Lithgow lab publications
Selected highlight publications
1. Lithgow T, Stubenrauch CJ & Stumpf MPH (2023) Surveying membrane landscapes: a new look at the bacterial cell surface. Nature Reviews Microbiology 21:502-518 doi: 10.1038/s41579-023-00862-w
2. Dunstan RA, Bamert RS, Tan KS, Imbulgoda U, Barlow CK, Taiaroa G, Pickard DJ, Schittenhelm RB, Dougan G, Short FL & Lithgow T (2023) Epitopes in the capsular polysaccharide and the porin OmpK36 receptors are required for bacteriophage infection of Klebsiella pneumoniae. Cell Reports 42:112551 doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112551
3. Rosas NC, Wilksch J, Barber J, Li J, Wang Y, Sun Z, Rocker A, Webb CT, Perlaza-Jiménez L, Stubenrauch CJ, Dhanasekaran V, Song J, Taiaroa G, Davies M, Strugnell RA, Bao Q, Zhou T, McDonald MJ & Lithgow T (2023) The evolutionary mechanism of non-carbapenemase carbapenem-resistant phenotypes in Klebsiella spp. Elife. 12:e83107 doi: 10.7554/eLife.83107
4. Thung TY, Hall A, Jati AP, White ME, Bamert RS, Tan KS, Press C, Taiaroa G, Short FL, Dunstan RA & Lithgow T (2024) Genetic variation in individuals from a population of the minimalist bacteriophage Merri-merri-uth nyilam marra-natj driving evolution of the virus. mBio 15:e0256424 doi: 10.1128/mbio.02564-24
5. Chen H, Liu H, Gong Y, Dunstan RA, Ma Z, Zhou C, Zhao D, Tang M, Lithgow T & Zhou T (2024) A Klebsiella-phage cocktail to broaden the host range and delay bacteriophage resistance both in vitro and in vivo. NPJ Biofilms Microbiomes 10:127 doi: 10.1038/s41522-024-00603-8
6. Byers SMH, Rocker A, Nguyen TNT, Rosas NC, Taiaroa G, Tan KS, Li Y, Wilksch JJ, Steele JR, Schittenhelm RB, Dunstan RA, Short FL & Lithgow T (2025) Telomere bacteriophages are widespread and equip their bacterial hosts with potent interbacterial weapons. Science Advances 11:eadt1627. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adt1627
7. Suhani S, Li Y, Perlaza-Jiménez L, Korneev D, Press C, Thung TY, Lee H-C, Iszatt JJ, Schittenhelm RB, Stubenrauch CJ, Dunstan RA, Hardy JM, Kicic A & Lithgow T (2026) Staphylococcus species infected by a bacteriophage with a tail that is both curved and contractile. mBio 17:e0382925 doi: 10.1128/mbio.03829-25
Additional publications
A full list of Lithgow Lab publications can be viewed on PubMed