Prof Nicholas Thomson

Honorary Professor

Researcher profile

Selected publications

• Open access

  Competitive behaviors in Serratia marcescens are coordinately regulated by a lifestyle switch frequently inactivated in the clinical environment

  Williams, D. J., Hawkins, A., Hernandez, R. E., Mariano, G., Mathers, K., Buchanan, G., Stonier, B. J., Inkster, T., Leanord, A., Chalmers, J. D., Thomson, N. R., Holden, M. T. G. & Coulthurst, S. J., 12 Feb 2025, In: Cell Host & Microbe. 33, 2, p. 252-266.E5 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Characterisation of Treponema pallidum lineages within the contemporary syphilis outbreak in Australia: a genomic epidemiological analysis

  Taouk, M. L., Taiaroa, G., Pasricha, S., Herman, S., Chow, E. P. F., Azzatto, F., Zhang, B., Sia, C. M., Duchene, S., Lee, A., Higgins, N., Prestedge, J., Lee, Y. W., Thomson, N. R., Graves, B., Meumann, E., Gunathilake, M., Hocking, J. S., Bradshaw, C. S. & Beale, M. A. & 5 others, Howden, B. P., Chen, M. Y., Fairley, C. K., Ingle, D. J. & Williamson, D. A., 1 Jun 2022, In: The Lancet Microbe. 3, 6, p. e417-e426

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Global phylogeny of Treponema pallidum lineages reveals recent expansion and spread of contemporary syphilis

  Beale, M. A., Marks, M., Cole, M. J., Lee, M.-K., Pitt, R., Ruis, C., Balla, E., Crucitti, T., Ewens, M., Fernández-Naval, C., Grankvist, A., Guiver, M., Kenyon, C. R., Khairullin, R., Kularatne, R., Arando, M., Molini, B. J., Obukhov, A., Page, E. E. & Petrovay, F. & 18 others, Rietmeijer, C., Rowley, D., Shokoples, S., Smit, E., Sweeney, E. L., Taiaroa, G., Vera, J. H., Wennerås, C., Whiley, D. M., Williamson, D. A., Hughes, G., Naidu, P., Unemo, M., Krajden, M., Lukehart, S. A., Morshed, M. G., Fifer, H. & Thomson, N. R., 24 Nov 2021, In: Nature Microbiology. 6, 12, p. 1549-1560 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Global population structure and genotyping framework for genomic surveillance of the major dysentery pathogen, Shigella sonnei

  Hawkey, J., Paranagama, K., Baker, K. S., Bengtsson, R. J., Weill, F.-X., Thomson, N. R., Baker, S., Cerdeira, L., Iqbal, Z., Hunt, M., Ingle, D. J., Dallman, T. J., Jenkins, C., Williamson, D. A. & Holt, K. E., 11 May 2021, In: Nature Communications. 12, 1, p. 2684

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Genomic investigations unmask Mycoplasma amphoriforme, a new respiratory pathogen

  Gillespie, S. H., Ling, C. L., Oravcova, K., Pinheiro, M., Wells, L., Bryant, J. M., McHugh, T. D., Bébéar, C., Webster, D., Harris, S. R., Seth-Smith, H. M. B. & Thomson, N. R., 1 Feb 2015, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 60, 3, p. 381-388 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The Genome of Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315, an Epidemic Pathogen of Cystic Fibrosis Patients

  Holden, M. T. G., Seth-Smith, H. M. B., Crossman, L. C., Sebaihia, M., Bentley, S. D., Cerdeno-Tarraga, A. M., Thomson, N. R., Bason, N., Quail, M. A., Sharp, S., Cherevach, I., Churcher, C., Goodhead, I., Hauser, H., Holroyd, N., Mungall, K., Scott, P., Walker, D., White, B. & Rose, H. & 12 others, Iversen, P., Mil-Homens, D., Rocha, E. P. C., Fialho, A. M., Baldwin, A., Dowson, C., Barrell, B. G., Govan, J. R., Vandamme, P., Hart, C. A., Mahenthiralingam, E. & Parkhill, J., Jan 2009, In: Journal of Bacteriology. 191, 1, p. 261-277 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• The Genome of Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315, an Epidemic Pathogen of Cystic Fibrosis Patients (vol 191, pg 261, 2009)

  Holden, M. T. G., Seth-Smith, H. M. B., Crossman, L. C., Sebaihia, M., Bentley, S. D., Cerdeno-Tarraga, A. M., Thomson, N. R., Bason, N., Quail, M. A., Sharp, S., Cherevach, I., Churcher, C., Goodhead, I., Hauser, H., Holroyd, N., Mungall, K., Scott, P., Walker, D., White, B. & Rose, H. & 12 others, Iversen, P., Mil-Homens, D., Rocha, E. P. C., Fialho, A. M., Baldwin, A., Dowson, C., Barrell, B. G., Govan, J. R., Vandamme, P., Hart, C. A., Mahenthiralingam, E. & Parkhill, J., 15 Apr 2009, In: Journal of Bacteriology. 191, 8, p. 2907-2907 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Chlamydia trachomatis: Genome sequence analysis of lymphogranuloma venereum isolates

  Thomson, N. R., Holden, M. T. G., Carder, C., Lennard, N., Lockey, S. J., Marsh, P., Skipp, P., O'Connor, C. D., Goodhead, I., Norbertzcak, H., Harris, B., Ormond, D., Rance, R., Quail, M. A., Parkhill, J., Stephens, R. S. & Clarke, I. N., Jan 2008, In: Genome Research. 18, 1, p. 161-171 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  The genome sequence of the fish pathogen Aliivibrio salmonicida strain LFI1238 shows extensive evidence of gene decay

  Hjerde, E., Lorentzen, M. S., Holden, M. T. G., Seeger, K., Paulsen, S., Bason, N., Churcher, C., Harris, D., Norbertczak, H., Quail, M. A., Sanders, S., Thurston, S., Parkhill, J., Willassen, N. P. & Thomson, N. R., 19 Dec 2008, In: BMC Genomics. 9, 14 p., 616.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The multidrug-resistant human pathogen Clostridium difficile has a highly mobile, mosaic genome

  Sebaihia, M., Wren, B. W., Mullany, P., Fairweather, N. F., Minton, N., Stabler, R., Thomson, N. R., Roberts, A. P., Cerdeno-Tarrraga, A. M., Wang, H., Holden, M. T. G., Wright, A., Churcher, C., Quail, M. A., Baker, S., Bason, N., Brooks, K., Chillingworth, T., Cronin, A. & Davis, P. & 19 others, Dowd, L., Fraser, A., Feltwell, T., Hance, Z., Holroyd, S., Jagels, K., Moule, S., Mungall, K., Price, C., Rabbinowitsch, E., Sharp, S., Simmonds, M., Stevens, K., Unwin, L., Whithead, S., Dupuy, B., Dougan, G., Barrell, B. & Parkhill, J., Jul 2006, In: Nature Genetics. 38, 7, p. 779-786 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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