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Melissa J. Jansen van Rensburg

University of OxfordORCID 0000-0002-5036-4529Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:clustering· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Understanding the population structure of Moraxella catarrhalis using core genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST) and a life identification number (LIN) code classification system

Iman Yassine, Keith A. Jolley, James E. Bray, Melissa J. Jansen van Rensburg, Fadheela Patel, Anna E. Sheppard, Heather Joy Zar, Veronica Allen, Lemese Ah Tow, Martin C. J. Maiden, Mark Patrick Nicol, Angela B. Brueggemann

The paper develops a cgMLST scheme and LIN code system to classify Moraxella catarrhalis lineages, revealing two divergent seroresistant and serosensitive lineages with distinct genetic and virulence characteristics.

bioRxiv · Apr 30, 2025 · PreprintGenomics

Development of the Pneumococcal Genome Library, a core genome multilocus sequence typing scheme, and a taxonomic life identification number barcoding system to investigate and define pneumococcal population structure

Melissa J. Jansen van Rensburg, Duncan Berger, Iman Yassine, David Shaw, Andy Fohrmann, James E. Bray, Keith A. Jolley, Martin C. J. Maiden, Angela B. Brueggemann

The paper develops a genomic resource and clustering methods for pneumococcal population analysis using a large curated dataset of genomes.

Microbial Genomics · Aug 13, 2024Peer-reviewedGenomics

Nasopharyngeal competition dynamics are likely to be altered following vaccine introduction: bacteriocin prevalence and diversity among Icelandic and Kenyan pneumococci

Madeleine EB Butler, Melissa J. Jansen van Rensburg, Angela Karani, Benedict Mvera, Donald O. Akech, Asma Akter, Calum Forrest, Andries J. van Tonder, Sigríður Júlía Quirk, Gunnsteinn Haraldsson, Stephen D. Bentley, Helga Erlendsdóttir, Ásgeir Haraldsson, Karl Gustaf Kristinsson, J. Anthony G. Scott, Angela B. Brueggemann

The paper examines changes in bacteriocin prevalence and diversity in pneumococci from Iceland and Kenya before and after vaccine introduction, showing vaccine-induced shifts in bacterial population structure.

Microbial Genomics · Jul 12, 2023Peer-reviewedGenomics