Alannah C. King

Global population structure and phase variation of serotype 12F Streptococcus pneumoniae following the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine

This study characterizes the global population structure and genetic diversity of serotype 12F Streptococcus pneumoniae, identifying strand-slippage mutations as a mechanism for capsule variation and vaccine evasion.

Unique mitochondrial carrier has a role in mitochondrial dynamics during Plasmodium falciparum host switching

The paper investigates the role of PfAMC1 in mitochondrial dynamics during Plasmodium falciparum host switching, showing its localization and impact on mitochondrial morphology.

SeroBA(v2.0) and SeroBAnk: a robust genome-based serotyping scheme and comprehensive atlas of capsular diversity in Streptococcus pneumoniae

This paper introduces SeroBA(v2.0), a tool for pneumococcal serotyping, and SeroBAnk, a resource for capsular diversity, which accurately identifies 102 serotypes and supports community contributions for updates.

Comparison of gene-by-gene and genome-wide short nucleotide sequence based approaches to define the global population structure of Streptococcus pneumoniae

This paper compares four clustering methods for S. pneumoniae genomes to assess their accuracy in reflecting population structure and highlights the need for standardized nomenclature.