Selected Publications
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2018
P. Ghosh, M.C. Fisher & K.A. Bates (2018) "Diagnosing Emerging Fungal Threats: A One Health Perspective" Frontiers in Genetics 9:376
J. Rhodes & M.C. Fisher (2018) "Breaching Pathogeographic barriers by the Bat White Nose Fungus"mBio 9(3):e00897-18
M.C. Fisher, N.J. Hawkins, D. Sanglard, S.J. Gurr (2018) "Worldwide emergence of resistance to antifungal drugs challenges human health and food security" Science 360(6390): 739
S. O'Hanlon, A. Rieux, R.A. Farrer, G.M. Rosa, B. Waldman, A. Bataille, T.A. Kosch, K.A. Murray, B. Brankovics, M. Fumagalli, M.D. Martin, N. Wales, M. Alvarado-Rybak, K.A. Bates, L. Berger, S. Böll, L. Brookes, F. Clare, E.A. Courtois, A.A. Cunningham, T.M. Doherty-Bone, P. Ghosh, D.J. Gower, W.E. Hintz, J. Höglund, T.S. Jenkinson, C. Lin, A. Laurila, A. Loyau, A. Martel, S. Meurling, C. Miaud, P. Minting, F. Pasmans, D.S. Schmeller, B.R. Schmidt, J.M.G. Shelton, L.F. Skerratt, F. Smith, C. Soto-Azat, M. Spagnoletti, G. Tessa, L.F. Toledo, A. Valenzuela-Sánchez, R. Verster, J. Vörös, R.J. Webb, C. Wierzbicki, E. Wombwell, K.R. Zamudio, D.M. Aanensen, T.Y. James, M.T.P. Gilbert, C. Weldon, J. Bosch, F. Balloux, T.W.J. Garner, M.C. Fisher (2018) "Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines" Science 360(6389): 621
A. Abdolrasouli, A. Bercusson, J. Rhodes, F. Hagen, J. Buil, A. Tang, L. de Boer, A. Shah, A. Milburn, J. Elborn, A. Jones, J. Meis, M.C. Fisher, S. Schelenz, N. Simmonds, D. Amrstrong-Jones (2018) "Airway persistence by the emerging multi-azole resistant Rasamsonia argillacea complex in cystic fibrosis" Mycoses. Accessible online.
A. Nash, T. Sewell, R.A. Farrer, A. Abdolrasouli, J. Shelton, M.C. Fisher, J. Rhodes (2018) "MARDy: Mycology Antifungal Resistance Database" Bioinformatics: bty321
M.C. Fisher, P. Ghosh, J. Shelton, K. Bates, L. Brookes, C. Wierzbicki, G. Rosa, R. Farrer, D. Aanensen, M. Alvarado-Rybak, A. Bataille, L. Berger, S. Böll, J. Bosch, F. Clare, E. Courtois, A. Crottini, A. Cunningham, T. Doherty-Bone, F.Gebresenbet, D. Gower, J. Hoglund, T. James, T. Jenkinson, T. Kosch, C. Lambertini, A. Laurila, C.F. Lin, A. Loyau, A. Martel, S. Meurling, C. Miaud, P. Minting, S. Ndriantsoa, F. Pasmans, T. Rakotonanahary, F. Rabenmananjara, L. Ribeiro, D. Schmeller, B. Schmidt, L. Skerratt, F. Smith, C. Soto-Azat, G. Tessa, L. Felipe Toledo, A. Valenzuela-Sánchez, R. Verster, J. Voros, B. Waldman, R. Webb, C. Weldon, E. Wombwell, K. Zamudio, J. Longcore, T.W.J. Garner. (2018) "Development and worldwide use of non-lethal, and minimal population level impact, protocols for the isolation of amphibian chytrid fungi" Nature Scientific Reports 8: 7772
A. Valenzuela-Sánchez, S.J. O'Hanlon, M. Alvarado-Rybak, D.E. Uribe-Rivera, A.A. Cunningham, M.C. Fisher, C. Soto-Azat. (2018) "Genomic epidemiology of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis from native and invasive amphibian species in Chile" Transboundary and emerging diseases 65(2): 309
K.A. Bates, F.C. Clare, S.J. O'Hanlon, J. Bosch, L. Brookes, K. Hopkins, E.J. McLaughlin, O. Daniel, T.W.J. Garner, M.C. Fisher, X.A. Harrison. (2018) "Amphibian chytridiomycosis outbreak dynamics are linked with host skin bacterial community structure" Nature Communications 9(1): 693
C.A. Cuomo, J. Rhodes, C.A. Desjardins (2018) "Advances in Cryptococcus genomics: insights into the evolution of pathogenesis" Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 113(7)
J. Rhodes, A. Abdolrasouli, R.A. Farrer, C.A. Cuomo, D.M. Aanensen, D. Armstrong-Jones, M.C. Fisher, S. Schelenz. (2018) "Genomic epidemiology of the UK outbreak of the emerging human fungal pathogen Candida auris" Emerging Microbes and Infections 7(1):43
2017
J. Rhodes, C.A. Desjardins, S.M. Sykes, M.A. Beale, M. Vanhove, S. Sakthikumar, Y. Chen, S. Gujja, S. Saif, A. Chowdhary, D.J. Lawson, V. Ponzio, A.L. Colombo, W. Meyer, D.M. Engelthaler, F. Hagen, M.T. Illnait-Zaragozi, A. Alanio, Jo-Marie Vreulink, J. Heitman, J.R. Perfect, A.P. Litvintseva, T. Bicanic, T.S. Harrison, M.C. Fisher, C.A. Cuomo (2017) "Tracing the genetic exchange and biogeogrpahy of Cryptococcus neorformans var. grubii at the global population level" Genetics 207(1): 327-346
A. Abdolrasouli, D. Armstrong-Jones, L. Ryan, S. Schelenz (2017) "In vitro efficacy of disinfectants utilised for skin decolonisation and environmental decontamination during a hospital outbreak with Candida auris" Mycoses 60(11):758 - 763
N. Amarsaikhan, E.M. Sands, A. Shah, A. Abdolrasouli, A. Reed, J.E. Slaven, D. Armstrong-James, S.P. Templeton (2017) "Caspofungin increases fungal chitin and eosinophil and γδ T-cell dependent pathology in invasive Aspergillosis" J. Immunology 199(2):624 - 632
N. Liew, M.J. Mazon Moya, C. Wierzbicki, M. Hollinshead, M.J. Dillon, C.R. Thornton, A. Ellison, J. Cable, M.C. Fisher, S. Mostowy (2017) "Chytrid fungus infection in zebrafish demonstrates that the pathogen can parasitize non-amphibian vertebrate hosts" Nature Communications 8: 15048
M.C. Fisher (2017) "Ecology: In peril from a perfect pathogen" Nature 544(7650): 300
M. Vanhove, M.A. Beale, J. Rhodes, D. Chanda, S. Lakei, G. Kwenda, S. Molloy, N. Karunaharan, N. Stone, T.S. Harrison, T. Bicanic, M.C. Fisher (2017) "Genomic epidemiology of Cryptococcus yeasts identifies adaptation to environmental niches underpinning infection across an African HIV/AIDS cohort" Molecular Ecology 26(7):1991 - 2005
J. Rhodes, M.A. Beale, M. Vanhove, J.N. Jarvis, S. Kannambath, J.A. Simpson, A. Ryan, G. Meintjes, T.S. Harrison, M.C. Fisher, T. Bicanic (2017) "A population genomics approach to assessing the genetic basis of within-host microevolution underlying recurrent cryptococcal meningitis infection" G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 7(4):1165 - 1176
R. Farrer, A. Martel, E. Verbrugghe, A. Abouelleil, R. Ducatelle, J. Longcore, T. James, F. Pasmans, M.C. Fisher, C. Cuomo (2017) "Genomic innovations linked to infection strategies across emerging pathogenic chytrid fungi" Nature Communications 8: 14742
M.J. Dillon, A.E. Bowkett, M.J. Bungard, K.M. Beckman, M.F. O'brien, K. Bates, M.C. Fisher, J.R. Stevens, C. R Thornton (2017) "Tracking the amphibian pathogens Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis and Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans using a highly specific monoclonal antibody and lateral-flow technology" Microbial Biotechnology 10(2):381 - 394
R.A. Farrer, M.C. Fisher (2017) "Describing genomic and epigenomic traits underpinning emerging fungal pathogens" Advances in Genetics 100:73 - 140
2016
M.C. Fisher, N.A. Gow, S.J. Gurr (2016) "Tackling emerging fungal threats to animal health, food security and ecosystem resilience" Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 371(1709):20160332
S.J. Cameron, F. Bolt, A. Perdones-Montero, T. Rickards, K. Hardiman, A. Abdolrasouli, A. Burke, Z. Bodai, T. Karancsi, D. Simon, R. Schaffer, M. Rebec, J. Balog, Z. Takáts (2016) "Rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry (REIMS) provides accurate direct from culture species identification whiten the genus Candida" Nature Scientific Reports 16: 36788
F. Clare, J. Halder, O. Daniel, J. Bielby, M. Semenov, T. Jombart, A. Loyau, D. Schmeller, A.A. Cunningham, M. Rowcliffe, T.W.J. Garner, J. Bosch, M.C. Fisher (2016) "Climate forcing of an emerging pathogenic fungus across a montane multi-host community" Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 371(1709):2010454
R. Farrer, K. Voelz, D. Henk, S. Johnston, M.C. Fisher, R. May, C. Cuomo (2016) "Microevolutionary traits and comparative population genomics of the emerging pathogenic fungus Cryptococcus gattii" Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 371(1709):20160021
S. Schelenz, F. Hagen, J. Rhodes, A. Abdolrasouli, A. Chowdhary, A. Hall, L. Ryan, J. Shackleton, R. Trimlett, J. Meis, D. Armstrong-Jones, M.C. Fisher (2016) "First hospital outbreak of the globally emerging Candida auris in a European hospital" Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control 5(1):35
A. Abdolrasouli, X. Gonzalo, A. Jatan, G.J. McArthur, N. Francis, B.S. Azadian, A.M. Borman, E.M. Johnson (2016) "Subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosit cyst associated with Medicopsis romeroi in an immunocompromised host" Mycopathologia 181(9 - 10):717 - 721
P. Ghosh, M.C. Fisher (2016) "Dr Jekyll and Mrs Hyde: risky hybrid sex by amphibian-parasitising chytrids in the Brazilian Atlantic forests" Molecular Ecology 25(13):2961-2963
F. Clare, O. Daniel, T.W.J. Garner, M.C. Fisher (2016) "Assessing the ability of swab data to determine the true burden of infection for the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis" Ecohealth 13(2):360 - 367
2015
R. Farrer, C. Desjardins, S. Sakthikumar, S. Gujja, S. Saif, Q. Zeng, Y. Chen, K. Voel, J. Heitman, R. May, M.C. Fisher, C. Cuomo (2015) "Genome evolution and innovation across the four major lineages of Cryptococcus gattii"MBio 6(5):e00868-15
A. Abdolrasouli, J. Rhodes, M.A. Beale, F. Hagen, T.R. Rogers, A. Chowdhary, J. Meis, D. Armstrong-James, M.C. Fisher (2015) "Genomic context of azole resistance mutations in Aspergillus fumigatus determined using whole-genome sequencing" Mbio 6(3):e00536-15
M.C. Bletz, G. Rosa, F. Andeone, E.A. Courtois, D. Schmeller, N. Rabibisoa, F. Rabemananjara, L. Raharivololoniaina, M. Vences, C. Weldon, D. Edmonds, C.J. Raxworthy, R. Harris, M.C. Fisher, A. Crottini (2015) "Widespread presence of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild amphibian communities in Madagascar" Nature Scientific Reports 5:8633
A.A. Cunningham, K. Beckmann, M. Perkins, L. Fitzpatrick, R. Cromie, J. Redbond, M.F. O'Brien, P. Ghosh, J. Shelton, M.C. Fisher (2015) "Emerging disease in UK amphibians" Veterinary Record 176(18):468
S. Bidula, D.W. Sexton, M. Yates, A. Abdolrasouli, A. Shah, R. Wallis, A. Reed, D. Armstrong-Jones, S. Schelenz (2015) "H-ficolin binds Aspergillus fumigatus leading to activation of the lectin complement pathway and modulation of lung epithelial immune responses" Immunology 146:281 - 291
S. Bidula, D.W. Sexton, A. Abdolrasouli, A. Shah, A. Reed, D. Armstrong-Jones, S. Schelenz (2015) "Serum opsonin, L-ficolin, is detected in juman lungs of transplant patients following fungal infections and modulates inflammation and killing of A. fumigatus" Journal of Infectious Diseases 212:234 - 246
N. Fantania, M. Fraser, M. Savage, J. Hart, A. Abdolrasouli (2015) "Comparative evaluation of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionisation-time of flight mass spectrometry and conventional phenotypic-based methods for identification of clinically important yeasts in a UK-based medical microbiology laboratory" Journal of Clinical Pathology 68:1040 - 1042