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Comparative genome and phenotypic analysis of Clostridium difficile 027 strains provides insight into the evolution of a hypervirulent bacterium

Richard A Stabler, Miao He, Lisa Dawson, Melissa Martin, Esmeralda Valiente, Craig Corton, Trevor D Lawley, Mohammed Sebaihia, Michael A Quail, Graham Rose, Dale N Gerding, Maryse Gibert, Michel R Popoff, Julian Parkhill, Gordon Dougan and Brendan W Wren*

Genome Biology 2009, 10:R102 doi:10.1186/gb-2009-10-9-r102

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Bacterial epidemiology and biology - lessons from genome sequencing

Julian Parkhill, Brendan W Wren Genome Biology 2011, 12:230 (24 October 2011)

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Brendan Wren and Julian Parkhill on how a new era in microbial genomics has solved ancient controversies and promises to revolutionize our understanding of bacterial pathogens

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Array comparative hybridisation reveals a high degree of similarity between UK and European clinical isolates of hypervirulent Clostridium difficile

Gemma L Marsden, Ian J Davis, Victoria J Wright, Mohammed Sebaihia, Ed J Kuijper, Nigel P Minton BMC Genomics 2010, 11:389 (21 June 2010)

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