Genome‐wide association of functional traits linked with Campylobacter jejuni survival from farm to fork

K Yahara, G Méric, AJ Taylor… - Environmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide, primarily
associated with the consumption of contaminated poultry. C. jejuni lineages vary in host range …

Agricultural intensification and the evolution of host specialism in the enteric pathogen Campylobacter jejuni

E Mourkas, AJ Taylor, G Méric… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Modern agriculture has dramatically changed the distribution of animal species on Earth.
Changes to host ecology have a major impact on the microbiota, potentially increasing the risk …

[HTML][HTML] Sodium Taurocholate Stimulates Campylobacter jejuni Outer Membrane Vesicle Production via Down-Regulation of the Maintenance of Lipid Asymmetry …

C Davies, AJ Taylor, A Elmi, J Winter, J Liaw… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Campylobacter jejuni outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) contain numerous virulence-associated
proteins including the cytolethal distending toxin and three serine proteases. As C. …

The function, biogenesis and regulation of the electron transport chains in Campylobacter jejuni: new insights into the bioenergetics of a major food-borne pathogen

AJ Taylor, DJ Kelly - Advances in microbial physiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Campylobacter jejuni is a zoonotic Epsilonproteobacterium that grows in the gastrointestinal
tract of birds and mammals, and is the most frequent cause of food-borne bacterial …

[HTML][HTML] The cryo-EM structure of the bacterial flagellum cap complex suggests a molecular mechanism for filament elongation

NS Al-Otaibi, AJ Taylor, DP Farrell, SB Tzokov… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The bacterial flagellum is a remarkable molecular motor, whose primary function in bacteria
is to facilitate motility through the rotation of a filament protruding from the bacterial cell. A …

[HTML][HTML] Genes linking copper trafficking and homeostasis to the biogenesis and activity of the cbb 3-Type cytochrome c oxidase in the enteric pathogen …

N Garg, AJ Taylor, F Pastorelli, SE Flannery… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial C-type haem-copper oxidases in the cbb 3 family are widespread in microaerophiles,
which exploit their high oxygen-binding affinity for growth in microoxic niches. In …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial periplasmic nitrate and trimethylamine-N-oxide respiration coupled to menaquinol-cytochrome c reductase (Qcr): Implications for electrogenic …

N Garg, AJ Taylor, DJ Kelly - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The periplasmic reduction of the electron acceptors nitrate (E m +420 mV) and
trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO; E m +130 mV) by Nap and Tor reductases is widespread in Gram-…

[HTML][HTML] The periplasmic chaperone network of Campylobacter jejuni: evidence that SalC (Cj1289) and PpiD (Cj0694) are involved in maintaining outer membrane …

AJ Taylor, SAI Zakai, DJ Kelly - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The outer membrane (OM) of Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria is a key structure in host–pathogen
interactions that contains a plethora of proteins, performing a range of functions …

[HTML][HTML] Cysteine Biosynthesis in Campylobacter jejuni: Substrate Specificity of CysM and the Dualism of Sulfide

N Hitchcock, DJ Kelly, A Hitchcock, AJ Taylor - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Campylobacter jejuni is a highly successful enteric pathogen with a small, host-adapted
genome (1.64 Mbp, ~1650 coding genes). As a result, C. jejuni has limited capacity in numerous …

Exploiting Violet-Blue Light to Kill Campylobacter jejuni: Analysis of Global Responses, Modeling of Transcription Factor Activities, and Identification of Protein …

P Walker, AJ Taylor, A Hitchcock, JP Webb, J Green… - Msystems, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Campylobacter jejuni is a microaerophilic foodborne zoonotic pathogen of worldwide concern
as the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis. Many strains are increasingly antibiotic …