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Christopher D. Bayliss

University of LeicesterORCID 0000-0002-5564-2145Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:long-read sequencing· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Assay:protein structure· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Andrey Morozov· 1 shared Charlene M.C. RodriguesiD· 1 shared Christoph M. TangiD· 1 shared Christopher J. R. TurkingtoniD· 1 shared Cynthia Nau CornelisseniD· 1 shared Jack L. ClarkiD· 1 shared Jay LucidarmeiD· 1 shared Jeremy P. DerrickiD· 1 shared

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Emergence of short-lived meningococci causing focal epidemics can be associated with gene transfer from carriage-associated Neisseria

Charlene M.C. Rodrigues, Jay Lucidarme, Rachel M. Exley, Jack L. Clark, Xilian Bai, Christopher D. Bayliss, Meera A Chand, Stephen A Clark, Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, Jeremy P. Derrick, Luke R. Green, Natalie Groves, Yaiza Gutierrez Vazquez, Odile Barbara Harrison, Keith A. Jolley, , Christoph M. Tang

A 21-case nightclub-linked meningococcal outbreak variant differed from its closest relatives by horizontal gene transfer from carriage-associated Neisseria, affecting iron acquisition and type IV pili genes.

bioRxiv · Sep 21, 2026 · PreprintGenomics✦ In-depth digest

Oscillating bacterial expression states generate herd immunity to viral infection

Christopher J. R. Turkington, Andrey Morozov, Martha R. J. Clokie, Christopher D. Bayliss

The paper shows bacteria use hypermutable loci to generate herd immunity against phage infection by creating resistant sub-populations that block phage spread.

bioRxiv · Mar 20, 2018 · PreprintMicrobiology