. Postic, K.L. Smith, Z. Jay, G. Baranton, & P. Keim. 2002. Strain typing of Borrelia burgdorferi, B. afzelii, and B. garinii by using multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 40:4612-4618.