Robert A. Petit III

Publications

• Fine-scale differentiation between Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus cereus group signatures in metagenome shotgun data.
• Bactopia: a flexible pipeline for complete analysis of bacterial genomes
• Genomic analysis of variability in Delta-toxin levels between Staphylococcus aureus strains
• Whole-genome sequences of staphylococcus aureus isolates from cystic fibrosis lung infections
• Genotypic and phenotypic diversity of staphylococcus aureus isolates from cystic fibrosis patient lung infections and their interactions with pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Invasive Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Infection among Adults with HIV in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, 2008-2018
• Human mAbs to staphylococcus aureus IsdA provide protection through both heme-blocking and Fc-mediated mechanisms
• Species-wide phylogenomics of the Staphylococcus aureus agr operon reveals convergent evolution of frameshift mutations
• Species-scale genomic analysis of S. aureus genes influencing phage host range and their relationships to virulence and antibiotic resistance genes
• Comparing whole‐genome shotgun sequencing and DNA metabarcoding approaches for species identification and quantification of pollen species mixtures
• Genome Sequence-Based Discriminator for Vancomycin-Intermediate Staphylococcus aureus
• Staphylococcus aureus viewed from the perspective of 40,000+ genomes.
• Invasive Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA500 Strains from the U.S. Emerging Infections Program Constitute Three Geographically Distinct Lineages.
• Erratum to: draft sequencing and assembly of the genome of the world's largest fish, the whale shark: Rhincodon typus smith 1828.
• USA300 MRSA lineages persist on multiple body sites following infection
• Draft sequencing and assembly of the genome of the world's largest fish, the whale shark: Rhincodon typus Smith 1828.
• The single-species metagenome: subtyping Staphylococcus aureus core genome sequences from shotgun metagenomic data.
• Transmission and microevolution of USA300 MRSA in U.S. households: evidence from whole-genome sequencing.
• Dissecting vancomycin-intermediate resistance in staphylococcus aureus using genome-wide association.
• USA300 Staphylococcus aureus persists on multiple body sites following an infection
• Genome Sequences for Five Strains of the Emerging Pathogen Haemophilus haemolyticus
• The complete mitochondrial genome sequence of the world's largest fish, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), and its comparison with those of related shark species
• Read Classification for Next Generation Sequencing
• Read classification for next generation sequencing
• Unsuspected clonal spread of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing bloodstream infections in hospitalized adults detected using whole genome sequencing
• Benchmarking software to predict antibiotic resistance phenotypes in shotgun metagenomes using simulated data
• Species-Scale Genomic Analysis of Staphylococcus aureus Genes Influencing Phage Host Range and Their Relationships to Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance Genes
• Species-Wide Phylogenomics of the Staphylococcus aureus Agr Operon Revealed Convergent Evolution of Frameshift Mutations
• Development of an amplicon nanopore sequencing strategy for detection of mutations conferring intermediate resistance to vancomycin in Staphylococcus aureus strains
• Accelerating bioinformatics implementation in public health
• Strain Differences in Bloodstream and Skin Infection MRSA isolated between 2019-2021 in a Single Health System
• Putting everything in its place: using the INSDC compliant Pathogen Data Object Model to better structure genomic data submitted for public health applications
• Average Nucleotide Identity basedStaphylococcus aureusstrain grouping allows identification of strain-specific genes in the pangenome
• Comparative genomic analysis of emerging non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) causing emerging septic arthritis in Atlanta