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PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed publications:

 

Red – graduate students supervised

Purple – undergraduate students supervised

Green – postdocs supervised

2024

64. Piper KR, Ikhimiukor OO, Souza SSR, Souza SSR Garcia-Aroca T, Andam CP. 2024. Evolutionary dynamics of the accessory genomes of Staphylococcus aureus. mSphere

2023

63. Rahmani Eliato T, Edwards S, Tian Z, Andam CP, Jeong KJ, Kim YJ. 2023. Melanin zinc complex as a biocompatible agent for clearing bacteremia. Advanced Materials Interfaces 11: 2300369 DOI: 10.1002/admi.202300369

62. Lee IPA, Eldakar OT, Gogarten JP, Andam CP. 2023. Protocol for an agent-based model of recombination in bacteria playing a public goods game. STAR Protocols 4:102733 DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102733

61. Ikhimiukor OO, Souza SSR, Akintayo IJ, Marcovici MM, Workman A, Martin IW, Andam CP. 2023. Phylogenetic lineages and antimicrobial resistance determinants of clinical Klebsiella oxytoca spanning local to global scales. Microbiology Spectrum 11:e0054923 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00549-23 

60. Souza SSR, Smith JT, Bruce SA, Gibson R, Martin IW, Andam CP. 2023. Multi-host infection and phylogenetically diverse lineages shape the recombination and gene pool dynamics of Staphylococcus aureus. BMC Microbiology 23:235 PMCID: PMC10463932 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-023-02985-9

  • This article is part of the collection “Zoonoses and Emerging Pathogens”

59. Lee IPA, Eldakar OT, Gogarten JP, Andam CP. 2023. Recombination as an enforcement mechanism of prosocial behavior in cooperating bacteria. iScience, In press.  DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107344

58. Ikhimiukor OO, Souza SSR, Marcovici MM, Nye GJ, Gibson R, Andam CP. 2023. Leaky barriers to gene sharing between locally co-existing coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species. Communications Biology 6:482 PMCID: PMC10156822 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-04877-0

  • A blog post of the paper is featured in Nature Research Microbiology Community (here)

57. Moser B, Moore D, Khadka B, Lyons C, Foxall T, Andam CP, Park CJ, Ochin C, Garelnabi M, Sevigny J, Thomas WK, Bigornia S, Dao MC. 2023. Association between inflammation, lipopolysaccharide binding protein, and gut microbiota composition in a New Hampshire Bhutanese refugee population with a high burden of type 2 diabetes. Frontiers in Nutrition 9:1059163 PMCID: PMC9852993 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1059163

  • This article is part of the Research Topic “Nutritional Modulation of Immune Function in the Context of Metabolic Syndrome”

 

2022

56. Souza SRR, Turcotte MR, Li J, Zhang X, Wolfe K, Gao F, Benton CS, Andam CP. 2022. Population analysis of heavy metal and biocide resistance genes in clinical Salmonella enterica. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:983083 PMCID: PMC9626534 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.983083

  • This article is part of the Research Topic “Women in Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy: 2022”

55. Chaguza C, Smith JT, Bruce SA, Gibson R, Martin IW, Andam CP. 2022. Prophage-encoded immune evasion genes are critical for Staphylococcus aureus host infection, switching, and adaptation. Cell Genomics 2:100194 PMCID: PMC9718559 DOI:10.1016/j.xgen.2022.100194

 

54. Garcia-Aroca T, Souza SRR, Ikhimiukor OO, Marcovici MM, Smith JT, Amador S, McGonagle CJ, Nye GJ, Needle DB, Gibson R, Andam CP. 2022. Genome sequencing of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Mammaliicoccus sciuri from diseased animals. Microbiology Resource Announcements 11:e00714 PMCID: PMC9583799 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00714-22

 

53. Turcotte MR, Smith JT, Li J, Zhang X, Wolfe K, Gao F, Benton CS, Andam CP. 2022. Genome characteristics of clinical Salmonella enterica population from a state public health laboratory, New Hampshire, USA, 2017-2020. BMC Genomics 23:537 PMCID: PMC9308939 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08769-1

52. Bruce SA, Aytur S, Andam CP,  Bucci J. 2022. Metagenomics to characterize sediment microbial biodiversity associated with fishing exposure within the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Scientific Reports 12:9499 PMCID: PMC9184631 DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-13409-5

51. Smith JT, Eckhardt EM, Hansel NB, Eliato TR, Martin IW, Andam CP. 2022. Genome evolution of invasive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Americas. Microbiology Spectrum e00201-22 PMCID: PMC9241880 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00201-22

50. Bruce SA, Smith JT, Ball J, Mydosh JL, Needle D, Gibson R, Andam CP. 2022. Shared antibiotic resistance and virulence genes in Staphylococcus aureus from diverse animal hosts. Scientific Reports 12:4413 PMCID: PMC8924228 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08230-z

49. Bruce SA, Smith JT, Ball J, Mydosh JL, Needle D, Gibson R, Andam CP. 2022. Accessory genome dynamics of local and global Staphylococcus pseudintermedius populations. Frontiers in Microbiology 13:798175 PMCID: PMC8867027 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.798175

48. Lee IPA, Andam CP. 2022. Frequencies and characteristics of genome-wide recombination in Streptococcus agalactiae, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Streptococcus suis. Scientific Reports 12:1515 PMCID: PMC8795270 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-04995-5

47. Lee IPA, Eldakar OT, Gogarten JP, Andam CP. 2021. Bacterial cooperation through horizontal gene transfer. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 37:223-232 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.006

2021

46. Smith JT, Andam CP. 2021. Extensive horizontal gene transfer within and between species of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus. Genome Biology and Evolution 13:evab206 PMCID: PMC8462280 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab206

45. Smith JT, Eckhardt EM, Hansel NB, Rahmani Eliato T, Martin IW, Andam CP. 2021. Genomic epidemiology of methicillin-resistant and -susceptible Staphylococcus aureus from bloodstream infections. BMC Infectious Diseases 21:589 PMCID: PMC8215799 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-06293-3

 

44. Park CJ, Caimi NA, Buecher DC, Valdez EW, Northup DE, Andam CP. 2021. Unexpected genomic, biosynthetic and species diversity in Streptomyces bacteria from bats in Arizona and New Mexico, USA. BMC Genomics 22:247. PMCID: PMC8028829 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-021-07546-w

43. Park CJ, Li J, Zhang X, Gao F, Benton CS, Andam CP. 2021. Diverse lineages of multidrug resistant clinical Salmonella enterica and a cryptic outbreak in New Hampshire, USA revealed from a year-long genomic surveillance. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 8:104645. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2020.104645

 

42. Eliato TR, Smith JT, Zhen T, Kim ES, Hwang W, Andam CP, Kim YJ. 2020. Melanin pigments extracted from horsehair as antibacterial agents. Journal of Materials Chemistry B 9:1536. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1039/D0TB02475A

2020

41. Belknap KC, Cote AL, McGill AM, Andam CP, Barth BM. 2020. The role of the microbiome in cancer and the development of cancer therapeutics. Int J Biopharm Sci 2:118 PMCID: PMC7993822 DOI: 10.31021/ijbs.20203118

40. Needle DB, Marr JL, Park CJ, Andam CP, Wise AG, Maes RK, Wilkes RP, Anis EA, Sidor IF, Agnew D, Ellis JC, Tate P, Mathewson A, Benton C, Gibson R. 2020. Concurrent infection of skunk adenovirus-1, Listeria monocytogenes and a regionally specific clade of canine distemper virus in one gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) and concurrent listeriosis and canine distemper in a second. Pathogens 9:591. PMCID: PMC7400275 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9070591

39. Smith JT, Amador S, McGonagle CJ, Needle D, Gibson R, Andam CP. 2020. Population genomics of Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in companion animals in the United States. Communications Biology. 3:282. PMCID: PMC7275049 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-1009-y

 

38. Park CJ, Li J, Zhang X, Gao F, Benton CS, Andam CP. 2020. Genomic epidemiology and evolution of diverse lineages of clinical Campylobacter jejuni co-circulating in New Hampshire, USA, 2017. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 58:02070-19. PMCID: PMC7269400 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02070-19

 

37. Belknap KC, Park CJ, Barth BM, Andam CP. 2020. Genome mining of biosynthetic and chemotherapeutic gene clusters in Streptomyces bacteria. Scientific Reports 10:2003. PMCID: PMC7005152 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58904-9

 

36. Park CJ, Andam CP. 2020. Distinct but intertwined evolutionary histories of multiple Salmonella enterica subspecies. mSystems 5:e00515-19. PMCID: PMC6967386 DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00515-19

 

2019

35. Lee IPA, Andam CP. 2019. Genome diversification and recombination in Cronobacter sakazakii, an opportunistic pathogen in neonates, and insights to its xerotolerant lifestyle. BMC Microbiology 19:306. PMCID: 31881843 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-019-1664-7

34. Andam CP. 2019. Clonal yet different: understanding the causes of genomic heterogeneity in microbial species and impacts on public health. mSystems 4:e00097-19. PMCID: PMC6533373 DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00097-19

  • This is part of the Special Issue on Early Career Systems Microbiology Scientists “to highlight and share the work of some of the pioneers in systems microbiology science who are just stepping into their first independent research positions” https://msystems.asm.org/content/4/3/e00196-19

 

33. Park CJ, Andam CP. 2019. Within-species genomic variation and variable patterns of recombination in the tetracycline producer Streptomyces rimosus. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:552. PMCID: PMC6437091 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.00552

 

2018

32. Chang Q, Abuelaish I, Biber A, Jaber H, Callendrello A, Andam CP, Regev-Yochay G, Hanage WP, PICR Study Group. 2018. Genomic epidemiology of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ST22 widespread in communities of the Gaza strip, 2009. Euro Surveillance 23(34). PMCID: PMC6113745 DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.34.1700592

31. Smith M, Park CJ, Andam CP, Aber J. 2018. Utilization of low grade wood for use as animal bedding: A case study of eastern hemlock. J Forestry 116:520-528. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1093/jofore/fvy040

30. McGill CM, Tomco PL, Ondrasik RM, Belknap KC, Dwyer GK, Quinlan DJ, Kircher TA, Andam CP, Brown TJ, Claxton DF, Barth BM. 2018. Therapeutic effect of Northern Labrador tea extracts for acute myeloid leukemia. Phytother Res. 32(8):1636-1641. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1002/ptr.6091

 

2017

29. Chaguza C, Cornick JE, Andam CP, Gladstone RA, Alaerts M, Musicha P, Peno C, Bar-Zeev N, Kamng'ona AW, Kiran AM, Msefula CL, McGee L, Breiman RF, Kadioglu A, French N, Heyderman RS, Hanage WP, Bentley SD, Everett DB. 2017. Population genetic structure, antibiotic resistance, capsule switching and evolution of invasive pneumococci before conjugate vaccination in Malawi. Vaccine. 35:4594-4602. PMCID: PMC5571440 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.07.009

 

28.  Andam CP, Worby CJ, Mitchell PK, McGee L, Kim L, Beall B, Hanage WP. 2017. Penicillin resistance of non-vaccine type pneumococcus before and after PCV13 introduction, United States. Emerg Infect Dis 23(6):1012-1015. PMCID: PMC5443431 DOI: 10.3201/eid2306.161331

 

27.  Mostowy R, Croucher NJ, Andam CP, Corander J, Hanage WP, Marttinen P. 2017. Efficient inference of recent and ancestral recombination within bacterial populations. Mol Biol Evol 34:1167-1182. PMCID: PMC5400400 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx066

 

26. Choudoir MJ, Panke-Buisse K, Andam CP, Buckley DH. 2017. Genome surfing as driver of microbial genomic diversity. Trends Microbiol 25:624-636. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2017.02.006

 

25. Andam CP, Mitchell PK, Callendrello A, Chang Q, Corander J, Chaguza C, McGee L, Beall B, Hanage WP. 2017. Genomic epidemiology of penicillin non-susceptible pneumococci with nonvaccine serotypes causing invasive disease in the United States. J Clin Microbiol 55:1104-1115. PMCID: PMC5377837 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02453-16

 

2016

24.  Harms K, Lunnan A, Hülter N, Mourier T, Vinner L, Andam CP, Marttinen P, Fridholm H, Hansen AJ, Hanage WP, Nielsen KM, Willerslev E, Johnsen PJ. 2016. Substitutions of short heterologous DNA segments of intragenomic or extragenomic origins produce clustered genomic polymorphisms. Proc Nat Acad Sci USA 113(52):15066-15071. PMCID: PMC5206527 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1615819114

 

23. Chaguza C, Cornick JE, Harris SR, Andam CP, Bricio-Moreno L, Yang M, Yalcin F, Ousmane S, Govindpersad S, Senghore M, Ebruke C, Plessis MD, Kiran AM, Pluschke G, Sigauque B, McGee L, Klugman KP, Turner P, Corander J, Parkhill J, Collard JM, Antonio M, von Gottberg A, Heyderman RS, French N, Kadioglu A, Hanage WP, Everett DB, Bentley SD, PAGe Consortium. 2016. Understanding pneumococcal serotype 1 biology through population genomic analysis. BMC Infect Dis 16:649. PMCID: PMC5100261 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1987-z

 

22. Chaguza C, Andam CP, Harris SK, Cornick JE, Yang M, Bricio-Moreno L, Kamng’ona AW, Parkhill J, French N, Heyderman RS, Kadioglu A, Everett DB, Bentley SD, Hanage WP. 2016. Recombination in Streptococcus pneumoniae lineages increase with carriage duration and size of the polysaccharide capsule. mBio 7: e01053-16. PMCID: PMC5040112 DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01053-16

  • Featured in Harvard Microbial Sciences Initiative (MSI). November 2016

 

21. Andam CP, Worby CJ, Chang Q, Campana MG. 2016. Microbial genomics of ancient plagues and outbreaks. Trends Microbiol 24:978-990. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.08.004

 

20. Andam CP, Doroghazi JR, Campbell AN, Kelly PJ, Choudoir MJ, Buckley DH. 2016. A latitudinal diversity gradient in terrestrial bacteria of the genus Streptomyces. mBio 7:e02200-15. PMCID: PMC4817263 DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02200-15

 

19. Andam CP, Choudoir MJ, Nguyen VA, Park HS, Buckley DH. 2016. Contributions of ancestral inter-species recombination to the genetic diversity of extant Streptomyces lineages. ISME Journal 10: 1731-1741. PMCID: PMC4918437 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.230

 

18. Pepe-Ranney C, Koechli C, Potrafka R, Andam C, Eggleston E, Garcia-Pichel F, Buckley DH. 2016. Non-cyanobacterial diazotrophs mediate dinitrogen fixation in biological soil crusts during early crust formation. ISME Journal 10:287-298. PMCID: PMC4737922 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.106

 

2015

17. Andam CP, Carver SM, Berthrong ST. 2015. Horizontal gene flow in managed ecosystems. Ann Rev Ecol Evol Syst 46:121-143. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-112414-054126

16. Fournier GP, Andam CP, Gogarten JP. 2015. Ancient horizontal gene transfer and the last common ancestors. BMC Evol Biol 15:70. PMCID: PMC4427996 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0350-0

  • Rated as highly accessed

 

15. Andam CP, Hanage WP. 2015. Mechanisms of genome evolution in Streptococcus. Infect Genet Evol 33:334–342. PMCID: PMC4430445 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.11.007

 

2012

 

14. Andam CP, Harlow TJ, Papke RT, Gogarten JP. 2012. Ancient origin of the divergent forms of leucyl-tRNA synthetases in the Halobacteriales. BMC Evol Biol 12:85. PMCID: PMC3436685 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-85

 

13. Andrus A, Andam C, Parker MA. 2012. American origin of Cupriavidus bacteria associated with invasive Mimosa legumes in the Philippines. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 80:747–750. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01342.x

 

12. Fournier GP, Andam CP, Alm EJ, Gogarten JP. 2012.  Molecular evolution of aminoacyl tRNA synthetase proteins in the early history of life. Orig Life Evol Biosph 41:621–632. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1007/s11084-011-9261-2

 

11. Andam CP, Driscoll JR, Enke TN, Macula AJ, Gal S. 2012. Comparison of different polymerase chain reaction methods to analyze a DNA computing library. Nat Computing 11:339–349. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1007/s11047-011-9297-2

 

2011

 

10. Andam CP, Gogarten JP. 2011. Biased gene transfer and its implications for the concept of lineage. Biol Direct 6:47. PMCID: PMC3191353 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-6-47

 

9.  Williams D, Fournier GP, Lapierre P, Swithers KS, Green AG, Andam CP, Gogarten JP. 2011.  A rooted net of life. Biol Direct 6:45. PMCID: PMC3189188 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6150-6-45

  • Rated as highly accessed

 

8.  Andam CP, Gogarten JP. 2011. Biased gene transfer in microbial evolution. Nature Rev Microbiol 9:543–555. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2593

 

7.  Andam CP, Fournier GP, Gogarten JP. 2011. Multilevel populations and the evolution of antibiotic resistance through horizontal gene transfer. FEMS Microbiol Rev 35:756–767. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00274.x

 

2010

6.  Andam CP, Williams D, Gogarten JP. 2010. Biased gene transfer mimics patterns created through shared ancestry. Proc Nat Acad Sci USA 107:10679–10684. PMCID: PMC2890805 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1001418107

  • Reviewed by Dr. Yuri Wolf of NCBI, NLM, NIH in the Faculty of 1000 Biology; Rated as New Finding, Controversial, Interesting Hypothesis; June 17, 2010 http://f1000.com/prime/3600958

 

5. Andam CP, Williams D, Gogarten JP. 2010. Natural taxonomy in light of horizontal gene transfer. Special issue on the Tree of Life. Biol & Philo 25:589–602. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1007/s10539-010-9212-8

 

2009

 

4.  Macula AJ, Gal S, Andam C, Renz TE, Bishop MA. 2009. PCR non-adaptive group testing of DNA libraries for biomolecular computing and taggant applications. Discrete Math Algorithms Appl 1:59–69. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1142/S1793830909000051

 

2008

3.  Andam CP, Parker MA. 2008. Origins of Bradyrhizobium nodule symbionts from two legume trees in the Philippines. J Biogeog 35: 1030–1039. PMCID: Not applicable DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01844.x

 

2007

2.  Andam CP, Parker MA. 2007.  Novel Alphaproteobacterial root nodule symbiont associated with Lupinus texensis. Appl Environ Microbiol 73: 5687–5691. PMCID: PMC2042092 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01413-07    

    

1.  Andam CP, Mondo SJ, Parker MA. 2007. Monophyly of nodA and nifH genes across Texas and Costa Rican populations of Cupriavidus nodule symbionts.  Appl Environ Microbiol 73: 4686–4690. PMCID: PMC1932833 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00160-07

Book chapters:

 

4.    Park CJ, Smith JTAndam CP. 2019. Horizontal gene transfer in Actinobacteria. InHorizontal Gene Transfer - Breaking Borders between Living Kingdoms (Villa TG, Vinas M, eds.) Springer. ISBN 978-3-030-21861-4

3.   Andam CP, Challagundla L, Azarian T, Hanage WP, Robinson DA. 2017. Population structure of pathogenic bacteria. InGenetics and Evolution of Infectious Diseases 2nd ed (Tibayrenc M, ed.) Elsevier Inc. ISBN: 978-0-1279-9942-5

2.   Andam CP, Gogarten JP. 2013. Biased gene transfer contributes to maintaining the Tree of Life. InLateral Gene Transfer in Evolution (Gophna U, ed.) Springer. ISBN:978-1-4614-7779-2

1.    Williams D, Andam CP, Gogarten JP. 2010. Horizontal gene transfer and the formation of groups of microorganisms. InMolecular Phylogeny of Microorganisms (Oren A, Papke RT, eds.) Caister Academic Press.  ISBN: 978-1-904455-67-7

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