The University of Queensland

Faecal microbial transfer and complex carbohydrates mediate protection against COPD

Budden, Kurtis F, Shukla, Shakti D, Bowerman, Kate L, Vaughan, Annalicia, Gellatly, Shaan L, Wood, David L A, Lachner, Nancy, Idrees, Sobia, Rehman, Saima Firdous, Faiz, Alen, Patel, Vyoma K, Donovan, Chantal, Alemao, Charlotte A, Shen, Sj, Amorim, Nadia, Majumder, Rajib, Vanka, Kanth S, Mason, Jazz, Haw, Tatt Jhong, Tillet, Bree, Fricker, Michael, Keely, Simon, Hansbro, Nicole, Belz, Gabrielle T, Horvat, Jay, Ashhurst, Thomas, van Vreden, Caryn, McGuire, Helen, Fazekas de St Groth, Barbara ... Hansbro, Philip M (2024). Faecal microbial transfer and complex carbohydrates mediate protection against COPD. Gut, gutjnl-2023. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2023-330521

Multiple independent losses of sporulation and peptidoglycan in the Mycoplasmatales and related orders of the class Bacilli

Field, Christian J., Bowerman, Kate L. and Hugenholtz, Philip (2024). Multiple independent losses of sporulation and peptidoglycan in the Mycoplasmatales and related orders of the class Bacilli. Microbial Genomics, 10 (1) 001176. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.001176

Effects of laboratory domestication on the rodent gut microbiome

Bowerman, Kate L., Knowles, Sarah C. L., Bradley, Janette E., Baltrūnaitė, Laima, Lynch, Michael D. J., Jones, Kathryn M. and Hugenholtz, Philip (2021). Effects of laboratory domestication on the rodent gut microbiome. ISME Communications, 1 (1) 49, 49. doi: 10.1038/s43705-021-00053-9

IFN-λ therapy prevents severe gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease

Henden, Andrea S., Koyama, Motoko, Robb, Renee J., Forero, Adriana, Kuns, Rachel D., Chang, Karshing, Ensbey, Kathleen S., Varelias, Antiopi, Kazakoff, Stephen H., Waddell, Nicole, Clouston, Andrew D., Giri, Rabina, Begun, Jakob, Blazar, Bruce R., Degli-Esposti, Mariapia A., Kotenko, Sergei V., Lane, Steven W., Bowerman, Kate L., Savan, Ram, Hugenholtz, Philip, Gartlan, Kate H. and Hill, Geoffrey R. (2021). IFN-λ therapy prevents severe gastrointestinal graft-versus-host disease. Blood, 138 (8), 722-737. doi: 10.1182/blood.2020006375

Streptococcus species enriched in the oral cavity of patients with RA are a source of peptidoglycan-polysaccharide polymers that can induce arthritis in mice

Moentadj, Rabia, Wang, Yiwen, Bowerman, Kate, Rehaume, Linda, Nel, Hendrik, O Cuiv, Paraic, Stephens, Juliette, Baharom, Amalina, Maradana, Muralidhara, Lakis, Vanessa, Morrison, Mark, Wells, Timothy, Hugenholtz, Philip, Benham, Helen, Le Cao, Kim-Anh and Thomas, Ranjeny (2021). Streptococcus species enriched in the oral cavity of patients with RA are a source of peptidoglycan-polysaccharide polymers that can induce arthritis in mice. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 80 (5) annrheumdis-2020-219009, annrheumdis-2020. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-219009

Disease-associated gut microbiome and metabolome changes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Bowerman, Kate L., Rehman, Saima Firdous, Vaughan, Annalicia, Lachner, Nancy, Budden, Kurtis F., Kim, Richard Y., Wood, David L. A., Gellatly, Shaan L., Shukla, Shakti D., Wood, Lisa G., Yang, Ian A., Wark, Peter A., Hugenholtz, Philip and Hansbro, Philip M. (2020). Disease-associated gut microbiome and metabolome changes in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Nature Communications, 11 (1) 5886, 1-15. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19701-0

Continuous pre- and post-transplant exposure to a disease-associated gut microbiome promotes hyper-acute graft-versus-host disease in wild-type mice

Bowerman, Kate L., Varelias, Antiopi, Lachner, Nancy, Kuns, Rachel D., Hill, Geoffrey R. and Hugenholtz, Philip (2020). Continuous pre- and post-transplant exposure to a disease-associated gut microbiome promotes hyper-acute graft-versus-host disease in wild-type mice. Gut Microbes, 11 (4), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/19490976.2019.1705729

Functional effects of the microbiota in chronic respiratory disease

Budden, Kurtis F., Shukla, Shakti D., Rehman, Saima Firdous, Bowerman, Kate L., Keely, Simon, Hugenholtz, Philip, Armstrong-James, Darius P. H., Adcock, Ian M., Chotirmall, Sanjay H., Chung, Kian Fan and Hansbro, Philip M. (2019). Functional effects of the microbiota in chronic respiratory disease. Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 7 (10), 907-920. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(18)30510-1

IL-23 favours outgrowth of spondyloarthritis-associated pathobionts and suppresses host support for homeostatic microbiota

Rehaume, Linda M., Matigian, Nicholas, Mehdi, Ahmed M., Lachner, Nancy, Bowerman, Kate L., Daly, Joshua, Lê Cao, Kim-Anh, Hugenholtz, Philip and Thomas, Ranjeny (2019). IL-23 favours outgrowth of spondyloarthritis-associated pathobionts and suppresses host support for homeostatic microbiota. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 78 (4), 494-503. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214381

Recipient mucosal-associated invariant T cells control graft-versus-host-disease within the colon

Varelias, Antiopi, Bunting, Mark, Ormerod, Kate, Koyama, Motoko, Olver, Stuart, Straube, Jasmin, Kuns, Rachel, Robb, Renee, Henden, Andrea, Cooper, Leanne, Lachner, Nancy, Gartlan, Kate, Lantz, Olivier J., Kjer-Nielsen, Lars, Mak, Jeffrey, Fairlie, David, Clouston, Andrew, McCluskey, James, Rossjohn, Jamie, Lane, Steven, Hugenholtz, Phil and Hill, Geoff (2018). Recipient mucosal-associated invariant T cells control graft-versus-host-disease within the colon. The Journal of Immunology, 200 (1_Supplement), 55.15-55.15. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.200.supp.55.15

Recipient mucosal-associated invariant T cells control GVHD within the colon

Varelias, Antiopi, Bunting, Mark D., Ormerod, Kate L., Koyama, Motoko, Olver, Stuart D., Straube, Jasmin, Kuns, Rachel D., Robb, Renee J., Henden, Andrea S., Cooper, Leanne, Lachner, Nancy, Gartlan, Kate H., Lantz, Olivier, Kjer-Nielsen, Lars, Mak, Jeffrey Y. W., Fairlie, David P., Clouston, Andrew D., McCluskey, James, Rossjohn, Jamie, Lane, Steven W., Hugenholtz, Philip and Hill, Geoffrey R. (2018). Recipient mucosal-associated invariant T cells control GVHD within the colon. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 128 (5), 1919-1936. doi: 10.1172/JCI91646

Convergent microevolution of Cryptococcus neoformans hypervirulence in the laboratory and the clinic

Arras, Samantha D. M., Ormerod, Kate L., Erpf, Paige E., Espinosa, Monica I., Carpenter, Alex C., Blundell, Ross D., Stowasser, Samantha R., Schulz, Benjamin L., Tanurdzic, Milos and Fraser, James A. (2017). Convergent microevolution of Cryptococcus neoformans hypervirulence in the laboratory and the clinic. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 17918, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-18106-2

A fluorogenic C. neoformans reporter strain with a robust expression of m-cherry expressed from a safe haven site in the genome

Upadhya, Rajendra, Lam, Woei C., Maybruck, Brian T., Donlin, Maureen J., Chang, Andrew L., Kayode, Sarah, Ormerod, Kate L., Fraser, James A., Doering, Tamara L. and Lodge, Jennifer K. (2017). A fluorogenic C. neoformans reporter strain with a robust expression of m-cherry expressed from a safe haven site in the genome. Fungal Genetics and Biology : FG & B, 108, 13-25. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2017.08.008

Acute graft-versus-host disease is regulated by an IL-17-sensitive microbiome

Varelias, Antiopi, Ormerod, Kate L, Bunting, Mark D, Koyama, Motoko, Gartlan, Kate H, Kuns, Rachel D, Lachner, Nancy, Locke, Kelly R, Lim, Chun Y, Henden, Andrea S, Zhang, Ping, Clouston, Andrew D, Hasnain, Sumaira Z, McGuckin, Michael A, Blazar, Bruce R, MacDonald, Kelli PA, Hugenholtz, Philip and Hill, Geoff R (2017). Acute graft-versus-host disease is regulated by an IL-17-sensitive microbiome. The Journal of Immunology, 198 (1_Supplement), 82.8-82.8. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.198.supp.82.8

Acute graft-versus-host disease is regulated by an IL-17-sensitive microbiome

Varelias, Antiopi, Ormerod, Kate L., Bunting, Mark D., Koyama, Motoko, Gartlan, Kate H., Kuns, Rachel D., Lachner, Nancy, Locke, Kelly R., Lim, Chun Y., Henden, Andrea S., Zhang, Ping, Clouston, Andrew D., Hasnain, Sumaira Z., McGuckin, Michael A., Blazar, Bruce R., MacDonald, Kelli P. A ., Hugenholtz, Philip and Hill, Geoffrey R. (2017). Acute graft-versus-host disease is regulated by an IL-17-sensitive microbiome. Blood, 129 (15), 2172-2185. doi: 10.1182/blood-2016-08-732628

Genomic characterization of the uncultured Bacteroidales family S24-7 inhabiting the guts of homeothermic animals

Ormerod, Kate L., Wood, David L. A., Lachner, Nancy, Gellatly, Shaan L., Daly, Joshua N., Parsons, Jeremy D., Dal’Molin, Cristiana G. O., Palfreyman, Robin W., Nielsen, Lars K., Cooper, Matthew A., Morrison, Mark, Hansbro, Philip M. and Hugenholtz, Philip (2016). Genomic characterization of the uncultured Bacteroidales family S24-7 inhabiting the guts of homeothermic animals. Microbiome, 4 (1) 36, 36.1-36.17. doi: 10.1186/s40168-016-0181-2

Polyploid Titan Cells Produce Haploid and Aneuploid Progeny To Promote Stress Adaptation

Gerstein, Aleeza C., Fu, Man Shun, Mukaremera, Liliane, Li, Zhongming, Ormerod, Kate L., Fraser, James A, Berman, Judith and Nielsen, Kirsten (2015). Polyploid Titan Cells Produce Haploid and Aneuploid Progeny To Promote Stress Adaptation. mBio, 6 (5) e01340-15, e01340-15. doi: 10.1128/mBio.01340-15

Comparative genomics of non-pseudomonal bacterial species colonising paediatric cystic fibrosis patients

Ormerod, Kate L., George, Narelle M., Fraser, James A., Wainwright, Claire and Hugenholtz, Philip (2015). Comparative genomics of non-pseudomonal bacterial species colonising paediatric cystic fibrosis patients. PeerJ, 3 (9) e1223, e1223.1-e1223.27. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1223

Analysis of the genome and transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii reveals complex RNA expression and microevolution leading to virulence attenuation

Janbon, Guilhem, Ormerod, Kate L., Paulet, Damien, Byrnes III, Edmond J., Yadav, Vikas, Chatterjee, Gautam, Mullapudi, Nandita, Hon, Chung-Chau, Billmyre, R. Blake, Brunel, François, Bahn, Yong-Sun, Chen, Weidong, Chen, Yuan, Chow, Eve W. L., Coppée, Jean-Yves, Floyd-Averette, Anna, Gaillardin, Claude, Gerik, Kimberly J., Goldberg, Jonathan, Gonzalez-Hilarion, Sara, Gujja, Sharvari, Hamlin, Joyce L., Hsueh, Yen-Ping, Ianiri, Giuseppe, Jones, Steven, Kodira, Chinnappa D., Kozubowski, Lukasz, Lam, Woei, Marra, Marco ... Dietrich, Fred S. (2014). Analysis of the genome and transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii reveals complex RNA expression and microevolution leading to virulence attenuation. PLoS Genetics, 10 (4) e1004261, e1004261.1-e1004261.26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004261

Balancing stability and flexibility within the genome of the pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

Ormerod, Kate L. and Fraser, James A. (2013). Balancing stability and flexibility within the genome of the pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans. PLoS Pathogens, 9 (12) e1003764, 1-4. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003764

Comparative Genomics of Serial Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans Reveals Gene Associated With Carbon Utilization and Virulence

Ormerod, Kate L., Morrow, Carl A., Chow, Eve W. L., Lee, I. Russel, Arras, Samantha D. M., Schirra, Horst Joachim, Cox, Gary M., Fries, Bettina C. and Fraser, James A. (2013). Comparative Genomics of Serial Isolates of Cryptococcus neoformans Reveals Gene Associated With Carbon Utilization and Virulence. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 3 (4), 675-686. doi: 10.1534/g3.113.005660

A unique chromosomal rearrangement in the Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii type strain enhances key phenotypes associated with virulence

Morrow, Carl A., Lee, I. Russell, Chow, Eve W. L., Ormerod, Kate L., Goldinger, Anita, Byrnes III, Edmond J., Nielsen, Kirsten, Heitman, Joseph, Schirra, Horst Joachim and Fraser, James A. (2012). A unique chromosomal rearrangement in the Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii type strain enhances key phenotypes associated with virulence. mBio, 3 (2) e00310-11, e00310.1-e00310.11. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00310-11

Characterization of an Nmr homolog that modulates gata factor-mediated nitrogen metabolite repression in Cryptococcus neoformans

Lee, I. Russel, Lim, Jonathan W. C., Ormerod, Kate L., Morrow, Carl A. and Fraser, James A. (2012). Characterization of an Nmr homolog that modulates gata factor-mediated nitrogen metabolite repression in Cryptococcus neoformans. PLoS One, 7 (3) e32585, e32585.1-e32585.15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032585

Association between dietary fibre, microbial metabolites and airway obstruction in COPD patients and murine models

Budden, K., Rehman, S. F., Shukla, S., Bowerman, K., Donovan, C., Gomez, H., Alemao, C., Wood, L., Dennis, P., Hugenholtz, P., Wark, P. and Hansbro, P. (2022). Association between dietary fibre, microbial metabolites and airway obstruction in COPD patients and murine models. ERS International Congress 2022, Barcelona, Spain, 4-6 September 2022. Sheffield, United Kingdom: European Respiratory Society. doi: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2022.3289

Changes in the Gut Microbiome in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Rehman, S.F., Bowerman, K.L., Lachner, N., Budden, K.F., Kim, R., Wood, D.L., Gellatly, S.L., Wark, P.A., Hugenholtz, P. and Hansbro, P.M. (2020). Changes in the Gut Microbiome in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. American Thoracic Society International Conference 2020, Philadelphia, PA United States, 15-20 May 2020. New York, NY United States: American Thoracic Society. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm-conference.2020.201.1_meetingabstracts.a4473

IL-23 promotes fecal microbiota dysbiosis associated with susceptibility to spondyloarthritis and ileitis in ZAP-70 mutant SKG mice

Rehaume, Linda, Matigian, Nicholas, Ormerod, Kate, Kang, Alicia, Linedale, Richard, Zbarskaya, Olga, Kikly, Kristine, Daly, Joshua, Lachner, Nancy, Hugenholtz, Philip, Morrison, Mark, Le Cao, Kim-Anh and Thomas, Ranjeny (2017). IL-23 promotes fecal microbiota dysbiosis associated with susceptibility to spondyloarthritis and ileitis in ZAP-70 mutant SKG mice. ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA United States, 3-8 November 2017. Hoboken, NJ United States: John Wiley & Sons.

The H99 family tree: variation in the common laboratory reference strains of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii characterised through whole-genome sequencing

Ormerod, K. L., Byrnes, E. J., III, Wood, I. A., Lodge, J. K., Heitman, J. and Fraser, J. A. (2014). The H99 family tree: variation in the common laboratory reference strains of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii characterised through whole-genome sequencing. 9th International Conference on Cryptococcus and Cryptococcosis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 15-19 May 2014. Berlin, Germany: Wiley-Blackwell Verlag GmbH. doi: 10.1111/myc.12196

Moving targets: microevolution of pathogenic species within the laboratory and the human host

Ormerod, Kate L. (2016). Moving targets: microevolution of pathogenic species within the laboratory and the human host. PhD Thesis, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.179