Understanding the role of viruses in the evolution of new bacterial diseases - Ref ES2013/0110
Funding or Partner Organisation: Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Foundation (Ramaciotti Foundation Grant funding)
Start year: 2013
Summary: Investigation of the contribution of bacteriophages to the evolution of new pathogens using high throughput sequencing, bioinformatics and molecular microbiological techniques to investigate the movement, evolution and spread of virulence factors and antibiotic resistance carried by phages in pathogenic E. coli.
Keywords: Bacteriophage, horizontal gene transfer, E. coli, infectious diseases, bacterial pathogens, antibiotic resistance, genomics
FOR Codes: Bioinformatics, Food Safety, Infectious Diseases, Disease Distribution and Transmission (incl. Surveillance and Response), Microbiology, Bioinformatics and computational biology, Clinical health, Public health (excl. specific population health)