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List of works by Geoffrey Foster

A case of cutaneous toxigenic Corynebacterium ulcerans likely acquired from a domestic dog

scientific article published on 30 May 2019

A review of Brucella sp. infection of sea mammals with particular emphasis on isolates from Scotland.

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Actinobacillus seminis as a cause of abortion in a UK sheep flock

scientific article published on 01 April 1999

Actinomyces coleocanis sp. nov., from the vagina of a dog.

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Age-dependent prevalence of anti-Brucella antibodies in hooded seals Cystophora cristata.

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Analysis of feces samples collected from a wild-bird garden feeding station in Scotland for the presence of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157.

scientific article published on March 2006

Arcanobacterium haemolyticum in a badger (Meles meles).

scientific article published in November 2011

Arcanobacterium hippocoleae sp. nov., from the vagina of a horse

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Are a Single Population Infecting Multiple Animal Hosts Despite the Diversity of the Universally Present M-Like Protein SCM

scientific article published on 29 March 2019

Arthrobacter nasiphocae sp. nov., from the common seal (Phoca vitulina).

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Brucella ceti associated pathology in the testicle of a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)

scientific article published on 02 June 2008

Brucella ceti sp. nov. and Brucella pinnipedialis sp. nov. for Brucella strains with cetaceans and seals as their preferred hosts

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Campylobacter insulaenigrae sp. nov., isolated from marine mammals

scientific article published in November 2004

Campylobacter pinnipediorum sp. nov., isolated from pinnipeds, comprising Campylobacter pinnipediorum subsp. pinnipediorum subsp. nov. and Campylobacter pinnipediorum subsp. caledonicus subsp. nov.

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Campylobacter pinnipediorum subsp. caledonicus and C. pinnipediorum subsp. pinnipediorum recovered from abscesses in pinnipeds

scientific article published on 19 November 2020

Catellicoccus marimammalium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium from porpoise and grey seal

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Characterisation of North American Brucella isolates from marine mammals

scientific article published on 21 September 2017

Clinical, pathological, and laboratory diagnoses of diseases of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), live stranded on the Dutch and adjacent coasts from 2003 to 2016

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Corynebacterium caspium sp. nov., from a Caspian seal (Phoca caspica).

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Corynebacterium ulcerans in free-ranging otters

scientific article published on 01 April 2002

Corynebacterium uterequi sp. nov., a non-lipophilic bacterium isolated from urogenital samples from horses

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Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for rapid and sensitive identification of Arcanobacterium pluranimalium.

scientific article published on 17 June 2015

Emergence of methicillin resistance predates the clinical use of antibiotics

scientific article published on 05 January 2022

Evaluation of PCR primers targeting the groEL gene for the specific detection of Streptococcus agalactiae in the context of aquaculture

scientific article published on 29 June 2018

Evidence of land-sea transfer of the zoonotic pathogen Campylobacter to a wildlife marine sentinel species.

scientific article published on 31 December 2014

Exposure of harbour seals Phoca vitulina to Brucella in declining populations across Scotland

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Extended genomic analyses of the broad-host-range phages vB_KmiM-2Di and vB_KmiM-4Dii reveal slopekviruses have highly conserved genomes

scientific article published in 2022

First isolation of Brucella pinnipedialis and detection of Brucella antibodies from bearded seals Erignathus barbatus.

scientific article published in March 2018

First report of Brucella ceti-associated meningoencephalitis in a long-finned pilot whale Globicephala melas.

scientific article published on October 2015

Forensic microbiology reveals that Neisseria animaloris infections in harbour porpoises follow traumatic injuries by grey seals

scientific article published on 11 October 2019

Genomic Analysis of Companion Rabbit Staphylococcus aureus

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Harry Macdonald Ross

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Human Streptococcus agalactiae strains in aquatic mammals and fish

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Identification of Arcanobacterium pluranimalium by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry and, as novel target, by sequencing pluranimaliumlysin encoding gene pla.

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Indications for both host-specific and introduced genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus in marine mammals

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Infection due to Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium in a free-ranging common seal (Phoca vitulina) in Scotland.

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Is dolphin morbillivirus virulent for white-beaked dolphins (Lagenorhynchus albirostris)?

scientific article published on 7 January 2014

Isobaculum melis gen. nov., sp. nov., a Carnobacterium-like organism isolated from the intestine of a badger

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Isolation and genome sequencing of Staphylococcus schleiferi subspecies coagulans from Antarctic and North Sea seals

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

Isolation of Actinomyces hyovaginalis from sheep and comparison with isolates obtained from pigs

scientific article published on 08 January 2012

Isolation of Brucella ceti from a Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas) and a Sowerby's Beaked Whale (Mesoploden bidens).

scientific article published on 18 August 2015

Jeotgalicoccus pinnipedialis sp. nov., from a southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina).

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MLVA-16 typing of 295 marine mammal Brucella isolates from different animal and geographic origins identifies 7 major groups within Brucella ceti and Brucella pinnipedialis

scientific article published on 20 July 2009

MRSA spa type t899 from food animals in the UK

scientific article published on 01 June 2018

Methicillin-Resistant Macrococcus bohemicus Encoding a Divergent SCCmecB Element

scientific article published on 10 September 2020

Mycoplasma species isolated from harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) and a Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens) stranded in Scottish waters

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Novel, host-restricted genotypes of Bordetella bronchiseptica associated with phocine respiratory tract isolates.

scientific article published on 27 January 2015

Phocoenobacter

scientific article published in 2015

Population genetic structure of 4,12:a:- Salmonella enterica strains from harbor porpoises

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Prophage sequences defining hot spots of genome variation in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium can be used to discriminate between field isolates

scientific article published on 23 May 2007

Reclassification of [Haemophilus] haemoglobinophilus as Canicola haemoglobinophilus gen. nov., comb. nov. including Bisgaard taxon 35

scientific article published in 2021

Salmonella infection in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus), a marine mammal sentinel species: pathogenicity and molecular typing of Salmonella strains compared with human and livestock isolates

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Salmonellosis in garden birds in Scotland, 1995 to 2008: geographic region, Salmonella enterica phage type and bird species.

scientific article published in April 2010

Staphylococcus aureus carrying divergent mecA homologue (mecALGA251) isolated from a free-ranging wild bird

scientific article published on September 12, 2012

Streptococcus caledonicus sp. nov., isolated from sheep

scientific article published on 11 March 2020

Streptococcus castoreus sp. nov., isolated from a beaver (Castor fiber).

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Streptococcus halichoeri sp. nov., isolated from grey seals (Halichoerus grypus).

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Streptococcus marimammalium sp. nov., isolated from seals

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Suttonella ornithocola sp. nov., from birds of the tit families, and emended description of the genus Suttonella

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The Use of Sheep Movement Data to Inform Design and Interpretation of Slaughterhouse-Based Surveillance Activities

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

The characterisation of Brucella strains isolated from marine mammals

scientific article published on October 16, 1997

The first report of disease in a basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus).

scientific article published on 20 March 2010

The occurrence of Mycoplasma phocicerebrale, Mycoplasma phocidae, and Mycoplasma phocirhinis in grey and common seals (Halichoerus grypus and Phoca vitulina) in the United Kingdom

scientific article published on 01 April 2011

Use of citrate adonitol agar as a selective medium for the isolation of Escherichia fergusonii from a captive reindeer herd.

scientific article published on 28 January 2010

Variant O89 O-Antigen of Is Associated With Group 1 Capsule Loci and Multidrug Resistance

scientific article published on 31 August 2018