Karl Hassan
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Publications
Book Chapters
• Karl A. Hassan, Liam DH. Elbourne, Qinghu Ren, Alexander Cameron, Peter JF. Henderson & Ian T. Paulsen (2014) Transport, solute in Online Reference Module in Biomedical Sciences. Invited chapter, Accepted 18th June 2014.
• Anthony J. Brzoska & Karl A. Hassan (2014) Quantitative PCR for detection of mRNA and gDNA in environmental isolates in Methods in Molecular Biology, Environmental Microbiology 2nd Edition. Ed. Ian T. Paulsen & Andrew Holmes. Humana Press 1096: 25-42.
• Amanda M. Mackie, Karl A Hassan & Sasha G. Tetu (2014) Biolog phenotype microarrays for phenotypic characterization of microbial cells in Methods in Molecular Biology, Environmental Microbiology 2nd Edition. Ed. Ian T. Paulsen & Andrew Holmes. Humana Press 1096: 123-130.
• Bart A. Eijkelkamp, Karl A. Hassan, Ian T. Paulsen & Melissa H. Brown (2013) The role of efflux pumps in the nosocomial pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and Acinetobacter baumannii in Microbial Efflux Pumps: Current Research. Ed. Edward Yu. Caister Academic Press. pp.123-142.
• Karl A. Hassan & Ian T. Paulsen (2011) Clostridium perfringens in Genomes of Foodborne and Waterborne Pathogens. Ed. Pina Fratamico, Sophia Kathariou & Yanhong Liu. ASM Press. pp. 213-222.
Journal Publications
• Karl A. Hassan, Liam DH. Elbourne, Sasha G. Tetu, Stephen B. Melville, Julian I. Rood, Ian T. Paulsen. Genomic analyses of Clostridium perfringens isolates from five toxinotypes. Research in Microbiology, Accepted 9th October 2014.
• Chunxu Song, Menno van der Voort, Judith van de Mortel, Karl A. Hassan, Liam DH. Elbourne, Ian T. Paulsen, Joyce E. Loper, Jos M. Raaijmakers. The Rsm regulon of plant growth-promoting Pseudomonas fluorescens SS101: role of small RNAs in regulation of lipopeptide biosynthesis. Microbial Biotechnology, Accepted 2nd October 2014.
• Aniko Vörös, Roger Simm, Leyla Slamti, Matthew J. McKay, Ida K. Hegna, Christina Nielsen-LeRoux, Karl A. Hassan, Ian T. Paulsen, Didier Lereclus, Ole Andreas Økstad, Mark P. Molloy, Anne-Brit Kolstø (2014) SecDF as Part of the Sec-Translocase Facilitates Efficient Secretion of Bacillus cereus Toxins and Cell Wall-Associated Proteins. PLoS ONE 9(8): e103326.
• Karl A. Hassan, Liam D.H. Elbourne, Sasha G. Tetu, Eric A. Johnson & Ian T. Paulsen (2014) Genome sequence of the neurotoxigenic Clostridium butyricum strain 5521. Genome Announcements 2: e00632-14.
• Karl A. Hassan, Scott M. Jackson, Anahit Penesyan, Simon G. Patching, Sasha G. Tetu, Bart A. Eijkelkamp, Melissa H. Brown, Peter JF. Henderson & Ian. T. Paulsen, (2013) Transcriptomic and biochemical analyses identify a family of chlorhexidine efflux proteins Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 110: 20254-20259.
• Carola Venturini, Karl A. Hassan, Piklu Roy Chowdhury, Ian T. Paulsen, Mark J. Walker & Steven P. Djordjevic (2013) Sequences of two related multiple antibiotic resistance virulence plasmids sharing a unique IS26-related molecular signature isolated from different Escherichia coli pathotypes from different hosts. PLoS ONE 8: e78862.
• Sasha G. Tetu, Daniel A. Johnson, Deepa Varkey, Katherine Phillippy, Rhona K. Stuart, Chris L. Dupont, Karl A. Hassan, Brian Palenik & Ian T. Paulsen (2013) Impact of DNA damaging agents on genome-wide transcriptional profiles in two marine Synechococcus species. Frontiers in Microbiology 4: 232.
• Virginia O. Stockwell, Edward W. Davis II, Alyssa Carey, Brenda T. Shaffer, Dmitri V. Mavrodi, Karl A. Hassan, Kevin Hockett, Linda S. Thomashow, Ian T. Paulsen & Joyce E. Loper (2013) pA506, a conjugative plasmid of the plant epiphyte Pseudomonas fluorescens A506. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79: 5272–5282.
• Bart A. Eijkelkamp, Uwe H. Stroeher, Karl A. Hassan, Liam DH. Elbourne, Ian T. Paulsen & Melissa H. Brown (2013) H-NS plays a role in expression of Acinetobacter baumannii virulence features. Infection and Immunity 81: 2574-2583.
• Karl A. Hassan, Sasha G. Tetu, Liam DH. Elbourne, Eric A. Johnson & Ian T. Paulsen (2013) Genome sequence of the Group III Clostridium botulinum strain Eklund-C. Genome Announcements 1: e0004413.
• Chee Kent Lim, Anahit Penesyan, Karl A. Hassan, Joyce E. Loper & Ian T. Paulsen (2013) Effect of tannic acid on the transcriptome of the soil bacterium Pseudomonas protegens Pf-5. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79: 3141-3145.
• Daniel N. Farrugia, Liam DH. Elbourne, Karl A. Hassan, Bart A. Eijkelkamp, Sasha G. Tetu, Melissa H. Brown, Bhumika S. Shah, Anton Y. Peleg, Bridget C. Mabbutt, & Ian T. Paulsen (2013) The complete genome and phenome of a community-acquired Acinetobacter baumannii. Plos ONE 8:e58628.
• Anthony J. Brzoska, Karl A. Hassan, Ellen J. de Leon, Ian T. Paulsen & Peter J. Lewis (2013) Single-step selection of drug resistant Acinetobacter baylyi ADP1 mutants reveals a functional redundancy in the recruitment of multidrug efflux systems. PLoS ONE 8:e56090.
• Chee Kent Lim, Karl A. Hassan, Anahit Penesyan, Joyce E. Loper & Ian T. Paulsen (2013) The effect of zinc limitation on the transcriptome of Pseudomonas protogens Pf-5. Environmental Microbiology 15: 702-715.
• Joyce E. Loper, Karl A. Hassan*, Dmitri Mavrodi, Edward W. Davis II, Chee Kent Lim, Brenda T. Shaffer, Liam DH. Elbourne, Virginia O. Stockwell, Sierra L. Hartney, Katy Breakwell, Marcella D. Henkels, Sasha G. Tetu, Lorena I. Rangel, Teresa A. Kidarsa, Neil L. Wilson, Judith van Mortel, Chunxu Song, Rachel Blumhagen, Diana Radune, Jessica B. Hostetler, Lauren M. Brinkac, A. Scott Durkin, Daniel A. Kluepfel, W. Patrick Wechter, Anne J. Anderson, Young Cheol Kim, Leland S. Pierson III, Elizabeth A. Pierson, Steven E. Lindow, Donald Y. Kobayashi, Jos M. Raaijmakers, David M. Weller, Linda S. Thomashow, Andrew E. Allen & Ian T. Paulsen (2012) Comparative genomics of plant-associated Pseudomonas spp.: insights into diversity and inheritance of traits involved in multitrophic interactions. PLoS Genetics 8:e1002784. *First author behind corresponding author.
• Chee Kent Lim, Karl A. Hassan, Sasha G. Tetu, Joyce E. Loper & Ian T. Paulsen (2012) The effect of iron limitation on the transcriptome and proteome of Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5. PLoS ONE 7:e39139.
• Benjamin Janto, Azad Ahmed, Masahiro Ito, Jun Liu, David B. Hicks, Sarah Pagni, OliverJ. Fackelmayer, Terry-Ann Smith, Joshua Earl, Liam DH. Elbourne, Karl A. Hassan, Ian T. Paulsen, Anne-Brit Kolstø, Nicolas J. Tourasse, Garth D. Ehrlich, Robert Boissy, D. Mack Ivey, Gang Li, Yanfen Xue, Yanhe Ma, Fen Z. Hu & Terry A. Krulwich (2011) The genome of alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4 reveals adaptations that support the ability to grow in an external pH range from 7.5 to 11.4. Environmental Microbiology 13: 3289-3309.
• Bart A. Eijkelkamp, Uwe H. Stroeher, Karl A. Hassan, Michael S. Papadimitrious, Ian T. Paulsen & Melissa H. Brown (2011) Investigation into adherence and motility characteristics of clinical Acinetobacter baumannii isolates. FEMS Microbiology Letters 323: 44-51.
• Bart A. Eijkelkamp, Karl A. Hassan, Ian T. Paulsen & Melissa H. Brown (2011) Development of a high-throughput cloning strategy for characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii drug transporter proteins. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology 20: 211-219.
• Piklu Roy Chowdhury, Yan Boucher, Karl A. Hassan, Ian T. Paulsen, H.W. Stokes & Maurizio Labbate (2011) The first genome sequence of Vibrio rotiferianus: strain DAT722. Journal of Bacteriology 193: 3381-3382.
• Karl A. Hassan, Anthony J. Brzoska, Neil L. Wilson, Bart A. Eijkelkamp, Melissa H. Brown, & Ian T. Paulsen (2011) Roles of DHA2 family transporters in drug resistance and iron homeostasis in Acinetobacter spp. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology 20: 116-124.
• Chandrika N. Deshpande, Stephen J. Harrop, Yan Boucher, Karl A. Hassan, Rosa Di. Leo, Xiaohui Xu, Hong Cui, Alexei Savchenko, Changsoo Chang, Maurizio Labbate, Ian T. Paulsen, H. W. Stokes, Paul M.G. Curmi & Bridget C. Mabbutt (2011) Crystal structure of an integron gene cassette-associated protein from Vibrio cholerae identifies a cationic drug-binding module. PLoS ONE 6: e16934.
• Bart A. Eijkelkamp, Karl A. Hassan, Ian T. Paulsen & Melissa H. Brown (2011) Investigation of the human pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii under iron limiting conditions. BMC Genomics 12: 126.
• Dmitri V. Mavrodi, Anna Joe, Olga V. Mavrodi, Karl A. Hassan, David M. Weller, Ian T. Paulsen, Joyce E. Loper, James R. Alfano & Linda S. Thomashow (2011) Structural and functional analysis of the type III secretion system from Pseudomonas fluorescens Q8r1-96. Journal of Bacteriology 193: 177-189.
• Martin Ostrowski, Sasha Tetu, Karl Hassan, Anahit Penesyan, Kent Lim, Liam Elbourne, Liping Li, Deepa Varkey & Ian Paulsen (2011) From omics to systems biology: Exploring the mysterybox of microbial life. Microbiology Australia 32: 147-151.
• Karl A. Hassan, Sylvia A. Baltzer, Ian T. Paulsen & Melissa H. Brown (2010) Pumping out biocides - cause for concern? Microbiology Australia 34: 178-181.
• Karl A. Hassan, Aaron Johnson, Brenda T. Shaffer, Qinghu Ren, Teresa A. Kidarsa, Liam D. H. Elbourne, Sierra Hartney, Robert Duboy , Neal C. Goebel, T. Mark Zabriskie, Ian T. Paulsen & Joyce E. Loper (2010). Inactivation of the GacA response regulator in Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5 has far-reaching transcriptomic consequences. Environmental Microbiology 12: 899-915.
• Renee M. Tsolis, Rekha Seshadri, Renato L. Santos, Felix J. Sangari, Juan M. García Lobo, Maarten F. de Jong, Qinghu Ren, Garry Myers, Lauren M. Brinkac, William C. Nelson, Robert T. DeBoy, Samuel Angiuoli, Hoda Khouri, George Dimitrov, Jeffrey R. Robinson, Stephanie Mulligan, Richard L. Walker, Philip E. Elzer, Karl A. Hassan & Ian T. Paulsen (2009). Genome degradation in Brucella ovis corresponds with narrowing of its host range and tissue tropism. PLoS ONE 4: e5519.
• Karl A. Hassan, Zhiqiang Xu, Ryan E. Watkins, Richard G. Brennan, Ronald A. Skurray & Melissa H. Brown (2009). Optimized production and analysis of the staphylococcal multidrug efflux protein QacA. Protein expression and purification 64: 118-124.
• Jingqin Wu, Karl A. Hassan, Ronald A. Skurray & Melissa H. Brown (2008). Functional analyses reveal an important role for tyrosine residues in the staphylococcal multidrug efflux protein QacA. BMC Microbiology 8: 147.
• Karl A. Hassan, Talal Souhani, Ronald A. Skurray & Melissa H. Brown (2008). Analysis of tryptophan residues in the staphylococcal multidrug transporter QacA reveals long-distance functional associations of residues on opposite sides of the membrane. Journal of Bacteriology 190: 2441-2449.
• Karl A. Hassan, Ronald A. Skurray & Melissa H. Brown (2007). Transmembrane helix 12 of the Staphylococcus aureus multidrug transporter QacA lines the bivalent cationic drug binding pocket. Journal of Bacteriology 189: 9131-9134.
• Karl A. Hassan, Ronald A. Skurray & Melissa H. Brown (2007). Active export proteins mediating drug resistance in staphylococci. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology 12: 180-196.
• Karl A. Hassan, Katie L. Robinson, Alison N. Smith, Joanne H. Gibson, Ronald A. Skurray & Melissa H. Brown (2006). Glycine-rich transmembrane helix 10 in the staphylococcal tetracycline transporter TetA(K) lines a solvent-accessible channel. Biochemistry 45: 15661-15669.
• Karl A. Hassan, Melanie Galea, Jingqin Wu, Bernadette A. Mitchell, Ronald A. Skurray & Melissa H. Brown (2006). Functional effects of intramembranous proline substitutions in the staphylococcal multidrug transporter QacA. FEMS microbiology letters 263: 76-85.
• Paula Zylstra, Andrew Franklin, Karl A. Hassan, Kim L. Powell, Edward J. Steele & Robert V. Blanden (2003). Molecular evolution of V(H)9 germline genes isolated from DBA, BALB, 129 and C57BL mouse strains and sublines. Immunogenetics 55: 182-188.
Other Publications
• Scott M. Jackson, Simon G. Patching, Karl A. Hassan, David Sharples, Ian T. Paulsen, Rohanah Hussain, Giuliano Siligardi & Peter JF. Henderson (2014) Tackling bacterial resistance to antiseptics. DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE ANNUAL REVIEW 2013/14 pp. 32 -33.
Published Conference Abstracts
• Joyce E. Loper, Karl A. Hassan, Edward W. Davis, Chee Kent Lim, Ian T. Paulsen (2011) Comparative genomic analysis reveals new aspects of the biology and secondary metabolism of biological control strains of Pseudomonas spp. Phytopathology 101:S231.
• Linda S. Thomashow, Dmitri V. Mavrodi, Karl A. Hassan, Ian T. Paulsen, Joyce E. Loper, James R. Alfano, David M. Weller (2011) Novel pathways revealed in P. fluorescens Q2-87 and Q8r1-96. Phytopathology 101:S231.
Submitted manuscripts
• Bart A. Eijkelkamp, Uwe H. Stroeher, Karl A. Hassan, Ian T. Paulsen and Melissa H. Brown. Comparative analysis of surface-exposed virulence factors of Acinetobacter baumannii. BMC Genomics Submitted 18 July 2014.
