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| Distinct penicillin binding proteins involved in the division, elongation, and shape of Escherichia coli K12. BG Spratt Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 72 (8), 2999-3003, 1975 | 1359 | 1975 |
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| Complete genomes of two clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains: evidence for the rapid evolution of virulence and drug resistance MTG Holden, EJ Feil, JA Lindsay, SJ Peacock, NPJ Day, MC Enright, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 (26), 9786-9791, 2004 | 1207 | 2004 |
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| Complete DNA sequence of a serogroup A strain of Neisseria meningitidis Z2491 J Parkhill, M Achtman, KD James, SD Bentley, C Churcher, SR Klee, ... Nature 404 (6777), 502-506, 2000 | 904 | 2000 |
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| Multilocus sequence typing MC Enright, BG Spratt Trends in microbiology 7 (12), 482-487, 1999 | 855 | 1999 |
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| How Clonal Is Staphylococcus aureus? EJ Feil, JE Cooper, H Grundmann, DA Robinson, MC Enright, T Berendt, ... Journal of bacteriology 185 (11), 3307-3316, 2003 | 799 | 2003 |
| Clonal Relationships between Invasive and Carriage Streptococcus pneumoniae and Serotype- and Clone-Specific Differences in Invasive Disease Potential AB Brueggemann, DT Griffiths, E Meats, T Peto, DW Crook, BG Spratt The Journal of infectious diseases 187 (9), 1424-1432, 2003 | 748 | 2003 |
| Multilocus sequence typing system for group B streptococcus N Jones, JF Bohnsack, S Takahashi, KA Oliver, MS Chan, F Kunst, ... Journal of clinical microbiology 41 (6), 2530-2536, 2003 | 685 | 2003 |
| Nomenclature of Major Antimicrobial-Resistant Clones of Streptococcus pneumoniae Defined by the Pneumococcal Molecular Epidemiology Network L McGee, L McDougal, J Zhou, BG Spratt, FC Tenover, R George, ... Journal of clinical microbiology 39 (7), 2565-2571, 2001 | 652 | 2001 |
| Geographic Distribution of Staphylococcus aureus Causing Invasive Infections in Europe: A Molecular-Epidemiological Analysis H Grundmann, DM Aanensen, CC Van Den Wijngaard, BG Spratt, ... PLoS medicine 7 (1), e1000215, 2010 | 642 | 2010 |
| Recombination within natural populations of pathogenic bacteria: short-term empirical estimates and long-term phylogenetic consequences EJ Feil, EC Holmes, DE Bessen, MS Chan, NPJ Day, MC Enright, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98 (1), 182-187, 2001 | 623 | 2001 |
